WWE: Cody Rhodes, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, & The Bloodline Appearances Set for 7/4 WWE SmackDown Shown, WWE Reportedly Considering Plans for The IIconics (The IInspiration) Potential WWE Return for Evolution 2, More News

Jul 4, 2025

Cody Rhodes, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton & The Bloodline Appearances Announced for Friday’s WWE SmackDown Shown

WWE announced four new segments for the card of Friday’s WWE SmackDown show on USA Network.

This show was taped on Monday, June 30th at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Three of the new segments announced were 2025 King of the Ring winner Cody Rhodes, 2025 Queen of the Ring winner Jade Cargill, and The Bloodline (Tanga Loa, JC Mateo, Tala Tonga, & Solo Sikoa) making appearances on the show.

The fourth new segment announced was a promo segment featuring WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton choosing her Evolution 2 challenger.

Current card for July 4th WWE SmackDown show:

2025 King of the Ring winner Cody Rhodes to appear
2025 Queen of the Ring winner Jade Cargill to appear
The Bloodline (Tanga Loa, JC Mateo, Tala Tonga, & Solo Sikoa) to appear
WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton to speak

WWE Reportedly Considering Plans for The IIconics (The IInspiration) Potential WWE Return for Evolution 2

WWE reportedly is currently considering plans for The IIconics’ Billie Kay & Peyton Royce, also known as The IInspiration’s Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee, to make a potential return to the company, according to WrestleVotes Radio.

It was reported that their sources stated that WWE officials have held recent discussions regarding potential plans for The IIconics to make a return at their upcoming Evolution 2 event on July 13th in Atlanta, Georgia.

It was reported that it is currently not known if The IIconics will be appearing at the event or if this is just an idea that is currently being floated around in the company.

WWE News & Notes

As noted before, country singer and rapper Jelly Roll will be making a guest appearance at WWE’s SmackDown show on July 11th in Nashville, Tennessee. WrestleVotes reported that their sources stated that Jelly Roll’s appearance will be “the start of something more” involving him in WWE. It was reported that WWE officials currently have plans for Jelly Roll to make more guest appearances in the future. It was also reported that while Jelly Roll is currently on tour, he does have the first weekend of August off which would open the possibility of him making an appearance at this year’s SummerSlam event.

ESPN recently announced that WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella will be the host for their upcoming Fanatics Fest: All Access special on July 7th on ESPN and ESPN+

This past Wednesday’s WWE Speed show on Twitter featured Alba Fyre defeating Thea Hail in the Finals of WWE’s newest #1 Contender’s tournament for the WWE Speed Women’s Championship. Fyre will be facing off against Sol Ruca for the WWE Speed Women’s Championship at next week’s show on July 9th.

WWE recently released three new videos to their WCW Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was the full NWA The Great American Bash 1986 event. The second new video was a singles match of Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash from WCW Bash at the Beach 2000. The third new video was the full June 21, 2000 episode of WCW Thunder.

WWE also recently released six new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a “Rare New Generation Live Event Matches | HBK & Diesel vs. Bret & Taker and MORE.” The second new video was a King of the Ring Tournament Finals match of Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts from WWE King of the Ring 1996. The third new video was the full “Two Dudes with Attitudes” WWE Untold documentary. The fourth new video was an “Unaired: Bam Bam Bigelow throws a fireball at Bret Hart.” The fifth new video was a “Story of Diesel’s final days in WWE (1995-96).” The sixth new video was a tag team match of Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid vs. Shawn Michaels & Diesel from the October 30, 1994 episode of WWE Action Zone.

In a recent interview with the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast, AEW official and former wrestler Christopher Daniels gave his thoughts about Tiffany Stratton’s “Prettiest Moonsault Ever” version of his Best Moonsault Ever finisher. Daniels stated “Which was very, very cool of her. I don’t know Tiffany at all. I’ve never met her. But the fact that she didn’t just copy it, she sort of adjusted it, which is what the greats do. I feel like they don’t just steal. If we are inspired by something, we try to put our own little spin on it. And so the fact that she goes from the bottom all the way up and then to sort of like, pay homage, call it in that same vein, PME, I was like, that’s pretty cool. I can’t be mad at that.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the Busted Open Radio podcast, Natalya gave her thoughts about WWE EVOLVE talent Wendy Choo being someone she would like to see get the opportunity to compete at WWE’s upcoming Evolution 2 event. Natalya stated “Wendy Choo, I would love to see Wendy Choo at Evolution and I would love to see Wendy Choo getting a huge opportunity in WWE because the times that I’ve been at the Performance Center, Wendy Choo has been a leader backstage… She’s talented, she’s got a great attitude and I think Wendy Choo is also ready to get her opportunity. I would love to see Wendy Choo at Evolution.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with The Ariel Helwani Show, The Hardys’ Matt & Jeff Hardy gave their thoughts about if they were okay with finishing up with TNA and a potential return to WWE in the future. Matt stated “Maybe. I think we do want to do the WWE Hall of Fame. We would like one last hurrah with WWE. That could be possible while working with TNA. We’ll see. It would be nice to still have the most limited schedule we could have, which would optimize the amount of time we could spend with our families and kids. Everything is kind of up in the air right now. We both feel good and we’re going to rock and roll as long as we can do it.” Matt also gave his thoughts about The Hardys being potentially inducted into WWE’s Hall of Fame in the future. Matt stated “Yeah. We’ll definitely do it one day.” Matt also gave his thoughts about if they would want to be inducted into WWE’s Hall of Famer sooner than later. Matt stated “I’m not in a rush.” Jeff responded stating “I was thinking 2030.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

WWE recently announced two new matches for the card of next week’s WWE EVOLVE show on July 9th on Tubi: