Aug 8, 9:30 PM
WWE could do three title changes on SmackDown next week
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 7: WWE Tag Team Champion Lainey Reid, Jacy Jayne and WWE Tag Team Champion Fallon Henley (Fatal Influence) make their entrance during SmackDown at Xfinity Mobile Arena on August 7, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Brien Adams/WWE via Getty Images) | WWE via Getty Images WWE booked three different championship matches for next week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown at the TD Garden Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It seems entirely possible they could do a title change in each of the three. United States Championship: Baron Corbin (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes It would be a quick title loss for Corbin, sure, but they badly need to reestablish Hayes as any kind of threat to literally anyone, and giving him a win here would do that. Corbin doesn’t need to be champion right now. If the idea was to move Trick Williams along to bigger and better things, it’s fine to make this switch already. WWE Tag Team Championship: Damian Priest & R-Truth (c) v