Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (Friday, July 10, 2026) emanates from Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK 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, United States Champion Trick Williams faces Carmelo Hayes in a non-title match, which isn't always the same outcome, but is frequently a vessel for the challenger to win in order to earn a title shot, which the champion will then retain during. I expect that to happen here to set up a match between them at SummerSlam or Saturday Night's Main Event. There's a chance it's a no-contest, though, with Ricky Saints getting involved in order to set up a Triple Threat. Technically, WWE could try to run both scenarios, with Melo winning the non-title match, getting a shot at SNME, Saints interferes there, and then, the Triple Threat at SummerSlam, so in any fashion, I don't think Trick is just flat out winning this on SmackDown.
Finn Balor versus Tama Tonga makes me assume Tonga wins and Balor needs to get some kind of help from another person on the roster like Shinsuke Nakamura or Damian Priest or whoever in order to help him fight off Talla Tonga's outside interference.
If the Winner Takes All match between War Raiders and Wepa Up goes down, that's a tough one to predict. I'm not seeing anything confirming that it will take place this week, mind you, and it would be weird if WWE has that match on the show without promoting it, but let's talk about it just in case. R-Truth and Priest have been having issues, but Priest working AAA is already on the table, so maybe this is how he gets some gold there? There aren't many tag teams on SmackDown, so it'd be weird for one of the only teams to pull double-duty to be champions for another brand at the same time regardless who comes out on top, so either this is a means to get the titles off Wepa Up, or to bring them to AAA. I don't think this is necessarily WWE suddenly deciding to go full-force with Erik and Ivar, so I'll assume War Raiders lose.
Also, CM Punk will be there to cut a promo about how he beat Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Championship, so expect bickering and interruptions.
Here are your results for WWE SmackDown - July 10, 2026:
- TBD - "CM Punk returns to SmackDown as the new Undisputed WWE Champion"
- TBD - Singles Match: Finn Balor vs Tama Tonga
- TBD - Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship and AAA World Tag Team Championship [Title vs Title - Winner Take All]: R-Truth and Damian Priest (c) vs The War Raiders (c)
- TBD - Non-Title Singles Match: Trick Williams vs Carmelo Hayes
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