WWE SmackDown Results 6/19 - Two Championships On The Line, #1 Contenders Match & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE SmackDown" on June 19, 2026, coming to you from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri!

Cody Rhodes will be putting the Undisputed WWE Championship on the line as he defends against GUNTHER, with Sami Zayn serving as the special guest referee in a match that will feature no commercial break. With the friendship between Rhodes and Zayn growing increasingly tumultuous amid a series of verbal confrontations and misunderstandings between them, GUNTHER has been looking for an Undisputed WWE Championship rematch. "The Ring General" unsuccessfully challenged "The American Nightmare" for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WWE Clash in Italy on May 31, but the match ended in controversial fashion when the referee missed GUNTHER's foot under the bottom rope.

Damian Priest and R-Truth will be putting the WWE Tag Team Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Nathan Frazer and Axiom on the May 1 episode of "SmackDown" as they defend against MFT's Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga. Moments after Talla scored a win against Royce Keys on the June 5 episode of "SmackDown", himself and the rest of MFT continued to beat down Keys until Truth came to Keys' aid. Priest followed Truth out to the ring, but instead of helping him take out MFT, pulled him out of the ring to question why he came to Keys' aid.

Trick Williams will be finding out who his next challenger for the United States Championship is tonight, as Ricky Saints collides with Carmelo Hayes in a Number One Contenders match. Saints and Hayes have both made it clear over the last few weeks that they've both had their eye on the United States Championship, and met in a singles match on the June 5 episode of "SmackDown" that saw the former emerge victorious over the latter.

Two semifinals matches in the 2026 Queen of the Ring Tournament and 2026 King of the Ring Tournament are set to take place tonight, as Women's World Champion and Judgment Day member squares off against Charlotte Flair while The Bloodline's Jey Uso goes head-to-head with Je'Von Evans in their respective tournaments. The winner of the Queen of the Ring semifinals match will face IYO SKY at WWE Night of Champions on June 27 in the finals, while the winner of the King of the Ring semifinals match will take on Oba Femi that same night.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the events leading up to tonight's Undisputed WWE Championship match.

Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore greet audiences at home as Sami Zayn makes his way to the ring. GUNTHER and Cody Rhodes follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. GUNTHER runs over Rhodes with a shoulder tackle, but Rhodes rains down right hands on GUNTHER in the corner. Zayn pulls Rhodes off GUNTHER, and GUNTHER levels Rhodes with a big boot.

GUNTHER delivers a pair of knees to Rhodes' midsection and connects with a chop on his chest, then goes for a pin but Rhodes kicks out. Rhodes catches GUNTHER with a Cody Cutter and a scoop powerslam, but GUNTHER whips Rhodes into the corner spine first and lands a kick on Rhodes' leg. He cinches in a Figure Four Leg Lock on Rhodes, but GUNTHER uses the middle rope for extra leverage. Zayn catches GUNTHER and demands that he release the ropes and hold. GUNTHER obliges, but gets in Zayn's face.

Rhodes rolls up GUNTHER, but GUNTHER kicks out and rocks Rhodes with a big boot. Rhodes then connects with a Cross-Rhodes on GUNTHER and goes for another pin, but Zayn catches GUNTHER's foot under the bottom rope. Rhodes gets in Zayn's face, but Zayn shoves Rhodes. GUNTHER intercepts Rhodes with a sleeper hold, but Rhodes crawls over to the bottom rope and grabs onto it to break the hold.

Zayn pulls GUNTHER off Rhodes, and GUNTHER responds by shoving Zayn. Zayn reminds GUNTHER that he's the referee, but GUNTHER once again shoves Zayn. Zayn slaps GUNTHER, but GUNTHER responds by landing a powerbomb on Zayn to take him out.

Rhodes delivers a Cross-Rhodes to GUNTHER and calls for another official to count the fall. GUNTHER kicks out after the new referee begins the count late, but Rhodes ascends to the top rope. GUNTHER trips him up and joins Rhodes on the ropes, then lands a dropkick on him back on the mat and follows it up with a powerbomb. He goes for a pin, but Zayn pulls the new referee out of the ring to stop the count as he insists that he's still the referee of this match. Rhodes attempts to roll up GUNTHER, but GUNTHER holds onto the ropes to prevent Rhodes from rolling him up. Zayn kicks out GUNTHER's hand from under him, opening the door for Rhodes to roll up GUNTHER for the win as Zayn executes a fast count.

Winner (and still): Cody Rhodes

Back from the break, GUNTHER and Rhodes are yelling at Nick Aldis, the second referee, and Zayn in the gorilla position. Rhodes storms back out to ringside and demands that his Undisputed WWE Championship match against GUNTHER be restarted as GUNTHER sends Zayn crashing on top of a table.

GUNTHER and the referee run out to ringside, and the bell rings once again to restart the matc. Rhodes and GUNTHER exchange right hands with one another, but GUNTHER cinches in a sleeper on Rhodes. Rhodes cinches in a sleeper of his own on GUNTHER. Zayn enters the ring to run over GUNTHER with a Helluva Kick, causing the match to end in a disqualification.

Winner (and still): Cody Rhodes

After the match, Zayn looks visibly disappointed in himself and heads to the back. GUNTHER berates Nick Aldis for losing two Undisputed WWE Championship match and demands another rematch at Night of Champions. 

Damian Priest and R-Truth then make their way to the ring. MFT follows.

Priest and Talla Tonga begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Priest fires off right hands and left hands on Talla as we see AAA World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders watching the match from backstage.

Tama Tonga tags in, and Talla fires off stomps on Priest in the corner. He jams his boot into Priest, but Priest levels Tama with a kick when Tama goes after him and sends him crashing into the corner of the ring. Truth tags in and fires off right hands on Talla as Talla stands on the apron to knock him off, but Tama dumps Truth out of the ring and Talla runs over Truth with a big boot on the outside.

Tama jams his boot into Truth during the commercial break and tags out to Talla. Talla levels Truth with a chop and jams his knee into the back of Truth's neck using the middle rope, then tags back out to Tama. Tama wears down Truth with a Half Boston Crab, but Priest tags in back from the break and levels Tama with a spinning kick.

Priest delivers a pair of back elbows to Tama in the corner, then clotheslines an interfering Talla out of the ring. Solo Sikoa emerges at ringside, and Talla asks Sikoa what he's doing. Tama looks to tag out to Talla, but Talla is still arguing with Sikoa. Priest looks to surprise Talla with a double ax handle off the ring steps, but Sikoa pushes Talla out of the way to take the move for him. Priest manages to send Talla crashing into the ring post. This opens the door for Truth to roll up a distracted Tama for the win.

Winners (and still): Damian Priest and R-Truth

We then head backstage, where Sami Zayn once again vents about his troubles to Johnny Gargano as Candice LeRae stands by. Nick Aldis confronts Zayn about what happened when he served as special guest referee earlier tonight, but Zayn insists he called the initial Undisputed WWE Championship match down the middle and didn't screw Cody Rhodes over. He says he didn't ask to be in the middle of all of this, but says he's not going away that easy. 

Back at ringside, Carmelo Hayes makes his way out. Ricky Saints follows. 

The bell rings and Hayes levels Saints with a clothesline. Hayes flies out of the ring over the top rope to level Saints on the outside before the two men return inside the ring and Hayes connects with a suplex on Saints.

Saints walks the top rope akin to Michael Jackson and delivers an Old School to Hayes. He strikes his signature pose and wears Hayes down with a submission hold, then rains down right hands on Hayes and looks to land a bulldog on him. Hayes counters into a back suplex, then connects with a springboard DDT on Saints and goes for a pin. Saints kicks out and lands an off the shoulder flapjack on Hayes, then goes for a pin of his own. Hayes kicks out.

Hayes and Saints level one another with clotheslines, but Hayes lands a Dirty Diana on Saints and sends him crashing into the mat with a neckbreaker. He goes for a pin, but Saints kicks out and Hayes ascends to the top rope. He looks to fly, but Saints moves out of the way and looks to deliver a Tornado DDT to Hayes out of the corner. Hayes sees Saints coming and ascends to the top, but Saints trips up Hayes and sends him crashing into an exposed top turnbuckle spine first for the win.

Winner (and new Number One Contender): Ricky Saints

We then head backstage, where Cody Rhodes requests a Triple Threat Undisputed WWE Championship match against GUNTHER and Sami Zayn at Night of Champions from Nick Aldis. Aldis grants him the match. 

We then head over to Danhausen's labratory and see him doing experiments on The Miz and Kit Wilson. Berto and Angel confront Danhausen about not cursing The New York Knicks NBA team and losing thousands of dollars, but Danhausen says he spent all their money. Matt Cardona comes to Danhausen's defense only to be shocked by his machine into being Zack Ryder again. 

Back at ringside, Jey Uso makes his way out. Je'Von Evans follows. 

The bell rings and Evans rolls up Jey. Jey kicks out, but Evans sends Jey crashing out of the ring with a kick and flies out of the ring over the top rope to take out Jey on the outside.

Jey extends his hand to Evans during the commercial break, and Evans looks to share it. Jey looks to surprise Evans with a boot, but Evans sees him coming and fires off right hands on Jey in the corner. Evans flies off the top rope to pin Jey, but Jey kicks out and rips Evans' shirt off back from the break.

Jey delivers a stomp to Evans' groin and lands a backbreaker on him. He sends Evans crashing out of the ring, then whips Evans into the barricade spine first and flies out of the ring to take out Evans.

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