WWE SmackDown (2/28/2025) Results: US Title Contenders Tourney, Cody Rhodes, Trish Stratus, More Set

On February 28, 2025, WWE hosted a new episode of Friday Night SmackDown from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The show was headlined by the US Title Contender’s Tourney. The full results are listed.

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WWE SmackDown (2/28/2025).

• WWE United States Championship Contenders Tournament - First Round: LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar.
• WWE United States Championship Contenders Tournament - First Round: Carmelo Hayes vs. Braun Strowman.
• WWE United States Championship Contenders Tournament - First Round: Andrade vs. Solo Sikoa.
• Cody Rhodes to appear.
• Trish Stratus & Tiffany Stratton to appear.
• Chelsea Green to compete.

Live Coverage.

• Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening segment.
• Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus appeared in the ring with Maple Leaf Jerseys to talk about their match against Nia Jax & Candice LeRae on WWE Elimination Chamber, but they were interrupted by Chelsea Green & Piper Niven interrupted them. After some arguing, Stratton then challenged Green to a match. Nick Aldis sent a referee into the ring to make the match official.
• Tiffany Stratton (w/ Trish Stratus) def. Chelsea Green (w/ Piper Niven) via Disqualification.
  • Candice LeRae & Nia Jax attacked Stratton & Stratus, causing the match to be thrown out.
• Cody Rhodes was backstage with a cocktail bar courtesy of "The Final Boss". R-Truth was hidden in the couch of said bar, telling Cody Rhodes he should consider it.
• WWE United States Championship Contenders Tournament - First Round: Jacob Fatu def. Andrade via Pinfall (BME).
• Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) spoke backstage with Nick Aldis but Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel & Berto) demanded an apology from The Profits. Instead, they continued to argue before Nick Aldis booked a match between Los Garza & The Street Profits for tonight.
• The match did not happen as #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommasso Ciampa) attacked The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins), but Los Garza (Berto & Angel) got into the brawl too. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) & Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) would later join the hostilities.
• Drew McIntyre confronted Cody Rhodes backstage to tell him he believed Rhodes would sell his soul to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson because he did not respond to Johnson's offer immediately.
• Drew McIntyre interrupted a video package about John Cena's retirement tour, where he promised to bury him. Damian Priest interrupted and lambasted McIntyre's behavior, saying even R-Truth was making more sense than him. As soon as Damian Priest & McIntyre were going to brawl, Seth Rollins interrupted. Rollins told them they did not stand a chance tomorrow at Elimination Chamber, but things got more heated with CM Punk interrupted. Punk said he had no issues with Damian Priest and that both McIntyre & Rollins were obsessed with Punk while he was obsessed with Main Eventing WrestleMania. Punk said everyone better get serious fast because they would be facing "Hell In A Cell" CM Punk. Rollins said Punk would not Main Event WrestleMania over his dead body while McIntyre said he was taking out CM Punk. Logan Paul then got on the ramp to John Cena's music. Paul refused to address CM Punk, made fun of Seth Rollins's attire, said Damian Priest was irrelevant, and then ran away after Punk tried to chase him.
• WWE United States Championship Contenders Tournament - First Round: LA Knight def. Santos Escobar via Pinfall (BFT).
• Sami Zayn came to the ring to call out Kevin Owens. Owens responded, but he was in the Rogers Centre because he did not want to attack Zayn's neck ahead of their match tomorrow. Owens made it clear that when it was all set and done, he would not do anything for Zayn's family and watch them suffer when Zayn could no longer provide for them. Zayn said he was not nervous about what would happen to him but was nervous about what he would do to Owens and that Owens's family would ever forgive him. Owens said he would see Zayn tomorrow night.
• The Miz spoke with Carmelo Hayes and said he would accompany him, but Hayes said he got it handled tonight. The Miz then met with Cody Rhodes, telling him to take The Rock's offer because if he does not, someone else would.
• WWE United States Championship Contenders Tournament - First Round: Carmelo Hayes vs. Braun Strowman.

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