WWE Smackdown 5/30/2025

WWE Smackdown 5/30/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/wwe-smackdown-5232025.html

We see clips from SNME.

We are in Knoxville, TN.

Bianca Belair comes out. They play Rocky Top. She says the city is her safe space. She said she has to heal and can't wait to come back.

Naomi comes out. BB tells her this is not the time. Naomi says she just wants to talk to her. She says she wants her forgiveness. She says BB has ignored her messages and she went to BB's parent's house. She said she went through BB's photo album and said she looked so happy. She said that reminded her of how it was when they were tag champs.

BB says they were friends until Naomi betrayed her trust. She says if she comes near her family again, what she did to Jade will be nothing compared to what she does to her. Naomi says it wouldn't be good for BB and her mom to be in a wheelchair. She says she'd hate for something bad to happen to her right here.

Jade Cargill comes out. She fights Naomi and boots her over. Jade and BB stare down. Naomi is sent out. Nia Jax then comes out.

Women's MITB Qualifier - Naomi vs Jade Cargill vs Nia Jax

We join this in progress. Naomi pounds on Jade then reverse curbstomps her. Naomi corner dropkicks Jade then split leg drops her off the bottom rope. Naomi piledrivers Nia on the apron over the middle rope.

Jade fallaway slams Naomi then black hole slams her for 2. Nia samoan drops Jade. Nia legdrops both opponents at once. Nia hits a 2nd rope legdrop on Naomi for 2. Naomi crucifix bombs Nia for 2.

We go to PiP break and return. Nia side slams Jade then Naomi split leg drops Jade for 2. Nia corner splashes Naomi then sentons her back. Nia corner splashes Naomi then Jade hits superkicks on Nia. Jade spinebusters Nia. Naomi meteora's Jade for 2.

Naomi split-legged moonsaults Nia. Jade hits a jade end on Naomi for 2. Nia 2nd rope double crossbodies her opponents for 2. Nia 2nd rope samoan drops Naomi for 2. Jade splashes Nia off the buckles for 2. Nia does a power of doom spot on both opponents then banzai drops Jade. Naomi crufixies Nia and pins her to win.

Thoughts: There were some clever spots but the work between the spots wasn't that great and the crowd was super dead for it at times. Naomi got absolutely crushed here by Nia twice. Naomi winning was the least likely outcome here.

The bloodline walk and talk. R-Truth is talking to Little Jimmy. Solo mocks him. Truth touches him and JC goes up to Truth. Truth says he has never seen JC before and asks if he's Solo's son. He asks if he can take Solo's son to the ring and teach him a lesson. Solo agrees. Fatu says they can have their fun but he wants to go handle his own business. 

The Secret Hervice complains to Nick Aldis. They are putting a picture of Greens' face over a stick to cover up her broke nose. She says SNME was a hitjob and says she demands Nick strips Zelina Vega of the title. Nick says she can talk about a rematch but needs to be medically cleared. Alba and Piper say if Nick won't go anything, they will. They then set up a tag match.

Byron Saxton interviews Tiffany Stratton. She says she can't win to see who wins MITB so she can be prepared. She says everyone has always been obsessed with her and says whoever cashes in on her will be making a big mistake. Naomi comes in and says she will win MITB and cash in. Naomi then says to ask Jade if she wants to know what happens when people get in her way. Alexa Bliss then comes in and says to worry about Alexa winning MITB. 

We get a video on the 4-way at World's Collide. 

R-Truth vs JC Mateo

JC rams Truth in the corner and hits corner spears. Truth is sent hard into the buckles. Truth flying shoulders JC three times. Truth goes fora blue thunder and JC falls on him. JC standing moonsaults him.

JC misses a senton then Truth hits the 5 knuckle shuffle. Truth goes for an AA and JC falls on him. JC tour of the islands slams him and wins.

Thoughts: It was a short squash as expected with Truth having no chance against JC.

Bloodline beat up Truth after. Jimmy Uso comes to save Truth with a chair. JC attacks Jey from behind. 

The Street Profits come out to talk. Ford says they are in the greatest tag division and says it's on fire. Ford says they will defend against anyone. Fraxiom come out. NF says they didn't get a fair shake last week. Ford says they had them beat until The Wyatt's got involved.

Ax says maybe they did or didn't. NF says they should run it back. The Motor City Machine Guns come out. Alex says they want a title match. DIY come out with Candice LaRae. LaRae says they all got a bunch of chances. Sabin tells her to shut up. Gargano tells Sabin to shut up.

Gargano says there's a conspiracy in the tag division to hold DIY down. Ciampa wants a moment of silence for the tag division. The Wyatt's then come out. They attack everyone. Joe hits a handspring double lariat. Joe powerbombs Dexter onto people. Nikki Cross dives onto LaRae. 

Legado del Fantasma (Beto and Angel) vs Rey Fenix and Je'Von Evans

Ethan Page is on commentary. I think this is Evans' main roster debut. Angel and Rey trade shots. Rey cartwheels over him then flying headscissors him. Rey ripcord knees him and thye headbutt each other.

Evans rolls up Berto. Berto clubs on Evans. Berto 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Evans for 2. Evans step up enzugiri's Berto then seated springboard headscissors him. Evans dropkicks him out then stunners Angel. Angel takes kicks and a double dropkick. Berto comes off the top and runs into a double superkick for 2.

Rey running boots Berto for 2. We go to PiP break and return. Evans is laid on the 2nd rope and Angel knees him in the gut. Evans takes a gori bomb + slingshot cutter for 2. Evans superkicks Berto. Rey and Angel fight. Rey springboard armdrags him and double stomps him. Rey enzugiri's Berto then jumps off of his back and headscissors Angel. Rey double jump moonsaults Angel for 2.

Rey spin kicks Berto in the face and takes a pop-up knee. Evans springboard lariats Angel then Berto springboard enzugiri's Evans. Evans and Angel trade chops on their knees then get up and trade. Evans takes a slingshot powerbomb for 2.

Berto is thrown off the 2nd rope to the outside. Rey ropewalk double stomps Angel. Evans top rope swantons everyone outside. Ethan Page holds his title up at Evans and says his focus shouldn't be on him. Page pushes Rey into Evans then throws Rey over the commentary table. Evans superkicks Page.

Berto rolls up Evans for 2 and Evans corkscrew kicks him off the ropes. Evans is pushed off the top by Page then Evans takes a double gorilla press pendulum drop and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was all high flying and it was an okay match. I didn't like Evans losing on his debut though or Rey taking yet another loss. Rey had a few slips here which was rare.

The Wyatt's take over the feed. Uncle Howdy talks but I can't undertand what he said.

Alba Fyre vs Zelina Vega

Alba bangs Vega's head off the buckles. Vega hits leg kicks on Alba. Alba goes for a side slam but is headscissored for 2. Alba shoulders her over. Vega armdrags Alba then hits corner punches. Alba rams her in the corner. Vega 2nd rope diving headscissors her.

Vega armdrags Alba into the 2nd rope. Green gets on the apron and distracts the ref. Piper trips Vega. Alba high kicks Vega. We go to break and return.

Alba gordbusters Vega for 2. Vega flying knees her. Vega hits forearms on her then hits running lariats. Vega germans her. Vega corner meteora's Alba. Vega 2nd rope meteora's her for 2. Vega cutters Alba off a suplex attempt. Bega misses a to prope moonsault. Alba top rope swantons Vega for 2.

Green tries to hit Vega with her mask but nails Piper instead. Vega hits a code red on Alba and wins.

Thoughts: It was average with lots of shenanigans near the end and work that wasn't super clean. Vega won as expected.

The Miz says if Carmelo Hayes follows the plan they will win. Miz says he keeps sacrificing himself for Melo and says he gave up his match for Melo. He says they will make sure "we" are Mr. Money in the Bank. Melo asks what he means. Melo says no one told him to take kicks from Black and says his talent brought him to the dance. He says he's him and needs Miz to let him be him.

Giulia does a video with subtitles. She says her goal isn't to be the best, it's to be indisputable. She says she's impossible to deny. She says she will hit harder, move faster and conquer everything like she has always done. She says the question is who will stop her.

Giulia and Zelina talk in the back. Giulia says she sees her but sees the title more.

Damian Priest comes out to talk. He has a black eye. He says him and Drew took their hate to the cage and went to war. DP says he put Drew in the past SNME. He tells Drew he still can't stand him but says he fought Drew the warrior. He says he's still coming for championships. He says this feud cost him his chance at MITB. He says he has his eyes on Jacob Fatu.

He says he respects Fatu but not the crew he follows around. He says if Fatu's crew gets involved, they can get hit too. He says he will always be el campeon. 

DP goes to leave and Jacob Fatu comes out. They stare down and Fatu walks past him.

Men's MITB Qualifier - Andrade vs Jacob Fatu vs Carmelo Hayes

Melo takes shots from both. Andrade top rope crossbodies Fatu for 2. Melo clubs on fatu. Melo springboards and is hit by Fatu. Miz grabs Fatu's foot. Melo superkicks Fatu out.

Andrade lariats Melo. He tries to tope Fatu and is hit. Miz is thrown into the rail. Fatu hip attacks Miz against the rail. We go to PiP break and return. Andrade flying foeearms Melo.

Andrade corner meteora's Fatu then Melo la mistica drops Andrade for 2. Andrade superkicks Fatu. Andrade 2nd rope flipping russian legsweeps Melo. Andrade does a top rope moonsault into a standing moonsault on Fatu for 2.

Fatu and Andrade trade on their knees. Melo hits a double springboard blind ddt on both opponents. Melo codebreakers Fatu. Andrade poisonrana's Fatu. Melo suplex lifts Andrade into a cutter for 2.

Andrade and Melo trade outside. Melo superkicks him then is superkicked by Fatu. Fatu misses a charge into the timekeeper's rail and goes through it alone.  We go to PiP break and return.

Melo and Andrade hit each other while down. Andrade does a top rope spanish fly and Fatu gets under Andrade and throws him. Fatu hits a top rope swanton on Melo for 2. Fatu is spinning back elbowed into a crucifix for 2. The Bloodline come out.

Melo springboard twisting lariats Andrade for 2. Fatu misses a double jump moonsault then Melo hits a top rope guillotine legdrop on Fatu's neck. Andrade and Melo trade pin attempts. Andrade spinning back elbows Melo twice. Fatu high angle ddt's Andrade.

Fatu corner hip attacks Melo then elevated ddt's Andrade. Fatu double jump moonsaults Andrade. Solo gets on the apron and tells him to do it again. JC agrees. Fatu is distracted. Jimmy Uso comes out and attacks Bloodline. Andrade hits the message on Melo and wins.

Thoughts: It was your usual 3-eay. There was lots of flying and cool moves here but not a lot of selling, so I didn't think it was a great as it looked. Andrade winning was a surprise and Melo loses yet again.

Fatu and JC argue after.

Byron interviews LA Knight. LA says everyone is punching their tickets for MITB. Aleister Black comes in. He says LA's win was partially his and he's welcome.

Fatu is knocking stuff over in the back and says he's tired of this as he rants. Solo says he as just trying to help. Fatu says he doesn't need his help. JC then walks in.

They run down the World's Collide card. 

Cody Rhodes comes out to talk. He says we can talk about Wrestlemania 41. He said he drained his sorrows and touched the Tennessee cough syrup. He said he had a doubtful moment and reached out to a friend. He says his friend told him he was a good champ. He talked about things he thought and brought up The Rock asking for his soul. He said he also thought about John Cena. We get pro and anti-Cena chants.

Cody says he doesn't know if Cena will ruin wrestling but says he is partially to blame. Cody says he won't hesitate with Cena again. Cody says how about a surprise since he's back on SD. The crowd chants "yeet" and Cody says that would be a big surprise. He says Jey is here and brings him out.

Jey comes out through the crowd like usual.

We go to break and return. Jey yeets more. John Cena then comes out. Cna calls Cody and Jey John Cena wannabe's. Cena says Cody is too desperate and Jey is too lazy. Cena says his partner for MITB is here as well and he brings out Logan Paul.

Cena says Logan does WWE better than any wrestler. He says Logan doesn't need to pay his dues as he's paying your mortgage. Cena says everyone came to see him and Logan. Logan says he could walk on water and the crowd would say he can't swim. He says Cena speaks the truth. Logan says the people don't know what's good for them. Logan says he should be standing next to the champ as a champ. He said he should have the title around his waist but Jey got lucky.

Logan calls them cheaters and said Cody interfered. Logan calls them nepo-babies. Logan says no one would believe he'd be a WWE Superstar. He says Cena is the last real champ and says if Jey and Cody want some, come get some. Jey says they don't have to wait until MITb and can handle it right now.

Cena wants to leave and Logan pushes him. Cena gets in Logan's face. Cody makes a joke and they all fight. Cody disaster kicks Cena and Jey plancha's Cena. Logan buckshots into a superkick from Jey. Logan then takes a Cody1D.

Thoughts: It was a weak and predictable segment that ended up going over the 11PM mark

Overall thoughts: We had a bunch of three-ways like we have been having the last few weeks. Unfortunately, that match type really limits you and the matches were only up to a certain level quality wise because of it. JC squashed Truth as expected. Je'Von Evans wrestled and had an okay match with LdF. Alba/Vega was average and the men's MITB Qualifier had some cool spots but not much selling. The segment to end the show was weak and I'd give this a 5 out of 10. It was just an average show that dragged at times and there's nothing I'd really recommend here.