WWE SmackDown Results 5/23 - WWE Tag Team Championship On The Line, More Money In The Bank Qualifiers

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on May 23, 2025, coming to you live from the Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia!

The next two entrants in the 2025 Money In The Bank Ladder Matches will be determined tonight. Former multi time champion Charlotte Flair collides with reigning Women's United States Champion Zelina Vega and the newest edition to the "SmackDown" roster Giulia, while Aleister Black squares off with another former multi time champion Shinsuke Nakamura and former United States Champion LA Knight in a pair of Triple Threat Qualifiers. The winners of both matches will join Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss, and Roxanne Perez in the Women's Money In The Bank match, and Solo Sikoa in the Men's Money In The Bank match.

Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins of The Street Profits will be putting the WWE Tag Team Championship on the line tonight against Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the first time since they retained against #DIY and Motor City Machine Guns in a Triple Threat TLC Match on the April 25 edition of "SmackDown". Frazer and Axiom have racked up a number of wins since their arrival on "SmackDown" a number of weeks ago against the likes of Los Garza, Pretty Deadly, #DIY, and The Street Profits themselves in a non-title match on May 9.

Speaking of The Motor City Machine Guns and #DIY, Chris Sabin and Tommaso Ciampa will both be in action tonight as they go head-to-head with each other in the squared circle. The two men along with Alex Shelley and Johnny Gargano have had no shortage of issues with one another, dating back to a WWE Tag Team Championship match on the December 6 edition of "SmackDown" when Ciampa and Gargano turned their backs on Shelley and Sabin to dethrone them as titleholders.

Additionally, United States Champion Jacob Fatu will be joining forces with JC Mateo to square off with Jimmy Uso and Rey Fenix after the aforementioned Sikoa defeated Jimmy and Rey last week to secure his spot in the 2025 Men's Money In The Bank match.

We are live! Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore greet audiences at home as we see a massive brawl break out between Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest backstage ahead of their Steel Cage Match tomorrow night at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.

Tiffany Stratton then makes her way to the ring.

Stratton welcomes fans to "SmackDown", then says a lot can change in a year. She says she walked into the Money In The Bank match last year with all the pressure in the world on her, but she's standing in the ring as WWE Women's Champion and can say she's beaten Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania. She says she kicked Nia Jax's face off last week, then says in two weeks, someone will have the opportunity to do what she did at WWE Money In The Bank.

Alexa Bliss' music hits, and she makes her way out. She officially introduces herself to Stratton as a former champion and former Money In The Bank briefcase holder, then says she's had her eye on Stratton. She says she needs the Money In The Bank briefcase.

Flair's music hits, and she makes her way down to the ring. She says she's known for her humility, then says she's done everything to do in the wrestling business except win Money In The Bank. She says when she wins the briefcase and cashes it in to take back the WWE Women's Championship, then says she's ready to take back her spotlight and doesn't wait to do so.

Stratton calls Flair hypocritical, then calls both Flair and Bliss vintage. She says Flair and Bliss were the standard, but she's the upgrade and it will always be Tiffy Time as long as she's WWE Women's Champion.

Giulia then makes her way to the ring, staring down Stratton on the entrance ramp. Zelina Vega follows.

The bell rings and Flair delivers a knee to Vega's midsection. She dumps her out of the ring, but Vega rolls up Giulia. Flair breaks the fall, but Vega takes her down with a hurricanrana. She lands a second one on Giulia, but Flair catches Vega with a Fallaway Slam. Giulia delivers a spear to Vega that sends her crashing out of the ring, then connects with a neck crank on Flair and rocks her with a series of forearms and chops.

Flair fires off chops on Giulia, but the two women level one another with clotheslines. Vega looks to land a Tornado DDT on Giulia off of Flair, but Flair catches Vega and looks to land a double suplex on her with Giulia. Vega counters into a double DDT, but Flair sends her crashing off the apron with a forearm and delivers a boot to Giulia off the apron to send her outside with Vega.

Vega delivers a moonsault off the ropes to level both Flair and Giulia, then dumps them back in the ring and pins both of them. Giulia kicks out and breaks the fall when Vega pins Flair, but Flair fires off stomps on Vega in the corner. Giulia jams her boot into Vega's neck in the corner, then lands a double suplex on her in the center of the ring with Flair.

Giulia delivers a suplex to Vega and pins her, but Flair breaks the fall. Giulia and Flair shove one another, but Giulia fires off knees on Flair's midsection. Flair sends Giulia crashing onto the floor with a kick to her head off the apron, but Vega looks to take down Flair with a hurricanrana off the middle rope. Flair catches Vega, but Giulia levels both women with a missile dropkick off the middle rope.

Flair delivers a crossbody off the middle rope to level Vega nad Giulia, but Vega sends Flair crashing into the mat face first and cinches in a submission on her. Giulia breaks the hold with a running knee, but Flair levels Giulia with a strike before sending Vega crashing into the mat. Flair steps over Giulia and Vega, then ascends to the top rope. She lands a moonsault on both women and pins them at the same time, but Giulia and Vega both kick out.

Vega dials it up for a 619 on Flair, but Giulia levels Vega and connects with a headbutt on Flair. Flair then delivers a spear to Giulia and goes for a pin, but Giulia kicks out. Flair dumps Vega out of the ring and looks to cinch in the Figure Four Leg Lock on Giulia, but Vega prevents Flair from doing so with a meteora. Vega then delivers a Code Red to Giulia and goes for a pin, but Flair breaks the fall.

Flair looks to land a spear on Vega, but Vega moves out of the way and is sent crashing into the ring post. Flair levels Vega with a big boot and cinches in the Figure Four Leg Lock on her, but Giulia breaks the hold with a double stomp off the top rope. She dumps Flair out of the ring and delivers the Northern Lights Bomb to Vega for the win.

Winner: Giulia

The Motor City Machine Guns then make their way to the ring. 

Back from the break, we see a brawl break out between Zelina Vega, Michin, B-Fab, and The Secret Hervice. Nick Aldis and other officials break up the four women, with Aldis granting Michin's request to a tag team match against The Secret Hervice on behalf of herself and B-Fab. 

Back at ringside, #DIY makes their way out.

The bell rings and Sabin connects with an arm drag on Ciampa. Ciampa fires off stomps on Sabin, then follows it up with a hanging DDT to him off the ropes and sends him crashing into the barricade shoulder first.

Ciampa fires off a chop on Sabin's chest, then jams his knee into the back of his neck and catapults him into the bottom turnbuckle face first. He wears him down with a submission hold, but Sabin trips Ciampa and sends him crashing into the mat with a German suplex.

Ciampa sends Sabin crashing into the ring apron with an Air Raid Crash and gets him back in the ring, then goes for a pin but Sabin kicks out. Sabin then sends Ciampa crashing into the mat with a Tornado DDT out of the corner and goes for a pin of his own, but Ciampa kicks out.

Sabin dumps Ciampa out of the ring and flies over the top rope to level him and Gargano with a crossbody, then dumps Ciampa back in the ring and ascends to the top rope. Candice LeRae appears out of nowhere and sends Sabin's face bouncing off the top rope. Ciampa takes advantage and delivers a jumping knee to Sabin for the win.

Winner: Tommaso Ciampa

Continuing their brawl from the opening moments of the show, Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre continue firing off right hands on one another as security tries their best to pull apart the two men. 

The Secret Hervice then make their way to the ring. Michin and B-Fab follow.

Piper Niven and B-Fab begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Alba Fyre tag in and fires off stomps on B-Fab in the corner, and Niven pulls on her hair as Fyre distracts the referee. Niven then tags in and continues wearing down B-Fab, but Zelina Vega appears to level Green with a knee on the outside.

Niven chases Vega, but B-Fab levels her with a clothesline off the apron. Michin then lands Eat Defeat on Fyre, and B-Fab follows it up with a Facebuster for the win.

Winners: Michin and B-Fab

Solo Sikoa then leads JC Mateo and Jacob Fatu to the ring. Jimmy Uso and Rey Fenix follow.

Jimmy and Fatu begin the action. The bell rings and Mateo tags himself in much to the frustration of Fatu. Mateo and Fatu stare one another down intensely, allowing Jimmy to take advantage and fire off chops on Mateo. Mateo levels Jimmy and fires off stomps on him, but Fatu tags himself back in.

Fenix tags in and levels Fatu with a hurricanrana, then superkicks Mateo out of the ring with Jimmy. Fatu and Mateo then take turns tagging in and out to wear down Jimmy. Jimmy flies off the middle rope to level Mateo with a flipping kick after he tags back in.

Fatu and Fenix tag in, and Fenix walks the ropes. He levels Mateo on the apron with a kick and sends Fatu crashing into the mat with an Old School, then rocks Fatu with a kick and follows it up with a hurricanrana. He goes for a pin, but Fatu kicks out. Jimmy and Mateo tag in, and Jimmy delivers a crossbody to Mateo off the top. He goes for a pin, but Fatu breaks the fall and stares down Jimmy.

Fenix sends Fatu crashing out of the ring with a dropkick and looks to land a tope suicida on him, but Fatu catches Fenix and sends him crashing over the announce desk. Back in the ring, Jimmy delivers a spear to Mateo and ascends to the top. Solo Sikoa hops up on the apron, opening the door for Mateo to pick Jimmy off the top rope and send him crashing into the mat with the Tour Of The Islands for the win.

Winners: Jacob Fatu and JC Mateo

R-Truth then makes his way to the ring.

Truth asks Savannah what's up, then says people keep asking how he feels fighting his childhood hero John Cena tomorrow night at Saturday Night's Main Event. He says he's not lighting his childhood hero because he no longer recognizes Cena, then says he tried to figure out where he went wrong until he realized that the problem was power. He says Cena used to call him his brother, but the texts and phone calls stopped and he felt like Cena was annoyed with him.

Truth says he began talking to others and realizing he wasn't the only one who saw changes in Cena, then cements just how much he thinks power has changed Cena. He says Cena stopped having fun, and he gets mad when someone else has fun. He says he doesn't like who Cena has become and he doesn't think that he's happy, then says to save the professional wrestling business, he first needs to save Cena. He says he doesn't want to lay his hands on Cena, but he will do what he has to do. He says he wants his childhood hero back, and encourages fans to chant "If Cena wins, then we riot" tomorrow night.

Aleister Black then makes his way down to the ring. Shinsuke Nakamura and LA Knight both follow.

The bell rings and Black and Knight work together to take out Nakamura. They dump him over the top rope and out of the ring, then begin brawling with one another. Knight sends Black crashing into the mat with a neckbreaker and fires off stomps on him in the corner, but Nakamura trips Black and levels him with a kick.

Black levels Nakamura with a jumping knee, but Knight sends Black crashing into the mat with a superplex. Nakamura then levels Knight with a jumping knee, then jams his boot into his chest in the corner and dumps him out of the ring. Knight then sends Nakamura's face repeatedly bouncing off the announce desk, but Black runs over both Nakamura and Knight with a running boot before he dumps Nakamura back inside the ring.

Knight sends Black crashing into the mat with a Death Valley Driver, but Nakamura sends Knight crashing into the ring steps on the outside sends Black crashing into the corner. Knight then dumps Nakamura out of the ring, but Black sends Knight to join Nakamura with a jumping knee and connects with a moonsault off the middle rope. Knight moves out of the way to avoid it, then dumps Black back in the ring. Black then flies over the top rope to level Knight on the outside.

Black dumps Knight back inside the ring, but Knight catches Black with a DDT. Nakamura levels Knight, and Black delivers the Black Mass to him. Knight then dumps Black out of the ring and pins Nakamura himself for the win.

Winner: LA Knight

Nathan Frazer and Axiom then make their way to the ring. The Street Profits follow.

Axiom and Angelo Dawkins begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Frazer tags in, but Dawkins runs him over with a shoulder tackle and goes for a pin. Frazer kicks out, but Montez Ford tags in and double teams on Frazer with Dawkins.

Dawkins lands a right hand on Frazer's midsection.

The Street Profits continue to wear down Axiom when he tags back in. Dawkins connects with a flapjack on him and goes for a pin, but Axiom kicks out. Dawkins whips Axiom into the corner, but Axiom flies off the middle rope and levels Dawkins with a jumping DDT.

Frazer and Ford tag in, and Frazer levels Ford with a Sling Blade. He lands a dropkick on his knee and a second Sling Blade, then follows it up with a running moonsault and goes for a pin. Ford kicks out, but Frazer connects with an enzuigiri on him and a kick on Dawkins from the apron. He then delivers a dropkick to Ford off the top rope and pins him, but Ford kicks out.

Frazer cinches in a Triangle on Dawkins as Axiom locks in a Sleeper on Ford. Dawkins sends Frazer crashing on top of Ford and Axiom to break both holds, but Frazer delivers a superplex to Ford. Frazer and Axiom then deliver a Brainbuster-superkick combination to Ford before The Street Profits respond with a Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex-Blockbuster combination to Axiom. Dawkins goes for a pin, but Frazer breaks the fall. Frazer makes the blind tag in, and Axiom delivers a Spanish Fly to Dawkins. Frazer follows it up with a 450 Splash and goes for a pin, but Ford breaks the fall with a kick to Axiom's head.

#DIY and Candice LeRae run down to the ring, but The Motor City Machine Guns follow them close behind and begin brawling with them on the outside. Ford flies to take down The Motor City Machine Guns and #DIY on the outside, and Dawkins delivers a spinebuster to Frazer. He tags in Ford, but the lights go out. When they come back on, The Wyatt Sicks are standing in the ring. They begin attacking everyone in sight, causing the disqualification.

Winners (and still): The Street Profits (via disqualification)

Nikki Cross rains down right hands on LeRae as Gacy delivers The Upside Down to Ford and powerbombs Lumis on top of him. Uncle Howdy cinches in the Mandible Claw on Frazer, then delivers a Sister Abigail to Gargano. The Wyatt Sicks stand tall as the show goes off the air.