WWE SmackDown 7/17/26 Review: Gunther Snaps, Finn Wins, and the Main Event Chaos Worked

SmackDown was a mixed bag, but a pretty entertaining one. Gunther opened the show furious, Adam Pearce laid down the stakes, and Cody Rhodes brought the fight immediately. Finn Balor keeps stacking wins and looking like a serious player, which is exactly what SmackDown needs. Tiffany Stratton beat Jacy Jayne in a qualifier that was good, even if I still think Jacy should have won. Nia Jax vs Jade Cargill was basically nothing — ridiculous booking, over in a blink, total waste. Fraxiom vs The War Raiders was tremendous stuff and one of the best matches on the show. Then Cody Rhodes vs Gunther ended in a DQ that actually made sense because Sami Zayn and CM Punk chaos took over and sent the whole thing into a wild closing brawl. Not everything worked, but enough worked to make this a thumbs-up episode.Visit our website ➡️➡️➡️ https://www.majesticproduction.com/Watch our full podcast here ➡️➡️➡️ anchor.fm/majestic-production🤼‍♂️ 🤼‍♂️ 🤼‍♂️ SUBSCRIBE AND RING THE BELL 🤼‍♀️🤼‍♀️🤼‍♀️SUBSCRIBE:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOEPQb3xZXliPtYRNtUCmQFOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES!https://linktr.ee/mpwmaThank you all and BE MAJESTIC!