Drew McIntyre

WWE WrestleMania Night 1 April 18th, 2026 Results and Recap: Cody Rhodes Survives Randy Orton as Three Titles Change Hands, Paige and Bron Breakker Return

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WrestleMania Night 1 had the kind of card that looked loaded on paper, but the actual show ended up feeling more uneven than explosive. WWE packed this Las Vegas opener with title changes, major returns, a celebrity-heavy main event, and one closing angle that clearly points straight toward Backlash, but the through line of the … Read more

WWE WrestleMania 42 Night 1 April 18th, 2026 Preview: Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton and Rollins vs. Gunther Set the Stage for a Night Built on Legacy and High Stakes

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WrestleMania 42 Night 1 arrives tonight with a card that looks stronger on paper than the road to it has felt at times. WWE is bringing seven matches into WrestleMania Saturday, with Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton in the advertised headliner, Stephanie Vaquer putting the Women’s World Championship on the … 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 17th, 2026 Preview: Cody Rhodes’ Final Message and the Andre Battle Royal Headline WrestleMania Eve in Las Vegas

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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

WWE Friday Night SmackDown April 10th, 2026 Preview: Cody Rhodes Responds to Randy Orton and Pat McAfee, Drew McIntyre Targets Jacob Fatu

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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

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

WWE Friday Night SmackDown March 27th, 2026 Preview: Randy Orton’s Next Target, Bella Twins vs. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss

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SmackDown has reached the point on the road to WrestleMania 42 where one great story is carrying a lot of unfinished business behind it. That is what makes tonight’s show so important. Randy Orton has become the most dangerous man on the blue brand, Cody Rhodes is officially returning after Orton’s brutal betrayal, Drew McIntyre … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown March 13, 2026 Results & Recap: The Viper Strikes as Randy Orton Bloodies Cody Rhodes

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Last night’s SmackDown was a show that spent most of its two hours flirting with frustration before finally finding its bite. For long stretches, this was a serviceable WrestleMania build built on shaky character logic, rushed contender decisions, and storylines that too often feel like they are moving in circles instead of building with purpose. … Read more