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 SummerSlam Night 1 came to U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis tonight with six matches, two major betrayals, one significant injury, a surprise return and the clearest passing-of-the-torch moment WWE has produced in years. Oba Femi survived everything Brock Lesnar could throw at him inside Hell in a Cell before defeating The Beast and receiving … Read more
WWE SummerSlam takes over U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis tonight with a six-match Night 1 card headlined by CM Punk defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Cody Rhodes. The first half of WWE’s two-night summer spectacle also features the decisive third match between Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell, Liv Morgan … 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 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
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 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
The line between authority and competition has officially disappeared. GUNTHER will face current SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis at WWE SummerSlam, transforming weeks of professional tension, personal insults, physical attacks and retaliatory interference into one of the most intriguing grudge matches on the card. The announcement also carries significant historical weight: Aldis will finally step … Read more
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 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
