WWE Smackdown 5/1/2026

WWE Smackdown 5/1/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-smackdown-4242026.html

We are in Tulsa, OK. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hangout.

Cody Rhodes comes out. He says he asked Nick Aldis and the medical staff if he would be cleared for action and he is. He says he wonders what's next.

Ricky Saints comes out. He says the crowd boos what they don't understand. He says he's "Absolute" Ricky Saints and is the hottest SD free agent. He says he knows Cody feels the change in the air. He says he's leading the revolution. He welcomes him to "Friday Night Saints". 

Cody says he's glad to have him and asks him what's the difference between now and the last time Saints stepped up to him. RS says Cody's 3 title reigns aged him 30 years. He says he's a former NXT champ. He says he stood in the background and congratulated him and hopes Cody has the same energy for him. He says he's here to relieve Cody of his duties. 

Cody says RS looks like he's geared for action and says let's do it tonight. They shake hands. RS says he came here to change who the show is about. Cody says he's easy to find in WWE but hard to beat.  

Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss are interviewed. Rhea Ripley interrupts before they say anything. Rhea says she got ambushed by Fatal Influence last week when she tried them last week. She says she will put her differences aside if Flair will. Flair says they teamed before but it doesn't mean they will again. Rhea says they need her. Flair says Rhea needs Bliss and 3 is a crowd.

Fatal Influence is with Jacy Jayne. JJ talks on the mic beforehand. She calls the fans losers. She says they got a small taste of what they bring to SD and says Charlotte couldn't get enough. JJ says if there's anything they love to do, it's embarrass a legend. JJ says they will take the legends out one at a time and start with Charlotte Flair

Charlotte Flair vs Jacy Jayne

JJ knees her in the gut and JJ's head is banged off the buckles. CF chops her then shoulders her over. JJ forearms her from behind then boots her in the corner. JJ foot chokes her then flying headscissors her. JJ is flatlinered into the buckles. CF headscissors rolls her around the ring. JJ blocks a figure four and slides out. Bliss shows up behind her and JJ goes down. 

We go to PiP break and return. CF tries to break JJ's sleeper. CF catches her backsplash and backdrops her. CF hits chops then forward handspring lariats her. CF facekicks her from the apron then top rope crossbodies her. JJ backrolls through for 2. JJ superkicks her then CF running facekicks her. CF hits a top rope moonsault for 2.

JJ clips her then pumping knees her for 2. CF fcekicks her and figure eight's her. Fallon pulls CF down. Bliss nails Fallon. Reid flying knees Bliss. JJ spinning forearms CF and pins her.

Thoughts: It was good that Jacy won here. CF missed a bit on some of her facekicks but it was acceptable otherwise.

Fatal Influence beat up Flair afterwards. Bliss makes the save and is beaten up on. Rhea Ripley comes out and makes the save. Rhea and Flair stare down some.

Brie Bella and Paige are interviewed. Brie says they are impressed by Fatal Influence but says their actions will catch up to them. Paige says they will deal with them in due time but need to focus on Nia Jax and Lash Legend. Brie is asked how they will beat them and Brie says hey will use their experience. 

R-Truth and Priest talk to Fraxiom. Truth thinks they are Los Americanos. Priest says he looks forward to defending the tag titles against them tonight. Axiom doesn't get it and tries to talk about something else and Frazer goes with it. Priest tells Truth he thought he was talking to them about a title match but Truth says he was talking to them about taxes. Truth is upset that he has to now get ready for the match, in a role reversal from what happened the last few weeks.

Kit Wilson and The Miz talk. Kit has a box that says "Free Human Monies" on it. Kit wants Danhausen to open a trap box that will blind him when he opens it. Danhausen walks in and opens the briefcase. He grabs the money and the trap doesn't work. The Miz complains. They go to the box and they get sprayed in the eyes.

WWE Tag Titles - R-Truth and Damian Priest (c) vs Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer)

RT and Ax go at it. RT shoulders him over. Ax springboard armdrags him and single leg dropkicks him. NF and DP get in. NF side headlocks him. NF enzugiri's him. DP hits a big forearm on Ax. Ax hurricanrana's him off a razor's edge. NF lifts Ax for a flying kick on RT. DP and RT are dropkicked off the apron but they walk away from topes.

We go to break and return. RT stunners Ax. DP is hot tagged in. He beats up on Fraxiom then double back body drops them together (and nearly kills both). DP lifting flatliners NF. DP flips Ax with lariat then NF enzugiri's him. RT comes in and hits flying shoulders and blue thunder on NF. He hits a five knuckle shuffle.

NF and Ax hit topes. NF tope con hilos both opponents. Ax top rope moonsaults his opponents outside. RT takes a legsweep + top rope dropkick. DP hits a south of heaven on NF. DP pins Ax with a razor's edge.

Thoughts: It didn't get as much time as we could but I liked what we got. Ax's team did the flying, DP cleaned house and Truth did his Cena themed moveset. This worked out well.

Talla Tonga comes in the ring and beats up everyone as Solo Sikoa coaches him.  

We go to break and return. Talla Tonga and Solo Sikoa talk. Solo says Jacob Fatu made a big mistake last week. Solo says his MFT's aren't here because of Fatu. He says Fatu is a dead man walking when he gets here.

Jimmy and Jey Uso come out. They say they know Solo has an issue with Fatu but he's not the only one. They say Roman Reigns has big problems with him too. Jey says Fatu put the tongan death grip on Roman and it's a sacred move. Jey tells Talla his dad used it. Jey says Solo's plans for Fatu have to wait until Roman is done with him.

Solo says there's plenty of Fatu to go around. Jey says they aren't asking him but are telling him. Solo laughs. Solo says he doesn't have time for this. Talla facekicks Jey then chokeslams Jimmy. Solo says to tell Roman that he's not his tribal chief and they don't care about what he says. Solo says Fatu is a dead man.

Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn talk. Sami asks if Cody called him sarcastic and condescending. He says Cody wanted to be called The Golden Boy. Sami says he's tired of the misunderstandings and they gotta stick together. Sami says they are the last of a dying breed and the last real good guys. Sami says they are friends and are the same. Cody says they aren't the same.

Cody Rhodes vs Ricky Saints

RS shoulders him over twice. RS hits armdrags and stares at him on the mat. RS is on the apron and Cody forearms him down. RS 619's under the bottom rope outside and kicks him. RS lariats Cody over the top. We go to PiP break and return.

RS chops him then Cody running forearms him. RS neckbreaker him then knee drops him. RS rakes his injured eye on the ropes. RS walks the top rope and clubs Cody's arm. Cody powerslams him. Cody hits a disaster kick then a cody cutter. RS hits a sister abigail for 2. RS sunset flips him. 

RS tornado ddt's him for 2. Cody does a reversal and hits a cross rhodes to win.

Thoughts: Cody won as expected. I would have liked to have seen this go longer thoguh to make RS look more like a threat, because this was not it. What we got was fine.

Gunther attacks Cody after and puts him to sleep with a sleeper. Gunther then does a grounded sleeper. Officials come to break it up.

Thoughts: Gunther is randomly attacking people again...

Danhausen comes out. He says he found $400 in the back and says he bought Danhausen merch for the fans with it. 

The Miz comes out. He says bad things happened to him since Dan came around. Miz says he's cursed and will be Dan's mentor. Dan asks if it's Mizhausen? They go to shake hands then Kit Wilson comes out. Kit says no, no, no and asks if Miz lost his mind. Kit says Miz is mentoring him. He says Miz is enabling a toxic little goblin. Miz says everyone is talking about Dan as he mastered The MIZ Method. Miz says Kit isn't in the same league. 

Miz goes to shake hands with Dan. Kit says to give him a chance. Kit says he wrote a poem and then he recites it, asking Miz to shake his hand. Dan tells Miz to shake his hand. Miz debates over whose hand to shake. He shakes Dan's hand. Dan goes to curse Kit and Miz nails Dan from behind. Kit and Miz laugh then beat up Dan together. Dan is hit with a skull crushing finale. Kit top rope diving elbow drops Dan.

We get a Blake Monroe video. She puts herself over in the tub as being clean and perfect. She says nothing burns brighter than Blake Monroe.

Royce Keys vs Angel

Angel hits shots to the gut and Keys throws him into the corner and out. Angel tries to avoid him and is knocked down. Keys hits a corner splash then knocks Berto off the apron. Angel is caught in mid-air then laid on the top rope. Keys 2nd rope spinning slams him. Keys spinebusters Angel and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with Keys winning as expected. Keys looked fine. 

Tiffany Stratton is interviewed. She says she feels like people should come to her for title shots. She says the title should be defended more and who doesn't like an open challenge. Chelsea Green comes in. She gets out of her wheelchair and invites her to get martini's for her birthday. Tiff isn't interested. Giulia and Kiana James walk in. Kiana says Tiff won't be US champ for long. She wants Giulia to get a title match. Tiff wants to give Kiana one instead and says let's see how she does when she's not being held back.

Royce Keys is on the phone in the back. Jacob Fatu comes up with him and they shake hands. Keys says he has known him for 15 years and says he's still the same guy. He says he'd still run with him any day of the weak. He talks about them running the same shift at the warehouse. He says Roman and The Uso's are back in business and will take everything they want. Keys tells him to werewolf his @ss up and take what he wants or let Roman take food off his table. Keys says men like them take everything they want.

Talla Tonga then sends Keys into a table. Solo Sikoa comes in. Fatu attacks Talla and is chokeslammed through a table. Officials then come out.

Sami Zayn is in the ring with The Gingerbread Man. Sami says he loves coming to Tulsa. He says he went to the Bob Dillon Center. He says he was a legend until he picked up an electric guitar. He says he fans turned on him then. Sami said he can relate. He says he can't deal with the disrespect though. 

Sami says the guy is wearing the gingerbread costume and says that's what Trick is. He says what Trick does is easy but what Sami does is hard. Sami says he leaves it all out on the line every night of the year. He says he sees Trick Williams not taking him or the fans seriously with the gingerbread costume. Sami says he's thinking about hitting the gingerbread man and says he's sorry. He then kicks it in the crotch and beats up.

Trick Williams comes out and fights Sami. Sami leaves. Trick throws up the "X" sign for The Gingerbread Man.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax are interviewed. Nia says Paige and Brie didn't pin them in the tag title match at Mania, so they can't say they are the real champs. Nia says when they end Paige and Brie's nostalgic reign, they will go back on the couch with Niki Bella.

Trick Williams is checking on The Gingerbread Man in the doctor's office. Trick says Sami crossed the line and says nobody touches The Gingerbread Man. He says Sami is now messing with his money and nobody messes with it. Trick says Sami better pray that The Gingerbread Man is okay or they got a much bigger problem. Trick says he beat him on the biggest stage of them and can do it again. Trick is then told The Gingerbread Man is not doing well.

WWE Women's Tag Team Title Match - Brie Bella & Paige (c) vs. The Irresistible Forces (Lash Legend & Nia Jax)

Lash throws Paige and lariats her. Lash hits mounted shtos on her then splashes her. Paige jawbreakers Nia. Brie top rope dropkicks Nia, Paige hits knees to the gut. Brie running knees Nia against the ropes. Brie is knocked off the apron. We go to break and return.

Lash knees Brie in the gut. Brie hurricanrana's her. Paige is tagged in. She hits forearms on Lash then superkicks her. Paige low dropkicks her. Paige knees Lash in the chest over the middle rope. Paige is caught coming off the top. 

Lash corner splashes Paige. Paige does a bad lightning spiral on her. Brie facebusters Lash for 2. Nia corner splashes Brie. Nia goes on the 2nd rope and Paige kicks her down. Brie then rolls up Nia and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good as expected. The faces' offense didn't hit well and it really just came down to how nostalgic you were for the faces. I liked Brie's top rope dropkick though.  

We get a tribute graphic for The Gingerbread Man. We are told he will have a funeral next week.

Sami Zayn asks Nick Aldis if the funeral is a joke. Nick say try to have some respect and says everyone is grieving. Sami asks for a US Title rematch at Backlash and Aldis agrees.

Danhausen talks to Nick Aldis. He complains about Miz and Kit. Aldis says if Dan can find a partner, he can face them at Backlash. Nick turns around for Dan to disappear and he acknowledges that, then he disappears.

The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) vs. The MFTs (Solo Sikoa & Talla Tonga)

Jey hits punches on Talla then uppercuts him. Talla lariats him then elbow drops him. Solo headbutts Jey down. Jey back enzugiri's him. Jey flying forearms Solo in the corner then hits chops. 

Jimmy boots Solo out of the corner. Solo uranage's him. Solo corner hip attacks Jimmy. We go to PiP break and return. Talla stomps Jimmy. Solo grabs Jimmy's mouth on the ropes and tells him to go back to Raw. Talla lariats Jimmy from the apron.

Talla legdrops Jimmy. Talla samoan drops Jimmy for 2. Solo runs at Jimmy and is sent out. Talla goes into the post when Jimmy moves. Jey comes in and topes Talla. Jey enzugiri's Solo then top rope crossbodies him. Jey hits shots on Solo. Jey superkicks him and hits a flying spear for 2. 

Talla takes a double superkicks then is double lariated over the top. Jimmy goes for a tope and is hit by Talla. Jey is sent into the rails. Jimmy is sent into the steps. Jacob Fatu then attacks Talla off the rails for the DQ.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but it was a weak main event and it was hard to get too invested into it. The finish didn't help things. 

Fatu sends Talla into the post several times. Fatu hits Talla with the steps. 

Solo asks Fatu's what he's doing. Fatu does the tongan death grip to him. Fatu's tope is caught by Talla. They fight on steps near a table and Fatu samoan drops him through the table. 

Fatu walks through The Uso's after and stares them down. 

Fatu talks on the mic after. He tells The Uso's to tell Roman that he will dogwalk him at Backlash. He then says he's all gas and no breaks with it.

Overall thoughts: It was a pretty weak Smackdown. There were a bunch of names missing like Drew and Orton and as expected, Fatu Family Theater is back on the menu and now it's on both brands. They really spent a lot of time on Danhausen and The Gingerbread Man here as well. Fatal Influence had a much smaller influence tonight than they had last week. I'd say the men's tag title match was the best thing on here. They did the right stuff on paper, but the show is really lacking star power now and it was just not a strong show. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and I thought it was average.