WWE Smackdown 10/23/2026
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/wwe-smackdown-10162026.html
We are in Ontario, California. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.
Sami Zayn comes out with Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae. Sami asks who's here to ride or die with the last good guy. He says it was an interesting week as he went toe to toe with Roman. He says Roman it's the man who makes the title, not the title that makes the man. Sami asks who is the man around here. Sami says the alpha male isn't the biggest or strongest but the smartest. Sami says there's 8 billion people on the planet but just one WWE champ and it's him.
Rey Fenix interrupts. He says he told Sami last week that he doesn't know what Penta will do and doesn't know who he will cash in on. Rey says he has no problems with Sami but Penta is his brother. He says if Sami disrespects his family, they will have a problem. Sami says he just thinks Penta should focus on Roman. He says his problem is with people who show disrespect.
Trick Williams comes out. He says he feels Rey's pain and says he has a problem with Sami too. He says Sami told all kinds of lies about Sami and says Sami said that Trick doesn't know how to survive. Trick says it's because Sami puts no fear in his heart. Trick says he doesn't feel the need to survive. Trick says he's not here to survive but to thrive.
Trick says he's been here 10 months and is getting better. He says Sami's been in the game for 25 years and is still trying to convince people that he knows what "it" is. Trick says "it" beat him at Mania. Trick says he's not the king but a joke and a bum. Trick says only one of them knows how to look and talk like a champ. Trick says Sami should give him a big title match.
Sami says he believes Trick isn't afraid of him, but he should be. Sami says Trick has a silver tongue, but his tongue is made of steel and can slice him and expose him. He says he can make him look like a fool if he wants to as he can see it all. Sami says he won't destroy him on the mic as he's a good guy. Sami says everyone will know Trick doesn't have "it" eventually. Sami says Trick is closer to sink or swim than he thinks and he's swimming in deep waters right now. Sami says nothing has sharper teeth than him and no he's not close to getting a WWE Title match.
Trick asks where those teeth were when he beat him. Trick says he's demanding a title match and might beat it out of him. Trick goes up to Sami, Gargano gets in the way and Sami hits Trick from behind.
Nick Aldis comes out. Nick says he has a problem with everyone calling shots around here and says he's the boss, not Sami. Nick says he will put him in a match to remind him of that. He says it'll be Sami and Gargano vs Rey Fenix and Trick Williams.
WWE Women's Title - Chelsea Green (c) vs Roxanne Perez
They lock up. Green takes her over and wristlocks her. RP rolls her by the head and botches a pin attempt on her. Green tries a pin on her. RP slaps her and gets slapped. Green zig zag's her for 2.
Green dropkicks RP then topes her outside. RP sends Green shoulder first into the post. RP stomps Green's arm over the bottom rope connector. We go to break and return.
Green hits flying lariats on RP. Green step up enzugiri's her. Green meteora's her from behind on the 2nd rope. Green sliding flatliners her. RP cradles Green for 2. Green double knees RP out of the corner. Raquel Rodriguez pushes Green down off the top. RP shining wizard's Green for 2.
Iyo Sky runs out and hits forearms on Raquel. Iyo flying headscissors Raquel off the apron then RP topes Iyo. RP spin kicks Green in the gut and Green hits a killswitch on her. Green pins her.
Thoughts: It was a bit average. They didn't get a ton of time to do anything special and it had interference which limited it.
Liv Morgan attacks Green from behind after. Raquel joins in. Iyo helps save Green but gets triple teamed. Tiffany Stratton then comes out. Tiff hurricanrana's Raquel then Iyo top rope dropkicks Raquel. Liv takes shots from Green and Iyo. Tiff teases cashing in her briefcase then hits Liv with it. Raquel and Perez then pull Liv out to save her.
We are told Baron Corbin got injured from Cody Rhodes' punt and is out indefinitely.
Chelsea Green thanks Iyo Sky for helping her outside. Tiffany Stratton is there too. Green says it's the start of a beautiful friendship. Tiff says she wants to see the look on Liv's face when she cashes in her title. Green says she wants get to martini's and the girls get excited.
Street Fight - Blake Monroe vs Giulia
G = Giulia
G goes out after her and hits shots on her. BM is sent into the apron edge and rail. There's a chair pyramid set up outside and BM almost goes into it.
BM eye pokes G and hits her with a kendo stick several times. G shotgun dropkicks her into the rails. BM is crotched on the top rail then G facekicks her over the rail. G grabs a kendo stick. G's head is banged off the apron. BM is sent into the chair pyramid.
We go to PiP break and return. They fight in the aisle. BM knees her in the gut and sends her into the tron. They go backstage. G headbutts her. BM sprays hair spray in G's eyes. BM stares at herself in a mirror and G sends her into the mirror, making glass fly everywhere.
They go back to the entrance area and BM headbutts her. G running boots her in the aisle. G throws BM into the ring and top rope dropkicks her. G curbstomps her for 2. BM sprays G in the face with a fire extinguisher. BM suplexes G off the steps onto a bunch of chairs. G rolls up BM for 2. BM neutralizers her and pins her.
Thoughts: The finishing stretch could have been a little better. This was alright enough with the two stiffing each other and them bringing out some weapons to use. It didn't get the time to be anything too great, but it was at least longer than other stuff on the show. Blake won as expected here and what's next for Giulia is anyone's guess.
Randy Orton comes out to talk. He talks about Cody Rhodes. He says he's proud of Cody and says he didn't think he could punt someone in the head. He says he's the only one to make Cody crack. He says he sees through Cody and says none of it matters unless Cody does it to him. Orton said he kicked the heads off of people for 25 years with zero remorse. He says when Cody gets the opportunity, he will hesitate again.
Cody Rhodes comes out. Nick Aldis and Jason Jordan try to stop him. Cody says people used to call Orton "The Apex Predator" but heels unafraid. He says Orton is "The Legend Killer". He says he's put down legends and kill his career. He says Orton is the last man standing of his OVW class (not true). Cody says Orton punted him too but one of them walked out with his head held up high while the the other nursed his wounds like a little b!tch.
Cody says he's the anomaly to Ort on and is "The Legend Killer Killer". Cody says "IOU" is the most dangerous 3 letters for Orton. He asks what are they waiting for? Officials then get in the ring to stop this. Nick Aldis says this has gone on long enough. Orton says Cody wants to do it now but it doesn't mean it will happen. Nick says how about they do it at Crown Jewel?
Cody says he doesn't think Nick is listening. Cody says he will wrestle Orton but in a` Last Man Standing match. Orton says "fine" and tells Cody to remember that he asked for this.
WWE Women's Tag Titles - Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley (c) vs Michin and B-Fab
Fab knees AB in the gut and slaps her down. Fab spinning heel kicks her in the corner and sliding lariats her for 2. AB sleepers her then dropkicks her in the corner. TP corner crossbodies Fab.
Fab is over the 2nd rope and Tatum step up kicks her on the apron. TP apron moonsaults Mich outside. We go to break and return. TP step up enzugiri's Mich.
AB comes in and shoulders Fab. She trips her and slaps her. AB short ddt's her. AB running headhunters her for 2. AB trips Mich then flying headscissors Fab. AB spinning ddt's Mich. AB top rope crossbodies Fab. Mich dropkicks AB.
TP does a weird koppo kick on Mich. TP headbutts Mich. Jade Cargill nails TP with a forearm. Mich hits a stles clash on TP and pins her.
Thoughts: Well, that was a surprise. I'm not sure why they did this here and not before Tatum's crew won. It didn't get enough time and was just average.
Trick Williams is interviewed. He says he's facing Sami Zayn for the title next week. Rey Fenix then says he and Trick need to get ready. Damian Priest then walks in and shakes his head.
WWE Tag Titles - MFT (Tama and Talla Tonga) (c) vs Bakusai (Shinsuke Nakamura and Kyoki)
Haku is with MFT.
Kyoki steals Haku's walking stick and gives it to SN. SN hits Talla with the stick then gets nailed by Tama. The four fight in the aisle and officials come to break it up. The match never ends up happening.
The commentators talk.
We see a taped interview with Nick Aldis, CM Punk and Kevin Owens. Nick says they will wrestle in 2 weeks in Brooklyn, NY. He says he invited both men to say what they want to say to each other. They then come in and sit down.
CM Punk says this is a waste of his time. He says he lost his title match due to KO. Owens says he had Punk beaten and he should have the title but doesn't. He says Punk cost him the match vs Sami. KO says he was fine with them ignoring each other for 3 years but then Punk became champ. Punk says this is a waste of his time.
They argue and KO says he knows who Punk really is. Punk says KO doesn't care about others. Nick tries to close this and Punk calls KO a piece of garbage. KO thanks Nick and Nick says they will fight in 2 weeks.
Sami Zayn and Johnny Gargano vs Trick Williams and Rey Fenix
JG ducks shots and Trick shoulders him over. Ricky Saints comes out and attacks Rey Fenix to cause the DQ within seconds.
Sami Zayn and Gargano then triple team Trick with LeRae. Saints stomps Fenix in the ring. Penta comes out and the heels run. Penta gets on the mic. He calls Sami a stupid guy and wants a 6-man match. Fenix and Penta do tope con hilos outside. We are told the match will happen.
Sami Zayn, Johnny Gargano and Ricky Saints vs Trick Williams, Penta and Rey Fenix
We go to PiP break and return. Rey back elbows Sami then rolls at him and is caught with a sitout powerbomb. JG step up enzugiri's Rey. Rey swing kicks him. Penta comes in and knocks down the heels. Penta tilt-a-whirl backbreakers JG. Penta swinging facebusters Sami. Rey double springboard plancha's outside. Pents hits a made in Japan on JG for 2.
JG superkicks Penta down. Trick and Sami tag in and hit each other. Trick hits punches and flying lariats him. RS tornado ddt's Trick for 2. Rey handspring cutters RS. JG poisonrana's Rey. Penta canadian destroyers JG.
Sami exploders Penta into the corner. Trick lariats Sami down. Trick does a trick shot to Sami and a uranage on RS. Trick pins RS.
Thoughts: It didn't get much time. The last half of this was just people hitting their big moves quick. It wasn't anything too special and was a waste for the most part.
Overall thoughts: It wasn't that good of a show. Green/Perez was average with a lot of interference. Blake/Giulia was okay and it was the match of the night. Michin and B-Fab won the Women's Tag Titles in an upset but that was average too. The WWE Tag Title match never happened and neither did the match after it. The trios match to close this wasn't long and was not much of note. The Orton/Cody feud continued and was more of the same and we didn't learn much new stuff with Owens/Punk. I thought it was a below average show with very limited starpower which sadly is becoming the norm around here. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it.
