WWE SmackDown Notes: Randy Orton Advances to King of the Ring Finals, Alexa Bliss Advances to Queen of the Ring Finals, Solo Sikoa vs. Jacob Fatu for U.S. Title Set for Night of Chapions 2025, 6/27 Show Card

Randy Orton Advances to 2025 King of the Ring Tournament Finals

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan featured one tournament match for this year’s King of the Ring Tournament.

This was a Semifinal Round match of Randy Orton defeating Sami Zayn.

.@RandyOrton is heading to the King of the Ring Finals 🔥#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/xw6YFeU7Wd

— WWE (@WWE) June 21, 2025

As a result of his victory, Orton will be facing off against the winner of Cody Rhodes/Jey Uso in the Finals of this year’s King of the Ring tournament at Night of Champions 2025.

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Asuka Advances to 2025 Queen of the Ring Tournament Finals

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured one tournament match for this year’s Queen of the Ring Tournament.

This was a Semifinal Round match of Asuka defeating Alexa Bliss.

.@WWEAsuka punched her ticket to the Queen of the Ring Finals! 🔥#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/HrhVTK8QyP

— WWE (@WWE) June 21, 2025

As a result of her victory, Asuka will be facing off against the winner of Jade Cargill/Roxanne Perez in the Finals of this year’s Queen of the Ring tournament at Night of Champions 2025.

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Solo Sikoa vs. Jacob Fatu for U.S. Title Set for WWE Night of Champions 2025

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured one new match announced for the card of Night of Champions 2025, which takes place on June 28th at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

This new match announced was a WWE United States Championship match of Solo Sikoa vs. Jacob Fatu (c).

This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Fatu’s bad blood issues with Sikoa leading to Fatu splitting from Sikoa and The Bloodline at Money in the Bank 2025. During tonight’s show, Sikoa came out to the ring and asked for Fatu to come back to the family. This led to Fatu coming out and after some back-and-forth banter, Fatu challenged Sikoa to a match for his title leading to a brawl breaking out between the two that involved JC Mateo and Jimmy Uso.

Jacob Fatu just challenged Solo Sikoa to a US Title Match 👀#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/UBdyQpCiR0

— WWE (@WWE) June 21, 2025

In a follow-up segment, Fatu stated that he had talked to “the man” and got a match between him and Sikoa for his United States title made official for Night of Champions 2025.

NEXT WEEK!

We’re getting Jacob Fatu vs. Solo Sikoa for the #USTitle at #WWENOC 🏆#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/d451Sz5fep

— WWE (@WWE) June 21, 2025

JACOB vs. SOLO. US TITLE MATCH. #WWENOC. 🔥🏆

🎟️ https://t.co/RR4iI5VtK2 pic.twitter.com/3DMgiot3du

— WWE (@WWE) June 21, 2025

Current card for WWE Night of Champions 2025:

• Undisputed WWE Championship – CM Punk vs. John Cena (c)
• WWE Intercontinental Championship – AJ Styles vs. Dominik Mysterio (c)
• WWE United States Championship – Solo Sikoa vs. Jacob Fatu (c)
• 2025 King of the Ring Tournament Finals match – Randy Orton vs. winner of Cody Rhodes/Jey Uso
• 2025 Queen of the Ring Tournament match – Asuka vs. winner of Jade Cargill/Roxanne Perez

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Current Card for Next Week’s Show

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured three new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on June 27th at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadah, Saudi Arabia.

These new matches were setup following promos, storyline angles, and match card graphics throughout the show.

Current card for June 27th WWE SmackDown show:

• WWE Women’s Championship Last Woman Standing match – Nia Jax vs. Tiffany Stratton (c)
• WWE Women’s United States Championship – Giulia vs. Zelina Vega (c)
• WWE Tag Team Championship – The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy & Dexter Lumis) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)