WWE SmackDown Results (January 03, 2025): Drew McIntyre hugs Cody Rhodes, Paul Heyman appears, Tiffany Stratton cashes in & more!

Hello everyone and welcome to Khel Now’s LIVE COVERAGE and RESULTS of the WWE Friday Night SmackDown (January 03, 2025). The start 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 WWE. Please wait 30 seconds for the Live blog to load.

The first episode of Friday Night SmackDown in 2025 will be aired live from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The 01/03 episode will be a three-hour show, marking the Blue brand’s transition to a three-hour format, with this upcoming episode being the first of its kind.

The Stamford-based promotion will kick off the year with the electrifying show of Friday Night SmackDown which will be followed by the highly anticipated debut of Monday Night Raw on Netflix.

Multiple top stars are advertised for the show including Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax, LA Knight, Solo Sikoa, Kevin Owens, and more.

WWE SmackDown confirmed match card & segments

• Nia Jax vs Naomi – WWE Women’s Championship
• United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs Andrade – Non-title match

Nia Jax vs Naomi – WWE Women’s Championship

WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax is scheduled to defend her title against one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champion Noami on the 01/03 episode. Naomi has recently replaced Jade Cargill, who is out due to injury, and has joined Bianca Belair as the other half of the tag team champions.

On the other hand, Jax is in a constant rift with her friend and MITB winner Tiffany Stratton who is always contemplating cashing in her contract against Jax. Jax teamed up with Candice LeRae to battle Naomi and Bianca for the tag title on last week’s show, Naomi and Belair successfully defended the tag titles.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Andrade

United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura will lock horns with Andrade in a non-title match in the first episode of 2025. The match was announced during the past week’s show where Andrade appeared in a video package challenging the champion.

Andrade warned Nakamura and declared that he wasn’t afraid of the champion’s mind games. He stated that he would expose Nakamura when the two clashed inside the ring.

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