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WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 31, 2026 Preview: CM Punk and Cody Rhodes Face Off Before SummerSlam as WWE Tag Team Titles Are Defended

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown takes over the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, tonight for the final stop before SummerSlam invades U.S. Bank Stadium for a two-night Premium Live Event this weekend. Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes will meet face-to-face one final time before their championship match Saturday night. WWE Tag Team … Read more

WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night 1 and Night 2 Match Cards Revealed

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WWE has finally revealed how its 12-match SummerSlam 2026 card will be divided across Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. SmackDown commentator Joe Tessitore announced the official Night 1 and Night 2 lineups during an appearance on ESPN’s Get Up this morning, ending the speculation surrounding which matches … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 24, 2026 Results & Recap: CM Punk and Cody Rhodes Turn Personal as Finn Bálor Earns a SummerSlam Lifeline

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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

WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 24, 2026 Preview: CM Punk and Cody Rhodes Address Their Growing Tension as GUNTHER Targets Nick Aldis

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown rolls into the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, tonight with only eight days remaining before SummerSlam takes over U.S. Bank Stadium for two nights. WWE has now announced two Interim WWE Women’s Championship qualifying matches alongside appearances from Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk, Cody Rhodes and GUNTHER, giving the blue brand … Read more

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event July 18, 2026 Results & Recap: Nick Aldis Costs GUNTHER, Fatal Influence Capture Women’s Tag Team Gold

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WWE returned to Madison Square Garden tonight with a four-match Saturday Night’s Main Event July 18 card that delivered two championship-altering results, a violent breakthrough for Lyra Valkyria, one of the most intentionally ridiculous celebrity cameos WWE has produced in years and a main event finish that protected CM Punk versus Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam … Read more

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event July 18, 2026 Preview: CM Punk and Cody Rhodes Put SummerSlam at Risk, Roman Reigns and Jalen Brunson Take Over Madison Square Garden

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WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event July 18, 2026 Preview starts with the WWE returning to Madison Square Garden tonight with a compact but consequential edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event that has become far more important to the road to SummerSlam than its four-match lineup initially suggested. The card is not overflowing with championship defenses … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 17, 2026 Results & Recap: GUNTHER and Sami Zayn Get a SummerSlam Lifeline, Interim Women’s Title Ladder Match Takes Shape

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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 July 17, 2026 Preview: GUNTHER Faces the Consequences as Cody Rhodes Addresses Teaming With CM Punk

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown rolls into the MVP Arena in Albany, New York, tonight for the final stop before Saturday Night’s Main Event takes over Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. Although WWE has announced only one match and two featured storyline developments, the blue brand is carrying several unresolved issues that could reshape both Saturday’s … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 10, 2026 Results & Recap: CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes Set for SummerSlam, GUNTHER Chokes Out Nick Aldis and Baron Corbin Returns

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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 Monday Night RAW July 6, 2026 Results & Recap: CM Punk Stuns Chicago, The Vision Regain Tag Team Gold And SummerSlam Takes Shape

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Tonight’s WWE Monday Night RAW from Chicago was built as “Championship Monday,” but by the end of the night, it became one of the biggest turning-point episodes on the road to SummerSlam. CM Punk made his return in front of his hometown crowd, replaced Cody Rhodes after a brutal Gunther attack, and defeated Sami Zayn … Read more