WWE SmackDown Results 10/25 - WWE Tag Team Title #1 Contenders Match, GUNTHER & Cody Rhodes Meet In The Ring

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on October 25, 2024, coming to you from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City, New York!

The Bloodline will find out who their next challengers for the WWE Tag Team Championship are tonight as Motor City Machine Guns go head-to-head with of #DIY in a Number One Contenders Match. Both teams emerged victorious in a pair of Triple Threat Qualifier Matches last week when Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin emerged victorious over A-Town Down Under and Los Garza, while Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano defeated The Street Profits and Pretty Deadly.

With just over a week to go before they meet in a Champion vs. Champion Match to determine the first ever Crown Jewel Champion at WWE Crown Jewel, World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER and Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will be meeting one another in the ring tonight. Following a verbal confrontation between them on the October 14 edition of "Raw", Rhodes invited GUNTHER to appear on "SmackDown" during last Friday's edition of the show.

Additionally, Carmelo Hayes and Andrade look to break their 3-3 tie tonight as they battle it out in their Best of Seven Series. Not only will LA Knight serve as the special guest referee of the match, but the winner of the bout will receive a shot at his United States Championship.

We are live! Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet audiences at home as we see Randy Orton approach Triple H in the gorilla position and talk to him about something. He then makes his way out.

Orton says he's been doing everything he can to get his hands on Kevin Owens at Crown Jewel, but Owens is off limits for some reason. He says since Nick Aldis told him last week that he couldn't face Owens at Crown Jewel as it was above his pay grade, he wants to talk to Triple H about it and claims that he's protecting Owens from him. He then calls Triple H down to the ring, and he makes his way out.

Triple H says while he would rather have not done this in public and disputes Orton's claims that he's protecting Owens. He tells Orton that he will not face Owens at Crown Jewel, but Orton insists that Triple H is protecting Owens. Triple H tells Orton that he's actually trying to protect him rather than Owens, and says he's known both him and Owens for a long time. He says Owens has never had a friend in business because he's all about the business and money, but for the first time ever, he let his guard down and trusted Orton and Cody Rhodes. He says while he's not sure why that's the case, Owens liked and trusted them. He says Orton just came back from an 18 month long recovery from injury.

Orton says he didn't ask Paul Levesque or the COO of a multi-billion dollar company to come down to the ring, but rather "The Game". He says if Triple H was in his shoes, he wouldn't let things slide and would handle business in the middle of the ring. He then demands a match against Owens at Crown Jewel once again, and Triple H finally agrees but warns Orton to protect himself at all times.

LA Knight then makes his way down to the ring. Carmelo Hayes and Andrade follow. 

The bell rings and Andrade goes for a pin right out of the gate. Hayes kicks out and rolls out of the ring, but Andrade goes after him on the outside. Hayes sends him crashing into the barricade spine first and dumps him back in the ring, but Andrade fires off stomps on him. Hayes looks to fly off the ropes, but Andrade pushes him to the outside and looks to fly. Knight almost bumps into him as he does, but Andrade then flies over him and the top rope to level Hayes on the outside.

Back from the break, Hayes lands a back elbow on Andrade. Andrade responds with a Spanish Fly off the ropes before connecting with a meteora in the corner and going for a pin. Hayes kicks out, but sends Andrade crashing into Knight in the process as he makes the three count. Hayes then rolls up Andrade, but Knight doesn't see the fall. Hayes gets in his face, then looks to land a superkick on Andrade but accidentally lands it on Knight instead. Andrade hits The Three Amigos on Hayes, but Hayes sends him crashing into the mat and goes for a pin. Knight pulls Hayes out of the ring and sends him crashing onto the announce desk, then delivers a BFT to Andrade in the ring and lands another one on Hayes. Knight then rings the bell himself and says it's his game rather than a game of Best of Seven.

Winner: N/A (disqualification due to outside interference)

We then head backstage to Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton. Jax informs Stratton that she's recruited Candice LeRae to help them take care of Bayley and Naomi before LeRae and Indi Hartwell walk in and LeRae promises Jax that she'll take care of Naomi tonight. LeRae, Hartwell, and Naomi then all make their way out to ringside.

Back from the break, Nick Aldis berates Knight for his actions as special guest referee and informs him that he will be defending the United States Championship against both Hayes and Andrade at Crown Jewel.

Back at ringside, Naomi makes her way out. LeRae and Hartwell follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. LeRae levels Naomi, but Naomi takes her down with a kick and a Famouser. She goes for a pin, but LeRae kicks out.

Back from the break, Naomi lands a Scorpion Kick on LeRae's head and follows it up with a DDT. She then connects with a dropkick and sends LeRae crashing into the mat before landing a kick off the ropes and going for a pin. LeRae kicks out and hits a neckbreaker on Naomi using the ropes, then looks to fly. Naomi intercepts with a kick to her head, but Hartwell sends her crashing into the ring post and dumps her back in the ring. Bayley's music hits and she runs down to the ring to take out Hartwell. She sends her crashing into the barricade, opening the door for Naomi to send LeRae crashing into the mat with a sit-out Full Nelson for the win.

Winner: Naomi

Cody Rhodes then makes his way out to the ring. GUNTHER follows.

GUNTHER asks Rhodes what he wants to talk about, and Rhodes says it's fairly obvious what he wants to talk about. GUNTHER says he wants to talk about Rhodes before he gets to that, and says it was unnecessary for Rhodes to bring up his daughter last week as their Champion vs. Champion Match at Crown Jewel is all about naming the first Crown Jewel Champion. He says unlike Rhodes' reason for doing everything he does being his family, his is for himself. A fired up Rhodes responds to GUNTHER and says that he comes from a dramatic family, then asks GUNTHER where he was yesterday and the day before that. He says he was in Las Vegas doing media for WrestleMania 41 while GUNTHER was at home sleeping. He says that while GUNTHER is World Heavyweight Champion, he's missing the responsibility of being titleholder.

GUNTHER gets defensive and says he tells higher ups no to their media request because he has the guts to say no. He says Rhodes is a gutless champion, and that will always make him secondary to him. Rhodes says he doesn't see GUNTHER as "The Ring General" because he leads no one but himself. He says he had the guts to make a name for himself outside of WWE, then attacks GUNTHER. Ludwig Kaiser appears out of nowhere and clocks Rhodes. GUNTHER and Kaiser then go after Rhodes, but Randy Orton runs down to even the odds.

#DIY then make their way down to the ring. Motor City Machine Guns follow. 

Alex Shelley and Johnny Gargano begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking each other in submissions, but Tommaso Ciampa tags in and locks up with Shelley. Chris Sabin tags in and Shelley fires off forearms on Ciampa before he and Sabin double team on Ciampa. Gargano tags back in and lands a dropkick on the side of Sabin's head, then tags out to Ciampa.

Sabin lands a back elbow on Ciampa as he charges at him in the corner, then tags in Shelley and levels Gargano with a double back elbow. Motor City Machine Guns then take Ciampa down with a superkick off the apron and Sabin looks to fly through the ropes to level Ciampa as Shelley holds them open. Gargano catches Sabin with a spear through the middle rope, and Ciampa fires off stomps on Shelley on the outside.

Back from the break, Sabin tags in and delivers a crossbody to #DIY off the top rope. He fires off chops on both of them and levels Ciampa with a Tornado DDT, then lands a back elbow on Gargano in the corner. Shelley tags back in and delivers a double kick to Ciampa with Shelley. Motor City Machine Guns then send Ciampa and Gargano crashing into the corner, and Shelley pins Gargano. Gargano kicks out.

Sabin tags in and Gargano connects with a kick on his head. Ciampa then tags in and Gargano lands a kick on Shelley's midsection before Ciampa sends him crashing into the mat face first and hits a running knee. Sabin rolls up Gargano, but Gargano reverses the fall. Sabin lands a jawbreaker on Gargano, but Gargano looks to respond with a kick. Sabin avoids it and Gargano accidentally hits Ciampa. Shelley then tags in, and Motor City Machine Guns deliver Skull and Bones for the win.

Winners: Motor City Machine Guns

The Bloodline then makes their way down to the ring, and Nick Aldis follows. Solo Sikoa demands that Brooklyn acknowledge him, then welcomes Motor City Machine Guns to "SmackDown" before he introduces himself and the rest of The Bloodline. Sabin says it's an honor to meet Sikoa, then introduces himself and Shelley to Sikoa. Sika then suggest a WWE Tag Team Championship match right here and now, but Aldis intervenes and demands that Sikoa show them some respect. Shelley tells Aldis that if Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa want to put their titles on the line right now, they're good to go. Aldis then makes the match and calls for a referee.

The bell rings and Motor City Machine Guns dump Tonga and Loa out of the ring. Loa and Tonga respond with a double dropkick.

Back from the break, Loa lands a powerslam on Shelley and looks to fly off the ropes as Tonga does the same. Shelley rolls out of the way, but Sikoa hops up on the apron. A hooded figure pulls him off and sends him crashing into the ring steps, revealing himself to be Jimmy Uso. After some assistance from Fatu, Sikoa overpowers him but Roman Reigns' music hits and he makes his way out. He brawls with Fatu to the back as Sikoa does the same with Jimmy. Sabin then delivers a dropkick to Tonga off the ropes and charges at him, but accidentally hits the referee. Loa blindsides him from behind and grabs a couple of chairs from the timekeeper's area. He lands one to Loa, but a hooded figure appears behind Loa and lands a superkick on him. They send Loa crashing over the announce desk, then delivers one to Tonga in the desk and hits him with one of the chairs. They follow it up with a spear, then take off their hood to reveal themselves as Jey Uso! Motor City Machine Guns then deliver Skull and Bones for the win.

Winners (and new): Motor City Machine Guns

After the match, Jimmy reemerges at ringside and hugs Jey. The brothers share an emotional moment in the ring as Reigns watches on from the entrance ramp and the show goes off the air.