WWE SmackDown Results
April 3, 2026
St. Louis, Missouri (Enterprise Center)
Results by: Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
WWE SmackDown kicks off with clips of Stephanie McMahon and Cody Rhodes on Raw.
Live in the arena, Randy Orton’s music hits and out he comes. A “Randy” chant from the fans and he smiles in the ring. Orton asks the fans what do they want to talk about. He says it’s no secret that this is his home town. He was raised there 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 says but 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. It is the six people in the front row, that is who he is doing it for. He says at WrestleMania 42, he will walk out of Vegas with the Undisputed WWE Championship around his waist. He says Cody Rhodes, whether he walks, crawls, carried, stretchered out of Vegas, Cody is going home from WrestleMania 42 empty handed.
Orton says Cody gave him his blessing, it’s not personal between them. Cody said he can be the viper, to be what he needed to be, to be the best version of himself. He said he can listen to the voices, Orton says he saw the voices talking to him too, he saw him in the ring with Stephanie McMahon. He says Stephanie was not lying when she told Cody that Cody could not beat him. And the voices in Cody’s head are telling him the same thing. Orton tells Cody that Cody is not a killer. What he has awoken inside him, there is no putting back to bed.
Cody’s music hits and out he comes. He gets in the ring and both men with right hands. In comes Pat McAfee from behind and he low blows Cody. Orton grabs a steel chair and Orton gives Pat a microphone. Orton hits Cody with the steel chair. Pat says that the Rams left town, the Blues are not going to make the playoffs, the Cardinals are ass and Randy Orton said that this isn’t his home anymore. It’s a tough night in St. Louis. Out comes Nick Aldis with WWE officials. Pat says about a month ago, he was asked when he was going to return and he said he thought that the business passed him by. He couldn’t watch, he thought it was absolute shit.
Orton hits Cody with the chair. Pat says Orton called him and told him that the business didn’t pass him by, it just went in a direction they didn’t like. Pat mentions the WWE Attitude era fan and he starts to what. The one’s 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. Why is it when he turns on WWE TV, he has to see two five foot five wrestlers do a 45 minute iron man match for five weeks straight when Randy Orton is around. Why does he turn on Netflix and he sees all of gorilla beeping themselves when Randy Orton is around.
He 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. A man that represents everything that they hate. Pat says he is the one on the phone telling Randy Orton that he has to kill everything. It’s because the business that Cody is leading is terrible and Orton will save the f business.
Orton and Pat walk to the back and through gorilla.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Orton and Pat are backstage. Pat says mission accomplished. Orton tells him he needed him in his ear. Pat says sometimes you have to remind people that they are in the GOAT conversation. They get into a pick up truck and they drive off.
Rhea Ripley vs. Michin with B-Fab
The bell rings and we are under way. Rhea with right hands and Rhea spears Michin into the turnbuckle. Rhea with a fall away slam. She grabs Michin but out comes Jade Cargill. Rhea with another fall away slam. Rhea is distracted and Michinwith a release German suplex.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Michin with a guillotine headlock but Rhea reverses it into a suplex. Rhea with a clothesline followed by a kick. Rhea with a drop kick. She grabs Michin but Michin lands on her feet. Michin with a headbutt but Rhea with a headbutt. Rhea lifts her up and she lands the Razor’s Edge. Rhea with a running knee. She goes for the cover but Michin kicks out. Rhea goes for Rip Tide but Michin lands on her feet and Michin with a kick to the side of the head. Michin goes for a cannonball in the corner but Rhea moves out of the way. Rhea with a kick to the side of the head. She lifts Michin up onto her shoulders but Michin with a poisonrana. Michin with Eat Da Feet. She goes for the cover but Rhea kicks out. Michin with a powerbomb. She goes for a pile driver but Rhea with a back body drop. Rhea with the Prison Trap and Michin taps out.
Winner: Rhea Ripley
In comes B-Fab from behind and she grabs Rhea but Rhea with a headbutt. Jade gets on the ring apron but Michin with a chop block. Michin and B-Fab with right hands. Jade gets in the ring. B-Fan grabs Rhea and Jade with a chop to the chest. Out comes IYO SKY and Jade leaves the ring. IYO and Rhea with double drop kicks onto B-Fab and Michin.
We cut to the back and Matt Cardona is with a trainer. In comes Aleister Black with Zelina. Black tells him he should have listened to them. He says Orton did not change, he just went back to being Randy Orton. It is almost as if the universe is right again. Zelina tells him the only person who has not accepted that yet is him. Matt says he will talk to Aldis and they can have a match tonight. Black tells him if he didn’t know any better, he would say that Matti s a fan of making bad decisions.
We cut to Solo Sikoa and the MFTs. Solo says Uncle Howdy challenged him to a match tonight for the lantern. But after whath appened to the Tag Team titles, he needs someone to step up. Tama asks him why they are fighting for the lantern. Solo asks why if he said something. Tama says that thing has been nothing but problems for all of them, especially for Solo. He looks at Solo and Solo tells him to go out and fight for the lantern. Tama says he will handle Howdy but he is going out there alone. Solo tells him before he does, he tells him not to mess it up.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Rhea has an ice pack and is with IYO. In comes Kathy Kelley. Rhea tells her that Jade has proven to her that she can’t do it on her own but she didn’t think she had a backup plan. The difference between her and Jade is Jade has followers. She has friends. IYO says best friends and no matter what, she will always have her back. Rhea says when they are together, they are unstoppable. And that is why t WrestleMania, she will be walking out the new Women’s Champion.
Uncle Howdy vs. Tama Tonga
The bell rings and we are under way. Uncle Howdy with right hands and he gets Tama Tonga in the corner. Tama Tonga with right hands and an uppercut.
-Commercial Break-
ack from commercial, Uncle Howdy with a running elbow in the corner. Uncle Howdy with a right hand but Tama Tonga with a clothesline. Tama Tonga goes for a splash but Uncle Howdy with a Mandible Claw. Out comes Solo Sikoa with the lantern and Uncle Howdy lets go of the Claw. Uncle Howdy is distracted by the lantern and Tama Tonga hits him from behind. Solo goes to hit Uncle Howdy with the lantern but the referee sees it. Tama Tonga and Solo argue, Tama Tonga turns around and Uncle Howdy hits him with the Sister Abigail. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Uncle Howdy
He leaves the ring and Solo gets in the ring.