This Week's WWE SmackDown Ending Explained (March 28, 2025): Recap, Results & What It Means [SPOILERS]

Warning: The following copy has SPOILERS for WWE SmackDown (Mar 28th, 2025)

WWE hits London for the first of two shows, as SmackDown comes from the O2. What will Cody Rhodes have to say about John Cena, ahead of their next face-to-face on Monday Night Raw? LA Knight will defend his United States Championship against Braun Strowman, with The Bloodline's Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa waiting in the wings for both men. Randy Orton and Kevin Owens will be in town, as bad blood runs between them, and also continues between Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest.

There's more gold on the line, as new WWE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits defend against the UK's own, Pretty Deadly. Michin faces Charlotte Flair, and United States Champion Chelsea Green's Secret Hervice of Piper Niven and Alba Fyre take on Kelani Jordan and Katan Chance. The night is headlined by Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and CM Punk signing their WrestleMania contract, with Paul Heyman's huge favor hanging over it all.

WWE SmackDown Results - Mar 21st, 2025

• Cody Rhodes enters to a hero's welcome in London to open SmackDown.
• Cody starts to talk about John Cena but is interrupted by Randy Orton.
• Orton says he isn't the sentimental type, but this is different. Orton charts Cody's journey and says he changed the wrestling industry.
• He talks about Cody's match at Hell In A Cell with Seth Rollins, and beating Roman Reigns art WrestleMania.
• Randy says 99.9% of what has happened in wrestling's new boom period is because of Cody, and he's proud of him.
• Orton says he's going to one day come for his 15th championship win one day, and Drew McIntyre interrupts the pair.
• McIntyre calls them a pair of "nepo babies", and then asks what Randy Orton has done since coming back to be talking about title shots.
• Drew says Cody should have listened to him about John Cena, and McIntyre would be in the title match if it wasn't for "the Temu Undertaker", Damian Priest.
• Drew says Orton looks great, but his back is hanging by a thread and if he keeps getting in Drew's way, he'll break it.
• Orton attempted an RKO, but Drew got a way as a match is made between the pair for later in the evening,
• The Street Profits defeat Pretty Deadly in a brilliant match for the Tag Team Championship, with a red-hot home crowd supporting the contenders.
• The Secret Hervice of Piper Niven and Alba Fyre defeated Kelani Jordan and Katana Chance.
• Zelina Vega attempted to clean house after the bell, but Chelsea Green and The Secret Hervice put her on the canvas. Chelsea Green was cheered, while Zelina was booed during this segment.
• Braun Strowman vs LA Knight for the US Championship ends in a no contest, as Jacob Fatu arrives to wreck house.
• Fatu takes out LA Knight with a pump-up Samoan Drop, and then destroys Braun Strowman with two top rope moonsaults and more.
• Jimmy Uso is interviewed and says he'll beat Gunther on Raw this coming Monday.
• The Miz and Carmelo Hayes then round on Jimmy Uso to insult him, as Miz vs Jimmy Uso is made for later in the evening.
• Jacob Fatu is approached by Solo Sikoa, who tells Jacob to stop leaving him out of plans.
• Fatu says he will be the last man standing with Braun Strowman and he will take home the US Championship to the family, with or without them.
• An excellent Naomi vignette airs, continuing her great heel turn and setting her sights on Bianca Belair.
• Jade Cargill is backstage looking for Naomi. Michin and B-Fab approach her and tell Jade to do what she has to do.
• A vignette for what looks like the return of Alistair Black airs.
• Michin and B-Fab enter, but are attacked viciously by Naomi. Jade Cargill chases Naomi off into the crowd, as Michin now has to face Charlotte Flair.
• Charlotte Flair defeats Michin, despite Michin putting up a fairly good defence.
• Tiffany Stratton is interviewed by Jackie Redmond, and she says that only Charlotte has something to lose at WrestleMania. Thsi build is really struggling.
• Drew McIntyre defeats Randy Orton with a Claymore, after Orton was baited by Kevin Owens arriving at ringside.
• Owens attempts a piledriver on the announcer's table, but Randy breaks free.
• Rey Fenix is confirmed for SmackDown next Friday.
• Jimmy Uso defeats The Miz with the Uso Splash.
• Drew McIntyre celebrates backstage with Lewis Capaldi, and then says he's going out on the town.
• Damian Priest is waiting for Drew outside the venue, as the two brawl and Damian Priest puts Drew through the windshield of a car.
• Priest then acknoldeges McIntyre's Undertaker line, with a closing "rest in peace, bitch".
• Security surround the ring on all sides, as Roman Reigns is the first to walk to the ring for the WrestleMania contract signing.
• Seth Rollins discusses their history, including putting the Undertaker through a table with The Shield in London. He says they accomplished their mission together.
• Roman says Seth keeps saying "we", but "we" died a long time ago. He says he raised the level of WWE, he made the company desirable to Netflix and worth billions, and that had nothing to do with Seth.
• Seth says that he let CM Punk into the garden, and that's a danger to everything he's built. Seth says he's left to clean up Roman's mess, after he shook Punk's hand at WarGames.
• CM Punk enters and signs the contract. Roman Reigns hurries CM Punk, saying that he doesn't have to spend all day looking at it.
• Heyman says to Punk, "I know what you're looking, it's in there".
• It is confirmed that CM Punk will headline WrestleMania alongside Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.
• Rollins says Punk doesn't deserve it, and he says this is all Heyman and Reigns's fault.
• CM Punk thanks London, Chicago, Louisville, and the WWE Universe, but Roman Reigns interjects and says he should only be thanking his Tribal Chief.
• Punk then extensively thanks Roman Reigns for his work over the years and tells him he'll see him at WrestleMania, but that's not the favor he's owed as SmackDown goes off the air.

A fairly lacklasture SmackDown ignited in it's final stages, as CM Punk's favor is not only headlining WrestleMania. The contract is signed and Punk's favor is included, but Roman Reigns must wait to find out what clause his wise man, Paul Heyman, inserted, much to the ire of Seth Rollins. Pretty Deadly and The Street Profits had a fantastic tag match, but there was a lot of filler material for a show this deep into WrestleMania season. With the show itself less than a month away, a lot of the card is still yet to be revealed (even if there are plenty of hints), as this year's strange WrestleMania season continues to bamboozle everyone.