Lainey Reid

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 22nd, 2026 Results & Recap: Gunther Leaves Cody Rhodes Lying, Jade Cargill Drops Rhea Ripley & TrickMeloGang Rivalry Starts Heating Up

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown had enough story progression to matter, but it also exposed the exact problem fans have been pointing out with WWE’s current three-hour TV rhythm: too much time, too many recaps, too many talking segments, and not enough urgency to get talent in the ring. This was the go-home SmackDown … 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 Friday Night SmackDown May 8th, 2026 Results & Recap: Tiffany Stratton Retains, Jade Cargill Returns And Trick Williams Turns The Gingerbread Man Funeral Into A Backlash Ambush

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown was the final stop before Backlash, and for better and worse, it felt like a true go-home show with two different versions of WWE fighting for control of the episode. The best parts of the night had real stakes: Jacob Fatu warning The Usos that he is willing to … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 8th, 2026 Preview: The Gingerbread Man Is Laid To Rest As WWE Makes Its Final Stop Before Backlash

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown has one job tonight: close the door on the road to Backlash with enough heat, clarity and urgency to make Saturday’s Premium Live Event feel like a must-watch show. Coming out of last week’s chaotic episode, the blue brand has several stories pulling in different directions. Cody Rhodes was medically cleared, … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 1st, 2026 Results & Recap: Gunther Chokes Out Cody Rhodes, Jacob Fatu Wrecks MFT & Fatal Influence Puts The Women’s Division On Notice

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Last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown was a busy, important and uneven stop on the road to Backlash — the kind of episode where WWE moved a lot of pieces forward, but also exposed some of the same creative habits that keep holding the product back. Cody Rhodes returned to the ring, Ricky Saints made … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 1st, 2026 Preview: Ricky Saints Arrives On SmackDown As Jacy Jayne Battles Charlotte Flair On The Road To Backlash

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Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes at a very important point for the blue brand. WrestleMania 42 is in the rearview, Backlash is less than two weeks away on Saturday, May 9th, and WWE now has to prove that last week’s reset was not just a post-Mania burst of chaos. The biggest stories heading into … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown After Mania April 24th, 2026 Results & Recap: Fatal Influence Arrives, Tiffany Stratton Wins Gold, Jacob Fatu Destroys MFT

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The SmackDown After Mania should have felt like a reset. Instead, it felt like a company trying to convince itself it had momentum while terrible WWE release news hung over the entire night. As mentioned in my LNC Wrestling article on the WWE releases, that news broke right before SmackDown went on the air last … Read more

WWE NXT Revenge Week 1 April 14th, 2026 Results & Recap: Lola Vice and Tony D’Angelo Retain as Kali Armstrong and Kendal Grey Crashes the Title Picture

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Last night’s NXT Revenge Week 1 was another reminder that NXT’s women’s division is still the brand’s biggest strength and, honestly, one of WWE’s most consistently well-booked spaces right now. The show had a little bit of everything: a nasty grudge match to open the night, two title defenses, a breakout debut for Kali Armstrong, … Read more

WWE NXT April 14th, 2026 Preview: NXT Championship Match Headlines NXT Revenge Week 1 Built on Pressure & Payback

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Tonight’s NXT is not just another fallout show. Revenge Week 1 is WWE’s attempt to turn the post-Stand & Deliver reset into something that actually feels meaningful, and that puts a lot of pressure on a card built around immediate title defenses, a featured Joe Hendry appearance, and a few matches that could quietly shape … Read more

WWE NXT April 7th, 2026 Results & Recap: Tony D’Angelo’s Celebration Gets Crashed as Revenge Takes Shape

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Last night’s episode of WWE NXT had a lot riding on it. This was the first show after Stand & Deliver, the first night of Tony D’Angelo’s reign as NXT Champion, the first night of Lola Vice’s reign as NXT Women’s Champion, and the real starting point for the road to the two-part NXT Revenge … Read more