New SNME, Evolution matches made at WWE SmackDown taping

At last night’s SmackDown taping, a couple of new matches were confirmed for WWE’s upcoming major events.

– It was announced that Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre will take place at the Saturday Night’s Main Event episode in Atlanta on July 12. It will be McIntyre’s first time wrestling since losing to Damian Priest in a steel cage match at SNME back in May.

McIntyre had been working hurt but returned on the SmackDown taping to interrupt a segment with Cody Rhodes and Orton. He ended up being laid out by an RKO from Orton, setting up their match for SNME.

– It was also set up that Hall of Famer Trish Stratus will challenge Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship at Evolution. The two teamed together at Elimination Chamber earlier this year with a victory over Nia Jax & Candice LeRae.

After not wrestling in 2024, this will be Stratus’ third match of 2025 so far. She appeared in the women’s Royal Rumble match in addition to the tag team bout at Elimination Chamber.

Stratus was not announced for the SmackDown taping in advance but was brought out by Stratton as a surprise during an interaction with Jade Cargill. At SummerSlam, Cargill — the Queen of the Ring winner — will challenge either Stratton or Stratus for the WWE Women’s Championship.

It was confirmed on SmackDown that Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss will be one of the teams challenging WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez in a fatal four-way match at Evolution. Full spoilers from the SmackDown taping — with the episode set to air this Friday on the Fourth of July — can be found here.

Here are the updated cards for both SNME and Evolution:

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event (Saturday, July 12 on NBC and Peacock) —

  • Goldberg’s retirement match: World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Goldberg
  • Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight
  • Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Evolution (Sunday, July 13 on Peacock in the United States and Netflix elsewhere) —

  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Rhea Ripley
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Trish Stratus
  • NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne defends against Jordynne Grace
  • Fatal four-way match: WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss and two teams to be announced
  • Battle royal to determine Women’s Championship challenger for WWE Clash in Paris