WWE SmackDown Live Results: Friday Night SmackDown Updates & Highlights (25th June 2021)

WWE SmackDown Results June 25, 2021: Latest Friday Night SmackDown Winners, Grades, Video Highlights

"You want me?! I'm right here!!!"#SmackDown @EdgeRatedR @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/Q22WkRZcX5
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

The Rated-R Superstar @EdgeRatedR has returned and has set his sights on @WWERomanReigns! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/0ySFtv3uXR
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Thanks for joining us, folks! We'll see you next week for Monday Night RAW!

THE RATED-R SUPERSTAR @EdgeRatedR is BACK! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/fGmX5FHcJp
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Does @WWERomanReigns suck? @HeymanHustle: pic.twitter.com/TvwuQYjaI3
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Jimmy pays the price and is speared through the barricade as Roman Reigns hightails it to the back. "Where are you at," screams Edge! "Where are you? I'm right here!"

Looks like another ghost has come back to haunt the Tribal Chief.

Roman grabs a chair, and when he runs in to finish the job he's cut down by a spear from Edge. With Roman struggling to catch his breath, Edge gets a second chair for the con-chair-to. Before Edge can do the deed, Jimmy Uso makes the save.

Metalingus plays loud as Edge runs down Roman Reigns. The Rated-R Superstar sends Roman to the floor and hits a flying clothesline. Reigns is bounced repeatedly head first off the table. However, back in the ring Roman drops the WWE Hall of Famer with one Superman Punch.

With all that destruction left in his wake, Heyman says that there's nobody left for Roman Reigns. Well...that's before Edge's music hits.

"The Fiend got frightened. Strowman got slaughtered. Kevin got KO'd. Edge and Daniel Bryan got stacked." Heyman continues to run down the list of all the WWE Superstars that Roman has run through in his Universal Championship run, including the released Braun Strowman.

Paul Heyman introduces the Tribal Chief before showing us footage of the Universal Championship match last week. Roman looks over the carnage of the Hell in a Cell match with a smirk on his face.

No matter how hard you try, you will never be as proud of somebody as @HeymanHustle is of @WWERomanReigns! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/IZyKF9JZpc
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Did Jimmy @WWEUsos prove himself to @WWERomanReigns? #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Acc7qU9Y0M
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Jimmy catches Ziggler with the superkick, giving him the W.

Jimmy Uso defeats Dolph Ziggler via pinfall.

After the match, Roman Reigns acknowledges Jimmy's win but doesn't say a word. He heads to the ring, with Heyman telling Jimmy to stay back. However, he does tell Jimmy he did great.

Ziggler avoids a superkick, hitting another ZigZag. Still, Jimmy is able to survive.

When we come back, Jimmy is somehow still on his feet. Ziggler rakes the eyes to escape a Samoan Drop, but Jimmy takes his head off with a clothesline. The Samoan Drop plants Ziggler for a near fall.

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ZIG ZAG INTO THE STAIRS! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/SZyeSNgxZB
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Uso sends Ziggler to the floor and flies with a suicide dive. Roode shoves Ziggler out of the way, taking the bullet for himself. Ziggler catches Jimmy with the ZigZag on the stairs!

"Not tonight, kid!"@HEELZiggler and Jimmy @WWEUsos collide RIGHT NOW on #SmackDown!

📺 @FOXTV pic.twitter.com/0ANMneEmEr
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

Bobby Roode accompanies Dolph Ziggler to the ring as we start off the SmackDown main event. Jimmy Uso runs through Ziggler with shoulder tackles and blasts him with an enzuigiri for the two.

👅 W A T C H H E R 👅@YaOnlyLivvOnce #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/LndRW1Jo2K
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

WATCH HER.#SmackDown @YaOnlyLivvOnce pic.twitter.com/1PGxO8S6Y1
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

Mella picks up Liv and brags about her accomplishments, not only being the first Miss Money in the Bank but the first to win it twice. Liv responds with her springboard flatliner, but Carmella gets her leg on the ropes to stop the pin. A superkick catches Liv on the top rope. However, when Carmella goes for the Stratusphere, Liv rolls forward to catch Carmella with a roll-up.

Liv Morgan defeats Carmella via pinfall.

With that, Liv Morgan has advanced to Money in the Bank. Carmella is announced as "Still the most beautiful woman in WWE."

Liv Morgan sends Carmella into the corner and nearly hits a springboard curb stomp. Carmella rolls away, hitting a sidekick in the gut and following with a superkick.

Speaking of tonight, Jimmy Uso's big match? He'll be facing Dolph Ziggler.

If @YaOnlyLivvOnce can beat @CarmellaWWE she'll earn a spot in the Women's #MITB Ladder Match.

That match is NEXT on #SmackDown!

📺 @FOXTV pic.twitter.com/FGmTGTAo0H
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

Deville makes a decision. Carmella won't lose her spot, but Liv has the chance to join the match if she beats Carmella tonight.

WWE official @SonyaDevilleWWE announces @Carmella the first female #SmackDown Superstar for Money In The Bank! pic.twitter.com/Agy4zao12g
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Deville announces that instead of a qualifier, Carmella has been awarded a Money in the Bank ladder match spot. Liv Morgan interrupts, claiming that she's beaten Carmella and deserves an opportunity.

Sami tries to convince Adam Pearce to call off the match and, actually, just award him the MITB contract. Pearce declines the offer and reveals next week's match will be Last Man Standing. Zayn, furious, claims that Pearce is playing a dangerous game with karma.

.@SamiZayn will face @FightOwensFight NEXT WEEK on #SmackDown in a #MITB Qualifying Match.

😱 😱 😱 pic.twitter.com/thL4cBkD2u
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

That's how it's done. @WWEBigE #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/hRJtpOAGRQ
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Backstage, Sami Zayn is laughing about the Kevin Owens situation when he's interviewed by Kayla Braxton. Kayla reveals to him that he's not out of the woods yet, as he faces Kevin Owens in a MITB qualifier next week on SmackDown. At that point, much like Shawn Michaels, Sami Zayn loses his smile and storms off.

The first #SmackDown Superstar to qualify for the Men's Money in The Bank is @WWEBige! pic.twitter.com/W9AZODfL2m
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

ALL THE WAY 🆙#SmackDown #MITB @WWEApollo pic.twitter.com/xmQkcVdsxS
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

Commander Azeez is tossed out after trying to hit Big E with the Nigerian Nail. Crews takes advantage of the distraction with a roll-up, only getting a near fall. Big E plants Apollo with the Big Ending for the big victory!

Big E defeats Apollo Crews via pinfall.

Big E is moving onto the Money in the Bank ladder match!

Apollo follows an enzuigiri with a splash from the top. A deadlift German spikes E, but he still can't get the win.

The POWER of @WWEBigE! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/ZnvOxHt52l
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

Big E snaps in the Stretch Muffler, and Apollo only breaks away thanks to Commander Azeez pulling him to safety.

Apollo manages to escape the Uranage and connects with a trio of German suplexes. One-two-no! Big E just barely kicks out.

Crews taunts his long-time rival while bouncing him around the ring. However, the taunts only seem to anger Big E, who hits Crews with a series of belly-to-belly suplexes. The big splash connects, and Big E stares down Commander Azeez.

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Just like that, @WWEApollo has taken control! #SmackDown #MITB @WWEBigE pic.twitter.com/N12TmrtP32
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

Apollo drops Big E spine first on the apron as we cut to another break.

Apollo Crews drops Big E with some big right hands but is bowled over with Big E's shoulder block. A clothesline almost takes the champion's head off, giving Big E a two-count.

.@WWEBigE and @WWEApollo square off in a #MITB Qualifying Match NEXT on #SmackDown!

📺 @FOXTV pic.twitter.com/Q8cOCfC5rR
— WWE (@WWE) June 26, 2021

"Is the subject happens to be his next challenger, then you're looking at him." - @WWERollins about @WWERomanReigns' address later tonight! #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/y6nhk7nVGZ
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 26, 2021

It's time for a Money in the Bank Qualifier. It's Big E against Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews.

Seth Rollins finds Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville backstage, telling them that he deserves to be Roman Reigns' next challenger. They say they'll take it under advisement.