In-Ring Segment: AJ Styles
Styles is flanked by Abyss… err… I mean Joseph Park.. err. I mean whatever his name is in WWE. There is a chart set up in the ring. Styles says he doesn’t care about hooligans destroying Smackdown. Styles says he has beaten everyone. Styles says so many people are throwing out statistics to prove who he should face at SummerSlam. Styles says it dawned on him. Styles has hired a team to run the statistics to prove who his next challenger is. Based on his numbers, he is number one. Styles introduces the “Phenomenal Intercontinental Statistics System”.
Styles pulls the curtain to show that no one else is listed. No one has earned the right to face him. But if you work hard, really hard, you can face Styles for the IC title… eventually. Jeff Hardy interrupts. Hardy says he respects Styles but Hardy didn’t get his fair chance at the title during the IC title tournament. Hardy says the IC title is special to him. It’s the first title he won on his own. Hardy challenges Styles to a title match. Styles says statistics aside, he admires and respects Hardy. Styles says hell no. Styles says this isn’t a pity party. Hardy attacks Styles. Hardy drops Styles with a Twist of Fate. Hardy signs his name on Styles whiteboard.
Backstage, Lucha House Party steals the tag titles from Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura.
The DEBUT of the "Phenomenal Intercontinental Statistics System" (❓) is NEXT on #SmackDown!@AJStylesOrg pic.twitter.com/5W0tTYCCA1
— WWE (@WWE) August 15, 2020
