Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (Friday, August 14, 2026) emanates from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts and will air starting at 8 p.m. ET on the USA Network.
Results, match winners, promo segment notes and other major developments from WWE's blue brand will be added below as Friday Night SmackDown airs.
Preview & Predictions for WWE SmackDown:
On tap for tonight's episode, Baron Corbin defends the United States Championship against Carmelo Hayes; Tiffany Stratton puts the WWE Women's United States Championship on the line against Jacy Jayne; WWE Tag Team Champions R-Truth and Damian Priest defend against War Raiders and the MFTs in a Triple Threat Match; and Paige makes an appearance.
Since the AAA World Tag Team Championship is not also factored into the tag team triple threat, that is very telling that The War Raiders are not winning this. If it were title-for-title, they could win to retain, but their belts are not in jeopardy, so they can lose and it means nothing to them. I do think the MFTs have a good shot at winning the belts here, but with Shinsuke Nakamura and his mystery partner going after them, it depends on what WWE wants to do. Do Talla Tonga and Tama Tonga win here, Wepa Up splits, and Nakamura plus TBD go after the new tag team champions, or does Nakamura spoil the party for the Tongans? I'm thinking more so the former.
Baron Corbin is going to retain the men's United States title over Carmelo Hayes. He just beat Trick Williams in Philadelphia, which is a surrogate home town for Trick in a lot of ways. Melo is from Framingham, which is close enough that they're treating Boston as his hometown, and I think the same will apply.
A title change could happen with the women's United States title, though. I'd imagine Tiffany Stratton drops that belt to either Jacy Jayne or Blake Monroe, so if it doesn't happen tonight, Monroe's got that locked up soon enough.
Here are your results for WWE SmackDown - August 14, 2026:
- TBD - Singles Match for the United States Championship: Baron Corbin (c) vs Carmelo Hayes
- TBD - Singles Match for the WWE Women's United States Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs Jacy Jayne
- TBD - Triple Threat Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship: R-Truth and Damian Priest (c) vs War Raiders vs The MFT
- TBD - Paige appears
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