WWE SmackDown Results – Sept. 19, 2025 – Brock Lesnar Interview, Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre WWE Title Contract Signing, Carmelo Hayes vs. Sami Zayn

WWE SmackDown Results
Sep 19, 2025

September 19, 2025
Toledo, Ohio – Huntington Center
Commentary – Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and The Miz
Results via Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

Quick Match Results

  1. WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair (c) defeated Alba Fyre & Chelsea Green via Stereo Natural Selection (pinfall)
  2. The Vision defeated Fraxiom via Tsunami (pinfall)
  3. WWE United States Championship Open Challenge match – Sami Zayn (c) defeated Carmelo Hayes via Blue Thunder Bomb (pinfall)

Pre-show Arrivals

Drew McIntyre is shown arriving. Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes is also here. Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre are in the building, as are their opponents, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss. Carmelo Hayes is shown walking backstage. WWE United States Champion Sami Zayn is also shown.

In-Ring: Brock Lesnar, Michael Cole, Corey Graves

Michael Cole and Corey Graves us to the show as we prepare for the ESPN Era. Cole is supposed to interview Brock Lesnar later in the show, but Lesnar wants to be interviewed now.

Michael Cole starts to head to the back, but Brock Lesnar’s music hits, and The Beast Incarnate heads to the ring. Cole is frozen. Lesnar picks Cole up and carries him around ringside with ease. Cole is terrified. Lesnar throws Cole into the ring as the crowd boos. The legendary announcer begs Lesnar off. Lesnar grabs him by the tie as the crowd chants, “Cena.” Lesnar pulls Cole to his feet, so Corey Graves gets in the ring to beg him off. Lesnar lets go of Cole’s tie and grabs Graves, hitting him with an F5!

Lesnar grabs the camera and screams that he’s coming for John Cena. Tomorrow is D-Day, and he’s coming for blood. Lesnar exits the ring and destroys the Prime Hydration Station. Lesnar grabs the top half of the steel stair, but referees beg him off. Lesnar throws the steps aside and gets in the ring, leaving a defenseless Corey Graves alone. Lesnar scoops Graves up and crushes him with a second F5! Lesnar screams, “Come on, Cena!” Lesnar then leaves the ring.

Ringside: Michael Cole, Corey Graves

Back from the break, Michael Cole, referees, and trainers surround Corey Graves, who is in a lot of pain on the mat. They pull him out of the ring.

Replays are shown of the destruction caused by Brock Lesnar.

Backstage: Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, “Big” Bronson Reed, Nick Aldis

Brock Lesnar is walking backstage when he sees Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, and “Big” Bronson Reed. Lesnar comes face-to-face with his former Advocate and says, “We should talk.” Lesnar walks off. SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis comes up to Heyman, Breakker, and Reed. Aldis tells them he has a contract signing and doesn’t want any problems. Heyman says he’s here to broker peace with The Usos. Aldis says The Usos aren’t here. Heyman pretends to compliment Aldis and says they’ll just enjoy the show instead. They walk off.

Ringside: Michael Cole

Back to ringside, Michael Cole returns to the commentary table. Cole looks upset as the crowd chants, “Michael Cole.” Cole says Corey Graves is getting medical attention because he came to his assistance. Cole says he’s been beaten up and pushed around, but he’s never felt as helpless as he did out there tonight. If that’s what awaits John Cena tomorrow, he doesn’t know if his friend has the answers. Cole appears dejected.

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Alba Fyre & Chelsea Green vs. Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair (c)

Charlotte Flair will start against Chelsea Green. They lock up, and Flair slings her off. Green punches Alexa Bliss down, and Flair hits a big boot. Bliss tags in and hits a rolling senton splash on Green. Flair takes Alba Fyre down, and Bliss follows up with a rolling senton splash. Green pushes Bliss to the corner, and Fyre tags in. Fyre attacks Bliss and slams her face into the ring post.

Picture-in-Picture Commercial Break: Fyre attacks Bliss and clubs the back before choking her on the ropes. Dan Engler backs Fyre up, and Green chokes Bliss on the ropes behind his back. Fyre stands on Bliss’ hair and pulls on her arm. Fyre attacks the arm and tags Green in. Green and Fyre kick Bliss in the face for a two-count. Imagine the Tag Titles changed just like that on a commercial break. Green bounces Bliss’ face off the turnbuckles and curb stomps her into the bottom turnbuckle. Bliss fights back and rolls Green up for a two-count. Green quickly pops up and hits a clothesline. Fyre tags in. Green and Fyre hit a sloppy double-team front suplex for a two-count. Fyre taunts Flair. Bliss punches Fyre, but Fyre hits a snapmare, followed by a knee to the spine. Fyre chops her chest in the corner. Green tags back in and whips Fyre into Bliss, but Bliss boots her back.

Back from the break, Bliss attacks Green and goes for a tag, but Green stops her. Bliss cuts her off with a DDT. The Miz has joined the commentary team. Bliss goes for a tag, but Fyre pulls Flair down. Green attacks Bliss and slams her face off the middle turnbuckle. Green shoulders her in the corner and taunts Flair. Bliss avoids a shoulder from Green. Fyre tags herself in, but Bliss gets away and tags Flair.

Flair hits a pair of clotheslines, followed by some chops. Green runs in and gets chopped down. Flair ducks a clothesline and hits a front roll into a clothesline. Flair hits Fyre with an exploder suplex before doing a kip up. Flair grabs Fyre’s leg before booting Green off the apron. Fyre rolls Flair up for a two-count. Flair superkicks Fyre and hits an STO into the turnbuckles. Flair starts to go to the top rope, but Green cuts her off. Fyre superkicks Flair and tags Green in. Green takes Flair down, and Fyre hits Flair with a senton bomb! 1… 2… Bliss breaks up the pin. Fyre attacks Bliss. Fyre and Green go for a double-team on Bliss, but Flair stops it. Bliss and Flair hit stereo Natural Selections for the win.

Winner: Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair via Pinall to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.

Backstage: B-Fab, Street Profits, Michin, Bo Dallas, Erick Rowan

B-Fab is talking with the Street Profits. She says they’re brothers. Brothers sometimes disagree. If they want the Tag Titles, they need to get on the same page. Michin comes up and says she needs to talk to B-Fab. B-Fab tells the Profits to talk it out and leaves with Michin. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins go to talk. Ford says he’ll talk to Nick Aldis so he can figure out how they’ll get their Tag Team Championship back. Bo Dallas walks up and says Ford doesn’t want to hear what he has to say, but he will listen. Ford grabs Dallas and asks why he’s messing with them. Dallas says they’ve got lost souls, but he’ll show them the right path. Erick Rowan then attacks the Profits with the Yowie-Wowie hammer. Dallas does Luke Harper’s, “Yeah, yeah, yeah.”

Backstage: R-Truth

R-Truth, clad in a neck brace, is at a stand with the ESPN logo. R-Truth says he’s running a Genius Bar to help people sign up for the ESPN App. Los Garza come up, and R-Truth answers some common questions people may have about the ESPN App. R-Truth then talks about turning their microwave into a hotspot.

Ringside: Fraxiom, Paul Heyman, The Vision, Nick Aldis

Fraxiom makes their entrance, but Bron Breakker and “Big” Bronson Reed viciously attack them. Paul Heyman gets in the ring and does his trademark intro. Heyman says Fraxiom reminds him of The Usos… down and out on their back. Heyman speaks in Samoan before translating that it’s a spoiler for Wrestlepalooza. Fraxiom then hits Reed and Breakker with stereo missile dropkicks before hitting them with a pair of suicide dives.

SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis comes out and says if a fight is started on his show, it’ll be finished. It’ll be Fraxiom vs. The Vision.

Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom) vs. The Vision (“Big” Bronson Reed & Bron Breakker)

We join this match in progress. Bron Breakker puts Axiom on the top rope. Axiom fights off, but Breakker hits him with a standing belly-to-belly suplex. Paul Heyman is shown on the phone talking with Seth Rollins. Breakker hits the ropes at a wild speed and crushes Axiom with a clothesline, turning him inside out. “Big” Bronson Reed tags in and punches Axiom down. The Tribal Thief slams Axiom and hits a senton splash. Breakker tags back in and punches away at Axiom. Breakker hits Axiom with a snap suplex before punching Nathan Frazier off the apron. Breakker pulls his straps down and hits the ropes, but Axiom dropkicks him down. Axioim kicks Breakker away.

Frazier and Reed tag in. Frazier hits some rapid-fire strikes, followed by a springboard missile dropkick. Reed is on his knees, and Frazier kicks him down. Frazier goes to the top rope for a frog splash to pick up a two-count. Frazier goes for a Phoenix Splash, but Reed moves and hits the Jagged Edge. Reed signals for the end and goes to the top rope, but Axiom kicks him. Axiom goes for a Spanish Fly, but Reed slings him off the top rope into a SPEAR from Breakker! Reed hits Frazier with a Tsunami for the win.

Winner: The Vision via Pinfall.

Heyman cuts Mark Nash off and says he doesn’t need “John Cena’s bitch” to announce them as winners. Heyman goes to finish what he was saying…

…but he’s interrupted by The Usos. The Usos are in Indianapolis, Indiana, the site of tomorrow’s Wrestlepalooza. They’re ready for The Vision.

Backstage: Nia Jax

Nia Jax is walking backstage. We’ll hear from her next.

Video: Cody Rhodes

Video: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes gives instructions for joining the ESPN app.

Video: WWE on ESPN

Video: All the hype for WWE’s debut on the ESPN App.

In-Ring: Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton, Jade Cargill

Nia Jax makes her way to the ring. Last Friday on SmackDown, Jax attacked WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill.

Jax says she’s sick of being in Toledo, Ohio, calling it a “disgusting town.” Jax says she’s sick of the Women’s Division. It’s embarrassing that some women call them Alpha Females. Jax says she is the Alpha Female of the Women’s Division. It’s definitely not Tiffy, and she mocks the “Tiffy Time” catchphrase. Jax put her in a “Tiffy Timeout” last week. As for Jade Cargill, she would trade appearances with her. The woman looks incredible. If she could trade in-ring ability, Cargill would trade with Jax because she could use it. Jax sarcastically says Cargill is great. She looks fantastic until she gets in the ring. Then, she gets Annihilated by Jax. She’ll annihilate any storm or Tiffy Time any damn time.

“It’s Tiffy Time!”

WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton comes out to the stage. Stratton says everyone is sick of Nia Jax running her mouth about her. No one wants Jax near the title. As for Jade Cargill, she’s not a superhero. Cargill won’t save anything. Since they’re committed to acting delusional, she’ll show them why she’s the one and only Women’s Champion. There’s nothing they can do or say about it.

Stratton heads to the ring, but referees and security run down to stop her. Jade Cargill storms down to the ring and attacks security. Cargill gets on the apron, but referees and security pull her down. SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis says he’ll give them a chance to tear each other apart. Next week, the title will be on the line in a Triple Threat Match.

Backstage: R-Truth, Motor City Machine Guns, Rey Fenix

R-Truth is with the Motor City Machine Guns and Rey Fenix. He’s teaching them how to sign up for the ESPN App.

Next Week Show’s Card Rundown

Next Friday, SmackDown comes to Orlando, Florida. Tiffany Stratton will defend the WWE Women’s Championship against Nia Jax and Jade Cargill.

Video: Brock Lesnar, Michael Cole, Corey Graves

Replay: Brock Lesnar’s vicious attack on Michael Cole and Corey Graves from earlier in the night. Lesnar looked into the camera and told John Cena that he’s coming for blood at Wrestlepalooza.

WWE United States Championship Open Challenge Match
Carmelo Hayes vs. Sami Zayn (c)

The bell rings, and Zayn quickly wrenches the arm. Hayes rolls through and turns it on Zayn. Zayn twists out and takes Hayes down. Zayn hooks a side headlock, but Hayes whips him off. Hayes drops down and leapfrogs him before hitting a dropkick. Hayes poses. They lock up, and Hayes backs Zayn into the ropes. Hayes punches and clubs away at Zayn. Hayes hooks a side headlock. Zayn whips him off, drops down, leapfrogs him, and punches him in the forehead. Zayn puts Hayes in the corner and starts up the 10 punches. Hayes pushes Zayn to the apron. Zayn knocks him back, but Hayes kicks him and hits a springboard leg drop as Zayn hangs over the ropes. Hayes flexes his muscles.

Back from the break, Hayes sends Zayn into the ropes, hits a back elbow, and drops a leg for a two-count. Hayes punches and chops Zayn’s chest before sending him into the ropes. Zayn springboards over Hayes and hits a lariat. Zayn knocks him back and hits a double ax handle off the second rope. Zayn chops the chest and starts up the 10 punches before adding in a bunch more. Hayes looks out on his feet. Zayn hits a vicious tornado DDT for a near fall.

Zayn goes to the top rope and jumps over Hayes before he can attack. Zayn hits a Michinoku Driver for another near fall. Zayn goes for a vertical suplex, but Hayes gets out of it. Hayes fights out of a roll-up and knees Zayn in the face. Hayes heads to the top rope for a frog splash, but Zayn gets his knees up. Zayn charges for a Helluva Kick, but Hayes lays him out with a superkick.

Picture-in-Picture Commercial Break: Both men are down and stay down for quite a bit. They slowly get up. Hayes attacks, ducks a pair of clotheslines, and drives Zayn’s face into the mat for a two-count. After taking a few moments to complain about the referee, Hayes and Zayn trade punches. Hayes goes for a leapfrog, but Zayn hits a sit-out powerbomb for a near fall. After trading some shots, they take each other out with a double clothesline.

Back from the break, Zayn gets up and pulls Hayes up. Hayes superkicks Zayn, knocking him to the corner. Zayn catches Hayes charging for an exploder into the turnbuckles, but Hayes gets out. Hayes drops Zayn on the apron and hits a DDT! Zayn’s arm got caught in the ropes, and he is really favoring it. Hayes hits a Frog Splash for a near fall.

Hayes goes for the First 48, but Zayn gets out. Hayes gets out of a Blue Thunder Bomb and hits the First 48 for a near fall. Zayn is still holding his wrist in pain. Zayn gets out of a suplex, but Hayes comes back with a Final Cut. Hayes springboards off the ropes and lands on Zayn, slamming his face into the mat. Hayes goes to the top rope for Nothin’ but Net, but Zayn gets away, boots him in the face, and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb! 1… 2… 3!

Winner: Sami Zayn via Pinfall to retain the WWE United States Championship.

Backstage: Nick Aldis, Kit Wilson, Damian Priest

Kit Wilson is complaining to Nick Aldis about the toxic masculinity on SmackDown. Damian Priest charges in and demands Aleister Black. It’s no more good guy or bad guy. If he doesn’t get Black, everyone will get the Punisher. Wilson interjects about Priest’s toxicity, so Priest throws him THROUGH the wall! Aldis calls for medical.

Video: John Cena, Brock Lesnar

Video: A look at the careers of John Cena and Brock Lesnar.

Wrestlepalooza Card Rundown

The commentators go over the card for WWE Wrestlepalooza.

Video: Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes

Replay: Last Friday on SmackDown, Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton. Cody Rhodes saved Orton from being injured by McIntyre.

Backstage: Solo Sikoa, Tonga Loa

Video: Solo Sikoa is shown talking about the only loyal soldier he has left. Tonga Loa has shown him love and sacrificed his body for him. He’s the son of Haku, the most dangerous man on the planet. That makes him dangerous. He brought gold to this family. Sikoa owes it to him to make him a champion and let him down. If he trusts and is part of his Family Tree, his loyalty will be rewarded. Loa puts a hand on Sikoa’s shoulder and says, “I love you, Solo.”

In-Ring: Nick Aldis, Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes

SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis is in the ring and talks about the importance of WWE Wrestlepalooza. The main event will be the Undisputed WWE Championship. Aldis introduces the challenger in that match, Drew McIntyre. “The Scottish Warrior” comes out to the stage and heads to the ring. McIntyre grabs a microphone with a smug look on his face, and the crowd starts to boo. Before he can say anything…

“Wrestling has more than one royal family.”

Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes heads to the ring. The crowd gives Rhodes a great ovation. McIntyre looks unimpressed. Rhodes says that before they sign the contract, he asks McIntyre if he knows what happened fifteen years ago today. They won the Tag Team Championship together. No one was talking about it. The world doesn’t revolve around them or their story. It’s the crowd’s story. They don’t need to know the story. Sometimes, the people want to see two guys fight. Rhodes understands who McIntyre is. In the past, he won a Royal Rumble, was WWE Champion, and slayed The Beast. He’s the Scottish Warrior, but lately, the Scottish Warrior has just been a Keyboard Warrior. Rhodes tells McIntyre to pull his phone out and complain online. This will be the last time he gets one over on McIntyre. McIntyre types on his phone and shows he tweeted out, “Thank you Cody!!”

McIntyre says all he wanted was a legitimate shot at the WWE Championship. McIntyre won’t get screwed over in this match. Rhodes is a fighting champion and a company guy. McIntyre says Rhodes is the Corporate Champion. That’s not a bad thing. McIntyre stomped his head through a table weeks ago. All Rhodes is doing is talking him to death. The people will eventually turn on Rhodes and move to the next flavor of the month. Rhodes will realize he’s right.

Rhodes says he can say what he wants, but McIntyre’s legacy will be as the guy who lost on one of WWE’s biggest shows to him. Rhodes signs the contract, as does McIntyre. McIntyre hits Rhodes with a Glasgow Kiss and knocks him out of the ring. McIntyre has him set up for a Claymore Kick through the table, but he thinks better of it. McIntyre grabs Rhodes and says the match at Wrestlepalooza will happen tomorrow. McIntyre is taking the title. McIntyre poses and heads to the back. Nick Aldis yells at him. Rhodes hits McIntyre with a suicide dive. They start to brawl until referees and officials pull them apart. They break free and continue to brawl. McIntyre then boots Rhodes in the face and stomps his forehead as the show comes to an end.

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