{"id":193249,"date":"2026-07-17T21:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=193249"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:24:50","slug":"wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week&#8217;s show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1040050444\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><i>The following matches and events are advertised for next week&#8217;s WWE Smackdown.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax in a qualifier for the ladder match for the Interim WWE Women&#8217;s Championship match at SummerSlam<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill became the first of five qualifiers for the ladder match. Smackdown will be live from Oakland, California, at Oakland Arena. Join me for our weekly live review as Smackdown airs Fridays on USA Network (and Netflix internationally) at 7CT\/8ET. My same-night audio reviews are available exclusively for <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/dot-net-membership-benefits\/\">Dot Net Members<\/a> (including our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/prowrestlingdotnet\">Patreon<\/a> patrons).<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3964049827\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":184934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[101,31],"class_list":["post-193249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week&#039;s show - Pro Wrestling Dot Net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week&#039;s show - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-18T02:24:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/niajax.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jason Powell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jason Powell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jason Powell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\"},\"headline\":\"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week&#8217;s show\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T02:24:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":117,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"wwe\",\"wwe smackdown\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS TICKER\",\"WWE News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/\",\"name\":\"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week's show - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T02:24:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/post\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1\",\"width\":225,\"height\":225},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/17\\\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week&#8217;s show\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\",\"name\":\"Jason Powell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jason Powell\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.prowrestling.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/author\\\/jasonpowell\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week's show - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week's show - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","og_description":"By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor...","og_url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/","og_site_name":"Pro Wrestling Dot Net","article_published_time":"2026-07-18T02:24:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":225,"height":225,"url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/niajax.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jason Powell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jason Powell","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/"},"author":{"name":"Jason Powell","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a"},"headline":"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week&#8217;s show","datePublished":"2026-07-18T02:24:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/"},"wordCount":117,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","keywords":["wwe","wwe smackdown"],"articleSection":["NEWS TICKER","WWE News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/","url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/","name":"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week's show - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-07-18T02:24:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","width":225,"height":225},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/07\/17\/wwe-smackdown-preview-ladder-match-qualifier-set-for-next-weeks-show\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WWE Smackdown preview: Ladder match qualifier set for next week&#8217;s show"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/","name":"Pro Wrestling Dot Net","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a","name":"Jason Powell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jason Powell"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.prowrestling.net"],"url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/author\/jasonpowell\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/niajax.jpg?fit=225%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193617,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193249\/revisions\/193617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}