Drew McIntyre won the WWE Championship for a second time after defeating Cody Rhodes this afternoon on SmackDown. Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown aired live on Netflix internationally from Germany ahead of tonight's broadcast on the USA Network.

WWE Friday Night Smackdown airs on Friday nights at 8 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free live stream. Friday, Jan. 9 will serve as the second episode of Season 28, and it will air on USA.

WWE SmackDown is set to kick off its Europe Tour with tonight's episode. The show is set to take place at the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany, and fans have high expectations for it.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.175 million viewers on USA Network, up 3.3 percent from the previous week.

WWE and NBCUniversal's Peacock closed a deal back in January 2021 that would see most of everything that was previously featured on the WWE Network in the Unite

USA Network might no longer have NXT, but they know who they want from that roster for WWE SmackDown in 2026. While it seems that WWE was slow in calling up men and women from NXT to RAW and SmackDown in recent months,