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WWE SmackDown Results — March 08, 2025
Full WWE SmackDown results for March 08, 2025 in Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Match card, winners, methods, and championship updates.
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March 08, 2025 — Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Event Recap
Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown (Mar. 13) leaned hard into the road to WrestleMania 42, and the centerpiece was the face-to-face contract signing between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Rhodes, fresh off winning the title last week, showed up looking like the guy carrying the company on his back, while Orton did what Orton does best—standing there calm and dangerous like he’s already picturing the RKO. The signing didn’t stay polite for long, and the tension in the room made it pretty clear this one isn’t going to be a friendly WrestleMania main event. Jelly Roll also popped up on a chaotic episode of Miz TV alongside The Miz and Danhausen, which turned into exactly the kind of weird celebrity-wrestling crossover WWE loves this time of year. Meanwhile, the women’s division kept heating up when Jade Cargill stepped into a non-title match with Michin, continuing the build toward her looming clash with Rhea Ripley. Elsewhere on the show, the fallout from Rhodes taking the title off Drew McIntyre last week was still hanging over everything, with McIntyre clearly not thrilled about watching his WrestleMania spotlight disappear overnight. Add in more appearances from names circling the title picture and the usual backstage confrontations, and SmackDown delivered a solid, occasionally messy episode that felt like WWE stacking pieces on the board before the trip to Vegas. Not every segment landed perfectly—this show rarely hits 100%—but the Rhodes vs. Orton showdown already feels big enough to carry the blue brand into WrestleMania season.
Match Results
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On match card: +1
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Winning match: +2
On match card: +1
Summary
The match between Tiffany Stratton and Piper Niven kicked off with both women sizing each other up, and Niven made it clear early she wasn’t there to play — she shoved Stratton down right at the bell and powered her around with hard hits and shoulder thrusts that looked legit. Stratton kept her cool though, using her speed to evade Niven’s bigger attacks, countering with quick strikes, a handspring back elbow, and even a senton atomico that put Niven on the defensive for a moment. There were moments where it looked like Niven was about to take over — she nearly planted Stratton with a Vader Bomb from the top rope — but Stratton’s ring awareness kept her alive. The turning point came when Stratton scrambled out of a charging Niven and suddenly flipped the script, hitting her signature Prettiest Moonsault Ever for a clean pinfall victory. It was a solid performance by both — Niven’s strength and momentum looked convincing, and Stratton’s high‑impact move made winning feel earned — even if you couldn’t help but roll your eyes a bit at yet another moonsault finish in 2025 SmackDown.
Final
Pinfall
The Motor City Machine Guns
Summary
The triple threat tag action on March 8 was an energetic, brawl‑heavy affair that gave every team a chance to shine and plenty of near‑wins before the finish. The bell barely hit before chaos broke out, with Chris Sabin and Kit Wilson starting things off and Angel Garza tagging in unexpectedly to stir things up early — which quickly turned into an all‑six‑man melee that spilled to the floor. Los Garza tried to make life difficult for both teams with moonsaults onto everyone on the outside, while Motor City Machine Guns looked to establish their patented fast‑paced offense back inside the ring. Pretty Deadly didn’t sit on the sideline either; Elton Prince and Wilson used smart tags and cheap shot tactics to keep the other teams guessing. There were multiple momentum swings — Sabin hitting high‑impact offense on both opponents, Shelley nearly connecting on team‑moves, and Garza hitting big moves for close two counts. Just when it looked like the Machine Guns were about to score with their Skull and Bones combo, Wilson slipped in, broke up the sequence, and turned defense into offense with a slick backslide to pin Sabin and score the victory for Pretty Deadly. Their win officially made them the #1 contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship, giving them momentum and a shot at gold in the near future.
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Winning match (DQ): +1
On match card: +1
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On match card: +1
Summary
This one never really had a chance to become a clean wrestling match, but it was still a pretty entertaining collision while it lasted. Braun Strowman came in throwing heavy shots and trying to bulldoze Solo Sikoa around the ring, while Sikoa focused on grounding the bigger man and cutting him down with strikes and interference from the outside. The match eventually spiraled into chaos, with outside involvement turning it into more of a fight than a contest. Officials lost control as bodies started flying around ringside, and the referee finally called for the disqualification. Strowman technically got the win, but the whole thing felt more like a bar fight that wandered into a wrestling ring.
Champion Retains
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Title defense: +4
Winning match: +2
On match card: +1
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On match card: +1
Summary
The Street Fight for the Women’s United States Championship turned into the wildest match of the night. Michin wasted no time bringing weapons into play, smashing kendo sticks and chairs across Chelsea Green while the fight spilled around ringside. Green fired back with her own brand of chaos, including a coast-to-coast attack that nearly finished the challenger. Tables, fire extinguishers, and just about anything not nailed down came into play as both women tried to end things in brutal fashion. Just when it looked like Michin might finally put Green away, a hooded Alba Fyre appeared and planted Michin with a Canadian Destroyer behind the referee’s back. Green quickly made the cover to escape with the title.
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On match card: +1
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Winning match: +2
On match card: +1
Summary
Drew McIntyre and Jimmy Uso delivered a physical mid-card fight that spent as much time outside the ring as inside it. Jimmy came out aggressive and even sent McIntyre over the announce table during a wild exchange, but Drew eventually slowed things down with his usual heavy offense. Every time Jimmy tried to build momentum with superkicks or quick strikes, McIntyre answered with brutal chops and power moves. The match ended once Drew regained full control and finished Jimmy off with his trademark Claymore Kick for the three-count. It wasn’t flashy, but it was exactly the kind of hard-hitting win McIntyre tends to stack up on SmackDown.
Main Event
New Champion
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Title win: +5
Winning main event: +4
Main eventing: +3
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Main eventing: +3
Summary
The main event between LA Knight and Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE United States Championship was a gritty, hard‑fought battle that gave the SmackDown crowd plenty to cheer about before the title changed hands. Both men came in swinging from the opening bell — Nakamura used his striking precision and counter offense early, unloading stiff knees and a crisp German suplex while keeping Knight off balance. Knight, in classic “Megastar” fashion, kept grinding back with shoulder tackles, clotheslines, and a baseball slide that pushed Nakamura out of his comfort zone. As the match heated up, things got physical and messy when a steel chair entered the equation; Nakamura briefly grabbed it and tried to use it as a weapon, only to have the referee take it away, leading to some tense back‑and‑forth outside the rules. In a desperate sequence, Nakamura even sprayed his red mist — but it hit referee Charles Robinson instead of Knight, knocking the ref down and creating a window for something wild. Knight capitalized, hitting a BFT on the steel chair on an unsuspecting Nakamura, and when a second referee ran in to make the count, Knight got the three‑count and regained the United States Championship. It was a chaotic finish, but exciting to watch Knight claw his way back to gold in front of a fired‑up Philly crowd.