Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (Friday, July 24, 2026) emanates from Oakland Arena in Oakland, CA 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, Charlotte Flair faces Nia Jax in an Interim WWE Women's Championship Ladder Match qualifier for SummerSlam. WWE is also advertising Cody Rhodes, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, CM Punk, Gunther and Trick Williams for the event, while Oakland Arena locally advertises The Usos vs World Tag Team Champions Bron Breakker and Austin Theory with Maxxine Dupri.
I don't think there's a sane mind out there expecting Nia Jax to beat Charlotte Flair. The interim title situation is not going to revolve around Jax whatsoever. Flair vs. Cargill is their priority at the moment and it would be crazy if Flair wasn't also involved in this match, so she by default has to advance. Five spots and Flair not being one of them just doesn't make sense.
So far, they haven't announced anything else, but since there were two qualifiers last week, I'd assume another will take place here. Who competes and who advances is kind of up in the air until we know who is even in the running, but I'd pay attention to Blake Monroe as she needs to eventually step in the ring and winning a match maybe agaisnt Candice LeRae could be the direction to go. Chelsea Green is also somewhere in the mix, as is Lash Legend, and they could also throw B-Fab and Michin in there among a few others.
Along with that situation, we'll assuredly get some more arguing between Nick Aldis and Gunther, Sami Zayn flipping out over what happened at Saturday Night's Main Event, and is tonight finally the night where War Raiders will face Wepa Up or is that just going to be two entire months of "it'll happen eventually, but we don't have a plan for when yet."
Here are your results for WWE SmackDown - July 24, 2026:
- TBD - Singles Match to Qualify for the Interim WWE Women's Championship Ladder Match at SummerSlam: Charlotte Flair vs Nia Jax
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