Summary
DateJul 17Total matches5
Men's matches3Women's matches2
Singles matches4Tag Team matches1
Trio Matches0Other Matches0

This episode of SmackDown took place on July 17, 2026 and featured 5 matches on the card.  A majority of the matches ended by pinfall, submission, or the rules stipulated by the match, but 2 of the 5 matches ended with a non-finish disqualification or count-out.  No championships were defended on the card.

The matches featured 12 wrestlers and 2 tag teams, highlighted by Cody, Ivar, Erik, Jade Cargill and Tiffany Stratton.


Predictability


100
100
80

Mostly Predictable
(4 of 5 Matches)

Competitions


4
100
4

1
100
1

Usual Singles
Usual Tag

Diversity


3
100
3

2
100
2

Usual Mens
Usual Womens


Balance of Power

100
+3 FACES

Faces won the card with 4 wins (of 5 matches).
(Heels won 1 matches)

Matches

Top of the Card
Men's Singles
Cody
9-3-1 (Overall: 10-3-1, Last 5: 4-1)
Win Probability: 66.0%
━━━━━━━━━━┥   vs   ┝━━━━━━━━━━
Gunther
5-5 (Overall: 5-5, Last 5: 1-4)
Win Probability: 34.0%
Match ended by Disqualification
  • Over the past year, Cody has won the 3rd most number of matches in WWE Men's singles competition (13 wins).
  • This was the 9th main event singles match of 2026 that Cody has participated in.
  • This was the 4th time Cody and Gunther have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE. Cody leads the series 4-0. The most recent match was 28 days ago at SmackDown on June 19, 2026 where Cody won.
  • With this win, Cody has now won 2 singles matches in a row.
  • Prior to this match it had been 20 days since Gunther had competed in a WWE match.

Men's Tag Team
Ivar and Erik
The Viking Raiders
1-0 (Last 5: 1-1)
Win Probability: 70.0%
━━━━━━━━━━┥   vs   ┝━━━━━━━━━━
Nathan Frazier and Axiom
0-3 (Last 5: 0-5)
Win Probability: 30.0%
  • This was the 1st time Ivar and Erik have competed in a 2-on-2 tag team match against Nathan Frazier and Axiom in WWE.
  • Prior to this match it had been 221 days since Ivar, 221 days since Erik, 21 days since Nathan Frazier and 35 days since Axiom had competed in a WWE match.

Middle of the Card
Women's Singles
Jade Cargill
8-4 (Overall: 12-4, Last 5: 4-1)
Win Probability: 67.6%
━━━━━━━━━━┥   vs   ┝━━━━━━━━━━
Nia Jax
0-3 (Overall: 2-9-2, Last 5: 0-5)
Win Probability: 32.4%
Match ended by Disqualification
  • Over the past year, Jade Cargill has won the 2nd most number of matches in WWE Women's singles competition (12 wins).
  • This was the 3rd time Jade Cargill and Nia Jax have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE. Nia Jax leads the series 2-1. The most recent match was 434 days ago at SmackDown on May 9, 2025 where Nia Jax won.
  • With this win, Jade Cargill has now won 2 singles matches in a row.
  • Prior to this match it had been 49 days since Nia Jax had competed in a WWE match.

Women's Singles
Tiffany Stratton
10-2 (Overall: 10-6, Last 5: 2-3)
Win Probability: 74.2%
━━━━━━━━━━┥   vs   ┝━━━━━━━━━━
Jacy Jayne
1-4 (Overall: 2-4, Last 5: 2-3)
Win Probability: 25.8%
  • Over the past year, Tiffany Stratton has won the most number of matches in WWE Women's singles competition (13 wins).
  • This was the 1st time Tiffany Stratton and Jacy Jayne have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE.
  • With this win, Tiffany Stratton has now won 6 singles matches in a row.
  • Prior to this match it had been 21 days since Jacy Jayne had competed in a WWE match.

Bottom of the Card
Men's Singles
Finn Balor
5-4 (Overall: 5-4, Last 5: 0-1)
Win Probability: 45.1%
━━━━━━━━━━┥   vs   ┝━━━━━━━━━━
Hikuleo
3-2 (Overall: 8-4, Last 5: 2-3)
Win Probability: 54.9%
  • Underdog win! Finn Balor won the match with a Wrazzlin win probability of 45.1%!
  • This was the 4th opening singles match of 2026 that Finn Balor has participated in.
  • This was the 1st time Finn Balor and Hikuleo have competed 1-on-1 in a singles match in WWE.
  • With this win, Finn Balor has now won 2 singles matches in a row.
  • With this win, Finn Balor has a win percentage at or above 50% (5-4) in 2026 singles matches.
  • Prior to this match it had been 28 days since Hikuleo had competed in a WWE match.


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