SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long then announced that there would be a 20-man Battle Royal later that night to determine a new World Heavyweight Champion. Khali won the Battle Royal and became the new World Heavyweight Champion by last eliminating Kane and Batista. Five days later on "SmackDown!", Batista interrupted Khali's celebration and challenged him to a match at SummerSlam. The next week, on the August 3 episode of "SmackDown!", Long announced that Khali would defend his title against Batista at SummerSlam.