Overview
- SmackDown, which aired Friday from Jacksonville, closed with Trick Williams’ Gingerbread Man funeral where the costumed figure was revealed as Lil Yachty, who helped ambush Sami Zayn.
- Paul Heyman delivered a contract to Cody Rhodes before Gunther attacked from behind, yet the Undisputed WWE Champion fought him off in a brief brawl.
- Tiffany Stratton kept the WWE Women’s United States title against Kiana James after a mistimed distraction by Giulia undercut James and set up Stratton’s moonsault finish.
- Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, Lainey Reid) beat Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair, and Alexa Bliss in a six-woman tag following an outside attack by Jade Cargill, B-Fab, and Michin.
- WrestleVotes Radio reported internal pushback to the Gingerbread Man storyline, with some on WWE’s creative team calling the angle hokey and archaic.