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SmackDown sets up Money in the Bank with a title match and main event
WWE SmackDown took place in Lafayette, Louisiana, ahead of the weekend’s Money in the Bank event.
The show brought together the advertised competitors in the men’s and women’s ladder matches.
CM Punk, Kevin Owens and WWE Champion Sami Zayn argued about the briefcase and the chance to challenge for the title.
The announced men’s competitors included Punk, Owens, Bron Breakker, Trick Williams, Penta and Je’Von Evans.
Fatal Influence’s Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid were scheduled to defend the women’s tag team titles against Charlotte Flair and Tatum Paxley.
Breakker and Williams were also booked to meet in the main event.
Money in the Bank was due the next day, where the winners would earn a future championship opportunity by winning a briefcase.
WWE held a Friday Night SmackDown episode on October 9, 2026, at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The advertised card included a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match between champions Fatal Influence and challengers Charlotte Flair and Tatum Paxley.
The articles said all men’s and women’s Money in the Bank participants would appear together on the show.
Fightful also listed CM Punk’s return among the show’s advertised items.
Both articles described their coverage as live or subject to updates as the event progressed.
- Who
- WWE; advertised participants included Fatal Influence, Charlotte Flair, Tatum Paxley and Money in the Bank competitors.
- What
- A Friday Night SmackDown episode, including an advertised WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match.
- When
- October 9, 2026
- Where
- Cajundome, Lafayette, Louisiana
- Why
- Not stated
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- Event
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Date
- October 9, 2026
- Venue
- Cajundome, Lafayette, Louisiana
- Advertised championship match
- Fatal Influence (champions) vs. Charlotte Flair and Tatum Paxley
- Other advertised appearances
- All men’s and women’s Money in the Bank participants; Fightful also listed CM Punk’s return
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