Rhea Ripley’s knee injury did not just remove the WWE Women’s Champion from SummerSlam. It exposed how much of WWE’s women’s division was built around one plan and how quickly everything underneath it began to collapse once Ripley was unavailable. WWE reportedly had a championship match between Jade Cargill and Charlotte Flair in mind for … Read more
WWE Night of Champions came to Riyadh with a six-match card that looked straightforward on paper, but by the end of the night, the company had completely shifted the road to SummerSlam. This wasn’t a bloated show, and that helped it. The card had room to breathe, the major matches mostly mattered, and the results … Read more
WWE Night of Champions returns today from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with a card that feels less like a traditional champions showcase and more like a pressure point for everything WWE is trying to set up heading into SummerSlam. The show is built around six advertised matches, headlined by Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship … Read more
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 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 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
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 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
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 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
