{"id":187897,"date":"2026-04-03T18:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=187897"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T01:51:32","slug":"wwe-smackdown-results-4-3-powells-live-review-of-randy-ortons-homecoming-rhea-ripley-vs-michin-charlotte-flair-and-alexa-bliss-vs-bayley-and-lyra-valkyria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/04\/03\/wwe-smackdown-results-4-3-powells-live-review-of-randy-ortons-homecoming-rhea-ripley-vs-michin-charlotte-flair-and-alexa-bliss-vs-bayley-and-lyra-valkyria\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown results (4\/3): Powell&#8217;s live review of Randy Orton&#8217;s homecoming, Rhea Ripley vs. Michin,\u00a0Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-293076727\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown (Episode 1,389)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>St. Louis, Missouri, at Enterprise Center<br \/>\nSimulcast live April 3, 2026, on USA Network and internationally on Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Hour One]<\/strong> Joe Tessitore opened the show and narrated various shots of Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill with Michin and B-Fab, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, and the team of Bayley and Lyra Valkyria. Tessitore listed the attendance as 11,620. Tessitore and Wade Barrett checked in from their broadcast table and spoke about WrestleMania being two weeks away. They set up a video package of the Raw opening segment with WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Stephanie McMahon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WrestleTix\">WrestleTix<\/a> listed the venue as being set up for 12,162 with 11,777 tickets distributed. The listed capacity is 22,000. The last time WWE ran the Enterprise Center was on May 10, 2025, for WWE Backlash, when they distributed 17,117 tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Orton made his entrance while ring announcer Mark Nash introduced him. Orton was cheered by his hometown fans. Orton asked the St. Louis fans what they wanted to talk about. He acknowledged that he was raised in St. Louis and still calls it home.<\/p>\n<p>Orton said he would have his 15th world championship by the time he returns to the host venue. He said he wasn&#8217;t doing it for the St. Louis fans. Orton said he was doing it for himself and his family. He said he was doing it for the six people in the front row, and then his family members were shown. Orton said Stephanie McMahon wasn&#8217;t lying on Raw when she said that Cody couldn&#8217;t beat him. Orton said that what Cody awoke in him couldn&#8217;t be put back to bed.<\/p>\n<p>WWE Champion Cody Rhodes made his entrance. The crowd yelled the &#8220;whoa&#8221; line from his song loudly. Cody entered the ring, and then he and Orton traded punches. Cody got the better of Orton, and there were some boos from the live crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Pat McAfee entered the ring dressed in all black, including shades and an Orton t-shirt. Cody turned toward McAfee, who kicked him in the balls. McAfee threw more kicks at Cody while he was down. Orton went to the floor and returned with a chair, which he jabbed Cody with.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee said the Rams left town, the Blues wouldn&#8217;t make the playoffs, and the Cardinals were ass. McAfee said Orton said it wasn&#8217;t his home anymore, and it was a tough night in St. Louis. Smackdown General Manager Nick Aldis showed up at ringside with several producers and referees.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee said he did a Q&amp;A a couple of months ago and was asked when he would return to WWE. McAfee recalled saying the business had passed him by. McAfee said Orton called him and told him that the business hadn&#8217;t passed him by, it just went in a direction that no one liked. McAfee brought up the Attitude Era fans and worked in impersonations of Steve Austin and The Rock.<\/p><div id=\"prowr-3818039889\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>McAfee asked why he has to watch two 5&#8217;5&#8243; guys do a 45-minute Iron Man match for no rhyme or reason when Randy Orton is around. He asked why he turns on Netflix and sees all of the people around the Gorilla position &#8220;circle-jerking themselves&#8221; for episode after episode when Orton is around.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee said tickets for WrestleMania are still somehow available when Orton is around. He said Smackdown was fresh off the worst-rated episode of all time has a puppet for a champion who represents everything &#8220;we&#8221; hate. Orton roughed up Cody.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee said he&#8217;s the person telling Orton on the phone that he needs to kill everything. He said it&#8217;s not just for the 15th world title, it&#8217;s because the business is terrible. &#8220;And he is going to save the f&#8212;ing business,&#8221; McAfee said while being censored and before he spiked the microphone. There were some cheers and &#8220;Randy&#8221; chants. Orton knelt and said something to Cody before leaving the ring with McAfee&#8230; [C]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> I didn&#8217;t expect to see Pat McAfee playing Vince Russo on Smackdown. I enjoyed the Attitude Era before it ended in roughly 2002. Every time I think the business has finally moved on, something like this happens. There were some cheers, but it seemed like a lot of the fans didn&#8217;t know what the hell to make of this nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast team spoke while highlights aired of the opening segment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Orton and McAfee were shown walking backstage. McAfee said sometimes you have to remind people that they are in the GOAT conversation. They got in a truck. McAfee drove the truck while Orton was in the passenger&#8217;s seat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Rhea Ripley made her entrance. Michin&#8217;s entrance followed. She wore a letterman&#8217;s jacket and was accompanied by B-Fab&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Rhea Ripley vs. Michin (w\/B-Fab).<\/strong> WWE Women&#8217;s Champion Jade Cargill walked out early in the match, which distracted Ripley. Michin took advantage of it and was getting the better of Ripley before a picture-in-picture break. [C]<\/p>\n<p>Ripley performed a Razor&#8217;s Edge and then booted Michin in the face before covering her for a near fall. Ripley went for her finisher, but Michin avoided it. Michin hit Eat Defeat for a near fall. Ripley rallied and applied the Prism Lock for the win.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rhea Ripley defeated Michin in 9:15.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"prowr-3854630986\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Afterward, B-Fab attacked Ripley, who dropped her with a headbutt that B-Fab ducked away from prematurely. Jade climbed onto the ring apron. Michin chop-blocked a distracted Ripley. Michin and B-Fab attacked Ripley and then held her while Jade chopped her. Jade set up for her finisher and froze when she heard entrance music.<\/p>\n<p>Iyo Sky ran out and worked over Michin and B-Fab while Jade exited the ring. Ripley recovered and joined Sky in performing stero dropkicks that cleared the heels from the ring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/span><\/strong> A storyline about the f&#8217;n Attitude Era in 2026?!? Okay, so Ripley beating Michin was fine and expected, and the post-match angle with Iyo helping out Ripley was fine. But we&#8217;re heading into WrestleMania 42 with Pat F&#8217;n McAfee rambling on about the Attitude Era. Those of you who miss the risque content of that era might be pleased to know that my Smackdown audio review will be NSFW.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Matt Cardona told a trainer who was examining his hand and wrist that he was good to go. Aleister Black and Zelina entered the room, causing the trainer to exit. Black said Randy Orton went back to being Randy Orton again, and it was as if all was right in the universe. Cardona said they could take credit for Orton. He told Black he would talk to Nick Aldis about setting up a match. Black said Cardona is a fan of making bad decisions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Solo Sikoa stood backstage and held the lantern while addressing Tama Tonga, Talla Tonga, Tonga Loa, and JC Mateo, who were all wearing face paint. Solo said Uncle Howdy challenged him to a fight for the lantern. Solo said he wasn&#8217;t going to let the lantern out of his sight after what happened with the WWE Tag Team Titles. He said he needed one of his men to step up.<\/p>\n<p>Tama Tonga asked why they were fighting for the lantern. He said it&#8217;s been nothing but problems for them. Solo suggested that Tama fight Howdy for the lantern. Tama told him that he would, but he said he was going out there alone. Solo told him not to mess it up&#8230; [C]<\/p>\n<p>Tessiture plugged Saturday&#8217;s NXT Stand &amp; Deliver event while the lineup was shown in a single graphic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviewed Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky. Ripley said she had a backup plan. Sky said she would always have Ripley&#8217;s back. Ripley said she will walk out of WrestleMania as the new WWE Women&#8217;s Champion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Howdy was in the ring, and his entrance music played for a moment. Tama Tonga&#8217;s entrance was televised&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Uncle Howdy vs. Tama Tonga.<\/strong> Tama had Howdy&#8217;s neck draped over the middle rope and then pulled him into the top rope. [C] Howdy put Tama in the Mandle Claw, but he released the hold when Solo Sikoa walked out with the lantern. Solo wound up to hit Howdy with the lantern, but he stopped when the referee spotted him. Tama barked at Solo because he told him he wanted to go it alone. Howdy hit Tonga with Sister Abigail before pinning him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Uncle Howdy beat Tama Tonga in roughly 7:00.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the match, Tama barked at Solo, who said he was just trying to help. Tama took the lantern and placed it on the mat. Howdy grabbed the lantern&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> I hope this is the end of the damn lantern story, but I have a bad feeling that Solo will be in possession of it by the end of the night. The F&#8217;n Attitude Era in 2026. Yeesh.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Kit Wilson told The Miz that he was worried about the curse. Miz told him there&#8217;s no curse. R-Truth was shown talking with a production member. Truth told Wilson and Miz that they weren&#8217;t taking applications for new Judgment Day members. Miz said Truth doesn&#8217;t take anything seriously, but everything goes his way. Miz said that just for once, he&#8217;d like to see Truth master, inspire, and zone in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I challenge you,&#8221; Miz said about Truth taking something seriously. Truth cut him off and said he accepted his challenge. Truth told Wilson that he&#8217;d never met him. Truth said he would talk to Nick Aldis before they changed their mind. Truth said there would be a tag team title match on Smackdown. After Truth walked away. Wilson asked Miz if they were getting a tag team title match. Miz was just as surprised as Wilson. They said Miz&#8217;s &#8220;master, inspire, and zone in&#8221; line together&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tessitore hyped the new U.S. Champion Sami Zayn&#8217;s appearance&#8230; [C] Tessitore hyped John Cena appearing on Undertaker&#8217;s podcast at WWE World&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A Jacob Fatu promo video aired. Fatu addressed Drew McIntyre. He said his life was a rollercoaster. He said he went from the streets to county jail, and from the independents to WWE. He said when you come from the streets, you&#8217;re forced to be a product of your environment. Fatu said it&#8217;s not about who is wrong or right; it came down to survival. Fatu said every decision he made led him to this moment. He said there were no rules, no one could stop him, and no one could break it up. Fatu said McIntyre was in his world now and said we&#8217;d see if McIntyre could make it out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Champion Sami Zayn was booed as he was shown walking backstage. Zayn encountered Nick Aldis and thanked him for giving him the opportunity. Zayn said he heard he was going to have pyro, which Aldis confirmed. Zayn started to apologize for last week, but Aldis cut him off and said it wasn&#8217;t needed. He encouraged Zayn to go talk to the people. Zayn said he was about to, but entrance music stopped him.<\/p>\n<p>Trick Williams and Lil Yachty made their entrance dressed in white. Yachty said, &#8220;What?&#8221; after each time the crowd chanted &#8220;Whoop That Trick.&#8221; Trick said he was there to celebrate his first match at WrestleMania. Trick said he didn&#8217;t bring Yachty out just to celebrate. Trick told the fans that he and Yachty go way back like whitewalls on a Cadillac.<\/p>\n<p>Trick said they could bring it to WrestleMania. Yachty said he thought Trick would never ask. Trick said there&#8217;s nothing he wouldn&#8217;t do to get the U.S. Title at WrestleMania. He said he wouldn&#8217;t take any lip from a Gingerbreak Man. Trick told the fans he would give them a preview. He went to the ropes and had the production team hit the pyro that was meant for Zayn.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Champion Sami Zayn walked out and said Trick had the presentation down. He said that was all well and good. Zayn said the pageantry has never really been his thing. Zayn said his thing is a little more dressed down and working-class. He said his thing is what he does once he&#8217;s in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Zayn told Trick that he would learn at WrestleMania that the fur coats, the rappers, and the music wouldn&#8217;t save him. Zayn said that when Trick is in the ring with him, he&#8217;ll be in with one of the best to ever do it. There were more boos. &#8220;Trick, at WrestleMania, I&#8217;m going to humble your ass,&#8221; Zayn said. Trick told Yachty that Gingersnap was upset. Trick said he is the only reason Zayn was holding the U.S. Championship and is going to WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Carmelo Hayes made his entrance. Hayes said he and Trick had history a mile long. He said he would give Trick a receipt. He said he would spin the block on Trick, and he knew the perfect place to do it. Hayes told Zayn that the way he won the title didn&#8217;t sit right with him or the fans.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes said he carried Smackdown and the U.S. Championship on his back for months. Hayes was cheered. Hayes said he had the ball at the one-yard line and asked Truth if he thought he was going to let him run it into the end zone. Hayes said the people would tell him that they don&#8217;t want Zayn, they want Melo. A rough &#8220;we want Melo&#8221; chant broke out. Melo told Zayn to get the people what he wants. Melo demanded a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Zayn said he agreed that Hayes carried Smackdown for nine or ten weeks. He said he took nothing away from him. Zayn said Hayes issued an open challenge, he answered it, and he beat Hayes. Zayn said he punched his ticket to WrestleMania. He said he was sorry that it came at Hayes&#8217;s expense, but the match was already official. Zayn said he would give Hayes a rematch after WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Trick asked Zayn what happened to his integrity. Trick told Zayn to give Hayes a chance. Zayn said Trick had a point. Zayn said Trick got involved in their match. Zayn recalled calling out Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton when they took advantage of similar situations. Zayn said he didn&#8217;t feel good about it. Hayes told him to quit yapping and do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>Zayn asked Hayes if he wanted his rematch. &#8220;Fine, you got it,&#8221; Zayn said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll give it to you tonight, here in St. Louis,&#8221; Zayn said that if Hayes wins, Hayes will face Trick Williams at WrestleMania. Zayn said he would face Trick if he wins, and that would be the last he would hear about it. Zayn asked Hayes if they were good and offered him a handshake. Hayes said they were good, but he didn&#8217;t shake Zayn&#8217;s hand. Trick mocked Zayn, saying he could have saved five minutes had he said the same thing a long time ago. Zayn clotheslined Trick over the top rope&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Solo was upset with Tama for giving the lantern back to Uncle Howdy. Tama said he had to. He said it was done. Tama said it was tearing them apart, and now they could get back to the real business of taking over Smackdown and all of the titles. Solo suggested they face the Wyatts, and then they could get back to business. Solo asked if they were good. Tama said they were. Solo turned around and then side-eyed Tama while the other MFTs stood by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> I assume that tonight&#8217;s U.S. Title match will lead to a Triple Threat at WrestleMania with Zayn, Trick, and Hayes. The fans have been slowly turning on Zayn until tonight, when it seemed like 95 percent of the live crowd booed him.<\/p>\n<p>Aleister Black and Zelina made their entrance&#8230; [C] The broadcast team hyped the U.S. Championship match for later in the show&#8230; Matt Cardona made his entrance while footage aired of Randy Orton roughing him up last week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3. Aleister Black (w\/Zelina Vega) vs. Matt Cardona. Cardona went on the offensive nearly two minutes in, but he was distracted by Zelina lying on the apron. Black swept Cardona&#8217;s legs out from under him. [C] In the end, Black dropped Zayn with a Black Mass and then pinned him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Aleister Black defeated Matt Cardona.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> My picture cut out temporarily due to a storm in the area, so I missed most of the match coming out of the break.<\/p>\n<p>Cathy Kelley interviewed Bayley and Lyra Valkyria about their Smackdown match and challenging for the WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania. Valkyria said the Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss friendship is surface-level at best. She said Flair and Bliss hadn&#8217;t gone through anything like they have over the last year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tessitore hyped Raw footage of the Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi segment from Monday&#8217;s Raw&#8230; A clip aired from the Shawn Michaels documentary, which premieres April 13 on Peacock&#8230; [C]<\/p>\n<p>Tessitore hyped tickets for the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony (still no mention of whether the event will stream live)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A video package recapped the latest Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi segment from Raw&#8230; The broadcast team ran through the WrestleMania lineup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, R-Truth spoke with Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae, who were excited about Gargano challenging for the NXT North American Championship at NXT Stand &amp; Deliver. After Gargano and LeRae exited, Damian Priest showed up. Truth spoke about Asuka cursing people. Priest figured out that Truth thought Danhausen was Asuka&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tessitore hyped the women&#8217;s tag team match&#8230; [C]<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-390416121\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net 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