All superstars confirmed for WWE SmackDown on September 18, 2026

WWE has confirmed that CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Gunther and Trick Williams will be featured on the September 18, 2026 edition of SmackDown at the Hilliard Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Cody Rhodes, who was absent from last week’s SmackDown in Mexico City after his loss to Randy Orton at SNME in his hometown of Atlanta on Sunday, is scheduled for a sit-down interview with Michael Cole on the Texas show.

The September 18 episode will emanate live from the Hilliard Center in Corpus Christi. Last week’s Friday night SmackDown took place in Mexico City; Rhodes did not appear there following his SNME defeat in Atlanta. WWE posted the list of featured superstars for the Corpus Christi broadcast, with Rhodes among the names confirmed for the programme.

Qualifying matches for the men’s and women’s Money in the Bank began on this last Monday’s WWE Raw and are set to continue on this week’s SmackDown. WWE has not yet announced the specific participants for those qualifying bouts on Friday. The qualifying contests will determine additional entrants as wrestlers compete for places in the Money in the Bank ladder matches.

Two competitors have already secured spots in the men’s Money in the Bank: Bron Breakker and Je’Von Evans. On the women’s side, Sol Ruca and Lola Vice have taken the first two places in that division’s match. The remaining positions in both the men’s and women’s fields will be decided through the upcoming qualifying matches on Raw and SmackDown.

CM Punk, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Gunther and Trick Williams are listed among the featured talents for the Corpus Christi broadcast alongside Rhodes. The announced lineup names reflect the roster commitments for the September 18 SmackDown episode as released ahead of the show.

Money in the Bank 2026 is scheduled for October 10, 2026 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. For ongoing updates, Khel Now directs readers to follow Khel Now Wrestling on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, download the Khel Now Android App or iOS App and join its community on Telegram and Whatsapp.