WWE Friday Night SmackDown finally feels like a show beginning to rediscover its creative identity, but last night also exposed the biggest problem standing between the blue brand and becoming consistently great again: WWE suddenly has more worthwhile stories than it has television time to properly tell them. From CM Punk and Kevin Owens finally … Read more
The WWE Monday Night Raw preview for tonight carries a bigger creative burden than the advertised card initially suggests. Roman Reigns returns to Raw with Jey Uso expected to deliver Solo Sikoa back to the Bloodline after last week’s controversial main-event victory, Chad Gable puts the Intercontinental Championship on the line against Rey Mysterio, Sol … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown finally feels like it has some teeth again. Tonight wasn’t perfect, and there are still a few frustrating booking habits WWE refuses to let die, but the difference between the blue brand before SummerSlam and what we have watched over the last two Fridays is hard to ignore. Stories are moving. … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown rolls into Boston tonight with three championships on the line, but the biggest questions extend well beyond the advertised matches. CM Punk and Kevin Owens are one confrontation away from turning an already hostile Undisputed WWE Championship rivalry into a fight one week before Toronto, Cody Rhodes is still hunting Randy … Read more
WWE SmackDown August 7 2026 results delivered something last night’s post-SummerSlam show desperately needed: actual direction. SmackDown only featured three matches, but WWE clearly treated the episode as a storyline reset rather than a wrestling-heavy card. Kevin Owens finally stood across the ring from CM Punk and immediately made their Undisputed WWE Championship program feel … Read more
WWE SmackDown August 7 2026 begins the real fallout from SummerSlam tonight in Philadelphia, and WWE suddenly has several stories that matter more coming out of the weekend than they did going into it. Kevin Owens is back after 17 months away from the ring and wasted no time earning a shot at Undisputed WWE … Read more
Kevin Owens vs CM Punk is not simply WWE’s next Undisputed WWE Championship match. It is a collision nearly 21 years in the making between two men who came from the same independent wrestling world, built completely different reputations and somehow spent most of their careers narrowly missing one another. That finally changed at SummerSlam. … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown delivered its final stop on the road to SummerSlam last night from the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with CM Punk and Cody Rhodes finally abandoning the uneasy respect that had defined their Undisputed WWE Championship rivalry. The two SummerSlam opponents closed the show by fighting around ringside as referees … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown takes over the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, tonight for the final stop before SummerSlam invades U.S. Bank Stadium for a two-night Premium Live Event this weekend. Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes will meet face-to-face one final time before their championship match Saturday night. WWE Tag Team … Read more
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
