WWE SmackDown (1/10/2025) Results: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. LA Knight, Tiffany Stratton, Michin, More

On January 10, 2025, WWE hosted a new episode of Friday Night SmackDown from the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.

The show was headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura defending his WWE United States Title against LA Knight. The full results are listed.

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WWE SmackDown (1/10/2025).

• WWE Men's United States Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. LA Knight.
• Newly crowned WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton Appears.
• WWE Women's United States Championship Match: Chelsea Green (c) (w/ Piper Niven) vs. Michin.

Live Coverage.

• Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening segment.
• Paul Heyman appeared in the ring calling out Cody Rhodes for a special announcement. After Rhodes made his entrance, Heyman thankd him for helping Roman Reigns on Raw's Netflix; however, he used the opportunity to announce that Roman Riegns was declaring for the Royal Rumble and wanted his title back. Kevin Owens appeared on the crowd and imediately berated Rhodes & Heyman for trying to be in kahoots and said that Rhodes would kill the company if he allowed Roman Reigns to regain the title. As Rhodes & Owens brawled on the crowd, The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu) confronted Paul Heyman. Jimmy Uso tried to make the save, but was laid out by Fatu & Tonga. Rhodes returned and ran out The Bloodline.
• The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu) were being shoved to the door before LA Knight appeared from out of nowhere and hit a forearm strike on Fatu before they slamed the door on The Bloodline.
• WWE Women's United States Championship Match: Chelsea Green (c) (w/ Piper Niven) def. Michin via Pinfall (Cradle Pin).
  • Piper Niven attacked Michin after the match.
• Nick Aldis was with Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) & Los Garza (Angel Garza & Berto) before A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller). This led to Aldis booking Garzas to face Pretty Deadly and MCMGs facing A-Town Down Under for tonight.
• Los Garza (Angel Garza & Berto) (w/ Santos Escobar & Elektra Lopez) def. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) via Pinfall (Monterrey Press on Prince).
• WWE Men's United States Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. LA Knight Ended in a No Contest.
  • The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu) attacked LA Knight, causing the referee to throw out the match. Cody Rhodes & Jimmy Uso mae the save before challenging them to a match tonight. Nick Aldis made it official.
• The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) def. A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) via Pinfall (Skull & Bones on Theory).
  • #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa) watched the match backstage before Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) complained to DIY for not scratching their backs in their match. After #DIY left, Apollo Crews appeared and told Pretty Deadly they were being played.
• Candice LeRae met with Nia Jax to tell her Tiffany Stratton was headed to the ring, which Jax said she would congratulate her.
• The newly crowned WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton was interiewed by Byron Saxton, where she said she used Jax to be close the title while Jax thought she was a naive little girl and now it was time for everyone to put some respect on her name. Jax interrupted by calling Stratton a "Little Shit" and demanded her title back. Bayley interrupted demanding a shot at the belt, but Bianca Belair & Naomi appeared to demand the same. This led to a brawl between everyone, which ended when Stratton hit a PME on everyone. Aldis then appeared and booked a Four Way for a shot at the WWE Women's Title after the commercial break.
• WWE Women's Championship - #1 Contender's Four Way Match: Bayley def. Naomi, Nia Jax (w/ Candice LeRae) & Bianca Belair via Pinfall (Rose Plant on Naomi).
• Jimmy Uso & Cody Rhodes spoke ahead of their match before Carmelo Hayes confronted Jimmy Uso. Uso & Hayes continued bickering before Uso headed to the main event match.
• Bayley was interviewed backstage, where she vowed to win back the WWE Women's Title next week.
• The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu) def. Jimmy Uso & Cody Rhodes via Pinfall (BME from Fatu on Uso).
  • Kevin Owens & Cody Rhodes brawl into a et of production crates before Rhodes speared himself and Owens off the crates into a stack of tables to end the broadcast.

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