By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
WWE Smackdown (Episode 1,382)
Dallas, Texas, at American Airlines Center
Simulcast live February 13, 2026, on Syfy Network and internationally on Netflix
[Hour One] Joe Tessitore opened the show while shots aired of Cody Rhodes (wearing his serial killer glasses), Sami Zayn, Jacob Fatu, Alexa Bliss, Giulia and Kiana James, Zelina and Aleister Black, and then split-screen shots of WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill and her challenger Jordynne Grace… Tessitore and Wade Barrett checked in from the broadcast table…
Tiffany Stratton made her entrance while ring announcer Mark Nash introduced her. Once in the ring, she recalled qualifying for the Elimination Chamber match. She said five other women will hope to win the match, whereas she enters it expecting to win.
Nia Jax and Lash Legend came out with microphones and spoke as they walked to the ring. Legend claimed Stratton got lucky last week. Legend said Jax would win her qualifying match next week and would go on to pin Stratton faster than she could say Tiffy Time. The fans responded with a loud “Tiffy Time” chant that Stratton danced to. Jax said they could save Stratton the embarrassment and take care of her tonight.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky made their entrance. Ripley spoke briefly as they headed to the ring for their match…
1. Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky vs. Nia Jax and Lash Legend for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. Sky performed a standing double stomp on Jax. Ripley followed up with a running knee strike and then covered Jax for two. Ripley dropkicked Jax to ringside, and then tossed Legend to the floor with her.
Sky tagged in and performed an Asai moonsault. Back in the ring, Jax put Sky down with a Samoan Drop and covered her for a near fall before a picture-in-picture break. [C] Legend powered up Ripley for a powerbomb, but Ripley countered with a huracanrana. Jax tagged in and was DDT’d by Ripley.
Moments later, Ripley hit a Riptide on Jax. Sky hit Over the Moonsault and had Jax beat, but Legend shoved Ripley at Sky to break up the pin. Legend roughed up Sky at ringside by slamming her head on the broadcast team’s desk. Ripley kicked Legend through the ropes and then slammed her head on the broadcast table a few times.
Jax helped Legend, who put Ripley down with a pump kick on the floor. Legend pulled out a sponsored table, and then she and Jax set it up on the floor. Legend put Ripley on the table. Jax tried to go up top, but Ripley left the table, and Sky performed a running crossbody block through the ropes that sent her and Jax crashing through the table on the floor. Legend speared Ripley through the barricade and into the timekeeper’s area. All four women stayed down to end the match. Security guards and referees ran out to check on the wrestlers…
Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky fought Nia Jax and Lash Legend to an apparent double count-out in 11:15 in a WWE Women’s Tag Team Title match.
Powell’s POV: A good match with a strong closing sequence. I don’t mind the finish (aside from not being told what it actually was) because the match was intense enough that fans should now be more interested in seeing a rematch.
Cathy Kelley interviewed Cody Rhodes in front of his tour bus in the parking area. Cody said people were posting along with the show, streamers were broadcasting their reaction to every word that they say, and 300 employees at WWE headquarters were waiting to see him, Jacob Fatu, and Sami Zayn rip each other apart and have an all-timer. Cody said he is two matches away from the dream of main eventing WrestleMania. Cody mentioned some Dallas landmarks and said he was in Von Erich country. He closed by saying not to bet against him…
U.S. Champion Carmelo Hayes was walking backstage when he encountered Apollo Crews and Matt Cardona. Crews said he’d been watching Hayes and loved what he was doing with the open challenges. Crews said he’s a former champion and would love to be back in the title mix. Cardona said he’s back in WWE for gold. Hayes said the open challenge is normally open every Friday, but it was closed tonight, and he hoped they understood.
Hayes walked away and found The Miz waiting for him. Miz said Hayes was testing his three core values. “Three core values: master, inspire, and zone in,” Miz said. Miz added that he was zoning in on teaching Hayes respect. Hayes said he hoped that Miz teaches better than he wrestles. After Hayes walked away, Cardona and Crews mocked Miz over “zone-in” being two words… [C]
Footage aired of Seattle Seahawks players holding up a Super Bowl title belt licensed by WWE and the NFL…
A promo video aired with Aleister Black and Zelina. Black said Randy Orton is still one of the greats. He said Orton showed shades of what he was like in 2009 during their Elimination Chamber qualifier. He wondered what would happen if Cody Rhodes qualified for the match, then wondered if we’d see Orton soon. Zellina spoke about her qualifying match and said change would come…
U.S. Champion Carmelo Hayes made his entrance for a promo. He spoke about main eventing WrestleMania and said he would compete in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match on next week’s show. Hayes said he owed Ilja Dragunov and then called him out for a title match.
Ilja Dragunov made his entrance, but then Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Talla Tonga, and JC Mateo made their entrance. Solo said the line starts with him for the open challenge. Dragunov mocked Solo for his family abandoning him last week.
Hayes said he came with one title and would like to leave with two, which served as a challenge for a tag team title match. Solo said it didn’t have to be like this. He snapped his fingers, and then his crew attacked Hayes and Dragunov.
Apollo Crews and Matt Cardona ran out to help Hayes and Dragunov. Shinsuke Nakamura’s entrance music played, and he came out to help the babyfaces, who cleared Solo and his crew from the ring.
Smackdown General Manager Nick Aldis came out and booked them all in a ten-man tag. The bell rang to start the match, and then the show went to break… [C]
2. “The MFTs” Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Talla Tonga, and JC Mateo vs. Carmelo Hayes, Ilja Dragunov, Shinsuke Nakamura, Apollo Crews, and Matt Cardona in a ten-man tag. The heel team isolated Cardona. The MFTs were dominant heading into another break. [C]
Cardona hit Solo with a Rough Ryder, but Talla turned Cardona inside out with a clothesline. Hayes and Dragunov teamed up to go after Talla, but he put them both down with a double chokeslam. Crews and Cardona got the better of Talla briefly, and then he grabbed them both by the throat. Nakamura blasted Talla with a running knee strike.
Moments later, Draguno got the better of Mateo and then hit him with the H-Bomb. Solo ran Dragunov through the ropesa nd into the ring post casing. Hayes put Solo down with The First 48. Hayes went up top for his finisher, but Tama pushed him off and into a Samoan Spike from Solo. Dragunov took out Solo, and they both tumbled to the floor. Tama hit Hayes with his Cutthroat finisher and then pinned him…
“The MFTs” Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Talla Tonga, and JC Mateo beat Carmelo Hayes, Ilja Dragunov, Shinsuke Nakamura, Apollo Crews, and Matt Cardona in roughly 14:30 in a ten-man tag.
Powell’s POV: I like that they’re giving Tama Tonga some wins as they set him up for a U.S. Title match. It helps it feels like the faction is more than just Solo with four minions. That said, I wish they would do more with Mateo.
After the match, Solo held up the electric lantern while posing with his team. The lights went out. “The Wyatt Sicks” Uncle Howdy, Erick Rowan, Dexter Lumis, Joe Gacy, and Nikki Cross were shown under a spotlight while standing behind the seats on the first level. Tessitore said the Wyatts showed they want their lantern back…
Footage aired from the Royal Rumble of Charlotte Flair accidentally eliminating Alexa Bliss while intentionally eliminating Nia Jax…
Backstage, Charlotte approached Bliss. Flair said she was really sorry about what happened in the Rumble match. Bliss said Jax eliminated her, not Flair. Bliss and Flair agreed that it was Galentine’s Day. Flair asked Bliss to be her Galentine. She gave her black roses and an autographed photo. Funny. Flair said her best present was that she would be at ringside during Bliss’s Elimination Chamber qualifier “because I’m going to woooo you”… [C]
[Hour Two] Nick Aldis spoke inside his office with Damian Priest and R-Truth. Aldis informed Priest that he would face Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match on next week’s show.
Kit Wilson showed up and said he chose to weaponize his words rather than his fists. Wilson read a poem that concluded with him labeling Aldis as being toxic. Aldis, Priest, and Truth laughed. Wilson said Priest lacks emotional intelligence and couldn’t enjoy a poem from the only real man in the room.
Truth read a poem of his own. “Violets are blue, and roses are red, did y’all see last week when Oba put Kip on his head? He says he’s a real man. You can’t even go. I think you lost your manhood because I see a camel toe.” Wilson called him “toxic” and then stormed away while Aldis and Priest laughed…
Powell’s POV: That’s why I don’t mess around with that app that lets you gamble on anything. I would have lost my life savings betting that no one would say “camel toe” during Smackdown. There’s no telling how long it would have taken me to replace that $8.49.
Entrances for the women’s Elimination Chamber qualifying match took place…
3. Alexa Bliss (w/Charlotte Flair) vs. Giulia (w/Kiana James) vs. Zelina in a Triple Threat qualifier for the women’s Elimination Chamber match. Zelina was in offensive control heading into an early break. [C] Giulia performed a top rope butterfly suplex on Zelina. Bliss pounced on Giulia and then hit both opponents with a double neckbreaker. Bliss went for separate pins, but only got two counts.
Bliss went to the ropes, but Giulia cut her off. Zelina hit Giulia from behind and then German suplexed her from the ropes for a near fall. Bliss went for Twisted Bliss, but Giulia put her knees up. Zelina hit Code Red on Giulia and had her pinned, but Bliss broke it up. Bliss put Zelina down with a DDT. Giulia hit Bliss with a clunky running knee strike to break up the pin.
Giulia followed up with a Northern Lights Suplex on Bliss and went for the pin, but Zelina broke it up. Zelina sent both opponents to ringside. Zelina struck a pose. She got up to run the ropes, but Bliss had returned to the ring and put her down with Sister Abigail before pinning her…
Alexa Bliss defeated Zelina and Giulia in a Triple Threat in 11:20 to qualify for the women’s Elimination Chamber match.
The updated graphic showed Tiffany Stratton, Rhea Ripley, and Alexa Bliss as Elimination Chamber qualifiers with three spots open…
Powell’s POV: So far, so good on the Elimination Chamber entrants. Both matches feature heavy hitters thus far.
Backstage, Jordynne Grace welcomed Tiffany Stratton back. Stratton things were a little different because, as much as she wants to beat Jade Cargill, she wouldn’t mind seeing Grace beat her. Grace said that “when” she wins, she wouldn’t mind seeing Stratton at WrestleMania. Grace made her exit.
Alba Fyre pushed Chelsea Green’s wheelchair into Stratton. Green, who had a walking boot on her right foot, blamed Stratton for the injury and accused her of stealing her Elimination Chamber spot. Fyre demanded an apology. Stratton said if Green wanted an apology, all she had to do was step up and ask. “Oh, wait, you can’t,” Stratton said…
Tessitore hyped the WWE Women’s Championship match… [C]
Powell’s POV: Double ugh. One ugh for Stratton’s lame verbal comeback, and a bigger one for Green’s injury. Green posted photos online of her heavily bruised ankle. I doubt she actually needs a wheelchair, but hopefully the walking boot is also just part of the act.
A sponsored video package recapped the issues between Cody Rhodes and Jacob Fatu…
Backstage, Sami Zayn spoke with Rey Fenix about facing Trick Williams. Fenix was about to head out for the match, but Zayn stopped him. Zayn said the words Fenix said while he was down and out last week meant a lot to him, and he would carry them into his Elimination Chamber qualifier…
Trick Williams made his entrance. Once in the ring, Trick said nobody wanted to hear another sob story from “Mr. Can’t Get It Done” Sami Zayn. Trick said Zayn makes him sick. Trick spoke about doing whatever it takes to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match next week.
Rey Fenix made his entrance… [C]
4. Trick Williams vs. Rey Fenix. Williams was in offensive control heading into an early break. [C]
Jason, did you see some kids broke into the old WWE HQ? They posted it on Reddit.