WWE SmackDown after WrestleMania 41 Results: John Cena vs Randy Orton confirmed for Backlash; fomer AEW star returns, Street Profits retain & more (April 25, 2025)

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Published at :April 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM

Modified at :April 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM

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Hello everyone and welcome to Khel Now’s LIVE COVERAGE and RESULTS of the WWE Friday Night SmackDown after WrestleMania 41 (April 25, 2025). The start of the show is just a few hours away! I’m your host, Blesson, and I’ll be keeping you company through what promises a fascinating evening of pro wrestling action. Please wait 30 seconds for the Live blog to load.

The April 25 episode of Friday Night SmackDown will serve as the fall out show after the ‘Grandest Stage of Them All’ WrestleMania 41 and is set to emanate live from the Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The show will start setting tone for the Backlash PLE, which will emanate from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri on May 10, 2025.

Confirmed matches & segments for 04/25 SmackDown

“The Street Profits” Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins vs “The Motor City Machine Guns” Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin vs “DIY” Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa (TLC match for the WWE Tag Team Titles)
Mystery wrestler reveal
John Cena to appear
Cody Rhodes to appear

“The Street Profits” Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins vs “The Motor City Machine Guns” Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin vs “DIY” Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa (TLC match for the WWE Tag Team Titles)

On the April 25 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, the WWE Tag Team Championships will be on the line in a TLC match.

Months of animosity between #DIY’s Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, the Motor City Machine Guns’ Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, and the current WWE Tag Team Champions the Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) will boil over on April 25 as they face off in a TLC match.

The final straw for WWE Friday Night SmackDown GM Nick Aldis came when Gargano and Ciampa interrupted a match between the Street Profits and the Motor City Machine Guns on the April 18 WrestleMania SmackDown and stole the WWE Tag Team Championship belts.

That is when Albus decided that he would take the titles and suspend them above the ring in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match on the first episode of WWE SmackDown after WrestleMania 41.

Mystery wrestler reveal

Another mysterious film showed during SmackDown last week, with smoke billowing and pictures flashing on the screen. It concluded by displaying the date for next Friday, 4.25.25. This might be interpreted as a hint for the return of Aleister Black, who departed AEW earlier this year.

John Cena & Cody Rhodes to appear

John Cena & Cody Rhodes are scheduled to appear on WWE SmackDown this week. Since, losing the Undisputed WWE Champion, this will be his first WWE appearance where we can expect him to speak on his loss & maybe build-up for future storylines.

John Cena will also be making an appearance on the show. The new Undisputed WWE Champion last appeared on WWE RAW this week, where we saw Randy Orton hitting him with an RKO to end the segment.

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