WWE Smackdown 4/11/2025

WWE Smackdown 4/11/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/wwe-smackdown-442025.html

We are in Seattle, WA.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Nick Aldis comes in the ring to talk. He brings out Randy Orton. Randy says Nick took last week personally when Randy RKO'd him. He said he paid double last year when he got fined in case something like that happened again and said now they are even.

Randy says he needs a match for Mania and suggests Nick should gear up if needed. Nick says he doesn't need his money but his respect. Randy says Nick has his respect but says he can't promise he will apologize to his wife for what he will do if he doesn't get his match.

Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga come out. Solo tells Nick to tell Randy to get out. Solo says no one wants to hear Randy cry about Mania. He says Mania is over for him because he's in the past. He says LA Knight will end up in the same boat as him next week. He says Orton will sit alone when Fatu takes care of him and LA.

Orton tries to start a fight with them. They surround him. Orton gets 2v1'd. LA Knight comes out to help him as expected. Orton and LA fend off the heels. LA says he took his name out of Tama's mouth and put his fist in it. LA says he and Orton didn't get enough and challenges them for a match tonight. Aldis agrees. 

Thoughts: It was a stupid and predictable segment with these four. Why is Orton asking for favors when he RKO'd the GM last week? And why hasn't Aldis suspended him for that?

Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez are at ringside.

#1 Contender's to the Women's Tag Titles Gauntlet

Leg 1 - Lyra Valkyria and Bayley vs Pure Fusion Collective (Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler)

Bay triesto take down SB but SB is on top of her. SB tries to stomp Bay's arm into the mat. Zoey shoulders Bay over. Bay armdrags her. Zoey lariats her over. Bay wraps SB's arm around the middle rope and Lyra boors it.

Lyra legsweeps SB then northern lights suplexes her. Zoey springboard dropkicks Lyra for 2. Lyra takes a german then a bad twisting blockbuster off the top from Zoey. Lyra jack knife pins SB out of nowhere.

Leg 2 - Lyra Valkyria and Bayley vs Natalya and Maxxine Duprii

We go to break and join this in progress. Nat hits shots on Lyra. Nat spinning lariats Bay. Max top rope crossbodies Bay. Max spinning high kicks her. Max release fisherman suplexes her.

Max hits both opponents in the corner then does the caterpillar elbow onto both. Max goes for a sharpshooter and Max is rolled up and pinned. Nat is shocked.

Leg 3 - Lyra Valkyria and Bayley vs Katana Chance and Kayden Carter

Carter headscissors Bay to start. Bay is dropkicked into a roll-up. Chance codebreakers Bay then is flipped onto her knees. Bay diving elbow drops Carter off the buckles for 2. Carter running facekicks Bay then Bay then is hit with a keg stand for 2.

Carter tornillo topes Bay outside. Lyra cradle shocks Chance and pins her. 

Leg 4 - Lyra Valkyria and Bayley vs Michin and B-Fab

We go to break and return. Fab gets a pin attempt on Lyra. Lyra enzugiri's Mich. Bay gets un and hits forearms on Mich. Mich spin kicks and pele kicks Bay. Mich tornado ddt's Bay.

Fab does a neckbreaker into a facebuster. Mich topes Lyra. Bay hits a roseplant on Fab and pins her.

Leg 5 - Lyra Valkyria and Bayley vs Piper Niven and Alba Fyre

Alba takes forearms from Bay. Alba superkicks her. Bay is knocked out of the ring by Alba. Bay is then sent into the rail. Alba stomps on Bay's leg. Piper sentons Bay for 2.

We go to break and return. Piper slams Bay then slams Alba onto Bay for 2. Bay hits a double ddt off a double suplex attempt. Lyra gets in and top rope crossbodies Piper. She hits strikes on her then tornado ddt's her. Piper suplexes Lyra.

Lyra powerbombs Piper while she's on the buckles. Bay top rope elbow drops Piper. Piper black hole slams Bay. Bay is held by Piper and Alba top rope swantons Bay. The four trade shots. Bay belly to belly suplexes Alba. Piper headbutts Lyra. 

Piper takes a painful looking sunset bomb from the apron to the floor. Alba superkicks Bay for 2. Bay hits a rose plant on Alba then Lyra top rope guillotine legdrops Alba on the back of the neck and pins her.

Thoughts: It was kind of obvious Bay and Lyra were winning this from the start as Bay was not missing out on Mania. The final match just confirmed it. The last leg got good but it was a bunch of shorter and average matches.

Damian Priest comes out and Drew McIntyre hits him from behind. Drew bangs DP's head off the LED's and security breaks it up.

Drew gets in the ring and asks if we are seeing clearly now. Drew says he only tells the truth and says every action is justified, including dropping him. Drew says his match with DP is a match to remember forever. He says he will give DP the beating of a lifetime at Mania. Drew takes off his eye patch and says he's 100% cleared, so DP is 100% screwed.

DP comes back out and goes after Drew. DP rebound lariats him and flying back elbows him. DP lariats him over the top and bangs Drew's head off the steps. Drew puts his fingers in DP's eyes and hits him with the steps. Drew hits a future shock ddt on the steps.

DIY is watching last week's match in the back and says they were screwed. They tell Pretty Deadly it's a conspiracy and they are no one's puppet. Pretty Deadly say they are out of their minds and have gone crazy. The Motor City Machine Guns call DIY crazy and says they face The Street Profits next week. Alex says it's not conspiracy but Karma.

We get a video on Rey Fenix.

Rey Fenix vs Berto

Berto side headlocks him. Rey rolls him up then crucifixes him. Berto flips him with a lariat. Rey hits kicks and Berto enzugiri's him. Berto boots him in the corner. Rey is knocked off the buckles onto the apron. Berto then corkscrew dives him over the top.

We go to PiP break and return. Berto misses a corner attack. Rey double springboard dropkicks him. Rey hits chops. Rey then walks up the buckles and corkscrew topes him. Rey double springboard stomps Berto's back. Rey then tornillos out. Rey rolls into a splash for 2.

Rey is sat on the top rope and Berto springboard kicks him for 2. Berto sitout powerbombs him for 2. Rey hurricanrana's him off the top. Berto hits another sitout powerbomb for 2. Rey gets his feet up on Berto's top rope moonsault. Rey rope walk kicks Berto then springboard spin kicks him. Rey hits a mexican muscle buster and wins.

Thoughts: It was all flying as expected. They didn't overdo it though on the big moves at least and it was an okay match. 

Santos checks on Berto after then helps up Rey. Santos tells Berto to shake his hand but Berto doesn't. Santos then shakes Rey's hand.

Byron interviews Roxanne Perez. She says she wants to compete for the women's title at Mania since Tiff can't handle the pressure. Tiffany Stratton comes in and says Perez can learn from her. They argue and Nick Aldis comes in. Tiff accepts a match with her for tonight. Nick says he will think about it and tells Tiff to cool off.

Chelsea Green is begging for Alba and Piper to get out of the trainer's room. Zelina Vega mocks Green and says she will have to do it on her own and we will have to see what kind of champ she is.

Zelina Vega vs Chelsea Green

Green throws her skirt at Vega and boots her. Green bangs Vega's head off the mat. Vega rolls her up for 2. Green dropkicks her. Green sends her into the rail. Vega's face is dropped hard onto the commentary table. The match then gets stopped as Vega wins by countout.

Legado del Fantasma talk in the back. Santos tells Angel that's what they need in LdF. Santos says he's disappointed in Berto. He tells Angel that they will go and congratulate Rey Fenix.

Andrade tells Berto good match in the back. He says Rey is a great wrestler but so is Berto. He tells Berto to be proud. Berto tells him to mind his own business. 

Naomi calls Jade Cargill a leach and a snake. She said if she hadn't pushed Jade onto the car, it would have been her eventually. She said her and Bianca grew a stronger friendship but now Bianca won't look at her. She says she's doing what's best for her and will get hers. He tells her to proceed with caution.

Jade says Naomi thought she could duck and dodge but time has run out. Jade says Naomi tried to take her out due to insecurities. She says when stares start to fade, they steal the shine from others. She says the glow is fading and Naomi is trying to stay relevant in any way. She says a storm is coming.

They put all the version of the WWE Title in the ring. Cody comes out. He says the crowd has always been good to him. He says the title says he is the best wrestler in the world. He says Mania isn't just a match but it's about the next 20 champs. He says one man is trying to take it away and that's John Cena.

Cody says Cena didn't make Seattle part of his farewell tour. Cody says so what to Cena calling him a fan. Cody says he wears it because he wants to be somebody. He brings up the holders of the various world title variations there. He says he's the champ and Cena is not. He says Cena teaches and preaches but says the fans are allowed to love somebody else.

Cody says he has to halt history by blocking Cena's 17th title reign. He says he does his best work when backed into a corner and doesn't flinch but wrestles. He says he will let Cena say goodbye when he beats him. He says Cena knew his time was up and that's why he did what he did. He says his title is timeless and stays with us.

Byron interviews The Street Profits. Ford says The Guns said they don't care about the gold and reality shows but they can't care about things they don't have. Dawkins says they run this division. Melo Don't Miz come in. Miz says it's a slap in the face that the tag titles aren't on Mania. Miz says it's time to put them on notice and get the tag titles back. Miz says they are awes-him and Melo says they want the smoke.

Tiffany Stratton vs Roxanne Perez

They push each other. Tiff side headlocks her then shoulders her over. Tiff cartwheels over her, bridges out of a lariat then RP spinning headscissors her into a pin attempt. RP side headlocks her. RP throws Tiff backwards.

RP cartwheels over her and slaps her. Tiff slaps her back. Tiff throws her down backwards then armbars her. Tiff suplexes her.

RP eye rakes her then throws her into the post shoulder first. RP stomps Tiff's hand. We go to PiP break and return. Tiff hits lariats then does a handspring backflip back elbow. Tiff spinebusters her for 2. RP armdrags her andis rolled up for 2. Tiff pop-up spinebusters her for 2.

RP tries a double jump asai moonsault but Tiff gets her knees up. RP 2nd rope russian legsweeps her. RP hits Satomura's cartwheel kneedrop. Tiff cartwheels on her and they trade pin attempts. RP la mistica drops her into a crossface.

Tiff finlay rolls her and double jump moonsaults her to win.

Thoughts: RP worked on the arm early and somewhat followed up on it after. It was athletic and better than the usual offerings but it needed more time.

Charlotte Flair beats Tiff up after, sending her into the rail and post. She then throws her over the commentary table.

LA Knight and Randy Orton vs The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga)

Tama stomps and pounds on LA to start. Solo lariats LA then pounds on him. LA fights out of the corner. Solo is thrown out. Orton hits punches on Solo then he powerslams him and Tama. Orton bridging ddt's Solo.

Solo samoan drops Orton. Tama dropkicks LA off the apron. We go to PiP break and return. Solo hits Orton then chinlocks him. Orton backdrops Solo. LA gets in and hits shots on Tama. He then russian legsweeps him.

LA stomps on Tama in the corner. LA running knees him there. LA neckbreakers Solo. LA slams Tama. LA elbow drops Tama for 2. Solo samoan spikes LA. Orton euros Solo out then RKO's Tama. Orton throws Solo over the rail. Orton and Solo fight in the crowd.

LA hits a BFT on Tama and wins.

Thoughts: It was a nothing match. It was totally by the numbers and they took it very easy here. This was very weak.

Jacob Fatu comes in and superkicks LA after. He then sentons him and hits headbutts. Fatu corner hip attacks him. Fatu double jump moonsaults LA. Fatu then holds up the US Title and double jump moonsaults LA again.

Overall thoughts: It was a weak episode of SD. There were tons of packages. The gauntlet got some time but not enough time. Tiff/Perez was okay and the main was far from anyone's best work. Most of the stars weren't on this one either. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 just for the total lack of effort to make this into a good one. You could totally miss this and miss nothing.