WWE Smackdown 5/8/26 Preview

Tonight, WWE is LIVE from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida for Friday Night Smackdown action!

Announced for tonight’s WWE Backlash go-home show:

– Gunther to address last week’s surprise attack on Cody Rhodes.

– Jacob Fatu kicks off Smackdown before challenging Roman Reigns at WWE Backlash.

– Trick Williams hosts a funeral for the Gingerbread Man.

– Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss join forces to take on Fatal Influence.

– Tiffany Stratton defends the Women’s United States Championship against Kiana James.

– Damian Priest looks to rise above Talla Tonga.

WWE Smackdown airs LIVE tonight at 7pm CT on USA Network!

Stinger’s View: Three announced matches, always good to see. The two women’s matches should be good. I’m liking what they’re doing with Fatal Influence so far, hopefully they get the win tonight. The Gingerbread stuff was funny for a bit, but of course they’re running it into the ground now. Can we please get this show back down to two hours so maybe they won’t have stupid segments like this trying to kill time?