WWE SmackDown Results: November 21, 2025 - Penta vs Finn Balor, Bronson Reed vs Carmelo Hayes & More

Tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown (November 21, 2025) emanates out of the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado and will air at 8 p.m. ET on the USA Network.

This post here will be updated frequently throughout the night to reflect live coverage of Friday Night SmackDown, including all the match results, rundowns of the promos, and any other interesting or noteworthy things that take place. Keep refreshing for updates to find out all the winners and more!

Preview & Predictions for WWE SmackDown:

On tap for tonight's episode, the final two matches of the first round of The Last Time is Now Tournament (which determines John Cena's retiring match opponent for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event) will be Finn Balor against Penta and Carmelo Hayes against Bronson Reed. The winners of those matches are set to face Gunther and Solo Sikoa respectively. With that in mind, I expect some heel vs. babyface lineups, so the easy predictions are Penta and Carmelo Hayes will come out on top. Penta beats Sikoa, Gunther beats Hayes, and Gunther goes on to beat Penta down the line before facing I'm assuming LA Knight or Jey Uso in the finals.

There will be a promo segment where Chelsea Green will get to celebrate how she beat Giulia for the Women's United States Championship. Obviously, anticipate someone coming out to ruin it, whether that's Giulia and Kiana James or someone else like Michin and B-Fab, who always revolve around that title.

The only other thing advertised at the moment is a tag team match between Fraxiom and #DIY. They've had many matches over many months, so the real hook is whether or not Ilja Dragunov and others get involved to further along that storyline he has going on mostly opposite Tommaso Ciampa.

All that and more will go down tonight, so keep checking and refreshing for the most up-to-date results!

Here are your results for WWE SmackDown - November 21, 2025:

• The show opened with a promo from The Vision's team for WarGames (minus Brock Lesnar and Drew McIntyre, who was banned from the arena). The Usos came out, calling for Cody Rhodes, but he had been attacked in the parking lot by McIntyre.
• Open Challenge for the WWE Men's United States Championship: Ilja Dragunov (c) defeated JD McDonagh by pinfall. Later in the show, both Tama Tonga and Tommaso Ciampa walked up to Dragunov to continue their threats that they want the United States title.
• Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley were put into the same room together (by Alexa Bliss and Iyo Sky) to try to work on their issues ahead of WarGames.
• The Last Time is Now Tournament First-Round Match: Carmelo Hayes defeated Big Bronson Reed by count-out after some help from Cody Rhodes.
• Chelsea Green has rescheduled her championship celebration, running off from Giulia and then being intimidated by Jade Cargill, who was upset that Green is calling herself the greatest women's champion.
• Tag Team Match: #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) defeated Fraxiom (Axiom & Nathan Frazer) by pinfall due to Candice LeRae pulling Axiom's mask off.
• Ripley and Flair were talking, with Ripley saying that their rivalry will continue in the future, but they can set aside their competitive side against each other for WarGames out of respect for each other, which Flair agreed to.
• The Last Time is Now Tournament: Penta defeated Finn Balor by pinfall.
• AJ Lee was confirmed as the final member of the babyface Women's WarGames team. Becky Lynch is also going to be on the heel side and joined them in beating up Rhea Ripley's team.

What are your thoughts on tonight's episode of Friday Night SmackDown? Drop your reactions in the comments below and spark a discussion!