Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (Friday, August 21, 2026) emanates from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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, Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk puts his title on the line against hometown challenger Kevin Owens following their highly personal confrontation last week.
As interesting as it would be, I do not see a title change happening tonight. Owens being in Canada would get a great reception, but since Sami Zayn didn't even get his opportunity to beat Cody Rhodes last week, which had a stipulation that if he was victorious, he would get the winner of this match, I think we're going to see another scenario where Zayn and/or other people get involved in this and it leads to a no-contest or some sort of shenanigans with Punk capitalizing to retain the title in dubious fashion so Owens has every right to complain and get another rematch out of it. WWE loves doing their "go back to the well for sips rather than taking a big gulp" most of the time, and I don't think this is going to be a one and done scenario for Owens against Punk.
Of course, we'll have more in the storyline development of Tatum Paxley befriending Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, the fallout from Chelsea Green being given 30 days to defend the women's title while Tiffany Stratton lost the Women's United States Championship to Jacy Jayne on last week's episode, and more on the MFTs as the new WWE men's tag team champions, along with more warnings from Shinsuke Nakamura and his partner (after their vignette didn't air last time around and was made a digital exclusive). Does Matt Cardona continue to go after Gunther, or is he starting something with The Miz based on their digital exclusive interaction as well? Will Johnny Gargano actually do something this week? Is it all over for Wepa Up or will they not just immediately crumble?
Here are your results for WWE SmackDown - August 21, 2026:
- TBD - Singles Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs Kevin Owens
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