WWE SmackDown Live Preview: August 22, 2017

Never poke a Viper in the eye

You reap what you sow

In the WWE, you get as good as you give.

That's a sentence that must be ringing uncomfortably in Rusev's head as the Bulgarian Brute found out at SummerSlam, much to his disappointment.

Having ambushed Randy Orton from behind before the bell for their match had even been rung, Rusev paid dearly for his ill-conceived enterprise when he ate an RKO out of nowhere that laid him out for the three count.

And after being defeated by John Cena at Battleground, the last thing that Rusev needed was to have that loss compounded by another to a top-level opponent.

Will the burly Bulgarian be able to bounce back from his defeat to gain a measure of respectability, and indeed, revenge on Randy Orton?

Or is the Viper simply too slippery a customer for him?