WWE SmackDown Results 11/7 - Jade Cargill & Cody Rhodes Appear, Women's United States Championship On The Line

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on November 7, 2025, coming to you live from the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina!

Newly crowned WWE Women's Champion Jade Cargill will be making an appearance on tonight's show with something on her mind to share. Cargill completed her longtime quest to become WWE Women's Champion at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event this past Saturday, dethroning Tiffany Stratton to effectively put an end to her 302 day reign as champion.

Speaking of Saturday Night's Main Event, Cody Rhodes retained his Undisputed WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre at the event, managing to avoid automatically losing his title to McIntyre if he was disqualified or counted out. Following such, Rhodes has something on his mind to share with the fans as he looks ahead to the future.

Giulia will be putting her Women's United States Championship on the line for the first time on television since retaining against Michin on the September 5 episode of "SmackDown" as she defends against former titleholder Chelsea Green. Although Green has been in pursuit to regain the Women's United States Championship over the course of the past few weeks, this will mark the first time that the two women have met in the ring in singles competition since Giulia emerged victorious against Green on the September 10, 2024 episode of "WWE NXT".

Rey Fenix will be returning to action tonight as he goes one-on-one with Talla Tonga of MFT. After Talla's stablemates Tama Tonga and JC Mateo scored a win over The Motor City Machine Guns' Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley during last Friday's edition of "SmackDown", Fenix and Shinsuke Nakamura came to the aid of Sabin and Shelley after MFT launched a post-match beatdown on them.

Additionally, Nia Jax will be taking on one half of the reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair after she defeated the other half of the Women's Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss last Friday. Ilja Dragunov will also be issuing another US Open Challenge tonight for anyone who wishes to answer the call following successful defenses against Aleister Black and Nathan Frazer on the October 24 edition of the show and last Friday respectively.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping what went down in the Undisputed WWE Championship match between Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre at Saturday Night's Main Event.

Michael Cole and Corey Graves then greet audiences at home as Rhodes makes his way to the ring.

Rhodes asks Greenville what they want to talk about, then says they could talk about Drew McIntyre. He says McIntyre introduced the Undisputed WWE Championship belt into their Saturday Night's Main Event match, then says for someone who pays attention to everything, he didn't notice Rhodes hesitating to see the belt. He calls McIntyre "self sabotaging", then informs McIntyre he's officially moving on from him. Rhodes says he wants to do something different, then says he wants to go into the crowd and sit with the fans.

Before Rhodes can go into the crowd, Aleister Black's music hits and he makes his way to the ring alongside Zelina. He says since he threw that fireball at Damian Priest, he's been looking for something new. He says he has a chip on his shoulder about the size of the Undisputed WWE Championship.

Rhodes looks to clock Black, but Vega steps in Rhodes' path. She tells Rhodes that his nightmare will start now if he does that and slaps Rhodes, prompting Nick Aldis to appear at ringside and make a match between Rhodes and Black official.

Ilja Dragunov then makes his way to the ring. Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, and Candice LeRae follow, with Ciampa answering Dragunov's call for his US Open Challenge out of frustrating that Dragunov denied him a title shot last week and called him a jacka**. Dragunov admits Ciampa was right, but instead extends a title shot to Johnny Gargano. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Gargano sends Dragunov crashing into the turnbuckles face first as Ciampa makes his way to the back, but Dragunov wears down Gargano with a waist lock. He sends Gargano crashing into the mat, then ascends to the top rope. LeRae distracts Dragunov, opening the door for Gargano to trip him and lands a boot that sends him crashing off the ring apron and onto the floor.

Gargano fires off a right hand on Dragunov and sends him crashing into the ring apron face first, then dumps him back in the ring during the commercial break. Gargano pins Dragunov, but Dragunov kicks out and delivers a chop to Dragunov in the corner. He follows it up with a dropkick to the side of his head, then delivers a boot to Dragunov's face and wears him down with an Abdominal Stretch.

Back from the break, the two men exchange right hands with one another. Dragunov levels Gargano with a clothesline, then flies off the top rope to deliver a boot to Gargano and goes for a pin. Gargano kicks out, then connects with a reverse hurricanrana on Dragunov. Dragunov then lands a senton on Gargano off the top rope before he sets up for the H-Bomb on Gargano. Gargano avoids it, but Dragunov sends Gargano crashing into the mat spine first.

As the referee checks on Gargano, LeRae trips Dragunov as he swings around the ropes. Gargano dumps Dragunov back in the ring and spikes him with a DDT over the top rope from the apron. He goes for a pin, but Dragunov kicks out. Gargano looks to fly from the apron once again, but Dragunov brings him back into the ring with a suplex and follows it up with the H-Bomb for the win.

Winner (and still): Ilja Dragunov

Jade Cargill then makes her way to the ring.

Cargill says what happened to Tiffany Stratton at Saturday Night's Main Event will happen to everyone in the back before she heads to the back.

Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss then make their way to the ring, staring down Cargill on the entrance ramp. Flair looks to confront Cargill, but Bliss pulls her back to keep her focused on her upcoming match. Nia Jax follows the pair.

The bell rings and Flair delivers a Thesz Press to Jax. She rains down right hands on her, then sends her crashing into the top turnbuckle face first and rocks her with an enzuigiri before following it up with a hurricanrana. Flair fires off chops on Jax's chest, but Jax fires off stomps on Flair's throat during the commercial break. Jax levels Flair with a clothesline and pins her, but Flair kicks out.

Jax levels Flair with another clothesline and wears her down with a rear chokehold, but Flair flies over the top rope to level Jax on the outside. Jax sends Flair crashing into the ring post face first, but Flair levels Jax with a crossbody off the middle rope back from the break. Flair fires off chops on Jax, then steps over her and ascends to the top rope. She connects with a moonsault on Jax, then goes for a pin but Jax kicks out.

Jax sets up for the An-Nia-Lator on Flair, but Flair moves out of the way. She looks to pin Jax, but Jax rolls through and gets Flair up on her shoulders. Flair lands on the apron and delivers a knee strike to Jax as she's draped off the middle rope by her knees.

Lash Legend appears at ringside and clocks Bliss. She cinches in a chokehold on her, opening the door for Jax to clock Flair from behind and deliver the An-Nia-Lator to her for the win.

Winner: Nia Jax

We then head over to a video from Nick Aldis, who announces two more First Round matches in The Last Time Is Now Tournament: Jey Uso vs. The Miz and LA Knight vs. a secret opponent Aldis decides he wants to keep a surprise. 

Giulia and Kiana James then make their way to the ring. Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre follow, and we see Ethan Page in the crowd to support Green in light of their pairing on "NXT" over the course of the last several weeks.

The bell rings and Green slaps Giulia. Giulia responds with a slap of her own to Green and rocks her with a headbutt, then follows it up with a knee strike to her and jams her knee into the back of Green's neck.

James uses the ropes to wear down Green while Giulia distracts the referee, but Fyre levels her with a superkick. Giulia delivers a boot to Fyre through the middle rope to take her out, opening the door for Green to roll up Giulia with her feet on the ropes (which the referee does not catch) for the win.

Winner (and new) Chelsea Green

Rey Fenix then makes his way to the ring. MFT follows. 

Shinsuke Nakamura and The Motor City Machine Guns blindside them on the entrance ramp. Fenix delivers a pair of tope suicidas to take out Talla, but Talla overpowers Fenix and dumps him back in the ring.

The bell sounds and Fenix lands a couple of kicks on Talla's thigh. Talla sends Fenix crashing into the mat face first, then delivers a boot that sends him crashing off the ring apron and onto the floor.

During the break, Talla whips Fenix into the corner when the pair return to the ring. He dumps him across the ring, then runs over him with a shoulder tackle and levels him with a right hand. Talla continues wearing down Fenix in the corner back from the break and whips him into the opposite corner, but Fenix lands a kick on the side of his head and charges at him.

Talla intercepts Fenix, but Fenix manages to land a splash on Talla off the middle rope and goes for a pin. Talla kicks out, but Fenix rocks him with a superkick and ascends to teh top rope. He looks to fly, but Talla sees him coming and sets up for a chokeslam on him. While Fenix looks to counter into a hurricanrana, Talla blocks him and delivers a powerbomb to him. He follows it up with a chokeslam for the win.

Winner: Talla Tonga

After the match, Sikoa orders Talla to chokeslam Fenix once again. Sami Zayn runs down to the ring with a chair in hand to come to Fenix's aid, forcing Sikoa and Talla to back down.

Aleister Black and Zelina then make their way to the ring. Cody Rhodes follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Black delivers a knee to Rhodes' midsection, then looks to land a suplex on him. Rhodes blocks it and sends Black crashing into the mat face first after holding him in a delayed vertical position for several seconds.

Rhodes sends Black crashing into the ring apron face first, but Black returns the favor by sending Rhodes crashing into the announce desk face first.

When the pair return to the ring during the commercial break, Black continues wearing down Rhodes. Zelina takes a cheap shot at Rhodes while Black distracts the referee before Black wears down Rhodes with a submission hold. Rhodes rolls up Black back from the break, but Black kicks out and levels Rhodes with a boot to his face. Rhodes responds with a scoop powerslam to Black, then follows it up with a Disaster Kick to him and goes for a pin. Black kicks out.

Black connects with a kick on Rhodes' face, but Rhodes fires off right hands on Black as he sets up for the Bionic Elbow. Black sees Rhodes coming and delivers a Northern Lights suplex to him, then goes for a pin but Rhodes kicks out. Rhodes then sets up for Cross-Rhodes on Black, but Black sees him coming and the pair level one another with boots.

Drew McIntyre appears out of nowhere and runs over the referee with a Claymore Kick. Rhodes fires off right hands on McIntyre in response, but Black fires off kicks on Rhodes and McIntyre joins in. Damian Priest runs down to the ring and fires off right hands on McIntyre and Black, but McIntyre clocks Priest from behind. Priest fires off right hands on Black, but Zelina looks to jump Priest from the announce desk. Priest sees Zelina coming, but Zelina retreats through the crowd with Black. Inside the ring, Rhodes delivers a Cody Cutter to McIntyre.

Winner: N/A (no contest due to outside interference)

Admist the chaos, Nick Aldis appears at ringside and informs McIntyre that he's officially suspended as the show goes off the air.