Drew McIntyre's suspension from WWE SmackDown lasted all of one week. Thanks to Paul Heyman, McIntyre found a loophole by agreeing to team with The Vision and Logan Paul at Survivor Series: WarGames. The alliance puts Cody Rhodes and The Usos on defense.

IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley kicked off WWE SmackDown after a recap of last week's events, leading to them setting up WarGames.

WWE SmackDown on November 17 features two 'The Last Time is Now' tournament matches: Jey Uso vs. The Miz and LA Knight vs. a mystery opponent. Ilja Dr

Last time in action: CM Punk and Uso vs. Vision ended in a no contest (Raw, Nov. 3), The Miz and Carmelo Hayes lost to The Street Profits (SmackDown, Sept. 26) The first tournament match to find John Cena's final opponent saw The Miz take on Uso. As Uso was hyping up for an encore of his song, The Miz's music interrupted him.

Last week's WWE SmackDown bounced back in both overall viewership and ratings after the previous week's slump, which saw the show dip below one million viewers.

Cody Rhodes is set to compete in the Men's WarGames Match this year at Survivor Series. He showed up this week on Monday Night RAW to help CM Punk and Jey Uso from a beatdown from The Vision.

Three matches are on tap for the Friday, November 14 WWE SmackDown, including two first round battles in The Last Time is Now tournament.

According to WrestleVotes, SmackDown on USA Network will expand from two hours to three hours, starting with the Jan. 2, 2026, episode in Buffalo, New York. SmackDown was a two-hour show for most of its existence until it ran for three hours from January through June of this year.