WWE SmackDown Results 7/10 - CM Punk Appears, Trick Williams Faces Carmelo Hayes & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE SmackDown" on July 10, 2026, coming to you from the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma!

After becoming the new Undisputed WWE Champion on this past Monday's episode of "WWE Raw", CM Punk will be making an appearance on tonight's show with something on his mind to share. Although it was initially Cody Rhodes who was scheduled to challenge Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Championship on Monday's show, GUNTHER took out Rhodes with an attack in the opening moments of the show and Rhodes was medically unable to compete. The suspended "SmackDown" General Manager Nick Aldis revealed that he had managed to recruit Punk later that night to "Raw" General Manager Adam Pearce, who subsequently dethroned Zayn in the main event of the show.

United States Champion Trick Williams will be in action as he goes head-to-head with former close friend turned rival Carmelo Hayes in a non-title match. The two men found themselves in a verbal confrontation during last Friday's episode of "Raw" that also involved Williams' ally Lil Yachty over their respective differing views of what being the United States Champion means.

Finn Balor will be competing in his first match on "SmackDown" since taking part in a 2026 King of the Ring First Round Fatal Four-Way Match on the June 12 episode of the show as he squares off against Tama Tonga. Tama and his ally Talla Tonga got the better of Balor last Friday when they put a backstage attack on Balor into motion as Tama noted that he was planning on closing the books on everything from his past.

We are live! Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore greet audiences at home before throwing it to a video of everything that went down with the Undisputed WWE Championship belt on Monday's episode of "Raw".

Aldis takes full responsibility for his part in his backstage confrontation with GUNTHER at Night of Champions, then announces he's been fully reinstated as "SmackDown" General Manager and introduces Punk. Punk then makes his way to the ring.

Aldis officially welcomes Punk to "SmackDown" and gives him the floor. Punk says he always wonders what he'll say in front of a live audience and says he misses the fans, then thanks Aldis for bringing him to "SmackDown" and says when title opportunities fall out of the sky, he catches them. He asks the live crowd if it's great to be alive on a Friday night as the new Undisputed WWE Champion, then says he's not like other wrestlers or champions. He says he intends to be the same kind of champion he was when he held the World Heavyweight Championship and promises to regularly defend his Undisputed WWE Championship, then dares anyone who thinks they can to to come wrestle him for the Undisputed WWE Championship.

Punk calls out Sami Zayn and GUNTHER to wrestle him for the Undisputed WWE Championship, then also name drops Finn Balor, Royce Keys, Damian Priest, and Trick Williams as others he would love to wrestle.

Cody Rhodes' music hits and he makes his way out. He asks Punk how his black eye is, but Punk says Rhodes didn't come to the ring to ask him about his black eye and asks Rhodes what he wants to talk about. Rhodes says the last time himself and Punk were in the ring, the tables were turned and Rhodes was the one who had a black eye. He says Punk caught a championship opportunity that fell out of the sky, but then there's title matches that have been building for years.

Punk says he doesn't want anything to come between his friendship with Rhodes and foresaw himself and Rhodes' match happening in the main event of WrestleMania, but they can't run from each other anymore. Rhodes challenges Punk to an Undisputed WWE Championship match at SummerSlam, and Punk responds by offering his hand to Rhodes. Rhodes shakes it, and Aldis makes the match official.

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