WWE Daily News Round-Up (August 20th, 2018): WWE titleholder's injury; CM Punk All In status

At SummerSlam we saw a new champion as Roman Reigns finally won the Universal championship, defeating Brock Lesnar and ending The Beast's 504-day reign as Universal champion.

Elsewhere, Charlotte won the SmackDown Women's championship, while Ronda Rousey won her first title in the WWE, defeating Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women's championship.

In today's WWE Daily News Round-Up, we report on CM Punk's status for the All In show, a SmackDown Live star injured during SummerSlam, while Matt Hardy's contract expiry and future is revealed.

Two matches for this week's SmackDown Live were also announced today.

Here is today's edition of the WWE Daily News Round-Up

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#1 Cody Rhodes reveals CM Punk's All In Status; claims offer was made

Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks' All In show is set to break new boundaries in pro wrestling when it takes place on September 1st.

Cody has now revealed that he tried to rope in former WWE Superstar CM Punk for the event, which will feature the likes of Rey Mysterio, Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega, Cody, The Young Bucks and more.

In an interview with WrestlingInc, Rhodes said that he had briefly spoken to Punk, while Matt Jackson made an offer for the former WWE Champion to wrestle at the show.

"Yes, I mean I talked to [Punk] just vaguely. He even at one point said 'nobody's asked me -- hey here's how much we'll pay you and here's who you'll wrestle.' Matt [Jackson] actually made a full offer or full pitch for his services and I think Punk is focused on the Mixed Martial Arts element of his career," said Rhodes to WrestlingInc.

He then revealed why they wanted to sign Punk to the show that will be held at Sears Centre in Chicago, on September 1st: "One of the reasons we didn't first come out and say, 'here's who we want you to wrestle,' because I think we just wanted him to be a part of the event for a lot of fans, he's captured their imagination even with the amount of time he's been gone. He has a mythical presence to them. I thought it would be good for him to connect with them, but that's me, you know?"

#2 SmackDown Tag Team champion Rowan injured?

At SummerSlam, The Bludgeon Brothers, Harper and Rowan, defended their SmackDown tag team championship belt against The New Day.

The New Day won by disqualification after Rowan hit Xavier Woods and Big E with his mallet, but The Bludgeon Brothers retained their belts.

PWInsider is now reporting that Rowan was not a part of SmackDown's live event in New Jersey, and is rumoured to have a biceps injury.

#3 Matt Hardy's wife reveals when his contract expires and his future

In yesterday's round-up we reported that Matt Hardy had a new role in SummerSlam as a backstage producer after he revealed a few weeks ago that he has an injury.

In an interview with Mark Henry and David LaGreca for Busted Open Radio, Matt Hardy's wife, Reby, spoke about her husband's WWE future and when his contract with the company will expire.

Reby said that Matt's contract would expire in March and revealed his future plans: “Matt is good. Matt is right now going through a bit of a transitional period. He’s not really sure what he’s going to be doing. His contract is up in March, which I’m not sure many people are aware of.

"But there’s sort of a decision to be made at this point as to whether or not he should continue his in-ring career or if he should pursue something different, which he would totally be up for and would be excited to do, I feel like. So he’s kind of giving it a go right now backstage." (H/T CageSide Seats for the transcription)

#4 Charlotte breaks record

On Sunday at SummerSlam, aside from winning the SmackDown Women's championship after defeating Carmella and Becky Lynch in a triple threat match, Charlotte also broke a long-standing WWE record. She won her 24th PPV match which is the most by any woman Superstar.

She was tied with WWE legend Trish Stratus at 23 wins in PPV matches prior to her SummerSlam match. Surprisingly, Charlotte has four more PPV wins that her father, the legendary Ric Flair.

#5 Two matches announced for SmackDown

A #NoDQ championship rematch, a highly-anticipated battle, an exclusive interview, AND an explanation...It will ALL go down on #SDLive TOMORROW NIGHT at 8/7c on @USA_Network! pic.twitter.com/gUMUJCwPwa

— WWE (@WWE) August 21, 2018

WWE have announced two matches for the SmackDown Live after SummerSlam. The Bludgeon Brothers will defend their SmackDown Tag Team belts against The New Day once more, this time in a No Disqualification Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match, after The New Day won by disqualification at SummerSlam.

The other match announced for the night is Jeff Hardy facing off against Randy Orton. Orton made an appearance after the end of Hardy's match with Shinsuke Nakamura at SummerSlam.

This week's SmackDown Live will also have an interview with WWE Champion AJ Styles.