WWE Smackdown 8/22/2025

WWE Smackdown 8/22/2025

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We are in Dublin, Ireland. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Joe and Wade talk about the crowd being hyped up. Wade says they will bring a banger show tonight.

Becky Lynch comes out wearing a Seth Rollins style giant blue jacket. BL says it's the first ever live televised event from Ireland (it is taped though). The crowd chants, "We Deserve It". BL says she remembers sitting here as a fan. She says none of the fans deserve to be here on TV. She said she petitioned to try and get this show cancelled.

The crowd chants, "We Want Lyra". BL says they won't get her as she beat her. She says she will never get a title shot again and says the fans don't have the face for TV. BL says she's their hero. BL says people are let down by their heroes but she's let down by all of them. She says she's the first woman to win the main event of Mania and is a best selling author. She says she also has a hot American husband. She said they should give her a parade, a mural or a statue.

The crowd chants for CM Punk. She rips various Irish celebs. Tiffany Stratton comes out and interrupts. BL says the crowd disgusts her. Tiff asks how she can be so ungrateful to Dublin. She says she's on the wrong show. She says everyone here knows what time it is (Tiffy Time). She says BL can leave or she will make her leave.

Nia Jax comes out. She says Dublin sucks. Nia drops Tiff with a shot then BL joins in on the beatdown. Jade Cargill comes out to make the save. She pump kicks Nia out. Nia gets back up and Tiff kicks her off the apron.

Nick Aldis comes out. He said he thought it would be fun to have BL here. He said she's making trouble though. He then sets up Stratton/Jade vs Nia/Becky for tonight.

Fraxiom talk to Carmelo Hayes in the back. NF says Miz stole Melo's thunder last week. He says Miz is a schemere. Miz walks in. Melo puts Miz over. Melo says Miz is smarter than everyone and that's why they are in this position. Miz says they are Melo Don't Miz and we are "awes-him". We see 2 of The Wyatt's watching in the background.

Melo Don't Miz (Carmelo Hayes and The Miz) vs The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)

Melo grabs Sabin's leg and Sabin boots him away. Melo boots him in the corner then takes armdrags. Melo rolls over his back. Miz tags himself in. Miz is tripped and headlocks Sabin. Miz takes a double shoulder then a double lariat over the top. Melo is then sent out. The Gun's do stereo baseball slides then Sabin topes out on their opponents.

We go to break and return. Sabin is tagged in and hits a top rope crossbody. Sabin hits punches on Miz then running back elbows him. Sabin 2nd rope tornado ddt's him. Miz is double teamed and takes a magic killer for 2. Melo takes an atomic drop and is held for a baseball slide.

Sabin armdrags Miz then spinning headscissors him. Melo hits a la mistica drop on Sabin for 2. Melo goes up top and Miz tags himself in again. Melo is pushed into Miz. Melo jumping codebreakers Sabin. Alex lariats Melo over the top then plancha's him. Miz then gets the pin while Alex isn't looking.

Thoughts: They definitely pushed here that Miz was tagging himself in and they got him the win. The match was about average.

Miz and Melo shake hands after and Miz celebrates the win. Melo hesitantly puts him over.

Cathy Kelly interviews Jimmy Uso. Uso is congratulated on the baby. Sami Zayn then comes in and says he's happy for him. He hugs him. He says he always has an uncle in Sami Uso. The MFT's walk in. Solo says Cathy can leave. Solo says when the new baby arrives, it'll have plenty of uncles in his family. He says he will give him a blessing - he can name the baby after Uncle Solo. Jimmy motions "no yeet". Sami says Solo needs to worry about holding onto his US Title. Solo asks what he will do about it. Solo asks if it's another underdog story. Sami says he isn't dealing with underdog Sami Zayn but Wrestlemania Main Eventer Sami Zayn.

Charlotte Flair vs Piper Niven

CF cartwheels out of a wristlock and is shouldered over. PN poses and CF kips up then copies the pose. CF is thrown backwards. Char top rope crossbodies her. CF superkicks her. Green distracts CF. PN black hole slams CF for 2.

We go to break and return. PN misses a vader bomb. CF hits chops. CF forward cartwheel lariats her then superkicks her. CF hits superkicks then running facekicks her. CF hits a top rope moonsault on PN for 2. CF rolling spears her for 2. Green gets on the apron and CF nails her. Alba distracts the ref and Green rakes CF's eyes. Piper corner splashes CF then michinoku drivers her to win.

Thoughts: Piper winning might be for the better here. Flair was getting booed for winning too much so this should keep that in check. Piper also hadn't won in a while. It was fine but not much else.

Kiana James talks to Giulia in the back. KJ says she has negotiations in motion. Michin comes up to Giulia with a kendo stick. She says she wants an appointment with the champ. KJ tells her all business inquiries go through her. Michin says she's sick of the missed calls and appointments and is going directly to the champ. KJ says she will have to go through her first. Mich doesn't care and says she will go through her then Giulia. Giulia says she's not worried.

John Cena comes out. Logan Paul comes out before he can really say anything. LP says the fans are drunk, washed up failures. He said if he spat in their faces, they'd do nothing about it. He says he's been called an outsider but he's been doing this for 4 years. He says he's next up and the best this company has. He says he is who he says he is and says Cena is a corporate pawn.

He says Cena does what he's told and Logan says Logan does what he wants. He says he doesn't need to get naked at The Oscar's to get attention. Logan says one of us is the imposter and asks if it's him or Cena. He says Cena has been doing the same 5 moves for 3 years. He says Cena leaves to go be someone else while Logan stays himself.

Logan says this is his house now. Cena says Logan is a tremendous athlete, a future champ and a future Wrestlemania main eventer. He says it makes him upset and knows it makes the crowd upset too. He says Logan hates hearing he's an outsider. He says Logan isn't an outsider, but a disappointment.

Cena said they opened their arms to him and he uses them as a branding opportunity to buy a new Pokemon card. Cena then flips the Prime Hydration Station over. Cena mocks Logan having 23 matches and says he has given his heart and soul to the business for 23 years. He said he fought Sheamus here without camera's while Logan made videos with his brother. Cena says he asks what he can give to the business and says Logan asks what he can take from this business. He says Logan isn't an outsider but a parasite.

He says Logan sucks everything he can from the business and sucked away possible moments he could have had with AJ, The Uso's and Fatu. Cena said Logan got lucky and got a match when he asked. He said Logan knows about hustle but not loyalty and respect. Cena says this is never your house, this is the fans world. Cena says Logan has plenty of legal troubles too. He says Logan better bring his A-game to PAris as his opponent is the greatest of all time. Cena says Logan needs to give himself to the business or he will be the sh!t out of him.

Logan knocks Cena's hat off and pushes him. Cena then AA's him.

Thoughts: This whole thing would have worked a lot better if Cena wasn't saying the opposite of everything he said less than a month ago.

Tiffany walks up to Jade and says she didn't need her help. Jade says she needs her at 100% so there's no excuses when she beats her. She says she's coming for the title after they beat Becky and Nia.

Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre talk backstage. Drew says Logan is scared of Cena. He says that's not Super Cena. He says he's still Cena but Logan is in his prime and needs to make it right tonight, whatever it takes.

The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) vs The MFT's (Tonga Loa and JC Mateo)

Loa shoulders AD over. AD leapfrogs him then dropkicks him. Ford dropkicks Loa then standing moonsaults him. Loa hits corner spears on Ford. JC forearms Ford over. Ford superkicks JC in the gut then fameassers him. Ford kicks Loa from the apron then is sent into the post for it.

We go to PiP break and return. JC lariats Ford then standing moonsaults him for 2. Loa hits forearms on Ford. Loa is sent out. AD gets in and lariats JC twice. AD flying back elbows him then flapjacks Loa. AD corkscrew splashes JC in the corner and enzugiri's him.

JC takes a spinebuster + neckbreaker combo for 2. Ford lariats Loa over the top and jumping knees JC. Talla pushes Ford off the top. JC does a pop-up tour of the islands backdrop on Ford for 2. Talla gets on the apron. Jimmy Uso chairs Talla. Talla boots the chair away and sends Uso into the rails. He then pucnhes him over the rails and fights him in the crowd. Solo gets on the commentary table and Sami Zayn comes out and sweeps him there. Sami facekicks him. Loa then chases Sami.

Ford tope con hilos Loa. AD spinebusters JC and Ford top rope frogsplashes JC for the win.

Thoughts: It was a decent match here with them tying in Sami and Jimmy Uso at the end of it. Loa didn't look that great here as usual as he was slow.

Aleister Black vs R-Truth

Truth appears on the tron. He's in airplane and says he won't make it. He said he flew to Dublin, Georgia, not Ireland. He said he made a call to his good friend. Damian Priest comes out.

Aleister Black vs Damian Priest

DP comes in and Black pounds on him. DP hits a bunch of shots in the corner. Black is thrown over the top and hits DP outside. DP drops him with a forearm. Security come out and Black and DP kick each other. They fight outside as security tries to break them up.  

The announcers say there is no update on Cody Rhodes. Drew McIntyre then comes out and interrupts them. He asks if there's a Cody medical update yet. Drew says Cody is a little b!tch.  He says he gave Cody more time with the title though and says he will have to fight Drew inevitably. He said he has pinned him and the next time he pins him, he will take the title.

Drew said nobody chastised him for attacking Cody. He says they all want Cody's spot and Cody has no friends left. Randy Orton then appears in the ring and RKO's Drew.

Becky Lynch and Nia Jax talk in the back. Nia says let's get on the same page. Lynch says they are still mortal enemies. Lynch says she needs a win tonight so the people know she is still their hero. Nia says she will see her out there.

Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill vs Nia Jax and Becky Lynch

We have about 6 minutes tops for this.

Tiff hits shots on BL. Tiff finlay rolls her and basement dropkicks her. She then knocks Nia off the apron. Tiff top rope swantons the heels outside and gets little air, basically powerbombing herself outside.

BL holds on Tiff's foot and Nia legdrops Tiff for 2. We go to PiP break and return. Jade and BL are tgged in. Jade hits shots on her then spinebusters her. BL is caught off the buckles then Jade exploders her.

Jade flying back elbows her then hits a spinning torture rack bomb for 2. Nia is tagged in and BL slides out. Nia nails Jade from behind then sentons her. Nia gets on the 2nd rope and Jade powerbombs her down. Tiff hits a prettiest moonsault ever on Nia. Jade top rope splashes Nia and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and rushed and not much of note here.  The faces won and I'm not sure if that was the right call.

Cena leaves his locker room. Nick Aldis goes up to him. He says he heard from Brock Lesnar. Logan Paul pushes Nick aside and knocks out Cena with a punch. Nick says they need medics. 

Overall thoughts: Smackdown has really been taking it easy for months now since around Mania. The show is not that far off from being a b-show right now where the top stars rarely ever wrestle and if they do, the match won't be that great. Cody's still selling his injury and filming Street Fighter so he hasn't here and Fatu wasn't here, likely because of his past legal issues. Bliss didn't even show up. R-Truth was scheduled for a match but he didn't show up either which was blatant false advertising. All of the matches were average or worse here minus The Street Profits' match which was okay. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was a very average night of wrestling and nothing that needs to be seen.