WWE SmackDown Results 3/7 - Cody Rhodes Appears, US And Women's US Championships On The Line & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on March 7, 2025, coming to you live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!

Cody Rhodes found out that John Cena would be challenging him for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41 this past Saturday at WWE Elimination Chamber when the latter emerged victorious in the 2025 Men's Elimination Chamber match. In the moments that followed Cena's win, The Rock made his way down to the ring to receive an answer from Rhodes as to whether or not he would allow him to make him his champion. When Rhodes gave The Rock a crystal clear no to that question, Cena shocked everyone when he attacked Rhodes and revealed a secret alliance with The Rock. Following such events, Rhodes will be making an appearance on tonight's show with something on his mind to share about the situation.

After coming up short in the 2025 Men's Elimination Chamber match to the aforementioned Cena, Drew McIntyre looks to redeem himself tonight as he goes head-to-head with Jimmy Uso. Not only did McIntyre defeat Jimmy and LA Knight in a Triple Threat Match to secure his spot in the Men's Elimination Chamber match on the February 7 episode of "SmackDown", but Jimmy currently holds a singles win over him after defeating him on February 21.

Speaking of Knight, he will be competing in a match of his own as he challenges Shinsuke Nakamura for the United States Championship. Knight was previously dethroned as titleholder by Nakamura at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024, but secured himself another shot last week when he defeated Santos Escobar in a first round match, and Jacob Fatu and Carmelo Hayes in the finals of a mini tournament to determine the new Number One Contender for the United States Championship.

Another title will also be on the line tonight, as Chelsea Green puts the Women's United States Championship on the line against Michin in a Philadelphia Street Fight. Michin was defeated by Green at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14, 2024 when the latter became the inaugural titleholder, and then again on the January 10 and January 31 episodes of "SmackDown" (the last of which coming via disqualification) when Green managed to retain her title.

Additionally, Solo Sikoa will be squaring off with Braun Strowman after the latter and Damian Priest defeated the former and Jacob Fatu on the February 21 episode of "SmackDown".

We are live! Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore greet audiences at home as we see Drew McIntyre walking around backstage before attacking Damian Priest.

We then head over to a video of the events of WWE Elimination Chamber.

Back at ringside, Randy Orton makes his way out.

Orton says a lot of crazy stuff happened in his absence including John Cena's heel turn, then welcomes fans to "SmackDown". He reflects on his friendship with Cena seeing as he was one of his only close friends, then says another one of his close friends was Kevin Owens. He says he respects Owens the wrestler and the story of how he got to WWE, but says Owens' veins run with jealousy. He cites Owens delivering piledrivers to Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn as examples, and says while Owens would say it was due to their association with Roman Reigns, it was really because Owens disliked that they had surpassed him. He questions what Owens has to be jealous of with everything he's accomplished in WWE, then says he was told after his spinal fusion a year and a half ago that it was a career ending injury. He says he told himself after not to take anything for granted or get pissed off, but Owens pissed him off and he intends to prove that Pat McAfee is the second best punter in WWE.

Tiffany Stratton then makes her way down to the ring. Piper Niven follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Niven levels Stratton with a pair of shoulder block, but Stratton responds with a missile dropkick and handspring back elbow. Niven dumps Stratton out of the ring over the top rope, then lands a senton off the ring apron to level her.

The pair get back inside the ring, and Niven wears Stratton down with a submission hold. Stratton looks to take down Niven with a pair of clotheslines, but Niven stays standing. Stratton then delivers a shoulder tackle to Niven before following it up with a handspring back elbow and missile dropkick. Niven fires off shoulders on Stratton's midsection in the corner, but Stratton whips her into the mat and ascends to the top. She connects with a Swanton Bomb and pins Niven, but Niven kicks out. Niven sets up for a Vader Bomb on Stratton, but Stratton avoids it and connects with the Prettiest Moonsault Ever for the win.

Winner: Tiffany Stratton

After the match, Charlotte Flair appears out of nowhere and delivers a chop block to Stratton. She cinches in a Figure Eight Leg Lock on Stratton, and officials run down to the ring to break the two women apart.

Motor City Machine Guns then make their way out to the ring. Los Garza and Pretty Deadly both follow.

Chris Sabin and Kit Wilson begin the action. The bell rings and Angel tags himself in. Wilson dropkicks him out of the ring before the pair level one another with missile dropkicks. Alex Shelley and Berto tag themselves in, leading to all three teams brawling with one another.

Angel delivers a chop to Shelley on the outside, but Elton Prince tags himself in. Wilson tags back in, and Pretty Deadly double teams on Shelley. He connects with an uppercut on him, but Prince tags back in. Shelley delivers a flatliner-DDT combination to Wilson and Prince, then tags in Sabin. Sabin lands a dropkick on Prince off the top rope, but Berto tags in. Sabin connects with a Frankensteiner on Berto off the top, then follows it up with a Tornado DDT off the ropes. Prince tags in and sends Berto crashing into the mat with a hair whip, then levels Sabin. Shelley holds the middle rope open for Sabin to deliver a tope suicida to Pretty Deadly and Los Garza on the outside. Motor City Machine Guns set up for Skull and Bones on Prince, but Wilson pushes Shelley off the top rope opening the door for Prince to roll up Sabin for the win.

Winners (and new Number One Contenders): Pretty Deadly

Bianca Belair then makes her way down to the ring.

Belair says she should feel on top of the world after winning the 2025 Women's Elimination Chamber match and focused on WrestleMania 41, but it's hard doing that when two of her friends are fighting in Jade Cargill and Naomi. She says while she was close to Naomi before, she became her best friend when they formed their tag team. She says she doesn't believe Naomi would attack Cargill and calls her out to the ring for answers.

Naomi's music hits and she makes her way down. Belair asks Naomi what's going on, and Naomi says things aren't what they look like. She asks Belair who stepped up, had her back, and made sure Belair didn't have to relinquish the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. Belair cuts Naomi off and asks her point blank if she attacked Cargill, but Naomi avoids answering the question and says they should be focused on regaining the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. Belair tells Naomi to stop talking about everything else since their conversation is about Cargill, and Naomi says Cargill has been piggybacking off Belair the entire time. She says she had to watch Cargill work off Belair's accomplishments while she stood off to the side and had to watch. She says she never cared about Cargill, and the two women begin arguing.

Belair refocuses Naomi and asks her once again if she attacked Cargill, saying she'll walk away if Naomi doesn't answer. Naomi confirms that she was the one to attack Cargill, then says she did it for Belair. Belair says this hurts so bad for her because she loves Naomi, and Naomi tells Belair that she loves her as well. Belair then tells Naomi that doesn't matter and things between them are through before stepping out of the ring. Naomi begs Belair to stay and apologizes to her, but Belair makes her way up the entrance ramp. Naomi tells Belair that she should've pushed her harder and calls her an ungrateful b****. An enraged Belair slowly turns to face Naomi as we see Jade Cargill pull up and storm down to the ring.

Naomi gets out of the ring, but seeing red, Cargill sends Naomi crashing into the announce desk and the ring post. She dumps her back in the ring and connects with Jaded on her.

 Braun Strowman then makes his way out to the ring. Solo Sikoa follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Sikoa looks to level Strowman with a pair of shoulder tackles, but Strowman stays on his feet and runs over Sikoa with a shoulder tackle of his own. He clotheslines him over the top and out of the ring, but Sikoa sends him crashing into the ring steps and follows it up with a Hip Attack that sends Strowman crashing into one of the barricades.

Sikoa wears Strowman down with a submission hold back inside the ring, then runs him over with a boot. Strowman powers up to his feet and fires off a few right hands on Sikoa's midsection, but Sikoa gets Strowman up on his shoulders and levels him with a Samoan Drop. He connects with a Hip Attack on Strowman in the corner, but Strowamn runs Sikoa over with a shoulder tackle on the outside and dumps him back in the ring. He lands a splash on him in the corner, but Sikoa sends Strowman crashing into the top turnbuckle shoulder first and delivers an over the shoulder powerslam to him. He goes for a pin, but Tama Tonga breaks the pinfall to cause the disqualification.

Winner: Braun Strowman (via disqualification)

After the match, Tama looks to continue beating down Strowman, but Strowman overpowers him and sends him crashing over the barricade near the timekeeper's area. Jacob Fatu's music hits and he marches down to the ring, staring down Strowman. The two begin to brawl, but Fatu sends Strowman crashing out of the ring with a kick and looks to land a tope suicida on him. Strowman sees him coming and sends him crashing over the announce desk, but Fatu quickly recovers and levels Strowman with a forearm off the announce desk. Fatu continues beating down Strowman in the crowd, but Strowman chokeslams Fatu off a roadcase and through a table.

Chelsea Green and Piper Niven then make their way out to the ring. Michin follows, with a garbage can full of weapons in hand.

The bell rings and the two women begin to brawl. Green sneds Michin crashing into the ring apron face first, but Michin sends Green crashing into one of the barricades. Green delivers a boot that sends Michin crashing off the apron, but Michin grabs a metal sheet tray from her garbage can and hits Green with it. She dumps two kendo sticks, a car jack, a chair, two chains, and the garbage can itself into the ring.

Green hits Michin in the midsection with a chair, but Michin sends Green crashing into the chair face first and connects with a back body drop. Michin bites Green's fingers, then grabs a table from under the ring. Green lands a kick on Michin on the outside and dumps several chairs and a couple of kendo sticks in the ring, then ties Michin's hands up with a rope and uses it to toss her across the ring twice and whips her with the rope on the outside. She uses the rope to send Michin crashing into one of the barricades and the ring apron spine first, then locks in a version of a crossface on her with it.

Green looks to send Michin crashing into the ring post using the ropes, but Michin stops her momentum and sends Green crashing into it instead. Michin sprays a fire extinguisher in Green's face, then pulls out a table from under the ring. Niven runs Michin over with a right hand to stop her, then sends her face bouncing off the announce desk and dumps her into the ring. Green grabs the garbage can and sets it up as Niven holds it and Michin in place, then lands a Coast To Coast on Michin and goes for a pin. Michin kicks out.

B-Fab runs down to the ring and grabs a kendo stick, then repeatedly hits Niven with it as she chases her away through the crowd. As Green screams at Niven to come back, Michin grabs a kendo stick and repeatedly hits Green with it. She dropkicks her into the corner and sets the garbage can on top of her, then delivers a cannonball to her and goes for a pin. Green kicks out.

Michin gets a table into the ring and looks to set it up. Green sends Michin crashing into it face first and sets it up in the corner, then gets Michin up on her shoulders. Michin delivers an Eat Defeat to Green that sends her on top of the table, then delivers a senton to Green through the table off the top rope. She goes for a pin, but a hooded figure pulls Green out of the ring to break the fall and lands a kick on Michin's head. She delivers a Canadian Destroyer to Michin, then dumps Green back into the ring. Green then pins Michin for the win.

Winner (and still): Chelsea Green

Cody Rhodes then makes his way down to the ring.

Rhodes lays down his Undisputed WWE Championship on the ring mat as fans make their disdain of John Cena known. A somber Rhodes asks Philadelphia what they want to talk about, then says it's an obvious question with an obvious answer. He recalls tasting his own blood after being attacked by The Rock and Cena, then recalls having to tell his daughter what happened to his face when she asked. He says he told his daughter that he ran into a wall in the form of The Rock, Travis Scott, and Cena.

Rhodes says he drove Cena from show to show looking to gain as much knowledge from him as he could, and thought that he was a hero. He says one day, he'll tell his daughter what Cena actually did to him when he gave up. He voices his anger towards Cena after building up a rapport between them, then recalls Cena helping him beat Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40. He says Cena thought his successor had to look like him and be like him, but if he wants some, he can come and get some.

Drew McIntyre makes his way out to the ring. Jimmy Uso follows.

The bell rings and the two waste no time gonig back and forth. Jimmy dumps McIntyre out of the ring and looks to land a tope suicida on him, but McIntyre catches him with a right hand and sends his face bouncing off the announce desk. He follows it up with a superkick.

Back from the break, Jimmy lands a Samoan Drop on McIntyre and pins him. McIntyre kicks out, and the two men teeter on the ropes. McIntyre looks to land a superplex on Jimmy, buy Jimmy sends McIntyre crashing onto the mat and rocks him with a superkick. He goes for another pin, but McIntyre kicks out once again. Jimmy then ascends up the ropes and looks to land an Uso Splash, but McIntyre moves out of the way and catches Jimmy with a Claymore Kick for the win.

Winner: Drew McIntyre

After the match, McIntyre heads to the back but decides against it. Damian Priest blindsides him from behind and rains down right hands on him until officials appear to pull Priest off McIntyre.

LA Knight then makes his way out to the ring. Shinsuke Nakamura follows.

The bell rings and Knight fires off right hands on Nakamura. Nakamura levels Knight, but Knight fires off more right hands on him. Nakamura lands a knee on Knight as he's draped off the ring apron, then sends him crashing into the mat off the middle rope. Knight flies off the middle turnbuckle to send Nakamura crashing into the mat face first, then lands a dropkick through the middle rope to level him on the outside.

Knight takes down Nakamura with a clothesline off the barricade, then dumps him back in the ring and ascends to the middle rope. Nakamura trips him and drapes him across the top turnbuckle, then connects with a knee on his midsection and sends his face bouncing off the ring apron. He connects with a roundhouse kick on Nakamura's head, but Knight repeatedly sends Nakamura's head bouncing off the announce desk and sends him crashing into it face first. Nakamura whips Knight into the ring steps.

Knight and Nakamura return to the ring, and Nakamura delivers a knee to Knight's head. He lands another knee on Knight's midsection, and the two exchange forearms with one another before Knight levels Nakamura with a clothesline and neckbreaker. He follows it up with a powerslam and an elbow drop, then goes for a pin but Nakamura kicks out. Nakamura fires off elbows on the side of Knight's neck as the pair teeter on the ropes, then sends him crashing into the mat with a back suplex and goes for a pin. Knight kicks out.

Knight turns Nakamura inside out with a clothesline, but Nakamura connects with a kick to Knight's head and ascends up the ropes. Knight joins him up there and lands a superplex, then lands an elbow drop off the top rope and looks to follow it up with BFT. Nakamura avoids it by sliding out of the ring, then looks to hit Knight with a chair. Knight grabs the chair from Nakamura and considers using it, but the referee talks him out of it. Nakamura levels Knight with a back fist and grabs the chair. He looks to use it on Knight, but the referee takes it from him. Nakamura looks to spit red mist into Knight's face, but accidentally spits it in the referee's face. Knight then rolls up Nakamura, but the referee misses it. Nakamura takes advantage, hitting a roundhouse kick on Knight and following it up with a Scissor Kick. He grabs the chair once again, but Knight wrestles it away from Nakamura and sends him crashing on top of it with the BFT. A second referee runs down to the ring and counts the fall for the win.

Winner (and new): LA Knight