Preview:

The October 3 episode of Friday Night SmackDown is set to air live from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show will continue building towards the upcoming Crown Jewel PLE, likely announcing new matches for the show.

Multiple stars, including Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton, Randy Orton, Jacob Fatu, Jade Cargill, and Sami Zayn, are being advertised for the show. In the opening moments of last week’s show, Cody Rhodes was interrupted by Paul Heyman, who was accompanied by Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed. Rhodes refused to back down but fell prey to the numbers game until Randy Orton appeared to neutralize Reed, while Rhodes took out Breakker. General Manager Nick Aldis has now announced that, after having a conversation with RAW GM Adam Pearce, he has booked a tag team match involving Rhodes and Orton, who will take on Reed and Breakker this week in Ohio.

WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton is set for an appearance this week ahead of the upcoming Crown Jewel PLE. Stratton will battle Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer in a ‘Champion vs Champion’ clash for the women’s Crown Jewel title. She will likely cut a promo hyping up the clash. United States Champion Sami Zayn is set to continue his US title open challenge this week. Zayn last week defended the title against NXT’s Je’Von Evans in a high-octane clash. On the other hand, ‘The Archer of Infamy’ Damian Priest will be in action this week; WWE has not yet revealed his opponent. Priest is currently feuding with Aleister Black, with the latter outsmarting Priest on multiple occasions.

Orton may have bailed Rhodes out of trouble last week, but this is yet another example of Rhodes trusting The Viper, and that decision has to bite him in the ass at some point. Perhaps The Viper won’t strike Cody down tonight, The allure of the WWE championship will be too much for Orton to resist at some point, and that’s when Cody will eat an RKO. United States Champion Sami Zayn is having another open challenge for the gold tonight, which marks his fifth title defense in as many weeks. Let’s Take look on complete match card and Show detail for edition of  WWE Smackdown Friday Night October 3rd, 2025 episode.

Match Card:

• Silent build for AJ Styles vs John Cena Continues.
• Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton go to war against Bronson Reed & Bron Breakker
• Sami Zayn’s United States Open Challenge continues
• Tiffany Stratton sets her sights on Crown Jewel and Stephanie Vaquer
• Damian Priest in action on SmackDown
• More Cards.

Location & Date:

• Show: WWE SmackDown 10/3/25
• Location: Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Date & Time: Friday, October 3,2025 | 8 PM ET – 5PM PT