WWE SmackDown August 7 2026 begins the real fallout from SummerSlam tonight in Philadelphia, and WWE suddenly has several stories that matter more coming out of the weekend than they did going into it. Kevin Owens is back after 17 months away from the ring and wasted no time earning a shot at Undisputed WWE … Read more
WWE SummerSlam Night 2 preview coverage begins with a card carrying a much different responsibility than the opening half of WWE’s biggest event of the summer. Night 1 delivered a career-defining victory for Oba Femi, Randy Orton’s shocking return, CM Punk retaining the Undisputed WWE Championship and several developments that immediately changed WWE’s direction. Tonight … Read more
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 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 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
Rhea Ripley’s knee injury did not just remove the WWE Women’s Champion from SummerSlam. It exposed how much of WWE’s women’s division was built around one plan and how quickly everything underneath it began to collapse once Ripley was unavailable. WWE reportedly had a championship match between Jade Cargill and Charlotte Flair in mind for … 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
