WWE SmackDown live results: Survivor Series go-home show
On the eve of Saturday’s Survivor Series from San Diego, CA, tonight’s WWE SmackDown will feature a traditional five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match.
The bout will see Solo Sikoa’s MFTs against a team led by Sami Zayn that features the Motor City Machine Guns, Rey Fenix, and Shinsuke Nakamura as a weeks-long feud comes to a head.
The Last Time is Now tournament begins its final approach to completion with Jey Uso vs. Rusev, and LA Knight against a mystery opponent filling in for Sheamus, who had to withdraw from the tournament due to injury. The winners advance to the semifinals.
Also expected tonight is an advantage match for Saturday’s women’s WarGames match with representatives from both teams set to face off.
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– Our show opened this week with a recap of the developments for the Womens’ WarGames match on last week’s SmackDown, which included AJ Lee joining Rhea Ripley’s team and Becky Lynch joining Nia Jax’s team.
– After the recap, we saw Asuka and Charlotte Flair walking backstage ahead of their WarGames advantage match later tonight. LA Knight was approached by Cathy Kelley about how Sheamus has been taken out of the Last Time is Now Tournament due to injury, with a mystery opponent to replace him. Knight was a bit miffed that he didn’t get a bye, stating that this tournament was starting to piss him off. Knight said he was planning to take out his frustrations on his mystery opponent.
Last Time is Now Tournament Quarterfinals: Rusev vs. Jey Uso
Rusev went on the attack on Uso immediately as the bell rang as he stomped away on his foe in the corner. He then connected with a suplex for an early pin attempt that Uso kicked out of. Uso tried to fight back, but Rusev caught him and slammed him down on the mat as we went to a break in the action.
Our match returned from commercial as Rusev had Uso trapped in a bearhug. The 2025 Royal Rumble winner struggled to break free from the hold, but did so eventually. Uso then began punching away at Rusev, finishing off with his signature Yeet punch. Uso attempted a Samoan Drop, but could not get Rusev up on his shoulders. The Bulgarian tried to apply the Accolade, but Uso fought out of it and forced his opponent to the outside. He then floored Rusev with a suicide dive through the ropes.
Back in the ring, Uso was finally able to hit the Samoan Drop on Rusev for a near-fall. Uso then targeted Rusev for a Spear. However, Rusev somehow kicked out at the count of one after Uso’s Spear. As Jey tried to head up top, he was intercepted by a Machka Kick from Rusev upon landing. One, two… not quite!
Rusev signalled that it was “game over” as he then put Uso in the Accolade submission hold. After a brief struggle, Uso was able to make it to the bottom rope to break the Accolade up. Rusev put Uso up on his shoulders and mocked John Cena as he looked like he was about to deliver an Attitude Adjustment. This gave Uso enough time to escape and then take out Rusev with a Spear, followed by the Uso Splash for the pin and win.
Jey Uso def. Rusev via pinfall to advance to the Last Time is Now Tournament Semifinals
It was your typical Jey Uso match. And given how divisive Jey can be as a wrestler, it’s interesting to see what the reaction will be if Jey were to be Cena’s final opponent.
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– Backstage, The Miz was complaining to Nick Aldis about the Last TIme is Now Tournament when R-Truth walked in. Truth was once again talking about his balls being in the running for Cena’s mystery opponent. In the midst of this, Miz sneakily stole one of the balls from Aldis, which led to him being the mystery opponent for LA Knight later on tonight.
– Damian Priest was interviewed about Aleister Black’s remarks about how his “code” was broken. Priest said that Black didn’t accomplish that, and the only thing that was accomplished by Black and Zelina was pissing him off. Zelina interrupted and told Priest that Black was thinking of bigger goals, but if Priest wanted more punishment, Black will be happy to oblige. After Zelina left, Rhea Ripley caught up with her old friend as she and Priest had a friendly chat.
Chelsea Green’s Women’s U.S. Championship Celebration
The new Women’s United States Champion was accompanied by Alba Fyre to the ring as they headed out to celebrate Green’s big win a few weeks back against Giulia. The ring was festooned with the Canadian, American, and Mexican flags, signifying Green’s Canadian heritage, her Women’s U.S. Championship, and the AAA Mixed Tag Titles, respectively.
“Welcome, patriots,” Green started her remarks, as she said that she was proud to be our first and fourth two-time “most dangerous Women’s U.S. Champion”. Green said that it was an honor to serve as the greatest Women’s Champion not only in WWE history or American history, but in the history of the continent of the North Americas. She said that it was now time to kick off this celebration with a “very, very expensive” display of pyrotechnics in her name.
However, no pyro was to be found as the WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill stormed down to the ring. Once Cargill entered the ring, she hit Alba Fyre with a pump kick before she turned her attention to Green and planted her with Jaded. Once Cargill left, the very expensive pyro went off while Green sulked in the ring.
An entertaining segment for sure, but not sure what this means with regards to Giulia’s standing on the SmackDown women’s roster if she’s not even going to get a rematch and we’re just moving right to Jade Cargill targeting Chelsea.
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– Backstage, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair, along with teammates Rhea Ripley, IYO SKY were discussing plans ahead of Flair’s WarGames advantage match versus Asuka later tonight. AJ Lee appeared and stated that she’d make sure that her team would win WarGames tomorrow night.
– Jade Cargill was interviewed about her attack on Chelsea Green moments ago, declaring that it was a statement made to the entire SmackDown women’s locker room, and that if anyone had a problem with it, they could step up and get stepped on too. As Cargill walked off, B-Fab stared her down and said nothing. Michin then walked up to B-Fab and declared that she might have to step up to keep Cargill’s out of control attitude in check.
Last Time is Now Tournament Quarterfinals: LA Knight vs. The Miz
Knight went on the offensive early as he punched away at Miz before he took him down with a hard clothesline. With his foe stunned in the corner, Knight stomped on him and looked like he was about to drill him with an attack in the corner. Miz retreated and got sneaky in taking the advantage of the match. Knight got hit with a knee to the face by Miz, as he was then hit with a big leg to the back of the head across the middle rope.
Miz’s advantage was stalled by a swinging neckbreaker, but he got it back by throwing him across the barricade outside the ring, followed by a big boot, which was the cue for a break in the action.
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