WWE Friday Night SmackDown has one job tonight: make WWE Clash in Italy feel bigger by the time the final frame fades out. Tonight’s show comes from Barcelona, Spain, airs internationally at a special 2 p.m. EST start time on Netflix, and will air on tape delay in the United States at 8 p.m. EST … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes into tonight’s show from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky with a much stronger advertised lineup than it originally had. This is the final stop before tomorrow’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, but it is also one of the last major SmackDown chapters on the road to Clash In Italy on … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes into tonight’s show feeling like a brand caught between two major checkpoints. Tomorrow is WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, but Clash In Italy is also sitting right around the corner on Sunday, May 31st. That puts SmackDown in a tricky but important position. Tonight cannot just be a reminder show. … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes to Columbia, South Carolina tonight with a show that is light on advertised matches but heavy on storyline consequence. That is not always a bad thing. Sometimes the most important episode is not about how many matches are listed ahead of time, but whether WWE can make the next premium … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown has one job tonight: close the door on the road to Backlash with enough heat, clarity and urgency to make Saturday’s Premium Live Event feel like a must-watch show. Coming out of last week’s chaotic episode, the blue brand has several stories pulling in different directions. Cody Rhodes was medically cleared, … Read more
WWE is bringing back Tuesday Night SmackDown — at least for one special night. WWE announced that Friday Night SmackDown will emanate from London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, one night after Monday Night Raw runs from that very same arena on Monday, June 22. The newly added date is part of WWE’s … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes at a very important point for the blue brand. WrestleMania 42 is in the rearview, Backlash is less than two weeks away on Saturday, May 9th, and WWE now has to prove that last week’s reset was not just a post-Mania burst of chaos. The biggest stories heading into … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown After Mania has the job of turning WrestleMania 42 fallout into the next chapter for the blue brand. This is not a show built around a stacked match card. It is built around consequences. Rhea Ripley arrives as the new WWE Women’s Champion, Trick Williams celebrates becoming United States Champion … Read more
WWE brings the blue brand to Las Vegas tonight for WrestleMania SmackDown, and this show has a lot more pressure on it than a normal go-home episode. On paper, there is enough here to make the night feel important. Cody Rhodes gets one last chance to speak before facing Randy Orton, Jacob Fatu has to … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown has a lot riding on it, and not just because WrestleMania 42 is around the corner. On paper, the blue brand should be in a strong position. The top matches are set, the stakes are clear, and the road to Las Vegas is supposed to be tightening into focus. Instead, … Read more
