On April 17th, 2026 WWE aired the 1,391st episode of Smackdown live in Las Vegas Nevada inside T Mobile Arena & can watch it on USA Network (United States) & Netflix (Everywhere else).
-Kicking off this week’s Smackdown with Nick Aldis hand Pat McAfee a contract per an agreement that they have as McAfee signs it as Randy Orton makes his way to the ring.
-Orton admits that he doesn’t need Pat McAfee but he wants him in his corner because McAfee is the only straight shooter in WWE.
He says McAfee doesn’t tell him what he thinks he wants to hear but what he needs to hear and that was to just be himself.
-He says he was originally set to challenge Drew McIntyre for the Undisputed WWE Title and dethrone him but Cody Rhodes ultimately took the title from McIntyre.
-Orton says he let Rhodes give him permission to be himself but asks Rhodes who he is to give him permission to be himself.
-He says Rhodes and himself will main event Night 1 of WrestleMania 42 then recalls Rhodes calling Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40 instead of him.
-He says all Rhodes ever does is take then says Rhodes gifted an Undisputed WWE Title to Kevin Owens.
-He recalls Owens betraying Rhodes despite him trying to talk some sense into him but he got dropped on his head with a piledriver.
-Orton says McAfee has done more for his career and legacy than Rhodes ever did then says while Rhodes thinks having McAfee with him hurts his legacy, the thing that really hurt his legacy was Rhodes himself.
-He promises to write the wrongs tomorrow and win his 15th World Title.
8 Man Tag Team Street Fight
MFTs (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, JC Mateo & Talla Tonga) defeated The Wyatt Sicks (Erick Rowan, Uncle Howdy, Dexter Lumis & Joe Gacy) via Samoan Spike on Howdy
-Standing on top of the police car Jacob Fatu says Drew McIntyre wants to tell the whole world that he’s still a criminal.
-He says that he’s not afraid of his past and doesn’t live that life anymore then says even the police know that he isn’t the same man he once was.
-He says there will be no officials, security, an army or a SWAT Team in his Unsanctioned Match with McIntyre tomorrow night then says no one will be there to save McIntyre either.
-Fatu says McIntyre tried to put him back in the jail cell then says he’ll put McIntyre in his rearview when he beats him tomorrow night.
WWE Tag Team Titles Match
Damian Priest & R Truth (c) defeated New Day (Grayson Waller & Kofi Kingston) via Shatter Machine on Waller (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!!)
-Women’s Champion Jade Cargill looks to talk but Rhea Ripley’s music cuts her off and she makes her way out.
-She says she wanted to come out before Cargill started talking and says when it comes to WrestleMania 42, she can’t wait to embarrass Cargill.
-B Fab says Ripley should be the only embarrassed one because she comes for Cargill and fails.
-Ripley says Cargill has done nothing but hide since Elimination Chamber, whether it’s behind Michin or B Fab or on social media. She says if Cargill wants to say anything to her, it’s her last chance to do so in person alone.
-Michin goes after Ripley but Cargill stops her and says she’s everything Ripley wishes that she could be.
-Michin & B Fab leave the ring as Cargill tells Ripley that while Ripley keeps talking, she’ll make things quick.
-Ripley says she doesn’t want to be like Cargill and says she’s been fighting people like Cargill her entire life.
-She says her insecurities don’t hold her back and make her the person that she is today as a multi time Women’s Champion in WWE.
-Cargill holds up the Women’s Title and stares down Ripley then leaves the ring.
Women’s United States Title #1 Contenders Match
Tiffany Stratton defeated Jordynne Grace via Prettiest Moonsault Ever
-Trick Williams says he has something to get off his chest then says United States Champion Sami Zayn crossed the line last week by landing a Helluva Kick on Lil Yachty last Friday and throws it to a video of it.
-Williams says Zayn hit his friend with a Helluva Kick and hurt him then says he doesn’t know when Yachty will be back whether it’s Night 1 or Night 2 of WrestleMania 42.
-He says Zayn also ruined his planned entrance for WrestleMania 42 then tells Zayn to get his gingerbread man ass to the ring.
-Zayn’s music hits and someone in a gingerbread costume makes his way out.
-Williams asks the gingerbread man what’s wrong and says Night 2 of WrestleMania 42 is all about him winning the United States Title at his 1st WrestleMania.
-The real Zayn emerges at ringside and says he’s glad that Williams is taking his 1st WrestleMania seriously.
-He says he hasn’t been having a whole lot of fun and neither have the fans then says he has plenty of fans at home and in the live crowd that will be in his corner at WrestleMania 42 and beyond.
-Zayn says since Williams first showed up on Smackdown and interrupted him, everyone was talking about Williams.
-He becomes distracted by the person in the gingerbread costume and tells them to go away as Zayn continues on by saying that everyone said Williams was the future of professional wrestling.
-He says while he initially believed that, Williams hasn’t shown him much where it counts in the ring.
-He says he sees a punk rookie when he looks at Williams now then says Williams will realize that he bit off more than he could chew at WrestleMania 42 when he walks into WrestleMania without a plan.
-Williams says that he is the plan then says Zayn doesn’t know how to find himself anymore.
-He says Zayn is one of the most respected guys in the locker room but Zayn threw all of that away because of him and says Zayn is really the one without a plan.
-He promises to get the job done at WrestleMania 42.
-Zayn says Williams and the boos of the fans aren’t in his head then says Williams’ master plan was to stand in the ring with a gingerbread man 2 days before their United States Title match.
-Williams says he’s standing in the ring with two gingerbread man and they begin brawling.
-Williams takes down Zayn but Zayn clotheslines Williams out of the ring.
-Zayn spots the gingerbread man in the corner of the ring still and laughs at him then lands a Helluva Kick on the gingerbread man.
-This opens the door for Williams to land Trick Shot on Zayn and stand tall over him holding up the United States Title.
Tag Team Match
Lyra Valkyria & Bayley vs Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss ends in a No Contest
-After the match Women’s Tag Team Champions The Irresistible Forces take out Flair, Bliss, Valkyria & Bayley.
-Legend runs over Flair with a big boot but Bayley jumps on Jax’s spine.
-Legend comes to Jax’s aid but Valkyria fires off right hands on Legend.
-Legend levels her and holds Valkyria in place for Jax to fly off the middle rope.
-The Irresistible Forces stand tall in the ring holding up their Women’s Tag Team Titles.
2026 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Royce Keys wins last eliminated Talla Tonga via Over The Top Rope
-We get a hype package for the World Heavyweight Title match for Night 2 of WrestleMania 42.
-Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes & World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk hyping each other up for their Main Event matches at WrestleMania 42.
