5 Biggest news stories from WWE SmackDown (August 21, 2020)

#2: Sonya Deville vs. Mandy Rose at SummerSlam is now a "No Disqualification Loser Leaves WWE" Match

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨"Hair or no hair, i'm sick of looking at your face!"@SonyaDevilleWWE wants @WWE_MandyRose in a No DQ, LOSER LEAVES WWE Match at #SummerSlam!!!#SmackDown #WWEThunderDome pic.twitter.com/P7h0d9q5Lc

— WWE (@WWE) August 22, 2020

Things have changed considerably over the past few days as Sonya Deville went through a traumatic experience on Tuesday. No one can imagine how she must feel at the moment. WWE often includes real-life events into their storylines. Jeff Hardy's battles with substance abuse were the latest example on SmackDown.

This time, the writers must have felt that what happened to Sonya Deville in real-life was just too big to ignore. With that in mind, a Hair vs. Hair match seems a bit inappropriate for WWE's "Biggest Party of the Summer," especially if Sonya loses.

Still, they managed to make the announcement quite impactful from a storyline perspective as Sonya Deville cut one of her best promos in WWE to date.

"Disrespectful..." 👀 👀 👀#SmackDown #WWEThunderDome @SonyaDevilleWWE pic.twitter.com/LPSYHXifIY

— WWE (@WWE) August 22, 2020

Although Sonya Deville's peers were empathetic, her character didn't seem to flinch one bit in her quest to ruin Mandy Rose's life. Her immediate goal is to get rid of Rose for good. For that reason, Deville raised the stakes when challenged her to a No Disqualification Loser Leaves WWE match at SummerSlam.

Whether it's a Loser Leaves WWE or a Hair vs. Hair match, Mandy Rose should be the favorite to win from a booking standpoint. The only difference now is that the new stipulation could allow Sonya to take some time off to recover.