WWE SmackDown Notes: Results, Women’s WarGames Match Announced, Becky Lynch Joins Team Flair, Street Profits Wins Shot at WWE Tag Titles

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Steve C.

Nov 17, 2023

WWE SmackDown Results – Nov. 17, 2023

November 17, 2023
Evansville, IN – Ford Center
Commentary – Kevin Patrick, Michael Cole, and Brian “Road Dogg” James

Quick Match Results

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Triple Threat match – Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland & Butch) and Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson & Elton Prince) via The Revelation (pinfall)
Dragon Lee defeated Axiom via Operation Dragon (pinfall)
Grayson Waller defeated Cameron Grimes via Rolling Stunner (pinfall)
LA Knight defeated Jimmy Uso via BFT (pinfall)

Women’s WarGames Match Announced for Survivor Series 2023

Friday’s SmackDown show in Evansville featured the announcement of a Women’s WarGames match for WWE’s Survivor Series 2023 event, which takes place on November 25th at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

This match was announced to be Damage CTRL (Bayley, Asuka, Kairi Sane, & IYO SKY) vs. Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Shotzi, & Becky Lynch.

This match was setup following an in-ring promo segment by Damage CTRL’s Bayley taking about their new and improved group before being corrected by Kai who stated that they are not a new version since Bayley had not officially made Asuka a member yet. After Bayley handed Asuka a Damage CTRL shirt to make her membership official, Kai issued a challenge to Belair, Flair, and Shotzi for a Women’s WarGames match at next Saturday’s Survivor Series 2023 event. This led to Shotzi’s music interrupting and a brawl breaking out with Belair and Flair running in to help Shotzi.

In a follow-up backstage segment, Belair, Flair, and Shotzi discussed their situation with Damage CTRL before being interrupted by SmackDown General Manager Nick Alids who demanded to know who will be their team’s mystery partner by the end of tonight’s show.

“We need a fourth member, and @MsCharlotteWWE, I think you know somebody who can help us out…”

Who could @BiancaBelairWWE be referring to? 👀#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/1tM6H2zLCu
— WWE (@WWE) November 18, 2023

In another follow-up segment, Belair, Flair, and Shotzi came out to the ring and Flair gave a promo stating that they accepted Damage CTRL’s challenge for a Women’s WarGames match at Survivor Series 2023. Flair also stated that if they are going to go to war, then there is only one person they want on their side to even the odds. This led to Damage CTRL coming out to interrupt and Bayley stating that Flair and her team would not make it out of the building tonight. Damage CRTL then got into the ring but before anything could happen, Becky Lynch made a surprise appearance and stood by Flair’s side revealing that she was the mystery fourth person Flair was talking about. A mass brawl then broke out between the two teams to close out the show.

It’s @BeckyLynchWWE! And The Man is ready for #WarGames!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/UYrFKn1FS2
— WWE (@WWE) November 18, 2023

Current card for WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2023:

Men’s WarGames match – Judgement Day (JD McDonagh, Dominik Mysterio, Finn Balor, & Damian Priest) vs. Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn, Jey Uso, & Cody Rhodes
Women’s WarGames match – Damage CTRL (Bayley, Asuka, Kairi Sane, & IYO SKY) vs. Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Shotzi, & Becky Lynch
WWE Women’s World Championship – Zoey Stark vs. Rhea Ripley (c)
WWE International Championship – The Miz vs. Gunther (c)

Street Profits Wins #1 Contender for Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles at Friday’s SmackDown Show

Friday’s SmackDown show in Evansville also featured The Street Profits defeated The Brawling Brutes and Pretty Deadly in a #1 Contender’s Triple Threat match for a future shot at the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.

The finish to this match involved Ridge Holland being tied up with Elton Prince leading to Butch setting up a Brogue Kick meant for Prince only to accidentally lay out Holland instead. This led to the Street Profits tossing out Pretty Deadly and Butch out of the ring and hit their double team The Revelation to Holland for the pinfall victory to earn a shot at the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles.