It was a Friday Night SmackDown doubleheader at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT. Next week's episode was filmed at the conclusion of Friday's show and will feature some major match-ups as the build to Survivor Series: WarGames continues.

Paul Heyman has managed numerous world champions over his WWE Hall of Fame career. On WWE SmackDown, two of those clients unexpectedly joined forces. Heyman returned after a five-month hiatus, bringing CM Punk along to complete Roman Reigns' WarGames team.

According to a new video posted by WWE on its social media pages, Roman Reigns has earned the title of Mr. Survivor Series. Many fans could argue this since Randy Orton has held the nickname for several years after making 14 appearances at the event and has been the Sole Survivor three consecutive times.

A major prediction has emerged regarding former WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk’s status for Survivor Series: WarGames. At Bad Blood 2024, CM Punk faced Drew McIntyre in a brutal Hell in a Cell match.

CM Punk announced to be the fifth member for Roman Reigns team in the WarGames match against the team led by Solo Sikao.

On Friday Night, CM Punk paid tribute to Paul Heyman on his return and also announced his return on WWE Smackdown so that he can join the original Bloodline's WarGames team. Both of them returned on the November 22 episode of WWE Smackdown.

Heading into the penultimate edition of SmackDown before Survivor Series: WarGames, Roman Reigns and his OG Bloodline Team of Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, and Sami Zayn were having a whole lot of trouble finding a fifth for their match against Solo Sikoa’s new Bloodline team of GOD,