WWE SmackDown Notes: Danhausen Revives The Gingerbread Man, Demon Balor Revealed As Danhausen’s Mystery Evil Experiment Person, No Holds Barred Stip Set for CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens Match for 11/6 Show Card

Danhausen Revives The Gingerbread Man

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show at the Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, West Virginia featured The Gingerbread Man making a surprise appearance.

During the show, Cathy Kelly interviews WWE United States Champion Trick Williams and Lil Yachty for some words about Williams’ upcoming match against Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Championship. After the interview was over, both Williams and Yachty walked away only for Yachty to notice a sign on a door that said “top secret.” Yachty entered the room and noticed Danhausen standing alongside a revived zombie Gingerbread Man. This led to Yachty giving a scared look in return

Danhausen resurrected the Gingerbread Man as a zombie #SmackDown https://t.co/1owu2crWiz

— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) October 31, 2026

This was The Gingerbread Man’s first appearance since being killed off by Sami Zayn on the May 1st episode of WWE SmackDown and a funeral being held for him on the following week’s show that was revealed to be Yachty dressed up as the Gingerbread Man to get revenge on Zayn.

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Demon Balor Revealed As Danhausen’s Mystery Evil Experiment Person

WWE’s SmackDown show also featured Demon Balor making a surprise appearance.

During the show, Danhausen announced as the host of his “Very Nice, Very Evil” Halloween SmackDown special that he would be revealing the identity of the person under the covers for his mystery evil experiment.

Later in the show, Danhausen came out to the ring and talked about tonight’s show and stated it was time to reveal his “most evil, most dangerous” experiment. This led to Gunther coming out and attacked Danhausen from behind.

LOOK OUT, @DanhausenAD 😱 https://t.co/ruUKXgV195

— WWE (@WWE) October 31, 2026

As Gunther continued his attack, the lights went off and the “cloning machine” on the stage started activating which revealed a bunch of minihausens running out to the ring and brawled with Gunther, who quickly dispatched all of them.

Gunther then continued his attack on Danhausen and locked him in a sleeper hold, Danhausen did his curse routine leading to the lights going out a second time and a pulsing red light showing. This led to Finn Balor sitting up on the stretcher revealing the return of his Demon Balor persona.

.@Gunther_AU woke THE DEMON! 😈 https://t.co/Hxxjx8P6dR

— WWE (@WWE) October 31, 2026

Demon Balor then made his way to the ring and brawled with Gunther that ended with Balor climbing up a ladder and hit a Coup de Grace to Gunther through the announcer’s table. Balor then got back into the ring and celebrated and posed with Danhausen.

BIG MISTAKE, @Gunther_AUT! 😤 https://t.co/94CUm8Ngyr

— WWE (@WWE) October 31, 2026

This was Demon Balor’s first appearance since WrestleMania 42 in April of 2025.

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Current Card for Next Week’s Show

WWE announced one newly updated match for the card of next week’s WWE SmackDown show on November 6.

This upcoming show will be taped on Monday, November 2 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as part of WWE’s RAW tapings at the same venue that night.

In regards to the newly updated match, this was announced to be a No Holds Barred stipulation for the CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens match.

🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens next week will be a No Holds Barred Match! #SmackDown https://t.co/aRSkuCQ231

— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) October 31, 2026

Current card for November 6th WWE SmackDown show:

• No Holds Barred match – CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens