‘WWE Smackdown’ Review (Jun 27th 2025)
Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show!
Match #1: JC Mateo def. Jimmy Uso
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Jimmy Uso took on JC Mateo, with Solo Sikoa trying to get his brother to rejoin his cause. After some excellent back-and-forth, Mateo struck with the Tour of the Islands after Sikoa distracted his brother, giving the victory to Mateo. After the match, Sikoa tried to bring Uso back into the fold, but Uso slapped his brother. Sikoa and Mateo then attacked Uso, but United States Champion Jacob Fatu thwarted Sikoa’s plans.
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #2: Women’s United States Championship – Giulia def. Zelina Vega
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Zelina Vega hit Giulia in the face with a Meteora as Giulia was lying against the steel ring steps, further damaging her knee that Giulia had tweaked earlier in the contest. Vega connected with the Code Red, but Giulia somehow got her foot on the ropes. Vega tried going for a moonsault, but Giulia moved out of the way, allowing Giulia to nail the Northern Lights Bomb to defeat Vega and become the new Women’s United States Champion.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Andrade & Rey Fenix def. #DIY
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Andrade and Rey Fenix joined forces to take on #DIY in an electric tag team match. Johnny Gargano seemed to suffer an early knee injury after he landed horribly on the steel ring steps, but the former NXT Champion continued to fight. Fenix hit the Black Fire Driver before Andrade delivered the Message as the two won the match.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: WWE Tag Team Championship – The Street Profits vs. Dexter Lumis & Joe Gacy (No Contest)
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The Street Profits seemed to be in jeopardy of losing the WWE Tag Team Championship as they faced the menacing Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy of The Wyatt Sicks. The rest of the SmackDown tag teams were at ringside in an effort to prevent The Wyatt Sicks from meddling. Los Garza got involved, ending the match in a no-contest and leading to a melee between The Wyatt Sicks and the other SmackDown tag teams.
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #5: WWE Women’s Championship Last Woman Standing Match – Tiffany Stratton def. Nia Jax
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Nia Jax took Tiffany Stratton to her limit, taking out the champion early and forcing Stratton to continue to fight the count. Jax was unrelenting in her damage on The Center of the Universe, hitting a huge splash on Stratton through a table. Stratton used a table of her own, planting Jax through the splintered wood with a powerbomb that left both Superstars reeling. With both Superstars having endured tremendous punishment, Ms. Money in the Bank Naomi arrived to attempt to cash in her Money in the Bank contract. Before she could, Jax pancaked her, and Stratton hit a moonsault on Jax, who was on top of Naomi, to take out Naomi in the process. Stratton then used the briefcase to nail Jax, who tumbled onto two tables outside the ring. Jax could not answer the count, allowing Stratton to retain her WWE Women’s Title.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
Well, this was a thing. We got a bunch of title matches on a non-PLE show, with the PLE actually scheduled for the next night. Which is odd. Though given that both Smackdown and Night of Champions emanated from Saudi Arabia, the WWE was probably bound by expectation (at least) to have titles on the line for a country whose putting up so much cash to host these events. As for the matches themselves, this was actually a two-match show, with the men’s tag team match delivering the best action of the night, whilst the women’s title match worked – it seems Tiffany Stratton can get a decent match out of Nia Jax, unlike a LOT of the other women of the WWE roster! Though this has to be the last match between the two, as it’s already feeling played out by this stage. The show ended with CM Punk delivering a “Thunganomics” promo on John Cena, dressing like the latter did in his early career. And do you know what? It felt like a fucking clown show! If I were a conspiracy theorist, and this is what Punk has been driven to in the WWE, I might say that the current management is making him pay for a) leaving all those years ago and disparaging the company; and b) returning to wrestling via their competition. Because that was definitely a low point in Punk’s current WWE run!
