Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE SmackDown" on October 23, 2026, coming to you live from the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California!Chelsea Green will be putting her Women's Championship on the line as she defends against Roxanne Perez of Judgment Day. Green will be squaring off against Women's World Champion and Perez's stablemate Liv Morgan for the Women's Crown Jewel Championship at WWE Crown Jewel on November 7.Tatum Paxley and Alexa Bliss will be making their first defense of the Women's Tag Team Championship as they defend against Bliss and her ally Charlotte Flair's longtime rivals Michin and B-Fab. Paxley and Bliss dethroned Fatal Influence's Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley as Women's Tag Team Champions on the October 9 episode of "SmackDown".Giulia will be going one-on-one with archrival Blake Monroe in a Street Fight. As tensions between the two women have continued to mound in a series of physical brawls, Monroe emerged victorious against Giulia on the October 2 episode of "SmackDown".Bakusai's Shinsuke Nakamura and Bakusai defeated WWE Tag Team Champions and MFT members Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga in a non-title match on the September 18 episode of "SmackDown". Following such, MFT has their chance to seek their retribution tonight when they square off against Bakusai once again in another non-title match.
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Will Tatum Paxley and Alexa Bliss retain the Women's Tag Team Championship, can Chelsea Green hold onto the Women's Championship, or will new champions be crowned tonight? Let us know what you think in the comments down below!
We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the verbal confrontation between World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and Undisputed WWE Champion Sami Zayn that occurred in the opening moments of this past Monday's episode of "WWE Raw".Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet audiences at home as Sami Zayn, Candice LeRae, and Johnny Gargano make their way to the ring.
Zayn asks the live crowd if they really mean their boos and says he sees there's some haters in the live crowd. He says it's been an interesting week and recalls going toe-to-toe in the ring with Roman Reigns on Monday's episode of "Raw". He says the alpha isn't always the biggest of the species, but the smartest and says he's the only one Undisputed WWE Champion. He rattles off names including Kevin Owens, CM Punk, Finn Balor, and GUNTHER who are after him.
Rey Fenix's music hits and he makes his way out. He says he doesn't know what Penta will do or who he will cash in on, then says he's never had a problem with Zayn and says they're still friends. He says Penta is his brother and if Zayn has a problem with his family, he has a problem with him. Gargano becomes heated, but Zayn calms things down and says he's always had respect for Fenix. He says his problem is with people who show disrespect week after week.
Trick Williams' music hits and he makes his way out. He says he has a problem with Zayn and says Zayn told lies about him last Friday. He says the only truthful thing Zayn said was that he doesn't know how to survive, then says it might be because Zayn puts no fear in his heart. He says he's the United States Champion and ESPN, then says he's in WWE to thrive and says he's only been on "SmackDown" for 10 months and says Zayn is Timon while he's Simba from "The Lion King". He says only one of them knows how to look like and walk like a champion, then says he's a veteran at being a champion while Zayn is a rookie. He demands an Undisputed WWE Championship Match from Zayn, but Zayn says Williams should be afraid of him because Williams may have a silver tongue, but he has a razor sharp tongue made of steel.Zayn says he could expose every weakness in Williams' game and make him look like a fool because he's operating on levels Williams can't understand. He says he won't do any of that because he's a good guy and tells Williams to enjoy it while it lasts seeing as the fans will eventually realize Williams doesn't have it. He says Williams is a lot closer to sink or swim than he thinks and declines to give Williams an Undisputed WWE Championship match.Williams says he's not asking for an Undisputed WWE Championship match, but demanding one and says he might beat a title match out of Zayn if he doesn't give it to him.Williams looks to chokeslam Gargano, but Zayn knocks him over and retreats out of the ring with Gargano and LeRae to escape Fenix when he goes after them.Nick Aldis then appears on the entrance ramp to make a match pitting Zayn and Gargano against Williams and Fenix.Roxanne Perez then makes her way to the ring. Chelsea Green follows.
The bell rings and the two lock up. Perez pins Green, but Green kicks out and delivers an open palm strike to Perez. She follows it up with a Rough Ryder and pins Perez, but Perez kicks out and Green flies through the ropes to level Perez on the outside.Green dumps Perez back in the ring, but Perez rolls out of the other side of the ring. Green dumps Perez back inside and follows her in there, but Perez delivers a shotgun dropkick to Green's knee and sends her crashing into the ring post face first. She then stomps on Green's left arm as Green's left arm is wedged into one of the turnbuckles.
Back from the break, Raquel Rodriguez pushes Green off the top rope while the referee is distracted by Perez. Perez pins Green, but IYO SKY's music hits and she runs out to the ring to go after Rodriguez. SKY delivers a kick to Rodriguez off the ring apron and connects with a hurricanrana on her, but Perez flies through the middle rope to level SKY on the outside. She delivers a boot to Green's midsection, but Green connects with an Unprettier on Perez for the win.Winner (and still): Chelsea GreenAfter the match, Liv Morgan blindsides Green from behind. SKY takes down Morgan and goes after Rodriguez, but Perez attacks SKY and Judgment Day continues beating down Green and SKY. Tiffany Stratton's music hits and she runs to the ring, sending Perez crashing out of it and rocking Morgan with a knee. She lands a hurricanrana on Rodriguez, and SKY delivers a missile dropkick to her off the top rope.Stratton considers cashing in her Money In The Bank briefcase, hitting Morgan with it. Rodriguez and Perez pull Morgan out of the ring before Stratton can cash in.Giulia then makes her way to the ring. Blake Monroe follows.
Giulia meets Monroe at the bottom of the entrance ramp, and the bell rings. The two women continue brawling, but Monroe grabs a kendo stick from under the ring and cracks it across Giulia's midsection and spine. She ascends up the barricade near the timekeeper's area, but Giulia trips Monroe and sends her crashing into the timekeeper's area. Giulia dumps Monroe back in the ring and grabs a kendo stick of her own from under the ring, then whips Monroe into a pile of chairs that had already been stacked up on the outside of the ring.
