Tonights WWE SmackDown, airing April 3, 2026, promises an action-packed night live from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The show sees Undisputed WWE Champion The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes and The Viper Randy Orton both appear as Cody Rhodes aims to spoil Randy Ortons homecoming. Plus, The Samoan Werewolf Jacob Fatu and The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre will both appear ahead of their Unsanctioned Match at WrestleMania 42. The show kicks off at 8:00 PM ET on the USA Network and is available for international fans on streaming platforms like Netflix. Ringside News will provide live, match-by-match updates and highlights throughout the night. Stay tuned to this page, refresh for the latest results as the action unfolds, and join the conversation in the comments below! Matches & Key Moments Scheduled for WWE SmackDown on April 3, 2026 Undisputed WWE Champion The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes and The Viper Randy Orton will both appear as Cody Rhodes aims to spoil Randy Ortons homecoming The Samoan Werewolf Jacob Fatu and The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre will both appear ahead of their Unsanctioned Match at WrestleMania 42 The Eradicator Rhea Ripley will respond after back-to-back attacks by WWE Womens Champion Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab Tag Team Match: Charlexa (The Queen Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss) vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria Singles Match: The Eradicator Rhea Ripley vs. Michin Well Hear From WWE United States Champion Sami Zayn WWE SmackDown Results (4/3/26): Live Match Updates and Highlights The show opens up with Joe Tessitore welcoming us and he narrates various shots of Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill, Michin, B-Fab, Charlotte Flair Alexa Bliss and the team of Bayley and Lyra Valkyria arriving at the arena. Tessitore then lists tonights attendance as 11,620. Tessitore and Wade Barrett then checks in from the commentary desk and talks about WrestleMania being two weeks away. They then set up a video package of the RAW opening segment between Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Stephanie McMahon. Randy Ortons music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Orton then grabs a mic and starts off by asking St. Louis what do they want to talk about. Orton then says its no secret that this is his home town. Orton then says he was raised here from a very young man, he still calls St. Louis home and the next time they will see him in this arena, he will have number 15 firmly planted around his waist. Orton then says he is not doing this for them, he is doing this for himself, for his family and for his real home which is not St. Louis. Orton then says it is the six people in the front row that is who he is doing it for. Orton then says says at WrestleMania 42 he will walk out of Vegas with the Undisputed WWE Championship around his waist. Orton then says Cody Rhodes, whether he walks, crawls, carried, stretchered out of Vegas, he is going home from WrestleMania 42 empty handed. Orton then says Cody gave him his blessing and its not personal between them. Orton then says Cody said he can be the viper, to be what he needed to be and to be the best version of himself. Orton then says he said he can listen to the voices. Orton then says he saw the voices talking to him too and he saw him in the ring with Stephanie McMahon. Orton then says Stephanie was not lying when she told Cody that Cody could not beat him and the voices in Codys head are telling him the same thing. Orton then tells Cody that Cody is not a killer. Orton then says what he has awoken inside him, there is no putting back to bed. Cody Rhodes music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Cody and Randy Orton then throw punches and Cody with the advantage as he backs Randy into the corner. Cody then kicks and punches Randy again. Pat McAfee then comes into the ring and he kicks Cody in the neither region. Pat and Randy then exchange glances and Pat kicks Cody as Randy goes to the floor to get a chair. Pat then takes the mic from Randy and Randy hits Cody in the ribs with the mic. Pat then says the Rams left town, the Blues wont make the playoffs and the Blues are a**. Randy then says this isnt his home any more. Randy then says this isnt a good night for St. Louis. Randy then hits Cody with the chair. Pat then says you might ask why is he here. Pat then says about a month ago, he was doing a Q&A and he was asked when would he return to the WWE. Pat then says he thought the business passed him by. Pat then says he couldnt watch and he thought it was absolute s**t. Orton then hits Cody with the chair. Pat then says Orton called him and told him that the business didnt pass him by, it just went in a direction they didnt like. Pat then mentions the WWE Attitude era fan and he starts to what. Pat then says the ones who walked around and said if ya smell, the fans that put this company on their backs to launch it into a multi billion universe, they have been forgotten about. Pat then says why is it when he turns on WWE TV, he has to see two five foot five do a 45 minute iron man match for five weeks straight when Randy Orton is around. Pat then says why does he turn on Netflix and he sees all of gorilla beeping themselves when Randy Orton is around. Pat then says tickets for WrestleMania are still somehow available when Randy Orton is around and SmackDown, fresh off the worst rated episode of all time, has a puppet for a champion and a man that represents everything that they hate. Pat then says he is the one on the phone telling Randy Orton that he has to kill everything. Pat then says its because the business that Cody is leading is terrible and Orton will save the f***ing business. Orton and Pat then walk to the back and through gorilla. We then head to the back, where Pat says mission accomplished. Orton then tells him he needed him in his ear. Pat then says sometimes you have to remind people that they are in the GOAT conversation. They then get into a pick up truck and they drive off. Rhea Ripley then makes her way down to the ring for the first match of the night and Michin and B-Fab follow. Singles Match: The Eradicator Rhea Ripley vs. Michin The match starts off with Rhea hitting some punches and a thrust kick. Rhea then hits some punches in the corner followed by some forearms and shoulders. Rhea then hits a hard Irish whip and a shoulder into the corner. Rhea then hits a fallaway slam. Rhea. then stops her assault as Jade Cargill makes her way down the aisle to the ring. Rhea then hits a fallaway slam and Jade gets closer to the ring. Michin then hits a German suplex and some punches to Rhea. Michin then hits a forearm and some kicks. Rhea then hits some punches and forearms. Michin then hits a clothesline and she gets a near fall. Michin then sends Rhea to the floor and B-Fab hits a forearm while Michin talks to the referee. Jade then stands over Rhea on the floor. Michin then goes to the floor and sends Rhea back into the ring and Michin gets a near fall. Michin then cinches in a bow and arrow, but Rhea escapes. Michin then hits a kick and she sends Rhea into the turnbuckles and chokes her. Michin then hits a chop in the corner. Michin then hits an Irish whip, but she misses a boot. Rhea then gets a rollup for a near fall. Michin then hits a shoulder tackle for a near fall. Michin then chokes Rhea in the ropes and chops her in the back. Rhea then hits a back heel kick. Rhea then hits a chop and Michin hits some forearms. Rhea then hits a forearm, but Michin hits a drop kick for a near fall. Michin then hits some kicks to the chest and back. Michin then applies a guillotine. Rhea is then able to turn it into a suplex. Rhea and Michin then exchange punches. Rhea then hits short arm clotheslines, a back heel kick and a face plant. Rhea then hits a drop kick to the head. Rhea then goes for a slam, but Michin escapes. Rhea then hits head butts to Michin and she hits a Razors Edge and a running knee for a near fall. Rhea then goes for a Rip Tide and Michin escapes and sends Rhea to the mat. Michin then hits a round kick. Michin then misses a cannonball and Rhea hits a round kick and she gets Michin on her shoulders. Michin then hits a poisonrana and an Eat Defeat for a near fall. Michin then argues with the referee. Michin then hits a power bomb and she sets up for a second one, but Rhea hits a back body drop and she goes for the Prism Lock and Michin taps out. The winner of the Singles Match, The Eradicator Rhea Ripley! After the match, Rhea does not release the hold and B-Fab attacks. Rhea then takes care of Fab. Jade then gets on the apron and Michin attacks Rhea from behind. Fab then holds Rhea and Jade hits a back fist. IYO SKYs music then hits and she makes her way down to the ring. IYO then hits a shotei to Michin and she sends Fabs foot into Michin. Rhea and Iyo then hit stereo drop kicks. IYO then does her ears gimmick. We then see Matt Cardona in the back and he says he is good to go. Aleister Black and Zelina then show up and they tell Matt he should have listened. He then says Randy went back to the old Randy. Matt then says if you want to take credit for what Randy did, go ahead, but he went to Aldis for a match tonight. Black then says Cardona likes to make bad decisions. We then see Solo Sikoa ask how could he be challenged for the lantern. He then says he is not letting it out of his sight. He then says who steps up. Tama Tonga then asks why are they fighting for this lantern. Solo then says he wants to know what Tama said. Tama then says that lantern has been nothing but problems for them, especially for Solo. Solo then tells Tama to fight for it. Tama then says he will handle it and he is going out alone. Solo then tells Tama not to mess this up. We then see IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley in the back and they are happy to see each other. Cathy Kelley then asks Rhea if IYO is a proactive way to even the odds at WrestleMania. Rhea then says Jade cant do it on her own. Rhea then says Jade didnt know she had a back up plan. Rhea then says Jade has followers while she has friends. IYO then says she will always have Rheas back. Rhea then says when they are together, they are unstoppable and that is why at WrestleMania, she will be walking out the new Womens Champion. Tama Tonga then makes his way down to the ring for the next match of the night and Uncle Howdy is already waiting inside. Singles Match: The Wyatt Sicks Uncle Howdy vs. MFTs Tama Tonga The match starts off with Tama missing a clothesline and Howdy goes for the mandible claw, but Tama blocks it. Howdy then hits a knee to the midsection and he sends Tama into the turnbuckles. Howdy then hits some kicks and he runs into an uppercut. Tama then hits some punches and he chokes Howdy. Tama then hits a headbutt and some kicks. Tama then chokes Howdy in the ropes and he sends Howdy into the top rope. Howdy then goes to the floor. Tama then hits a forearm while they fight on the floor. Tama then sends Howdy into the steps and he stomps on the hand. Tama then returns to the ring to break the count and he sends Howdy into the ringside barrier. Tama then hits some punches. Tama then hits a forearm off the ring steps. They then return to the ring and Tama hits some punches. Tama then hits a sliding clothesline. Tama then hits some punches to the back of the head. Tama then chokes Howdy in the ropes. Tama then hits some elbows in the corner and he follows it up with a drop kick. Tama then applies a nerve hold on Howdy. Howdy then hits some elbows and punches, but Tama hits a clothesline. Tama then hits double sledges to the back and he kicks Howdy in the corner. Tama then slides back into the corner and he goes for a splash into the corner, but Howdy catches Tama with a mandible claw. Solo then comes out with the lantern despite saying he would stay in the back. Howdy is then distracted and Tama sends Howdy into the ropes. Tama and Solo then argue and Tama turns into a Sister Abigail for the win. The winner of the Singles Match, The Wyatt Sicks Uncle Howdy! After the match, Solo says he was trying to help and Tama says he didnt need help. Tama then takes the lantern from Solo and he puts it on the mat for Howdy to take. Howdy then gets the lantern and Tama keeps Solo from getting it back. We then see Kit Wilson and The Miz walk in the back and Kit says he is worried about the curse. Miz then tells Kit there is no curse. R-Truth then says he is talking about the clubhouse. Miz then says Truth doesnt take anything seriously, but things go his way. Miz then says he challenges Truth and Truth accepts the challenge for a tag title match. Kit then asks if they just got a title match. Jacob Fatu then cuts a promo and says this is what it is. Fatu then says me and you, one on one, at WrestleMania. Fatu then says you talking about unsanctioned. Fatu then says his life has been a rollercoaster. Fatu then says when you come from the gutter, you are forced to be a product of your environment. Fatu then says it isnt about who is right and wrong. Fatu then says every day and decision brought him to this moment. Fatu then says in this match, there are no rules. Fatu then says there is no one to stop him and no one to break it up. Fatu then says there aint no one to tell him what he can and cannot do to Drews punk a**. Fatu then says you are in his world. Fatu then says lets see if you make it out. We then see Sami Zayn walking in the back and he talks to Nick Aldis and asks if he has pyro for his celebration. Nick then says he didnt give Sami anything. Nick then says he made his own spot. Trick Williams music then hits when Sami Zayn is about to go to the ring. Trick then makes his way down to the ring with Lil Yachty. They then get in the ring and the fans chant Whoop that trick. Trick then says the truth is he came out to celebrate his first match at WrestleMania, but since they are bringing out all the stars, Jelly Roll and Pat McAfee, it is only right he brings out his boy Lil Yachty and he points to him. Lil Yachty then says WrestleMania is not for little boys and girls, it is for legends in the making. Trick then says he didnt bring him out just to celebrate. Trick then says he wants to ask him something. Trick then says they go back and if it is cool with him, they pack up, go all white and bring it to WrestleMania and Lil Yachty agrees. Trick then says there is nothing in the world that he will not do to get the United States Championship. Trick then says he isnt taking no lip off no ginger bread man. Lil Yachty then tells him that he likes what he is doing and he is disrespectful. Trick then says he will show him at WrestleMania. Trick then gets to the top rope and he tells them to hit Sami Zayns pyro because Trick Williams runs SmackDown. Trick then climbs the second rope and pyro goes off. Sami Zayns music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Sami starts off by saying you have the celebration ready and that is all well and good. Sami then says the pageantry has never been this thing. Sami then says he is a bit more working class. Sami then says he is about what happens when he steps between these ropes. Sami then says there will be 50,000 seats and they will be pointed at the ring. Sami then says all of the fur coats and rap superstars wont mean anything because you will be in the ring with one of the best. Sami then says he will humble Tricks a**. The fans then boo and Trick says he thinks ginger snap is upset. He then tells Zayn that he fails to realize and mention that the only reason he got that title is because of him. Trick then says the only reason he is going to WrestleMania is because of him. Trick then says thank you Trick Williams, youre welcome Sami Zayn. Carmelos music then hits and Carmelo Hayes makes his way down to the ring. G Add as a preferred source on Google
