WWE Smackdown 12/5/2025

WWE Smackdown 12/5/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/wwe-smackdown-11282025.html

We are in Austin, TX. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Drew McIntyre arrives. Nick Aldis stops him and says he's suspended. Drew says he did his time. He says he won at Wargames and is now unsuspended. Aldis tells him to leave. Drew argues with security and Cody Rhodes appears in the car. He hits shots on Drew and pulls his hair. Security then pulls him away. Drew then drives off. Aldis tells Cody to "come on, dude". 

Cody walks to the ring and says he needs Nick Aldis to re-instate Drew McIntyre. He says Drew broke the code when he came on his bus. He says Drew is WWE's resident cockroach. Cody says Drew never beat him but broke him. He begs Aldis to reinstate Drew so he can stomp the cockroach out.

DIY talk in the back. Ciampa wants his US Title shot. Gargano says they are the best team in the world. Ciampa says he will be the new US champ. Carmelo Hayes walks by. He says to reschedule that as he got next. DIY have shirts on that say, "Don't call me a jack@ss" and Melo does.

Damian Priest does a promo. He says Black thinks he can beat him and is delusional to think he can burn him and walk away. Priest says he brought in his wife and family, so he can bring his is. Rhea Ripley appears. She says he made a mistake thinking he poke the bear and get away with it. Rhea says they've been through hell and back and she's ready to go back to the fire with him. She says Vega signed her own death wish and it's those two vs them. Rhea says they will find out why no one survives The Terror Twins.

WWE United States Title - Ilja Dragunov (c) vs Carmelo Hayes

This is an open challenge.

They lock up. Melo side headlocks him and Drag shoulders him over. Drag chops him in the corner and Melo chops back. Drag facekicks him and bangs his head off the buckles. Melo superkicks him then Drag flying facekicks him down. 

Melo throws Drag off the top. Melo sits up top and is chopped. Drag then flying facekicks him off the top rope. We go to break and return. Drag armlocks him and Melo knees him in the gut. Drag germans him. then hangs on for another. They trade forearms and chops. Drag facekicks him. Melo springboard twisting lariats him. Melo hits a la mistica facebuster for 2. Drag blocks a first 48 then slams him down. Drag enzugiri's him and backdrops him. 

Drag is up top and Melo kicks him, sending him down to the floor. Melo slingshot ddt's him on the apron then sends him into the rails. Melo goes up top and Tomasso Ciampa crotches him. Drag hits torpedo moscow and an h-bomb and pins him.

Thoughts: I can't say I'm surprised by the finish. I knew Melo winning and Melo kind of begged for Ciampa to do that. What we got was fine here and the two worked well together which is no surprised considering they feuded before in NXT. It was a stiff and athletic match and it's a shame we didn't get more of it.

Drag sees the finish on the tron and gets mad yelling "nooo" and "no way".

Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair are interviewed by Cathy Kelly. Flair says she joined the Wargames team as Bliss needed her. She says Bliss would be lost without her. Bliss says it made their bond stronger and helped them win the tag titles. Flair says they want to win the tag titles again and beat Kairi Sane tonight.

LA Knight is interviewed. He says he doesn't care about dream opponents but cements his legacy if he beats John Cena. He says the last time is now for him or Gunther. He says Gun is a former champ. He says it'll be a fight and if it's a fight he wants then he can get dropped on his head like all the rest.

Alexa Bliss vs Kairi Sane

They lock up and let go. Sane backs her up in the corner and boots her. Sane taunts her then sunset flips her for 2. AB tries a pin and is slapped. AB drops her with a shot then sto's her. AB walks on her then rolling sentons her. Sane goes out, runs into Flair then Asuka trips AB on the apron. AB is alabama slammed into the rails. 

We go to break and return. They fight up top. AB is in tree of woe and Sane top rope double stomps her down for 2. Sane misses a sliding D in the corner and goes into the buckles. AB hits punches and a basement dropkick. AB running headhunters her. Asuka gets on the apron, AB is distracted and Sane rolls her up for 2. Flair pulls Asuka off the apron and facekicks her. Sane uraken's AB. Sane is caught coming off the buckles with a sister abigail and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was an okay match here. I liked the finish with Sane being caught with sister abigail while coming off the top.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax attack Bliss and Flair after. Lash drops Bliss with a chest forearm. Nia samoan drops Flair. They spot Sane and Asuka uraken's Nia and Lash. Asuka hits shots on Lash then high kicks her. Nia pop-up headbutts Asuka. Lash facekicks Sane. Nia goes for a banzai drop and Asuka pulls Sane out. Nia and Lash hold up the tag titles after and say the titles are theirs.

Aldis and Cody talk in the back. Aldis asks if Cody is ready to do this. Oba Femi and Ricky Saints then talk to them. Saints asks about being asked here on short notice. Cody says whoever wins tomorrow at Deadline faces him at Saturday Night's Main Event. Oba and Saints then stare down.

Nia Jax and Lash Legend talk and are interviewed in the back. Nia says they are dangerous and says The Kabuki Warriors got what they deserved. Nia says Asuka misted Lash and that's the reason they lost. Lash says that's a taste of what they can do and there's nothing other teams can do about it.

Jade Cargill vs Alba Fyre

I'm sure Alba is totally going to win this one...

Chelsea Green distracts Jade and Alba dropkicks her. Alba flying headscissors her then boots her in the corner. Alba superkicks her then cokes her over the 2nd rope. Green slaps Jade. Kiana James comes out with Giulia. Green tries to beg off and Giulia hits her. They fight up the aisle.

Alba is distracted then hit with a spinebuster. Jade pump kicks her then hits a jade end to win.

Thoughts: It was a short one with Jade winning as expected. Alba actually got some offense in though and was put over a bit by getting to beat up Jade some.

Fraxiom talk to Nick Aldis. Frazer wants a match with DIY. Ilja Dragunov comes in. He complains about Ciampa interrupting his match. Ilja says he wants Ciampa. Aldis makes it for next week. Ilja says they can have whatever is left of him next. Tama Tonga then gets in Ilja's face with The MFT's behind him. Solo then says let's go.

Jade Cargill and B-Fab pas each other in the back. Jade asks if what she did to Alba reminds her of anything. Michin point a kendo stick at her and says they won't do this today. Jade says to go get Aldis if she doesn't like it then says she will do it for her. She says to step up or get stepped on.

The MFT's come out. Solo says he told everyone that they would handle the Sami Zayn problem. Solo says they took him out. Solo says his family can finally move forward. He brings up The Wyatt Sicks. He says he sees Uncle Howdy has been watching them. solo says he's watching them too. He introduces himself and says this is his ring, show and family tree. Solo says they hurt him and now his MFT's will hurt Howdy. Solo says everything that was Bray's that is now Howdy's will become his. He says he will take everything away from him. He says he will show that he doesn't deserve  the name Wyatt. Solo says all he has to do is Bo-lieve. 

The lights go out and The Wyatt's appear on the apron. Howdy gets in the ring and stares down Solo. The Wyatt's and The MFT's all fight. Rowan and Talla end up as the last two in the ring. They trade punches. Rowan facekicks him out. The MFt's back off.

The Miz complains to Aldis in the back. He says he beat Cena at Mania and should be the main focus of the show if he's not his last opponent. Aldis says he's not even on the show. Aldis accuses him of cheating in the lottery for the Cena tournament. Bayley comes in and Nick says she's fighting a star from NXT. Sol Ruca walks in. Bay says she watches her on NXT. Bay says it's a whole different level on Raw and SD. Sol says that's what she wants and she's ready for it. Bay says she will see tomorrow night when she watches her on NXT Deadline.

Gunther is interviewed. He says it doesn't matter where you live or what language you speak. He says his name translate to victory. He says he will beat LA Knight and John Cena. Gun says we all can see Cena and says Cena can see him. Gun tells him to pay attention to how he beats LA Knight tonight.

Aleister Black does a video. He says Damian Priest called people who were his friends his friends for too long. He says he's the one person who will tell him things straight. Vega says Rhea represents the family Priest he had in the past. Vega says The Terror Twins are a ploy to leave him in the lonely state they found him in. He says if it's the inferno he wants, he will guide him to it.

We get another Cena interview video.

The Last Time is Now Tournament Final - LA Knight vs Gunther

Gun piefaces him and LA drops him with a punch. LA hits boots and punches in the corner. Gun chops him and LA back body drops him. Gun slides out and is dropkicked through the ropes. 

We go to PiP break and return. Gun hits a big lariat during the break. Gun knees him in the corner. LA misses an elbow drop. LA hits punches on Gun. LA is then thrown hard into the corner and goes down. 

Gun chops him down a few times. LA flying lariats him. LA jumping neckbreakers him. LA backrolls him for 2 and Gun tries a grounded choke off of it. LA then tries a pin off of it. LA hits an AA on Gunther. LA then burning hammers Gun for 2. We go to PiP break and return. 

They trade chops. LA stomps him in the corner. LA running knees him in the corner. LA backdrops him. Gun dropkicks him. LA hits  ddt. LA double jump elbow drops him for 2. 

Gun germans him then twists his neck with his feet. Gun short arm lariats him. LA is knocked off the buckles and Gun top rope splashes him. Gun hits a top rope splash on LA's back for 2. Gun powerbombs him for 2. Gun grabs him from behind and is hit with a BFT for 2. Gun goes for a sleeper.

Gun hits elbows to the neck and grounded sleepers him. Gun hits elbows to LA's throat/jaw. Gun lays on his back and does a cravate on him. LA submits.

Thoughts: I don't like LA tapping out. That's not really something faces do and LA has always been booked weak. It was a good match otherwise and easily one of LA's best in a while. They kept things moving, Gunther stiffed him and LA didn't botch anything. The crowd was also hot and into this all the way. Gunther won as expected here.

Overall thoughts: It was a decent show wrestling wise with a good main and a good opener. Cody beating up Drew in his car was fun but they didn't really break the mold otherwise. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 and thought it was alright overall.