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WWE Smackdown results, highlights (May 9th): Randy Orton is big over John Cena, before Backlash

WWE Smackdown results, highlights (May 9th): Randy Orton is big over John Cena, before Backlash

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It was WWE Backlash 2025 Eva Friday evening in Dayton, Ohio, for “WWE Smackdown”. Tag team Action occupied the spotlight, followed by undisputed WWE champion John Cena, who closes the night.

Third time is the charm.

It is a shame that WWE turns the entire tradition of Cena and Randy Orton in such a short time, as it will be surprising that it will be missing after the setback.

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Tonight Orton was up for the third time after another RKO on the champion and tomorrow set the stage for “The Viper's” homecoming in St. Louis. This final segment of “WWE Smackdown” was mainly just a CENA promo – he told the audience that our childhood would die in setbacks. A fan also threw a Michelob -Ultra bottle on him.

Cena grub deep into the family background and the legacy of Orton. It was a brilliant work and he was the hottest with her personal history ships. But then he sounded a bit like a bad surveillance officer. It is still just aesthetics – it just doesn't fit, man. It has become more normal, but still suitable that Hollywood Cena is much more appropriate.

Ultimately, Cena Orton called Smart because he did not show up during his promo, which led to a masked scam on adaptation. It was obviously not Orton because of the mask and was used as a trick to enable Orton's sneak-in for the third RKO, which he met in the past few weeks. It was simple, but effective between these two in this last phase. But man, it could have been so much more.

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Regardless of this, your final match should deliver many funny trips into the past.

Happiness came early

I have a lot of full between Zelina Vegas and Chelsea Green. The feud seems to be a drug for an unknown reason, even though it made a joke from Green. (Yes, I know that she should be a joke.) With this “WWE Smackdown”, however, a game against Vega against Green and Piper Niven was used as a vehicle to greet Alexa Bliss on the television again after the mistake that was disappearing after the Royal disappearance.

Bliss rightly received another big pop in her hometown, but it would have happened anyway. There was no reason that she was sitting in the shade. Despite the chance, it is better to have it back than not at all.

Bliss looked great in the ring and didn't miss a beat when she got the hot day and the later sister Abigail Ddt on Green. While the green funeral continues, Bliss and Vega shine. The fans want to cheer on bliss, but she has to decide gold immediately. Her great title is ruled for so long and her character was completely different. Whether heel or face, it could be the increase film for the United States title, as Becky Lynch is for the Intercontinental crown that goes into the counter reaction.

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Strangely enough, there was later a not so subtle interaction with Charlotte Flair. Maybe another strange tag team rages? I don't love it for bliss, but this is a unique potential duo to throw into a non -existent division.

🤮 Agriculture of the night

I don't know what to say. I am annoyed again to be right with my forecast that Naomi Jade Cargill would cost the victory against Nia Jax, which means that we will see a senseless, stupid reservoir between Tiffany Stratton and Jax. What do we do, man? Seriously. Instead, WWE captures an unnecessary Jax title shot of the two options of Naomi and Cargill for Stratton.

Let's talk about flair's look before Jax against Cargill. It was Flair's first appearance since her wrestlemania 41 defeat against Stratton, and she bragged about “bringing stratton to the border” in the “best women -wrestlemania -match in history”. Neither voted, but it was an interesting approach when she flowed through her lines and asked the quantity of Dayton why they didn't respect. She slammed the microphone and went out while Cargill came in and Flair said he should go to the back of the line.

We have already seen this flair cargill-necks. I thought she could be the one who costs Cargill instead of Naomi, but then she had the bliss interaction behind the stage. WWE must at some point together. If so that everyone is a guess.

👍 Friday evening fire 👍

1. La Knight and Damian Priest defeated Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa. The match was roughly everything it had to be and what they would expect from one of the teams that face each other the following night. At the end of the game between Knight and the priest there was a funny back and forth day. Despite their inability to coexist side by side, they still won, and Knight stuck Sikoa from a BFT. To close the scene, Fatu was great by taking out the crowd – then Drew Mcintyre had the last laugh and hit a kick on Claymore against Fatu.

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Sikoa, who has fallen into relevance since the life of the bloodline, was to be observed outside the ring. He has to turn on Fatu to feel like someone who takes himself seriously.

2. Something interesting happens with Aleister Black – and there is nothing with his return or his vignettes. But it does not happen by chance that the WWE shows all these black packages before or after the games of his wife Vega. Here these two are in a way on the screen.

3. Speaking of black, he is presented as the coolest guy in the whole world. He defeated Carmelo Hayes in a funny match about Rollup Mid-Miz distraction, then brought Miz out with a black mass and just went out of the ring as if everything was nothing. Hayes was protected in defeat and hopefully black moves from these two.

4. Rey Fenix ​​and Andrade defeated Los Garza and can now (hopefully) continue. The latter squad seems to be disagreed after Berto angrily ran out on Santos Esbobar. The team needs something fresh because they only lose these days.

👎 Down and out 👎

1. Byron Saxton interviewed Mcintyre behind the stage after his Claymore on Fatu. The guy asked why Mcintyre did that. Really? You have a title game tomorrow evening. As always, the promo was excellent, but what a stupid question to “activate” the segment.

2. Production and intensity in a protracted video package from Gunther vs. Pat McAfee could not have been greater. WWE has far too much.

👑 uncrowned jewel of the night 👑

Surprise, surprise. A match between the streets and Fraxiom was damn great.

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The story of the game was that Montez Ford hurt him throughout the game after the immediate classic of his team two weeks ago. Since it was a non-title match, the expectation was a Fraxiom default victory, and we got that. To be honest, I don't love that the Tag team champs lose their first game after this TLC match ever. But it was just too good and the result will give us a sequel, so these are good news. I dare to say Great News.

👑 I give this show a crown point of: 6.5/10. 👑

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