WWE Smack-Down Report from 23rd May 2025

Tiffany Stratton, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair Segment

Stratton:

She talks about her past year from Money In The Bank to WWE Women’s Champion and goes to address the future Money In The Bank winner

Alexa Bliss interrupts

Bliss:

She introduces herself, insults Charlotte Flair, she threatens cashing in on Stratton.

Charlotte Flair interrupts

Flair:

She congratulates Stratton for beating her at WrestleMania, says when she wins Money In The Bank she will take back her title and her spotlight.

Stratton:

She questions Flair’s motive and references Flair saying cashing in is a cheap win. She says Bliss and Flair are vintage and she’s the upgrade.

Charlotte Flair vs Giulia vs Zelina Vega

Money In The Bank Qualifying Match

Vegas hits code red on Giulia into the cover but Flair breaks it up. Flair goes for a shoulder barge in the corner but Vega avoids it then goes for another code red but Flair counters with a big boot then locks in the figure eight, Giulia breaks it up with a double stomp off the top rope onto Flairs knee. Giulia then hits the northern lights bomb into the cover and gets the 1 2 3 for the win and will advance to the Money In The Bank ladder match.

Winner: Giulia

Chris Sabin w/Alex Shelley vs Tommaso Ciampa w/ Johnny Gargano

Sabin does a crossbody off the top rope onto Ciampa and Gargano after Gargano tried to interfere, he returns Ciampa to the ring and goes up top again, Ciampa stops him with a chop then goes for a superplex but Sabin counters and pushes him to the mat where he lands funny and seems to have hurt his knee, white referee checks on Ciampa, Candice Le Rae appears and hangs Sabin up on the top rope, Ciampa is fine and hits a running knee, makes the pin and picks up the victory.

Winner: Tommaso Ciampa

Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest Brawl

The Secret Hervice vs Michin and B-Fab

Michin does a hurricanrana to Fyre then a roundhouse kick into springboard reverse ddt on Niven, she goes for eat defeat on Fyre but Chelsea Green gets up on the apron but Zelina Vega knocks her off and takes out her, Niven chases Vega away and runs into a crossbody from Fab, Fyre rolls up Michin but only gets a 2 count. Fab makes a blind tag, Michin hits eat defeat on Fyre followed by a swinging neckbreaker from Fab into the cover and gets the 3 count for the win.

Winners: Michin and B-Fab

Jacob Fatu and JC Mateo w/Solo Sikoa vs Jimmy Uso and Rey Fenix

Fenix missile dropkicks Fatu out the ring then does a suicide dive but gets caught and backed into the side of the ring and thrown over the announce table, in the ring Jimmy superkicks Mateo, then does one to Fatu on the apron then spears Mateo, he goes for a uso splash but Solo and Fatu distract him giving Mateo enough time to recover and move out of the way, Jimmy rolls through and runs at Mateo, he gets caught and Mateo hits tour of the islands into the cover and picks up the win.

Winners: Jacob Fatu and JC Mateo

R-Truth Segment

He talks about how he doesn’t recognise John Cena anymore, he explains the problem is power, he compares Cena to Gollum and says Cena isn’t happy right now. He has to save Wrestling by saving Cena and he misses his hero.

Aleister Black vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs LA Knight

Money In The Bank Qualifier Match

Nakamura does a running knee strike to Knight then makes the cover but he gets hold of the rope to break up the pin. Nakamura then goes for Kinshasa but Black catches his leg they block strikes from eachother but then Nakamura connects with a spinning roundhouse kick to the back of the head, he throws Blsck into the post then does a belly to back suplex, he goes for the Kinshasa again but runs into a black mass, Knigbt runs in and throws Black out the ring, makes the pin on Nakamura and gets the 3 count to get the win and advance to the Money In The Bank Ladder Match

Winner: LA Knight

WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Frazer hits the phoenix splash on Dawkins and makes the cover but Ford breaks it up but runs into a golden ratio from Axiom. With all four men down, DIY run to ringside but then the Motorcity Machine Guns follow them and they brawl. Ford takes them all out with a suicide dive over the turnbuckle, Frazer goes for another phoenix splash but Dawkins moves out the way then drops Frazer with a spinebuster, he tags in Ford who’s about to do a frog splash when the light goes out. The Wyatt Sick6 return and go after everyone meaning the match is thrown out.

Match ends a No Contest

Street Profits Retain WWE Tag Championships

After the match they Wyatt Sick6 takes out everyone