After the wild aftermath of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event XLI, everyone was watching Friday Night SmackDown. The show came to you live from Greenville, South Carolina, at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
Big stars like Cody Rhodes, Tiffany Stratton, Randy Orton, Jade Cargill, Jacob Fatu, and Sami Zayn were all set to appear. The lineup included two singles matches and an Open Challenge for the US Title.
Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes showed up after defending his title last Saturday. Here’s a quick rundown of what went down this Friday, including a recap, the important moments, match results, and who won on the 11/7 episode of WWE SmackDown.
Smackdown Results 8.11.25
Ilja Dragunov vs Johnny Gargano
Ilja Dragunov held another US title open challenge, and Johnny Gargano, along with Tomasso Ciampa and Candice LeRae, answered the interaction. On SmackDown, both combatants had a thrilling match that had the audience on their feet. In the end, the Mad Dragon secured the pinfall with an H-Bomb, retaining his title.
Winner & Still title holder: Ilja Dragunov
Charlotte Flair vs Nia Jax
After her match with Alexa Bliss last week, Nia Jax continued her rampage and attacked Bliss’ tag partner and the other half of WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair. The size difference was hardly noticeable in this matchup, but Jax still took over dramatically, bringing the spotlight on her power.
Nevertheless, Flair kept fighting and a Tornado DDT had Jax in trouble from which Lash Legend suddenly came to the rescue, attacking Alexa Bliss, and locking in a headlock. Jax took the opportunity to hit the Annihilator and pin Flair. Jax and Legend celebrated their victory, implying the formation of a new alliance.
What are you doing, @lashlegendwwe?! 😱 pic.twitter.com/p5hwBnHv8I
— WWE (@WWE) November 8, 2025
Winner: Nia Jax
Giulia vs Chelsea Green
This was a match for the WWE Women’s United States Champion title. Despite an outstanding start by Giulia and some involvement by her accomplice Kiana James, who was eliminated by Alba Fyre, Chelsea Green stunned the audience by quickly rolling up Giulia and winning her second US title utilising the ropes.
Winner & New Champion: Chelsea Green
Rey Fenix vs Talla Tonga
Before the bell even rang, the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) and Shinsuke Nakamura jumped the MFTs as they were coming to the ring. Fenix didn’t waste any time, hitting Talla with two suicide dives. He went for a third, but Talla caught him and tossed him back inside. That’s when the match officially started.
For most of the match, Talla, who was way bigger in size, just dominated Fenix. Fenix had a few moments where he fought back, but Talla pretty much controlled things. In the end, Talla finished Fenix off with a nasty chokeslam to get the win. After the match, Solo wanted Talla to do another chokeslam, but Sami Zayn ran in with a steel chair, which made Talla and Solo back off.
Winner: Talla Tonga
Cody Rhodes vs Alesiter Black
In the main event of the evening, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes faced Aleister Black in a non-title bout. Cody Rhodes and Aleister Black went toe-to-toe in a thrilling match that kept the fans on the edge of their seats. Nevertheless, the fight wasn’t resolved, as Drew McIntyre showed up and attacked the referee and Rhodes.
Black interfered, and they banded together to begin hitting Rhodes, and Damian Priest came to the rescue of Rhodes after seeing this.
SUSPENDED?!
— WWE (@WWE) November 8, 2025
Did we hear that right, @RealNickAldis? 😳 pic.twitter.com/z4QKM1jZZA
On the other hand, Rhodes takes down McIntyre with a Cody Cutter. GM Nick Aldis looked very upset, showed up, and declared that McIntyre suspended for his actions. McIntyre was disputing with Aldis when the program ended.
