CM Punk returns home and John Cena hits another stop on his retirement tour. Don't miss WWE Smackdown live from Chicago tonight. This episode is available on multiple streaming services for free.

WWE Friday Night Smackdown airs on Friday nights at 8 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free live stream. Friday, Sep. 5 will serve as the 36th episode of Season 27, and it will air on USA.

How to Watch WWE Friday Night SmackDown Live for Free SmackDown airs live on USA Network every Friday, and several streaming services offer free trials that let you watch without immediate cost.

Now, 40 years later, fans will get to relive the beloved show via the WWE Vault YouTube channel every Saturday morning. The animated show included cartoon versions of late WWE icon Hulk Hogan, who died in July aged 71, and other babyfaces (good guys) against ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper and other evil heels.

The shift will also mark the end of WWE's run with Peacock, which began in 2021. This was the start of the sunsetting of the WWE Network, which originally launched in 2014. NXT PLE's will remain on Peacock through the end of the year, and it is currently unclear where WWE's domestic archive content will live (internationally, it exists on Netflix).

How to Watch WWE Friday Night SmackDown Live for Free SmackDown airs live on USA Network every Friday, and several streaming services offer free trials that let you watch without immediate cost.