On this day… we celebrate The Rated-R Superstar! This week in Toronto, Edge will face Sheamus on The Rated R-Superstar’s 25th Anniversary Special. Despite both having long tenures in WWE, Edge and The Celtic Warrior have never faced each other one-on-one. Before Edge first retired in 2011, the two collided a few times in Fatal 4-Way and Multi-Man Tag Team Matches, as well teaming together to face John Cena and Randy Orton, but they’ve never had a singles contest. All that changes next week when the two WWE Legends stand toe-to-toe. On the Aug. 11 episode of SmackDown, Edge stated his desire to face The Celtic Warrior, thanking Sheamus for being a catalyst leading to Edge’s return to the ring. Can Edge turn Fight Night into a Rated-R victory?
Rey Mysterio is your new United States Champion. The Master of the 619 dethroned Austin Theory to win the stars-and-stripes title, ending the longest U.S. Title reign in a decade. Mysterio replaced his LWO teammate Santos Escobar after Theory took Escobar out of action with multiple sneak attacks. Despite Theory’s best efforts at getting the night off, WWE Official Adam Pearce made the decision to replace Escobar with Mysterio. Tonight, new U.S. Champion Rey Mysterio and Escobar will be live on “The Grayson Waller Effect,” with plenty of questions left to be answered. How will Waller grill the new champion on his show?
The list of Superstars lining up to challenge WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY is growing. Damage CTRL, however, are out to prove that they run the blue brand. In a post-SummerSlam contest between Charlotte Flair and Asuka last week, SKY brought an early end to the showdown when she hit a double dropkick on Flair and Asuka and caused a no-contest. As a result, Bayley and SKY will now take on Bianca Belair and Flair in a tag team matchup. Can Damage CTRL make a major statement early in IYO’s reign?
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