WWE Friday Night SmackDown finally feels like it has some teeth again. Tonight wasn’t perfect, and there are still a few frustrating booking habits WWE refuses to let die, but the difference between the blue brand before SummerSlam and what we have watched over the last two Fridays is hard to ignore. Stories are moving. … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown rolls into Boston tonight with three championships on the line, but the biggest questions extend well beyond the advertised matches. CM Punk and Kevin Owens are one confrontation away from turning an already hostile Undisputed WWE Championship rivalry into a fight one week before Toronto, Cody Rhodes is still hunting Randy … Read more
WWE SmackDown August 7 2026 results delivered something last night’s post-SummerSlam show desperately needed: actual direction. SmackDown only featured three matches, but WWE clearly treated the episode as a storyline reset rather than a wrestling-heavy card. Kevin Owens finally stood across the ring from CM Punk and immediately made their Undisputed WWE Championship program feel … 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 entered last night carrying the immediate consequences of one of the most abrupt Undisputed WWE Championship changes in recent memory. CM Punk arrived in Oklahoma City as the new champion after unexpectedly replacing an injured Cody Rhodes and ending Sami Zayn’s nine-day reign on Monday Night RAW, but WWE did not … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown arrives in Oklahoma City tonight with the Undisputed WWE Championship picture completely transformed and the road to SummerSlam suddenly revolving around CM Punk. Four nights after returning in Chicago, replacing an injured Cody Rhodes and ending Sami Zayn’s nine-day reign, Punk will make his first appearance on the blue brand as … Read more
We are less than a week away from WWE Night of Champions on Saturday, June 27th, 2026, and last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown finally gave the premium live event the championship weight it needed. This was not a perfect show, and at times WWE got in its own way by adding extra layers to … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown feels less like a normal weekly stop on the road to Night of Champions and more like a loaded checkpoint where several major directions can either lock into place or completely fall apart. Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Gunther would already be big enough on its own, … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown returned to the United States after its European tour with a three-hour episode from Providence, Rhode Island that was effective when it slowed down and allowed its strongest stories to breathe, but noticeably less impressive whenever it tried to force too many ideas into the same match or segment. Charlotte Flair … 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
