Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE SmackDown" on September 18, 2026, coming to you live from the Hilliard Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas!Two more entrants in the 2026 Men's and Women's Money In The Bank matches will be determined tonight, as Randy Orton squares off against AAA Cruiserweight Champion Rey Fenix and United States Champion Trick Williams while Jade Cargill takes on Alexa Bliss and Women's United States Champion Jacy Jayne in a pair of Triple Threat qualifier matches. Je'Von Evans and Lola Vice emerged victorious in Triple Threat Qualifiers of their own on this past Monday's episode of "WWE Raw", joining World Tag Team Champion Bron Breakker and Sol Ruca respectively in the 2026 Men's and Women's Money In The Bank matches as the latest entrants.WWE Tag Team Champions Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga of MFT will be in action as they collide with Bakusai's Shinsuke Nakamura and Kyoki in a non title match. MFT most recently successfully retained their WWE Tag Team Championship against Damian Priest and R-Truth on the August 21 episode of "WWE SmackDown", while Bakusai defeated The Miz and Kit Wilson in their first WWE tag team match on the September 4 edition of the show.Additionally, Sami Zayn will be making an appearance on tonight's show after dethroning CM Punk as Undisputed WWE Champion in the main event of last Friday's episode of "SmackDown" despite Kevin Owens foiling Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae's attempt to interfere in the match. Cody Rhodes will also be sitting down for an interview for the first time since he came up short against the aforementioned Orton at WWE Sunday's Night's Main Event on September 6.
