{"id":135997,"date":"2025-05-29T09:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=135997"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:31:17","slug":"wwe-smackdown-preview-5-30-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/29\/wwe-smackdown-preview-5-30-25\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SmackDown Preview (5\/30\/25) &#8211; The Friday After Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE SmackDown is once again the site for the fallout from an earth-shattering <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/24\/wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-xxxiv-results-5-24-25-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event<\/a>. Last Saturday night, we saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/24\/cody-rhodes-returns-on-wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-return-match-confirmed-for-money-in-the-bank-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">return of Cody Rhodes<\/a>, making a huge challenge for John Cena. A lot more things happened last weekend, and we&#8217;ll deal with everything this Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, we bring you a full WWE SmackDown preview for May 30, 2025. Let&#8217;s run it down,<\/p>\n<h2>WWE SmackDown Preview for May 30, 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena Returns to SmackDown<\/li>\n<li>Bianca Belair Returns<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"840\">Women\u2019s Money in the Bank Qualifier: Jade Cargill vs. Nia Jax vs. Naomi<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"840\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/23\/wwe-money-in-the-bank-2025-second-mens-spot-secured\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Men\u2019s Money in the Bank Qualifier<\/a>: Andrade vs. Jacob Fatu vs. Carmelo Hayes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Battle for the Right<\/h2>\n<p>There are only two spots left for the Women&#8217;s Money in the Bank Match, and Nia Jax, Jade Cargill, and Naomi all have the chance to join the ranks of a stacked playing field vying for the right to secure a guaranteed shot at a world championship anytime they please. Jax has been on the hunt to regain the WWE Women&#8217;s Championship since losing it to kick off the year.<\/p>\n<p>For Naomi, it&#8217;s been over eight years since she&#8217;s held a singles world title, and with this newfound edge, she&#8217;s willing to do anything now more than ever to become the top woman in WWE. Jade Cargill is a special case. Having held the WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championship, Cargill&#8217;s goal is to secure the singles prize in all of WWE by becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/23\/wwe-money-in-the-bank-2025-4th-spot-decided-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Ms. Money in the Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who will come out of this three-way as the fifth woman in Los Angeles?<\/p>\n<h2>GOAT-ed Return<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we&#8217;ve seen John Cena on SmackDown. That said, the world saw plenty of him, as the 17-time World Champion proved that there&#8217;s no turning back now, dismantling R-Truth in their match and almost costing Jey Uso the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Cena&#8217;s plans would be thwarted by a returning &#8220;American Nightmare&#8221; Cody Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0MEKZFTlubg?si=jZytTElG_IXAJ8-u\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Greatest of All-Time&#8221; once again returns to Friday night to wind down his retirement tour, and she&#8217;ll surely address everything that happened last Saturday night. What will the &#8220;Unseen 17&#8221; say\u00a0<em>exactly<\/em> to the WWE Universe?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s all find out this Friday night only on the USA Network and Netflix!<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on the WWE SmackDown preview for May 30, 2025. Money in the Bank 2025, 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.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE SmackDown is once again the site for the fallout from an earth-shattering Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event. Last Saturday night, we saw the return of Cody Rhodes, making a huge challenge for John Cena. A lot more things happened last weekend, and we&#8217;ll deal with everything this Friday night. 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