The season premiere of Smackdown on USA Network next week
will be headlined by a steel cage match between Cody Rhodes
and Solo Sikoa for the WWE championship.

The match was set up during the opening segment of Smackdown
last night after Cody tried to drive a wedge between Sikoa
and Jacob Fatu. Cody told Fatu to “step up,” and he nearly
did, before Sikoa talked to him and backed off.

And then, just about when all of the Bloodline was going to
attack Rhodes, The Street Profits and DIY stormed the ring
to save Rhodes. Nick Aldis also came down and told everyone
that the eight-man tag match is later on tonight, and until
then, no violence, but next week, he will book something
which was best for business, and that’s the steel cage
match.

This will only be the second steel cage match on either Raw
or Smackdown this year, with the only other one being Liv
Morgan vs Becky Lynch for the WWE Women’s World title which
took place in May.