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Rhodes and Orton set for face-to-face on next SmackDown
Rhodes and Orton are set to meet after Orton interfered in Rhodes’ match.
R-Truth and Priest will face off after a backstage fight, while Bella and Paige will meet again.
The show is scheduled for October 16.
These events continue rivalries ahead of WWE’s Money in the Bank event.
WWE announced that Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton will have a face-to-face segment on the October 16 SmackDown.
The announcement followed Orton's interference in Rhodes' Money in the Bank qualifying match the previous week.
R-Truth and Damian Priest are scheduled to face each other after a backstage confrontation on SmackDown.
Paige and Nikki Bella are also set to meet again; Bella had beaten Paige several weeks earlier and continued to taunt her and Chelsea Green.
The October 16 show is the next WWE SmackDown, and the reports list these three segments or matches.
- Who
- Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, R-Truth, Damian Priest, Paige and Nikki Bella
- What
- A Rhodes-Orton segment and matches between R-Truth and Damian Priest, and Paige and Nikki Bella
- When
- October 16, 2026
- Where
- WWE SmackDown; venue not stated
- Why
- The Rhodes-Orton segment follows Orton's interference in Rhodes' qualifying match; the reasons for the other bookings are not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
waste of talent b****.
Randy Orton interfered in Cody Rhodes' Money in the Bank qualifying match.
SmackDown announced the upcoming Rhodes-Orton segment and the matches involving R-Truth, Damian Priest, Paige and Nikki Bella.
The announced segment and matches are scheduled for WWE SmackDown.
- Next show
- WWE SmackDown on October 16, 2026
- Featured segment
- Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton face-to-face
- Match
- R-Truth vs. Damian Priest
- Match
- Paige vs. Nikki Bella
- Earlier result
- Nikki Bella defeated Paige several weeks before the announcement, according to Wrestling Observer
Sources
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