WWE SmackDown Results 9/18 - Two Money In The Bank Triple Threat Qualifiers & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE SmackDown" on September 18, 2026, coming to you live from the Hilliard Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas!

Two more entrants in the 2026 Men's and Women's Money In The Bank matches will be determined tonight, as Randy Orton squares off against AAA Cruiserweight Champion Rey Fenix and United States Champion Trick Williams while Jade Cargill takes on Alexa Bliss and Women's United States Champion Jacy Jayne in a pair of Triple Threat qualifier matches. Je'Von Evans and Lola Vice emerged victorious in Triple Threat Qualifiers of their own on this past Monday's episode of "WWE Raw", joining World Tag Team Champion Bron Breakker and Sol Ruca respectively in the 2026 Men's and Women's Money In The Bank matches as the latest entrants.

WWE Tag Team Champions Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga of MFT will be in action as they collide with Bakusai's Shinsuke Nakamura and Kyoki in a non title match. MFT most recently successfully retained their WWE Tag Team Championship against Damian Priest and R-Truth on the August 21 episode of "WWE SmackDown", while Bakusai defeated The Miz and Kit Wilson in their first WWE tag team match on the September 4 edition of the show.

Additionally, Sami Zayn will be making an appearance on tonight's show after dethroning CM Punk as Undisputed WWE Champion in the main event of last Friday's episode of "SmackDown" despite Kevin Owens foiling Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae's attempt to interfere in the match. Cody Rhodes will also be sitting down for an interview for the first time since he came up short against the aforementioned Orton at WWE Sunday's Night's Main Event on September 6.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the Undisputed WWE Championship match from last Friday.

Michael Cole and Corey Graves then greet audiences at home.

Nick Aldis is standing in the ring, and he says sometimes in his job, he has to just put on a smile. He introduces Zayn, and he makes his way out. He tells Aldis he knows how much it must've hurt Aldis to give him the introduction he just did, but says it feels good to call himself the Undisputed WWE Championship. He says he's a little surprised by the negative reaction from the fans because when he said justice for Sami was never about him, he meant it. He says it meant justice for all including the fans booing him, then says justice is not the sole tenant of his belief system. He says he believes very strongly in equality and tells Aldis that he expects the people knocking on Aldis' door to all be treated as equals.

Johnny Gargano's music hits, and he makes his way out with Candice LeRae. Zayn thanks Gargano and LeRae for joining him in the ring, but Gargano says there's another reason that he's out here. He reminds Zayn of a deal they struck last week wherein Zayn promised to give Gargano a shot at the Undisputed WWE Championship if he helped Zayn, but Zayn tries to dispute Gargano's claims by saying he promised to take care of Gargano. Gargano responds by saying he's first in line and challenges Zayn to an Undisputed WWE Championship match, but Aldis reveals he thinks CM Punk is next in line for an Undisputed WWE Championship shot.

Kevin Owens' music hits and he makes his way out. Owens takes out Gargano with a Stunner, but Aldis tells Owens that he doesn't reward bad behavior. Owens says Zayn screwed up many "SmackDown" main events over the past several weeks, but Zayn tries to talk Aldis out of granted Owens an Undisputed WWE Championship match and asks Aldis if he thinks he's going to pull what he did by having Punk challenge him for the title in his first reign. Aldis warns Zayn against putting his hands on him and says no one makes the matches but him, then says Zayn just made his decision for him and makes an Undisputed WWE Championship match between Zayn and Owens official for tonight.

Zayn argues with Aldis on the entrance ramp, but Randy Orton's music hits and he makes his way out as he shines up the Undisputed WWE Championship belt while passing Zayn. Rey Fenix and Trick Williams follow.

The bell rings and Orton levels Fenix. He locks up with Williams, but Fenix levels Williams with a dropkick and fires off strikes on Orton. Williams sends Fenix crashing into the mat chest first and levels him with an uppercut, then clotheslines Fenix out of the ring. Orton sends Fenix crashing into the announce desk spine first and does the same to Williams and Yachty when Yachty gets in his face.

During the commercial break, Williams sends Fenix crashing into the mat spine first during the commercial break. Orton blindsides Williams from behind and sends him crashing into the top turnbuckle face first, but Williams fires off stomps on Orton in the corner. Orton levels Williams with a back elbow, but Fenix pulls both Orton and Williams off the ropes. He delivers a Frog Splash to Orton off the middle rope back from the break and goes for a pin, but Orton kicks out. Orton lands scoop powerslams on Fenix and Williams before Fenix lands a poisionrana on Williams and levels him with a superkick.

Fenix looks to fly off the ropes, but Orton catches him with a RKO. Williams levels Orton with a Trick Shot knee and pins him for the win.

Winner: Trick Williams

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