WWE Smackdown 11/28/2025

WWE Smackdown 11/28/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/wwe-smackdown-11212025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/wwe-smackdown-1252025.html 

We see various wrestlers arrive. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

LA Knight is interviewed. He asks if he gets a bye in the tournament due to Sheamus' injury in the The Last Time is Now Tournament. LA complains that he has to once again face a mystery opponent. He says someone is stacking the deck against him. He says he has all the respect for Cena but says this tournament is starting to p!ss him off. 

The Last Time is Now Tournament 2nd Round - Jey Uso vs Rusev

Rusev hits punches in the corner then stomps on him. Rusev hits elbow drops and suplexes him for 2. Rusev is caught off the top and is hit with a swining side slam. 

We go to break and return. Rusev bearhugs him. Jey headbutts him. Rusev misses a corner charge and Jey hits punches. Rusev trips him and goes for the camel clutch. Jey escapes and pulls Rusev over the top rope. Jey topes him. 

Jey samoan drops him for 2. Jey hits a running spear for 1. Jey comes off the top and is hit with a matchka for 2. Rusev puts him in the camel clutch. Jey rope breaks. Rusev bangs his own head off the buckles. Rusev says, "this is for you John". He goes an AA but Jey escapes and spears him. Jey hits a top rope splash on Rusev and pins him.

Thoughts: I'm not a big fan of Jey winning this though he was always going to. It was shorter bout and Jey didn't exactly give us a very convincing performance here. Jey didn't do much but his signature moves en route to winning. This was nothing.

The Miz wants to take Sheamus' spot in the tournament and makes his pitch to Nick Aldis. Nick says this has to be done at random. Miz says they both know how important he is to Cena's career. R-Truth comes in. He talks about his balls. Aldis says he has great respect for his balls and has his own. Aldis says Truth's name is in the balls and it could be the one he has in his hands. Aldis then opens the ball and The Miz's name is on the paper. Truth then says, "you just couldn't take my balls, could ya?".

Damian Priest is interviewed by Cathy Kelly. His eye is healed. He says he will always be himself. He says Vega and Black think they can change him. DP says the only thing Black has accomplished is p!ssing him off. Zelina Vega comes in. She says DP promises punishment but he is always on the receiving end of it. DP asks if Black sent her to say this. Vega says Black has his mind on bigger things and says the last time anyone talked about DP was when Black burned his face off. Vega says if he wants more punishment, they'd be happy to oblige. 

Rhea Ripley walks in. DP puts her mask over and asks if she's ready for Wargames. Rhea says she has to hype up Charlotte for her match and says she wants to run an idea past him.

Chelsea Green comes out with Alba Fyre. There's US, Canadian and Mexican flags in the ring. She says she is officially entering her 2nd term as the Women's US champ. She says it's an honor to serve as the greatest women's champ in WWE history and in the continent of the North America's. She says there will be a very expensive display of pyrotechnics. She goes to shoot them off and Jade Cargill interrupts. Jade boots Alba over. She grabs Green then hits a jade end on her. Green's fireworks then go off as Jade poses in the aisle.

Flair and Bliss talk. Bliss says she's got this and says, "no pressure". Iyo and Rhea walk in. Flair says last time she faced Asuka, she got injured. She says she will rip her apart. AJ Lee walks in and says no matter what happens tonight, they will win tomorrow.

Jade Cargill is asked why she attacked Green. She says she has a problem with anyone who runs their mouth and says if they have a problem with it, they can step up too. She then runs into B-Fab and asks if she something to say but Fab says nothing. Michin comes in and says she doesn't know why no one is checking her and says it may have to be here.

The Last Time is Now Tournament Quarterfinals - LA Knight vs The Miz

LA hits punches to start then lariats him out of the corner. LA stomps him in the corner. Miz slides out and takes a dropkick through the ropes. Miz stomps on LA then kneelifts him as he hangs over the apron. Miz leg lariats him on the 2nd rope.

LA hits punches. LA swinging neckbreakers him. Miz throws LA's throat down over the top rope then sends him into the rails. Miz facekicks him outside. We go to break and return.

Miz chinlocks him. LA hits elbows to the gut and Miz sleepers him. LA backdrops him. LA hits punches on Miz. LA spinning lariats him. LA russian legsweeps him. LA jumping neckbreakers him for 2. Miz goes up top, LA jumps up there and superplexes him for 2. 

Miz rolls him up for 2. Miz superkicks LA and short ddt's him for 2. LA hits a reverse ddt. LA comes off the buckles and is hit with a skull crushing finale for 2. Miz does Cena's STFU. LA ropebreaks.

LA boots him away, trips him and Miz rope breaks. Miz eye rakes him and is caught with his feet on the ropes for 2. Miz argues with the ref and LA counters a skull crushing finale with a BFT. LA pins him and wins.

Thoughts: I liked the finish and I liked Miz busting out Cena's STFU here. I wish it would have gotten more time to play out. I was hoping we'd see Miz put up an epic fight to win here and that didn't quite happen. It was a fun little TV match but not much more.

Becky Lynch, Asuka, Sane, Nia Jx and Lash Legend talk. Becky says she has a 100% winrate in Wargames. She says when the door closes, leave it to her. Nia says it's about Asuka beating Charlotte tonight for the Wargames advantage. She says she's got this. She says she has got this and put Flair out last time.

We get a video for the Survivor Series match tonight.

Ilja Dragunov is interviewed in the back. He says the US Title Open Challenge will always be open to anyone. The interviewer brings up Tama Tonga. Tomasso Ciampa comes in. Ciampa says he's the only person Ilja should be concerned with. He says he took Fraxiom's mask last week and will take Ilja's title next. Ilja says he will think about it and calls him a jack@ss.

Women's Wargames Advantage Match - Asuka vs Charlotte Flair

They lock up and Asuka shoves her. They roll around off the lock up and Flair side headlocks her. Flair shoulders her over. Flair kicks her over the 2nd rope then facekicks her on the apron. Asuka high kick her. 

We go to break and return. Asuka misses a hip attack on the ropes and is booted in the head. Flair top rope crossbodies herut Asuka backrolls through. Asuka hit a uraken and a spin kick. Flair facekicks her for 2. They trade forearms. Flair hits chops and drops her.

Flair forward cartwheel lariats her. Flair fallaway slams her. Flair hits a top rope moonsault for 2. Flair germans her. Asuka germans her back. Asuka hits a sliding knee to the head for 2. Asuak pop up knees her and rolling armbars her. Flair sitout powerbombs her to escape it and gets a 2 count.

Asuka is sent over the commentary table. Asuka tries to get her with the mist but nails the timekeeper instead. Asuka's head is banged off the commentary table. They go in and Asuka does a chickenwing off a figure four attempt. Flair hits natural selection and wins.

Thoughts: I was surprised Flair won here as usually the heels should have the Wargames advantage as it makes the match more interesting. This was fine but they didn't quite go all out here. Flair hit her top rope moonsault in this. I popped for Asuka misting the announcer on accident.

We get a package on the Men's Wargames match.

Survivor Series Elimination Match - Sami Zayn, Rey Fenix, Shinsuke Nakamura and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) vs  The MFT's (Solo Sikoa, Talla Tonga, JC Mateo, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa)

SN = Shinsuke Nakamura

Sabin and Solo stare down. Sabin asks if they want Sami then Solo lariats him. Solo hits mounted punches. Solo punches him in the corner. The heels choke Sabin in the corner. Sabin is hit with a double headbutt. Loa chops Sabin in the corner. Sabin hits punches Alec comes in and Loa is tripped into a bulldog. Alex front facelocks Loa.

JC hits Alex in the gut. Alex hits chops on him. Sami 2nd rope double axe handle's JC's arm then chops him in the corner. JC spinning backdrops Sami for 2. JC hits a standing moonsault for 2. Tama pounds on Sami in the corner. The heels choke Sami in the corner. Tama slingshot swantons Sami.

Solo back elbows Sami down for 1. Solo chinlocks him. Sami blind springboards over him and lariats him. JC and SN get in. SN flying chest kicks hin. He enzugiri's Tama and Loa. SN knees Loa while he lays up top. SN looks at Talla and is nailed by JC from the side. SN sliding germans JC while he's on the 2nd rope.

Solo breaks up a pin attempt and Sami throws him out. Loa, Tama, Rey and Talla all get sent out. Alex baseball slides Solo outside. Sabin topes Talla. Rey and Sami then do stereo tope con hilos outside. JC is crucifixed and then Sabin pins him. JC Mateo is eliminated.

Tama comes in and nails The Guns. Tama is double teamed by them and is hit with a double kick to the head for 2. SN spinning heel kicks Tama. SN axe kicks Tama over the 2nd rope then 2nd rope diving knee drops him on the back of the neck. 

SN takes something like a codebreaker from Tama then a hidden blade. Tama pins SN. Shinsuke Nakamura is eliminated.

Rey gets in. He handspring back elbows Tama. Tama flatliners him. Rey takes corner attacks and a Loa spinebuster for 2. Rey boots him out of the corner. Rey hurricanrana's him and pins him. Tonga Loa is eliminated.

Talla shoulders over Rey. Talla slams him twice. Solo misses a lariat. Rey boots him out of the corner. Sabin top rope crossbodies Solo. Solo uppercuts Sabin down. Solo takes an atomic drop into a baseball slide sequence from The Guns. Alex goes up top and is pushed down by Tama. Sabin's throat is pulled down over the top.

Talla tags himself in and chokeslams Alex on the apron. He then pins him. Alex Shelley is eliminated.

It's 3v3 now. Sabin's top rope crossbody is caught by Talla. Talla spinning lariats him and pins him. Chris Sabin is eliminated.

Sami tries to come in and is facekicked by Talla. Rey springboard dropkicks Talla. Rey spin kicks him and then Solo. Rey kicks the ropes into Talla's crotch. Rey walks up the buckles, rope waks and diving headscissors Tama. Tama hits a hidden blade on Rey and pins him. Rey Fenix is eliminated.

Sami Zayn faces a 1v3. Sami hits forearms on Talla. Talla uppercuts him. Talla corner splashes him twice. Solo corner hip attacks Sami. Tama corner splashes Sami. Sami helluva kicks him and pins him. Tama Tonga is eliminated.

Talla stomps and knee drops Sami. Talla foot chokes him then sends him into the post. Talla tries to facekick him against the rails but ends up going over them. The ref counts to 10 and Talla is counted out. Talla Tonga is eliminated. 

Solo urange's Sami twice for 2. Solo hits a top rope splash on Sami for 2. Solo goes for a 2nd rope samoan drop but Sami 2nd rope sunset bombs him for 2. Sami and Solo trade. Solo headbutts him. Solo runs into a corner exploder. Solo superkicks him. Sami rolls him up off a samoan spike attempt for 2. Solo spinning samoan spikes him and wins. Solo Sikoa is the sole survivor.

Thoughts: I was a bit surprised to see the heels win but they gotta win sometimes. It got over 20 minutes and was a solid match. They kept things moving and there weren't any real big issues. It wasn't the greatest but this went well and was a decent bout.

Solo poses and the lights go out. The Wyatt Sicks appear on the apron. Uncle Howdy is behind Solo and hits a sister abigail on him.

Overall thoughts: It was a jam packed show with a lot of big stars wrestling. Every match here could have been a main event so the booking team did us good here. Nothing was bad on this though Rusev/Jey was the weakest match of the night and the main was the best match on here. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as there was nothing wrong with this and they put out a better show than usual. I liked this overall and thought it was good.