SmackDown Spoilers (3/28/25): The Contract Signing of the Century
Disclaimer: This post contains SmackDown spoilers from WWE SmackDown tonight in London.
WWE’s European Tour is headed for its final Friday Night show as SmackDown heads to the O2 Arena in London, England. The O2 will also host this Monday’s edition of Raw before WWE heads back to the United States for the rest of the Road to WrestleMania. Please note, SmackDown aired live in London at 4PM ET, but will air on tape delay at its usual 8PM ET timeslot in the U.S. on USA Network. Below are SmackDown spoilers from WWE SmackDown tonight. Read at your own risk.
Backstage, Tiffany Stratton is asked about Flair’s verbal attack on her last week. Stratton says Flair is insecure, so much so she didn’t even give Stratton room to speak. Stratton reminds that she’s not the one who has something to lose. At WrestleMania, Flair has more to be concerned about as if she loses, she’ll have lost to someone who she thinks is beneath her, just a little girl. But when Stratton wins, she hopes Flair will finally shut up. Stratton promises to walk out of WrestleMania still champ.
Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre
Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre start hot with both looking for the early edge. McIntyre begins his trash talking asking Orton about his injured back, allowing Orton to take the upper hand. Orton gets McIntyre into the corner with a series of punches. Action heads out of the ring and it’s clear these two have no use for the other. Orton slams McIntyre face first onto the broadcast table twice as McIntyre sneaks in a thumb to the eye, taking Orton out of his momentum. McIntyre with a Russian Legsweep to Orton onto the barricade. This allows McIntyre to take advantage until Orton returns the favor with a thumb to McIntyre’s eye. The two continue to trade blows before Orton hits the clothesline and snap slam. Vintage Orton. He follows up with the spike DDT through the ropes before getting in position for the RKO. But before he can hit it, Owens walks down the ramp creating the distraction. As Orton turns his attention back to McIntyre, boom, right into the Claymore. McIntyre with the 1-2-3. After the match, Owens pulls Orton out of the ring and slams him onto the dek. He attempts the piledriver but Orton reverses it. He sets up for the punt but Owens runs away through the crowd.
It’s official, that luchador we’ve been seeing the last few weeks is Rey Fenix. He debuts next week.
The Miz vs Jimmy Uso
Jimmy Uso is in charge in the early-going, controlling the action from the bell. Miz takes control after a bit, grounding Uso, but Uso responds with a second uppercut of the match. Miz hits Uso with a neckbreaker and grounds him again. Uso attempts to rally but it’s all Miz at this juncture. But the match is pretty even with the two trading periods of being top. Uso manages to regain the advantage firing up a clothesline before hitting Miz with a huge right. Miz responds with a clothesline and another. Uso with a superkick. With Uso in control, he sets up for the Uso Splash and gets the pin. Big win for Big Jim. Uso grabs the headset to put GUNTHER on notice saying he’s going to turn the Ring General into nothing more than a private.
Backstage, McIntyre is with Lewis Capaldi saying Priest is too much of a coward to face him. But then McIntyre opens a door and Priest is there waiting. Priest immediately attacks McIntyre, slamming his head onto a car and then taking a bystander out through the table. Priest then slams McIntyre into the windshield of the car and walks away. McIntyre says he has glass in his eye as officials check on him and CM Punk just happens to walk by with a smile. First Punk says he still works with children, now this. WWE is really digging the nail in.
Contract Signing: Reigns/Rollins/Punk
It’s time for the main event, the contract signing.
Roman Reigns, accompanied by Paul Heyman, makes hie way to the ring first. Reigns has London acknowledge him before turning his attention to the fans. Reigns says he loves how they sing him to the ring but he’s there for business. Rollins interrupts saying he knows a little something about the fans singing one to the ring. Rollins points out that he and Reigns have shared history in the O2, most notably putting the Undertaker through a table. Rollins takes a moment to highlight that history saying the two of them set out to reshape WWE and they’ve done just that. Mission accomplished. Reigns points out any “we” between the two of them died a long time ago and it’s not “we” who have shaped WWE, its him. Reigns says he is the one who made WWE what it is today and he is the one that made the product so good that Netflix came calling. Rollins laughs telling Reigns its that mindset that is why he keeps screwing his former friend. Rollins says Reigns let Punk, the biggest snake of them all, access back into the garden. And not only that, he shook his hand while doing so. Which means Rollins will once again have to clean up Reigns’ mess.
Punk arrives and wastes no time, immediately sitting at the table and paging through the contract. Reigns turns his attention to Heyman saying he needs to smarten Punk up. Heyman tells Punk he knows what he’s looking for and promises him it is indeed in there. The announcement is made that their triple threat match will indeed main event one of the nights of WrestleMania. Punk is emotional as this is everything he’s ever wanted. Rollins says Punk doesn’t deserve it because main eventing WrestleMania is sacred and that’s not a right he’s earned. Punk thanks the fans but Reigns says he should be thanking him as he is the reason this match is the main event. Punk gets on one knee and sarcastically thanks him for allowing him to main event WrestleMania…but…that’s nit the favor Heyman owes him.
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