WWE Smackdown 10/16/2026

WWE Smackdown 10/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/wwe-smackdown-1092026.html

We are in Sacramento, CA. Vic Joseph and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Sami Zayn comes out with Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano. Sami asks who came to ride or die with the last real good guy? Sami says all the vultures got what they deserve. Sami says Trick Williams isn't worth the waste of breath to talk about. Sami congratulates Penta for winning MITB mockingly. He tells Penta to focus his energy on Roman Reigns. Sami says he has a history with Roman too and says he's fighting Roman in a few weeks in a champ vs champ match at Crown Jewel.

Trick Williams interrupts. Trick says he and Sami don't like each other and says it's personal. Trick says Sami doesn't like him as the people turn on him with Trick around and says Sami sees a real superstar in Trick. Trick says he doesn't care about Sami. Trick says he will beat his @ss for disrespecting him 2 weeks ago. 

Sami says he didn't disrespect him, he says it was a wake up call. Sami said he told Trick he's not to be played with and it's not a game. He says Trick turned things into a joke and Sami says that's all Trick is. Sami says Trick doesn't have survival skills and needs to learn how to survive in his jungle. Sami says he learned how to survive and that's why Trick will stay where he is.

Trick says he's done talking and dares Sami to hit him. Gargano grabs the mic and tells Trick he's disrespecting the WWE champ and him and LeRae. Gargano says they had to go through a lot to be here while Trick was handed opportunities they would kill for. Gargano says Trick has "it" but the doesn't have the title and he will respect them. Gargano says they don't call him Johnny Entrance but Johnny Wrestling. Trick says how about he beats Gargano's @ss tonight. Sami tells Gargano he can take Trick and Gargano agrees. Trick tells a ref to come out.

Trick Williams vs Johnny Gargano

We join this in progress. Sami Zayn is in on commentary. JG tries to trip him and is thrown into corner. JG pounds on him in the corner and side headlocks him. Trick leapfrogs and holds his knee. JG hits leg kicks. 

Trick shoulders JG over. Trick chops JG in the corner. JG hits leg kicks. Trick delay suplexes him. JG slides out, Trick follows and bangs JG's head off the commentary table. Trick then gets up in Sami's face.

JG dragon screws Trick over the 2nd rope. JG topes him into and over the commentary table. Sami hugs JG. We go to PiP break and return. JG hits shots on Trick. JG pop up drops JG. Trick leg lariats JG twice. Trick flapjacks him then kips up. Trick backhands him and drops him. Trick stomps him in the corner. JG sunset flips him for 2. Trick pop up uppercuts him. JG enzugiri's him and Trick corkscrew kicks him. Trick hits a cradle shock for 2.

LeRae trips Trick and JG gets a 2 count on Trick. JG kicks Trick in the knee and the face. JG 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's him for 2. JG goes for a slingshot spear and runs into a pumping knee. Trick uranage's him and pins him.

Thoughts: Trick won as expected. JG got no reaction here at all. It was rough as most of Trick's offense is based around jumping and JG spent the whole match working his knee. Trick did try to sell it, but it wasn't going to work that well. It was average.

Nick Aldis tells Blake Monroe her interactions with Giulia are getting out of hand. He says they will fight in a street fight next week. Chelsea Green comes in. Green says she sent Tiff a get well gift basket. She says she will be okay but Liv Morgan won't be. Aldis says Liv and Judgment Day will have to be on Smackdown in the future and talks about Perez maybe getting a title shot. Nikki Bella comes in and asks why Perez is getting a title shot before her. Bella says she will get a title shot when she beats Paige. Green challenges her for next week. Bella says it doesn't work for her but says she will see her in 2 weeks.

Paige vs Nikki Bella

Bella takes her down and hits mounted forearms. Bella throws her out and sends her into the rails. Bella is sent into the rails. Bella tries to walk to the back and Paige sends her into the rails. Paige superkicks her outside.

Paige is thrown out. Paige traps Bella in the ring skirt and pounds on her. Paige hits knees to the chest. Bella hits a soul foot on her then throws her down to the floor. We go to break and return.

Paige lariats her down twice then fisherman suplexes her. Paige germans her. Paige backdrops her. Paige tries a five knuckle shuffle but is put in an STF. Paige ropebreaks. 

Paige pushes her away and hits an AA on her for 2. Bella forearms her down for 2. Bella rolls up Paige for 2. Paige then pins her while having her feet on the ropes.

Thoughts: It was average. They didn't really botch. Half of this one was spent outside with the girls sending each other into the rails. Both ended up doing Cena's moves here too.

R-Truth is interviewed. He says he's heartbroken. He says Priest was his friend but isn't anymore. Truth says lyrics from the Golden Girls theme song. Truth talks in spanish and says Priest's @ss is his.

Kevin Owens is in the trainer's room. Nick Aldis comes up to him. Owens says his knee and shoulder are banged up but his neck is okay post-MITB. CM Punk comes in. Punk wants to be put in the ring with KO. Aldis says they should do it but not here. Aldis says he needs both to be 100% and wants them to have an official match. He tells them to stay out of each other's way. KO leaves and throws a piece of paper. Aldis tells Punk he will get his match. 

Damian Priest vs R-Truth

RT knocks DP off the apron and slingshot dives him. RT splits out of a lariat and jumping kicks him. RT does a split and DP superkicks him. DP throws him into the corner and stomps him. DP knees him in the gut and uppercuts him. DP flying back elbows him in the corner. DP hits a broken arrow for 2.

DP forearms RT. DP pulls RT's arms backwards. DP knees him in the gut. DP bends over and is kicked. RT flying shoulders him. DP lifting flatliners him. DP misses a corner attack. RT top rope dropkicks him. A doc checks on RT and the ref calls the match off.

Thoughts: We didn't get to see the whole thing here so I won't be rating this one. It went as expected with Truth making comebacks and DP throwing him around.

DP then brings a chair in. Fraxiom then try to stop DP and DP walks off.

Gunther goes into Nick Aldis' office and talks to Nick, but can't see him. He says Danhausen doesn't belong in the ring with him and says what happened with Finn is what happens when you put your nose in his business. Danhausen then ends up being in Aldis' chair. Dan has a neckbrace and arm sling on. Gun says Dan is tougher than Finn Balor. Dan says Gun didn't pin him. Gun grabs him by the neck brace. Gun says he will make sure Halloween is a special night for Danhausen.

Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley come out. They say they did it and hold up the tag titles. Bliss says Flair wanted to be in the match last week. Bliss says Flair was a good friend and cheered them onto victory. Bliss then introduces us to Tatum. 

Bliss says Tatum has always had their back. She thanks her and says she's proud of her for her first title win on SD. Tatum says she's thankful to be in the ring with her as a tag team champ. She thanks Charlotte for giving up her position. Tatum says she has a gift waiting for her.

Fatal Influence come out and interrupt. Jacy says it was a cringey speech that made her sick to her stomach. Jacy says Tiff stole her MITB briefcase. Fallon says Flair doesn't like Tatum and Reid says Flair thinks Tatum is a weirdo. Jacy says Flair is Bliss' friend as it's convenient for her. She says Bliss will go back to being in her shadow when they lose the tag titles. Tatum says if they want the tag titles back, they will play with them. Jacy says she can't tonight, but her buddies can. Fatal Influence goes after the faces and 2 of them are sent out. Jacy is armwhipped down. The faces exit.

Rey Fenix is interviewed. Fenix says he's happy for his brother. Sami Zayn comes in and says he's proud of Fenix. Sami asks if he talked to his brother about MITB. Fenix says no. Fenix says he knows where he's going and he says he doesn't know who Penta will cash in on. He says good luck.

Jade Cargill's crew talks to Fatal Influence. They argue. Michin says they have the next shot at the tag titles and maybe they will see them on the other side.

AAA Cruiserweight Title - Rey Fenix (c) vs Ricky Saints

RS side headlocks him off a lock up. They collide with shoulders. Rey flying headscissors him. Rey chops him then walks up the buckles, does rope tricks and corkscrew diving armdrags him. Rey runs the ropes and is lariated. RS chops him and uppercuts him. Rey rope walk kicks him. Rey double jump springboard plancha's him outside.

We go to PiP break and return. RS boots him in the corner. RS hits punches and boots. Rey spin kicks him. RS facekicks him. Rey handspring cutters him for 2.

Rey kicks him in the corner. Rey top rope frogsplashes him for 2. RS AA's him for 2. RS blocks a mexican muscle buster. RS takes a shotei uppercut. Rey double jump springboard headscissors him down. Rey goes up top, RS pushes the ref into the ropes and Rey is crotched up there. RS hits a roshambo but the ref refuses to count. RS argues with the ref and the ref says RS pushed him. RS bumps into the ref and the ref DQ's RS.

Thoughts: Well, that was a surprise finish though not a good one. Rey's been getting featured a lot lately but still isn't that over. What we got was acceptable here RS really didn't need the loss here, so they avoided it with a DQ.

RS beats up Rey after then hits another roshambo. More refs come down and RS stomps him.

Cody Rhodes talks to Nick Aldis. Cody wants to hear that Randy Orton is here. Cody says he knows Nick did all he can do so he will go do all he can do.

Cody Rhodes comes out and sits in a chair. Cody says he will sit here until Randy Orton comes out. Baron Corbin comes out instead. Baron says he told Cody a long time ago that he doesn't buy it. He says a lot of things changed but Cody whining in the ring stayed the same. Baron says some people don't have the killer instinct and some are born with it. He says he doesn't need friends and likes to hurt people but Cody is obsessed with being the good guy. Baron says none of that matters and Baron says him winning the title is the only thing that matters. He says he will do it at Cody's expense.

Cody says he'd usually have the patience for this. He punches him and lariats him over the top. Cody calls for a ref to come out and says they still have time to do this.

Cody Rhodes vs Baron Corbin

We go to break and we join this in progress. Cody hits boots and punches. Baron hits a deep six. Baron stomps Cody. Cody is sent hard into the buckles. Baron hits mounted shots on Cody.

Baron stomps Cody and knees him in the gut. Baron misses a corner charge and they double lariat each other down. They trade shots. Cody goes up and over and powerslams him. Cody hits punches on Baron and hits a bionic elbow. Cody hits a disaster kick. Randy Orton then pulls out Cody for the DQ.

Thoughts: This wasn't much at all. We didn't see the start of this and we didn't get a real finish. This was also beyond random.

Orton beats up Cody outside and bangs his head off the apron. Orton euros Cody. Orton's head is banged off the commentary table. Orton hits punches on Cody on the commentary table. Orton bangs Cody's head off the commentary table. Cody is sent into the post. Cody hits a cody cutter on him. Baron comes in and hits shots on Cody. Cody runs up the buckles and hits a super cody cutter. Orton leaves the ring. Cody then punts Baron while Orton says Cody won't do it. Orton is surprised.

Overall thoughts: 4 of the 5 matches had non-clean pinfall finishes here though one of them ended that way due to injury. Trick/Gargano was average and Gargano got no reaction. Paige/Bella was average too. Priest/Truth ended early due to injury. Fenix/Saints had a bad finish but the match was acceptable. We barely got any of the main at all and it ended on a DQ as well. I thought this was below average overall with bad finishes, random last minute matches and and a very weak main event. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it.