Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (March 13, 2026) emanates out of the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona 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, Jelly Roll is scheduled to make an appearance. Nothing has been directly said about what he's supposed to be doing, but you could assume he'll be involved in some kind of in-ring promo segment, possibly do some musical performance (though they likely would have advertised that specifically), and get involved with some different people on the roster. Does he get cursed by Danhausen?
I highly doubt he answers the open challenge for the United States Championship that we can assume Carmelo Hayes would have. It's another episode of SmackDown, so there's no reason to believe that Hayes won't defend the title in some fashion. Last week, it was against El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., and Ilja Dragunov continues to not try for a rematch. Whoever Hayes is up against, I think he retains.
Jade Cargill will be in action against Michin, who stands no chance at all in getting the better of the WWE women's champion. Michin is entirely set up as someone Cargill can fight and beat over and over. The same would apply to B-Fab, if that ends up happening next week or so.
There will also be a contract signing for WrestleMania 42's men's Undisputed WWE Championship match between Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes, following The American Nightmare winning the title back last week. I'd expect follow-up from Jacob Fatu and Drew McIntyre, as well as Sami Zayn's continued frustrations and Aleister Black getting into everyone's minds.
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 - March 13, 2026:
- Drew McIntyre opened the show complaining that he was screwed out of the title last week. Nick Aldis came out to say it was a fair loss. Jacob Fatu then came out to take ownership of costing him the match and invited Drew to do something about it. Instead of fighting, McIntyre quit WWE.
- Backstage, Solo Sikoa told Tama Tonga to protect the lantern. After everyone left, Shinsuke Nakamura approached Tonga to have an exchange in Japanese.
- After a commercial break, Fatu and Aldis were talking about McIntyre quitting. Trick Williams approached and this led to a match booked for later that Trick wasn't asking for, against Fatu.
- The Wyatt Sicks (Uncle Howdy & Erick Rowan) defeated MFT (Solo Sikoa & Tama Tonga) by pinfall. After the match, though, Tama Tonga stole the lantern back.
- Damian Priest and R-Truth had a backstage segment with Los Garza, setting up a match for later.
- Kiana James plans on shutting up Tiffany Stratton later.
- Jade Cargill defeated Michin by pinfall. Cargill then cut a promo about how the locker room talks a lot of trash, but they get real quiet when they see her in the hallway, and she's not afraid of Rhea Ripley, who came out. Cargill immediately backed away and Ripley said at WrestleMania, she's going to make Cargill her bitch.
- Backstage, Cody Rhodes asked Aldis what the McIntyre situation is all about. Aldis told him to just worry about the contract signing. Sami Zayn then approached Rhodes to congratulate Cody on winning the title. Rhodes asked if this is all about Sami wanting a title shot and if that's the case, they can go talk to Aldis about the back end of WrestleMania. Zayn said that he looks up to Randy Orton, but not to Cody, because they're friends, who are supposed to be equals, so Cody doesn't get to talk down to him. Cody then said he's not talking down to him and that he is inspired by Sami, and if Zayn doesn't look up to him in response, he can just look at the title belt. Aleister Black and Zelina then laughed about all of this, asking if Zayn ever thought the world title wasn't meant for him.
- After the commercial break, Rhea Ripley checked up on Michin and told her she had a great match. Michin was upset and not receptive to the courtesy.
- WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match: The Irresistible Forces (Lash Legend & Nia Jax) defeated Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair by disqualification due to The Bella Twins getting involved.
- Backstage, R-Truth was talking to "sushi roll" (Jelly Roll), but Damian Priest needed to pull him away for their match. Jelly Roll then had a quick interaction with Randy Orton, with The Viper giving him some advice for MizTV that when The Miz starts talking too much, just kick his ass.
- Damian Priest & R-Truth defeated Los Garza (Angel & Berto) by pinfall.
- Alex Shelley and Candice LeRae were trying to break Johnny Gargano out of his slump. Chris Sabin was still upset that Shelley is wasting his time with Gargano. Next week, The Motor City Machine Guns will face Fraxiom.
- Backstage, Danhausen approached The Miz to talk about his new t-shirt and his plans to have his own show to replace MizTV. Since The Miz was a jerk, he got cursed.
- MizTV with Jelly Roll: The Miz tried to make Jelly Roll his next protege, trying to take credit for Jelly Roll's weight loss. Jelly Roll rejected him. The Miz said he liked Jelly Roll better when he was fat. Kit Wilson then came out to say The Miz shouldn't be wasting his time with Jelly Roll, who has built a brand on bad behavior. Wilson calls Jelly Roll toxic. Roll went for a punch to Kit, but Wilson moved out of the way and The Miz ate it instead.
- Backstage, Apollo Crews and Ilja Dragunov laughed at what just happened. Carmelo Hayes then approached Dragunov about how maybe the open challenge is too much of a burden on The Mad Dragon, who then said that he's stuck between ultimate confident and self-doubt. Dragunov said he can't fight Hayes without fighting himself.
- After the commercial break, Kit Wilson is going to talk to Nick Aldis about Jelly Roll. Danhausen then asked if Jelly Roll had knocked out any of The Miz's teeth, and if he was out there, he could have defended him against Jelly Roll. There's one thing The Miz can do to reverse the curse, but when The Miz turned around, Danhausen was gone.
- Tiffany Stratton defeated Kiana James by pinfall.
- Trick Williams defeated Jacob Fatu by pinfall. Drew McIntyre interfered, attacking Fatu while the referee was distracted. McIntyre then also laid out The Samoan Werewolf with a Claymore after the bell.
- Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton had a contract signing for their WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 42. Rhodes had nothing but positive things to say about Orton, who then turned on him and beat him down, posing with the title to end the show.
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