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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

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 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 April 17th, 2026 Results & Recap: Randy Orton Finally Gives Cody Rhodes Real Story, Royce Keys Wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

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WWE had three hours, the WrestleMania stage, a loaded roster, and one final chance to make the blue brand feel essential heading into the biggest weekend of the year. Instead, last night’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown felt like a show that kept teasing urgency without ever fully committing to it. Randy Orton finally delivered the … Read more