WWE SmackDown Results 10/3 - Cody Rhodes And Randy Orton Face The Vision, Tiffany Stratton Appears

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE SmackDown" on October 3, 2025, coming to you live from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio!

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will be joining forces with Randy Orton to go head-to-head with Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed of The Vision. As tensions between all four men continue to grow, they all came face-to-face with one another in a physical altercation after Rhodes had got into a verbal confrontation with Breakker and Reed's manager Paul Heyman.

As she prepares to take on Stephanie Vaquer for the Women's Crown Jewel Championship at WWE Crown Jewel on October 11, Tiffany Stratton will be appearing on tonight's show with something on her mind to share. After Stratton retained her WWE Women's Championship against Jade Cargill and Nia Jax in a Triple Threat Match during the main event of last Friday's show, the Women's World Champion came to the ring to confront Stratton.

During his ongoing US Open Challenge, Sami Zayn has retained the United States Championship against the likes of John Cena, Rey Fenix, Carmelo Hayes, and most recently, "NXT" star Je'Von Evans last Friday. Tonight, Zayn will be defending his title against another mystery opponent as the US Open Challenge continues.

We are live! Michael Cole and Booker T greet audiences at home as Cody Rhodes makes his way to the ring.

Rhodes asks Cincinnati what they want to talk about, but before he can continue, Paul Heyman cuts him off and says there's plenty they can talk about as Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker follow behind him.

Randy Orton slides in the ring to provide some backup to Rhodes, but Heyman introduces himself and says Orton is a tough man to get ahold of. He says he'd give any amount of money to be a fly on the wall when Rhodes and Orton are talking about their strategy for their tag match later tonight because it won't matter given that Breakker and Reed will defeat them regardless. He tries to drive a wedge between Rhodes and Orton by saying that Orton will think about how much of a better Undisputed WWE Champion he could be than Rhodes or Orton will think about where Rhodes was. He says the partnership between Orton and Rhodes won't last, and that's not a prediction but a prophecy.

Sami Zayn then makes his way to the ring. Carmelo Hayes follows to answer the call for his US Open Challenge, telling Zayn he knows exactly why he's here because he has no one to cost him his shot at the United States Championship. The Miz delivers a Skull Crushing Finale to Hayes on the entrance ramp, and Aleister Black answers the call instead. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Black delivers a kick to Zayn's chest, but Zayn connects with a kick on Black's face. Black delivers a springboard moonsault to Zayn, then lands a clothesline on him during the commercial break. Zayn responds with a vertical suplex to Black, but Black levels Zayn with a boot.

Back from the break, Black looks to land a roundhouse kick on Zayn. Zayn fires off strikes and right hands on Black in the corner, then delivers a springboard moonsault to him on the outside and dumps him back in the ring. Zayn connects with a Michinoku Driver to Black and goes for a pin, but Black kicks out.

Black lands a pair of kicks on Zayn's head and follows it up with a Northern Lights suplex, then goes for a pin but Zayn kicks out. Black then delivers a knee strike to Zayn's face and rolls him up, but Zayn kicks out. Zayn and Back teeter on the ropes, but Zayn delivers a superplex to Black off the top rope.

During another commercial break, Black runs Zayn over with a kick to his face and pins him. Zayn kicks out, but Black fires off forearms on him in the corner and lands a kick on his chest before he drags Zayn up the ropes. Zayn delivers a Sunset Flip Powerbomb to black and pins him, but Black kicks out.

Zayn ascends back up the ropes back from the break, but Black catches him with a kick to his head. Zayn fights Black off and looks to fly, but Black intercepts him with a kick to his midsection mid-air and goes for a pin. Zayn kicks out. Damian Priest then appears at ringside, opening the door for Zayn to land a Helluva Kick and a Blue Thunder Bomb for the win.

Winner (and still): Sami Zayn

After the match, Priest sends Black crashing through the announce desk with a Razor's Edge.

We then head over to a video of Sol Ruca and Zaria talking to Nick Aldis earlier in the day. Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre approach Ruca and Zaria looking to recruit them to be new slaygents, but the pair pass on the opportunity and challenge them to a tag team match which Aldis makes official. All four women then make their way to the ring.

Fyre and Zaria begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Zaria whips Fure into the corner and lands a boot on her face, then cinches in a chokehold on her and delivers a diving clothesline off the middle rope.

Green tags in and Zaria rocks her with a headbutt. Ruca tags in and lands a X-Factor on Green, but Fyre tags in and delivers a dropkick to the side of Ruca's face. Green tags back in and levels Ruca as Fyre pulls Zaria off the apron. Green then pins Ruca, but Ruca kicks out.

Fyre tags back in and lands a kick on Ruca's face. Green tags in and delivers a clothesline to Ruca, but Zaria pulls Fyre off the apron and sends her crashing into the barricade. Green sets up for the Unprettier on Ruca back in the ring, but Ruca sends her crashing into the corner and connects with the Sol Snatcher on Green for the win.

Winners: Sol Ruca and Zaria

Nick Aldis introduces Stratton and Vaquer, and they both make their way to the ring. Vaquer says Stratton is a great WWE Women's Champion and while she's only been Women's World Champion for two weeks, she'll show Stratton who she really is.

Stratton says she's been looking forward to facing Vaquer in the ring since she signed in WWE, but she'll still win at Crown Jewel. She says it doesn't matter where it is because it's always Tiffy Time and signs the contract. Vaquer follows suit.

Giulia attacks Stratton from behind on the entrance ramp, and Kiana James tells Aldis to not notarize the contract just yet because she has a business proposal for Vaquer. She says Vaquer is a star, but not a superstar yet and says she can make her one. She says she can make Vaquer the Women's Crown Jewel Champion, but Stratton pulls James out of the way. Vaquer sets up for the SVB, but James pulls Giulia out of the ring before she can. 

Je'Von Evans and Rey Fenix then make their way to the ring. Los Garza follow. 

Evans and Berto begin the action. The bell rings and Berto fires off stomps on Evans' midsection in the corner. Evans fires off right hands on Berto, but Berto delivers a dropkick to Evans. Fenix flies over the top rope with a Tornillo to level Angel on the outside. Berto flies over the top rope to level Fenix, but Evans takes out Los Garza (and inadvertently Fenix) by flying over the top rope.

Evans dumps Angel back in the ring and pins him, but Angel kicks out and rakes Evans' eye across the top rope during the commercial break. Berto tags in and fires off stomps on Evans as Angel holds him in place. Fenix tags back in and levels Angel with a pair of strikes, but Angel catches him with a kick and goes for a pin. Fenix kicks out.

Back from the break, Angel rains down right hands on Fenix. Fenix delivers an uppercut to Angel, but Los Garza double team on Evans and Fenix with a springboard enzuigir-powerslam combination. Angel fires off forearms on Fenix's pine, but Fenix delivers a jawbreaker and an enzuigiri to him.

Evans and Berto tag in, and Evans fires off kicks on Berto in the corner. Fenix tags in and flies into the ring from the apron, then tags Evans in. Evans lands the OG Cutter on Angel, and Fenix delivers the MMB to Berto for the win.

Winners: Je'Von Evans and Rey Fenix

Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton then makes their way to the ring. The Vision follows.

Orton and Breakker begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Orton dumps Breakker out of the ring, but Breakker fires off shoulders on Orton in the corner and rains down right hands on him during the commercial break.

Orton rakes Breakker's eyes, then dumps him out of the ring. Breakker flies off the apron looking to take out Orton, but Orton sends Breakker crashing on top of the announce desk twice spine first. Heyman distracts the referee, opening the door for Reed to send Orton crashing onto the announce desk.

Back from the break, Rhodes and Reed tag in. Rhodes rocks Reed with a pair of forearms and a Disaster Kick, then dumps Reed out of the ring and sends Breakker out to join him. Rhodes delivers a dive to level Breakker on the outside, but Breakker clocks Rhodes from behind and Reed continues wearing him down.

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