WWE SmackDown results and highlights (8/29/2025): John Cena disses Logan Paul, Alexa Bliss defeats Chelsea Green, Melo Don’t Miz miss, Sami Zayn becomes new U.S. Champion and more

The August 29 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown was the last regular show of the promotion before the upcoming PPV in France - Clash in Paris. The event was held at the LDLC Arena in Lyon, France, and featured quite a few exciting fights before the big show on August 31.From appearances by John Cena, Cody Rhodes, Tiffany Stratton, and Randy Orton, to high-stakes matches like the United States Title match between Solo Sikoa and Sami Zayn to Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss facing off the Secret Hervice (Piper Niven and Alba Fyre) for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles, the night was filled with action. Let's take a look at everything that went down.

Opening Segment

The night started with a face-off between John Cena and Logan Paul, who have a match set for Clash in Paris. Paul begins by trying to hype himself up to the audience, who, of course, go about booing him from start to finish.

He also talks smack about Cena, but before he can continue, Cena himself shows up to interrupt his tirade. The crowd, of course, is thrilled to have the Cenation Leader there, chanting his name and giving him standing ovations.

Cena tells Paul that without the fans, he is nothing, and calls him a wannabe who understands nothing about the business. After a little more back and forth, John Cena leaves the ring while talking about respect. He then sees the boy he had called "toxic" during his heel run and apologizes to him with a sorry and a thank you before leaving.

Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss (c) vs Secret Hervice (Piper Niven and Alba Fyre)

The first match of the night is the WWE Women’s Tag Team title match between Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs Secret Hervice. Bliss and Flair are blindsided by Alba Fyre while walking up to the ramp, who injures Flair before the match can even begin. Security takes her away, and the fans are told that the match has now been changed to a singles match between Alexa Bliss and Chelsea Green.The match started off with both women on equal footing, but soon Green took control.

They both tried to use their finishers to end the match in their favour, but the other always seemed to kick out before the three-count. Even with Fyre interfering multiple times, in the end, Bliss managed to roll Green for the win.Alexa Bliss defeats Chelsea Green via pinfall.But after the match, it turned into a numbers game when Green and Fyre ganged up on Bliss to take her out. An injured Flair runs in to save her partner, and though it looked like she had things in control, the Secret Hervice had the two beat to stand tall in the end.

Kiana James ft. Giulia vs. Michin

Michin makes her entrance into the ring before Kiana James shows up, flanked by Giulia - the Women’s U.S. Champion. One of the shortest matches ever, it ended in less than 10 seconds. James tried to hit Michin with her purse, but Michin managed to sidestep and rolled her up for a pin and win.Michin defeated Kiana James via pinfall.Giulia then attacked Michin after the match and drove the latter's face into the steps. Drew McIntyre makes his way to the ring to talk about the RKO from Randy Orton that took him out last week. He asked Michael Cole if there was any update on Cody Rhodes, who replied in the negative. He then called out Orton, who emerged to the fans singing his name. They have a little back and forth, before McIntyre drops a Glasgow Kiss headbutt on Orton. He tries to go for a Claymore Kick, but Orton dodges it and hits McIntyre with a Draping DDT, followed by a Viper's Pose. The officials soon run in to stop Orton from doing more damage and McIntyre is seen rolling out of the ring and walking away.Backstage, Bo Dallas interrupts Melo Don't Miz while the tag team partners are seen warming up for their upcoming match.

The three have a little exchange before Dallas walks away, and Melo is seen doing a fist bump with Miz.We also have a short stint involving SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis who admonished Orton for attacking the security guards. He gives Orton a bottle of Fireball whiskey, but he leaves without it. R-Truth then makes his entrance and asks Aldis if he is going to drink that, to which Aldis says that, after the day he's had, he just might.

The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) vs Melo Don’t Miz (The Miz & Carmelo Hayes)

With both tag teams coming from a win, this match promised an exciting premise. The Street Profits beat MFT's JC Mateo and Tonga Loa with a little help from Sami Zayn and Jimmy Uso, while the Melo Don’t Miz duo beat Fraxiom. Now they face each other for the #1 Contenders match for the WWE Tag Titles, with TSP making their entrance alongside B-Fab, followed by Melo Don't Miz.

It's a pretty evenly matched fight, with both tag teams having good and some not-so-good moments.

Montez Ford hit The Miz with a top rope frog splash followed by Carmelo Hayes hitting Ford with a top rope splash. But things take a turn when The Wyatt Sicks make an entrance, distracting Miz. Angelo Dawkins runs over Miz and throws him off the apron, before the duo hit The Revelation on Hayes, leading to Dawkins getting the pin on Melo.

The Street Profits defeat Melo, don't Miz via pinfall.

Solo Sikoa (c) vs Sami Zayn

The United States Championship title has been challenged once more, and Solo Sikoa came down to face Sami Zayn to retain his title belt.

The final match of the night is here, with Zayn and Sikoa making their way into the ring. It's a numbers game from the beginning, and the MFTs try to interfere multiple times. Sikoa hits a Spinning Solo on Zayn for a near fall, but then Jimmy Uso shows up. The MFTs are there to stop him, but then Jacob Fatu comes in to take Talla Tonga.Zayn in the meantime, hit Sikoa with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall, while the latter was distracted with all the chaos around him. The MFTs are busy fighting Uso and Fatu, and Zayn takes the chance to once again go after Sikoa, this time without any hindrance on his way. Though Sijoa sidesteps a Helluva Kick, he could not escape a Spinning Solo on the broadcast table. At the end, Zayn hit a couple of Helluva Kicks to take the win and become the new United States Champion.

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