The road to SummerSlam continued, but the show was dedicated to the memory of Hulk Hogan, who died Thursday at 71. Roxanne Perez got a win over Alexa Bliss, Jade Cargill squashed Chelsea Green, and Cody Rhodes cut a promo for his street fight against John Cena at SummerSlam.

Chelsea Green has now made an emotional statement announcing that she will be stepping away for the time being.

AEW's Tony Schiavone, who worked with Hogan in WCW, was bombarded by negative replies to his social media tribute. More controversially, former WWE wrestler and now AEW producer, Chris Hero, was accused of celebrating his death with a social media post on X.

The post Cody Rhodes pays tribute to Hulk Hogan on WWE SmackDown appeared first on ClutchPoints.Though WWE committed the opening on Friday Night SmackDown to an expansive tribute to the late Hulk Hogan,