WWE Smackdown 9/25/2026

WWE Smackdown 9/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-smackdown-9182026.html

We are in Indianapolis, IN. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

WWE United States Title - Cage Match - Trick Williams (c) vs Baron Corbin

They hockey fight and Trick jumping side kicks him. Trick flapjacks him. Trick chops and stomps him in the corner. Trick is sent into the cage and Baron splashes him there. Baron hits shots to the back of the head. Baron AA's him.

We go to PiP break and return. They fight on top of the cage. Trick is hanging over the cage and Baron suplexes him in for 2. Trick heads for the door. Baron kicks the door open right into Lil' Yachty. Trick corkscrew facekicks him for 2. Baron lariats Trick down. Baron chokeslams him. Bron tries to go through the door and Yachty slams the door in Baron's face. Trick hits a trick shot for 2.

Trick flying pumping knees the cage when Baron moves. Baron germans him. Baron hits deep six for 2. Baron is sent into the cage twice then Trick uranage's him. Trick uranage's him again then hits a 3rd. Trick then pins him.

Thoughts: They cut to a break at a bad time here and definitely hurt a bit of my interest in this with that. I liked the spots with Yachty. I was surprised to see Trick take a superplex from the cage. What we got was alright here and I'm curious to see what's next for both guys. There was no blood here, outside of Trick bleeding a little in the back of his mouth.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax are interviewed. Cathy brings up an old ladder match with Lash and Lash gets upset. Nia puts Lash over as they talk about Giulia and Charlotte. Lash asks Nia to interview her. Lash says she will win tonight, become Miss MTB and bring the title home.

CM Punk and Nick Aldis talk. Nick wants to have a quick word with him in his offense. Punk asks if he's in trouble and Nick says no.

We go to break. CM Punk and Nick Aldis go into Nick's office. Kevin Owens is in there. Nick says their feud has to end. He says he can't have this bleed over into the MITB Qualifying matches. Punk says if Owens says out of his way, he'll stay out of his way. Owens says nothing and bumps into Punk as he walks past.

Chelsea Green and Tiffany Stratton talk in the back. Green says any of the girls could win MITB and cash in on her. Paige comes in and says her and Tiff have Green's back. 

The other girls leave. Nikki tells Green she's a joke. She says no one will stop her from becoming champ. 

Women's Money in the Bank Qualifying Match - Charlotte Flair vs Giulia vs Lash Legend

G = Giulia

G and Lash shove each other. G slaps her and gets lariated. Char chops G then Lash double clotheslines them down. Lash throws G. Char high kicks Lash. Char throws G down and Lash totally misses a pump kick on Char that is sold anyway. 

G guillotines Lash in mid-air. Lash suplexes G and G slides out. Char top rope crossbodies Lash. Char lariats Lash over the top. Char cannonballs Lash off the apron and G dropkicks Char off the rails.

We go break and return. Char hits chops on Lash. Char forward handspring lariats Lash. Char fallaway slams G. Char is on the 2nd rope, she samoan drops G from there but Lash powerbombs Char down for 2. Char is caught coming off the 2nd rope and and Lash fallaway slams her. G top rope dropkicks Lash for 2.

G stomps and foot chokes Lash. G hits boots on Char and hits forearms. Char flips Lash then does a bad backcracker. G slaps and headbutts Char. G top rope butterfly suplexes Char. Lash throws G out and gets a 2 count on Char.

Char germans Lash. Char superkicks Lash. Char throws G off the top into a crossbody on Lash. Char top rope moonsaults onto both opponents for 2. Char hits a natural selection on G. Char rolls Lash into a figure eight's off a lash extension attempt. G breaks it up.

G running knees Char then northern lights bombs her. Lash  then hits a lash extension on G and Lash pins G.

Thoughts: Lash winning this one was an upset. It was average overall. It could have been a bit cleaner. Giulia got pinned but just not getting destroyed in seconds was an upgrade for her.

We see clips of Cody Rhodes telling Michael Cole he will kick Orton's head off.

We then see clips before this show of Orton yelling at Cole. Orton tells Cole he will be interviewing him and has no choice. 

Orton waits for Cole in the back.

Giulia walks in the back. Blake Monroe taunts her and says no MITB in the back for her. She says it's time she goes back where she came from - obscurity. Blake then says bye bye and there's the door. Giulia slaps her. Officials come to break it up and Blake slaps her back. Nick Aldis comes in and says enough. He says they will fight on SD next week.

Michael Cole interviews Randy Orton in the back. Orton asks if he will ask him a question and Cole says he doesn't know what to ask. Orton asks Cole what Cody said in his interview next week. Cole says Cody said he would kick Orton's head off. Orton asks why Cody would say that. Cole says he's not sure. Orton says Cody doesn't want the world to know he has been compromised. He says the Cody of today isn't the Cody of 20 years ago. Orton talks about Cody's career.

Orton says Cody has a changed a lot in his career but he's still a good guy. Orton asks Cole who never changed or compromised and Orton says it's him. Orton says he won 14 titles. Orton challenges Cody to kick him out there and Orton asks Cole if Cody will do it. Cole doesn't want to answer and Orton gets up in his face to make him answer. Cole says Cody won't kick Orton in the head and Orton says he's right about that.

Sami Zayn is interviewed. Sami says a lot of people want to be champ and don't want him to be champ like Nick Aldis. He says Nick tried to screw him last week but he prevailed. Sami says he will always prevail because he's the only one doing things for the right reasons. Sami says the others do it for the wrong reason.

Finn Balor interrupts. He says they are coming for Sami as he screwed them over on his way to the top. Finn says he's coming for Sami and the title and then we will see what justice looks like.

Sami then talks to Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae. Sami says they need to talk as there's a situation. Johnny asks where his title match is. Sami says he's right. Sami says he asked Nick Aldis to give Johnny a title match and Nick said no. Sami says he's got something for him though. He says he got Johnny and LeRae MITB Qualifying matches. Sami says they move forward with Sami as champ and Johnny as Mr. MITB. Johnny asks if that's how he gets his match. Sami says he has his back and asks if Johnny has his back. Sami asks if he's ride or die and Johnny says he is. Johnny says he's got him. 

Chelsea Green, Tiffany Stratton and Paige vs Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley)

Fallon backs up Paige in the corner and piefaces her. Paige chops her. Paige running dropkicks Reid. Paige knees Reid over the 2nd rope then Reid takes attacks on the ropes. Paiger superkicks Jacy down.

We go to break and return. Tiff hits shots on Jacy and Jacy running back elbows her. Tiff takes a flapjack and a running headhunter for 2. Fallon and Tiff do swinging takedowns on each other. Green and Reid come in. Green hits Japanese armdrags. 

Green step up enzugiri's Reid then sliding flatliners her. Reid superkicks Green. Paige lariats and germans Jacy. Paige suplexes her. Paige lightning spiral's Jacy. Fallon forearms Tiff down then Green slaps Fallon. Green is pulled out by the heels and Tiff top rope crossbodies the heels outside. Jacy cannonballs Tiff and Green off the apron. Nikki Bella trips Paige from the outside. Jacy spinning forearms Paige and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. They had a nice finishing stretch at the end here which got exciting. 

R-Truth talks at the Performance Center. Damian Priest nails him from he side and stomps on him. DP kicks him in the ribs and throws him into the door. DP then sits on a chair on his throat and tells him to get it and understand it. He says he should be a champ instead of messing with him and tells him to mess with someone else.

Gunther is interviewed. He says Finn Balor has a big opportunity today. He says Finn doesn't have his emotions in check and he will find out who he is dealing with. He says he wants to know if he's dealing with the legendary Finn or the ghost of Finn. Danhausen interrupts and wants to split MITB money with Gunther. He says Gun won't split the money with him. Dan tries to curse him. Gun grabs him by the throat and tells him to stay away.

Cody Rhodes comes out to talk. Cody says he didn't win the title for the fourth time because of Randy Orton interfering. He says Punk has now lost the title to Sami Zayn and he knows he can beat Sami. He says what he needs to do is address what Orton said to Cole earlier. 

Cody says Orton put him in an unwinnable position but says he is the king of unwinnable positions. He promises Orton he will kick his head off his shoulders but he can't promise he will be the only one.

CM Punk comes out. Cody and Punk stare down.

Men's Money in the Bank Qualifying Match - CM Punk vs Gunther vs Finn Balor

Gun rams Finn into the corner and hits corner spears. Punk chops and punches him. Gun chops Punk then chops Finn down.  Gun takes chops from the other 2. Gun facekicks Punk down as Punk goes for a GTS on Finn. Gun crabs Punk and then chops Finn down after taking a kick from him. 

Gun takes a facekick + russian legsweep. Finn does a ddt + reverse ddt on the other two. Finn lariats Punk over the top rope. Gun sleepers Finn. Finn tope con hilos both opponents outside. We go to PiP break and return. 

Gun ties up Finn in the ropes and clubs the back of his neck. Gun twists Finn's neck with his feet. Gun sends Punk into the rails. Gun lays Finn on the top rope and chops him. Gun then foot chokes him. 

Punk chops Gun outside then hits punches. Gun backdrops him on the rail top.  Finn hit chops and leg kicks on Gun. Finn pele kicks him down. Punk top rope elbow drops Gun. Punk does a bulldog + flying lariat combo. Gun chops Punk down. Punk and Finn each do half crabs on Gun together. Finn gets a 2 count on Punk. 

Finn rolls up Punk for 2. Finn slingblades Punk. Finn john woo's Punk. Finn top rope double stomps Punk for 2. Finn slingblades Gun. Punk hits a GTS on Finn. Gun dropkicks Punk. Gun powerbomb Punk for 2. 

Gun puts a sleeper on Punk. Finn top rope double stomps Gun's back and Punk slides on top of Gun. Punk pins Gun.

Thoughts: It was mostly all strikes early but they picked up in the second half. It was acceptable but these guys weren't the greatest fit for this type of match. I was surprised to see Punk pin Gunther and I'm curious as to what ends up coming from that one.

Overall thoughts: The opening cage match was fine. Giulia's match was average. Johnny Gargano is still not getting his title shot from Sami and hopefully figures that out. The women's trios match wasn't bad. The main was acceptable but those three weren't the best match for each other. I'm not really feeling the Orton/Cody feud and that has gotten a lot of time dedicated to it. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the show was okay enough but the MITB Qualifiers are only so exciting to watch.