Ilja had more than he bargained for this week. But despite Black coming in seconds from becoming United States Champion, due to interference from Zelina Vega, The “Mad Dragon” managed to eek by and remain U.S. Champ. This Friday, Dragunov continues the challenge and awaits his opponent.<\/p>\n
Dragunov, much like Sami Zayn and John Cena, will be putting himself on the back foot due to the nature of the U.S. Open Challenge. That said, it doesn’t matter as the former NXT U.K. Champion wants all the heat.<\/p>\n
Who will step up to the plate this Friday?<\/p>\n
David vs. Goliath<\/h2>\n
Nia Jax reignited her rivalry with her old tag partner, Alexa Bliss, on the latest edition of SmackDown, trying to drive a wedge between Bliss and her current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion partner, Charlotte Flair. Jax firmly believes that it’s just a matter of time till the champions turn on one another.<\/p>\n
Why? To be fair to Jax, she was on the receiving end of multiple backstabbings<\/a>, one of which involved Alexa Bliss. Nia looks to prove that Bliss is still a traitor, even if she has to beat it in her.<\/p>\n Will Nia Jax prove that she’s right? Or will Alexa Bliss silence all the doubters?<\/p>\n Find out this Friday Halloween night, as it all unfolds on The USA Network and Netflix!<\/p>\n More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a> for more on WWE SmackDown preview and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the significant news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em>A&E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments), and\u00a0<\/i><\/em>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(WWE Main Event, as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the spookiest night of the year, WWE looks to scare the WWE Universe regarding the amount of heart-pumping action they can churn out by the end of the evening. So, prepare yourselves, it’s Halloween night and expect a few tricks and treats! Without further ado, here’s a WWE SmackDown preview for October 31, 2025. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3735,"featured_media":144208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,26,4,3],"tags":[168,7740,98,686,2514,7442,9556,602],"class_list":["post-144821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-smackdown","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-alexa-bliss","tag-carmelo-hayes","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-ilja-dragunov","tag-jade-cargill","tag-kit-wilson","tag-nia-jax"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144821"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145155,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144821\/revisions\/145155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}WWE SmackDown Preview and Match Card (10\/31\/25):<\/h2>\n
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