Tonight, the superstars of the World Wrestling Federation are back in action for another episode of Friday Night SmackDown, coming to us live from the Amerant Bank Arena in Fort Lauderdale, Florida!
We’re just over two weeks away from Survivor Series, and tonight we’ve got Finn Balor taking on Gunther, an appearance from John Cena, and we’ll hear from the NEW WWF Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton following her successful Money in the Bank cash-in at Crown Jewel last Saturday.
Let’s take a look at what’s been announced for tonight’s SmackDown, like we didn’t already just cover everything:
WWF SmackDown 11/13/26 Preview at a Glance
- Finn Balor vs. Gunther
- WWF Tag Team Championship Match: MFT’s defend against Bakusai
- John Cena appears
- New WWF Women’s World Champion Tiffany Stratton appears
Finn Balor vs. Gunther was announced on X, isn’t even on WWE’s website yet, despite it being announced over an hour ago.
3:45 PM UPDATE: WWE has announced, again via X, that the MFT’s will defend the WWF Tag Team Championship against Bakusai tonight.
WWF Friday Night SmackDown airs LIVE tonight at 7 pm CT on USA Network!
Finn Balor vs. Gunther
Finn Balor and Gunther will square off tonight in what should be a good match. These two have been at it for a while, and supposedly were supposed to meet at Crown Jewel but apparently Gunther didn’t want to go over there. I can’t fault him for that. The good news is that we get the match tonight.
WWF Tag Team Champions MFT’s defend against Bakusai
The MFTs will defend their WWF Tag Team Championship against Bakusai tonight in another match that was just announced on X. We’ll see if Bakusai can capture the titles, or if the MFTs will continue their championship reign.
John Cena Appears
John Cena continues his tour of the World Wrestling Federation tonight as he makes his way to SmackDown to invite more superstars to the John Cena Classic, which takes place Monday, December 14, at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Cena has already made stops on RAW and NXT, and tonight we’ll find out who else will receive an invitation to the tournament. Of course, there’s always the possibility somebody might show up uninvited, because anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation!
Tiffany Stratton Appears
Tiffany Stratton is the new WWF Women’s World Champion after cashing in her Money in the Bank contract on her supposed good friend Chelsea Green at Crown Jewel last Saturday. Tonight, we’ll hear from the new champion following her big victory, and I’m sure Tiffany will have plenty to say about bringing championship gold back to Tiffy Time. Of course, we’ll also have to see whether Chelsea Green has anything to say about losing her championship in such an underhanded fashion after a big win over Liv Morgan.
Stinger’s View:
I expect this on Mondays, but Nick Aldis what are you even doing? Why is it so hard to announce matches ahead of time? I know, you folks get tired of reading it, but I will continue to harp on it until someone at WWF starts doing things the right way. It’s almost 2:30 pm CT, I deliberately waited to post this preview hoping they would announce something other than John Cena and Tiffany Stratton “appearing.” And they did, on X, and it’s been crickets since then.
AEW manages to announce practically the whole card of a TV show sometimes days in advance; why can’t RAW or SmackDown do the same? Unless you’re booking on the fly, it really isn’t that hard. They should know by the end of tonight what they’re going to do next week.
Until next time, this has been Stinger reporting from the rafters of Titanquisitor Hall, where I don’t know what the hell to expect tonight and neither does WWF management.
