WWE SmackDown Results 12/5 - Cody Rhodes Appears, The Last Time Is Now Tournament Finals & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE SmackDown" on December 5, 2025, coming to you live from the Moody Center ATX in Austin, Texas!

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, The Usos, and Roman Reigns came up short to The Vision, Logan Paul, Brock Lesnar, and Drew McIntyre in the Men's WarGames match this past Saturday at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames thanks to the help of a masked person who scaled the cage and has yet to be revealed. Following such, Rhodes will be appearing on tonight's show with something on his mind to share as he looks ahead to the future.

John Cena's final ever opponent at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on December 13 will be revealed tonight, as GUNTHER and LA Knight go head-to-head with one another in the finals of The Last Time Is Now Tournament. GUNTHER emerged victorious against Je'Von Evans in the first round, Carmelo Hayes in the quarterfinals, and Solo Sikoa in the semifinals, while Knight scored victories against Zack Ryder, The Miz, and Jey Uso in the first round, quarterfinals, and semifinals respectively.

Reigning WWE Women's Champion Jade Cargill will be competing in her first match since scoring a quick victory against B-Fab on the November 14 edition of "SmackDown" as she faces Alba Fyre in non-title competition. While Women's United States Champion Chelsea Green looked to finally celebrate becoming a two time titleholder last Friday alongside Fyre, Cargill interrupted the festivities by levelling Fyre with a boot and Green with a Jaded.

Alexa Bliss will be returning to singles competition tonight as she goes one-on-one with one half of The Kabuki Warriors, Kairi Sane. As Bliss and her tag team partner Charlotte Flair continue their quest to recapture the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship from Sane and Asuka after they were dethroned by them on the November 10 episode of "WWE Raw", Bliss, Flair, IYO SKY, Rhea Ripley, and AJ Lee emerged victorious against Sane, Asuka, Nia Jax, Lash Legend, and Becky Lynch in the Women's WarGames Match at Survivor Series: WarGames.

Additionally, the aforementioned Sioka will be making an appearance on tonight's show with something on his mind to share after The Wyatt Sicks confronted him during last Friday's show moments after his and the rest of MFT's victory against Sami Zayn, Rey Fenix, Shinsuke Nakamura, and The Motor City Machine Guns in a Ten Man Survivor Series Elimination Match. Ilja Dragunov will also be issuing another US Open Challenge tonight as he continues to refuse giving Tommaso Ciampa a title shot and successful defenses of the United States Champion against the likes of Fraxiom, Johnny Gargano, Aleister Black, and #DIY.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the events of Survivor Series: WarGames.

We then head backstage, where Drew McIntyre confronts Nick Aldis. Aldis, who is surrounded by security guards, makes it clear that McIntyre is still suspended and tells him to go home. McIntyre gets back in his car, but Cody Rhodes is waiting in the passenger's seat and attacks him before he makes his way to the ring and Michael Cole and Corey Graves both greet audiences at home. 

Rhodes demands that Aldis reinstate McIntyre so that he can finally get his hands on McIntyre. Rhodes calls McIntyre "WWE's resident cockroach", then says while he would attack McIntyre anywhere, it should be in a WWE ring.

Ilja Dragunov then makes his way to the ring. Carmelo Hayes follows, answering the call for Dragunov's US Open Challenge.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Hayes rocks Dragunov with a shoulder tackle, but Dragunov stays on his feet and levels Hayes with one of his own. Dragunov sends Hayes crashing into the top turnbuckle face first, then levels Hayes with a boot and ascends to the top rope. Hayes meets him up there, but Dragunov then sends him crashing out of the ring and onto the floor with a big boot.

During the commercial break, Dragunov sends Hayes crashing into the ring apron spine first and dumps him back in the ring. He rocks Hayes with an enzuigiri, then delivers a bodyslam to him and connects with a knee to his throat off the middle rope. Hayes rolls up Dragunov, but Dragunov kicks out and runs over Hayes with a clothesline.

Dragunov lands a suplex on Hayes, then wears down his arm with a submission hold. Hayes connects with a knee on Dragunov's midsection back from the break, but Dragunov sets up for the Constantine Special on Hayes. Hayes sees Dragunov coming and delivers a springboard clothesline to him, then follows it up with The First 48 and goes for a pin.

Dragunov kicks out, but Hayes sets up for a codebreaker on him. Dragunov catches Hayes and sends him crashing into the mat spine first, then sets up for the H-Bomb. Hayes gets his knees up and rolls up Dragunov, but Dragunov kicks out and rocks Hayes with an enzuigiri. He sends him crashing into the mat before he delivers an H-Bomb to Hayes for the win.

Winner (and still): Ilja Dragunov

Kairi Sane and Asuka then make their way to the ring. Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Sane fires off stomps on Bliss in the corner, then looks to fly off the top rope. Bliss moves out of the way, but Sane rolls her up. Bliss reverses the fall, but Sane kicks out and mocks Bliss. Bliss takes down Sane and steps over her, then delivers a senton to her.

Sane rolls out of the ring and looks to head to another side of the ring, but Flair blocks her path. Asuka trips Bliss, opening the door for Sane to send Bliss crashing into one of the barricades. She lands a chop on Bliss during the commercial break, then sends her crashing into the ring apron face first and dumps her back in the ring.

Sane cinches in a Boston Crab on Bliss, but Bliss crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold. Asuka takes a cheap shot at Bliss from the outside, but Flair chases Asuka around the ring and Sane clocks Bliss from behind. Sane then delivers a forearm to Bliss in the corner and drapes her off the top rope back from the break before she delivers a double stomp to her chest and goes for a pin. Bliss kicks out and catches Sane with a Sister Abigail for the win.

Winner: Alexa Bliss

After the match, Nia Jax and Lash Legend attack Bliss and Flair from behind. Jax delivers a Samoan Drop to Flair and hugs Legend before the pair notice Sane in the corner. Asuka surprises Legend and Jax, firing off a back hand and a kick on Legend. Jax catches Asuka with a powerbomb, and Legend runs over Sane with a pump kick. Jax then sets up for the An-Nia-Lator on Sane, but Asuka pulls Sane out of the ring before anything more can happen. Legend and Jax then hold up the Women's Tag Team Championship belts. 

We then head backstage, where Cody Rhodes joins "WWE NXT" stars Oba Femi and NXT Champion Ricky Saints in Nick Aldis' office. Aldis reveals that Rhodes was the one who wanted to meet with Saints and Femi, and Rhodes then informs Femi and Saints that whoever emerges victorious in their NXT Championship match tomorrow night at "NXT" Deadline will face him at Saturday Night's Main Event on December 13. 

Back at ringside, Jade Cargill makes her way to the ring. Alba Fyre and Chelsea Green follow. 

The bell rings and Green gets in Cargill's face from the apron. Fyre connects with a hurricanrana on Cargill and fires off stomps on her in the corner. Green then slaps Cargill from outside the ring, but Kiana James taps Green on the shoulder. Giulia fires off right hands on Green and brawls with her up the ramp as James follows behind and Fyre takes notice.

Cargill surprises Fyre with a spinebuster and a pump kick, then follows it up with Jaded for the win.

Winner: Jade Cargill

MFT then makes their way to the ring. 

Sikoa says he told everyone MFT would handle Sami Zayn, and that's exactly what they did last Friday. He says that MFT can now move on from Zayn, which brings him to The Wyatt Sicks. He says that he's seen Uncle Howdy watch himself and MFT, but he's been watching him too and formally introduces himself to Howdy. He says he's going to take away everything from Howdy, and says he'll show everyone that Howdy does not deserve the Wyatt name. He says all he has to do is Bo-lieve.

MFT looks to leave the ring, but the lights go out. When they come back on, Nikki Cross, Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy, and Dexter Lumis stand on the apron facing Sikoa. Howdy stands right behind Sikoa and begins brawling with him as the rest of The Wyatt Sicks (including Cross) begin brawling with MFT. Rowan and Talla Tonga are eventually left as the only two men standing in the ring and stare each other down when they notice such themselves. Rowan sends Talla crashing out of the ring with a big boot to join the rest of MFT.

LA Knight then makes his way to the ring. GUNTHER follows. 

The bell rings and Knight fires off stomps on GUNTHER in the corner. He delivers a back body drop and sends GUNTHER repeatedly crashing into the announce desk face first before he dumps him over it during the commercial break.

GUNTHER fires off an uppercut on Knight back inside the ring, then levels him with a clothesline. Knight responds with a neckbreaker to GUNTHER and goes for a pin, but Knight kicks out and fires off a few right hands on GUNTHER. GUNTHER catches Knight in a sleeper hold, but Knight escapes by sending GUNTHER crashing back out of the ring. He delivers a chop to Knight's chest and sends him crashing into the ring apron spine first.

Back from the break, GUNTHER whips Knight into the corner face first. He delivers a stomp to him and levels him with a trio of chops, then levels him with a flying clothesline and a jumping neckbreaker. He follows it up with an Attitude Adjustment and a Burning Hamme, then goes for a pin but GUNTHER kicks out.

During another commercial break, GUNTHER delivers a boot to the side of Knight's head. Knight and GUNTHER then exchange right hands with one another back from the break, but Knight delivers a running knee strike to GUNTHER in the corner.

GUNTHER sets up for a powerbomb on Knight, but Knight lands on his feet and delivers a DDT to GUNTHER. He lands an elbow drop on GUNTHER off the top rope and goes for a pin, but GUNTHER kicks out. GUNTHER then delivers a neck crank to Knight and levels him with a clothesline.

GUNTHER and Knight teeter on the ropes, but GUNTHER knocks Knight off them and delivers a splash to him off the top rope. He ascends up to top of another corner of the ring and delivers a second splash to him, then goes for a pin but Knight kicks out. GUNTHER then delivers a powerbomb to Knight and pins him once again, but Knight kicks out.

Knight lands a BFT on GUNTHER and pins him, but GUNTHER gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the fall. GUNTHER then cinches in a sleeper on Knight and transitions into an STF. Knight tries to hang on, but ultimately taps out.

Winner of The Last Time Is Now Tournament: GUNTHER