WWE Friday Night SmackDown continued its road to Money in the Bank last night from Indianapolis with a show that only featured four matches but somehow felt busier than plenty of cards twice that size. CM Punk and Lash Legend punched their tickets to Money in the Bank, Trick Williams survived Baron Corbin inside a … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown rolls into Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis tonight with Money in the Bank beginning to consume the blue brand and one of SmackDown’s longest-running rivalries finally being locked inside a steel cage. CM Punk, Gunther and Finn Bálor collide for a place in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Giulia, … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown tonight was less about Sami Zayn celebrating becoming a two-time Undisputed WWE Champion and more about how quickly his second reign is becoming surrounded by enemies. Seven days after Zayn defeated CM Punk in Mexico City under controversial circumstances, the champion talked himself directly into another problem. Kevin Owens received an … Read more
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
WWE Friday Night SmackDown delivered its final stop on the road to SummerSlam last night from the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with CM Punk and Cody Rhodes finally abandoning the uneasy respect that had defined their Undisputed WWE Championship rivalry. The two SummerSlam opponents closed the show by fighting around ringside as referees … 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
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
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
