With the clock ticking toward WWE’s last big event of 2025, Survivor Series: WarGames, things are heating up! They’ve just revealed the teams for both the men’s and women’s WarGames matches, and that excitement spilled over onto SmackDown this Friday in New York City.
The November 14th episode of Friday Night SmackDown was live from Albany, New York. Lots of stars were there, like Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Tiffany Stratton, Jade Cargill, Jacob Fatu, and Drew McIntyre.
WWE had a bunch of matches planned, including the first two rounds of the Last Time Is Now Tournament to see who gets to face John Cena in his last match. Read on for a full recap, the best moments, results, and the list of winners from the 11/14 episode of WWE SmackDown.
SmackDown Match Results
Jey Uso vs The Miz ā Last Time is Now Tournament (First Round Match)
Jey Uso and The Miz faced off in the first bout of the night’s ‘The Last Time is Now’ competition. A thrilling and intense high-stakes match concluded with Jey Uso landing a thundering spear and a Uso splash to pin him and gain the victory.
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— WWE (@WWE) November 15, 2025
Winner: Jey Uso
US Title Open Challenge: Ilja Dragunov (c) vs Axiom
Ilja Dragunov decided to face Axiom in his United States title open challenge. The two SmackDown superstars put on a fantastic match which kept the fans hooked all the way through the fight, and they responded with a ‘This is Awesome’ chant.
Axiom, however, could not manage to scrape the win over Dragunov, thus the latter kept his belt after finishing the challenger with a powerful āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāH-Bomb.
Winner & Still title holder: Ilja Dragunov
La Knight vs Zack Ryder ā Last Time is Now Tournament (First Round Match)
In the tournament’s first-round challenge, LA Knight walked to face the mystery opponent, who turned out to be Zack Ryder, alias Matt Cardona, who returned to the main roster following his NXT comeback as part of a working partnership with TNA.
You never know who might show up in The Last Time Is Now Tournament. Itās all about opportunity and @TheMattCardona proved that tonight. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/OgdbnD5QSN
— Triple H (@TripleH) November 15, 2025
Ā Knight and Ryder fought for control of the match, with Ryder even landing the Rough Ryder, but Knight was able to kick out.Ā In the last moments of the match, Knight caught Ryder mid-air and delivered a powerbomb, followed by the BFT to pin him and progress in the tournament.
Winner: LA Knight
Jade Cargill vs B-Fab
B-Fab competed against WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill in a one-on-one battle. Ultimately, it was more of a squash battle, as the Storm bulldozed her rival and knocked her off with a Jaded to take the win.
Winner: Jade Cargill
Cody Rhodes (c) vs Bronson Reed
At the show’s main event, Cody Rhodes had to defend his title against Bronson Reed. Reed came on strong at first, but Cody turned things around and got Reed out of the ring. Things went bad fast after Breakker and Logan Paul jumped on Cody near the announce table, which ended the match with no clear winner.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) ran in to help Cody, and a big fight broke out. The Usos took down Breakker and Logan with superkicks. Then, they hit Logan with their 1D move, sending him down hard as Big Jim brought out a table so Jey could prop Logan on it.
.@DMcIntyreWWE is The Vision's fourth man…
— WWE (@WWE) November 15, 2025
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As The Usos climbed to the top rope, Drew McIntyre showed up and pushed Big Jim off. Nick Aldis ran in, angry at Heyman, who argued that he could pick whoever he wanted for the WarGames match. While McIntyre and Jey fought, Breakker speared Jey through the table.
Logan punched out Big Jim, and then Cody jumped back in, fighting Logan and Drew. McIntyre finished Cody off with his Claymore move. After that, McIntyre set Cody up for Reed’s Tsunami, and Heyman gave McIntyre the WarGames contract, which made him the fourth guy on The Vision team for the WarGames match.
