WWE SmackDown Start Time Tonight (05-15-2026)
WWE Friday Night SmackDown airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on USA Network, broadcasting live from the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. International viewers can stream the show on Netflix. This is the post-Backlash fallout episode and the first SmackDown since Roman Reigns retained the World Heavyweight Championship over Jacob Fatu in Tampa last Saturday.
Tonight’s SmackDown start time in every timezone
| Region | Timezone | Local time | Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, Miami, Toronto | EDT (UTC−4) | 8:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Halifax | ADT (UTC−3) | 9:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| St. John’s | NDT (UTC−2:30) | 9:30 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Chicago, Dallas, Mexico City | CDT/CST (UTC−5/−6) | 7:00 / 6:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Denver | MDT (UTC−6) | 6:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Phoenix | MST (UTC−7) | 5:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver | PDT (UTC−7) | 5:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Anchorage | AKDT (UTC−8) | 4:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Honolulu | HST (UTC−10) | 2:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| São Paulo, Buenos Aires | BRT/ART (UTC−3) | 9:00 p.m. | Fri May 15 |
| Reykjavik, Accra | UTC/GMT | 12:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| London, Dublin, Lisbon | BST (UTC+1) | 1:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome | CEST (UTC+2) | 2:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Johannesburg | SAST (UTC+2) | 2:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Athens, Helsinki, Cairo | EEST (UTC+3) | 3:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Moscow, Riyadh | MSK/AST (UTC+3) | 3:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Dubai, Abu Dhabi | GST (UTC+4) | 4:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Karachi, Islamabad | PKT (UTC+5) | 5:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Mumbai, Delhi, Colombo | IST (UTC+5:30) | 5:30 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Dhaka | BST (UTC+6) | 6:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Bangkok, Jakarta | ICT/WIB (UTC+7) | 7:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Beijing, Singapore, Manila, Perth | CST/SGT/PHT/AWST (UTC+8) | 8:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Tokyo, Seoul | JST/KST (UTC+9) | 9:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane | AEST (UTC+10) | 10:00 a.m. | Sat May 16 |
| Auckland, Wellington | NZST (UTC+12) | 12:00 p.m. | Sat May 16 |
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