WWE makes an interesting change to the steel cage on SmackDown before SummerSlam 2025

There was a subtle-yet-interesting change made to the steel cage on SmackDown before SummerSlam 2025, as it was done to prevent what many considered a near-death experience for one WWE superstar.

This week on SmackDown, fans were surprised to see a steel cage present above the ring. As we know, the United States Championship will be on the line at SummerSlam 2025 as Solo Sikoa defends the title against Jacob Fatu inside a steel cage. However, what was interesting was the fact that the cage was being lowered extremely slowly and was even stopped halfway suspended in the air.

This was likely to make sure that it was done for the safety of Jacob Fatu, who made the run-in and the save. Quite a few years ago, Seth Rollins nearly got impaled by the spikes of the steel cage as it was descending, and this was a legitimate near-death experience that WWE would likely want to prevent at all costs.

It's perhaps the explanation for why WWE made that change. The cage would normally have descended all the way down, but you can see in the video above how it simply stays there, and that allowed Fatu to get in.

The cage went down after that, but it's certainly one of those "better safe than sorry" kinds of things. You can see the freaky moment that Rollins was involved in in the tweet below:

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Edited by Rohit Nath