WWE SmackDown Notes: WWE World Heavyweight Title Match To Kick Off Money In The Bank 2026, Tatum Paxley & Alexa Bliss Wins WWE Women’s Tag Titles, 10/16 Show Card

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Oct 9, 2026

WWE World Heavyweight Title Match To Kick Off WWE Money In The Bank 2026

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, featured the announcement of the LA Knight vs. Roman Reigns match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will officially kick off Money in the Bank 2026.

Money in the Bank 2026 takes place on October 10 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Current card for WWE Money in the Bank 2026:

  • WWE World Heavyweight Championship – LA Knight vs. Roman Reigns (c)
  • WWE Women’s World Championship Triple Threat match – Liv Morgan vs. Becky Lynch vs. Stephanie Vaquer (c)
  • Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match – Bron Breakker vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams vs. Penta vs. CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens
  • Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match – Sol Ruca vs. Lola Vice vs. Jacy Jayne vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Lash Legend vs. Tiffany Stratton
  • Oba Femi vs. “Big” Bronson Reed

Tatum Paxley & Alexa Bliss Wins WWE Women’s Tag Titles

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured Tatum Paxley & Alexa Bliss defeating Fatal Influence (Lainey Reid & Fallon Henley) to become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.

This was Paxley and Bliss’ first-ever WWE Women’s Tag Team titles victory as a team and Paxley’s first-ever and Bliss’ fifth Women’s Tag Team titles victories in their WWE careers.

Current Card for Next Week’s Show

WWE announced one new match and one new segment for the card of next week’s WWE SmackDown show on October 16 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.

The new match and segment announced announced were:

  • R-Truth vs. Damian Priest
  • Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton to go face-to-face

Current card for October 9th WWE SmackDown show:

  • Paige vs. Nikki Bella
  • R-Truth vs. Damian Priest
  • Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton to go face-to-face
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