WWE SmackDown Start Time Tonight (05-08-2026)
WWE SmackDown airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT, live from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. This is the go-home episode before Backlash 2026 on Saturday, and there are already a number of segments and matches confirmed for the broadcast.
WWE SmackDown start time around the world
Here is a list of the start times for WWE SmackDown across the globe:
| Region / city | Time zone | Local start time |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu | HST (UTC-10) | 2:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Anchorage | AKDT (UTC-8) | 4:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Los Angeles, Vancouver, Seattle | PDT (UTC-7) | 5:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Phoenix | MST (UTC-7) | 5:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Denver, Calgary, Edmonton | MDT (UTC-6) | 6:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Mexico City, Guatemala City | CST (UTC-6) | 6:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Chicago, Dallas, Winnipeg | CDT (UTC-5) | 7:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Lima, Bogotá, Quito, Panama | PET/COT (UTC-5) | 7:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| New York, Miami, Toronto, Atlanta | EDT (UTC-4) | 8:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Caracas, La Paz, Santiago, San Juan | VET/BOT/CLT/AST (UTC-4) | 8:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Halifax | ADT (UTC-3) | 9:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro | ART/BRT (UTC-3) | 9:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| St. John’s, Newfoundland | NDT (UTC-2:30) | 9:30 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Mid-Atlantic / South Georgia | UTC-2 | 10:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Cape Verde, Praia | CVT (UTC-1) | 11:00 p.m. Fri, May 8 |
| Azores (Ponta Delgada) | AZOST (UTC+0) | 12:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Reykjavík, Accra, Dakar | GMT (UTC+0) | 12:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| London, Dublin, Lisbon | BST/IST/WEST (UTC+1) | 1:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Lagos, Algiers, Casablanca | WAT/CET (UTC+1) | 1:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Stockholm | CEST (UTC+2) | 2:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Johannesburg, Harare | SAST (UTC+2) | 2:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Athens, Helsinki, Bucharest, Cairo | EEST (UTC+3) | 3:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Moscow, Istanbul, Riyadh, Doha, Nairobi | MSK/TRT/AST/EAT (UTC+3) | 3:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Tehran | IRST (UTC+3:30) | 3:30 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Baku | GST/AZT (UTC+4) | 4:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Kabul | AFT (UTC+4:30) | 4:30 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Karachi, Islamabad, Tashkent | PKT/UZT (UTC+5) | 5:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Colombo | IST (UTC+5:30) | 5:30 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Kathmandu | NPT (UTC+5:45) | 5:45 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Dhaka, Astana | BST/ALMT (UTC+6) | 6:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Yangon | MMT (UTC+6:30) | 6:30 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta | ICT/WIB (UTC+7) | 7:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Perth | CST/SGT/HKT/PHT/AWST (UTC+8) | 8:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Tokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang | JST/KST (UTC+9) | 9:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Adelaide, Darwin | ACST (UTC+9:30) | 9:30 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart | AEST (UTC+10) | 10:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Solomon Islands, Nouméa | SBT/NCT (UTC+11) | 11:00 a.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Auckland, Wellington, Fiji | NZST/FJT (UTC+12) | 12:00 p.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Nuku’alofa, Apia | TOT/WST (UTC+13) | 1:00 p.m. Sat, May 9 |
| Kiribati Line Islands | LINT (UTC+14) | 2:00 p.m. Sat, May 9 |
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