Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (January 23, 2026) emanates out of the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and will air at 8 p.m. ET on the USA Network.
This post here will be updated frequently throughout the night to reflect live coverage of Friday Night SmackDown, including all the match results, rundowns of the promos, and any other interesting or noteworthy things that take place. Keep refreshing for updates to find out all the winners and more!
Preview & Predictions for WWE SmackDown:
On tap for tonight's episode, Solo Sikoa's MFTs are getting another opportunity at winning the WWE Tag Team Championship from The Wyatt Sicks. I think they'll be successful, but it's a question of who is competing in the match. If it's Tonga Loa in any fashion, they'll likely lose, but if it's a duo like JC Mateo and Talla Tonga, I'm banking on a title change.
When it comes to the women's triple threat match to determine which tag team gets the next shot at the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, I think a lot of that depends on where WWE wants to go for WrestleMania. Since I don't think Giulia and Kiana James will be in that match (as Giulia will probably defend her US title instead), I would rather them win and keep the other teams fresher, but I do think it'll probably be Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair who come out on top of this match.
Let's go Trick Williams over Damian Priest unless Randy Orton steps in and hits Williams with an RKO while the referee is distracted or some other kind of shenanigans like that. The match could also end in a no contest with Sami Zayn and Orton getting into the fight and it just devolving into a brawl segment.
And since Axiom isn't the one facing Johnny Gargano, I don't think Nathan Frazer will be able to get his tag team partner's mask back. We're probably looking at another week at least of pushing this story to a level where Gargano says if he beats Axiom, then Axiom will have to unmask. At least, that's probably how I would have booked this. We'll see if they don't just end the angle tonight instead.
All that and more will go down tonight, so keep checking and refreshing for the most up-to-date results!
Here are your results for WWE SmackDown - January 23, 2026:
- TBD - WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Wyatt Sicks (c) vs MFT
- TBD - AJ Styles
- TBD - Open Challenge for the WWE Men's United States Championship: Carmelo Hayes (c) vs ???
- TBD - Damian Priest vs Trick Williams
- TBD - Nathan Frazer vs Johnny Gargano
- TBD - Women's Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders' Triple Threat Match: Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair vs Nia Jax & Lash Legend vs Giulia & Kiana James
What are your thoughts on tonight's episode of Friday Night SmackDown? Drop your reactions in the comments below and spark a discussion!