WWE SummerSlam 2025 is now in the rearview mirror with the two-night premium live event featuring many memorable matches and moments from MetLife Stadium.
Now that the company has passed this huge show, there should be some adjustments that fans see occurring on both Raw and SmackDown.
On the blue brand, SummerSlam had a significant impact on how things will look for the remainder of the year moving forward.
Here are seven potential WWE SmackDown changes after SummerSlam 2025.
7. Brock Lesnar Is Back
WWE SummerSlam 2025 closed out with Brock Lesnar making his shocking return to the company for the first time in two years.
With Lesnar attacking John Cena, this should bring him to the SmackDown brand where his legendary rival has been appearing for most of his retirement tour.
“The Beast Incarnate” will now bringing his unbridled rage and cause some chaos on Friday nights moving forward.
Lesnar mixing it up with not only Cena, but the rest of the SmackDown roster should provide some entertaining moments along the way.
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6. Jade Cargill’s Fall From Grace
2025 has been a career year for Jade Cargill who picked up her biggest WWE win to date when she was victorious in the Queen of the Ring tournament.
However, Cargill came up short against Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship at SummerSlam 2025.
Despite her major wins over the past few months, fans could be about to see Cargill’s fall from grace with her failing to win the top prize for the WWE SmackDown women’s division.
Whether it is a series of losses or a lesser role on WWE TV, Jade could see all of her momentum slipping through her fingers over the next few weeks and months.
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5. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss Become Friends?
At WWE SummerSlam 2025 Night One, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss defeated The Judgment Day’s Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships.
Heading into the bout, one of the questions being asked of the new champions was if they were actually friends.
After coming out victorious from “The Biggest Party of the Summer,” it might be time for Flair and Bliss to admit they just might be friends.
Through successfully defending their newly won gold, fans could see the further establishing of this friendship for Charlotte and Alexa unfold on WWE SmackDown moving forward.
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4. Jacob Fatu Gets More Backup In War Against Solo Sikoa & The MFTs
Jacob Fatu has pretty much been a one-man wrecking crew since leaving Solo Sikoa’s side at Money in the Bank in June.
This came back to haunt him most recently as Fatu has had to deal with a numbers disadvantage in his rivalry with Solo Sikoa and The MFTs.
At WWE SummerSlam 2025 Night Two, Sikoa defeated Fatu in a Steel Cage Match to retain the United States Championship thanks in large part to interference from the MFTs, most notably Talla Tonga.
To win this war with his family, Fatu will have to recruit some additional backup to go along with Jimmy Uso that can back him up to take down the MFTs.
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3. Bianca Belair Returns
Ever since WrestleMania 41, Bianca Belair has been sidelined with a broken finger injury.
With a four month absence, “The E.S.T. of WWE” might be on her way back to in-ring action and could give a major boost to SmackDown in the process.
The SmackDown women’s division has recently been weakened with Naomi heading to Monday Night Raw, so adding a talent like Belair will certainly shake things up quite a bit.
Bianca Belair making her return could immediately thrust her right back into the spotlight and make her the next challenger for Tiffany Stratton’s WWE Women’s Championship.
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2. Cody Rhodes New Undisputed WWE Champion
After chasing the title for four months since losing it at WrestleMania 41, Cody Rhodes is finally Undisputed WWE Champion once more following his epic Street Fight against John Cena at WWE SummerSlam 2025.
Now that the Undisputed WWE Champion is back on an active full-time star, a lot of things should be changing for WWE SmackDown in the weeks and months to come.
There will be certainly be some new contenders to go after the title with the likes of Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul set to surely make their intention clear towards the new champion.
Rhodes will also need to try his best to make this reign different than his first, which should be an interesting story to be told over the course of the next few months.
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1. John Cena Finishing Off Farewell Tour As A Babyface
On the August 1 episode of WWE SmackDown, John Cena shocked the wrestling world when he turned back to a babyface in a passionate promo telling Cody Rhodes that he will be facing “The Real John Cena.”
Then at WWE SummerSlam 2025 Night Two, Rhodes defeated Cena in a Street Fight to regain the Undisputed WWE Championship.
After showing the world who he really is, this will allow the fans to firmly get behind Cena as he closes out his legendary career at the end of the year.
Cena now being a babyface once again changes everything and will greatly impact his feuds as well as interactions on WWE SmackDown over the next few months.
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