WWE Friday Night Smackdown Live Coverage - August 29th, 2025

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How will John Cena respond to the blindside attack by Logan Paul?

How will John Cena respond to Logan Paul's blindside attack when he returns to SmackDown just one night before their blockbuster match at WWE Clash in Paris?

Your announcers are Wade Barrett and Michael Cole.

We take a look back at John Cena and Logan Paul from last week's Smackdown.

We see Logan Paul arriving at the building and he makes his way to the ring.

Logan says that John Cena thinks he is a parasite. It sounds like you feel the same way. He says he doesn't know if the Frenchies know what he is saying but he will stick to English because he is an American. You don't have a problem with Logan Paul, you have a problem with change. He says he is not a parasite. Logan says he is a disruptor. He says he was put in this ring to shake the core of this company and he has. After he signed with WWE, what happened? He put them on Netflix. He brought them to ESPN. The value that he brings to the company is incalculable but it is over $6 billion. He tells TKO 'Thank you'.

Logan says all he does is add. He put Prime in the WWE. He says to look around. WWE is becoming the WWMe. He says he is the future of this company. The person who represents the outdated is John Cena. Logan says John told him to bring his A game to Paris. The audacity. Logan says things in French. He tells John to bring his A game. He says he will push John Cena to his limits. He says John is an impostor. When he beats John Cena, he will show all of you that he is the future of this company because wrestling is changing. Logan says he is wrestling. If you don't change, you will be left behind.

John Cena's music plays and he makes his way to the ring.

John tells Logan he is stupid. He says you can't do it all alone. If we don't have the fans, we don't have a show. They are not going to get left behind, they set the pace. We are here to make it a good time. They hold the keys if you are going to be party of the family and have more than 25 matches. John says he sees so much potential and that is why everyone is angry. You say you want to take this to places you have never seen before. You won't put in any effort to learn what they do around here. Cena says if this young man did his homework, he would understand he is not a disruptor, he is a wannabe. You are standing in the ring with one of the original disruptors. A man who wore jorts and sneakers when he was told he would be fired if he did. The man who rapped his way to Wrestlemania. You knock out people with brass knuckles and he did that 20 years ago and they said 'Word Life'.

This Logan Paul is nothing more than a dime store John Cena. You say you brought us Netflix and ESPN. You say you are why they get these accolades. Your influence is not what it was and we all know it. John says he saw a list of the top 25 influencers in the world. Your boys were on there. Your name was nowhere to be found. It is time he talked to Logan as a friend to make him face facts. You did videos at 12 and made diss tracks at 18. When you make the headlines at 30, it was for the wrong reasons. You are not here to save wrestling, you are here to save your ass with more income streams. These people do not fear change. They see through fake.

Cena apologizes to the crowd in French. Logan responds in French and they don't appreciate what he said as much as what John said.

John says his French isn't too polished, but he says he is real. He says he is not a gimmick. Until you put your heart into this, they will see you are a gimmick and see through fake. We give you opportunity after opportunity and you give us no respect. John says this is a teachable moment. He wants to know what respect is.

Cena says respect in our family is when you are having a bad day and say something hurtful, they know you are having a bad day and you give them a pass. Respect is the ability for the next time you see that person, is to say I'm sorry, I was having a bad day. Thank you for being there when he had a bad day.

John goes up to the fan he insulted earlier in the year and he apologizes to him.

Logan says this is turning in a charity case. He tells the professional pretender to wrap it up.

Cena says that Logan asked for this match, dickhead. He says you have the Greatest of All Time against John Cena. You have 24 hours to whip yourself into the best you have been. If you don't bring it on Sunday, wrestling will ruin you.

Backstage:
Cathy Kelley is with The Street Profits and B-Fab. She asks them about their match against Carmelo Hayes and Miz. Dawkins says they are one step closer to the titles and the dub is theirs. Ford says Hayes is not HIM and Miz is ALLLLLLLLLLL talk. Fab says the Street Profits have been running the division for 8 years. Bo Dallas shows up and he asks if the blood runs through each other's veins. Are you family because the Wyatts are. When you come to them and fail, you will really find out if he is your brother.


Women's Tag Team Championship
Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre

Green and Alba attacks Flair and Bliss from behind. Alba kicks Flair in the leg.

Officials check on Charlotte.

We go to commercial.

Alexa Bliss vs. Chelsea Green (w/ Alba Fyre)

Alexa with a Thesz Press and punches. Alexa with a second Thesz Press. Alba gets on the apron and stops Alexa from applying Sister Abigail. Green escapes and Alexa goes after Alba. Alexa with a Thesz Press to Alba and she sends Green back in the ring. Green misses a boot and Alexa stands on Green and stomps on the head. Alexa with a knee drop but she misses the senton. Alexa slaps Green and Green with a flatliner into the turnbuckles. Green sends Alexa into the turnbuckles. Green chokes Alexa in the ropes. Green with a thrust kick. Alexa with a head scissors take down and Green goes to the floor. Alba checks on Green and Alexa with a cannonball off the apron onto Alba. Green sends Alexa into the ring steps.

Green sends Alexa back into the ring and Green slams Alexa's head into the mat. Green with forearms to Alexa and she gets a near fall. Green with short arm clotheslines and a she misses a third one but Green with a clothesline and a Jericho cover for a near fall. Green with a reverse chin lock. Green with an Irish whip but Alexa with a back elbow and kicks. Green pulls Alexa to the mat by the hair. Green sends Alexa to the floor. Alba kicks Alexa while Green distracts the referee. Bliss beats the count back into the ring. Green with an enzuigiri and she goes to the turnbuckles. Green with a missile drop kick and Alexa goes to the floor. Green slides to the floor and she sends Alexa's head into the announce table. Alexa sends Green into the ringside barrier when Alexa reverses things. They both get back into the ring before the ten count.

Alexa with a forearm and Green fires back. They continue the exchange. Alexa with a kick and a shoulder tackle. Alexa with another shoulder tackle and a slap and punch. Alexa with a knee and drop kick. Alexa with a blockbuster for a near fall. Alexa goes for a DDT but Green with a leaping Zig Zag for a near fall. Green goes up top and Alexa stops Green and puts Green in the tree of woe. Alexa with a drop kick into the corner. Alexa goes up top for Twisted Bliss but Alba gets on the turnbuckles and Alexa kicks Alba to the floor. Green gets her knees up on Twisted Bliss. Green goes for UnprettiHER but Alexa escapes. Green escapes Sister Abigail and after a series of standing switches, Alexa gets the three count with a rollup.

Winner: Alexa Bliss

After the match:
Alexa is given her title belt, but she leaves it in the ring and the referee gives it to her on the floor where she is given a super kick by Alba. They work over Alexa and Charlotte Flair limps to the ring and she kicks Alba and Green. Flair with chops and Alba drops Charlotte on the top rope and Green with an UnprettiHER. Alba with a Gory Bomb to Alexa.


Backstage:
Cathy is with Sami Zayn. She asks him about his renewed confidence and match. Sami says he feels great. He says the last month on Raw, he didn't feel like the best version of himself. He got into his head and he got some self doubt. The way he is feeling tonight, he feels like he did when he main evented Wrestlemania and when he beat Gunther at Wrestlemania. He says there is no better place to do this than in Lyon.

We see a photo of Cody and Brandi Rhodes' new child.

We go to commercial.

Video Package:
Aleister Black tells Priest something is going to happen. He is going to take off the mask and show what hell is about. The violence is going to exacerbate. He will show how misguided Priest is. You sit at home and feel the pressure on your chest and you can't move your arms and you feel paralyzed. That is him kneeling on your chest, whispering 'I Warned You'.

Backstage:
Cathy is with Damian Priest and he is asked about Black's comments. Priest says Black looks educated and he wants to be like Priest. He says threatening him with violence shows how unprepared he is. He will teach Black what it is like to be him and he will teach him about pain. They will square up in the ring and he will be smiling because he will enjoy what he is going to inflict on Black.


Michin vs. Kiana James (w/ Giulia)

Kiana swings at Michin with her purse and Michin with a rollup for the three count.

Winner: Michin

After the match:
Giulia attacks Michin. Giulia with a knee while Kiana holds Michin. Giulia sends Michin into the ringside barrier. Giulia slams Michin's head into the ringside barrier. Giulia with a curb stomp onto the ring steps.


Backstage:
Drew McInyre walks in the back.

We go to commercial.

In Ring:
Drew McIntyre makes his way to the ring.

Drew looks under the ring to see if Randy is hiding. Drew asks if Randy is hiding around here. Drew asks for a medical update on Cody since Cole kisses Cody's arse.

Drew enters the ring. Drew tells Randy if he wants to face him like a man, he will fight him. Drew says he just wants to talk to Randy so he asks him to come out so the people can sing his song.

Randy's music plays and they serenade him.

Drew asks if that was special. He wants Randy to listen to him and maybe he will see his way. You attacked him last week. If you did it because of SummerSlam, he understands. You picked Jelly Roll as a partner. If you did it because you think Cody is your friend, he does not like that. He says Cody is a manipulator and a politician. When you were out for two years, he says Cody was in constant contact with you. That wasn't friendship, that was intel to use against you. Remember what happened at the end of King of the Ring. You hesitated but Cody went after your back because he knew how to hurt you because you told him and he knew the answers.

Drew says at this point, if you think Cody is your friend, you are naive. If you believe he is your friend, you are an idiot.

Randy say Drew made a very compelling argument. If you think he dropped your ass last week for Cody, you are wrong. Randy says he did it because he thinks that Drew is a prick.

Drew with a head butt and he sets for a Claymore but Randy drops down to avoid Drw. Randy with an IEDDT. Randy twists to the mat and he sets for an RKO.

Security comes to the ring to treat Orton like he is at Jurassic World by holding out their hands. Randy remmbers he might be a Viper but he is a man and he hits to members of security an RKO and then he eventually hits one of Gregory Helms.

Randy lines up for the field goal but Drew rolls to the floor.

Backstage:
Miz and Hayes are in the back and Hayes says what happened the last few weeks cannot happen tonight. He says Miz cannot steal their win. Miz says they won with him getting the wins. Miz says it is an us thing, not a you or me thing. We win tonight, we get a title match. Miz says they need to harness it. He says they are a team. Bo Dallas shows up and he says there are always different perceptions. He asks if they are okay with that. Hayes tells Bo not to write checks that he cannot cash.

Backstage:
Nick Aldis yells at Randy for attacking security again. Randy says it is good to feel bad some times. He gives Nick some Fireball. R Truth shows up and asks Nick if he is going to drink it. Nick says he might. Truth leaves.

We are told that the winners face the Wyatts on Sunday.


Number One Contender Match
Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins vs. Miz and Carmelo Hayes

Miz and Ford start things off and Ford with a side head lock. Ford with a drop kick. Dawkins tags in and they hit a double face plant. Miz with a jaw breaker and Hayes tags in. Miz with a bck elbow. Miz argues with Hayes. Dawkins with a double shoulder tackle and twisting splashes to both men. Dawkins with an enzuigiri to Hayes. Hayes sends Dawkins to the apron and Dawkins with a punch. Miz grabs the leg and Hayes with a springboard leg drop. Hayes keeps Dawkins from making the tag and he punches Dawkins. Miz tags in and they hit a double back elbow. Miz with a boot and Hayes with a scissors leg drop. Miz with kicks to the chest. Miz misses the round kick. Dawkins with a rollup for a near fall. Miz with a boot to the head.

Miz sends Dawkins into the turnbuckles and follows with a chop. Hayes tags in and he kicks Dawkins. Miz with an Awesome Clothesline and Hayes with a springboard clothesline for a near fall. Hayes with a chop. Miz makes the tag and he kicks Dawkins and chokes him. Hayes chokes Dawkins while Miz distracts the referee. Miz works on the back. Miz with a rear chin lock and Hayes tags in and kicks Dawkins. Hayes with a wrist lock and kick to the arm. Miz tags in and he kicks Dawkins in the ribs. Hayes tags in and he drop kicks Dawkins while Miz holds him. Hayes with a forearm and Dawkins with a punch and leap frog but Hayes stops Dawkins. Hayes with a thrust kick and Dawkins with a punch and a slam. Ford tags in and he kicks Miz and hits a cross body. Ford punches Hayes. Ford with a clothesline. Ford with a belly-to-back suplex.

Ford with a moonsault for a near fall. Miz drop kicks Dawkins through the ropes and he follows with an enzuigiri and boot. Miz with a DDT for a near fall. Miz sets for the Skull Crushing Finale but Ford with a snap mare. Hayes makes the blind tag. Ford with a Seven Star Frog Splash but Hayes with a frog splash onto Ford for a near fall. They exchange punches and chops. Ford misses a clothesline but he hits a drop kick when Hayes goes for a springboard move.

The Wyatts appear at the announce table and ringside. Miz is freaked out. Dawkins knocks Miz off the apron and they hit they Sky High and a neck breaker combination for the three count.

Winners: Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins

After the match:
The Wyatts stare down Ford and Dawkins in the ring.


Backstage:
Tiffany is looking in a mirror and Jade shows up. Jade says she won so she is the number one contender. Tiffany says she let Jade win so that is why she is in this position. Jade says she will snap Tiffany in two. Tiffany says she is undefeated in 2025 and she still would have beaten Jade even with her feet on the ropes. Jade says they are not on the same level.

Backstage:
Solo asks his friends if Sami has a chance. Solo says one spike to the throat and it is over.


Men's United States Championship
Sami Zayn vs. Solo Sikoa

They lock p and Solo with punches on the break. Sami sends Solo over the top rope. Talla pulls Solo out of the way on a dive and Sami does an Arabian Press back into the ring. Solo drops Sami on the top rope and he clotheslines Sami. Solo with a head butt. Solo with a chop and head butt. Solo with punches. Sami with punches to Solo. Solo with a back elbow. Solo punches Sami. Sami chops Solo and he punches Solo from the mat. Solo maintains his mount position and he slams Sami's head into the mat. Solo with a head butt and punches. Solo with a running hip into the corner for a near fall. Solo with a forearm. Sami with punches and Solo with a punch. Sami springboards over Solo and clotheslines Solo to the floor. Sami sets for a flip dive and he hits it.

Mateo and Loa pull Sami to the floor when Solo distracts the referee. Loa with a boot. Solo with a uranage for a near fall.

Jimmy Uso attacks Loa and Mateo on the floor and Mateo and Loa fight off Jimmy. Never fear for the music of Jacob Fatu plays and he attacks Talla. Talla sends Fatu into the ring post and then Talla is sent into the ring post. Jimmy and Fatu take care of Loa and Mateo.

Sami with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall.

Fatu clotheslines Talla over the ringside barrier. Jimmy with a gingerly place cross body off the ringside barrier to Loa and Mateo.

Sami sets for a Helluva Kick and Solo goes to the floor. Solo hits a uranage onto the announce table. Sami gets back into the ring before the ten count. Solo with kicks to Sami and then he sends Sami to the floor. Solo with a uranage onto the announce table and another one. Sami miraculously powers up and nine to beat the count. Solo is shocked that Sami got back into the ring. Solo punches Sami and Sami punches back. They go back and forth. Solo puts Sami on the turnbuckles but Sami stops Solo with forearms. Solo with forearms and he tries for a Super Samoan Drop and Sami goes for the sunset flip power bomb and hits it.

Sami goes up top and sets for a frog splash and Solo gets to his feet and Sami leaps over Solo. Solo with a pop up Samoan drop. Solo goes up top and he hits a frog splash for a near fall. Solo sets for the Samoan Spike and Sami avoids it. Sami with a rollup for a near fall. Sami with an exploder into the turnbuckles. Sami sets for the Helluva Kick and he runs into a super kick. Sola misses the Samoan Spike and Sami with a Helluva Kick. Sami with another Helluva Kick for the three count.

Winner: Sami Zayn (new Champion)

After the match:
Sami celebrates in the ring.

End of show.

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Scheduled:
- Men's United States Championship: Solo Sikoa (c) vs. Sami Zayn.

- Women's WWE Tag Team Championship: Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Piper Niven and Alba Fyre (w/ Chelsea Green)

- Men's WWE Tag Team Title No. 1 Contender's Match: The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) vs. Melo Don't Miz. (Miz and Carmelo Hayes)

- Michin vs. Kiana James.

- John Cena and Logan Paul to appear.

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Opening

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Bliss wins

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Michin wins

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In ring

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Street Profits win

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Backstage

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Sami Zayn wins