Last time in action: CM Punk and Uso vs. Vision ended in a no contest (Raw, Nov. 3), The Miz and Carmelo Hayes lost to The Street Profits (SmackDown, Sept. 26) The first tournament match to find John Cena's final opponent saw The Miz take on Uso. As Uso was hyping up for an encore of his song, The Miz's music interrupted him.

In 2026, Friday Night SmackDown will have a longer runtime as WWE seemingly reverses course on its decision from August 2025. Another change could be coming to WWE Friday Night SmackDown ‘s runtime in 2026, and fans will have to brace for the latest update.

U ndisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will be defending his title Friday night on "WWE SmackDown" against The Vision's Bronson Reed. The match was made official in a backstage segment involving the blue brand's general manager, Nick Aldis, as well as Paul Heyman.

The two-hour era of WWE SmackDown is reportedly ending again in 2026. At the beginning of 2025, when WWE RAW made the move from the USA Network to Netflix, the three-hour format of RAW moved over to SmackDown on Friday nights.

An update has surfaced on rumors claiming WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman has issues with a "Friday Night SmackDown" star.

WWE SmackDown on November 17 features two 'The Last Time is Now' tournament matches: Jey Uso vs. The Miz and LA Knight vs. a mystery opponent. Ilja Dragunov hosts a US Title Open Challenge, Jade Cargill faces B-Fab,

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown averaged 1.141 million viewers, up 22.3 percent from the previous week’s Halloween episode. This is the third-highest audience total the show has done since

Charlotte Flair had a hilarious reaction to a wardrobe malfunction that the star had in a recent appearance. During her match against Nia Jax on Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown, the TV broadcast cut to black at various times.