Trick Williams confronts Sami Zayn ahead of Crown Jewel match

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When WWE heads for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia early next month, assuming it still happens, of course, they’ll do so with a card that features two champion vs. champion matches for the Crown Jewel championship. That means World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns will be taking on WWE Champion Sami Zayn. Are they going to spend much time actually building to this match? Probably not. That was evidenced by this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, where Zayn made mention of the matchup and pushed off actually doing anything to promote it until Monday Night Raw next week when they’ll be in the same building. Instead, we got United States Champion Trick Williams interrupting to say he wants to settle up on the disrespectful interaction the two had a couple weeks back. Zayn went off: Sami Zayn just told Trick Williams he doesn't have "IT…" 😳 pic.twitter.com/zqb5ZIX6qw — WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2026 Johnny Gargano stepped in and acted as a go-between, leading to an impromptu match. Trick Willy won that match and then stared down the champion. Sami Zayn may have just realized that Trick Williams does in fact have "IT." 👏 pic.twitter.com/TRCEr6zos8 — WWE (@WWE) October 17, 2026 It’s hard telling if this is going anywhere, or if they’re simply buying some time to get to the bigger matchups. I’m going to choose to be encouraged by WWE putting Williams in there with the champ and making sure his name is attached to the main event scene, even if he hasn’t actually made it there yet. Get complete SmackDown results and coverage of this week’s entire episode by clicking here.