WWE Smackdown 8/7/2026

WWE Smackdown 8/7/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-smackdown-7312026.html

We are in Philadelphia, PA. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary. 

We get a graphic for Dory Funk Jr., who passed away this week.

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Cody Rhodes comes out to talk. He asks for Randy Orton to come out and says they should fight now. Cody then asks the crowd what they want to talk about. He talks about his 2026 so far. He says he didn't know Orton would RKO him at Summerslam.

CM Punk comes out. Punk asks Cody if he wants to ask him anything. Cody asks Punk if he knew Orton would get involved. Punk says he didn't know and says he's p!ssed about it. Punk says they can find Orton together, 2 Man Power Trip style, and beat him up. Cody says he guarantees he will find Orton and kick his @ss himself. Cody then leaves to let Punk talk. Punk tells Cody to say when about their unfinished business.

Kevin Owens then comes out. Cody holds his hands open and kind of gives him the mic. KO takes it. KO gets in the ring. Him and Punk have words. Nick Aldis (with a black eye) then gets on the apron. KO says him and Punk are pros and says not to worry about it. Punk asks if KO is here to claim his title shot. KO says he does want to wrestle and that's all he wanted to do for the last 17 months. He says he didn't want to leave but was forced to. He says he proved people wrong his entire career and now he's here.

KO says Punk is proving him right. He says people told him to give Punk a second chance. He says he never bought it. He says he knows who Punk is and Punk is proving it. KO says he's offering Punk shots when KO is the #1 contender. He says Punk thinks he's better than everyone and says it proves Punk is still the same arrogant sociopath. 

Punk says some people love his arrogance. Punk says his title proves he's the best in the world. He says if anyone benefited from his arrogance, it's KO. Punk says this place called him "skinny fat" and asks if he thinks this place was waiting fro KO. KO says he hasn't been champ for 10 years. He says he never guessed something would happen to make this even better. He says now, he doesn't just get to win the title, but he gets to humble Punk and beat him for it. Punk says it's goo to have impossible dreams. 

Punk says he needs to show gratitude as KO wouldn't be here without him. Punk says he knows he's the best in the world and so do the fans. Punk says to look at KO. KO says he should be grateful and should thank him. He says he should also thank him for showing him what not to do and how not to treat people. KO says he must be so lonely on his own pedestal. He says seeing what he has become, made him not turn into a miserable piece of sh!t like him. Officials get in the ring and KO shoves Punk. 

Charlotte Flair is interviewed. Flair says her and Jade have been having issues for 3 years. She says she's not fighting for the top spot, she's fighting for Alexa Bliss. She says Jade has her attention and she's going to kick her @ss in her spotlight. Flair then challenges her to come fight her alone tonight.

Trick Wiliams talks in the back. He says he's getting his rematch vs Baron Corbin. Trick says Baron only got his title as he hit him in the head with it. Trick says they both know Baron can't beat him. He says he will beat Baron down tonight. He says Philly will whoop that trick and he will whoop that @ss. 

WWE United States Title - Baron Corbin (c) vs Trick Williams

Baron rides out on a motorcycle. 

BC takes him down and knees him in the gut. Trick flying lariats him. Trick chops him against the rails then sends him into the post. Trick chops him against the post and sends him into and over the rails. Trick flying crossbodies him over the timekeeper's rail. 

We go to our first break and return. BC boots him in the gut and lariats him down. BC hits punches on Trick. Trick hits leg lariats and flapjacks BC. Trick backhands him and stomps him in the corner. Trick cradle shocks him for 2. Trick spinning facekicks him. 

BC spinning backdrops him for 2. They trade shots on their knees. Trick jumping neckbreakers him. Trick lariats him over the top rope. BC rams Trick's back into the post and hits forearms there. 

BC and the ref tug of war over the US Title. Trick uranage's BC for 2. Trick flying pumping knees him for 2 when BC has his hand on the ropes. Baron goes out and hits Trick in the head with the title. Baron then pins him.

Thoughts: I was really surprised to see Trick losing again here. They are really testing him by doing that. It was acceptable overall but not much else.

Nick Aldis talks to Sami Zayn. Sami congratulates him on his Summerslam match. He says he cried when Nick's kid hugged him in the ring. Sami asks if Nick will congratulate him about Summerslam. Sami then goes off about Nick screwing him. He says it's hard to believe Nick didn't add Kevin Owens to the match to screw him. Kevin Owens walks in. Kevin tells Nick he wants his title match in Toronto. Nick says he will make some calls.

Sami says welcome back and says no one is happier he's back. KO doesn't think he's sincere. Sami says KO's return screwed him 100% and came at his expense. KO agrees. Sami asks if he can apologize. KO says he's sorry it affected him but says Sami would do the same. KO says he won in his last match and beat Sami in a #1 contender's match. 

Sami says he wants to see him be champ more than CM Punk. He tells him to let him know if he wants him to do anything to make it happen. KO says he will do it on his own. Sami says it's fine and says don't think Sami won't chase what he wants because it's what KO wants.

Baron Corbin is in the back. Cathy Kelly says he got 2 upsets over Trick. Baron asks if she's kidding and asks if he's the underdog. He asks her to explain how he's the underdog. He says he hopes everyone who doubted him feels stupid now. He says he said he would take the title and he did. He says Trick will never get his hands on the title again. He says no one in the locker room can step to him. Carmelo Hayes then appears and attacks him. He says he talked to Nick Aldis and they are fighting for the US Title next week.

Chelsea Green comes out and has a celebration party set up in the ring. Green says she loves the fans for sticking with her and pledging their allegiance. Green says they are huge part of why she walked out of Summerslam as the new Women's champ. She thanks Tiffany Stratton too and brings her out. 

Green says she's sorry for what happened at Summerslam but says their friendship is stronger than that. Green says she wants to make a toast to strong female friendship. 

Fatal Influence interrupt. Jacy says she would have been champ and in the ladder match if it wasn't for Tiff. Reid says they would have all been draped in gold. Fallon says Green thinks she deserves the title. Jacy says Tiff has given her no choice but to take the thing she likes the most. She says she wants to take the US Title off of her and she will be "Tiffy No Titles". Tiff says she will give her a title match if they get a tag title match right now. Fatal Influence thinks it over and says they accept. Jacy tells Nick to bring a ref out now.

WWE Women's Tag Titles - Fatal Influence (Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley) (c) vs Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea Green

LR pulls Green down of the lock up. Green slides out. Green and LR miss moves inside. Green sliding flatliners LR. Green double flying knees LR. Tiff corner splashes LR. LR codebreakers Tiff but Tiff no sells it, backflips and basement dropkicks her.

Fallon hits Tiff in the corner then house call kicks her. Tiff handspring stunners Fallon. Tiff and Green hit stereo hip attacks on the 2nd rope. They then hit stereo topes outside.

We go to PiP break and return. Green germans LR. Tiff hits lariats on LR and spinning back elbows her. Tiff cartwheels into a spinebuster on LR. Tiff top rope swantons LR. Fallon is pulled over the top to the floor.

LR enzugiri's Green from the apron. Green throws her off the top. Green cutters Fallon. Jacy spinning forearms Green over the bottom rope and Tiff takes a baseball slide. Green takes the fatal flaw (a coriolis) and Green is pinned.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Nothing too great, but no one botched and it went about as well as it was going to. There was no real reason to suspect Green and Tiff were winning here.

Nia Jax and Lash Legend attack Tiff and Green after. 

Damian Priest is interviewed. He complains about The MFT's. The War Raiders come in. Erik says they've been chasing them for a title shot. Ivar says they will be double champs. R-Truth comes in and says they aren't scared of luchadores or The Legion of Doom. Truth says he talked to Aldis and they will face The War Raiders and The MFT's next week. Priest asks if Nick mentioned the AAA Tag Titles and Truth says no. Priest says, "how convenient".

We get a video on Brock Lesnar's career.

Randy Orton comes out to talk. Cody Rhodes comes out before Orton even gets a word out. Cody heads in the ring and Orton slides out. Cody asks what he's waiting for and tells him to get in the ring right now. Officials come out and get between them. Cody says he knows Orton doesn't mention to anyone and says Orton owes him an explanation. 

Orton says he doesn't owe him anything. He says Cody asked for the best version of himself. He says he gave him it and Cody beat him. He says his voices told him to kick him in the face as hard as he could. He says the worst version of Orton can get him title #15. He says he won't take it from Cody as he will do everything he can to make sure Cody is never a champ again.

Cody says what about the worst version of himself? He says he doesn't need to be the good guy anymore. He says Orton used to be the legend killer but he's the last legend in the WWE. He asks who will kill him?

Sami Zayn complains to Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano in the back. Sami says he's jealous of Kevin Owens as he gets to tell Punk what a fraud he is. CM Punk comes in. Punk asks if they are still doing this. Punk says Sami has a big mouth when he's not around. He says he knows Owens is jealous, but he can say it to his face. Sami says he's a fraud and his days are numbered. Sami says he'd break his face if his hand wasn't broken. 

Punk says he would have in Chicago but he lost. He says Sami is in the back of the link. Punk says he'd give LeRae or Gargano a shot before him. Sami asks Gargano how he will let him to talk to them about that.

Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab talk in the back. Cathy tries to interview them. Fab says they don't care about what Charlotte has to say. Mich says Flair is jealous of Jade. Jade it's business as usual and she will end this by kicking some @ss.

Nikki Bella does a video. She says she tried hard to be supportive and made an unselfish move. She says she revitalized Paige's career and she repaid her by losing the tag titles. Nikki says Brie deserved better. She says Paige failed them. She says Brie is hurt because of Paige. She says she will make sure the rest of Paige's career will be pure misery.

Shinsuke Nakamura does a video. He says The MFT's think they evolved and needs to remember who they are. Nakamura says they need to remember who he is - the king of strong style and Shinsuke Nakamura. He says he's back and this time, he will not be alone. He says he's starting a war and is no longer a one man army. He says he and someone else will make it clear who are warriors and just pawns. He says they are running out of time.

Charlotte Flair vs Jade Cargill

They lock up and back each other up in the corner. Flair monkey flips her and rolls her out of the ring. Jade shoulders her over. Jade poses, Flair kips up and poses. Flair clips her from behind and shoulders her over. Flair headscissors rolls her on the mat. They go outside with it and Flair's head is banged off the commentary table. Flair is thrown over the rail.

We go to PiP break and return. Jade misses a back elbow in the corner and takes a german. Flair upkicks her. They trade forearms. Flair chops her and lariats her down. Flair goes for a forward handspring and is pump kicked by Jade. Flair boots her from the apron. Flair top rope crossbodies her but Jade rolls through for 2. They bridge up together. Jade knees her in the gut and superkicks her.

Jade spinning sitout rack bombs her for 2. Flair goes for a handstand hurricanrana in the corner. Jade catches her and 2nd rope sitout powerbombs her for 2. They slap each other. Jade misses a pump kick and is clipped in the leg. Flair boots her in the face. Flair figure eight's her. 

Michin and B-Fab interfere and Flair loses the hold. Alexa Bliss comes out with her arm in a brace. She then shows her doll Lily. Bliss makes the lights go out. Tatum Paxley then appears on the top rope and crossbodies Mich and Fab outside. Tatum hugs Alexa. Jade and Flair botch a powerbomb escape. Flair hits a sister abigail on her then hits like a bad diving natural selection off the top to win.

Thoughts: We haven't seen Tatum around NXT for a few weeks. It's good for her to finally get called up. The match had some highs and lows here and got a little sloppier towards the end. It was a borderline alright match at times but then got worse. I'm curious how they handle Tatum/Bliss/Flair as group.

Overall thoughts: We had a lot going on here on this one non-wrestling wise and a lot of average matches in the ring that brought this down some. We also had an ad-free first 30 minutes. I'm not sure that there was a match of the night here. They did do a nice job of setting things up for future weeks though and had lots of stars interacting. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as the wrestling could have been a bit better here. It was average.