Ahead of the mega WWE Royal Rumble Premium Live Event, the WWE SmackDown is set to deliver the go-home show. The buzz for the Rumble is at all-time high and there is SmackDown that will get a taste of the Indianapolis crowd. The go-home show for the Royal Rumble PLE will be filled with segments building towards the PLE.
The January 31, 2025, episode of Friday Night SmackDown will emanate live from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, which is a mere 5-minute drive from Lucas Oil Stadium, the venue for the Rumble PLE. A total of four matches have been announced for this week’s show.
Multiple stars are set to make an appearance on the show including Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens, LA Knight, Bianca Belair, and many more. Let us now take a look at the confirmed match card and segments for the January 31 show.
WWE SmackDown: Venue, Date, Time
- Venue: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
- Date: January 31, 2025
- Time: 6:30 AM IST, February 1 (live on Sony Sports Network and Sony Liv)
WWE SmackDown confirmed match card & segments
Motor City Machine Guns & Los Garza vs DIY & Pretty Deadly
An eight-man tag match has been set for the go-home show where the team of Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) and Los Garza (Angel & Berto) will battle the Tag Champions DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) and Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson & Elton Prince).
The match was set up following Motor City Machine Guns’ victory over Pretty Deadly, which granted them a tag title shot at the Royal Rumble PLE in a two out of three falls match.
Chelsea Green (c) vs Michin, Women’s United States Championship
Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green is set to defend her title against Michin in the January 31 show. This will be a rematch from their second meeting on the January 10 show, where Green retained her title. The match was set after Michin teamed up with B-Fab to defeat Green and Niven in a tag match on last week’s show.
Naomi vs Liv Morgan
One-half of Women’s Tag Team Champion Naomi has been active this week, having already competed on Raw and NXT. Naomi and Bianca Belair defeated the team of Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez on this week’s Raw.
The tag champions then followed it up with a title defense against Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson in the January 28 episode of WWE NXT. Naomi is now set to lock horns with Liv Morgan in a singles match on the January 31 show of the Blue brand. Expect Morgan to pin Naomi once again here. Bianca Belair could also intrude in the match.
Jimmy Uso vs Carmello Hayes
Carmelo Hayes was set to face Jimmy Uso on last week’s show, but a brawl between Jimmy and Kevin Owens led to a match between the two in the main event of last week’s show. This irked Carmello, who confronted Jimmy before the main event match, but the final push for him was Jimmy making fun of him, which led to Carmello attacking Jimmy during his entrance. The two stars are now set to face each other in the go-home show for the Royal Rumble. Carmello could well be the Iron man of the Rumble event as well.
WWE SmackDown Timings & Telecast details
- India: The show will be live at 6:30 AM IST every Saturday across Sony Sports Network (Sony Liv, Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 1 HD, Sony Ten 3, Sony Ten 4, Sony Ten 4 HD). The show can also be watched on Netflix.
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