3 Stages Of Hell Match Stipulations Revealed & Lineup For Next Week's WWE SmackDown In Berlin

Next week's episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown (airing January 9, 2026) will take place at the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany, and we now know some of the matches scheduled for that edition.

Headlining the night will be the 3 Stages of Hell match for the Undisputed WWE Championship with Cody Rhodes defending the title against Drew McIntyre. On tonight's episode, those stipulations were revealed, with McIntyre picking a standard singles match as the first one (meaning no stipulation at all, as McIntyre wants to prove he can beat Rhodes in a regular match), leading into a Falls Count Anywhere match, capped off in a steel cage match.

There was a backstage segment where Solo Sikoa revealed to Tama Tonga (who was having a confrontation in Japanese with Shinsuke Nakamura about some old issues they have) that four members of MFTs (not yet confirmed who) will face the four men of The Wyatt Sicks in an 8-man tag team match. After that, they will potentially get a shot at the WWE Tag Team Championship.

New to the roster, Trick Williams has already made some enemies in Sami Zayn and Rey Fenix. The latter will face Trick in his SmackDown debut next week, after a backstage segment where Fenix said that "the new guy" has a lot to learn.

There was also a backstage segment on tonight's show where Fraxiom were making fun of Johnny Gargano for losing his match against Carmelo Hayes for the United States Championship. Since Gargano still has Axiom's mask that he stole from him weeks ago, Axiom is going to talk to Nick Aldis about booking a match between them so that he can get it back. However, this was not confirmed in any way to be taking place next week, as it wasn't made official on commentary or in a graphic. It's likely to happen in Berlin, but it could also just be set up for later with a segment about this next week instead.

To recap, here is the lineup of the show for next week's SmackDown episode:

• 3 Stages of Hell Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Drew McIntyre — Stipulations: Regular match, Falls Count Anywhere match, Steel Cage match
• Trick Williams vs. Rey Fenix
• Eight-Man Tag Team Match: The Wyatt Sicks (Bo Dallas, Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis) vs MFT (four of Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, JC Mateo, and Talla Tonga)

What do you think of this lineup? Who will win? Drop your predictions and any other thoughts in the comments below!