WWE Friday Night SmackDown on the USA Network | May 23rd, 2025 | The Episode Recap:

The Wyatt Sicks after they made their long-awaited return to SmackDown. (Photo by WWE)

The May 23rd | Episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown | Match Results:

The Opening Match: Giulia defeated Charlotte Flair and Zelina Vega in a Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Triple Threat Match | Pin-Fall | (13:30)

2nd Match: Tommaso Ciampa (with Johnny Gargano) defeated Chris Sabin (with Alex Shelley) in a Singles Match | Pin-Fall | (11:15)

3rd Match: B-Fab & Michin defeated The Secret Hervice (Alba Frye & Piper Niven) (with Chelsea Green) in a Tag Team Match | Pin-Fall | (03:45)

4th Match: Jacob Fatu & JC Mateo (with Solo Sikoa) defeated Jimmy Uso & Rey Fenix in a Tag Team Match | Pin-Fall | (12:40)

5th Match: LA Knight defeated Aleister Black and Shinsuke Nakamura in a Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Triple Threat Match | Pin-Fall | (11:00)

The Main Event Match: The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (c) vs. Fraxiom (Axiom & Nathan Frazer) in a Tag Team Match | Ended in No Contest | (21:17)

My Thoughts on the February 7th Episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown:

My Thoughts: A very all-around solid episode of SmackDown. I thought this episode was very much in-ring focused, and the majority of the matches were very well. And I liked the ending of the show where the Wyatt Sicks made their return.

The May 23rd | Episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown | Match Ratings:

The Opening Match: Giulia vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Zelina Vega in a Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Triple Threat Match | Match Rating: **.75 | This match was up and down for me, but I'm satisfied with who won this match as it was the right choice. The chemistry between all women in this match was okay, but I also gotta understand Giulia isn't familiar with each woman's style of wrestling. But the ending sequence of this match was the best part of the match as Giulia got the opportunity and won the match, punching her ticket in the Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match. I'm kinda also excited to see what happens with Charlotte, it seems like she's going to be feuding in non-title stuff, so interested to see that.

2nd Match: Tommaso Ciampa (with Johnny Gargano) vs. Chris Sabin (with Alex Shelley) in a Singles Match | Match Rating: ***.50 | This was an enjoyable and solid singles match. This was Chris Sabin's first singles match in WWE. It was kind of a technical match. It had a little bit of everything to it. Tommaso Ciampa looked great in this match. But during the match, chaos did ensue outside, as Candice LeRae aligned herself with DIY after sabotaging Chris Sabin's chances of winning the match.

3rd Match: B-Fab & Michin vs. The Secret Hervice (Alba Frye & Piper Niven) (with Chelsea Green) in a Tag Team Match | Match Rating: N/A | This was the weakest match on the show but I’m very much glad B-Fab got a victory with Michin. This was along long-awaited as she been really working hard on developing as a women’s wrestler and you can see she has improved a lot.

4th Match: Jacob Fatu & JC Mateo (with Solo Sikoa) vs. Jimmy Uso & Rey Fenix in a Tag Team Match | Match Rating: ***.25 | The team of Jimmy Uso and Rey Fenix was really fun to watch I can't even lie because both men are tag team specialists as they won a lot of titles in the tag team side of things. JC Mateo finally wearing his old singlet that he wore in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and put on a better performance as he looked great in this match. Jacob Fatu had a solid showing as he was doing some of the heavy work as JC Mateo was watching from the side. As Jimmy Uso was ready to put things away Solo Sikoa sabotage and cost him the match allowing JC Mateo to get the win for his team. Solid tag teams match and really liked how JC Mateo (Jeff Cobb) looked in this match.

5th Match: LA Knight vs. Aleister Black vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Triple Threat Match | Match Rating: ***.25 | Now this was a lot better than last week's Men's Money in the Bank Qualifier Match. This match was very fun to watch I liked the fact Aleister Black had a lot of offense in the match and I have to say Shinsuke Nakamura looked decent in this match he didn't look sluggish or sloppy at all in this match whatsoever. LA Knight as usual looked very solid and capitalized on the opportunity of getting into his third straight Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match after Aleister Black hit a Black Mass on Shinsuke Nakamura but was pushed out the ring after LA Knight saw that and got the win. LA Knight is my pick for the Men's Money in the Bank Match if Carmelo Hayes isn't in the match.

The Main Event Match: The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (c) vs. Fraxiom (Axiom & Nathan Frazer) in a Tag Team Match | Match Rating: ****.25 | This was an amazing main event match and my goodness the chemistry both teams have are amazing because in there second match against each other I think this match surpassed the first match which was a hoot of a match. The action in the ring was great and I loved the near-falls and crazy drama that this match had to offer. Later on a lot of the tag teams started to come out like DIY and Motor City Gun Machine and more chaos ensued as Montez Ford dived to the outside to make every man fall down as the Street Profits were ready to close the match the return of the Wyatt Sicks happened and they took everyone out and a beautiful way to close a show Uncle Howdy blew out the candles in honor of the late great Bray Wyatt birthday. A beautiful ending to a great show tonight.

The May 23rd | WWE Friday Night SmackDown | Match of the Night: The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (c) vs. Fraxiom (Axiom & Nathan Frazer) in a Tag Team Match | Match Rating: ****.25

The May 23rd | Edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown | Episode Grade: 8.25/10 (B+) | One of the better episode of Friday Night SmackDown. I really enjoyed this episode tremendously and my highlight of the show was the main event match and R-Truth promo about John Cena.

Next Week WWE Friday Night SmackDown | May 30th Episode | The Announced Matches & Segments:

1. Jade Cargill vs. vs. Naomi vs. Nia Jax in a Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Triple Threat Match.

2. Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Jacob Fatu in a Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Triple Threat Match.

3. Bianca Belair Returns to SmackDown.

4. WWE Champion John Cena Returns to SmackDown.