WWE returns to “Beantown” tonight.
As the road to WWE Clash In Paris on August 31 continues, WWE rolls into the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts this evening, with this week’s live episode of WWE SmackDown airing at 8/7c on the USA Network in the U.S., and Netflix for international viewers.
On tap for tonight’s show is Drew McIntyre explaining his attack of Cody Rhodes, multiple King of the Hill crossovers, DIY vs. The Street Profits, Alexa Bliss vs. Piper Niven, as well as The Miz & Carmelo Hayes vs. Axiom & Nathan Frazer.
Featured below are our WWE SmackDown results from Friday, August 15, 2025. The report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live from 8-10pm EST. on USA Network.
WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS – AUGUST 15, 2025
‘WWE Then. Now. Forever. Together.’ narrated by Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque plays to get things officially off-and-running. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett welcome us to the show as the camera pans the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Solo Sikoa & The MFT’s Kick Off This Week’s Show
Tessitore reminds us that WWE fans always know to ‘expect the unexpected,’ and then we hear the familiar sounds of Solo Sikoa’s theme song. Out he comes accompanied by The MFT’s. They all settle inside the squared circle and Sikoa begins on the mic.
Sikoa says they run SmackDown and to anyone who doesn’t like it, too bad. The fans chant “Solo sucks” and he says last week, Sami Zayn showed up on SmackDown but they showed up on Raw and they stomped his ass out. He tells Zayn that he is stomped out, Jimmy Uso, stomped out and Jacob Fatu is stomped out. Sami Zayn’s music hits.
Zayn gets a big pop as he makes his way out and comes to the ring. The fans chant “Sami” and Zayn tells Solo to take it down a notch. He says he is out there to talk and asks them if they can talk, Solo tells him they can. Solo tells the MFT’s to leave the ring and it’s just him and Zayn in the ring.
Zayn tells him that all he has been talking about is being Champion. And had he beaten Rusev on Raw, he might have challenged for the title at Clash in Paris. Zayn says he was furious but he also felt liberated. He says he has been talking so much about being World Champion.
He says he talked so much like it had to be now that it stopped him from accomplishing anything else. But now he is back to doing other things that he set out to do and he thanks Solo for that. Solo looks confused and Zayn tells him that there are other things that he hasn’t done yet.
A fun fact is besides the World title, there is one other title that he has never held in the WWE. And that is the United States Championship. Solo tells him that he won’t hold it anytime soon, he tells Zayn that he is on Raw, not SmackDown.
He tells him to get off his show, he doesn’t want to see him again. Zayn tells Solo that as of tonight, he is officially on SmackDown. The fans cheer and Zayn tells Solo that Solo took something away from him and he is going to take something away from him.
Solo throws the microphone and goes for a right hand but Zayn with a right hand. In come the MFT’s who begin attacking Zayn in the ring. Jimmy’s music hits and out he comes but the MFT’s begin beating on him too. Jacob Fatu’s music hits and out he comes.
He gets in the ring and takes Solo down. Fatu with a super kick onto Tala Tonga as Zayn and Jimmy clothesline Tala to the outside of the ring. Out comes Nick Aldis and he welcomes Sami Zayn to SmackDown. He makes a six man tag team match for tonight. That wraps up the eventful opener.
Alexa Bliss vs. Piper Niven
Once the opener wraps up, the show shifts gears and heads backstage, where we see Byron Saxton standing by with his guests at this time, Chelsea Green and The Secret Hervice. Green laughs and she tells him that she broke up a silly birthday celebration last week and she took a birthday cake to the face.
Piper Niven says it was disgusting and no one messes with their Canadian hero and gets away with it. On that note, they walk off. We return back inside the TD Garden where the not-friends-duo of Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair make their way out for tonight’s opening match.
As they settle inside the squared circle, where Bliss will be in one-on-one action against Niven, the show heads into a quick pre-match commercial break. When the show returns, we see Piper Niven in the ring now, with The Secret Hervice at ringside.
From there, we hear the bell sound to get this one officially off-and-running. Niven with a shoulder tackle on Bliss. Niven points to the Lilly doll as Green and Fyre walk towards it but Flair gets in their way. That distracts Niven but Bliss with a kick from behind.
She jumps on Niven’s back but Niven slams her onto the mat. Niven throws her to the ropes and she lands a Bossman slam. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as this opening one-on-one women’s contest continues.
When the show returns, we see Alexa with a senton onto Niven followed by the Natural Selection. She goes for the cover but Niven kicks out. Bliss grabs Niven but Niven with a headbut. Bliss down in the corner and Niven with a cannonball. Niven climbs the second rope and goes for a splash but Bliss moves out of the way.
Bliss with a DDT and she climbs the top rope. Chelsea gets on the ring apron and Flair trips her up. Fyre gets on the ring apron and Bliss with a right hand. Bliss gets down onto the mat, Niven goes for a splash in the corner, Bliss moves out of the way as Bliss rolls her up and gets the pin.
After the match, Fyre gets in the ring after the match and hits Bliss with a right hand. In comes Flair and who takes her down and Green gets in the ring. Flair throws her to the outside and Niven with a right hand onto Flair. She lands a senton on Flair.
She then throws her to the outside. Chelsea throws Flair into the ring post and into the timekeeper’s area. They triple team Bliss in the ring with Niven landing a splash on Bliss. The Secret Hervice stand over them to end the post-match scene.
Winner: Alexa Bliss
Tiffany Stratton Ready For Nia Jax & Jade Cargill
Backstage, we see WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill bickering with SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis also in the room. In comes Nia Jax, who taunts them both. Stratton tells Jax if she’s got to prove to her again that she’s better before she proves it to Cargill for good, then so be it. Off she goes.
The Miz & Carmelo Hayes vs. FrAxiom
Inside the TD Garden again, we hear the familiar sounds of The Miz’s theme song. Out he comes to the top of the entrance stage. He stops, his music dies down and the entrance tune for his partner hits. Out comes Carmelo Hayes. The ‘Melo Don’t Miz’ duo make their way to the ring together.
Miz and Hayes settle inside the squared circle for scheduled tag-team action against the FrAxiom duo of Axiom and Nathan Frazer. But first, we shift gears and head into a quick pre-match commercial break. When the show returns, we see FrAxiom in the ring.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our second match of the evening. The Miz and Axiom kick things off for their respective teams. All four look up in the crowd and we see Joe Gacy of The Wyatt Sicks in the crowd.
Seconds later, we cut to Dexter Lumis of The Wyatt Sicks, who is also in the crowd. Both men exchange reversals and Axiom goes for an arm bar. Frazer is tagged in and he goes for a kick but Hayes is tagged in. Frazer with a hip toss followed by an arm bar.
Frazer goes for a kick, Hayes catches him but Frazer with a kick to the side of the head. Axiom is tagged in and they double team Hayes. Miz gets in the ring and they double team him. Miz and Hayes to the outside and Fraxiom with a suicide dive.
On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break as this tag-team tilt continues. When the show returns, we see the action still in progress, with Melo Don’t Miz starting to fight back into competitive form, before ultimately taking over on offense.
Hayes goes for a right hand on Frazer on the ring apron but Frazer ducks and Axiom with a kick to the face. Frazer and Miz are tagged in. Frazer with a chop to the chest followed by a slingblade. A standing shooting star and he goes for the cover but Miz kicks out.
Frazer climbs the top rope and goes for the Phoenix Splash but Miz moves out of the way, Frazer lands on his feet and Miz with a big knee. Hayes is tagged in and Frazer with a kick to the face onto both men. Hayes goes for the springboard but Frazer jumps on the second rope and he lands a springboard Spanish Fly.
He goes for the cover but Hayes kicks out. Axiom is tagged in but Hayes with an elbow to the face. Hayes climbs the top rope, Axiom with a kick. Frazer is tagged in. Axiom with a Spanish Fly off the top rope and Frazer with a Phoenix Splash. He goes for the cover but in comes Miz who jumps off Frazer and lands a DDT onto Axiom.
Frazer gets Hayes on the top rope, Axiom is tagged in and both men are on the second rope. Miz on the ring apron and he DDT’s Axiom on the ring apron. Frazer goes for a superplex but Hayes reverses it into a cutter. Hayes gets to his feet and the fans cheer.
Hayes on the top rope, Miz tags himself in and the fans boo. Miz with the Skull Crushing Finale. He goes for the cover and gets the pin. As Miz celebrates the victory, Hayes looks unhappy on the top rope. Miz hugs him but Hayes is still unhappy.
Winners: The Miz and Carmelo Hayes
Drew McIntyre Explains Attack Of Cody Rhodes
We see an extended video package looking back at Drew McIntyre’s violent attack of Cody Rhodes that took place in the closing moments of last week’s episode of WWE SmackDown. Tessitore and Barrett mention that “The Scottish Psychopath” will explain his actions when we return.
On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into another commercial break. When the show returns, we see Drew McIntyre make his way to the ring after a quick backstage segment with Tiffany Stratton turning down an offer to get assistance from Kiana James and Giulia.
McIntyre settles in the ring and gets on the mic. He says people have been asking him all week why he hit Cody with the Claymore through the announce table. He says it was so violent, we should see it again. We see the clip from last week with Drew looking at the fans. He says to listen closely.
He says he did not attack Cody Rhodes, he says their eyes are lying to them and as usual, he will explain it to them. Drew asks Joe what the medical update is and Joe says there isn’t one. Drew asks if management is hiding it because of what he did to their golden boy.
He says we don’t know how long Cody will be out for and it’s all his fault. He says he doesn’t hate Cody, he feels sorry for him. Cody cares about their cheers, he needs that validation, he cares what management think about him. He says he knows that because he was Cody five years ago.
But he evolved, he realized that when they retire, they all forget about them and move on. He says you have to get yours while you can and he wants it. He has been screwed out of it more times than he can count, he deserves it, he has earned it. He wants it for him, his family, the big paycheck.
He says Cody needs the WWE Championship. Cody says Cody without the title is a nobody and that is why he did it last week. He says that he did not attack Cody Rhodes last week, Cody attacked him. He says that the AA happened in the ring, he broke the count and Cody threw him to the floor.
Drew goes to the outside and says the match ended and Cody threw Drew into the ring post and onto the announce table. He says Cody was going to take him out and he defended himself. He says he told Cody that he wanted him to beat Cena because he will be the one to take the title off of him.
He says Cody pisses people off and Drew takes people out. He says he is not the bad guy but if he is provoked, he will do very, very violent things. If he gets provoked, he is the real nightmare. Drew throws the microphone and his music hits to end the segment.
The Street Profits vs. DIY
From there, we shoot backstage for a brief segment. In the halls, we see Byron Saxton standing by with his guests at this time, The Street Profits duo of Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, as well as B-Fab. As they are talking, in comes Solo Sikoa.
Sikoa says that after they get done with their match tonight, if The Street Profits want the tag titles, they will have to go through them. On that note, we head back inside the TD Garden, where the entrances for our next match begins as we head to a quick pre-match commercial break.
When the show returns, we see DIY duo Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa in the ring, with Candice LeRae in their corner at ringside. Also out there are The Street Profits and B-Fab. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one.
Ciampa with right hands and chops onto Ford. Gargano is tagged in and he lands a running knee to the face. Ciampa is tagged back in and Dawkins is tagged in. Dawkins throws Ciampa into the corner and he lands right hands. Gargano gets in the ring and Dawkins lands a flap jack.
Dawkins with a kick onto Ciampa’s head and he falls to the outside. Dawkins goes after Ciampa but he hides behind Candice. Ciampa to the ring and Gargano with a kick onto Dawkins. On that note, we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues.
When the show returns, we see Ford with a crossbody off the top rope onto Ciampa. Gargano gets in the ring and Ford with the Famous-er followed by a neck breaker onto Ciampa. Ford with a standing moon sault onto Ciampa. He goes for the cover but Ciampa kicks out.
Dawkins is tagged in and they double team Ciampa but Gargano breaks it up. Ford throws Gargano to the outside. Dawkins lifts Ciampa up on his shoulders and Ford climbs the top rope. Candice throws B-Fab face first into the ring steps. That distracts Dawkins as Ciampa throws Dawkins shoulder first into the ring post.
Ford gets down and Ciampa with a right hand. Gargano is tagged in and they double team Ford. Gargano goes for the cover but Dawkins breaks it up. Ford with an uppercut and that distracts the referee, Candice with a hurricanra onto Ford onto the outside. Ford gets back on the ring apron and Gargano with a DDT.
He goes for the cover but Ford kicks out. Gargano is tagged in but on the outside, B-Fab with a running knee to the face onto Candice. Ford with a knee to the face onto Gargano, Dawkins is tagged in and he lndns a spine buster. Ford on the top rope and he lands a frog splash for the win.
Winners: The Street Profits
Nick Aldis Makes A Match For Next Week
Now we shoot backstage once again, where we see the SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis talking with The Motor City Machine Guns duo of Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. In comes Carmelo Hayes, asking for a shot at the WWE United States Championship.
The Miz barges in and cuts him off. He tells Hayes not to be rude and to let him handle this. The Miz tells Aldis that since he is not busy, he has to tell him something. Sabin asks Hayes if he is him or he belongs to The Miz. Both teams begin to argue and Aldis makes a tag team match for next week.
Aleister Black Confronts R-Truth
Now we cut to a different area backstage, where Byron Saxton is joined by R-Truth. He asks him about his hero John Cena returning to normal last week. Truth tells Byron that he feels good, we all got our childhood hero, John Cena back.
In comes Aleister Black who mentions Damian Priest. R-Truth looks at Black and both men are face to face. Black says he will see him next week. After he says this, we see the facial expression of R-Truth turn Ron Killings-style serious.
Sami Zayn, Jacob Fatu & Jimmy Uso vs. The MFT’s
It’s main event time!
But first, we check in with one-half of the equation for our six-man tag-team headline bout of the evening, as we shoot backstage and see Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu in their locker room getting ready. Zayn thanks them for having his back.
Fatu tells Zayn that he didn’t do that for him, he did it to help his brother. Zayn says Jimmy is his brother too and he asks if they are cool. Fatu tells Jimmy to tell Zayn to stay out of his way. On that note, we return inside the TD Garden, where the entrances begin.
After all six men make their respective ring walks, the bell sounds to get our final match of this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown officially off-and-running. Jimmy Uso and JC Mateo kick things off for their respective teams. We see JC with right hands early on, but Jimmy fights back with a kick and a right hand of his own.
A kick to the side of the head by Jimmy followed by an arm bar and Zayn is tagged in. An arm bar by Zayn but JC lifts him up and slams him into the corner. Tonga Loa is tagged in and Loa distracts the referee. Zayn is thrown to the outside of the ring.
We see Tala Tonga follow up with a big boot to the grill. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues. When the show returns, we see Mateo attempt a splash in the corner onto Zayn, however Zayn moves out of the way in time.
From there, we see Sikoa tag in, and he lands a chop to the chest of Zayn. He places Zayn on the top rope but Zayn with a tornado DDT. Fatu and Loa are tagged in. Fatu with a clothesline followed by a senton. He lands a splash in the corner and he lands a running hip attack.
Jimmy with a flying splash over the top rope onto Mateo. Fatu climbs the top rope but Solo gets on the ring apron. Fatu kicks him away. Fatu goes for a senton but Loa gets his knees up. Solo is tagged in and Solo with the Uso splash. He goes for the cover but Fatu kicks out. Solo with a right hand.
Fatu connects with a huge super kick and both men land a double clothesline. Fatu looks at Zayn and makes the tag. Zayn with the Blue Thunder Bomb. He goes for the cover but JC breaks it up. JC with right hands but in comes Jimmy who hits him with a super kick.
Tonga Loa connects with a right hand, but Jimmy and Fatu fight back with a super kick that flattens him. Tala Tonga on the ring apron but Fatu with a super kick followed by a suicide dive. Meanwhile, Zayn hits an exploder in the corner and then a Helluva Kick for the win. Jacob seems to like him now. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!
Winners: Sami Zayn, Jacob Fatu & Jimmy Uso
