The SmackDown Live Report
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It’s Friday night so it’s SmackDown tonight live from The Cajundome in Lafayette, LA. In tonight’s exciting episode Charlotte Flair & Tatum Paxley will challenge Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. Tiffany Stratton, Jacy Jayne & Lash Legend battle Sol Ruca, Lola Vice & Roxanne Perez in a Raw vs SmackDown super showdown. Plus, all Money in the Bank Ladder Match Superstars (CM Punk, United States Champion Trick Williams, Women’s United States Champion Jacy Jayne, Tiffany Stratton, World Tag Team Champion Bron Breakker, Lash Legend, Penta, Je’Von Evans, Sol Ruca, Kevin Owens, Roxanne Perez and Lola Vice) will appear under one roof the night before they compete in their Men’s and Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Matches for a Championship Match any time in the next year.
We got plenty in store for the show tonight – So let’s start the SLAM and light the lights!
We’re first shown the earlier entrances of all the stars of the evening. We’re then in the SmackDown GM Nick Aldis’s office when Raw GM Adam Pearce comes up as they greet each other. They talk about having a little competition. Then, the US Champ Trick Williams walks in saying he’s got some unfinished business with the “gingerbread man”. Enter Bron Breakker. He’s a little upset being interrupted to come to SmackDown while he’s on a strict training schedule for the MitB match. Williams says he’s on a Trick schedule. Lil Yachty says if he thinks Mr Lemmon Pepper Stepper isn’t getting the briefcase he‘s got another think coming. Breakker wants to fight, so Pearce steps in and says tonight on SmackDown in the main event it will be Williams from blue brand against Breakker from the red. Aldis wonders why Pearce made his main event but he mocks Pearce and he says it’s “official”.
Michael Cole is on play-by-play, Corey Graves is our analyst, Kathy Kelley reports backstage, and Mark Nash is the ring announcer.
Now live in the arena, “Cult Of Personality” hits and out comes CM Punk. Cole mentions CM Punk in 2008-2009 he won two back-to-back MitB contracts. Graves says tomorrow he could accomplish the record breaking three MitB contracts.
Punk asks for a cheap pop in Louisiana. Punk mentions the ladders and the briefcases in the ring, and people asking what he is doing at this state in his career. Now, in 2026, he’s middle-aged and crazy and he’s going to make history. People say it can’t be done, but Punk says watch me. He understands it’s not going to be a cakewalk. A few guys he’s never locked up with. Je’Von Evans, Penta, Trick Williams. Breakker who he fought and survived. Then he talks about Kevin Owens, someone who he doesn’t sweat about. Owens’s music starts as Punk continues to talk while he’s being interrupted.
Owens calls him Phil and thanks him for that introduction. He says it’s important to him to win the briefcase and win the WWE Championship. But, just as important, it’s to make sure Punk does not get it. KO says no one needs to see Punk as WWE Champion ever again. Punk starts saying KO will be making up excuses like some sort of consolation prize when he loses. It happened in Toronto and it’ll happen again. Punk believes in himself and KO doesn’t. That’s why he’s always going to be at the top of the world (he’s on top of the ladder) and KO is down in the dirt looking up at hm (KO is still on the mat).
KO climbs the ladder and says, now that they’re eye to eye, he sees a man who’s not taking that contract and a man who’s not walking out on his own two feet.
As they continue to argue, Sami Zayn’s music hits. Zayn says this is all very disappointing. He says the same thing coming out of their mouth that it’s a foregone conclusion that all they need is to grab a briefcase and you’ll become WWE Champion. He says he is a survivor and he finds a way. Punk says he found a way to get KO to interfere and hit him with the title. KO says Punk interfered and Zayn found a way. Zayn says they’re both so dumb they can’t see they’re exactly alike. They’re not in the headspace for grabbing the briefcase and they’ll walk away empty handed. And he’ll still be YOUR Undisputed WWE Champion. Zayn leaves and that’s a good time for our first commercial.
We come back with the unnatural trio of Tiffany Stratton, Jacy Jayne and Lash Legend in the ring arguing even though they’re teaming up. Out comes Roxanne Perez, then Sol Ruca, and finally Lola Vice for our first match pitting all six MitB women in a six-women tag team match.
Tiffany Stratton, Jacy Jayne & Lash Legend vs Sol Ruca, Lola Vice & Roxanne Perez:
Jayne and Ruca kick things off. Jayne applies a side headlock and follows with a shoulder tackle, but Ruca responds with an X-Factor. Roxanne Perez makes a blind tag and goes for the cover, getting a two-count. Jayne fights back and slams Perez before tagging in Lash Legend. Perez slaps Legend, who misses a pump kick. Perez attempts to tag out, but Ruca and Lola Vice refuse to extend their hands. Perez eventually runs into a right hand from Legend. Vice tags in and unloads with body shots before connecting with a spinning back kick to the midsection. Legend rolls to the floor, where Vice follows with a diving Hurricanrana. Ruca attempts a moonsault as the action continues outside the ring. Several competitors follow with dives to the floor before Ruca connects with a Moonsault onto the group at ringside. The show heads into a Picture-in-Picture commercial break.
Near the end, things break down as all six women become involved in the ring. Ruca accidentally connects with the Soul Snatcher on her own partner, Vice. Legend capitalizes by hitting the Lash Extension on Ruca and the win.
WINNERS: Tiffany Stratton, Jacy Jayne & Lash Legend
After the match, Legend attacks both Jayne and Stratton, standing tall on her own and ready for MitB.
Now backstage, Kelley interviews WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green. She discusses the previous match when Nikki Bella interrupts, leading to an exchange of insults. Their confrontation is interrupted by a commotion.
We shoot elsewhere backstage where cameras show Jade Cargill and her baddies attacking Charlotte Flair. Flair is down following the assault as we go to a commercial break.
When the show returns, SmackDown GM Nick Aldis checks on Flair backstage. He reveals that Cargill and her associates have been removed from the building. Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley are also present as Flair discusses her status for tonight’s championship match. Flair tells Bliss to replace her in tonight’s Women’s Tag Team Championship match against Fatal Influence. Aldis agrees and announces that everyone will be banned from ringside.
MFT (Tama Tonga & Talla Tonga) w/ Haku vs The War Raiders (Erik & Ivar):
Erik and Talla Tonga start things off. Erik connects with several body shots before Talla catches him with a clothesline. Tama tags in and continues the attack before bringing Talla back into the match. Ivar tags in, which leads to all four men entering the ring and exchanging strikes. The action spills to ringside, where the two teams continue brawling. Ivar climbs onto the apron and launches himself onto the competitors at ringside with a cannonball senton.
The finish comes near when Shinsuke Nakamura and Kyoki make their way to ringside as Ivar connects with a Seated Senton and tags Erik back into the match. Erik catches Talla with a knee and unloads on Tama, who responds with a Flatliner before knocking Ivar off the apron with a dropkick. Kyoki distracts Tama, allowing The War Raiders to connect with the Viking Experience. Tama rolls to the apron, where Haku strikes Erik in the throat with his stick. Talla takes out Ivar with a clothesline before MFT connects with the Brothers Keeper on Erik for the win.
WINNERS: MFT (Tama Tonga & Talla Tonga)
After the match, Nakamura and Kyoki attack MFT, forcing the group to retreat. Ivar then goes after Kyoki, who catches him with a reverse Stunner. Nakamura follows with a Kinshasa to leave Ivar laid out in the ring.
Again backstage, Danhausen is with Raw GM Pearce and SmackDown GM Aldis when Finn Balor arrives. Balor requests a match against Gunther tonight, but Danhausen interrupts and claims to detect evil in Balor. Pearce and Aldis reveal that Gunther has already requested a match against Danhausen for tonight’s show. Balor expresses frustration with the decision, while Danhausen reacts before walking away. Time for another break.
We get a vid from earlier today, showing Aldis outside the Cajundome speaking with The Miz and Kit Wilson. Miz complained that nobody except John Cena acknowledged his recent birthday. Randy Orton then arrived, prompting Aldis to confront him. Orton told Aldis that he was leaving and heading home, insisting that Cody Rhodes was the problem rather than himself. Orton instructed Aldis to inform Rhodes that he had sent him home before departing.
Back live inside the arena, The Miz and Kit Wilson interrupt commentary and head to the ring. Miz again complains about his birthday being overlooked before Cody Rhodes’ music hits. Miz demands that Cody leave unless he intends to wish him a happy birthday. Rhodes enters the ring and attacks Wilson before giving Miz a birthday present in the form of a Cross Rhodes. Cody grabs a microphone and addresses the Lafayette crowd before SmackDown GM Aldis makes his way out.
Aldis informs Rhodes that Orton has already left the building. He explains that he doesn’t want his top stars getting into a confrontation ahead of MitB and asks Cody to discuss the situation privately in his office. Rhodes refuses and brings up his victory over Orton at WrestleMania, saying his daughter was upset after seeing him with a swollen eye and blood running down his face. Cody claims Orton is still standing because of the mercy he showed him at Saturday Night’s Main Event. He demands another face-to-face confrontation and says he is willing to travel to St. Louis to make it happen, ending his comments with an insult directed at Orton.
Commentary then runs down the lineup for tomorrow’s Money in the Bank PLE.
Kelley approaches Damian Priest backstage and asks him about his recent actions. Priest says he is finished explaining himself before walking away and encountering Fraxiom. Nathan Frazer and Axiom confront Priest and say he owes R-Truth an apology. Priest responds in Spanish before attacking both men. He then tells them that he apologizes. R-Truth suddenly attacks Priest from behind, leading to another physical confrontation. Officials rush in to separate the two.
Back live in the arena, Danhausen makes his entrance for his scheduled match against Gunther. We head into a commercial break before the match gets underway.
When we return, Gunther makes his entrance and heads to the ring. Danhausen attempts to place a curse on Gunther, but Gunther interrupts it with a kick before delivering a powerbomb. Gunther follows with a chop and another powerbomb. The referee has yet to officially start the match. He continues attacking Danhausen in the corner, placing him on the turnbuckle and delivering another strike. Balor’s music hits as he rushes to the ring to make the save. Balor attacks Gunther with chops and kicks before knocking him to the floor. He follows with a Sling Blade and leaps over the barricade before returning to check on Danhausen.
Gunther recovers and pulls Balor out of the ring, throwing him into the barricade. Balor fights back briefly, but Gunther regains control and sends him into the ring post. Gunther continues the assault with a powerbomb onto the ring apron before delivering a powerslam onto the announce table. Officials intervene as Gunther eventually leaves the ringside area. So much for this match.
Backstage once again, WWE Champion Sami Zayn is shown speaking with Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae about last week’s SmackDown. Breakker interrupts the conversation and briefly addresses Zayn, telling him that he will see him soon before walking away.
Back inside the arena, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid of Fatal Influence make their entrance for their scheduled title defense now against Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley. The show heads into a commercial break before the match begins. When we return, both teams are in the ring.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) (c) vs Alexa Bliss & Tatum Paxley:
Bliss starts things off against Henley, connecting with a kick before Henley fights back and takes her down. Bliss tags in Paxley, who enters and connects with running dropkicks on both members of Fatal Influence. Reid tags into the match, but Paxley initially maintains control. The champions eventually turn things around when Henley grabs Paxley from the floor while she is on the apron, allowing Reid to connect with a kick that sends Paxley crashing to ringside. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as this women’s tag-team title tilt continues.
The finish tries to arrive when Paxley tags into the match and where Henley manages another pin attempt. Reid attempts to provide additional leverage from the ropes, but the referee catches her and stops the illegal assist. Bliss takes Reid out at ringside with Sister Abigail, leaving Henley alone with Paxley. Paxley connects with the Cemetery Drive on Henley for the win.
WINNERS and NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Alexa Bliss & Tatum Paxley
After the victory, Bliss and Paxley celebrate their title win as we head to another break.
Lastly, it’s our main event. Breakker makes his entrance first. Then Williams, who is accompanied by Lil Yachty. The crowd chants “Whoop That Trick~!” as Williams heads to the ring for the final match of the evening.
Bron Breakker vs Trick Williams:
The bell sounds and Williams takes Breakker down early. Breakker quickly fights back and sends the US Champion to ringside. Breakker follows him outside and repeatedly slams his head against the announce table. Breakker then launches himself off the ring apron onto Williams, taking both men down at ringside. The action continues as SmackDown heads into a mid-match commercial break.
The match starts to conclude as Williams hits a slap and stomps away at Breakker in the corner before connecting with a Cyclone Boot. Williams attempts the Trick Shot, but Breakker counters and takes him down for a two-count. Breakker hits the ropes and charges for a spear, but Williams catches him with a Trick Shot.
This cues members of The Vision who suddenly hit the ring and attack Williams, forcing the referee to call for the DQ.
WINNER by DQ: Trick Williams
Je’Von Evans rushes out to try to make the save, but Austin Theory and Breakker overwhelm him following a distraction from Maxxine Dupri. Penta makes his way to the ring to even the odds, but Bronson Reed attacks him from behind. Reed enters the ring and stomps away at Evans and Williams as The Vision continues their assault. Breakker connects with a spear on Williams.
From there, Reed climbs to the top rope and delivers a Tsunami to the US Champion. The Vision stands tall following the attack as the show goes off the air.
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