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SmackDown Results: Gunther Beats Balor With a Low Blow

Summary: Gunther beat Finn Balor on WWE SmackDown on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, with a low blow behind the referee's back. Charlotte Flair beat Jacy Jayne, Damian Priest beat Axiom, and The MFTs kept the tag titles.

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  1. WWE Tag Team Championship
    The MFTs (c)keep the titles after interference againstBakusai

    The War Raiders ran in as Shinsuke Nakamura covered Tama Tonga, then attacked everyone. The finish is ruled differently by different outlets.

    Not listed
  2. Singles match, added to the show
    Damian Priestdef.Axiom

    Razor's Edge, then a South of Heaven chokeslam on Nathan Frazer after the bell.

    Not listed
  3. Non-title match
    Charlotte Flairdef.Jacy Jayne (Women's United States Champion)

    Natural Selection, after Stephanie Vaquer's return at ringside.

    Not listed
  4. Singles match
    Guntherdef.Finn Balor

    Powerbomb, after a shove into the referee and a low blow.

    Not listed

The quick version

  • Gunther pinned Finn Balor with a powerbomb after pushing Balor into the referee and hitting a low blow, per WWE.com. It was the match left off Crown Jewel.
  • Charlotte Flair beat Jacy Jayne in a non-title match while Stephanie Vaquer returned at ringside. Flair's group then challenged Fatal Influence, Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab to a Women's WarGames match.
  • The War Raiders ended the WWE Tag Team Championship match between The MFTs and Bakusai. The MFTs kept the titles, and outlets differ on whether it was a disqualification or a no contest.

Gunther beat Finn Balor in the main event of WWE SmackDown on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. WWE.com says Gunther pushed Balor into the referee, hit a low blow while the official was down, and finished with a powerbomb for the pin. Charlotte Flair also beat Jacy Jayne, Damian Priest beat Axiom, and The MFTs kept the WWE Tag Team Championship when The War Raiders broke up their match with Bakusai.

Event

WWE SmackDown, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, at 8 PM ET on USA Network (Netflix outside the U.S.), at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Wrestling Inc. and TPWW list the city as Fort Lauderdale. It was the first SmackDown after Crown Jewel.

Results

Match notes

The MFTs vs. Bakusai. Kyoki opened with running crossbodies on Tama Tonga, and Haku hit Kyoki in the knee with the Tongan walking stick from the apron, per Wrestling Inc. After a break, Nakamura and Kyoki took over, and Kyoki took out Talla Tonga at ringside. Nakamura hit Tama with a Kinshasa and covered him, and The War Raiders ran in before the count. WrestleView's live report, as carried by TPWW, calls it a win by disqualification for Bakusai, with The MFTs keeping the titles. Wrestling Inc. calls it a no contest, with the same result for the belts. WWE.com does not name a ruling and says the match ended with the attack. Our live page records how other outlets called it.

Priest vs. Axiom. Priest ran over Axiom with a boot at the bell. Axiom fought back with low kicks and dropkicks, and hurt his own arm on a moonsault to the floor, per WrestleView. Priest then ended it with the Razor's Edge. When Frazer ran out to check on Axiom, Priest dropped him with South of Heaven.

Flair vs. Jayne. Flair took control with a back suplex and a cannonball off the apron. Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley came out to help Jayne, and Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley came out to even it. After a break, the two traded near falls. Michin, B-Fab and Jade Cargill joined the brawl, and Cargill took out Bayley. Vaquer's music hit, she cleared Michin, and Flair used the opening to pin Jayne.

Gunther vs. Balor. Gunther came out hard with kicks and chops. Balor answered with a dropkick and a dive to the floor. Back inside, Balor got a foot on the rope to break a sleeper, and Gunther missed a splash from the top. Balor went for the Coup de Grace, Gunther moved, and the finish followed.

Moments that mattered

  • Cena opens the show. John Cena named Flair the next invitee to the John Cena Classic, per Wrestling Inc. and WWE.com. Later, Fatal Influence confronted him backstage and he invited them too. See our Cena Classic story. F4W Online, quoting WWE.com, says the Classic airs from Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Monday, Dec. 14.
  • Women's WarGames. After Flair's win, she, Bliss, Paxley, Bayley and Vaquer called for WarGames. Vaquer said backstage that she could not say no when Flair called, per WrestleView. See our Women's WarGames story.
  • Owens and Zayn. Kevin Owens told Undisputed WWE Champion Sami Zayn he is proud of him, then said he needs the title and will be the one to end Zayn's reign. Johnny Gargano attacked Owens and took a Stunner, per Wrestling Inc. and WWE.com.
  • Team Mexico. Rey Mysterio introduced Rey Fenix as Team Mexico's newest member. See our Fenix story.
  • Stratton and Green. Tiffany Stratton, now Women's Champion, came out and Chelsea Green confronted her. Green asked for the Crown Jewel ring back, and Stratton hit her with it, per WWE.com and Wrestling Inc.

What is next

Raw is Monday, Nov. 16, in Raleigh. WWE has set The Usos against Carmelo Hayes and Cruz Montana for the WarGames advantage, and Raquel Rodriguez defends the Women's Intercontinental Championship against IYO SKY. See our Raw card story. Survivor Series: WarGames is Saturday, Nov. 28, at Daikin Park in Houston.

How we know

Source: WWE.com's official results page, with Wrestling Inc.'s live blog, WrestleView's live report as carried by TPWW, and F4W Online for the Dec. 14 location. We did not watch the show. WWE's results page does not list match times, and none of the reports we read did.

WWE SmackDownGuntherFinn BalorCharlotte FlairStephanie VaquerJohn Cena Classic

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