What To Count on On WWE SmackDown (June 20, 2025)
The June 20, 2025, version of WWE SmackDown will emanate from the Van Andel Area in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The present will function some high-profile motion because the buildup to WWE’s subsequent PLE, Evening of Champions, continues.
We are going to see the WWE Undisputed Champion John Cena in motion, whereas a few marquee matches are additionally set to happen. Right here is what to anticipate from this week’s episode on The Blue Model:
Main Matches Set for This Week’s SmackDown
Final week, John Cena simply couldn’t shake off R-Fact. After attacking Cena following the opening phase of SmackDown final Friday, Fact blindsided ‘The Champ’ as soon as once more after he was concerned in a heated promo battle with CM Punk later within the night time.
Nick Aldis then confronted Fact backstage, giving him what he wished. Therefore, on this week’s present, Fact will battle Cena contained in the ring in a non-title match. This match might go in any course given Fact’s new discovered persona and the potential for Punk displaying up.
Undisputed WWE Champion @JohnCena faces @RonKillings in a highly-anticipated showdown this Friday on #SmackDown!
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Two different main matches had been made official for The Blue Model this week.
With the King and Queen of the Ring set for semi-final motion, we’ll witness two high-stakes contests. Within the King of the Ring match, Sami Zayn will face Randy Orton for a spot within the finals subsequent week at Evening of Champions.
Zayn has been driving a wave of momentum and is eyeing a shot on the World Title, which is the prize for successful the match. With Karrion Kross telling Zayn that he gained’t win except he embraces his darkish facet, will we see a special Zayn in opposition to The Viper?
Orton, however, has made it clear that he’ll cease at nothing to win his fifteenth World title. He even dropped a warning to his buddy Cody Rhodes final week, saying he would do something to return out on high in the event that they meet within the finals in Saudi Arabia.
Who will ADVANCE this Friday on #SmackDown when @RandyOrton goes one-on-one with @SamiZayn?
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Then within the Queen of the Ring semifinals, we have now The Goddess in opposition to The Empress of Tomorrow. Alexa Bliss will look to get one step nearer to the crown when she faces a newly returned Asuka. Bliss has continued to impress and can look so as to add one other accolade to her glittering resume this week on SmackDown. However standing in her manner shall be Asuka.
Confirmed matches for SmackDown June 20, 2025
- John Cena vs. R-Fact (Non-title match)
- Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn (King of the Ring Semi-Closing)
- Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka (Queen of the Ring Semi-Closing)
Aside from these matches, there are different segments that promise extra drama.
What Else to Count on From SmackDown This Week?
A few weeks in the past, Giulia turned on the Ladies’s US champion Zelina Vega after serving to her overcome Piper Niven. Giulia made it clear that she is coming after Vega’s title, and the champion isn’t backing down.
She confronted Nick Aldis final week, asking for her new nemesis, solely to be told she wasn’t current. However this week, it was introduced that Vega will come face-to-face with The Lovely Insanity. This guarantees to be a phase that would very effectively see some motion.
In the meantime, males’s US champion Jacob Fatu might be in for a harsh lesson as Solo Sikoa plans to take revenge for his Cash within the Financial institution loss. Final week, Sikoa warned Fatu to fall in line or else face penalties.
With new Bloodline member Hikuleo making his debut on a Most important Occasion taping, it’s potential that Sikoa introduces him to the WWE Universe on SmackDown, with Fatu being a goal.
Apart from this, Cody Rhodes, LA Knight, Nia Jax, and WWE Ladies’s Champion Tiffany Stratton are additionally being marketed for the present.
