WWE Smackdown Live General Manager Paige has announced that Zelina Vega will have her first main roster match on this week’s Smackdown Live. She will take on Lana. Vega and Lana have been throwing jabs at each other on TV and on social media in recent weeks.
https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/1023968424043659271
Here is what caused Paige to make the match for this week’s show:
https://twitter.com/Zelina_VegaWWE/status/1023329768215904256
What do you say @Zelina_VegaWWE ????? 😎 pic.twitter.com/yh6ahzuxeE
— CJ Perry (@TheCJPerry) July 30, 2018
In other WWE news…
Dolh Ziggler was given the weekend off so he could celebrate his birthday.
If you saw watched the end of the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis last night then you might have caught the season premiere of Jeff Ross’ Roast Battle that aired immeditatly after the Willis Roast. The first episode featured Ziggler battling his good friend Sarah Tiana.
Ziggler did not win but Ross’ gave him credit because Ziggler had some good lines. He encouraged Ziggler to continue pursuing comedy:
.@HEELZiggler and @sarahtiana go head-to-head in something more dangerous than a wrestling ring: a #RoastBattle, tonight after the #BruceWillisRoast. pic.twitter.com/SqHURChFcz
— Comedy Central Stand-Up (@standup) July 29, 2018