WWE reminded fans on SmackDown that they have less than 24 hours until John Cena wrestles his final match at Saturday Night's Main Event.

While John Cena was not present on the eve of his final WWE match, several key stars who are also on Saturday's farewell card did a great job building up hype for the event.

TheSportster’s rating system will take a look across the entire card of SmackDown this week to determine the best match of the night, the worst on the show, and how everything else ranked up in between.

Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown will be the final stop before Saturday Night's Main Event. The show is set to take place in Wilkes-Barre, and the company has announced a stacked lineup for the event. Cody Rhodes has been the central figure of the blue brand for more than a year, and he is advertised to appear on tonight's show as well.

You don’t typically see a lot of blood on WWE programming, but there was quite a bit shown tonight on SmackDown. This evening on WWE SmackDown, Tommaso Ciampa got his long-awaited United States Championship match against Ilja Dragunov.

After getting burned in WWE this year, Damian Priest found one surefire way to get fans to care about him again.

You can stream “WWE SmackDown!” live or on demand without a cable subscription by using several streaming platforms that offer USA Network, including DIRECTV (free trial) and Sling. fuboTV is currently not a viable option, due to the ongoing dispute with NBCU causing NBC-owned channels to be blacked out on the service.

WWE SmackDown will officially move back to three hours on January 2, 2026. Michael Cole confirmed the news during the December 12th episode of SmackDown. WrestleVotes first reported the news on November 14.

Details on the WWE contract of one prominent "Friday Night SmackDown" star have emerged.