Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (Friday, November 13, 2026) emanates live from Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida 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, John Cena is advertised to appear as WWE continues the buildup to Survivor Series: WarGames. Cena's return follows his recent appearances on Raw and NXT, wherein he announced some participants for the John Cena Classic. We can naturally assume Cena will be picking someone on the SmackDown roster to join the fray. My guess is he goes with one of CM Punk, Kevin Owens, Matt Cardona (if he's healthy), The Miz (long shot, but possibility), R-Truth (if he's healthy), or Trick Williams. Then again, it could also be Gunther. Nothing states the competitors in this tournament have to be babyfaces.
The fallout from Crown Jewel and the continuing championship rivalries on SmackDown should also help shape the next Premium Live Event. No specific matches have been independently confirmed for this week's show.
I'd imagine quite a bit of promos will talk about the most major topics going on right now, including Owens beating Punk last week, Sami Zayn responding to his loss against Roman Reigns at Crown Jewel, Punk and Cody Rhodes involved in the Team USA build for Survivor Series (so maybe, we'll get some more people announced for those teams as well), and the WarGames build for the women's division with more of an explanation of the partnership going on between Jade Cargill's crew and Fatal Influence.
Do we get Damian Priest beating up Fraxiom some more? I'd wager most likely. Do we FINALLY get Bakusai beating the MFTs for the tag team titles? I highly doubt it, given how long they've stretched this out.
I'm assuming Finn Balor and Gunther continue their feud and set up something properly—maybe to be added to Survivor Series, or to be on an upcoming episode of SmackDown to try to boost some ratings for The Demon in action.
Update: Roughly an hour or two after this was published, a few matches were announced with Finn Balor against Gunther (which I think Gunther will win unless Balor has the demon paint on), Jacy Jayne beats Charlotte Flair if the belt is on the line but loses if it isn't, and we do have Bakusai fighting for the tag team titles, which could certainly change hands.
Here are your results for WWE SmackDown - November 13, 2026:
- TBD - John Cena gives out more invitations to the John Cena Classic
- TBD - Finn Balor vs Gunther
- TBD - Jacy Jayne vs Charlotte Flair
- TBD - WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The MFTs (c) vs BAKUSAI (Shinsuke Nakamura & KYOKI)
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