WWE SmackDown 5/17/25 Review | Money In The Bank Qualifiers Begin, Nia Jax COOKS With Tiffany Stratton In The Best Women's Match On SmackDown In 2025
Off The Script w/JDfromNY
JDfromNY
4.6 • 921 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2025
⏱️ 103 minutes
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WWE SmackDown 5/16/25 full show review, and results with @JDfromNY on Off The Script. Join JDfromNY LIVE for the WWE SmackDown Post Show Review for Friday May 16th, 2025. Tiffany Stratton defends the WWE Women’s Championship against Nia Jax. Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa & Rey Fenix battle in a Men’s Money in the Bank qualifier. Alexa Bliss, Chelsea Green & Michin clash for a spot in the Women’s MITB match. Cody Rhodes makes his first appearance on WWE programming since losing the Undisputed WWE Championship to John Cena at WrestleMania 41. Fans are eager to see what’s next for Rhodes as he begins his climb back to the top. Charlotte Flair responds to last week’s incident with Alexa Bliss, And, Jeff Cobb makes waves after his Backlash debut. Where does he stand with Solo Sikoa?
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| 0:00.0 | Why has Triple H been so successful? |
| 0:05.0 | Why is Triple H running WWE better than Vince McMahon and Bruce Pritchard on Monday and Friday night? |
| 0:15.0 | Long-term booking. looking. What is going on. What is going on, guys? |
| 0:39.9 | Thank you so very much for joining me right here on Off the Script. |
| 0:44.0 | This is your Friday Night Smackdown Post Show for May 16th, |
| 0:50.5 | 2025. |
| 0:53.1 | I am your host, JD, from New York. As always, coming to you live from the OTS |
| 0:59.2 | venue inside my mother's basement. Thank you guys so very much for joining us on this Friday |
| 1:05.6 | evening, wherever you may be. Friday, night Smackdown, man. |
| 1:13.5 | You know, this show has been very miss in 2025. |
| 1:19.6 | Very, very miss. |
| 1:20.9 | Three hours is just excruciatingly too long. |
| 1:25.1 | Or a pro wrestling show with the rinse and repeat that this show on a regular |
| 1:29.8 | basis gives you every single week. |
| 1:34.5 | I don't know if they're turning a corner. |
| 1:37.3 | I don't know if they realize that things need to be done to make this show a little bit more |
| 1:42.5 | on even par, even level with Monday Night |
| 1:46.4 | Raw. |
| 1:47.8 | But I thought tonight's show was really, really good for Smackdown standards. |
| 1:52.5 | It's still the worst show of the week. |
| 1:56.0 | It's probably neck and neck with NXT. |
| 1:57.7 | NXT is usually at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to my pro wrestling for the week. |
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