Blake Monroe Debuts; Carmelo Targets Trick On WWE Smackdown 5/22/26 Show Review & Results

Fightful Wrestling Podcast with Sean Ross Sapp

Fightful, Inc.

Wrestling, Sports

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Kate (@MissKatefabe) and Cresta (@CrestaTheeStarr) discuss tonight's episode of Smackdown, May 22, 2026 including: - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Talla Tonga - Cody Rhodes and Gunther to appear - Rhea Ripley to open the show - Tiffany Stratton holds an open challenge - Carmelo Hayes sets his eyes on Trick Williams and Lil Yachty EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fightful Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A MUST HAVE for wrestling fans! Watch all WWE shows with one Netflix subscription, and save HUNDREDS on AEW PPV events with a MYAEW subscription! If you want to bet on Wrestling, or any other sport, check out our new partner where we get ALL of our odds! https://mybookie.website/joinwithFIGHTFUL and use the promo code FIGHTFUL. Deposit $100, get $50. Go in with $200, and they’ll make it $100! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hello and thank you so much for joining us for your Smackdown post show.
0:25.3	It is Friday, May 22nd. Happy Memorial Day weekend.
0:30.0	We've got so much wrestling on tap for you tonight because we're going to talk about Smackdown,
0:34.3	but we have Saturday night's main event which SP3 and Joel
0:37.8	Perl are gonna review for you we have AEW double or nothing which I believe
0:41.7	Sean is doing solo we've got wrestling coverage for you through the weekend
0:46.3	Grapcity also still going down so stay tuned to fightful YouTube all weekend
0:51.2	please do leave a thumbs up on this video. Please do subscribe to this YouTube
0:55.7	channel because you're going to want notifications for when all of this programming is coming
0:59.6	your way. And of course, subscribe to Fightful Select, which we will talk about in a little bit.
1:05.5	But joined as always by the beautiful, wonderful, lovely Cresta. It's been a couple weeks. I was at ROH Supercard of Honor last week, and then the week before I had some personal stuff to tend to. I am very excited to be back with you. We got to review AEW Dynamite this past Wednesday. So double shot of Kate and Cresta. How are you doing this fine Friday evening? They can't get rid of us, and we are going nowhere. I'm doing all right. I was sports entertained by tonight Smackdown, even though I'd be on these internet streets and a lot of people are like, this was a go-home show. But then again, I'm very easily sports-insertained. And always I'm happy to be here with you, Kate. You are the sunshine of my life.
1:45.5	Oh, my goodness.
1:47.0	A little Stevie for me.
1:49.2	You're the music of my mind.
1:50.5	How about that?
1:51.0	That's my favorite album.
1:53.5	Let's dig into this episode of SmackDown.
1:57.1	Get in those super chats and Humber chats.
1:58.8	If there's anything you want to talk about,
2:00.7	we can't tell you how much it helps us if you leave a thumbs up on this video.
2:05.6	We're also all over social media. So if you can share those links that helps get those views up to.
2:11.3	We are asking for your help as the PBS of pro wrestling media as much as people want to say we're paid for.
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