WWE Friday Night SmackDown finally feels like a show beginning to rediscover its creative identity, but last night also exposed the biggest problem standing between the blue brand and becoming consistently great again: WWE suddenly has more worthwhile stories than it has television time to properly tell them. From CM Punk and Kevin Owens finally … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown August 21, 2026 arrives in Toronto with an Undisputed WWE Championship match carrying considerably more baggage than the usual television title defense. Tonight, CM Punk puts the championship on the line against Kevin Owens after their two-decade history finally spilled into the open last week, while Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown entered Oakland with SummerSlam only eight days away and several major blue-brand stories still lacking urgency. By the end of the night, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes finally stopped hiding behind mutual respect, Nick Aldis temporarily surrendered control of SmackDown to fight GUNTHER, and Finn Bálor earned an opportunity to … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown entered Albany, New York, without much of an advertised card, but left MVP Arena having significantly altered the road to Saturday Night’s Main Event and SummerSlam. GUNTHER learned that attacking Nick Aldis somehow earned him another route into the Undisputed WWE Championship picture, Cody Rhodes allowed his anger to drag … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown remained in Italy today as the blue brand took over the Unipol Arena in Bologna for the first episode following Clash In Italy. The three-hour show streamed live internationally on Netflix at 2 p.m. EST before its scheduled tape-delayed airing in the United States on the USA Network at 8 p.m. … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown continues its international tour today from the Unipol Arena in Bologna, Italy, with the blue brand beginning its next chapter after WWE Clash in Italy while the opening round of the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments moves forward. Today’s episode will stream live internationally on Netflix at a special … Read more
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
Last night’s WWE NXT Revenge Week 2 felt like a true turning-point show instead of just another strong weekly episode. NXT used the night to blow off one of its most personal rivalries, give Tatum Paxley and Blake Monroe a stipulation match that actually delivered, keep DarkState’s internal issues boiling, and make Keanu Carver look … Read more
WWE NXT has a real chance to close out Revenge on a much stronger note than the usual post-Stand & Deliver cool-down show, because tonight’s card is built around chaos, payback, and stipulations that actually fit the feuds attached to them. On paper, this is one of those NXT lineups that feels very easy to … Read more
Last night’s episode of WWE NXT had a lot riding on it. This was the first show after Stand & Deliver, the first night of Tony D’Angelo’s reign as NXT Champion, the first night of Lola Vice’s reign as NXT Women’s Champion, and the real starting point for the road to the two-part NXT Revenge … Read more
