{"id":127783,"date":"2024-10-20T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=127783"},"modified":"2024-10-20T09:32:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T13:32:24","slug":"preview-wwe-smackdown-10-25-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/20\/preview-wwe-smackdown-10-25-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE SmackDown (10\/25\/24) &#8211; MCMG vs. DIY, #1 Contender&#8217;s Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final <em><strong>WWE SmackDown\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>of October will emanate from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New Jersey.\u00a0<strong>WWE<\/strong> has had many memorable moments in this venue, and this week&#8217;s edition of <em><strong>WWE Friday Night SmackDown<\/strong><\/em> promises to produce more with such an exciting card.<\/p>\n<p>If you thought last week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em> was a sight to behold, then you do not want to miss a minute of the action this Friday night. With all that said, let&#8217;s get right into it. Here&#8217;s a preview of the October 25th, 2024 edition of\u00a0<em>WWE SmackDown<\/em>. Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<h3>Announced Card for WWE SmackDown:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE Tag Team Championship &#8211; #1 Contender&#8217;s Match: Motor City Machine Guns vs. #DIY<\/li>\n<li>Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes (Part VII: Series Tied 3-3) &#8211; w\/ Special Guest Referee: LA Knight<\/li>\n<li>Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes Come Face-to-Face With WWE World Heavyweight Champion Gunther<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Ring General Comes Back to Friday Night<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qz-OexB-8g?si=zB9ClWl6tjz-6X4l\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong> is hellbent on becoming the first-ever\u00a0<strong>Crown Jewel<\/strong> Champion on November 2nd, and he made that crystal clear when he addressed the WWE Universe last week on\u00a0<em>WWE Friday Night SmackDown<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he&#8217;ll have to face a man with whom he has a lot of history: the WWE World Heavyweight Champion <strong>Gunther<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dmb5s5CRtkc?si=su5iAgAEpPgzNXW_\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rhodes and Gunther have had some massive showdowns in the past two iterations of the Men&#8217;s Royal Rumble Match. Each time, Cody has come out on top, even though Gunther has come ever so close to dispatching the &#8220;American Nightmare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>, less than 2 weeks before they&#8217;re set to face off, Rhodes has invited Gunther for potentially one last confrontation before the <em><strong>Crown Jewel\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>PLE.<\/p>\n<p>Will Gunther show up and make a final statement before the match? If so, Cody Rhodes will be waiting and ready to respond.<\/p>\n<h3>Dream Match Realized<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AlUIV42d2M8?si=qeGaEuJ3LvbBjrKq\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On last week&#8217;s episode of\u00a0<em>WWE SmackDown<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Nick Aldis<\/strong> pulled out <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/13\/motor-city-machine-guns-debut-wwe-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">one of the biggest surprises of the year<\/a> as he officially signed one of the best tag teams of the past two decades to the Blue brand in the form of the <strong>Motor City Machine Guns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After months of speculation,\u00a0<strong>Alex Shelley<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Chris Sabin<\/strong> are now WWE Superstars.<\/p>\n<p>These two did not waste time making an impact, showcasing their innovative and high-octane offense for the WWE Universe on their way to winning against <strong>Los Garza<\/strong> and former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/09\/14\/next-champions-wwe-title-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE Tag Team Champions<\/a> <strong>A-Town Down Under<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2JDxIe8OGk?si=bbZ68f4TlR09w3_9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their debut win was spectacular and effectively set them up with a date against <strong>#DIY<\/strong> to claim the number one contender\u00a0spot for the WWE Tag Team Titles, which <strong>The Bloodline<\/strong> currently holds.<\/p>\n<p>No time for rest, as the Guns are now in the thick of things and are only one win away from a shot at the top tag team prize in all of professional wrestling. However, it&#8217;s not going to be that easy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Johnny Gargano\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Tommaso Ciampa<\/strong> also pulled off an amazing win in their Triple Threat Tag Team Match, so this bout can go either way.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the world&#8217;s premier tag teams collide in a dream match of epic proportions; who will advance to battle\u00a0<strong>Tama Tonga<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Tonga Loa<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s find out together this Friday night on\u00a0<em>WWE SmackDown<\/em>, which you can watch only on the <strong>USA Network<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final WWE SmackDown\u00a0of October will emanate from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New Jersey.\u00a0WWE has had many memorable moments in this venue, and this week&#8217;s edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown promises to produce more with such an exciting card. If you thought last week&#8217;s\u00a0SmackDown was a sight to behold, then you do not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3735,"featured_media":127785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2192,26,4,3],"tags":[4658,7740,98,531,8238,7482,7265],"class_list":["post-127783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-smackdown","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-andrade","tag-carmelo-hayes","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-diy","tag-gunther","tag-la-knight","tag-the-motor-city-machine-guns"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}