🗓 Clash Card Friday, June 5, 2026

WWE SmackDown: WAW Clash Card

🗓 WWE · June 5, 2026 · USA Network

WWE is still on European soil and the dust from Clash in Italy hasn’t even settled yet — which means tonight’s SmackDown from the Unipol Arena in Bologna could be raw, emotional, and unpredictable in all the right ways. Cody Rhodes walked out of the PLE still Undisputed WWE Champion after surviving Gunther, and now the entire roster has to recalibrate around that result. The vibe going in is volcanic — somebody’s going to want answers, and somebody’s going to want a fight.

Cody Rhodes Appearance — Clash in Italy Fallout

Rhodes retained against Gunther, but surviving The Ring General never comes without a price — what condition is Cody in, and more importantly, who’s already circling for what comes next on the road to the next major chapter? This is the promo that sets the temperature for the entire summer.
WAW Pick: Rhodes cuts a gutsy babyface promo before getting interrupted by whoever WWE has positioned as the next challenger — watch this space carefully.

Rhea Ripley Segment — Post-Clash Fallout

Mami was in action or involved at Clash in Italy, and there is zero chance she lets the Bologna crowd go home without knowing exactly where she stands heading into the next chapter of her story. Whatever happened Sunday, Rhea will have something to say about it — loudly.
WAW Pick: Ripley reasserts her dominance and plants a flag for whatever program is coming out of the PLE result.

Jade Cargill Segment/Appearance — Post-Clash Fallout

Jade’s trajectory since returning to full form has been a freight train, and Clash in Italy was another data point in that story. How she’s positioned tonight will tell us a lot about whether WWE is ready to fully pull the trigger on her as a top-line singles force on SmackDown.
WAW Pick: Cargill comes out looking strong — either with a victory or a statement that keeps her momentum firmly intact.

Trick Williams Appearance — Post-Clash Fallout

Trick is on SmackDown and the European crowd is absolutely going to lose their minds for him — but beyond the pop, what does his Clash in Italy result mean for his immediate future on the blue brand? His positioning tonight is the real story.
WAW Pick: Trick gets a hero’s reception in Bologna and WWE uses the moment to lock in his next feud or program heading into summer.

🎲 WAW Wildcard

With Sheamus doing work at the WWE Performance Center and the IRL crowd being a passionate European audience that would absolutely blow the roof off for The Celtic Warrior — don’t completely rule out a surprise return appearance or even just a video package dropping to tease his comeback. Bologna feels like exactly the kind of moment WWE would use to remind European fans that one of their own is coming back. It’s not confirmed, it’s not rumoured for tonight specifically — but the timing is almost too perfect to ignore.