WWE SmackDown Results
April 18, 2025
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentary: Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore
Results by Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
Then. Now. Forever. Together.
WWE SmackDown kicks off with a shot of the Las Vegas strip and Allegiant stadium.
We cut to inside the T-Mobile arena and we see Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes signing posters. In the outside of the arena, it’s The Motor City Machine Guns and inside the arena we see the WWE Tag Team Champions, The Street Profits.
A shot of outside the arena and it’s Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga getting out of a black car. Out comes LA Knight who attacks Tama Tonga, slamming Tonga’s arm into a car. LA Knight runs off as Solo Sikoa comes back into the scene.
Seth Rollins on his WrestleMania 41 match
Live in the arena, we hear “Burn it down” and out comes Seth Rollins with the fans humming is tune.
Seth stands in the ring and he welcomes everyone to Friday Night Rollins. Seth looks at the WrestleMania sign and the fans chant “CM Punk”. Seth sits down in the middle of the ring, similar to Punk and he removes the WWE logo brand that wraps the microphone. The fans chant “OTC” and Seth tells them that he will get to the OTC in just a minute but he would like to start with the guy who’s name the fans were chanting first.
He says that is the reason Punk came back to wrestling because everyone chanting his name for 10 years is the reason why he came back. Except that when Punk came back to the ring, it wasn’t a WWE ring. Seth asks if he came back because the fans were chanting his name or because someone wrote him a big fat check. But when he burned that bridge, like he burnt every other bridge, he came back to WWE after 10 long years. He says Punk came back because they wrote him another big, fat check.
Seth tells them to tell him when he is telling lies. He says Punk does not care about them, he does not care about WWE, he is a liar, he is a fraud, he is a coward. And to say what they want about Roman Reigns but the OTC doesn’t even pretend to care about them. He doesn’t even pretend to care about WWE and you can believe that. The OTC only cares about the OTC, Roman Reigns is in the Roman Reigns business. He is mister private jet, limited schedule, hand picked opponent. The fans sing “Roman, Roman Reigns”.
Seth says that Roman and Punk know nothing about sacrifice, he knows everything about sacrifice. But this story about the three of them started 12 years ago and it started with Paul Heyman. He says Heyman got himself, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose into WWE to be a shield for CM Punk. And every single night, he sacrificed everything to be that shield and he did not get credit. Every one in the back wanted the camera and the spotlight on Roman Reigns. It was always about Roman, how he was going to be the next John Cena, the next cash cow for WWE, put the spotlight on Roman. He says this went along every single year and in the background, after Punk took his ball and went home, he heard little echoes of CM Punk chants.
The fans begin to chant “CM Punk”, meanwhile, he was making every show, he was in the ring every night, sacrificing everything that he had. And it all came to ahead last year in the main event of WrestleMania where his knee was hanging on by a thread. His step dad was at home dying but he made sure that he was there at the very end to be a shield to make sure that Roman Reigns lost.
A “thank you Seth” chant from the crowd and they begin to hum Seth’s theme. Seth says that this story between them started 12 years ago when Heyman brought himself and Roman into WWE and it ends tomorrow night in the most important triple threat match in the history of this industry. Seth says that he promises that he will do exactly what he has done for the past 12 years, he will lay it all on the line, he will sacrifice everything that he has to make sure that this business, this company, this industry, moves forward in the right direction.
Seth says that is not a prediction, that is a spoiler. Seth laughs and throws the microphone in the air as his song airs.
We cut to Wade and Joe who run through the WrestleMania card.
We cut to ringside and see the Andre the Giant Battle Royal trophy.
Out comes Rey Fix for the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal match and we see an Andre the Giant tribute video.
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal match
The bell rings and we are under way with 26 wrestlers in the ring. Carlito has his apple but it’s taken by R-Truth who takes a bite out of it. Carlito grabs R-Truth but R-Truth throws him over the top rope and Carlito is eliminated. Carmelo Hayes throws R-Truth over the top rope and Miz kicks R-Truth, eliminating him.
Carlito and R-Truth are eliminated
Los Garza go to double team Rey Fenix but he eliminates them both.
Angel and Berto are eliminated
Waller and Theory eliminate Pretty Deadly
Kaiser eliminates Tyler Bates
Andrade tries to eliminate Kaiser but only one of Kaiser’s legs hits the floor. Kaiser gets back in the ring. Santos Escobar helps Rey Fenix back up. They shake hands but Rey eliminates Escobar.
Otis bodyslams Andrade and the Creed Brothers eliminate Tizawa. Otis double clotheslines The Creed Brothers and he also goes over the top rope and all three are eliminated.
Andrade eliminates Waller and Theory. The luchadors in the match all attack on Gable and Rey Fenix elimiantes Gable. Karrion Kross lifts Dragon Lee up but Dragon Lee lands on his feet and eliminates Karrion Kross.
Nakamura with the Kinshasa onto Dragon Lee and he eliminates Dragon Lee. Kaiser goes to eliminate Pete Dunne but Dunne gets his legs around Kaiser’s head and he eliminates Kaiser. Dunne eliminates The Miz and Hayes throws Pete Dunne over the top rope and eliminates him.
Andrade, Carmelo Hayes, Rey Fenix and Shinsuke Nakamura are the final four.
Nakamura climbs the top rope but Andrade with a drop kick and Nakamura falls to the outside and is eliminated. Hayes goes for a springboard but Andrade grabs him on the second rope, Fenix pushes them over the top rope but they hold on. Hayes gets back in the ring and hits Fenix from behind. Hayes throwss Fenix towards Andrade but Fenix takes Andrade down. Fenix runs towards Hayes but Hayes throws him over the top rope and onto the ring apron. Fenix with a right hand and he climbs and walks the top rope but El Grande Americano comes from the outside and eliminates Rey Fenix.
Andrade and Carmelo Hayes are the final two.
Andrade goes for a DDT but Hayes lands on his feet. Andrade goes for a suplex but Hayes lands on his feet. A double clothesline. Hayes throws Andrade to the ropes but Andrade with a back elbow to the face. Andrade goes for a suplex but Hayes reverses it into a cutter. Hayes jumps onto the second rope for a springboard but Andrade jumps on the second rope but Hayes pushes Andrade over the top rope and gets the win.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
Out comes The Miz after the match and they celebrate with the trophy.
A video package of of The Undertaker’s Hell in a Cell match against Triple H with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee from WrestleMania 28 airs.
We cut to clips of Charlotte Flair attacking Tiffany Straton from last week.
Wade Barrett interview Charlotte Flair
A sit down interview airs between Wade Barrett and Charlotte Flair. He asks Charlotte why things got ugly between herself and Tiffany. Flair says she doesn’t love it, they have moved passed it, she has a chip on her shoulder and she thinks Tiffany has a chip on her shoulder.
Flair says she doesn’t love it but people are not really invested in their WrestleMania match and if there is anything that matters most to her, it’s that people tune in to see Flair at WrestleMania. And this is how they got there. She thinks this is what this business is about, it can be insensitive but that is how you get tough skin.
We cut back to ring side and they go through the card for tonight. Joe mentions that Tama Tonga has been taken to a local medical facility.
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Women’s World Championship Rhea Ripley, IYO SKY, Bianca Belair, Naomi and Jade Cargill
Rhea Ripley’s music and out she comes to the ring. She grabs a microphone and says that Sunday marks her sixth WrestleMania and every time she has walked into a Championship match. But this one is probably the most important to her. She says she let herself get distracted by Bianca Belair and she lost her Championship. She says she could come out, talk and complain about the last few weeks but she won’t do that. She says Sunday she gets back what she wants and does what she has to do. Rhea is walking out WrestleMania as a three time Women World’s Champion.
IYO’s music hits and out comes the Women’s World Champion. As IYO is about to begin speaking, Bianca’s music hits and out she comes.
Bianca begins to talk but the fans boo. She says she was definitely going to show up tonight because tonight might be her last night on SmackDown for a while. Because at WrestleMania, she is walking out as Champion. And after that they put her through, she does not plan on letting it go any time soon.
Naomi’s music hits and Rhea looks confused. Naomi tells Bianca that she finally decided to show up to SmackDown and she won’t even try to talk to her. She tells Bianca she filled up her voice mail box, called her and texted her. She asks Bianca if their friendship means so little to them. She says she wanted to handle this in private.
Bianca tells her she knows exactly why she is not responding. She said what she said and she meant it. Bianca tells her they won’t do this right now. Naomi gets in the ring and tells Bianca that Jade wasn’t there for her like she was. Naomi says she will finish what she started with Jade tomorrow.
Jade’s music hits and out she comes to the ring. Naomi stands behind Bianca and leaves the ring. Jade and Bianca argue in the ring and Rhea tells Jade that this isn’t about her. Naomi comes from behind and pushes Jade onto Rhea and Rhea falls back onto Bianca. Jade and Naomi fight off to the outside and Rhea fights Bianca on the outside. Out come WWE officials to break it up. IYO climbs the top rope and lands a moon sault on them all.
We cut to the back and Rey Fenix is in pain. In come American Made and Gable tells Rey that he had a great night but not as great as El Grande Americano. In come Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio. All six men are face to facef and Rey tells Gable that El Grande Americano will learn about Lucha Libre at WrestleMania. Gable gets angry and Rey challenges them to a six man tag team match.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match – The Street Profits (c’s) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
As the Street Profits are about to enter the ring, The Motor City Machine Guns land double baseball slides and attack them. Sabin throws Ford into the ring as the bell rings and we are under way. Alex is tagged in and they double team Ford. Alex goes for the cover but Ford kicks out. An arm bar by Alex and Sabin is tagged in. Ford with right hands and elbows onto both men. Ford clotheslines them both. Dawkins is tagged in and he lands a clothesline onto Sabin. Dawkins to the ropes and he lands a spinning back elbow. He gets Sabin in the corner and lands a splash. Ford is tagged in and they land the Blockbuster Doomsday Device. He goes for the cover but Alex breaks it up. Dawkins with a right hand onto Alex.
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Back from commercial, Sabin with a hurricanrana onto Ford. He climbs the top rope and lands a missile dropkick onto Ford. Alex is tagged back in and they double team him. Alex goes for the cover but Ford kicks out. Sabin is tagged back in and Alex lifts Ford up on his shoulders. Alex climbs the top rope, Ford lands on his feet and he pushes Alex onto Sabin. Dawkins is tagged in and they double team. Sabin. Dawkins goes for the cover but Sabin kicks out. Ford is tagged in, Sabin is thrown to the ropes and Alex tages himself in. They double team Ford and kick him in the corner. Dawkins gets on the ring apron, he knocks Alex down and Sabin knocks Dawkins down. Ford with a kick onto Sabin and he falls to the outside. Ford with a flying senton over the turnbuckle onto all three men.
Johnny Gargano and Ciampa jump the barricade and attack Ford. The referee rings the bell and they grab the World Tag Team titles and begin walking away.
Winners: No contest
We cut to the back and see Nick Aldis. In comes Chelsea Green who tells him she has a formal complaint and he is served. Aldis opens the document and begins to read it. Chelsea tells him that she will rectify the injustice that is that referee from last week.
Aldis tells her that Zelina Vega gets another match tonight and he thanks her for the idea. Aldis tells her they don’t need Secret Hervice at ringside. He leaves and Chelsea begins yellow.
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A promo for SummerSlam airs and we see Cardi B talking about how she will host the event.
Back from commercial, DIY are with the Tag Team titles and Nick Aldis tells them to give back the titles. In come The Street Profits and The Motor City Machine Guns. All three teams argue with security breaking it up. Aldis grabs the titles and says that next week, the belts are getting hung up on the ring and on the line in a TLC match.
Randy Orton and WrestleMania
Randy Orton’s music hits and out he comes to the fans singing his theme. Orton says that as of now, he does not have an opponent for WrestleMania 41 and for the last few days, he and his wife have been in Vegas. They got to meet the WWE Universe, thousands have approached him and there is an excitement in the air. He says his father was in the very first WrestleMania and 20 years later, he made his WrestleMania debut in the Garden. He says there is no way he is sitting out this year’s WrestleMania. If he competes, it will be the 20th time that he competes at WrestleMania. He says this WrestleMania means so much to him and this is what he is going to do.
Orton says he will throw it out in the universe. He will show up Sunday, boots tied up, gear on, just the right amount of baby oil on his skin and ready to deliver for the WWE Universe. He says he is doing it for them, for his family, for the boys in the back. Orton challenges someone to step up and he will be there on Sunday, ready to go. But they will fall victim to the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment, RKO. Orton drops the microphone and his music hits.
We cut to clips of the WrestleMania kick off show with Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest fighting.
Back in the arena, Byron Saxton is with Damian Priest. He tells Saxton that he is done answering questions about WrestleMania. He wants to send a message to Drew. The same guy who didn’t bother to show up to SmackDown tonight, the same guy who tries to convince the world that he is a victim. He says Drew is not a victim yet. He tells Drew that he is not ready for this fight, this violence. He tells Drew he will beat him so bad that he wishes he was future endeavored again. At WrestleMania, he is bringing the punishment and he will bury him.
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A mysterious promo with the dates 4.25.25 airs.
Chelsea Green vs. Zelina Vega
The bell rings and we are under way. Green slams Vega onto the mat and goes for the cover but Vega kicks out. The fans chant “Chelsea”. She grabs Zelina but Zelina with a kick to the face. An arm drag by Zelina but Chelsea gets back up and hits her with a boot to the face. Right hands by Green. She grabs Zelina but Zelina throws Chelsea to the outside. Green grabs Zelina and drags her to the outside, throwing her into the barricade. The referee Charles Robinson begins counting to 10 and Chelsea gets back in the ring and argues with him. She goes back to the outside and runs towards Zelina but Zelina throws her over the barricade and into the time keeper’s area. The referee counts to nine but both women get back in the ring and are face to face. Right hands by both women but Zelina with a clothesline. Zelina runs towards Chelsea but Chelsea with a boot to the face. She goes for the cover but Zelina kicks out. Green places v on the top rope and she climbs the second rope. Chelsea goes for a suplex but Zelina reverses it into the Super Code Red. She goes for the cover and gets the pin!
Winner: Zelina Vega
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LA Knight’s music hits and out he comes to the ring. The fans chant “LA Knight” and he tells them “Let me talk to you”. He says what happened last week was inspiration because week after week, Solo, Tama Tonga and Fatu like to use the numbers and sneak attack. And that’s why he sneak attacked Tama Tonga. Up next is Solo, which means at WrestleMania, it’s just him and Jacob Fatu.
He says Jacob destroyed everything that is in front of him but LA Knight is a two time United States Champion. He tells Fatu that Fatu has never seen anything like LA Knight. He tells Fatu that some day, some where, chances are that Fatu will be Champion but right now, he is talking about guarantees. And a guarantee is that tonight Solo will eat one and at WrestleMania, Fatu will eat a BFT with everyone saying “LA Knight, yeah”.
LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa
Out comes Solo Sikoa for the match. LA Knight gets out of the ring and they begin fighting. Solo throws LA Knight into the ring steps.
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Back from commercial, Solo slams LA Knight into the ring post and into the ring. Solo goes for the cover but LA Knight kicks out. Solo grabs LA Knight but LA Knight reverses it into a neck breaker. LA Knight throws Solo to the ropes but Solo with a knee takes LA Knight down. Solo with headbutts and he goes for a sit down bonzai but LA Knight gets his knees up. LA Knight with right hands followed by a clothesline. A DDT by LA Knight and he climbs the second rope but Jacob Fatu trips him up and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: By disqualification, LA Knight
Braun Strowman’s music hits and out comes Braun to the ring. He lands a cross body onto both Solo and Fatu. LA Knight clothesline’s Fatu over the top rope and to the outside.
Out comes Nick Aldis who makes a tag team match.
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LA Knight and Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa
Back from commercial and the match is already under way. Strowman is tagged in and he hits Fatu with the Strowman express on the outside of the ring. He throws Fatu back into the ring and Fatu with a super kick,. Fatu to the ropes and he lands a clothesline followed by a DDT. He goes for the cover but Braun kicks out. Solo is tagged in and he hits Braun with a headbutt. Fatu is tagged back in and he kicks Braun in the face. Fatu with a head lock but Braun with a side slam. LA Knight is tagged in and as is Solo. LA Knight with a clothesline followed by a Russian leg sweep. LA Knight pushes Fatu off the ring apron. LA Knight with a powerslam onto Solo followed by a leaping elbow drop. He goes for the cover but Fatu breaks it up. In comes Strowman who pushes Fatu to the outside of the ring. Braun goes for the Strowman express but Fatu throws him over the announce table. LA Knight with a baseball slide onto Fatu. LA Knight back in the ring and Solo goes for the Samoan Spike, LA Knight ducks and he hits Solo with the BFT. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: LA Knight and Braun Strowman
A clip of Wade Barrett interviewing Tiffany Stratton airs. He asks her about their interview from a few weeks ago. She tells him that over the last few weeks, she felt bullied and taken advantage of. A few weeks ago, during their split screen sit down interview, she had a moment of insane discouragement, like she was not made for this or cut out for it. But she turned that feeling into motivation. She went back to the drawing board, did her research and that next time she was going to gfo face to face with Flair, she would have a plan. She got the kill shoto n Flair. She says Flair has to respect her now.
Wade asks her what will happen if Tiffy Time ends at WrestleMania 41. She tells him that won’t happen. This will be one of her hardest matches but she will channel that discouragement and turn it into motivation. She says she felt taken advantage of and at WrestleMania, not only will she walk in as Champion but she will walk out as Champion.
Rey Mysterio, Rey Fenix and Dragon Lee vs. American Made
The bell rings and we are under way. Fenix and Brutus start the match. Fenix with a hurricanrana and he goes for the cover but Brutus kicks out. He throws Brutus in the corner and Dragon Lee is tagged in. Dragon Lee with double kicks to the face. He grabs Brutus but Brutus throws Fenix into the corner. Julius is tagged in and Dragon Lee with a hurricanrana. Julius to the outside and Dragon Lee with a running senton over the top rope. He throws Julius back into the ring. Dragon Lee climbs the top rope and lands a cross body. He goes for the cover but Gable breaks it up. In comes Rey who chases Gable around the ring. The Creed Brothers grab Rey and stop him on the outside. Gable with a German suplex onto Dragon Lee. American Made all climb the top rope and land headbutts onto Dragon Lee.
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Back from commercial, American Made triple team Dragon Lee. Brutus goes for the cover but Fenix breaks it up. Brutus throws Fenix to the outside and Julius is tagged in. They place Dragon Lee on the top rope and go for a suplex but Dragon Lee trips them up and they are in a tree of woe. Gable climbs the second rope but Dragon Lee trips him up and he lands a double stomp onto American Made. Fenix is tagged in and he lands right hands onto Julius. Fenix to the ropes and he lands a spinning kick. He goes for the cover but Julius kicks out. He grabs Julius but Julius with a knee followed by an overhead belly to belly. He grabs Fenix but Fenix with a super kick. A springboard take down by Fenix onto Julius. In come Brutus and Gable but Fenix takes them both down. Fenix with the Goodbye Amigo onto Julius. Dragon Lee with Operation Dragon onto Julius. Fenix with the meteora. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee and Dragon Lee
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Back in the arena, we hear “Wrestling has more than one royal family” and out comes the Undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes.
He stands in the ring and the fans chant “Cody, Cody Rhodes”. As he is about to speak, John Cena’s music hits and out he comes to the ring. He places his “The Last Time is Now” towel on the ring apron and enters the ring. Fans chant “Let’s go Cena, Cena sucks”. Both men are in the ring and Cena tells him “Shut your mouth, kid”. He tells Cody this will be his 20th WrestleMania, his 12th title match at WrestleMania. He knows you can get lost in the noise, the voices. But there is one voice you should listen to and that is his. He tells Cody that Sunday is the last time he will ever compete in a WrestleMania ring. No one has ever had the courage to end their career like he has and there is nothing Cody could do to prepare to face someone who knows he is going to die.
What Cena is doing, people think is fake. They think he will come back because there is no such thing as a wrestling retirement, there is always one more match. But the reason why there isn’t a wrestling retirement is because every other wrestler is a scared, insecure loser. They need the people to care for them, to post about them, talk about them. Because when they walk away, they are alone by themselves with their pathetic lives. But he has love, joy and worth in his life, he doesn’t need the fans. The only reason he is there is to take the title away from Cody and everyone for ever.
Cena says he warned them and he warned Cody. Last year when Cody won it, everyone was raising Cody on their shoulders but when he had his moment alone with him, he told him “Every day you hold that, it gets heavier” and on Sunday, it will get too heavy for him to hold. He tells Cody that Cody will lose because he cares about the fans. Cena tells the fans they do not write history, winners do.
He came out because he wanted to share one more thing with him. When he won the Elimination Chamber, he knew it would be impossible to beat him at WrestleMania. And in one moment, he changed all of that. He changed that with what he said to The Rock. He said The Rock gave Cody a choice. Does he want to do what the fans think are right or does he want to win. But when he made his choice, Cena realized that Cody does not stand a chance. And all that was left for him to do was something Cody couldn’t do and that is to prove to the fans that they don’t matter. ll of this noise from them they will always make up truths they want to believe. And when Cody stops believe them, he will be able to accomplish everything he wants but Cody is too weak to understand that.
Cena tells Cody in order for Cody to beat him, he will have to choose. Will he do what the fans think is right or will he win? He tells Cody that he is scared, insecure and naïve. Cody wears the suit because he want to be somebody, he has a tattoo because he wants to be somebody. Cena tells him that he doesn’t need the tattoo or suit because on Sunday, he will make him somebody. He tells Cody that Cody had a chance and he will realize that he is not the captain or quarter back, he is a kid in a man’s world. And he does not have the balls of the last real champion.
Cody begins to talk and the fans boo. He tells Cena that the the crowd and how they feel about him but the fans boo. Cena tells him that this is who he fights for, this matters to him. Cody tells him that in London, Cena said he was talent. He knows a graveyard of talent who would disagree with his statement. But we are talking about WrestleMania. The fans continue to boo Cody. He points to the person who handed Cena the microphone. He asks Cena if he knows his name. He says this is a different WWE but since the GOAT hasn’t shown up since the Elimination Chamber, Cena called him a underwhelming. He calls Cena overrated and out of touch and out of time too. He says that Cena is paler than Sting at Starrcade 1997. And his comments about how Cody is an errand boy when the entire world saw him at the awards show naked, running errands. He tells Cena it’s 2025 and Cena still can’t wrestle.
The fans chant “You can’t wrestle” and Cena looks at the crowd. They chant “Cody, Cody Rhodes” and Cena calls them idiots. Cena tells him that to beat him on Sunday, he doesn’t have to wrestle. He hits Cody on the head, goes for the AA but Cody lands on his feet and he hits Cena with the Cross Rhodes. Cody raises the title with Cena down. Cody leaves the ring and lifts the title as SmackDown goes off the air.