TheSportster’s rating system will take a look across the entire card of SmackDown this week to determine the best match of the night, the worst on the show, and how everything else ranked up in between.

During Dragunov’s title match against Carmelo Hayes on Friday, Ciampa interfered and cost Hayes the match. Frustrated by the controversial title retention, Dragunov later appeared in a backstage segment and requested that General Manager Nick Aldis put him against Ciampa in a championship match

GUNTHER is officially John Cena's last opponent, and these are three things we hated and three things we loved about the 12/5/25 episode of "WWE SmackDown!"

WWE Friday Night Smackdown airs on Friday nights at 8 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free live stream. Friday, Dec. 5 will serve as the 49th episode of Season 27, and it will air on USA.

So without further ado, let's discuss 4 things that Triple H got right on WWE SmackDown:

WWE SmackDown saw an increase in viewership on November 14. According to Wrestlenomics, SmackDown averaged 1.158 million viewers on Friday. The show drew a 0.27 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is up from last week’s episode,

Randy Orton has been missing from WWE programming for months. The Viper was advertised for the December 5 edition of WWE SmackDown, but no-showed at the event.

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 1.158 million viewers on USA Network, up 1.5 percent from the previous week.