WWE SmackDown (June 27, 2025): Preview, match card, news, timings & telecast details

The Night of Champions go-home show will emanate from Riyadh!

The June 27 episode of Friday Night SmackDown is set to serve as the go-home show for the upcoming Night of Champions 2025. The show will air live from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Stars will meet for the final time before their clash at the PLE.

Multiple top stars, including Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena, Cody Rhodes, LA Knight, Nia Jax, Randy Orton, and WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton, are being advertised for the show. The promotion has announced a stacked card for the show, including three title clashes.

Down below is a detailed preview, match card, timings, and telecast details for the 06/27 episode of WWE SmackDown.

Matches & segments announced for 06/27 WWE SmackDown

• John Cena to appear ahead of his title defense at Night of Champions
• CM Punk to appear
• Tiffany Stratton (c) vs Nia Jax – Last Woman Standing match for the WWE Women’s title
• Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (c) vs The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy & Dexter Lumis) – WWE Tag Team titles
• Zelina Vega (c) vs Giulia – Women’s United States title match

John Cena and CM Punk to appear ahead of his title defense at Night of Champions

Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena will make an appearance on this week’s SmackDown, ahead of his title defense against CM Punk at Night of Champions. Last week, Cena delivered an iconic promo, reminiscent of Punk’s iconic pipebomb promo. It will be interesting to see how the segment on the go-home show unravels.

CM Punk will also appear on the show as confirmed by Michael Cole on the Night of Champions kickoff show.

Tiffany Stratton (c) vs Nia Jax – Last Woman Standing match for the WWE Women’s title

Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton will put the title on the line against Nia Jax once again, this time in a last woman standing match. The feud between the two stars reignited when Jax attacked Stratton following her return.

However, the match was announced last week, following Jax’s beatdown of Stratton, where Naomi tried to capitalize and cash in the Money in the Bank contract. Jax stopped Naomi from cashing in and is now looking to capture the title again.

Street Profits (c) vs The Wyatt Sicks – WWE Tag Team titles

The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) are set to defend the WWE Tag Team titles against The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy & Dexter Lumis). The Wyatt Sicks have been terrorizing the whole tag team division and crushed the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) when they tried to fight back.

With the win against the former tag champs, Wyatt Sicks are now set to battle the Champions, with the title on the line in Riyadh.

Zelina Vega (c) vs Giulia – Women’s United States title match

In the third announced title clash on the show, Women’s United States Champion Zelina Vega will put the title on the line against Giulia. The former NXT Women’s Champion put Vega on notice before attacking the Champion, kicking off their feud.

Giulia is determined to prove that the U.S. Title doesn’t belong to Vega. In response, the champion, while calling out Giulia for her sneak attack, declared that Giulia would have to pry the title from her dead body, as that’s the only way she’ll ever win it.

WWE SmackDown Timings & Telecast Details

This week’s episode of SmackDown will air on Saudi Arabian time, meaning U.S. fans will see a pre-taped version at the usual 8 PM ET. However, the broadcast time for international viewers has been adjusted to align with the Saudi Arabian schedule.

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