WWE SmackDown (1/3/2025) Results: Nia Jax vs. Naomi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Andrade, The Bloodline, More

On January 3, 2025, WWE hosted a new episode of Friday Night SmackDown from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

The show was headlined by Nia Jax defending her WWE Women’s Title against Naomi. The full results are listed.

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WWE SmackDown (1/3/2025).

• Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Andrade.
• WWE Women's Championship Match: Nia Jax (c) vs. Naomi.
• WWE Tag Team Championship Match: #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa) (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin).
• The OG Bloodline (Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso) vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga).

Live Coverage.

• Michael Cole & Corey Graves welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening segment.
• WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes appeared in the ring to preview his Ladder Match against Kevin Owens at the WWE Royal Rumble event, but he was interrupted by Drew McIntyre. McIntyre said Rhodes was about to make the biggest mistake of his career and offered to help, but Rhodes did not buy it and challenged McIntyre to a match tonight. McIntyre said he was telling the truth and did not want to hurt Rhodes, but then told Rhodes that he needed to watch his back. This led to Kevin Owens attacking Rhodes, leading to a brawl before Shane Helms, Shawn Daivari, Jamie Noble, Nick Aldis and an army of security guards separated the two.
• Shinsuke Nakamura def. Andrade via Pinfall (Kinshasa).
  • LA Knight attacked Nakamura after the match before Nakamura escaped. Knight said he would regain what was his and regain his title.
• Apollo Crews was on his phone before he was confronted by Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) for being liars. They were interrupted by Legado del Fantasma (Angel Garza, Berto, Elektra Lopez & Santos Escobar), who took offense with Pretty Deadly lying in their names and blaming them for attacking Street Profits. Garza and Berto attacked Pretty Deadly before three referees and Nick Aldis separated them. Aldis then told Pretty Deadly he needed to chat with them.
• Nick Aldis scolded Pretty Deadly for lying about Los Garza. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa) appeared and tried to make a case for Pretty Deadly, but Aldis told them they were on thin ice.
• Michin def. Piper Niven (w/ Chelsea Green) via Pinfall (Eat Defeat).
• There was a vignette for Naomi ahead of her title challenge against Nia Jax happening later tonight.
• Paul Heyman came to the ring for a promo, where he was here to set the record straight ahead of the Tribal Combat Match between Solo Sikoa and Roman Reigns at the Netflix debut of Monday Night Raw. Heyman said he & Reigns trained Sikoa for whenever he was ready to be the new Tribal Chief, but said Sikoa was a sick son of a bitch. He stole the Ula Fallah because he knew no one would accept him as the Tribal Chief. Heyman then went after Sikoa for recruiting Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa & Jacob Fatu into the faction and said that Roman Reigns would remain as the Tribal Chief.
  After that, Solo Sikoa interrupted to confront Heyman before offering Heyman "a favor". The favor in question is that he be his Wiseman and make Reigns "finally" acknowledge him.
• There was a vignette of The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), who went after Johnny Gargano for betraying them to take the WWE Tag Titles from them and bowed to regain the belts in their first rematch.
• WWE Tag Team Championship Match: #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa) (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) Ended in a No-Contest.
  • Los Garza (Angel Garza & Berto) brawled with Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson), which led to them bumping into both #DIY & MCMGs inside the ring, with the referee throwing out the match.
• Nia Jax was training with Candice LeRae, and they both were confused by the absence of Tiffany Stratton before LeRae said she had Jax's back tonight.
• Carmelo Hayes confronted Sami Zayn backstage and said he wanted another match against Zayn, but The Usos (Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso) appeared to back up Zayn. Zayn went for his gear ahead of their match tonight, but then The Usos bumped into Kevin Owens, who told them they needed to watch their backs.
• Cody Rhodes was confronted by Nick Aldis, where Rhodes said that the story with him from now to the Royal Rumble event was that he would drop Kevin Owens or anyone that looked like Owens on sight.
• WWE Women's Championship Match: Nia Jax (c) (w/ Candice LeRae & Tiffany Stratton) def. Naomi (w/ Bianca Belair) via Pinfall (Banzai Drop).
  • Tiffany Stratton faked cashing in her Money In The Bank Briefcase, using this to strike Naomi in the head to allow Jax to retain the title.
  • After the match, Stratton attacked Jax with the briefcase before laying out LeRae. Belair used this to hit the KOD on Jax, but Stratton pulled Belair out of the ring to cash in her Money In The Bank Briefcase.
• WWE Women's Championship - Women's Money In The Bank Cash-In: Tiffany Stratton def. Nia Jax (c) via Pinfall (Prettiest Moonsault Ever).
• Byron Saxton interviewed LA Knight, where he revealed he would have an opportunity to regain the WWE United States in a match against Shinsuke Nakamura next week.
• The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga) def. The OG Bloodline (Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso) via Pinfall (Samoan Spike from Sikoa on Jey Uso).
  • During the match, Drew McIntyre appeared on the ramp but he was laid out by Jey Uso with a Tope Suicida. That distraction allowed Sikoa to catch Uso with a Samoan Spike and pick up the win.

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