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WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 24, 2026 Results & Recap: CM Punk and Cody Rhodes Turn Personal as Finn Bálor Earns a SummerSlam Lifeline

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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 Monday Night RAW July 20, 2026 Results & Recap: Jacob Fatu Beats LA Knight as Bloodline Chaos Swallows the SummerSlam Build

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Tonight’s WWE Monday Night RAW from Little Caesars Arena in Detroit was supposed to create urgency with SummerSlam less than two weeks away. Instead, WWE delivered another overbooked, repetitive and painfully lazy episode built around the same factions, the same interference and the same handful of wrestlers who dominate television every week. Saturday Night’s Main … Read more

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 Monday Night RAW July 13, 2026 Results & Recap: Seth Rollins Stomps Roman Reigns, Chad Gable Wins SummerSlam Gauntlet

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Tonight’s WWE Monday Night RAW had all the pieces needed to deliver a strong episode on the road to Saturday Night’s Main Event and SummerSlam. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins were signing the contract for their World Heavyweight Championship match, Brock Lesnar was returning to confront Oba Femi, IYO SKY battled Roxanne Perez, Bayley finally … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 10, 2026 Results & Recap: CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes Set for SummerSlam, GUNTHER Chokes Out Nick Aldis and Baron Corbin Returns

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown entered last night carrying the immediate consequences of one of the most abrupt Undisputed WWE Championship changes in recent memory. CM Punk arrived in Oklahoma City as the new champion after unexpectedly replacing an injured Cody Rhodes and ending Sami Zayn’s nine-day reign on Monday Night RAW, but WWE did not … 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 Friday Night SmackDown June 12th, 2026 Preview: Gunther Reveals His Stipulation for Cody Rhodes Rematch as King and Queen of the Ring First Round Concludes

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown returns to the United States tonight from the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island, with a focused episode that needs to accomplish more than simply fill television time between premium live events. The road to Night of Champions continues with the final two opening-round matches in the 2026 King and … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown June 5th, 2026 Results & Recap: Dominik Mysterio Steals A King Of The Ring Victory As GUNTHER Demands Justice From Cody Rhodes

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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 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