On the first Friday of 2026, here are three things we hated and three things we loved about the 1/2/26 episode of "WWE SmackDown!"

WWE SmackDown kicks off 2026 with a live episode tonight from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The event airs live at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST on the USA Network domestically and Netflix internationally. This marks the brand’s return to live broadcasts after the final 2025 episodes were taped.

A brand new season of WWE: Unreal will help kickstart the New Year on Netflix as season 2 drops on January 20th, 2026. The second season will take audiences on the road to Summerslam, which culminates in some of the biggest moments of the year for the WWE.

WWE Unreal season 2 is set to debut on Netflix on January 20, 2026. The five-episode second season follows the WWE universe as it builds toward SummerSlam 2025, with cameras inside creative meetings, backstage moments, and real-time reactions from top WWE superstars.