Friday Evening SmackDown aired this week from contained in the SAP Heart in San Jose, California. Recent off Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia final Saturday, the blue model’s Girls’s Champion Tiffany Stratton got here up brief in her Crown Jewel Championship match towards Uncooked’s Girls’s World Champion, Stephanie Vaquer. How did the Buff Barbie rebound following her loss? Charlotte Aptitude and Alexa Bliss additionally had their fingers full tonight as they defended their Girls’s Tag Workforce Championship towards Sol Ruca and Zaria of NXT. Who received? And lastly, why did Zelina Vega be part of up with Aleister Black final week? Let’s get began and discover out.
The Girls’s Tag Workforce Championship match kicked off the in-ring motion tonight. Blake Monroe was noticed within the crowd watching, which commentator Corey Graves speculated may have been a solution to play thoughts video games with Ruca as she has demonstrated curiosity in her Girls’s North American Championship on NXT in latest weeks.
Issues began off between Aptitude and Ruca, with the 2 sharing lock-ups and arm drags, earlier than tagging of their companions. Bliss was fast to slap and hit a dropkick to Zaria, as she fought onerous to keep away from being overpowered by the Australian-born star. After a business break, the present returned with Bliss making an attempt to tag in Aptitude as Zaria continued to dominate, tagging in Ruca who took over for her workforce, faceplanting Bliss to the mat. Bliss was fortunate sufficient to overlook a double workforce maneuver and tagged in Aptitude, who hit a crossbody and her signature chops on each Ruca and Zaria. After some forwards and backwards between Zaria and Aptitude, Ruca was tagged in, knocking Bliss off the ring apron, however received caught right into a Boston crab by The Queen, which she tried to counter right into a pin. Kicking Aptitude out of a determine 4, the twin champion hit a Sol Snatcher on Aptitude, however Bliss broke up the pin in time and received swung into the barricade by Zaria.
Aptitude checked on Bliss outdoors the ring as Monroe clapped on from the gang, with Ruca getting in her face. Aptitude took benefit to throw Ruca again into the ring and put her into the Determine Eight, forcing her to faucet out and making certain the Allies of Comfort retained their titles. The 2 groups then shook fingers afterwards.
Zelina Vega appeared with Aleister Black in a vignette. As a snake crawled on Black’s arm, the Dutch Destroyer lent his voice to a narration, stating that he was most pleased with the truth that he has been setting his alliance with Vega for months. The truth is that all the things he has accomplished has been a calculated transfer in his head, and he has not felt this completed since aligning along with his spouse.
Vega says that this partnership isn’t new, was all the time a part of the plan, and by their design. Black states that this was the inevitable reality, none extra methodical and none extra violent than his spouse. Per Vega, they aren’t the an infection, simply the mirror that exhibits it. Black just isn’t a fan of placing all his playing cards on the desk, however he’ll tell us this: they’re what maybe we might name a crucial evil, referring to himself and Vega as “the steadiness”. Vega ends the phase by saying that the venom isn’t poison, it’s salvation.
Following a recap of Crown Jewel‘s title match, Cathy Kelley interviewed Tiffany Stratton. Asking Stratton how her efficiency towards Stephanie Vaquer impacts her as champion, the Heart of the Universe says that she’s not going to faux that she’s blissful about dropping; Vaquer is a superb champion and took her to her limits, however she’s been undefeated for the previous yr and one loss doesn’t outline her, particularly as she continues to be the WWE Girls’s Champion, so she is concentrated on what’s subsequent.
Kiana James occurs to stroll in, and tells Stratton like it’s. Her outlook could also be inspiring, however on the finish of the day, she nonetheless misplaced, so she’ll put it into phrases that Stratton will perceive: that loss was exactly why she provided her skilled experience to Stephanie and to not her. James knew she didn’t have what it took, since she solely represents premium expertise just like the Girls’s United States Champion Giulia (who’s at present on WWE’s tour of Japan), citing her as the kind of excessive worth funding that pays off each time. Stratton says that possibly James is aware of that she doesn’t have “it”, mentioning the previous saying of “Those that can, do, and those that can’t, educate”. Stratton changed “educate” with “signify”, a jab that undercuts the in-ring means of James, however the authorized consultant maintains that she is completely able to getting the job accomplished within the ring. Stratton tells her to show it by dealing with her in a match subsequent week. James says, “gladly”, and walks off.
A “do you know?” factoid was proven afterwards, mentioning that Stratton has the best share of wins out of any Celebrity on the WWE roster in 2025, with a 17-1 win-loss document.
Candice LeRae was backstage with #DIY, laughing alongside them as they mocked Nathan Frazer and Axiom within the midst of discussing the tag workforce division. When Tomasso Ciampa talked about that LeRae and Johnny Gargano’s son Quill needed a “silly masks” for Halloween, The Poison Pixie pointed to Axiom, referring to his signature masks as a silly masks, which Gargano tried to the touch. After Axiom challenged Gargano to a match and left, LeRae informed her husband, “that man might be ugly, proper?”, which didn’t assist Gargano decipher what Axiom had informed him in Spanish.
Friday Evening SmackDown airs subsequent week from contained in the Mullett Area in Tempe, Arizona, with the next set to happen:
Tiffany Stratton vs. Kiana James
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