WWE SmackDown Notes: Charlotte Flairs Backs Out of Women’s WarGames, Jimmy Uso Joins Team Cody & Drew McIntyre Joins Team Vision for Men’s WarGames Match, Zack Ryder Revealed as SD Mystery Entrant in Last Time Is Now Tournament, Jey Uso & LA Knight Advances in The Last Time Is Now Tourn., 11/21 Card

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Nov 14, 2025

Charlotte Flairs Backs Out of Team Ripley for Women’s WarGames

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show at the MVP Arena in Albany, New York featured Charlotte Flair backing out of Team Ripley for the Women’s WarGames match at Survivor Series WarGames 2025 which takes place on November 29th in San Diego, California.

During the show, Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY came out to the ring and Ripley talked about their bad blood issues with the Kabuki Warriors and the recent actions of Nia Jax and Lash Legend joining forces with them. SKY responded stating they always catch up to you and now there is no where to hide. SKY continued yelling out “War Games.”

Ripley responded stating that they are not going in alone and introduced their team mates for WarGames, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss. This led to Flair’s music and her and Bliss coming out to the ring. After some words by Bliss hyping up their WarGames team, Flair responded stating that she can’t do this and she can’t pretend anymore. Flair continued stating that she does not like her, does not trust her, and she thinks she is a snake. Flair talked about how Rhea probably thinks the same of her and there is too much history and too much bad blood between them. Flair stated that just because they have the same enemy, it doesn’t change that and she can’t look past it. Flair continued stating that Bliss is her friend and she does trust her but for them to count her out of their team. This led to a shocked reaction from Bliss as Flair left the ring and made her way to the back.

Jimmy Uso Joins Team Cody for Men’s WarGames Match at WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2025

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured Jimmy Uso being revealed as the fourth member of Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and Jey Uso’s team for the Men’s WarGames match at Survivor Series WarGames 2025.

Zack Ryder Revealed as SmackDown Mystery Competitor in The Last Time Is Now Tournament

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured Zack Ryder, also known as Matt Cardona in TNA and the indies, making his surprise return and being revealed as the mystery competitor for the SmackDown side of the bracket for WWE’s The Last Time Is Now Tournament.

Jey Uso & LA Knight Advances in The Last Time Is Now Tournament

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured two First Round matches for The Last Time Is Now Tournament.

This tournament will determine the official challenger for John Cena’s retirement match at the December 13th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show.

The first match was Jey Uso defeating The Miz.

The second match was LA Knight defeating Zack Ryder.

As a result of their victories, Uso and Knight advance to the Quarterfinal Round of The Last Time Is Now Tournament.

Drew McIntyre Joins Team Vision for Men’s WarGames Match at WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2025

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured Drew McIntyre making a surprise appearance from his “suspension” and joining The Vision and Logan Paul’s WarGames team for the Men’s WarGames match at Survivor Series WarGames 2025, which takes place on November 29th at Petco Park in San Diego, California.

During the show, The Vision’s Paul Heyman and “Big” Bronson Reed showed up backstage to have a chat with SmackDown GM Nick Aldis about them informing Aldis that they are allowed to pick anyone from the RAW, SmackDown, and NXT brands to fill out The Vison’s WarGames team. Heyman kept stressing that they could pick anyone as Aldis grew more annoyed since he knows about the rules for picking team members.

In a follow-up, Bron Breakker and Logan Paul ran out and attacked Cody Rhodes during his Undisputed WWE Championship match against “Big” Bronson Reed causing the match to be thrown out. This led to the Usos running out to save Rhodes and brawled with The Vision and Paul that resulted in McIntyre running out and attacking The Usos. This led to Aldis running out and confronted Heyman over McIntyre being out there despite his suspension. Heyman kept reminding Aldis that they could pick anyone revealing McIntyre as the fourth member of The Vision’s WarGames team.

Current card for WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2025:

  • Men’s WarGames match – CM Punk, Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes, Jimmy Uso, & TBA vs. The Vision (“Big” Bronson Reed & Bron Breakker), Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre, & TBA
  • Women’s WarGames match – Rhea Ripley, IYO SKY, Alexa Bliss, & 2 TBAs vs. Nia Jax, Lash Legend, Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane & Asuka), & TBA

Current Card for Next Week’s Show

Friday’s WWE SmackDown show also featured three new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on November 21st at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

Among the notable matches included two more First Round matches for The Last Time Is Now Tournament. These matches are:

  • Carmelo Hayes vs. “Big” Bronson Reed
  • Penta vs. Finn Balor

Current card for November 21st WWE SmackDown show:

  • The Last Time Is Now Tournament First Round match – Carmelo Hayes vs. “Big” Bronson Reed
  • The Last Time Is Now Tournament First Round match – Penta vs. Finn Balor
  • Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom) vs. DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano)
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