WWE Smackdown 10/9/2026

WWE Smackdown 10/9/2026

Last week's show is here:

We are in Lafayette, LA. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce talk in the back and are being competitive with each other. Trick Williams and Lil' Yachty interrupt. Trick says he has unfinished business with Sami Zayn. Bron Breakker comes in. He says his time is being wasted and he's on a strict training schedule for MITB. Yachty talks trash to Bron. Bron says it sounds like Trick wants to fight right now. Adam says it should be Trick vs Bron tonight. Nick interrupts but then agrees. 

CM Punk comes out to talk with ladders in the ring and MITB briefcases hanging. Punk says people are asking what he's doing being in MITB at his age. He says he won MITB before and climbs a ladder. Punk says he has a chance to make history and become the only 3x MITB ladder match winner. 

He says MITB won't be a cakewalk. He puts over the other MITB guys but says he doesn't sweat Kevin Owens. Owens then comes out and Punk keeps talking, saying he beat him in front of his mom in Toronto. Owens says Punk can't downplay him tomorrow night. He says winning the MITB contract is a priority as it gives him a chance to win the WWE Title. He says just as important is making sure Punk doesn't win the contract. He says no one needs to see him as WWE champ again.

Owens says it'll be a success as long as Punk doesn't win. Punk calls it a fail-safe and an excuse. Punk says he believes in himself and Owens doesn't. Owens climbs the ladder. He says he sees a man who won't take the contract or walk out on his own 2 feet. He says he's walking out and taking out Sami for the title.

Sami Zayn then comes out. He climbs a ladder and says this is disappointing. He says he's the champ yet on the short ladder while the other two are above him. Punk says it's not the size of the ladder, it's what you do with it. He says he will wrap the ladder about Sami's head and take the title. Sami says they should know better about the jokes and know that he's a survivor. He says he found a way to beat Punk for the title. He says he retained against Owens. Owens and Punk then blame the other for those.

Sami says he's intelligent and says they can't see that they are alike. Sami says neither one of them will grab the briefcase as they aren't in the right headspace for it. He says they will walk away empty handed and he will still be champ. 

Jacy Jayne, Tiffany Stratton and Lash Legend vs Roxanne Perez, Sol Ruca and Lola Vice

JJ side headlocks Sol then shoulders her over. Sol flips out of a hiptoss and facebusters JJ. RP bangs JJ's face off the mat. RP's head is then banged off the buckles. RP totally misses a slap on Lash. RP goes for the tag and her partners jump off the apron. Lash chases RP and drops her with a forearm.

Vice comes in and hits gut punches on Lash. Vice spin kicks her in the gut and sends her out. Vice is caught coming off the apron and she headscissors Lash into the post. Sol 2nd rope moonsaults Lash. JJ cannonballs Vice off the apron. RP topes JJ. Tiff spinning lariats RP outside. Sol top rope moonsaults 3 girls outside.

We go to PiP break and return. JJ facelocks Sol and hits her in the corner. JJ misses a corner cannonball. Sol goes for the tag and RP pulls away to get her back. JJ running neckbreakers Sol for 2. Vice tags in and chest kicks JJ down. She hits spin kicks and a kick combo on her. Vice then does a kick combo on Lash. Vice spin kicks Lash down then hits corner hip attacks on her and Jacy. RP comes in and her and Vice push each other. Tiff handspring cutters RP. She finlay rolls her.

Lash gets in. RP flying shining wizard's her. Sol springboard dropkicks Lash. Lash catches her crossbody and gets ddt'd. RP hits a code red on JJ. Everyone comes in to hit a move. Sol hits sol snatcher on Vice on accident. Lash hits a lash extension on Sol and pins her.

Thoughts: The dynamics were a bit interesting here with feuding partners. It was something different and not bad.

Lash whips her partners into each other after and hits a lash extension on Tiff. 

Chelsea Green is interviewed. She says she's manifesting a Tiffany win and wants to drink after. Nikki Bella comes in. She says Green should be worried about what she does to her when she takes her title. Green says Bella is jealous of her as she is champ. Bella says she will be champ soon. Bella says her title reign will be a failure like her reality show campaign. She says she's a bootleg Nikki Bella. We then see Charlotte Flair get jumped by Jade Cargill's crew in the back. 

We go to break and return. Bliss and Tatum talk to Aldis and Flair. Aldis says Jade's crew is kicked out. Aldis says Flair isn't cleared to compete. Aldis wants to postpone the tag title match. Flair tells Bliss to take her spot and Bliss agrees. Aldis says everyone is banned from ringside during that match. Flair tells Tatum and Bliss to win the tag titles.

MFT (Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga) vs The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar)

Erik hits shots on Talla then Talla lariats him. Talla stomps him. Tama clubs on Erik. All 4 men fight in the ring. All 4 men go out. Erik is double teamed. Ivar cannonballs his opponents from the apron. 

We go to break and return. Tama and Erik trade shots. Ivar shoulders Tama over. Ivar spinning side slams Tama then low crossbodies him. Ivar spinning high kicks Tama. Ivar goes up top and Tama crotches him up top. Tama bridging neckbreakers Ivar for 2. Kyoki and Shinsuke Nakamura come down.

Ivar butt presses Tama down in the corner. Erik knees Talla in the face. Erik hits strikes on Tama. Tama flatliners him. Tama dropkicks Ivar. Kyoki gets on the apron and Tama forearms him. Tama then is caught with an assisted pop-up slam. Haku nails Erik in the throat with his cane. Talla running lariats Ivar. Erik takes a chopblock + facekick and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a bit short but it had some good action to it and was exciting. It's too bad we didn't get more of it as it went well. Talla hit a nice lariat here.

Talla grabs Kyoki and Nakamura after. Talla ends up getting double lariated over the top. Ivar then puts Kyoki down and fights him. Ivar nails Nakamura too. Nakamura knees Ivar in the face.

Danhausen uses his evil detector on Adam Pearce then on Nick Aldis. Finn Balor comes in. He wants a match with Gunther. Dan then detects evil on Finn. Aldis says Gunther has requested a match tonight with Danhausen. Finn isn't happy and Dan suggests Finn should fight him. Finn asks if Dan can handle him and talks about retiring Goldberg, AJ and Cena. Dan then throws Finn his evil detector.

The Miz, Aldis and Kit Wilson talk outside from earlier in the day. Miz complains about only some people wishing him Happy Birthday. Aldis then talks to Randy Orton and says what he did was unacceptable. Orton says he's going to go home and sit on his couch. He says he's not the problem, Cody is. He says Cody said he was going to kick his head off his shoulders. Orton said he did what what he was going to do. He says to tell Cody he sent him home and says Cody will hesitate the next time he can kick his head off his shoulders.

The Miz and Kit Wilson come out. Miz says he will take over the show. Miz says when they have put blood, sweat and tears into a place for 30 years, you give them a birthday party. Kit calls everyone toxic and says he will give us one more chance to sing Happy Birthday to Miz.

Cody Rhodes comes out. Miz says to cut his music. Miz complains about Cody interrupting and says he better stay out of the ring unless he has a birthday wish. Cody comes in, throws out Kit and hits cross rhodes on Miz. 

Nick Aldis comes out. He says he knows Cody and Orton will want to tear each other apart when they see each other. He says it does nothing for him but cause risk if they don't do it in the ring. He says this is about business and says him and Cody should discuss how they can make this happen. 

Cody says let's stay in his office in the ring. Cody talks about his daughter crying over his swollen eye. Cody says it's fear. Cody says he'd be champ if it weren't for Orton. Cody says he needs Aldis to get Orton for him and calls Orton a fragile b!tch.

Damian Priest says he could be champ again if he wasn't wasting time with R-Truth. He says he explained why he did what he did and he's tired of explaining himself. DP then goes up to Fraxiom. Frazer says what he did to Truth was messed up and he knows it. DP asks if he should apologize and Axiom says he should. DP says they won't like what happens next then he hits them both. Ax is thrown into boxes and DP says, "I apologize". R-Truth then hits DP and they fight while people try to stop them. 

Gunther vs Danhausen

Dan stops the ref from ringing the bell. Dan tries to curse the ref and Gun facekicks Dan down. Gun powerbombs Dan. Gun hits chops and powerbombs him again. Dan is laid on the top rope and chopped. Gun kind of sits on him on the buckles. Finn Balor then comes out and takes Gun down.

Thoughts: This never officially started, so no DQ happened here. Dan got run over as expected.

Finn hits him then stomps him. Finn elbow slices him then slingblades him on the floor. Gun then runs from Finn. 

Gun then pulls Finn out. Finn stomps gun on the apron. Finn is sent into the post then backdropped on the rail top and apron. Gun powerbombs him on the commentary table. 

Johnny Gargano, Sami Zayn and Candice LeRae talk in the back. Sami complains about disrespect. LeRae asks what Aldis did say next week to Sami. Sami says it's not important and they are survivors. Sami says they need to figure out what they are dealing with. Bron Breakker comes in. He says Sami knows why he is here and he looks at the title. He says he will see him soon.

WWE Women's Tag Team Title Match - Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) (c) vs. Alexa Bliss & Tatum Paxley

Bliss swings at Fallon on the apron and gets hit by Reid. Bliss throws Reid out. Fallon 2nd rope diving blockbusters Bliss for 2. TP comes in and hits forearms on Fallon. TP high kicks Fallon then germans her. Fallon backs elbows TP.

TP's kick is caught on the apron and Reid superkicks her down. We go to break and return. Fallon is on the 2nd rope and is forearmed down. Reid misses an elbow drop on TP. Bliss comes in and knocks Reid over with shoulders. Bliss knees her in the face and ddt's her. Bliss running headhunters her for 2. 

Reid knees Bliss in the gut. Fallon nails Bliss from behind. Bliss takes a flapjack and a knee to the face for 2. Reid is tripped into the ropes and kicked by TP. TP flies at Fallon and Fallon gets her knees up. Fallon backrolls her and gets caught trying to cheat on a pin. TP hits cemetary drive on Fallon and pins her.

Thoughts: It's nice of them to give Tatum a pin so early but it was a little rushed. What we got wasn't that bad here but it didn't get a ton of time. 

Bron Breakker vs Trick Williams

Trick slaps him in the corner then dropkicks him. Trick's head is banged off the commentary table by Bron. Bron diving lariats him off the apron and over the commentary table.

We go to PiP break and return. Trick hits punches on Bron. Bron germans him. Bron runs into Trick's boot. They double clothesline each other down. They trade shots. Trick hits leg lariats on him and Trick flapjacks him.

Trick backhands him then stomps him in the corner. Trick spinning facekicks Bron. Bron hits an F-5 gutbuster on him for 2. Bron says, "I've earned it, it's my time". Bron runs the ropes and Trick flying knees him. Austin Theory then comes out and beats up Trick for the DQ.

Thoughts: That was a lame ending but I guess it saved both guys a loss. Like everything else here, it wasn't that long of a match and that limited how good it would be.

Yachty gets on the apron and Logan Paul drops him with a shot. Je'Van Evans comes out and his Austin. He then corkscrew kicks him off the ropes. Maxxine Dupri distracts Evans. Evans gets double teamed. Penta comes out and superkicks Bron twice. Penta tope con hilos The Vision. Bronson Reed then runs over Penta.

Reed stomps Evans in the corner then stomps Trick. Bron spears Trick and Reed to prope splashes Trick.  

Overall thoughts: It was the go-home show before the PPV so that limited what we got here. The wrestling was fine, but the matches were short and two of them didn't have clean finishes. There was a lot of talking on this show that didn't really amount to much storyline wise. I thought it was an average show and I can't say it hyped me up for the PPV. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it. This was average.