WWE SmackDown Results
June 20, 2025
Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Commentary: Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore
Results by Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
WWE SmackDown kicks off with views outside of the arena. We see Randy Orton and Sami Zayn walking into the arena. We cut to Alexa Bliss backstage and to Asuka in the arena parking lot. Solo Sikoa and JC Mateo are walking into the arena and Ron “R-Truth” Killings is walking with his luggage.
Live in the arena, LA Knight’s music hits and he walks down to the ring to a loud ovation from the crowd.
We see clips of last Monday’s Raw where LA Knight pushed Bronson Reed off the top rope in the main event with Jey Uso pinning him. A loud “LA Knight” chant from the crowd and he tells them “Let me talk to ya”. LA Knight talks about Money in the Bank where Seth’s boys came out and screwed him. He says he usually lets things slide but he couldn’t let that slide, he had to screw one of Seth’s boys out of King of the Ring. But they also screwed him out of King of the Ring and he screwed the other one out of King of the Ring.
He says it got him thinking, there is only one way this can go. Raw, SmackDown, where it ends, nobody knows except him. He says he knows where it ends and it ends with him and Seth Rollins. What better place than here, what better time than now. LA Knight calls Seth Rollins out to the ring.
We hear “Ladies and gentlemen” and out comes Paul Heyman who introduces himself. He says he serves as the wiseman for Mr. Money in the Bank, Seth “Freakin'” Rollins. The fans boo and Heyman tells them they don’t boo that name.
LA Knight asks him why he is out there tonight and Heyman asks him if he can get in the ring. The fans chant “OTC” and LA Knight tells him to get in the ring. Heyman says LA Knight is right, there has been a lot of bad blood between himself and Rollins. A loud “CM Punk” chant from the crowd, LA Knight tells Heyman he has a lot of enemies. Heyman tells him that he happens to be, with all due respect to everyone, he is the biggest LA Knight fan in all of WWE and he has been waiting a long time to say this. Heyman yells out “Yeah” and because of that, Rollins has allowed him to tell LA Knight that it’s time for LA Knight to get the hell out of Michigan. The fans boo and Heyman says if he doesn’t, something really bad is going to happen to him before the end of this night. Heyman tells him to have a nice evening and backs away.
The fans chant “LA Knight” and LA Knight tells Heyman that he has to wrap his head around it. He heard Heyman say that he is a big fan of his before because Heyman is a liar, he leeches on to any talent that has a bit of talent and buzz. Seth is the latest in those names. He asked for Seth and he got a Heyman that is talking pretty tough. It got him thinking about wiseman and wisdome. But there was a time where he would have punched his wisdom teeth down his throat but he won’t do that. LA Knight says if he can’t bring him Seth Rollins, the only thing that can happen is LA Knight and Paul Heyman right here, right now. He asks the fans if they want to see that right now and the fans cheer.
LA Knight says he will turn his back, take his stuff off and let Heyman get his first shot. LA Knight turns his back and Heyman leaves the ring. Heyman tells LA Knight that the bad thing to happen to him tonight was not a prediction, that was a spoiler. Heyman throws the microphone and out come Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker.
They both get in the ring and LA Knight starts to fight them off but Bron takes LA Knight down. They throw him to the outside of the ring but LA Knight grabs a chair and hits them both with it. LA Knight gets in the ring as Heyman stops them.
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Back from commercial, Paul Heyman is with Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker. He says they have it under control and it is all under control. In comes Byron Saxton and Breakker is about to attack him but Heyman stops him. Byron tells them that he got word from Nick Aldis that tonight, Bronson Reed will go one on one against LA Knight. Heyman thanks him and Byron leaves as Heyman tells Reed that patience is not a virtue, it’s a strategy.
Queen of the Ring match: Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka
The bell rings and we are under way. A headlock by Bliss but Asuka throws her to the ropes and both women with shoulder tackles. Asuka with right hands and she goes for a kick but Bliss catches her and trips her. Bliss with a dropkick and both women are back to their feet. Asuka with a running shoulder tackle and Bliss gets on the ring apron. Asuka with a running hip attack knocks Bliss down.
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Back from commercial, Alexa with right hands and a knee to the face. She goes for the cover but Asuka kicks out. She grabs Asuka but Asuka with forearms and kicks followed by a German suplex. She lands a running knee to the face and goes for the cover but Bliss kicks out. She goes for a kick but Bliss ducks and rolls her up but Asuka kicks out. She goes for Sister Abigail but Asuka rolls her up and Bliss kicks out. Asuka with a kick to the side of the head but Bliss kicks out. Asuka climbs the top rope and goes for a drop kick but Bliss moves out of the way. Bliss with a DDT and she goes for the cover but Asuka kicks out. Bliss climbs the top rope and goes for Twisted Bliss but Bliss jumps down. She tells Asuka not to move and Asuka but Asuka with an arm bar. Bliss rolls Asuka up but Asuka kicks out. Asuka with a hang man’s neck breaker. She goes for the cover but Bliss kicks out. Bliss runs to the ropes but Bliss with a right hand. Bliss places her in a tree of woe in the corner and lands a drop kick. Bliss climbs the top rope and she goes for Twisted Bliss but Asuka gets her knees up! Asuka hits her with the Empress Impact. She goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Asuka
B-Fab is backstage with Jade Cargill and Michin. B-Fab tells them that Asuka is back and made a statement. Michin tells her they should talk to Aldis about making an impact for the Women’s Tag Team titles. In comes Byron who asks Jade about her match against Roxanne Perez. She tells him that Roxanne has potential, she is quick and scrappy. But she is still trying to prove herself and this is not a training room. Jade says she is the storm, this tournament was not built for the future. She says she is not walking in just to win, she is walking in to reign.
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Back from commercial, the Secret Hervice is with Alexa Bliss. Chelsea Green tells her she should have been in that tournament. In comes Charlotte Flair who tells Chelsea that she should be in the Queen of the Ring tournament and had it not been for Chelsea’s replacement, she would be in it. Green leaves the screen as Bliss tells Flair she didn’t need her help and Flair tells her she wasn’t going to help her.
R-Truth, Kit Wilson and Aleister Black
Kit Wilson is in the ring for his match with Aleister Black. As Black is coming down to the ring, R-Truth attacks Wilson from behind. He gets him in the STF and grabs a microphone. He says “Get John Cena out here now”, he says he is driving on his terms. R-Truth gets Wilson in the STF once more and out come WWE officials to break it up. Jamie Noble stops R-Truth and talks to him to calm him down. R-Truth and Noble leave the ring and walk towards the back.
We see clips of Gunther winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Jey Uso. Highlights of this past week’s Raw airs and we see the return of Goldberg.
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Back from commercial, Noble is with R-Truth and R-Truth tells him he wants Cena. In comes Aleister Black who asks R-Truth why he is getting involved in his matches. Truth tells him it’s nothing personal, it had nothing to do with him. Both men are face to face and in comes Damian Priest who tells Black that Truth is going through a lot and to let him talk to him.
Black leaves and Priest tells him he gets it, he used to do that but Truth was the guy that used to make him smile. He tells him to use that anger and negativity and to focus it on his match with John Cena. And after that, they can go out and celebrate. Truth tells him that sounds good and shakes his hand.
Live in the arena, we hear “Wrestling has more than one royal family” and out comes Cody Rhodes to the ring. A loud reaction for him and as he is about to speak, we hear Jey Uso’s song and he walks down to the ring through the fans. The fans “Yeet” as Jey’s music stops. The fans chant “one more time” and Jey’s song plays again and they all yeet.
Jey’s song is cut off and Jey tells Cody that they are in the trenches, they have both been to the mountain top. He tells Cody that this Monday, there is only room for one of them. Cody against Jey, he knows Cody will bring it. It is not personal, it is business but with that being said, on Monday night after they go to war, it’s going to be four letters one word, yeet.
Cody and Jey hug as Sami Zayn’s music hits and out he comes. Zayn says this is nice, he gets to share the ring with two friends, with two of the very best this business has to offer. He would be lying if he said there was a part of him that said he was not aware that out of the three of them, only one has not won the World Championship. He tells Jey that this year, he had to miss WrestleMania, he got his ass on a plane for one reason and that was to congratulate Jey when he won the title. He tells Jey that he loves him and is proud of him.
Zayn tells Cody that for years, they waited for him to finish his story and when he did, he was the first one to run through the ropes and congratulate him. He tells them both that he hopes they understand that now, he has to finish his story.
Randy Orton’s music hits and out he comes to the ring. Orton tells Cody that there is no line that he won’t cross, even if it means going through him to face John Cena at SummerSlam. Orton tells Jey that he respects him. Their families go way back, nothing but love. But if Jey is standing in front of him, it will be three letters and one move. Orton says he can speak for himself, Cody, Jey and everyone in the arena when he says that one day soon, Sami Zayn will be World Champion. But SummerSlam is not that day because tonight, he will be on the receiving end of the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment.
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King of the Ring match: Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn
King of the Ring match: Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn
The bell rings and we are under way. Zayn with chops onto Orton in the corner but Orton moves out of the way and leaves the ring. Orton gets back in the ring and pushes Zayn in the corner. With the referee breaking it up, Orton with a poke to the eyes and the referee doesn’t see it. Right hands by Orton and Zayn with a poke to the eyes and he throws Orton to the outside of the ring. Zayn on the ring apron but Orton trips him up and he grabs Zayn, slamming him onto the announce table. The fans chant “One more time” and Orton lifts Zayn up and slams him once more onto the table.
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Back from commercial, Zayn with a clothesline. He climbs the second rope and lands a double axe. He goes for the Blue Thunder Bomb but Orton lands on his feet and he lands a clothesline. Zayn to the ropes and Orton with a snap powerslam. Zayn on the ring apron and Orton drags him onto the second rope and lands the draping DDT. Orton about to go for the RKO but Zayn rolls out of the ring. Orton to the outside and he slams Zayn’s face onto the announce table. He goes to slam Zayn on the announce table but Zayn lands on his feet and he slams Orton onto the table. Zayn throws Orton back into the ring and Orton goes for a spear in the corner but Zayn moves out of the way. Orton hits the ring post, Zayn goes for the Helluva Kick but Orton with a snap powerslam. He goes for the cover but Zayn kicks out. Orton goes for the RKO but Zayn ducks and lands the Blue Thonder Bomb. He goes for the cover but Orton kicks out. Zayn climbs the top rope and jumps, Orton moves, Zayn lands on his feet, Orton goes for the RKO, Zayn slams him onto the mat. Zayn goes for the Helluva Kick but Orton hits him with the RKO! He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Randy Orton
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Back from commercial, Nia Jax makes her way down to the ring. She says it’s crazy that Tiffany Stratton approached her to be under her wing because she knew what she could do for her. And she’s thriving. But the thanks she got was she got betrayed, she has her title.
Tiffany Stratton’s music hits and out she comes. She tells Nia that she is like a toxic ex she can’t get away from. She tells her to get over it and she keeps making excuses. Tiffany says Nia should admit she is better than her. Nia tells her that if Tiffany is so much better than her, why doesn’t she give her a rematch. Tiffany says she just made it official, next week, it’s her against Nia. And she will have a lot of fun adding more scars to her head and this is a Last Woman Standing match.
Nia goes for a right hand but Tiffany ducks. Tiffany to the ropes but Nia with a spinebuster followed by a leg drop. Nia raises the title belt in the air with the fans booing her.
Naomi’s music hits and out she runs with a referee. She is about to cash in but Nia pulls her under the ring. Naomi gets back on the ring apron and Nia drags her back down. Naomi yells at her and gets back on the ring apron. Tiffany dropkicks Naomi and Naomi falls onto Nia on the outside of the ring. Tiffany raises her title in the air with her music playing.
A video package displaying the differences between John Cena and CM Punk airs.
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Charlotte Flair vs. Chelsea Green
The bell rings and we are under way. Chelsea attacks Flair and slams her face first onto the mat. She grabs Flair but Flair with chops to the chest. Flair gets on the top rope and she lands a cross body. She goes for the cover but Chelsea kicks out. A kick to the side of the head and the referee checks up on Chelsea, Fyre gets on the ring apron and hangs Flair up on the top rope. Chelsea slams Flair onto the mat. She goes for the cover but Flair kicks out.
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Back from commercial, Flair with chops to the chest followed by a fall away slam. Flair goes for the Figure Four but Fyre gets on the ring apron and Flair with a big boot takes her down. Flair turns round and Chelsea with a leg lariat. She goes for the cover but Flair kicks out. Chelsea takes off the protective mask and she goes for the Unpretty Her but Flair pushes her to the ropes and lands a spear! She goes for the cover but Chelsea kicks out. Flair goes for the Figure Four but Chelsea rolls her up but Flair kicks out. Flair gets to her feet and gets her in the Figure Eight! Chelsea taps out and the referee rings the bell.
Winner: Charlotte Flair
Piper Niven with a senton onto Flair but out comes Alexa Bliss. Flair and Bliss attack Secret Hervice and both of them stand in the ring. Flair walks passed Bliss and Bliss looks angry as Flair’s music hits and she leaves the ring.
We cut backstage and JC Mateo is taping up his hand. Solo asks him what he is doing and JC tells him he wants to take out Jacob. Solo tells him no he won’t, he will talk to him. He says Fatu needs him but he tells JC Mateo to be ready.
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Back from commercial, Solo’s music hits and out he comes to the ring. He tells Jacob Fatu that he is in the ring with open arms and he wants to talk to him face to face. Out comes Jacob Fatu and both men are in the ring. Solo tells him he didn’t come out to fight him, he wants to make it very clear that he loves him. One thing he learned about being Tribal Chief was how to love and take care of your family. He says that is all he is trying to do. Families fight all the time, they fight, they argue, they forgive and they move forward. He tells Fatu to move forward together as one.
Solo tells him that no one saw the potential in Fatu except for him. No one wanted him there except him. That is why he brought him there, gave him the opportunity to change his life and to put food on the table for his family. He tells Fatu that he did that because he loves him. And to be honest, he doesn’t have anybody else, all he has is him. Solo tells him he is all he needs. He tells Fatu to come back to the family and even if Fatu doesn’t say the four words, he will. Solo tells Fatu that he loves him.
Fatu says that Solo loves him? This is what it comes down to, Solo loving him. He tells Solo that the way he sees things, Solo has been using him to gain power, to fight his battles and using him so that he can stay Tribal Chief. He brought him in so he can bring him fame and gold. Fatu tells Solo to look at him when he is speaking to him.
The fans chant “Fatu” and both men are face to face. Fatu tells him that ever since he won the U.S title, Solo is the one that has been acting different. And maybe Fatu is not the problem, he says the problem is the United States title. Fatu places the title between himself and Solo on the mat. And if that’s the reason, he tells Solo to fight him for it. He tells Solo that he is only going to warn him one time. If he ever thinks of going his way, Solo knows what Fatu is all about. And Solo knows that Jacob Fatu is all gas and no brakes. Solo is about to go for a Solo Spike but Fatu blocks him and hits him with a headbutt. Out comes JC Mateo but Fatu with a headbutt. Solo with a chop to the knee and both men double team him in the corner.
Jimmy’s music hits and out he comes to the ring. Jimmy with a super kick onto both JC Mateo and Solo. He turns around but JC Mateo with a clothesline. Fatu gets to his feet and he takes out both JC Mateo and Solo. He lands a running hip attack onto Solo in the corner. Fatu looks at Jimmy and they both look at Solo. Jacob climbs the second rope but Solo rolls to the outside of the ring as Fatu’s music hits.
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LA Knight vs. Bronson Reed with Bron Breakker and Paul Heyman
Bronson Reed is in the ring and LA Knight’s music hits. LA Knight attacks Bron Breakker from behind who is at ringside. He gets in the ring and throws Reed to the outside. Reed gets in the ring and the referee calls for the bell. Right hands by LA Knight and he gets Reed in the corner, stomping on him. A kick to the face by LA Knight and he grabs Reed but Reed throws him onto the ring apron. LA Knight jumps over the top rope, Reed catches him, LA Knight lands on his feet and goes for a jumping neck breaker but Reed holds onto the ropes. He goes for a senton but LA Knight moves out of the way. LA Knight about to go for an elbow but Reed rolls to the outside of the ring. LA Knight with a baseball slide. He jumps off the second rope and lands a cross body.
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Back from commercial, LA Knight with a leaping elbow drop. He goes for the cover but Reed kicks out. LA Knight goes for BFT but Reed with a headbutt followed by a jagged edge. He goes for the cover but LA Knight kicks out. He lifts LA Knight up but LA Knight reverses it into a DDT. Breakker gets on the ring apron, LA Knight knocks him down. Reed thrown to the outside of the ring. LA Knight runs to the ropes but Breakker gets in the ring and hits him with a spear as the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: By disqualification, LA Knight
Reed holds LA Knight up and Breakker runs to the ropes and hits him with a spear. Breakker holds LA Knight down and Reed with a Tsunami! Reed climbs the top rope once more and lands another Tsunami. Reed once more climbs the top rope as WWE officials get in the ring but Breakker pushes them away and Reed with another Tsunami. Reed, Breakker and Heyman all head to the back.
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Jacob Fatu is backstage and he says he just spoke to the man and next Saturday at Night of Champions, it’s him against Solo for the U.S Title match. Fatu says he is going to dog walk his ass.
John Cena vs. R-Truth
Before the commercial break, R-Truth comes down to the ring. Back from commercial, Cena’s music hits and out he comes to the ring. Cena asks for his music to be cut and Mark Nash announces him as he does every week.
The bell rings and we are under way. R-Truth with a take down followed by right hands but Cena rolls to the outside of the ring. R-Truth with right hands and he slams Cena face first onto the announce table. He grabs Cena and slams him face first into the ring apron and Cena slides back into the ring. R-Truth slams him back first into the turnbuckle and Cena drops to the mat.
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Back from commercial, John Cena with the five knuckle shuffle. He goes for the AA but R-Truth lands on his feet. R-Truth with right hands followed by a splash in the corner and Cena rolls to the outside of the ring. Cena grabs his title and begins to walk away but R-Truth chases after him. Right hands by R-Truth and Cena hits him with the title and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: By disqualification, R-Truth
CM Punk’s music hits and out he runs and Cena gets in the ring. Punk gets in the ring and Cena with right hands and kicks. Punk gets up and hits him with right hands. Punk grabs the world title and he goes to hit Cena with it but Cena with a kick and a low blow.
Cena grabs the title and he hits Punk with it in the face. Cena goes to the outside of the ring and pulls a table from under the ring. He slides the table into the ring and sets it up. Punk gets up and Cena hits him with the title once more. Cena gets Punk up on his shoulders and hits him with an Attitude Adjustment through the table! Cena goes to the outside of the ring and grabs a microphone. He gets back into the ring and begins to laugh. Cena sits on the top rope and he tells Punk that as he lays there in his most uncomfortable, he hopes he can listen, he can digest because before he leaves here in six months with the WWE Championship, he has to get a whole lot of stuff off his chest.
He says first things first, he doesn’t hate Punk. He doesn’t even dislike him, he likes him and he likes him more than anyone he has ever shared a locker room with. He hates this idea of Punk being the best in the world, he’s not. He is the greatest of all time. He says Punk is better than him at one thing, Punk is the best bullshitter in the world. Cena says oh no, Cena just dropped a curse word. He tells Sue to shoot this, he is breaking the fourth wall! He says the truth is that he is jealous of Punk, he is jealous that he conned these people of believing this myth that he is the best in the world.
Cena says they chant for Punk, they sing to him but they don’t believe a God damn word he says. Because Punk changes his values as much as Cena changes his t-shirts. Punk is an opportunist over the necks of people who break their necks. He says “Hi Claudio Castagnoli, Nic Nemeth, Matt Cardona”!
He says there is no one back there that will cut his mic to save his ass because he is his only friend. He asks Punk to remember who gave him the stage for his pipe bomb. He asks Punk what he has done since then, he just repeated the same five promo words of doom. He is no longer the voice of the voice less, he is a millionaire, despite himself. HE is not punk, he is a capitalist. He is not against TKO, he is Mr. TKO. He says they knocked his balls technically off his body. His tweets are strong, his actions are weak. And in Saudi Arabia he is going to face some loud music when he proves to the world that each and every day, day in, day out, no days off for 25 years, he has been the greatest of all time.
The fans chant “Cena” and he says the fans know. And they know that Punk was the best in the world for 7 minutes, 14 years ago. And if after Night of Champions, Punk is still delusional enough to believe that he is the best in the world, he guesses it’s a small world after all. Cena says “You’re welcome Grand Rapids” and the fans cheer. He tells him to bring his A-Game at Night of Champions because if the mood tonight is any indication, the mood is starting to change. Out comes a WWE official to check on CM Punk. Cena says it’s fine, he won’t do any more damage, Punk has a big title match. He says the best in the world against the greatest of all time for the most coveted prize in sports entertainment, the WWE Undisputed Championship. He says he knows you will sing and chant but even the idiots are smart enough to see the truth. The Champ is here. Cena raises his title and says “USA, you can keep the next 2 half minutes, I don’t need a bomb, Elvis has left the mother fudging building”. Cena thanks Punk for letting him steal his promo to make him look even more foolish.
Cena’s music hits and he climbs the second rope, raising the title in the air as fans cheer. Cena walks to the stage and blows a kiss as SmackDown goes off the air.
Quick Match results:
— Asuka def. Alexa Bliss
— Randy Orton def. Sami Zayn
— Charlotte Flair def. Chelsea Green
— LA Knight def. Bronson Reed
— R-Truth def. John Cena