WWE SmackDown airs live tonight from the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, the night before Money in the Bank in New Orleans. CM Punk is advertised, and Fatal Influence defends the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against Charlotte Flair and Tatum Paxley.
The show starts at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT on USA Network in the United States and streams on Netflix internationally.
WWE SmackDown Lineup Tonight
- CM Punk appears
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) (c) vs. Charlotte Flair and Tatum Paxley
Punk is one of six men in Saturday’s Money in the Bank ladder match, along with Kevin Owens, Penta, Bron Breakker, Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans. He qualified by beating Gunther and Finn Bálor on the September 25 SmackDown, two weeks after losing the Undisputed WWE Championship to Sami Zayn in Mexico City. WWE has not said what Punk will do tonight.
The tag title match came together after Paxley came up short in last week’s Women’s Money in the Bank qualifier, which Tiffany Stratton won. Flair then found Paxley backstage, where Alexa Bliss was consoling her, and told her she had spoken with SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, who granted them the title shot.
Owens took the final spot in the men’s ladder match last week, beating Cody Rhodes and Johnny Gargano after Randy Orton pulled the referee out of the ring to stop a Rhodes pin and later kept Rhodes from breaking up the finish.
WWE SmackDown Ticket Sales
WrestleTix had 6,498 tickets distributed for tonight’s show as of Thursday night, up 147 from a day earlier, F4W reports. About 246 tickets were on the resale market, with the cheapest standard admission ticket at $44.85.
The last time WWE taped TV at the Cajundome, for the June 23, 2023 SmackDown, 8,592 tickets were distributed. The average for WWE’s Raw, SmackDown and premium live events in 2026 is 9,432.
WWE Money In The Bank
Money in the Bank takes place Saturday, October 10, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, where Roman Reigns defends the World Heavyweight Championship against LA Knight. The full card, start time and how to watch are in our Money in the Bank preview.
