WWE SmackDown Results
March 7, 2025
Well Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Commentary: Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore
Results by Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
WWE SmackDown kicks off with clips of different wrestlers entering the arena. We cut to Damian Priest who is walking backstage and he is attacked by Drew McIntyre who tells him “What did you think was going to happen?”
We cut to Elimination Chamber highlights and cut back into the arena.
Randy Orton’s promo on Kevin Owens
Randy Orton’s music hits and out he comes to the ring. A “Randy” chant from the crowed and he points all around the arena. Orton begins by saying that a lot of crazy stuff have happened since he has been gone. He mentions Cena and the fans boo. He says Cena has always been on the top of this profession and now he’s just a bottom for Rock. That gives a whole new meaning to the term Rock Bottom and he laughs.
Orton welcomes everyone to the show and remains on Cena’s topic. He says he and Cena have a lot in common and there aren’t that many people with whom he has a lot in common with. But on that short list is Kevin Owens. He says he and Owens have both done vile things to get the job done, they have always pushed the envelope in the name of the business. He says Owens the wrestler, he respects. How he busted his ass to get to WWE, he admires that. But it’s Kevin Owens the man that he has a problem with.
Randy says there’s a quote out there which he will butcher and it’s “never underestimate a jealous man’s ability to destroy another man”. He says that is Kevin Owens. He is all jealous. Look at what he did to Cody Rhodes because Owens was jealous of the gold around Cody’s waist. Sami Zayn, they fought tooth and nail but they would always become friends again. But at the Elimination Chamber, he attempted to drop Zayn on his head on the concrete. And Owens will make you believe that Owens did that because Zayn helped Cody at the Rumble but that’s not the truth. It’s because Zayn has become a bigger star than Kevin Owens.
Orton says Owens was a friend at one time and Owens hit him with a piledriver because Orton tried to protect his friend. He says Owens won every title there is to win and if you ask anyone what their goal is in WWE, it is to main event WrestleMania. Owens did that twice and one of them was against “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Orton asks what does Owens have to be jealous about? He is never satisfied, enough is never enough.
Randy says a year and a half ago, he had a spinal injury and every doctor told him his career was done. But he busted his ass to come back and now Owens has pissed him off. When he came out at the Elimination Chamber to save Zayn, he hit Owens with an RKO and he felt something come over him. And normally, that’s enough. But something came over him which he hasn’t felt in a decade and a half and he liked it. He started to hear those voices in his head and those voices told him to kick Owens in the head as hard as he can.
He tells every one to listen to him and he says that he will prove that Pat McAfee is only the second greatest punter in WWE. Orton throws his microphone and his music hits as he poses on the top rope.
Nick Aldis, Tiffany Stratton, Chelsea Green and Piper Niven
We cut a clip from earlier in the today where Nick Aldis is with Tiffany Stratton. In comes Chelsea Green with Piper Niven. Chelsea tells Nick she cannot defend her title tonight in a Street Fight. Tiffany tells her to shut up and she challenges Piper Niven to a match tonight which Aldis makes official.
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Non-Title Match – Tiffany Stratton (Women’s Champion) vs. Piper Niven
The bell rings and we are under way. Stratton with a head lock but Niven throws her to the ropes and takes Stratton down with a shoulder tackle. She goes for a running senton but Stratton moves out of the way and lands a basement drop kick. Stratton on the ring apron and with a springboard senton. She goes for the cover but Niven kicks out. Stratton goes for a back elbow but Niven catches her and throws her over the top rope and onto the outside. Niven on the ring apron and she lands a cannonball onto Stratton on the outside.
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Back from commercial, Stratton with a running shoulder tackle in the ring followed by an elbow to the face. Stratton with a basement dropkick and she goes for the cover but Niven kicks out. Stratton climbs the top rope and lands a senton onto Niven. She goes for the cover but Niven kicks out. She tries to lift Niven up but is unable to. Niven sends her to the ropes and slams her onto the mat. She goes for the cover but Stratton kicks out. Niven drags Stratton towards the turnbuckle and Niven climbs the second rope. She goes for a splash but Stratton moves out of the way. Stratton climbs the top rope and lands the Prettiest Moonsault Ever! She goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Tiffany Stratton
As Stratton is celebrating, in comes Charlotte Flair from behind with a chop to the leg taking Stratton down. Charlotte with the Figure Eight as WWE officials run down to break it up.
We cut to Nick Aldis backstage with a white board. He runs through the Tag Team division on SmackDown. He explains that the Street Profits will get their Tag Team title shot against DIY next week and tonight it will be a number one contender’s match between Pretty Deadly, Los Garza and Motor City Machine Guns.
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Number one contender’s match – Pretty Deadly vs. Los Garza vs. Motor City Machine Guns
The bell rings and we are under way. Sabin and Wilson start the match. Angel tags himself in, taking Sabin out of the match. Angel and Wilson with double dropkicks on each other. This leads to all six men fighting in the ring at the same time. Pretty Deadly and Motor City Machine Guns are thrown to the outside of the ring. Los Garza with moon saults off the second rope onto both teams on the outside.
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Back from commercial, Sabin with a hurricanrana onto Berto in the ring. Sabin gets on the top rope and jumps, landing a DDT. He goes for the cover but Berto kicks out. Prince tags himself in and he hits Sabin from behind. Angel gets in the ring and takes Prince down, Wilson takes Angel down and Berto takes Wilson down. Sabin takes Wilson down and Motor City Machine Guns go for Skull and Bones but Shelley is pushed off the top rope. Prince rolls Sabin up and gets the pin.
Winners: Pretty Deadly
We see clips of Jade Cargill’s return at the Elimination Chamber.
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Bianca Belair, Naomi and Jade Cargill
Back from commercial, Bianca Belair’s music hits and out she comes to the ring. We see clips of Raw with IYO pinning Rhea Ripley to become the new Women’s Champion.
In the arena, Bianca is standing in the ring and she says she should feel like she is on top of the world right now after winning the Elimination Chamber and going to WrestleMania. But it’s hard to do that when two of her friends are fighting. She formed a bond with them both. Herself and Jade elevated the women’s division while Naomi stepped in to make sure it doesn’t go to waste.
Her and Naomi were close before but now is her best friend. She says she doesn’t believe that Naomi would do something like that and she is confused. Bianca says she is being accused too and she needs answers. Naomi is not texting her back and Jade is not talking to her. She says she knows Naomi is back there and she needs her to come out and give her answers.
Out comes Naomi wearing a neck brace. Naomi gets in the ring and Bianca asks her what is going on. Naomi tells her this is not what it looks like and she needs her to understand what she is about to say. Naomi asks Bianca who stepped up, had her back and made sure she didn’t have to relinquish the tag team titles after Jade was taken out. Bianca tells her to stop and asks Naomi if she attacked Jade. Naomi tells her this is all noise and distraction. She tells her she needs to focus on WrestleMania and Bianca tells her to stop.
Bianca tells her they are here for Jade and to stop talking about everything else. Naomi tells Bianca that she never said this before but the truth is, she feels like Jade has been piggy backing on Bianca the entire time. That is her truth and she has been forced to watch someone like Jade succeed off her excellence, experience and hard work while she was left aside. Naomi says she let them both be great and proud of them but deep down, that is how she feels.
Naomi says she doesn’t give a damn about Jade because Jade didn’t give a damn about Bianca. They begin to argue in the ring and Bianca asks her if she attacked Jade. Naomi begins to cry and tells Bianca that she did it. Bianca begins to cry and Naomi says she did it for Bianca, she did it for them. Bianca can’t believe it and she tells Naomi that this hurts so bad because she loves her. She tells Naomi she can’t even look at her right now and they are done. Bianca leaves the ring and Naomi continues crying in the ring. Naomi tells Bianca she did it for her but she doesn’t understand that right now. Naomi tells her she should have pushed Jade harder and every time she starts to clock in and stand up for herself, everyone turns on her.
She tells Bianca that is what she is doing right now and she calls Bianca an ungrateful bitch. Bianca turns around and we see a black SUV pull up into the arena. Out steps Jade Cargill who walks towards the ring.
Jade stops towards Bianca and Bianca tells her to go ahead. She gets in the ring and Naomi leaves, trying to jump the barricade but Jade stops her. She throws Naomi into the barricade and back into the ring, hitting her with Jaded. Naomi is down on the mat and Jade’s music hits as she leaves the ring.
Byron Saxton with Drew McIntyre
Drew McIntyre is backstage and he is stopped by Byron Saxton. Drew tells him that everyone is talking about John Cena as if he didn’t call it last week. Drew goes on to say that we are on the road to WrestleMania and now thanks to Damian Priest, he has nothing. But tonight, he will take out the black sheep of the Uso family and walks away.
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A video of Lex Luger’s WWE Hall of Fame announcement airs.
Back in the arena, Byron Saxton is backstage with Charlotte Flair. She tells him that she warned Tiffany that she was going to be every where Tiffany was going to be. And the division has gone soft. In comes B-Fab and she tells Charlotte that she didn’t hear her talking about the division being soft.
Flair tells her no one compares to her but B-Fab tells her they want their own legacies, no one is interested in bowing down to her anymore. Flair tells her everyone eventually bows down to the queen. She challenges B-Fab to a match next week in Barcelona and walks away.
Braun Strowman vs. Solo Sikoa
The bell rings and we are under way. Solo with a right hand but Braun with a shoulder tackle takes him down. Solo gets back up and Braun clotheslines him to the outside of the ring. Braun to the outside and he runs towards Solo and goes for a tackle but Solo moves out of the way and Braun hits the steel steps. Solo with a running hip attack onto the barricade.
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Back from commercial, Solo with a Samoan drop followed by a running hip attack in the corner. He goes for another hip attack but Strowman with a big boot followed by a cross body and Solo rolls to the outside of the ring. Strowman to the outside and he lands the Strowman express running into Solo and taking him down. He throws Solo back into the ring and lands a splash in the corner. He goes for a slam but Solo lands on his feet and pushes Strowman shoulder first into the corner. Solo with kicks but Strowman with a slam. He goes for the cover but Tama Tonga breaks it up and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: By disqualification, Braun Strowman
Tonga grabs Strowman but Strowman takes Tonga down. Jacob Fatu’s music hits and out he comes. Both men stand on the ring apron and the fans chant “Fatu”. They get in the ring and both men with right hands. Strowman to the ropes and Fatu with a super kick and Strowman to the outside of the ring. Fatu goes for a suicide dive but his foot gets caught on the second rope and he misses Strowman, falling to the floor. Strowman grabs him and chokeslam’s him onto the announce table. Fatu gets back up and he throws Strowman over the barricade.
Both men fight in the crowd and onto WWE stage equipment. Strowman chokeslams Fatu through a table and WWE officials break it up. Fatu gets back up but officals are in the way.
LA Knight with Byron Saxton
We cut backstage and Byron Saxton is with LA Knight. He tells Byron that it was all gas and no brakes on Fatu going through the table. That means that the man who cost him the US title last time is out of the picture. And that means no distraction and he will smack Shinsuke Nakamura to factory settings. He says we are standing in the birthplace of the rebirth of his US title reign. And if you think about it, he has dealt with sneak attacks, the mist, he dealt with it all. He says Nakamura hopes the shadows were good to him because he won’t be and we can all pledge allegiance to the United States champion and say LA Knight… Yeah.
Chelsea Green and Piper Niven
We cut to Chelsea Green who is dressed as Cactus Jack. She is with Piper Niven and she tells Niven to shake it off since she is still recovering from her match earlier. Zelina Vega tells Chelsea that she will go after whoever is champion next.
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Women’s United States Championship: Street Fight – Chelsea Green (c) vs. Michin
As Michin is making her way down to the ring, Chelsea goes to the outside and they begin fighting. Michin throws Chelsea into the barricade and into the ring. She takes weapons out of a trash can and throws everything in the ring. Michin gets in the ring and the bell rings, we are under way. Michin trips Chelsea and Chelsea falls face first onto a steel chair. Chelsea grabs the trash can and she hits Michin across the face with it. Chelsea goes for a pile drive but Michin back drops her onto a steel chair and Chelsea falls to the outside of the ring. Michin bites Chelsea’s fingers and she begins to grab a table from under the ring but Chelsea slams Michin down on the outside.
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Back from commercial, Michin sprays Chelsea with a fire extinguisher and Chelsea is down. Michin begins to grab a table from under the ring but Niven hits Michin and throws her back into the ring. Chelea places a trash can in front of Michin’s face. Niven holds the trash and Chelsea goes coast to coast, jumping off the top rope! She goes for the cover but Michin kicks out. Out comes B-Fab who hits Niven with a kendo stick and they fight to the back. Chelsea turns around and Michin hits her with a kendo stick. She places Chelsea in the corner and places the trash can in her face, landing a cannon ball. Michin goes for the cover but Chelsea kicks out. Michin goes to the outside and grabs a table from under ring and slides it into the ring. Chelsea with a bull dog from behind takes Michin down. Chelsea sets the table up and grabs Michin but Michin hits her with Eat Defeat. Chelsea rolls onto the table but the table slightly breaks. Michin climbs the top rope and hits a splash through the table. She goes for the cover but someone dressed in black pulls Chelsea to the outside. That person hits Michin with a right hand. They pull the hoodie down and it’s Alba Fyre. She gets in the ring and lands the Canadian Destroyer on Michin onto chairs in the ring. Chelsea goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Still United States Champion, Chelsa Green
Fyre salutes Chelsea and we cut to the back.
Santos Escobar is with Los Garza and he tells them they failed and next time they better win. Angel and Escobar walks away but in comes Andrade. He asks Berto why he takes that from them, he knows Berto and Berto deserves better. Berto walks away and we cut to commercial.
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We see clips of John Cena attacking Cody Rhodes at the Elimination Chamber.
Back in the arena, we hear “Wrestling has more than one royal family” and Cody’s music hits. Out comes the Undisputed WWE Champion with a black eye. As his pyro goes off, he takes a piece of cotton out of his left ear. It’s not his usual entrance as he gets in the ring and places the Championship in the middle of the ring. He looks at the crowd who are on their feet and and a “Cena sucks” chant from the crowd.
Cody asks the fans what they want to talk about. He says the obvious question with an obvious answer. It’s the most watched moment in WWE history in wrestling history. He asks what do you say to someone that isn’t even four years old when she asks you what happened to your face? He says that wasn’t a conversation he was expecting to have. He told her that he ran into a wall, not entirely untrue. He ran into one that was designed by the Final Boss, The Rock. His associate Travis Scott and by his WrestleMania 41 opponent, John Cena.
Rhodes says he drove John around for two years, he was trying to sponge off any bit of knowledge he could. He says Cena was a hero. One day he will tell his daughter what actually happened. That a great man who did great things, the definition of virtuous, someone who said “Never Gave Up”. He will tell his daughter that person gave up. Cody apologizes for any language he may have heard, he tells John that everyone would like to know why. And if he knows his old friend John Cena, it will be a very smooth, well edcuated, well crafted answer. A signature amount of phrases and when he is done talking, he will feel bullet proof and justified. But therei s no justification for John Cena.
Cody says that he is well aware that he is talking to the whole world right now but for those in the arena tonight, he doesn’t know if they know this story but Philadelphia was the one place his father was afraid to perform in. He never shared that same fear, for reasons unknown, the fans once cheered for him years ago. He never forgot it and last year, WrestleMania 40, trying to finish a story that started in the late 1970s, they cheered for him and chose him again.
Cody says speaking of WrestleMania 40, you can watch it back and hear the audio back. You’ll see Cena in the ring, pointing at the title and saying “It gets heavier every day”. Cody lifts the WWE title and looks at it. He says here he is, holding it and it is not heavy enough. Holding it for over 300 days. He knows that John is watching and Cena is convinced that he is the last of his kind but he is not. Cody is holding the title as if it weighs nothing and it’s clear John Cena wants some and to come and get some. Cody drops the microphone and looks at the WrestleMania sign as his song plays.
The Miz and Carmelo Hayes are backstage with Nick Aldis. Miz tells him that SmackDown needs a hard hitting interview and no one will miss Melo Don’t Miz TV. Carmello tells him that he never agreed to that but he would like to ask why Cody fumbled it. But you have people like Randy Orton who come back after four months on the couch playing Fortnite. In comes Randy who tells him that Fortnite is for kids, he was playing Elden Ring.
Aldis makes a match for next week between Randy Orton and Carmelo Hayes.
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Drew McIntyre vs. Jimmy Uso
The bell rings and we are under way. Jimmy throws Drew to the outside of the ring and he goes for a suicide dive but Drew hits him with a right hand. Drew gets back into the ring and hits Jimmy with a chop to the chest. Drew to the outside and he drags Jimmy to the outside, placing Jimmy on his shoulders but Jimmy lands on his feet. Jimmy hits Drew with a super kick and a cross body, taking both men over the announce table.
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Back from commercial, Jimmy with a Samoan drop onto Drew. He goes for the cover but Drew kicks out. Jimmy gets Drew in the corner and hits him with a running hip attack. He climbs the top rope but Drew gets back to his feet and hits him with a right hand. Drew on the top rope and goes for a superplex but Jimmy pushes him down. Jimmy gets down, hits Drew with a super kick and goes for the cover but Drew kicks out. Jimmy climbs the top rope and goes for the Uso splash, Drew moves out of the way, Jimmy lands on his feet and Drew hits him with the Claymore. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Drew McIntyre
Drew begins to walk to the back but out comes Damian Priest who hits him from behind. He lands a boot to the face as WWE officials break it up.
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Byron Saxton is backstage with DIY. Gargano tells Byron there’s a lot of great teams but there’s only one best tag team in the world and that’s them. Ciampa tells him everyone wants what they want and they could all fight about it. Gargano says that hope is a dangerous thing because it means they have a chance and next week, Street Profits are not going to be in the ring with great but in the ring with the best. Ciampa tells him that they will hold a minute of silence for the Street Profits and as Byron begins to speak, they cut him off and walk away.
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WWE United States Championship – Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. LA Knight
The bell rings and we are under way. Nakamura with a knee followed by a kick. He goes for a right hand but that’s blocked by LA Knight and Nakamura to the ropes but Nakamura rolls to the outside of the ring. LA Knight to the outside and Nakamura with a kick. He hits LA Knight with a running knee and throws him back into the ring. He places LA Knight on the second rope and lands a sliding, release German suplex. LA Knight in the corner and Nakamura goes for a right hand but LA Knight with a kick to the face. Nakamura back to his feet and LA Knight clotheslines him over the top rope and to the outside of the ring. LA Knight with a baseball slide.
Back from commercial, LA Knight with a jumping elbow. He goes for the cover but Nakamura kicks out. He places Nakamura on the top rope and jumps up but Nakamura slides under him. Nakamura with elbows and he gets back on the second rope. Nakamura with a back suplex and he goes for the cover but LA Knight kicks out. Nakamura runs towards LA Knight but LA Knight with a clothesline. LA Knight slams Nakamura in the corner and runs towards him but Nakamura moves out of the way. Nakamura with a kick to the neck. Nakamura climbs the top rope, LA Knight jumps to the top rope and lands a suplex. LA Knight with a leaping elbow off the top rope. He goes for BFT but Nakamura gets out of it and rolls to the outside of the ring. Nakamura grabs a chair but LA Knight grabs it from Nakamura. LA Knight about to hit him with the chair but the referee reminds hm that if he does, he will be disqualified. Nakamura hits LA Knight as he is distracted and throws him into the ring. Nakamura grabs the chair and gets in the ring. As he is about to hit LA Knight with the chair, the referee grabs it from him. LA Knight goes for a clothesline onto Nakamura but he moves out of the way. LA Knight stops before he accidentally hits the referee. He turns around, Nakamura goes for the red mist but LA Knight moves out of the way and he lands the mist onto the referee. LA Knight rolls him up but the referee is down. The referee rolls to the outside of the ring, Nakamura with a leg drop to the back of the neck. He grabs the chair but LA Knight boots the chair into Nakamura’s face. LA Knight lands the BFT onto the steel chair and goes for the cover, a referee runs down and he gets the pin!
Winner: New WWE United States Champion, LA Knight
LA Knight celebrates with pyro going off and SmackDown goes off the air.
Quick Match results:
— Tiffany Stratton def. Piper Niven
— Pretty Deadly def. Motor City Machine Guns and Los Garza
— Braun Strowman def. Solo Sikoa
— Chelsea Green retains the United States Championship against Michin
— Drew McIntyre def. Jimmy Uso
— LA Knight wins the United States Championship from Shinsuke Nakamura