WWE SmackDown airs live from Berlin on Jan. 9 with a Three Stages of Hell main event and potential surprises. Here's the full card.

On this week’s WWE SmackDown, Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre were scheduled to fight over the Undisputed WWE Championship in a Three Stages of Hell match.

On a night that saw Drew McIntyre win the WWE Championship, here are three things we hated & three things we loved about the 1/9/26 episode of "WWE SmackDown!"

Programming Insider reports that WWE SmackDown on December 26 drew 1.138 million viewers on USA Network. This number is up from the 995,000 viewers the show drew on December 19th. Friday’s episode scored a 0.27 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, up from the 0.21 rating last Friday.

The January 16, 2026, edition of WWE SmackDown keeps the ball rolling after the first two amazing editions of the Blue brand to ring in the new year. Last week’s edition was one that you didn’t want to miss,