WWE Friday Night SmackDown - 2/21/25 (S28E7) (Full Arena Episode)

WWE Friday Night SmackDown - 2/21/25

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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IS ALL SPOILERS!!!!

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Championships Being Defended Tonight -

SmackDown -

Undisputed WWE Championship

United States Championship

WWE Tag Team Championship

WWE Women's Championship

Women's United States Championship

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RAW -

World Heavyweight Championship

Intercontinental Championship

WWE World Tag Team Championship

WWE Women's World Championship

Women's Intercontinental Championship

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Others -

Women's Tag Team Championship (On SD)

WWE Speed Championship (On Speed)

WWE Speed Women's Championship (On Speed)

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The 2024 WWE Draft is still into effect with RAW General Manager Adam Pearce and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis respectively and the only WWE Superstars that are allowed to cross between Brands are the Women's Tag Team Champions, Special Guests, Free Agents, and Superstars that are allowed or invited by the General Managers.

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Since Bianca Belair & Naomi Are The Women's Tag Team Champions, They Are Technically Friday Night SmackDown Superstars, But Are Also Allowed To Go Cross Brand To Monday Night RAW

Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez From Monday Night RAW, Are On Friday Night SmackDown, For Tonight Only

The Rock Returns To WWE For The First Time Since RAW: Netflix Premiere: 1/6/25 and A One-Off On NXT: New Year's Evil: 1/7/25 and The First Time On Friday Night SmackDown Since SmackDown: 3/15/24

Featured SmackDown Superstars -

Alex Shelley

Angelo Dawkins

Bianca Belair (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Braun Strowman

Candice LaRae (WWE Speed Women's Champion)

Carmelo Hayes

Charlotte Flair

Chelsea Green (Women's United States Champion)

Chris Sabin

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

Damien Priest

Drew McIntyre

Elton Prince

Jacob Fatu

Jimmy Uso

Johnny Gargano (WWE Tag Team Champion)

Kit Wilson

LA Knight

The Miz

Montez Ford

Naomi (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Nia Jax

Nick Aldis (SmackDown General Manager)

Piper Niven

R Truth

Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Champion)

Solo Sikoa

Tama Tonga

Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

Tommaso Champa (WWE Tag Team Champion)

Featured RAW Superstars -

Liv Morgan

Raquel Rodriguez

Featured Special Guests -

Lilian Garcia (WWE Hall of Famer)

The Rock

Trish Stratus (WWE Hall of Famer)

Wade Barrett

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown Full Preview -

• The Rock returns to Friday Night SmackDown Tonight.

• Pretty Deadly look to unseat WWE Tag Team Champions #DIY in a WWE Tag Team Championship Match.

• Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Damien Priest, and Braun Strowman battle Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, & Tama Tanga in a 6 Man Tag Team Match.

• Jimmy Uso takes on Drew McIntyre in a Singles Match.

• WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton and WWE Speed Women's Champion Candice LaRae battle it out in a Singles Match.

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Date and Time =

Fridays On USA Network At 8pm - 11pm

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Friday Night SmackDown Official Theme Song =

"Neva Play" By Megan Thee Stallion and RM of BTS

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Location =

New Orleans, LA

Smoothie King Center

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Friday Night SmackDown Commentators =

Wade Barrett

Joe Tessitore

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WWE: Then, Now, Forever, Together Intro (From WWE WrestleMania 40)

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SmackDown: Tonight -

The Rock Returns

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Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Singles Match:

Tiffany Stratton

VS.

Candice LaRae

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Since Bianca Belair & Naomi Are The Women's Tag Team Champions, They Are Technically Friday Night SmackDown Superstars, But Are Also Allowed To Go Cross Brand To Monday Night RAW

Bianca Belair (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Naomi (Women's Tag Team Champion)

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Singles Match:

Naomi

VS.

Liv Morgan

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Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

Nick Aldis (SmackDown General Manager)

Backstage, Nick Aldis tells Cody Rhodes that, he's been pulled out of the 6 Man Tag Team Match Tonight. Because, The Rock wants Cody Rhodes in the Ring Tonight.

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

Nick Aldis (SmackDown General Manager)

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber -

Men's Eliminaton Chamber Match:

John Cena

VS.

CM Punk

VS.

Drew McIntyre

VS.

Logan Paul

VS.

Damien Priest

VS.

Seth Rollins

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Jimmy Uso

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Lilian Garcia (WWE Hall of Famer)

Drew McIntyre Entrance (With Fire Pyros)

(With Cool Nameplate)

Drew McIntyre

Jimmy Uso Entrance (With Cool Nameplate)

Drew McIntyre

Jimmy Uso

Singles Match:

Jimmy Uso

VS.

Drew McIntyre

Jimmy Uso Wins By Pinfall

Jimmy Uso

Drew McIntyre beats up Jimmy Uso.

Drew McIntyre

Jimmy Uso

Drew McIntyre

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SmackDown: Tonight -

The Rock Returns

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Singles Match:

Tiffany Stratton

VS.

Candice LaRae

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Singles Match:

Naomi

VS.

Liv Morgan

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Tag Team Match:

Damien Priest and Braun Strowman

VS.

Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu

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WWE Superstar Sunday - New Episodes Every Sunday

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Tag Team Match:

Damien Priest and Braun Strowman

VS.

Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu

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Solo Sikoa

Solo Sikoa

Jacob Fatu

Tama Tonga

Jacob Fatu

Tama Tonga

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SmackDown: Tonight -

The Rock Returns

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WWE RAW: Cincinnati, OH LIVE!: This Monday -

Tag Team Women's Tag Team Championship Match -

Bianca Belair (C) & Naomi (C)

VS.

Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez

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Singles Women's Intercontinental Championship Match -

Lyra Valkyria (C)

VS.

Dakota Kai

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber Kickoff Show LIVE!: Next Friday

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber -

Men's Eliminaton Chamber Match:

John Cena

VS.

CM Punk

VS.

Drew McIntyre

VS.

Logan Paul

VS.

Damien Priest

VS.

Seth Rollins

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SmackDown: Earlier Today -

Carmelo Hayes

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R Truth

Carmelo Hayes

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R Truth

Carmelo Hayes

The Miz

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Carmelo Hayes

The Miz

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SmackDown: Up Next -

Tag Team Match:

R Truth and ?

VS.

Carmelo Hayes and The Miz

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WWEShop.com Commercial 2025 -

Find What Fits You! -

Tonight Only:

Free Shipping On Qualifying Orders!

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WWE LFG: Legends & Future Greats - Check Your Local Listings - Sundays At 8pm ET On A&E

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WWE LFG: Legends & Future Greats - Sunday At 8pm ET On A&E

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Zelina Vega Video Package

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Lilian Garcia (WWE Hall of Famer)

The Miz Entrance (With Stupid Nameplate)

(With Carmelo Hayes)

The Miz

Carmelo Hayes

R Truth Entrance (With Nameplate)

The Miz

Carmelo Hayes

R Truth

LA Knight Entrance (With Cool Nameplate)

The Miz

Carmelo Hayes

R Truth

LA Knight

Tag Team Match:

R Truth and LA Knight

VS.

Carmelo Hayes and The Miz

R Truth does the "You Can't See Me!" to Carmelo Hayes 🤣.

R Truth

Carmelo Hayes

R Truth

Shinsuke Nakamura attacks LA Knight behind the Referee's back.

Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Champion)

LA Knight

Carmelo Hayes and The Miz Win By The Miz's Pinfall On R Truth

Carmelo Hayes

The Miz

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Events -

WWE RAW - Monday: Cincinnati, OH

Events -

WWE NXT - Tuesday: Cincinnati, OH

Events -

WWE SmackDown - Next Friday: Toronto, ON

Events -

WWE Eliminaton Chamber - Next Saturday: Toronto, ON

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Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

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SmackDown: Up Next -

Singles Match:

Tiffany Stratton

VS.

Candice LaRae

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WWE 2K25 Official Reveal Trailer

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WWE World At WrestleMania 41 - April 17-21, 2025: Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall - Tickets On Sale Now - Mike Tyson

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WWE WrestleMania 41 -

Singles WWE Women's Championship Match -

Tiffany Stratton (C)

VS.

Charlotte Flair

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber -

Tag Team Match:

Tiffany Stratton and Trish Stratus

VS.

Nia Jax & Candice LaRae

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Tiffany Stratton Entrance

(With Cool Gold Nameplate)

Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

Tiffany Stratton says that,

Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

Nia Jax enters with Candice LaRae.

Nia Jax Entrance (With Candice LaRae)

Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

Nia Jax

Candice LaRae (WWE Speed Women's Champion)

Nia Jax & Candice LaRae say that,

Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

Nia Jax

Candice LaRae (WWE Speed Women's Champion)

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Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

Candice LaRae (WWE Speed Women's Champion)

Nia Jax

Singles Match:

Tiffany Stratton

VS.

Candice LaRae (w/ Nia Jax)

Charlotte Flair enters to watch the Match.

Charlotte Flair Entrance (With Stupid Nameplate)

Charlotte Flair

Charlotte Flair = Special Guest Commentator

Charlotte Flair

Tiffany Stratton Wins By Pinfall

Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Champion)

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Singles Match:

Tiffany Stratton

VS.

Candice LaRae

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Singles Match:

Naomi

VS.

Liv Morgan

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Tag Team Match:

Damien Priest and Braun Strowman

VS.

Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Tag Team WWE Tag Team Championship Match -

#DIY (C/C)

VS.

Pretty Deadly

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Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

Damien Priest

Damien Priest

Damien Priest

Braun Strowman

Damien Priest

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SmackDown: Tonight -

Tag Team Match:

Damien Priest and Braun Strowman

VS.

Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu

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WWE LFG: Legends & Future Greats - Sunday At 8pm ET On A&E

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SmackDown: Tonight -

The Rock Returns

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WWE In New Orleans -

• 13th SmackDown

• Hosted WrestleMania 30 and WrestleMania 34

• Hosted 2001 Royal Rumble

- Winner - Stone Cold Steve Austin

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber -

Women's Eliminaton Chamber Match:

Liv Morgan

VS.

Bianca Belair

VS.

Alexa Bliss

VS.

Bayley

VS.

Naomi

VS.

Roxanne Perez

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Bianca Belair (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Naomi (Women's Tag Team Champion)

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WWE Evolve LIVE!: March 5, 2025 On Tubi In The U.S. and YouTube Internationally

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber Schedule

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Alexa Bliss Video Package

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Naomi Entrance (With Glow In The Dark Lights)

(With Bianca Belair) (With Cool Gold Nameplate)

Naomi (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Bianca Belair (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez From Monday Night RAW, Are On Friday Night SmackDown, For Tonight Only

Liv & Raquel Rodriguez sneak in from behind and beat up Bianca Belair & Naomi.

Liv Morgan

Raquel Rodriguez

Bianca Belair (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Naomi (Women's Tag Team Champion)

Liv Morgan

Raquel Rodriguez

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber - March 1, 2025: Tickets On Sale Now

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WWE WrestleMania 41 Week

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Liv Morgan

Raquel Rodriguez

Nick Aldis (SmackDown General Manager)

Nick Aldis (SmackDown General Manager)

Chelsea Green (Women's United States Champion)

Piper Niven

Nick Aldis (SmackDown General Manager)

Chelsea Green (Women's United States Champion)

Piper Niven

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The Rock Returns To WWE For The First Time Since RAW: Netflix Premiere: 1/6/25 and A One-Off On NXT: New Year's Evil: 1/7/25 and The First Time On Friday Night SmackDown Since SmackDown: 3/15/24

The Rock Entrance

(With New Remixed Theme Song)

(With Smoke and Pyros) (With Lightning)

(With Cool Nameplate)

The Rock

The Rock says that,

The Rock

Cody Rhodes enters.

Cody Rhodes Entrance (With Moving 3D CGI)

(With Smoke and Pyros)

(With Cool Gold Nameplate)

The Rock

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

Cody Rhodes says that,

The Rock

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion)

BREAKING NEWS!

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BREAKING NEWS

It's Official!

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WWE SmackDown Post Event Press Conference LIVE! - Immediately Following SmackDown - Dwayne Johnson

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#DIY Entrance (With Cool Gold Nameplate)

#DIY (WWE Tag Team Champions)

Pretty Deadly Entrance (With Stupid Nameplate)

#DIY (WWE Tag Team Champions)

Pretty Deadly

Tag Team WWE Tag Team Championship Match -

#DIY (C/C)

VS.

Pretty Deadly

The Street Profits beat up #DIY and Pretty Deadly.

The Street Profits

DIY (WWE Tag Team Champions)

Pretty Deadly

The Street Profits

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SmackDown: Up Next -

Kevin Owens

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Kevin Owens Car Promo

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WWE Friday Night SmackDown Full Results -

• Jimmy Uso def. Drew McIntyre (Singles Match). After the Match,

• Zelina Vega

• The Miz and Carmelo Hayes def. LA Knight and R Truth (Tag Team Match).

• WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton

• WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton def. WWE Speed Women's Champion Candice LaRae (w/ Nia Jax) (Singles Match). After the Match,

• Alexa Bliss

• Women's Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Naomi

• The Rock

• WWE Tag Team Champions #DIY retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (Tag Team WWE Tag Team Championship Match).

• Kevin Owens Car Promo

• Damien Priest and Braun Strowman def. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu (Tag Team Match).

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Current Champions (As Of 2/21/25):

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Undisputed WWE: Cody Rhodes

(Universal = WWE WrestleMania 40: WrestleMania Sunday: 4/7/24 - 321 Days)

(WWE = WWE WrestleMania 40: WrestleMania Sunday: 4/7/24 - 321 Days)

(7 Defenses)

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United States: Shinsuke Nakamura

(WWE Survivor Series: WarGames: 11/30/24 - 80 Days)

(1 Defense)

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WWE Tag Team: #DIY

(SmackDown: 12/6/24 - 78 Days)

(RETAINED CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT)

(3 Defenses)

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WWE Women's: Tiffany Stratton

(SmackDown: 1/3/25 - 49 Days)

(2 Defenses)

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WWE Women's United States: Chelsea Green

(WWE Saturday Night's Main Event: 12/14/24 - 69 Days)

(2 Defenses)

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World Heavyweight: Gunther

(WWE SummerSlam: 8/5/24 - 202 Days)

(5 Defenses)

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Intercontinental: Bron Breakker

(RAW: 10/21/24 - 124 Days)

(3 Defenses)

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WWE World Tag Team: The War Raiders

(RAW: 12/16/24 - 70 Days)

(2 Defenses)

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WWE Women's World: Rhea Ripley

(RAW: Netflix Premiere: 1/6/25 - 46 Days)

(1 Defense)

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Women’s Tag Team: Bianca Belair/Naomi

(WWE Bash At Berlin: 8/31/24 - 175 Days)

(Currently On SmackDown)

(7 Defenses)

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WWE Speed: Dragon Lee

(WWE Speed: Episode 42: 11/20/24 - 95 Days)

(Currently On Speed)

(1 Defense)

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WWE Speed Women's: Candice LaRae

(WWE Speed: Episode 34: 10/9/24 - 137 Days)(Currently On Speed)

(1 Defense)

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber Full Match Card So Far

Men's Eliminaton Chamber Match:

John Cena

VS.

CM Punk

VS.

Drew McIntyre

VS.

Logan Paul

VS.

Damien Priest

VS.

Seth Rollins

Women's Eliminaton Chamber Match:

Liv Morgan

VS.

Bianca Belair

VS.

Alexa Bliss

VS.

Bayley

VS.

Naomi

VS.

Roxanne Perez

Tag Team Match:

Tiffany Stratton and Trish Stratus

VS.

Nia Jax & Candice LaRae

Singles Unsanctioned Match:

Sami Zayn

VS.

Kevin Owens

Will Cody Rhodes Accept The Rock's Offer?

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WWE Eliminaton Chamber Is On March 1, 2025.

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WWE WrestleMania 41 Match Card So Far

Singles World Heavyweight Championship Rematch -

Gunther (C)

VS.

Jey Uso

Singles WWE Women's Championship Match -

Tiffany Stratton (C)

VS.

Charlotte Flair

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WWE WrestleMania 41 Is On April 19, 2025 and April 20, 2025.

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Sources

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WWE WrestleMania 41 - 57 Days Away

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WWE - Then, Now, Forever, Together