WWE SmackDown is live tonight from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Advertised is Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre’s contract signing for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, Jade Cargill’s first words since attacking Tiffany Stratton, Ilja Dragunov’s latest U.S. title open challenge, Kit Wilson vs. Carmelo Hayes, Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax and more.
Featured below are our WWE SmackDown results from Friday, October 31, 2025. The report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired from 8-10pm EST. on USA Network.
WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS – OCTOBER 31, 2025
‘WWE Then. Now. Forever. Together.’ kicks things off as always. We then shoot inside the Delta Center, which is decked out with Halloween decorations.
Tiffany Stratton Calls Out Jade Cargill
Things get straight down to business, as WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton storms to the ring after we see arrival shots of various Superstars, including Jade Cargill. She demands Cargill come out to the ring right now to settle things.
Instead, WWE SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis comes out and asks Stratton if she thinks it’s smart to call out Cargill. Stratton says she doesn’t care and calls out Cargill. Cargill comes out and Aldis makes sure security is around because Stratton isn’t medically cleared.
Cargill says a couple weeks ago she was busted open and it made her realize what she wants. She tells Stratton she will lose her title tomorrow and Stratton leaves the ring to attack Cargill but security keeps them away. That opener wraps up on that note.
Backstage With MCMG, R-Truth & Solo Sikoa
The Motor City Machine Guns are with R-Truth and R-Truth is dressed as Santa Claus. He must think it’s Christmas and not Halloween. He gives them candy and he leaves. In comes Solo Sikoa and they tell him they are going after the tag team titles.
Solo calls them Harry Potter and he says MFTs are in line for the tag team titles. Sabin says if he was Harry Potter, he would cast a spell and shut him up. He challenges Solo to a match and Solo says that’s a good idea and he will speak with Nick Aldis.
WWE United States Championship
Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Nathan Frazer
A video package for Ijla Dragunov plays looking at his return and capturing the WWE United States Championship in his first match back. He talks about the injury he overcame. We learn that when we return, he will be defending his title in another open challenge.
“The Mad Dragon” makes his way out to the ring as the show heads to a quick pre-match commercial break. When we return, we see FrAxiom make their way out, however Tommaso Ciampa pushes past them. He says no and gets in the ring. He says Dragunov can’t be thinking about giving this nerd a match.
Ciampa and Frazer begin arguing and Dragunov says the open challenge is made for every competitor. But to be fair, Nathan was there first. But for the United States title, there is no reward for jackasses and he tells Ciampa to leave. The bell rings and we are under way.
Frazer with a running knee to the face. He gets Dragunov in the corner and hits him with chops to the chest but Dragunov with a right hand and an uppercut. Dragunov with a chop to the chest but Frazer with a kick to the side of the head and Dragunov falls to the outside of the ring. Frazer with a suicide dive.
Frazer throws Dragunovback into the ring and Frazer gets on the top rope. He jumps, Dragunov ducks and Frazer lands on his feet. Dragunov with a waist lock but Frazer with elbows. Frazer to the ropes and Dragunov with a chop to the chest.
Dragunov with another chop and he goes for the cover but Frazer kicks out. Dragunov with a knee to the side of the head. He gets Frazer in the corner and hits him with a chop to the chest. Frazer on the ring apron and Dragunov grabs him but Frazer hangs him up on the top rope.
Frazer goes for a springboard off the top rope but Dragunov moves and Frazer gets back onto the ring apron. Dragunov with a kick to the face and Frazer falls back onto the announce table. Dragunov to the outside and he lands a German suplex.
On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break as this title tilt continues. Dragunov seems to be cut when the show returns, as he is bleeding. They seemed to clean it up quickly off-camera during replays being shown.
Dragunov goes for the H-Bomb off the ropes, but nobody is home so he crashes and burns. Frazer takes over and gets some big spots for some near falls, but “The Mad Dragon” hangs on. The show heads to another mid-match break as the action continues.
When we return, Dragunov is still on the defensive. Frazer hits a picture-perfect Phoenix Splash for a super-close two-count, but somehow Dragunov hangs on. Frazer’s chest is all welted up from chops earlier in the match. Dragunov eventually hits the H-bomb for the win to retain. Ciampa attacks again afterwards. We head to break.
Winner and STILL WWE United States Champion: Ilja Dragunov
Backstage Chaos
When the show returns, we see Nathan Frazer and Tommaso Ciampa are fighting backstage. WWE officials try to break it up and in comes Ilja Dragunov. “The Mad Dragon” breaks it up. He turns around and we see Tama Tonga holding the United States Championship. He gives the title to Dragunov and walks away.
Carmelo Hayes vs. Kit Wilson
Now we head back inside the arena for our second match of the evening. It will be Carmelo Hayes going one-on-one against Kit Wilson of Pretty Deadly. The bell sounds after their respective ring entrances, and things get officially off-and-running.
We see a few minutes of back-and-forth action, before The Miz ends up at ringside. The Miz sneak-attacks Hayes, leading to Wilson hitting a huge top-rope elbow drop. He nearly steals the win thanks to the assist from The Miz, but Hayes hangs on.
Hayes begins to fight back and ultimately takes over, finishing off Wilson with his finisher for the pinfall victory. After the match, The Miz hits the ring again and attacks Hayes. He lays him out and then gets in his face and taunts him.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax
We shoot backstage, where Cathy Kelley is standing by with the WWE Women’s Tag-Team Champions Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss. Kelley congratulates them on defending the titles on Raw. Bliss says if the Kabuki Warriors have a problem, they know where to find them.
Flair says she normally doesn’t let people in but she let Bliss in and her life is a lot better. Flair says Naomi has not healed and that is why she doesn’t have any friends. Bliss says tonight, she will show Naomi why she will out-do her.
Back inside the arena, we hear the familiar sounds of Nia Jax’s theme song. Out she comes for the next match of the evening. As she settles inside the squared circle, the show shifts gears and heads into a quick pre-match commercial break.
The show returns and out comes Alexa Bliss accompanied by Charlotte Flair. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. After a few minutes of back-and-forth action, we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break with Jax in a dominant offensive lead.
When we come back, we see Jax with a splash in the corner followed by a running hip attack. She goes for another hip attack but Bliss moves out of the way. Nia gets back up and she throws Bliss onto the ring apron. Nia with a right hand and Flair catches Bliss. She gets Bliss back on the ring apron.
Jax goes for a right hand but Bliss moves out of the way. Bliss gets in the ring and she lands a head scissor take down. Bliss with kicks followed by a knee to the face and a drop kick. Bliss with a cross body. She goes for the cover but Nia kicks out. Bliss grabs Nia but Nia pushes her away.
Jax goes for a spear in the corner but Bliss moves out of the way and Nia spears the ring post. Bliss climbs the top rope but Nia gets on her feet and she lifts Bliss on her shoulders. Nia with a Samoan drop. She goes for the cover but Bliss kicks out.
Bliss rolls to the outside of the ring. Nia to the outside and she tells Flair to get out of there. Nia clotheslines Bliss from behind. She throws Bliss back into the ring. Nia places Bliss under the turnbuckle and she climbs the second rope.
Flair gets on the ring apron and that distracts Nia. Bliss with a kick and Nia falls down to the mat. Bliss goes for the cover. She gets the pinfall victory to wrap things up there. The commentators talk us through some highlights and we move on.
Winner: Alexa Bliss
Rey Fenix Calls Out The MFT’s
Backstage, Solo Sikoa is with the MFTs. He sees Rey Fenix and he asks him what he wants. He asks Rey if he wants a fight and Rey tells him he doesn’t want to fight him. He wants to fight Tala Tonga. He says last week, Tala Tonga got his hands on him and Solo says they will have a match next week. Rey slaps Tala Tonga and walks off.
Damian Priest Sends A Message To Aleister Black
We return from another break to a video package with Damian Priest. He says he didn’t mind the sneak attacks from Aleister Black, or him using his wife Zelina Vega as a shield, or even lighting his face on fire. But he’s now made things personal. He vows to deliver punishment and laughs. “Happy Halloween!” he says to end things.
Backstage With Nick Aldis & Women’s Division
We shoot backstage once again, where we see SmackDown G.M. Nick Aldis with a fired up WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton. He tells her she is not 100% fit. In come Kiana James and Giulia. James tells her she should have taken her advice and joined them.
Tiffany tells her she will find the Tiffy time to kick her ass and she walks away. In come Chelsea and Alba Fyre. Chelsea says she wants a match. Aldis says that’s not how it works. As he continues to talk, he ends up getting cut off.
Giulia says that’s fine, if Chelsea thinks she is the better champion, she can prove it. Aldis says they can have a match next week. Giulia and James walk away. Chelsea and Fyre turn around and see Nikki Cross, they get scared and run off.
MFTs vs. Motor City Machine Guns
Inside the Delta Center we return, as the familiar sounds of Solo Sikoa’s theme song hits. He makes his way out with The MFT’s, who are scheduled for tag-team action in our next match of the evening. As they head to the ring, we head to a quick pre-match commercial break.
When we return from the break, The Motor City Machine Guns duo of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin make their way out to the ring. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with tag-team action in the last officially advertised match for tonight’s show.
Shelley and JC Mateo kick things off for their respective teams at the onset. Mateo goes for a splash but Shelley kicks him in the face. Shelley with chops to the chest. Sabin is tagged in and they double team JC. Sabin goes for the cover but JC kicks out. He grabs JC but JC throws him into the corner.
Tama Tonga is tagged in. Tama with right hands followed by a side head lock. Sabin to the ropes and Shelley tags himself in. They double team Tonga and he is thrown to the outside of the ring. JC is knocked off the ring apron and the Motor City Machine Guns each with a cross body over the top rope.
Shelley throws Tonga back in the ring but Tonga with a right hand. Tonga body slams Shelley. Tonga to the ropes and Shelley with a knee and Sabin is tagged in. They double team Tonga. On that note, we head into a mid-match commercial break.
The show returns and we see Shelley and Tonga in the ring. Tonga with a head lock and JC is tagged in. Shelley with right hands onto both men. Shelley slams JC face first onto the second turnbuckle. Tama tags himself in and Shelley kicks him away. Sabin is tagged in and he lands a baseball slide onto JC who is on the outside of the ring.
Sabin climbs the top rope and lands a drop kick onto Tonga. JC gets in the ring and Sabin with a tornado DDT. Sabin climbs the second rope and jumps, landing a tornado DDT onto Tonga. He goes for the cover but Tonga kicks out. Shelley is tagged in and Sabin with a monkey flip.
Tonga back to his feet and Shelley clotheslines him to the outside of the ring. Shelley to the ropes, Sabin tags himself in and Shelley with a baseball slide onto Tonga. Sabin with a suicide dive onto the MFTs on the outside of the ring.
Sabin throws Tonga back into the ring. Solo tells Tala Tonga to get them but they kick him down. The Motor City Machine Guns get in the ring and they double team Tonga with kicks. Solo climbs the top rope, they go for Skull and Bones but Tonga Loa pushes Shelley to the outside of the ring.
Tonga with the Cut Throat onto Sabin. He goes for the cover and gets the pin. Once the match wraps up, we quickly learn that things aren’t quite over yet. The MFTs get in the ring and Tala Tonga hits Sabin with a chokeslam. Out comes Rey Fenix and Tala Tonga stands in the ring.
Fenix with a kick onto Tonga. He gets in the ring but Tonga with a boot to the face. Shinsuke Nakamura’s music hits and out he comes. He hits Tama Tonga with a right hand. Nakamura gets in the ring and he lands a headbutt onto Tama Tonga and onto JC.
Tala Tonga goes for a big boot but Nakamura moves out of the way and he hits him with a kick. Nakamura gets on the second rope and jumps but Tala Tonga lands a chokeslam. The MFTs get in the ring and celebrate. The show moves on from there.
Winners: MFTs
Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre Contract Signing
It’s main event (segment) time!
When the show returns, the matches for next week’s WWE SmackDown (Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax, Talla Tonga vs. Rey Fenix and Ilja Dragunov vs. TBAP) are announced, and then we head back to the ring where SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis introduces Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes to the ring.
He gets in the ring and hops on the microphone. “So, ladies and gentlemen … Happy Halloween!” He didn’t ask what we want him to talk about. He teased it instead. Aldis then introduces his opponent and title challenger for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, Drew McIntyre.
“The Scottish Psychopath” emerges to pyro as he makes his way to the ring for this contract signing for the WrestlePalooza rematch scheduled for the WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event headline bout on November 1 in Salt Lake City, UT.
They each take a seat. After McIntyre told Aldis just minutes ago before the commercials that he has no issues with the contract, to Aldis’ surprise, the first words out of his mouth are, “I can’t sign this.” Aldis asks why not. McIntyre says it’s too lopsided.
McIntyre says if Cody loses via disqualification, he still retains the title. If he loses via count out, he’s still champion. He reiterates that it’s lopsided. Aldis says it is what it is and orders him to sign it, or says he’ll get someone else. Drew says fine, get someone else.
Cody loses his cool and speaks up. He stands up from his seat and asks Drew if he wants him to lose the title if it’s a DQ ending. Drew says yes. He asks if he should lose the title if he’s counted out. Drew says yes. Cody says he’s 100-percent fine with that.
Aldis tries speaking up, but Cody insists again. Drew and Cody talk about their pasts and how they are similar. Cody says Drew got fired. He ends by saying, “Nice guys finish last, until I arrived!” He goes to walk off, but Drew stops him. He tells Cody one day they’ll turn on him just like they did him.
McIntyre brings up how Cody is wearing a little orange suit because it’s Halloween, telling him he’s pandering to the fans who will eventually turn on him. He brings up Halloween again and tells Cody he knows people trick-or-treating, and brings up Cody’s daughters. Cody loses his cool and drops Drew.
He seems upset that he let Drew get to him. As this is happening and he’s talking with Aldis off-mic, he turns around just in time to get laid out by a Claymore Kick from Drew. Drew pulls the table forward, hoists Cody up and powerbombs him through the table. He picks up Cody’s title and holds it as fans boo.
He kneels down in Cody’s face and tells him to go see his lovely family because tomorrow, he’s taking the most precious thing from him. He vows he’ll do whatever it takes to become Undisputed WWE Champion tomorrow. His theme hits again. He takes one more good long look at the title and drops it on Cody as the show comes to a close.
