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WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 22nd, 2026 Results & Recap: Gunther Leaves Cody Rhodes Lying, Jade Cargill Drops Rhea Ripley & TrickMeloGang Rivalry Starts Heating Up

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown had enough story progression to matter, but it also exposed the exact problem fans have been pointing out with WWE’s current three-hour TV rhythm: too much time, too many recaps, too many talking segments, and not enough urgency to get talent in the ring. This was the go-home SmackDown … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 15th, 2026 Results & Recap: Gunther Earns Cody Rhodes Clash In Italy Title Match, Trick Williams Gets Loud Columbia Homecoming

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown from Columbia, South Carolina felt different because I was not just watching it through a screen. I was inside Colonial Life Arena, surrounded by a loud crowd that stayed active for almost the entire three-hour experience, from the pre-show action to the Main Event taping to SmackDown itself. The … Read more

WWE WrestleMania 42 Night 2 April 19th, 2026 Results & Recap: Oba Femi Retires Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns and CM Punk Save WrestleMania 42

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WWE needed WrestleMania 42 Night 2 to deliver in the worst way after a Night 1 that felt flat, overproduced, and way too corporate for a show that is supposed to be the biggest spectacle in wrestling. Thankfully, Night 2 was a lot better. It still had some of the same problems that hung over … Read more

WWE WrestleMania 42 Night 2 April 19th, 2026 Preview: CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns and Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar Lead a Night Built on Pride, Pressure, and Payoff

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WrestleMania 42 Night 2 has a real chance to be the stronger half of WWE’s biggest weekend. Night 1 delivered title changes, two major returns, a headline-grabbing pregnancy announcement, and a chaotic Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton main event that kept the feud alive even after the bell. It also drew plenty of criticism for … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown April 17th, 2026 Results & Recap: Randy Orton Finally Gives Cody Rhodes Real Story, Royce Keys Wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

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WWE had three hours, the WrestleMania stage, a loaded roster, and one final chance to make the blue brand feel essential heading into the biggest weekend of the year. Instead, last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown felt like a show that kept teasing urgency without ever fully committing to it. Randy Orton finally delivered the … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown April 10th, 2026 Results & Recap: Jade Cargill Beats IYO SKY, Pat McAfee and Randy Orton Leave Cody Rhodes Laid Out

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SmackDown last night was supposed to feel like the blue brand’s hard final push before WrestleMania 42, the penultimate stop before next Saturday and Sunday in Las Vegas. Instead, it was a show that constantly felt like it was fighting its own momentum. There was good wrestling on the episode. Bayley and Alexa Bliss put … Read more

WWE Monday Night RAW April 6th, 2026 Preview: Finn Balor Meets JD McDonagh and RHIYO Reunites

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With just two Raws remaining before WrestleMania 42 hits Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, WWE arrives at the Toyota Center in Houston tonight with real business still left on the table. Three matches are official, the final two WrestleMania slots are expected to be filled, and Seth Rollins opens the show responding to Gunther’s calculated … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown April 3rd, 2026 Results & Recap: Pat McAfee Revealed as Randy Orton’s Mystery Caller, Sami Zayn Retains Over Carmelo Hayes

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Two weeks before WrestleMania 42, last night’s SmackDown should have been about tightening the blue brand’s biggest stories, raising the stakes, and making the road to WrestleMania feel urgent. Instead, it often felt like a show working against itself. The headline angle gave Randy Orton’s mystery caller reveal to Pat McAfee, who low-blowed Cody Rhodes … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown April 3rd, 2026 Preview: Cody Rhodes invades Randy Orton’s homecoming as Rhea Ripley answers Jade Cargill’s numbers game

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SmackDown has reached the point on the road to WrestleMania 42 where it does not need to introduce its biggest stories anymore. It needs to sharpen them. That is what makes tonight feel important. Last week’s episode was less about delivering a wrestling-heavy spectacle and more about locking in the emotional temperature of the blue … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown March 27th, 2026 Results & Recap: Sami Zayn wins the U.S. Title, Cody Rhodes returns as WrestleMania chaos deepens

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Last night’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown was the kind of show that gave WWE plenty of headline moments while also leaving behind a lot of frustration once everything settled. On paper, the blue brand had a lot going for it. Sami Zayn won the United States Championship. Cody Rhodes returned. Jacob Fatu and … Read more