WWE SmackDown Results 4/18/25

WWE SmackDown Results 4/18/25
T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada

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Commentators: (Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett) 

Ring Announcer: Mark Nash

Transcription by Josh Lopez

– LA Knight attacked Tama Tonga in the parking lot as the show went on the air.

Seth Rollins Segment 

Seth Rollins: Las Vegas! It ain’t Monday, it’s Friday, but I think it still works. Let’s try it out. Welcome to Friday Night Rollins. Yeah, I’m your host for the night. I am a visionary. I am a revolutionary. I am Seth Freakin’ Rollins. We’ll get to The OTC in just a minute, but I would like to start with that guy, whose name you were chanting first. That’s it, that’s the reason he came back to wrestling, right? Because all of you chanted his name for ten long years, that’s why he came back, right? Except when CM Punk came back to the ring, it wasn’t a WWE ring. So, did he come back because you guys were chanting his name or did he come back because somebody wrote him a big fat check? But you know, when he burnt that bridge, like he burnt every other bridge, he did finally come back to the WWE, after ten long years. And was it because you guys chanted his name? No, it was because they wrote him another big fat check. CM Punk likes to pretend, tell me when I’m telling lies. CM Punk loves to pretend that he came back for all of you. CM Punk doesn’t care about you, he doesn’t care about WWE, he’s a liar, he’s a fraud, he’s a coward.

And say what you will about Roman Reigns, Mr. OTC, he doesn’t even pretend to care about you guys. He doesn’t even pretend to care about WWE, and you can believe that. The OTC only cares about The OTC. Roman Reigns is in the Roman Reigns business. He’s Mr. Private Jet, Mr. Limited Schedule, Mr. Hand Picked Opponents. Oh yeah, he loves that, he loves when you love him. Roman Reigns knows nothing about sacrifice. CM Punk knows nothing about sacrifice. I know everything about sacrifice. And funny enough, this whole story between myself, Roman Reigns, and CM Punk, it started 12 years ago, and it started with Paul Heyman. That’s the truth, Paul Heyman brought myself, Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose into WWE to be a shield for CM Punk. And every single night, I sacrificed everything that I had in this ring to be that shield, and did I get any of the credit? Absolutely not, because everybody in the back wanted the cameras and the spotlight on Roman Reigns.

It was always about Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns is going to be the next John Cena. Roman Reigns is going to be the next cash cow for WWE. Look at Roman Reigns, put the spotlight on Roman Reigns. And every single year this went along, and in the background, after CM Punk went away, taking his ball and went home, I heard little echoes of CM Punk chants. Meanwhile, I was making every show, I was in the ring every night sacrificing everything that I had. And it all came to a head, last year, in the main event of WrestleMania, when my knee was hanging on by a thread, my stepdad was at home dying of cancer, but I made sure I was there at the very end to be a shield, to make sure that Roman Reigns lost. This story between us started 12 years ago, when Paul Heyman brought myself and Roman into WWE, and it ends tomorrow night, in the most important Triple Threat Match in the history of this industry. And I promise you, I’ll do exactly what I’ve done for the past 12 years, I will lay it all on the line, I will sacrifice everything that I have to make sure that this business, this company, this industry moves forward in the right direction. That’s not a prediction, that’s a spoiler.

First Match: The 2025 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal 

The Participants: (Rey Fenix, Shinsuke Nakamura, R-Truth, Carlito, Tyler Bate, Akira Tozawa, Otis, Carmelo Hayes, Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee, Ludwig Kaiser, Julius Creed, Brutus Creed, Elton Prince, Kit Wilson, Santos Escobar, Berto, Angel, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, Austin Theory, Grayson Waller, The Miz, Pete Dunne, Karrion Kross, Chad Gable)

Order Of Eliminations 

1.) Carlito was eliminated by R-Truth

2.) R-Truth was eliminated by The Miz

3.) Berto was eliminated by Rey Fenix

4.) Angel was eliminated by Rey Fenix

5.) Elton Prince was eliminated by Grayson Waller

6.) Kit Wilson was eliminated by Austin Theory

7.) Tyler Bate was eliminated by Ludwig Kaiser

8.) Santos Escobar was eliminated by Rey Fenix

9.) Akira Tozawa was eliminated by Brutus Creed

10.) Julius Creed was eliminated by Otis

11.) Brutus Creed was eliminated by Otis

12.) Otis was eliminated by Otis

13.) Grayson Waller was eliminated by Andrade El Idolo

14.) Austin Theory was eliminated by Andrade El Idolo

15.) Chad Gable was eliminated by Rey Fenix

16.) Joaquin Wilde was eliminated by Shinsuke Nakamura

17.) Cruz Del Toro was eliminated by Karrion Kross

18.) Karrion Kross was eliminated by Dragon Lee

19.) Dragon Lee was eliminated by Shinsuke Nakamura

20.) Ludwig Kaiser was eliminated by Pete Dunne

21.) The Miz was eliminated by Pete Dunne

22.) Pete Dunne was eliminated by Carmelo Hayes

23.) Shinsuke Nakamura was eliminated by Andrade El Idolo

24.) Rey Fenix was eliminated by El Grande Americano

25.) Andrade El Idolo was eliminated by Carmelo Hayes

Winner: Carmelo Hayes 

Charlotte Flair Interview 

Wade Barrett: Well, things between you and Tiffany have certainly got personal of late. There have been numerous verbal attacks, physical attacks.

Charlotte Flair: You don’t say.

Wade Barrett: You in fact even been sent home from an arena by management.

Charlotte Flair: Not the first time.

Wade Barrett: Which you then returned and attacked Tiffany once again. Tell us why things have got so ugly between the two of you?

Charlotte Flair: I don’t love it. We’ve moved past it. I have a chip on my shoulder. And if I really looked deep in Tiffany, I think she has a chip on her shoulder. Like I said, I don’t love it, but people are really invested in this WrestleMania match, and if there’s anything that matters most to me, it’s that people tune in to see Charlotte at WrestleMania, they’re gonna tune in to see Charlotte Flair & Tiffany Stratton on the biggest stage. And this is how we got here, but people are invested. And if I think about it, that’s what this business is about. Sometimes it can be insensitive, but that’s how you get tough skin, that’s how you make it.

Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky, Bianca BelAir, Naomi, Jade Cargill Segment 

Rhea Ripley: Sunday, it marks my sixth WrestleMania. And each time I stepped into some sort of championship match, but honestly, this one is probably the most important to me, because it’s true, you know, I let myself get distracted by Bianca BelAir, and I lost my Women’s World Championship before WrestleMania, that’s my bad. So, you know, I could, I’m not going to, but I could be coming out here right now, to talk about the last few weeks, complain, moan, make excuses, but nah, I’m not going to do that, because there’s no point talking about the past anymore. Sunday, I get back what I want, and I do what I have to do. Rhea Bloody Ripley is walking out of WrestleMania, your 3X Women’s World Champion.

– Iyo Sky & Bianca BelAir makes their way down to the ring.

Bianca BelAir: So, y’all two thought y’all was gonna come on SmackDown, drop my name, and I wasn’t going to show up? No, I was definitely showing up tonight. Yeah, I’m showing up tonight, because it could be my last night on SmackDown for awhile, because after WrestleMania, I’m walking out as champion. And after what y’all two done put me through, I’m not planning on letting it go anytime soon.

Naomi: Hey, B. So, you finally decided to show up to SmackDown, and you ain’t even gonna try to talk to me? I’ve filled up your voicemail box, been calling you like crazy, texting you, and I know you got it, because it said it delivered. If our friendship means so little to you, I didn’t even want to do this, and have everybody in our business. I wanted to handle it in private, but since you want to ignore me.

Bianca BelAir: No, no, no, we’re not doing that. Naomi, you know exactly why I’m not responding, and you know what you did. And I said what I said, and I meant it. So, we’re not doing this, right now.

Naomi: You care that much about Jade, huh?

Bianca BelAir: It’s not even just about Jade.

Naomi: She wasn’t there for you like I was. Tomorrow, I’m gonna finish what I started with her. And after that.

– Jade Cargill makes a b-line to the ring. Jade starts bickering with Bianca.

Rhea Ripley: Jade, this isn’t about you, it’s about me.

Naomi shoves Jade into Rhea and Bianca. All hell starts breaking loose in Vegas. Iyo Sky wipes out Rhea & Bianca with The Orihara MoonSault to the outside to close this segment.

– Chad Gable pokes fun at Rey Fenix in the backstage area. Dragon Lee stands up for Fenix. Gable is not taking slander regarding El Grande Americano. Rey Mysterio joins the conversation. Rey says that El Grande is going to learn about real lucha libre at WrestleMania. Rey proceeds to challenge American Made to a 6-Man Tag Team Match.

Second Match: The Street Profits (c) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns For The WWE Tag Team Championship 

MCMG starts with Stereo Baseball Slide Dropkicks before the bell rings. Shelley with a Slingshot Pescado. Sabin kicks Ford in the gut. Sabin sends Ford into the ringside barricade. Sabin rolls Ford back into the ring. Sabin is throwing haymakers at Ford. Sabin tags in Shelley. Sabin with a toe kick. Double Axe Handle Strike. Double Irish Whip. Double Elbow Knockdown. Knee Drop/Senton Splash Combination for a two count. Shelley applies a wrist lock. Shelley tags in Sabin. Ford fires back with a haymaker/back elbow smash combination. Double Toe Kick to Ford. Ford drops Shelley with a Running Lariat. Sabin once again kicks Ford in the gut. Ford answers with another Running Lariat. Ford tags in Dawkins. Dawkins with two clotheslines. Sabin reverses out of the irish whip from Dawkins. Dawkins leapfrogs over Sabin. Dawkins with a Corkscrew Elbow Strike. Dawkins with a 360 Stinger Splash. Dawkins tags in Ford. Ford hits The Doomsday Blockbuster for a two count. Shelley dumps Dawkins out of the ring. Shelley goes for a Suicide Dive, but Dawkins counters with a big right hand. Sabin tags in Shelley.

Shelley is throwing haymakers at Dawkins. Shelley transitions into a corner mount. Shelley knocks Ford off the ring apron. Shelley thrust kicks the midsection of Dawkins. Dawkins reverses out of the irish whip from Shelley. Dawkins with The Flapjack. Dawkins hooks the outside leg for a two count. Dawkins unloads a flurry of bodyshots in the corner. Following a snap mare takeover, Dawkins tags in Ford. Ford with The Slingshot Senton. Ford taunts Sabin. Shelley decks Ford with a JawBreaker. Shelley goes for a Sunset Flip, but Ford counters with The PK. Ford with a Running Frog Splash for a two count. Ford tags in Dawkins. Ford stomps on the left hamstring of Shelley. Ford hyperextends the left leg of Shelley. Dawkins stomps on Shelley’s chest. Dawkins bodyslams Shelley for a one count. Dawkins applies a rear chin lock. Shelley with three upkicks. Dawkins answers with a right jab. Dawkins hammers down on the back of Shelley’s neck. Dawkins with clubbing shoulder blocks. Dawkins slams Shelley’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Dawkins goes for another 360 Stinger Splash, but Shelley ducks out of the way. Ford tags himself in. Ford stops Shelley in his tracks. Shelley uses his feet to create separation.

Shelley tags in Sabin. Sabin ducks a clothesline from Ford. Sabin dropkicks Dawkins off the apron. Sabin kicks Ford in the face. Sabin with a Flying Hurricanrana. Sabin blasts Dawkins with The PK. Sabin with The Missile Dropkick. Sabin tags in Shelley. Ford launches Sabin over the top rope. Shelley with a Corner Clothesline. Missile Dropkick/Flatliner Combination for a two count. Shelley slams Ford’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Shelley tags in Sabin. Ford fights out of the electric chair position. Ford shoves Shelley into Sabin. Ford with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Ford tags in Dawkins. Sabin dives over Ford. Pounce/Belly to Back Suplex Combination for a two count. Dawkins tags in Ford. Dawkins whips Sabin across the ring. Sabin holds onto the ropes. Sabin kicks Dawkins in the face. Shelley tags himself in. Sabin dropkicks Dawkins to the floor. Ford dives over Sabin. Shelley with an Inverted Atomic Drop. Sabin dropkicks the left knee of Ford. MCMG delivers The Facial. Helluva Kick/Running Enzuigiri Combination. MCMG goes for Skull & Bones, but Dawkins gets in the way. Ford SuperKicks Sabin. Ford lands The SomerSault Plancha over the steel ring post. Ford is fired up. Johnny Gargano attacks Ford on the outside which forces the disqualification. After the match, Tommaso Ciampa drives Dawkins face first into the ring post. Ciampa drops Shelley with a Running Knee Strike. DIY tries to run away with the WWE Tag Team Championships.

Winner: Still WWE Tag Team Champions, The Motor City Machine Guns via Disqualification 

– Chelsea Green wants Nick Aldis to address the travesty that took place last week. She has a formal complaint. Aldis agrees there was injustice that took place last week, and it should be rectified. Zelina Vega will have another match with Chelsea later on tonight, and The Secret Hervice are banned from the ringside area.

– Nick Aldis stops DIY from leaving the arena. He’s not playing games. DIY are not the WWE Tag Team Champions. Aldis is trying to calm down The Street Profits and The Motor City Machine Guns. DIY hands the titles back to Aldis. He’s had enough of the nonsense. Next week on SmackDown, The Street Profits will put their WWE Tag Team Titles on the line against DIY & The Motor City Machine Guns In A TLC Match.

– Cardi B will be hosting this year’s WWE SummerSlam PLE at MetLife Stadium on August 2nd & 3rd.

Randy Orton Promo

Randy Orton: Ladies and gents, as of now, I do not have an opponent for WrestleMania 41. Now, for the past few days, my wife and I, we’ve been here in Vegas, done the appearances, walked the strip, the hotel lobby, got to meet the WWE Universe, thousands of you have approached me. I have seen it in your eyes. I have felt it in the air. There’s an excitement for this year’s WrestleMania like none other. My father was in the very first WrestleMania. 20 years later, I debuted at The Garden. My father got to witness that debut. WrestleMania means something to me, but perhaps my legacy has a lot to do with my longevity. So, there’s no way in hell that I’m sitting out this year’s WrestleMania. If I compete this weekend, it will be the 20th time that I have competed at WrestleMania. This WrestleMania means so much to me, so I’ll tell you what.

This is what I’m going to do, ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to throw this out to the universe. I’m going to let you decide, because I’m going to show up Sunday, boots tied up, gear on, just the right enough of baby oil on my skin. And I’m going to be locked, loaded, and ready to deliver for you, the WWE Universe. And I’m not just doing this for myself, I am doing it for you, I am doing it for my family, I’m doing it for the boys in the back. But as far as the boys in the back are concerned, check it out, anybody in the locker room want to test their metal, I dare them to step up. Anybody out on the strip. Any of you. If you own a pair of wrestling boots, hell, if you just catch the wind that “The Legend Killer” Randy Orton needs an opponent for WrestleMania 41, I challenge you to step up, I will be there, Sunday at Allegiant Stadium, in the ring, ready to go. But know this, you will be met, you will fall victim to the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment, R-K-O.

– We got a video recap of the Drew McIntyre/Damian Priest brawl from the WrestleMania 41 Kickoff Event. Priest tells Byron Saxton that he’s done taking questions about WrestleMania. Right now, he just wants to send a direct message to Drew McIntyre, the same guy who didn’t bother to show up at SmackDown, the same guy that’s been trying to tell the world that he’s a victim. Drew is not a victim, not yet. Priest says that Drew is not ready for this fight. The world is not ready for this violence. Drew tried really to paint him as a bad guy. Priest says that he’s going to beat Drew up so bad, he’ll wish he got futured endeavored, again. At WrestleMania, Priest will bring the punishment, and he’ll bury Drew McIntyre.

Third Match: Chelsea Green vs. Zelina Vega 

Vega avoided Green’s sneak attack before the bell rang. Green goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Vega lands back on her feet. Green slaps Vega in the face. Green talks smack to Vega. Green with an Inside Out Slam for a two count. Green starts rag dolling Vega. Green tugs on Vega’s hair. Green whips Vega across the ring. Vega kicks Green in the chest. Vega with a Cazadora Arm-Drag. Green kicks Vega in the face. Green stomps on Vega’s back and chest. Green transitions into a ground and pound attack. Green poses for the crowd. Vega dumps Green out of the ring. Green pulls Vega out of the ring. Green throws Vega into the ringside barricade.

Green argues with the referee. Green resets the referee’s ten count. Vega sends Green flying into the timekeeper’s area. Both ladies get back in the ring at the count of nine. Forearm Exchange. Vega ducks a clothesline from Green. Vega with two clotheslines. Vega blocks a boot from Green. Vega with a knee lift. Vega plays to the crowd. Vega goes for The 619, but Green counters with The Pump Kick for a two count. Green is displaying her frustration. Green puts Vega on the top turnbuckle. Vega blocks The SuperPlex. Vega slams Green’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Vega connects with The Avalanche CodeRed to pickup the victory.

Winner: Zelina Vega via Pinfall 

LA Knight Promo 

Let me talk to you. I don’t know if you saw what was just on the screen, but what happened last week, I call that inspiration. Because, week after week, Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, they like to use numbers, they like to use sneak attacks. Well, if you want to sneak, then I got the sneak, and sneaking is what I did. So out of the equation is Tama Tonga, and next on the list, Solo, which means, at WrestleMania, it’s just me and it’s Jacob Fatu. Now, I understand, Jacob Fatu is a force, the man is a monster, he’s destroyed everything in front of him. I ain’t ever seen anything like that, right? But Jacob, you don’t understand, because with that same energy, I walked into this place, turned the world upside down, stand here now the US Champion, 2 times. Most matches, most wins, and what that means is, this is the title of titles. We ain’t ever seen anything like you?

Nah-Nah, you ain’t ever seen anything like me. So, when you grabbed my title last week, I could be cliche, and I can say, that’s the closest you’re ever gonna get to touching this US Championship, but I ain’t no dummy. I can look at you, and I can see that, someday, somewhere, chances are, you will be a champion. Now, whether that’s the US Champ or anything else, I don’t know what the chances are. And while I’m standing here in the city of chances, I ain’t talking about chances, I’m talking about guarantees. And the guarantee tonight is, Solo Sikoa is about to come out here, and eat one. And tomorrow night, at WrestleMania, Jacob Fatu, I guarantee, you will eat a BFT, courtesy of the man they call the megastar, with everybody saying, LA Knight, YEAH!

Fourth Match: LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa 

Knight ducks a clothesline from Solo. Knight is throwing haymakers at Solo. Knight drives Solo back first into the ring apron. Solo sends Knight face first into the steel ring steps. Solo throws Knight into the ring stairs. Haymaker Exchange. Solo drives Knight back first into the steel ring post. Solo with a Belly to Back Suplex on the apron for a two count. Solo goes for a Vertical Suplex, but Knight counters with a NeckBreaker. Knight kicks Solo in the gut. Knight with two haymakers. Solo reverses out of the irish whip from Knight. Solo drops Knight with The Kitchen Sink. Solo with Two Falling HeadButts. Solo mocks Knight. Solo drops his weight on Knight’s chest. Solo goes for a Seated Senton, but Knight gets his knees up in the air.

Knight with a flurry of haymakers. Knight ducks a clothesline from Solo. Knight with a Leaping Clothesline. Knight kicks Solo in the gut. Knight drops Solo with The DDT. Knight plays to the crowd. Jacob Fatu knocks Knight off the turnbuckles which forces the disqualification. After the match, Fatu tees off on Knight. Fatu repeatedly stomps on Knight’s chest. Fatu HeadButts Knight. Braun Strowman storms into the ring to make the save. Strowman runs through the double clothesline. Strowman with a Double Crossbody Block. Knight clotheslines Fatu over the top rope. Nick Aldis appears on the stage. Since everybody can’t keep their hands to themselves until WrestleMania, we’re gonna have LA Knight & Braun Strowman versus Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa in an impromptu tag team match, right now.

Winner: LA Knight via Disqualification 

Fifth Match: LA Knight & Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa 

LA Knight and Solo Sikoa will start things off. Knight ducks a clothesline from Solo. Knight kicks Solo in the gut. Knight unloads a flurry of right jabs. Solo reverses out of the irish whip from Knight. Knight holds onto the ropes. Knight kicks Solo in the face. Fatu clotheslines Knight behind the referee’s back. The referee is trying to calm down Strowman. Solo tags in Fatu. Fatu HeadButts Knight. Fatu stomps on the midsection of Knight. Fatu whips Knight back first into the turnbuckles. Fatu with a short headbutt in the corner. Fatu applies a nerve hold on the middle rope. Knight with heavy bodyshots. Fatu answers with another headbutt. Fatu whips Knight back first into the turnbuckles. Fatu tags in Solo. Solo with clubbing shoulder blocks. Solo with a straight right hand. Solo follows that with a gut punch. Solo repeatedly whips Knight back first into the turnbuckles. Solo tags in Fatu. Fatu levels Knight with The Body Avalanche. Fatu strangles Knight in the corner. Solo chokes Knight behind the referee’s back.

Knight is displaying his fighting spirit. Knight sends Fatu tumbling to the floor. Knight tags in Stowman. Strowman with two clotheslines. Strowman knocks Solo off the ring apron. Strowman dropkicks Fatu to the floor. Strowman plays to the crowd. Strowman delivers The Strowman Express. Strowman rolls Fatu back into the ring. Fatu decks Strowman with a back elbow smash. Fatu SuperKicks Strowman. Fatu with a Running Lariat. Fatu drops Strowman with The DDT. Fatu with a Running Senton Splash for a two count. Fatu tags in Solo. Solo repeatedly kicks Strowman in the face. Solo HeadButts Strowman. Solo applies a rear chin lock. Strowman with elbows into the midsection of Solo. Solo uppercuts Strowman. Solo tags in Fatu. Fatu with a Running Boot. Fatu applies the cravate. Strowman with a Sidewalk Slam. Knight and Solo are tagged in. Knight clotheslines Solo. Knight ducks a clothesline from Solo. Knight with a Side Russian Leg Sweep. Knight blasts Fatu off the apron. Knight with The Pop Up Powerslam. Knight hits The Megastar Elbow for a two count. Strowman with The Pounce. Fatu launches Strowman over the announce table. Knight with a Wrecking Ball Dropkick. Knight avoids The Samoan Spike. Knight kicks Solo in the gut. Knight connects with The BFT to pickup the victory.

Winner: LA Knight & Braun Strowman via Pinfall 

Tiffany Stratton Interview 

Wade Barrett: Well, you are someone who has risen to superstardom in record time. You are learning on the job. And we have an interesting experience, a couple weeks ago, in an interview segment at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. It was myself, in ring, with you and Charlotte. It’s created a ton of buzz around this match. Perhaps for the wrong reasons, because put it mildly, that interview went off the rails. What happened there?

Tiffany Stratton: I feel like, over the last few weeks, I felt bullied, I felt taken advantage of. During that split screen interview, I had a moment of insane discouragement. I almost felt like I’m not cut out for this, I’m not made for this. It was a moment of panic for me, but I used that feeling, and I turned it into motivation, and I went back to the drawing board, and I did my research. And I made sure that, Charlotte and me, face to face, again, I was gonna come prepared, I felt my moment, and I came at her with a kill shot. I played Charlotte Flair at her own game, and I gave her a taste of her own medicine. She doesn’t have to like me, she doesn’t have to love me, but she damn sure has to respect me now.

Wade Barrett: Given the level of animosity between the two of you, and of course, the prize on the line being the WWE Women’s Championship, this feels like a must win match for both women. But what happens if Tiffy Time ends at WrestleMania 41?

Tiffany Stratton: Well, I’m just gonna go ahead and say, that’s not gonna happen. When the bell rings, I’m fully aware that it’s going to be a fight, it’s gonna be one of the hardest matches I’ll probably have to go through. I’m gonna channel that discouragement that I felt, and I’m going to turn it into motivation, and I’m gonna stand up to her. I’m standing up to a bully. Like I said, I felt taken advantage of. At WrestleMania, not only am I walking in as champion, but I’m gonna be walking out as champion.

Wade Barrett: Well, thank you, Tiffany. This is gonna be one of the most highly anticipated matches of the entire weekend at WrestleMania 41. Best of luck in your WWE Women’s Championship defense against Charlotte Flair.

Tiffany Stratton: Thank you.

Sixth Match: Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, Rey Fenix vs. American Made In A 6-Man Tag Team Match 

Rey Fenix and Brutus Creed will start things off. Fenix with a straight right hand. Brutus answers with a forearm smash. Fenix slaps Brutus in the chest. Brutus with forearm shivers. Brutus with clubbing blows to Fenix’s back. Brutus sends Fenix to the corner. Fenix with a Flying HeadButt. Fenix with a Roll Through Hurricanrana for a two count. Fenix kicks Brutus in the gut. Fenix sends Brutus to the corner. Fenix with a flying forearm smash. Fenix tags in Lee. Lee sweeps out the legs of Brutus. Lee with a Slingshot Dropkick for a two count. Brutus drives Lee back first into the turnbuckles. Julius tags himself in. Julius with a straight right hand. Julius whips Lee back first into the turnbuckles. Lee decks Julius with a back elbow smash. Lee thrust kicks the midsection of Julius. Lee SuperKicks Julius. Lee with a Pump Knee Strike. Lee with a Running Hurricanrana. Lee lands The SomerSault Plancha. Lee rolls Julius back into the ring. Lee with The Flying Crossbody Block for a two count. Gable tags himself in. Gable drives Lee back first into the turnbuckles. Mysterio tells Gable to bring it.

Mysterio runs after Gable. Julius yaks Mysterio out of the ring. Brutus shoves Fenix off the top turnbuckle. Gable with a German Suplex. Triple Diving HeadButt from American Made. American Made poses for the crowd. Julius with clubbing blows to Lee’s chest. Julius drives Lee back first into the turnbuckles. Brutus tags himself in. Julius with clubbing shoulder blocks. Brutus with a Leaping Hip Attack. Brutus rocks Lee with a forearm smash. Brutus with repeated shoulder blocks. Brutus punches Lee in the back. Brutus kicks Lee in the chest. Brutus with another forearm smash. Brutus tags in Julius. Julius whips Lee back first into the turnbuckles. Julius applies a rear chin lock. Julius transitions into a front face lock. Gable tags himself in. Following a snap mare takeover, Gable applies a top wrist lock. Gable with a Belly to Back Suplex. Gable knocks Fenix off the apron.

Lee is throwing haymakers at Gable. Gable unloads four knife edge chops. Gable repeatedly stomps on Lee’s chest. Following a snap mare takeover, Gable applies an arm-bar. Gable drives his knee into the midsection of Lee. Gable tags in Julius. Lee kicks Gable in the face. Julius catches Lee in mid-air. The Creed Brothers delivers The Brutus Ball for a two count. Julius punches Fenix. Brutus tags in Julius. The Creeds put Lee on the top turnbuckle. Lee blocks The Double Vertical Suplex. Lee gets The Creeds tied up in the tree of woe. Gable with a straight right hand. Lee gets Gable tied up in the tree of woe. Lee with a Triple Double Foot Stomp. Julius stops Lee in his tracks. Lee tags in Fenix. Fenix scores three forearm knockdowns. Julius reverses out of the irish whip from Fenix. Fenix with a Rebound Spinning Heel Kick for a two count. Fenix with The Rolling Crucifix for a two count. Julius drives his knee into the midsection of Fenix. Julius with an Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex. Julius whips Fenix back first into the turnbuckles. Fenix SuperKicks Julius. Fenix with a Double Springboard Arm-Drag. Fenix with a Double Foot Stomp. Fenix delivers his combination offense. Fenix with a Hurricanrana off Brutus back. Fenix blasts Gable with The Goodbye Amigo Kick. Lee hits Operation Dragon. Fenix connects with The Flying Meteora to pickup the victory.

Winner: Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, Rey Fenix via Pinfall 

John Cena & Cody Rhodes Segment 

John Cena: Shut your mouth, kid. This is gonna be my 20th WrestleMania, my 12th title match at WrestleMania. I know just as well as anybody right around now, you can get lost in all the noise, and all these voices. There is one voice you should be listening to, right now, and that’s the one coming from the man looking you in the eye. Sunday is the last time I will ever compete in a WrestleMania ring. No one has ever had the courage to end their career the way I have. And there’s nothing you can possibly do to prepare to face a man a who knows he’s gonna die. What I’m doing is so unprecedented, they don’t think it’s real, they don’t believe it, they think I’m gonna come back, because everyone always crawls back. There’s no such thing as a wrestling retirement, there’s always one more match. The reason there isn’t a wrestling retirement, is because every other wrestler is a scared, insecure loser. Every other wrestler needs these people, needs these people to care about them, to post about them, to talk about them, because the second they get away from this, they’re left alone, by themselves, with their pathetic lives, so they come crawling back as a shell of themselves.

I have love, joy, and worth in my life, I don’t need a single damn one of you. The only reason I’m here is to take that away from you, and all of you, forever. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, because I did. Last year, when you won that championship, everybody was raising you on their shoulders, and giving you watches and stuff, and saying, good job, champ. When I had my moment alone with you, like a man, to your face, I didn’t say, good job, champ, I said every day you hold that, it gets heavier, and Sunday it finally becomes too heavy for you to hold. You will lose. You will lose, because you care about them. You people do not write history, winners do. I came out here tonight, because I wanted to share one more thing with you before Sunday. When I won the Elimination Chamber, I knew it would impossible to beat you in a match at WrestleMania. And then in one moment, you changed all that. You changed all that with what you said to The Rock. You see, kid, The Rock just gave you a choice. Do you want to do what they think is right or do you want to win?

And the moment you made your choice, not only did I think that I can beat you, I realized, Sunday, you don’t stand a chance. And that night, all that was left for me to do was the one thing you couldn’t, prove them that they don’t matter. You see, all of this, all of this noise from them, these people will always make up their own version of the truth they want to believe. And when you stop caring about that, and stop caring about them, you can start accomplishing anything in your life, but you are too weak to understand that. Sunday, in order to beat me, you are going to have to choose. Are you going to do what they think is right or do you win? And Cody, you are strong, you are tough, you are driven, but you’re also scared, insecure and naive. You say, you wear this suit because you want to be somebody. You have your tattoo because you want to be somebody. You didn’t need the tattoo or the suit, because Sunday, I’m gonna make you somebody. Somebody who finally realizes that, to become a winner, you have to sever ties with all the losers in your life or somebody who had a real chance to be a winner and blew it. And in that very moment, you realize that you’re not the captain, you’re not the quarterback, you’re still just a kid in a man’s world, who doesn’t have the balls of the last real champion.

Cody Rhodes: Okay, John, the noise, and you always have to say something. This crowd, how they feel about you.

John Cena: This is who you fight for? This, this matters to you?

Cody Rhodes: You said in London, you said you don’t bury talent, that you are talent. Well, I know a graveyard of talent who would disagree with that statement, but we’re not talking about them, we’re talking about WrestleMania. Let me ask you a question, John. Do you know his name? The one that handed you the microphone, do you know his name? No, no, you don’t know her name, either, do you. And I wager, you walk backstage, and you don’t know any of those people, either. This is a different WWE, John. When this was your WWE, John, I worshiped you, they worshiped you. But since the GOAT hasn’t showed up since Elimination Chamber, allow me to offer you a little perspective, okay. You call me underwhelming, guess what? You are overrated. You are overbearing. And more importantly, you are out of touch, and you are out of time. Your face is melting wax, you got a stack of dimes for a neck, spindly ass legs, your paler than Sting at Starrcade 97. And you’re sanctimonious comments about how I’m an errand boy, when the whole world watched you walk out on the Oscars stage, butt ass naked for the people you run errands for now. And by god, John Cena, it is 2025, and you still can’t wrestle.

John Cena: Idiots. And just like you, they don’t know what they want. And Cody, on Sunday, to beat you, I don’t have to wrestle.

Cena bopped Cody on the forehead. Cena goes for The Attitude Adjustment, but Cody lands back on his feet. Cody drops Cena with The CrossRhodes. Cody stands tall over Cena as the show goes off the air.

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