WWE SmackDown – 10/17/2025: 3 Things We Loved And 3 We Hated

A chaotic episode of “WWE SmackDown” has come and gone. There were title changes, Wyatt Sicks videos, and impromptu title matches littered throughout the broadcast, but enough about “what happened” on the show, since that’s been handily covered over on the results page.

Instead, it’s time to break down what worked and what didn’t from the October 17 broadcast. WWE is on the road to Saturday Night’s Main Event, which itself will set the stage for Survivor Series, and so there were plenty of moving parts on Friday’s show. There was an open challenge that went poorly for Sami Zayn, but very well for fans of Ilja Dragunov. There was a lot -and I mean a lot- of backstage segments. There was even some great wrestling amidst it all.

The Wrestling Inc. Staff will break down the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of WWE’s trip to San Jose. Here’s what we loved and what we hated.

I am never going to complain about more of the talent from the best women’s roster in wrestling right now, “WWE NXT,” getting time to shine on the main roster, but I love it even more when those women get to further their…