WWE “Friday Night SmackDown” is returning to a three-hour runtime to kick off 2026. Michael Cole and Corey Graves announced during the most recent broadcast that the change will take effect with the January 2 edition of the program. That episode is scheduled to emanate from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.

John Cena's retirement match is one night away as WWE Smackdown broadcasts live from Pennsylvania today. Find out how to watch for free.

WWE Smackdown was interesting even though the main event was puzzling. It was a great setup for Saturday Night's Main Event. Here's what happened.

Bodyslam reports that WWE is seeking some huge upgrades to the “Friday Night SmackDown” roster in 2026. The report also mentioned that WWE knows the brand’s creative has left a lot to be desired. The hope is that efforts to upgrade “WWE SmackDown” will improve the show when it switches back to a three-hour runtime.

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TheSportster’s rating system will take a look across every match on SmackDown this week to determine the best match of the night, the worst on the card, and how everything else ranked in between. In her first singles match since getting called up to the main roster,

SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis is trying to extend an olive branch to this WWE Superstar ahead of tonight’s show. On the November 7 episode of SmackDown, Nick Aldis suspended Drew McIntyre. This was a result of McIntyre getting involved in the main event between Cody Rhodes and Aleister Black.

Tomorrow, the wrestling world bids adieu to John Cena, but despite the weight atmosphere this weekend, "WWE SmackDown" stopped into the Mohegan Sun in Wilkes-Barre, PA. As always with "SmackDown," there was plenty to love and plenty to hate. As always, we won't be dealing in results. That's already been taken care of on the results page.