Johnny Gargano

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 LFG Season 3 Episode 8 Review & Recap: Chris Island Finally Finds a Pulse, Nikkita Lyons Stands Out, and Zena Sterling Still Needs That Next Step

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WWE LFG Season 3 reached Episode 8 last night with “A Brand New Zena,” and this was one of those episodes that showed both the value and the frustration of WWE’s developmental system on camera. Through the first seven episodes, Season 3 has been about moving away from the old coach-team competition setup and leaning … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown June 12th, 2026 Results & Recap: GUNTHER Names Sami Zayn Special Guest Referee, Jey Uso Advances In King Of The Ring

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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 LFG Season 3 Episode 7 Review & Recap: Elijah Holyfield Steps Into The Ring With Apollo Crews As Keanu Carver Receives His NXT Opportunity

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WWE LFG has improved significantly in its third season because it finally stopped trying to force a reality-show competition into a developmental process that was always more interesting on its own. The team format, point totals and artificial weekly stakes have been removed. That has allowed the series to focus on the part that actually … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 15th, 2026 Results & Recap: Gunther Earns Cody Rhodes Clash In Italy Title Match, Trick Williams Gets Loud Columbia Homecoming

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown from Columbia, South Carolina felt different because I was not just watching it through a screen. I was inside Colonial Life Arena, surrounded by a loud crowd that stayed active for almost the entire three-hour experience, from the pre-show action to the Main Event taping to SmackDown itself. The … Read more

WWE NXT Stand And Deliver April 4th, 2026 Results & Recap: Tony D’Angelo Finally Becomes NXT Champion, Lola Vice Makes History

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NXT’s biggest show of the year is officially in the books, and for the sixth time, Stand & Deliver delivered on its promise of reshaping the developmental brand’s landscape in a single night. This year’s edition carried a different energy from the jump — no WrestleMania weekend shadow looming overhead, no shared spotlight with the … Read more

WWE NXT Stand and Deliver April 4th, 2026 Preview: Joe Hendry’s Fatal 4-Way Title Fight and Sol Ruca vs. Zaria’s Bitter Grudge Match Lead a Defining Night for NXT

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Tonight’s NXT Stand and Deliver carries a different kind of weight, and that is exactly what makes it so compelling. For the first time, the event is stepping out from under the WrestleMania week umbrella and trying to stand entirely on its own. That alone changes the stakes. For years, Stand and Deliver benefited from … Read more

WWE NXT March 24th, 2026 Results & Recap: Johnny Gargano Returns, Fatal Four-Way NXT Title Match Set for Stand & Deliver

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WWE NXT delivered the kind of show that matters most this time of year. It was not about one perfect match carrying the night. It was about stacking the board, sharpening the stories, and making Stand & Deliver feel bigger by the time the show went off the air. That is exactly what happened tonight. … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown March 6th, 2026 Results & Recap: Cody Rhodes Regains the WWE Title as Randy Orton’s WrestleMania Main Event Takes Center Stage

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Less than seven weeks before WrestleMania 42, WWE had a chance on Friday night to make SmackDown feel urgent, focused, and impossible to ignore. Instead, the March 6 episode felt like a show torn between big headline developments and deeply frustrating creative habits. On paper, this was a monumental night: Cody Rhodes regained the Undisputed … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown Feb. 27th, 2026 Results & Recap: Jey Uso Ambushed, Drew McIntyre Hands Logan Paul the Final Men’s Chamber Spot & New Women’s Tag Champions Crowned

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Last night on SmackDown, WWE tried to sell Elimination Chamber with volatility: Jey Uso taken out before the bell, the Men’s Chamber field collapsing into a shouting match, a “winner takes the final spot” main event, and a Women’s Tag Team Championship change clearly designed to unburden Rhea Ripley before she steps into the Chamber … Read more