WWE SmackDown Results, Winners, Live Grades and Highlights From London

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of WWE SmackDown on March 28.

As we get closer to WrestleMania 41, the big storylines continue to heat up. Here's a look at what WWE advertised for Friday's show at the O2 Arena in London:

—Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and CM Punk sign their WrestleMania contract

—LA Knight vs. Braun Strowman (United States Championship)

—The Street Profits vs. Pretty Deadly (Tag Team Championships)

Let's take a look at everything that happened on Friday's episode of SmackDown.

The show began with shots of the O2 Arena in London before going inside to see the crowd and a few Superstars arriving backstage. Cody Rhodes made his way out to officially kick things off.

It took until almost 10 minutes into the show for Rhodes to say anything because he allowed the crowd to chant and sing for a long time. He barely got to say anything about his match against John Cena before Randy Orton joined him.

The crowd chanted and sang for Orton just as long as they did for Rhodes and continued to break out into chants as they spoke.

The Viper said he was going to want a title again at some point, but he won't kick Rhodes below the belt like Cena did. He said he would look him right in the eye and tell him when he wants it. This brought out Drew McIntyre.

This felt like a segment that should have been important, but it just wasn't. All they did was recap things that have happened and spoke about things we know are coming in the near future. It was half an hour of filler.

McIntyre ended up being sent out of the ring by Rhodes and Orton to end the segment. The live crowd was having fun, but it was a pretty shallow segment.

Grade: C

Notable Moments and Observations

—Charlotte got some good heat when she was shown walking backstage.

—We need to start bullying WWE into starting shows with matches instead of promos.

—Orton made a not-so-subtle reference to Rhodes being in AEW before coming back to WWE.

Elton Prince and Kit Wilson came out with Union Jack-themed gear for their tag title shot against Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins.

While this may have been a decently competitive match with some fun double-team spots, it never once felt like the titles were going to change hands.

The Profits just won the titles recently and giving them a reign of only a couple of weeks after it took them a few years to get gold back around their waists would have been a very strange booking decision.

The action had a steady back and forth flow to it. Neither team had a clear advantage for more than a few brief moments. Ford and Dawkins hit a Doomsday Blockbuster to get the win and retain their titles.

Result: The Street Profits defeated Pretty Deadly

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

—Pretty Deadly's gear was perfect for this match in front of their countrymen.

—Prince and Wilson are deceptively big. It's easy to forget how muscular they are until you see them next to a guy like Dawkins.

—The four-way collision in the middle of the ring was a fun moment. The crowd popped for it.

Kayden Carter and Katana Chance had their first tag match on TV in months when they took on Piper Niven and Alba Fyre.

Fyre tried to take control early but some double-team offense from Carter and Chance put them in the driver's seat.

Niven's power allowed her to dominate most of the time she was legal, but a surprising show of power from Carter during a Samoan drop almost ended the match.

Chelsea Green's Secret Hervice picked up the win, but Zelina Vega ran to the ring to make the save when the fight continued after the match.

Unfortunately for her, the numbers game was too much and Vega ended up laid out at the end of the segment.

Result: Fyre and Niven defeated Chance and Carter

Grade: C+

Notable Moments and Observations

—It would have made sense for Vega to accompany Kayden and Katana to the ring for this match seeing as they were all part of the segment that booked it.

—The leapfrog double-team spot at ringside was fun, but Niven taking out both opponents with a senton a moment later was even better.

—Secret Hervice is a solid name for this tag team.

After helping out Strowman during last week's show, Knight found himself across the ring from the Big SOB in an United States Championship match this week.

The Megastar found himself being overpowered at every turn when the match started, so he was forced to try a different approach.

The Monster Among Men seemed to have the match in hand after a commercial break, but Jacob Fatu showed up and caused a disqualification, which is exactly what happened in Fatu's match last week.

Using disqualifications to build a story can make sense in small doses, but it feels like this is a well WWE has done to way too many times in 2025. This could have ended with Fatu costing Strowman the win without a DQ and had the same impact on the story.

If this match had been a little longer, it might not have been as big of a deal, but having a DQ in a match that felt brief made it feel like a waste.

Result: Strowman won by DQ

Grade: C+

Notable Moments and Observations

—Wade Barrett talking about his loins has become too common.

—Strowman hitting a big boot seconds after Knight talked some trash was way funnier than it was supposed to be.

—A video confirmed the debut of Rey Fenix for next week's SmackDown.

Michin was supposed to have a match, but Naomi attacked her from behind during her entrance. She also attacked, B-Fab, who was accompanying Michin to the ring.

Jade Cargill ran down to drive Naomi away and help B-Fab to the back as Charlotte Flair made her entrance. Michin said she was still able to compete but was almost pinned immediately before the show went to a break.

The Queen was looking to make this an easy win thanks to Naomi's attack, but Mia Yim began to make a comeback when the show returned.

The match had a slow pace and didn't get much time before the commercial break, so it felt like they never quite found their groove until the last minute or two. Flair got the win with the Figure Eight in the end.

Result: Flair defeated Michin

Grade: C

Notable Moments and Observations

—Fatu had a brief confrontation with Solo Sikoa backstage that showed more division in the family.

—Naomi gave a promo directed at Cargill in a pre-recorded video. She did a good job selling her new heel persona.

After what happened in the opening segment, Orton and McIntyre were put into a singles match.

These two have fought many times before, but this might have been their shortest contest. They lasted less than 10 minutes before Kevin Owens provided a distraction that allowed McIntyre to hit the Claymore for the win.

The Prize Fighter tried to continue the attack at ringside but was sent fleeing through the crowd when The Viper turned the tables on him.

This match was fun until the ending, but it was on the short side. Orton and McIntyre have great chemistry, so with a few more minutes this would have been the best thing on the show.

Result: McIntyre defeated Orton

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

—It would have made more sense for this to be the main event of the night.

—Too many matches on this show had dirty endings. WWE needs to figure out a good way to limit that so they don't pile up on one episode.

After a backstage segment earlier in the show, Jimmy Uso challenged The Miz to meet him for a singles match this week.

Big Jim started taking The Miz to school and kept up the offense until he sent us to a break by sending The Miz over the barricade into the timekeeper's area.

The A-Lister made a comeback and controlled the pace for a little while after the commercial, but Big Jim got the victory with an Uso Splash.

Result: Uso defeated The Miz

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

—It was a little surprising that Carmelo Hayes was not with The Miz since they seem to be a duo now.

—Joe Tessitore noted that Jimmy has had more matches than anyone else on the main roster in 2025.

—The Miz has gotten a lot of life out of stealing the Yes kicks.

CM Punk was smiling as he saw McIntyre in the aftermath of a fight with Damian Priest before he went to the ring to sign his contract for the WrestleMania match with Reigns and Rollins.

The London crowd sang for all three men as they made their way to the ring. Punk kept his speech brief and Reigns tried to direct him to look at a certain place in the contract. Paul Heyman revealed the match they will have will be the main event of WrestleMania.

Reigns wanted Punk to acknowledge and thank him for getting him a main event after all these years. Punk got down on one knee and thanked him in the most sarcastic way possible to end the show.

Friday's SmackDown was one of the least memorable episodes in recent memory for multiple reasons, but it wasn't necessarily the worst show in the world.

The London crowd was loud and energetic, and that can make just about anything more entertaining, but it wasn't enough to mask how many dirty finishes we saw on the show.

The tag title match was probably the best thing on the entire episode in terms of in-ring action, so if you only have enough time to watch one thing, make it that.

Grade: C