WWE Smackdown (03/21/2025): Announced Matches, Predictions & More

After making his dramatic return two weeks ago on WWE Raw, Roman Reigns has yet to make a public address of any kind. That changes on Smackdown today as he and the two men he seems to hate more than anything will be in the ring with him: Seth Rollins and CM Punk.

This WrestleMania 41 match has to be the worst kept secret on WWE TV as the trio will almost certainly compete in a triple threat at WrestleMania in April. The matter of CM Punk's owed favor from Paul Heyman is still lingering in the air and while I doubt it is revealed today, it definitely will linger over this match in the making.

Zelina Vega Vs. Piper Niven

Prediction: Zelina Vega Vs. Chelsea Green Seems To Be The Plan For WrestleMania 41

Zelina Vega's 2025 has so far been a big nothing burger. After being sent to Smackdown as part of the Transfer Window, Vega has mostly just appeared in backstage segments where she teased Chelsea Green about coming for her Women's United States Championship. Thankfully on today's episode Vega will finally step into the ring for her first singles match of 2025 to take on Green's Secret Service agent, Piper Niven.

Vega is a longtime veteran of the wrestling business and it makes all the sense in the world for former TNA stars Vega and Green to have a program against each other. With a win tonight, that storyline can truly kick into high gear.

Jade Cargill Vs. Liv Morgan

Prediction: Naomi Is Not Going To Let Cargill's Attack Slide

Although it seemed for weeks that Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez were the ones responsible for the attack on Jade Cargill back in November, it was confirmed at Elimination Chamber that Naomi was actually the culprit. But let's get one thing straight, there's still no love lost between Morgan and Cargill as they'll clash today on Smackdown.

Cargill has yet to take a pinfall or submission loss in WWE, but I expect tonight to be the night. It won't be clean however as it's almost guaranteed that Naomi will be responsible for helping Morgan put the first singles loss on Jade Cargill's record. The pair are almost certainly WrestleMania bound and the heat between them will only deepen tonight.

Braun Strowman Vs. Jacob Fatu

Prediction: The Samoan Werewolf Is Bound For The United States Championship

Jacob Fatu and Braun Strowman have been beefing for months now, going back to their brutal encounter at Saturday Night's Main Event in December 2024 where Fatu beat down Strowman so bad the match had to be stopped. Strowman won by DQ, but left in a heap of his massive, broken body.

Fatu and Strowman will clash again tonight and it seems that Fatu's cousin Solo Sikoa is pushing for him to challenge for the United States Championship. United States Champion LA Knight vs. Jacob Fatu seems like a perfect WrestleMania 41 match to me so expect Fatu to gain some momentum tonight by beat Braun Strowman.

How To Watch WWE Smackdown Today

WWE Smackdown Today Starts At 3 PM Due To Being In Europe

• SmackDown did great ratings on FOX, thanks in part to The Bloodline story.
• FOX let SmackDown go because of disappointing ad revenue.
• The quality of SmackDown on USA hasn't dipped.

Every WWE show moved network in the past year. NXT was a big success for the USA Network on Tuesday nights, but just recently they made the switch to CW, which brought a new look to the developmental show.

In 2019, SmackDown made its own big move, going from cable to network TV on FOX. This led to a huge increase in ratings, thanks in part as well to The Bloodline story, but with FOX not getting the ad revenue they hoped for, they let the Friday night show go. On September 13, it went back to the USA Network, and although that meant a big decline in viewership, the quality of the show hasn't missed a beat.

International Fans Can Now Watch SmackDown on Netflix

Archived Episodes Of Smackdown Are Also On Netflix

• SmackDown has officially moved to Netflix internationally.
• Netflix has a series called WWE SmackDown Vault.
• Select older SmackDown episodes will be available to watch. 

For American fans, the change to WWE Smackdown isn't as major as the change for international audiences. Starting in January 2025, Smackdown has been streaming live on Netflix for all outside the United States.

As well, WWE viewers in the U.S. noticed that Netflix added WWE Raw content on January 1 with selections named "Raw Vault", "Raw Is Netflix", "Best of Raw 2024", and "Raw Classics" (which is hosted by Big E), there's more online for international fans.

According to Sports Illustrated, WWE SmackDown Vault is on Netflix, along with the WWE NXT Vault as well. The description for WWE SmackDown vault reads:

"From Attitude Era origins to the modern day, these matches and milestones spanning over 25 years reinforce what it means to lay the SmackDown in WWE.”

According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider:

"The Raw Vault has been added to Netflix both domestically and internationally. We are getting emails from readers pointing out some episodes are not there. That was always going to be the plan. They will be adding new content every month to that area. Internationally, the SmackDown and NXT Vaults will be similar with new content added regularly. They are not going to put everything up at once. The idea is to keep people paying for new content."

As proof of this, Johnson reported that international viewers can currently see every episode of SmackDown from 2022-2024. While you can't see any episodes from 2009-2021, there are select episodes from other years such as 1999, 2000 and 2008. In time, look for Netflix to have every episode just like the WWE Network did.