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WWE Friday Night SmackDown July 17, 2026 Preview: GUNTHER Faces the Consequences as Cody Rhodes Addresses Teaming With CM Punk

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown rolls into the MVP Arena in Albany, New York, tonight for the final stop before Saturday Night’s Main Event takes over Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. Although WWE has announced only one match and two featured storyline developments, the blue brand is carrying several unresolved issues that could reshape both Saturday’s … 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 19th, 2026 Results & Recap: Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther Ends In Sami Zayn Chaos, Jey Uso Beats Je’Von Evans To Reach King Of The Ring Finals

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We are less than a week away from WWE Night of Champions on Saturday, June 27th, 2026, and last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown finally gave the premium live event the championship weight it needed. This was not a perfect show, and at times WWE got in its own way by adding extra layers to … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown June 19th, 2026 Preview: Cody Rhodes Battles Gunther With Sami Zayn As Referee, Carmelo Hayes And Ricky Saints Fight For A United States Title Shot

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Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown feels less like a normal weekly stop on the road to Night of Champions and more like a loaded checkpoint where several major directions can either lock into place or completely fall apart. Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Gunther would already be big enough on its own, … Read more

WWE Monday Night RAW June 8th, 2026 Results & Recap: Je’Von Evans Stuns Seth Rollins As Chad Gable Saves Rey Mysterio Following A Disrespectful Unmasking

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WWE Monday Night RAW continued its European Summer Tour with another special afternoon broadcast on Netflix, emanating live from the Accor Arena in Paris, France. With WWE Night of Champions rapidly approaching on June 27th, the red brand continued the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments while advancing several of its most important ongoing … Read more

WWE Monday Night RAW June 8th, 2026 Preview: Seth Rollins Enters The King Of The Ring Tournament As Penta Defends Against Rey Mysterio In Paris

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WWE Monday Night RAW continues its European Summer Tour today with another special afternoon broadcast, this time live from the Accor Arena in Paris, France. The show will stream worldwide on Netflix at 2 p.m. EST as WWE moves deeper into the road to Night of Champions on June 27th. After last week’s episode in … 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 22nd, 2026 Updated Preview: Gunther Responds To Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley Answers Jade Cargill’s Challenge And Tiffany Stratton Issues An Open Challenge

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes into tonight’s show from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky with a much stronger advertised lineup than it originally had. This is the final stop before tomorrow’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, but it is also one of the last major SmackDown chapters on the road to Clash In Italy on … Read more

WWE Friday Night SmackDown May 22nd, 2026 Preview: Shinsuke Nakamura Battles Talla Tonga As SmackDown Makes Its Final Stop Before Saturday Night’s Main Event

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes into tonight’s show feeling like a brand caught between two major checkpoints. Tomorrow is WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, but Clash In Italy is also sitting right around the corner on Sunday, May 31st. That puts SmackDown in a tricky but important position. Tonight cannot just be a reminder show. … Read more