Just An Absolutely Insufferable 3 Hours, Cody Rhodes vs Gunther FINALLY Official | WWE SmackDown Review (5/15/26)
Off The Script w/JDfromNY
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🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
After last week's embarrassment, SmackDown tries to get back on track heading into Clash In Italy but do they?
Gunther continues to toy with Cody Rhodes after being given a brand new contract for Friday Night SmackDown and a WWE Championship match but he refuses to sign the actual contract. Now, he must wrestle for the right to wrestle Cody Rhodes, and Gunther goes one on one with Royce Keys.
Also, Trick Williams receives a "homecoming" in his hometown of South Carolina but is interrupted by The Miz as he looks to get back on track after his loss to Danhausen at Backlash.
And, Carmelo Hayes returns looking to get back into the WWE United States Championship Title picture as he goes one on one with Ricky Saints.
Join @JDfromNY for the WWE SmackDown Post Show for Friday May 15th, 2026.
WWE SmackDown (5/15/26)
🎙️Cody Rhodes, and Gunther TRY to make their Clash In Italy match official
🎙️#1 Contender: Gunther vs Royce Keys
🎙️Carmelo Hayes vs Ricky Saints
🎙️Damian Priest vs Tama Tonga
🎙️Guilia & Kiana James vs Brie Bella & Paige
🎙️Non-Title: The Miz vs Trick Williams (c)
🎙️Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs Michin & B-Fab
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| 0:00.0 | This isn't about errors. |
| 0:02.0 | It also isn't about excuses. |
| 0:05.0 | W.A.W has failed creatively. |
| 0:07.0 | AEW has failed fundamentally. |
| 0:10.0 | So why did Triple H lose the plot? |
| 0:13.0 | Why did Tony Khan abandon everything that made AEW special? |
| 0:18.0 | Because nobody is committed to the one thing that actually matters. |
| 0:22.4 | Long-term booking. |
| 0:29.3 | What is going on, guys? |
| 0:34.6 | Thank you so very much for joining me right here on Off the Script. |
| 0:37.8 | This is your Friday Night Smackdown Post Show for May 15th, |
| 0:43.6 | 2006. |
| 0:45.1 | I'm your host, JD, from New York, as always. |
| 0:47.4 | Coming to live from the OTS venue inside my mother's basement. |
| 0:52.8 | Thank you guys so very much for joining me |
| 0:55.0 | on this Friday evening, |
| 0:58.0 | wherever you may be. |
| 1:10.4 | You know, I don't really have the energy. |
| 1:18.7 | To seemingly repeat myself week over week, over week, |
| 1:24.7 | it really accomplishes nothing. |
| 1:31.7 | It doesn't do anything for anybody. |
| 1:32.9 | It doesn't do me good. |
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