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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | November 29, 2025 | ||
| City | San Diego, California | ||
| Venue | Petco Park | ||
| Attendance | 46,016 | ||
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The 2025 Survivor Series: WarGames, also promoted as Survivor Series: WarGames San Diego, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 39th annual Survivor Series and took place on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was the fourth annual Survivor Series based around the WarGames match, a team-based steel cage match where the roofless cage surrounds two rings placed side by side.
This was the first Survivor Series to take place in an outdoor venue, the first to take place in a stadium, the first to be held in a Major League Baseball venue, and the second to be held in the U.S. state of California, after the 2018 event in Los Angeles. It featured the first WarGames match to take place inside a stadium since July 1988, which was held by the former World Championship Wrestling (WCW). This was also the first Survivor Series to broadcast on Netflix internationally and on ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States. The event also featured John Cena's last appearance at both Survivor Series and on PPV as an in-ring performer due to his retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025.
Four matches were contested at the event, including two WarGames matches that each involved wrestlers from both brands. In the main event, which was a men's WarGames match, The Vision (Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed), Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre, and Brock Lesnar defeated CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), and Roman Reigns, while the opening bout was a women's WarGames match that saw AJ Lee, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, Iyo Sky, and Rhea Ripley defeat Becky Lynch, Lash Legend, Nia Jax, and The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane). In the other two matches contested on the card, Dominik Mysterio defeated John Cena to win Raw's WWE Intercontinental Championship and Stephanie Vaquer defeated Nikki Bella to retain Raw's Women's World Championship. The event also saw the return of Liv Morgan following her injury hiatus.
Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling event produced every November by WWE since 1987, generally held the week of Thanksgiving. The second longest running pay-per-view (PPV) event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". [1] [2] From 1987 to 2021, the event was characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which were tag team elimination matches that typically featured teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. [3] In 2022, the event was rebranded as "Survivor Series: WarGames" and instead of Survivor Series matches, the annual event became based around the WarGames match, a type of steel cage match where two teams face each other in a roofless cage that surrounds two rings placed side by side and the teams typically feature four to five wrestlers each but is decided by one fall instead of eliminating all opponents. WWE's developmental brand NXT previously held an annual WarGames event from 2017 to 2021 before the match became a part of Survivor Series. [4]
Announced on April 21, 2025, the 39th Survivor Series was scheduled for Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. It was the first Survivor Series event to be held in an outside venue and the first to be held in a stadium, and it was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. [5] On June 30, it was revealed that it would again feature the WarGames matches. [6] While the 2025 card once again did not feature a traditional Survivor Series match, the preceding evening's episode of Friday Night SmackDown did. [7]
In addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide, the event was also available to livestream on ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, and the WWE Network in any remaining countries that had not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marked the first Survivor Series to livestream on Netflix following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas, [8] and to livestream on ESPN in the United States, as WWE's contract with Peacock to air main roster PPV and livestreaming events expired at the conclusion of Clash in Paris in August. [9] [10]
The event included four matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, [11] [12] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. [13]
For most of 2025, CM Punk, Roman Reigns, and Jey Uso were involved in a rivalry against The Vision (Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed, and Paul Heyman). At Night 1 of SummerSlam, Reigns and Jey defeated Breakker and Reed in a tag team match, while Punk won the World Heavyweight Championship, however, Rollins immediately cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Punk to win the title. Also at Night 1 of SummerSlam, Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul, who formed an alliance a month before, won a tag team match. [14] Both Jey and Punk subsequently failed to win the title from Rollins in a fatal four-way match at Clash in Paris, whilst at the same event, Reigns defeated Reed only to be viciously attacked post-match by Reed and Breakker. [15] At Wrestlepalooza, Jey teamed up with his twin brother Jimmy Uso to face Breakker and Reed in a tag team match, where Reed and Breakker won, Punk defeated Rollins in a mixed tag team match, and Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defeated McIntyre to retain his title. [16] At Crown Jewel, Reed defeated Reigns in an Australian Street Fight, after which, Rollins faced longtime rival Rhodes for the WWE Crown Jewel Championship, where Rollins won after he struck Rhodes with a Rolex watch. [17] Two nights later on Raw, Breakker, Reed, and Heyman turned on Rollins, exiling him from the group. [18] As a result of the attack, Rollins was forced to vacate the title, with Punk defeating Jey at Saturday Night's Main Event XLI to win the vacant title, while the same night, Rhodes retained the title once again against McIntyre. [19] Two nights later on Raw during Punk's celebration, he was interrupted by Paul, who wanted a title shot. They were both interrupted by The Vision, with Heyman stating that The Vision were next in line for the title. This led to a brawl where The Vision stood tall against Paul and Punk. Later that same night, Jey and Punk faced The Vision in a tag team match, which ended in a double countout. After that, Paul appeared and attacked Punk with brass knuckles, joining forces with The Vision. [20] On the November 7 episode of SmackDown, McIntyre was suspended by SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis after attacking Rhodes and a referee. [21] On the November 10 episode of Raw, Paul and The Vision interrupted Punk, and went to attack him. However, Jey and Rhodes joined Punk, leading to another brawl. After that, Punk challenged Heyman to find a team for a WarGames match against him, Rhodes, and Jey, which Raw General Manager Adam Pearce agreed. [22] On that week's SmackDown, Jimmy announced that, after speaking with Punk, he would be the fourth member of Punk's team. Later that night, Reed faced Rhodes for the title, which ended in a disqualification win for Rhodes after Breakker and Paul interfered. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) would make the save, however, McIntyre appeared, attacking The Usos and Rhodes. It was subsequently revealed that McIntyre would be the fourth member of The Vision and Paul's team. [23] On the following episode of Raw, both teams had a brawl until Punk was the only one standing in the ring. At that moment, Brock Lesnar, Heyman's former client, made his return and attacked Punk and Rhodes. Reigns would also make his return and attacked longtime rival Lesnar. It was subsequently announced that Reigns would join Punk, Rhodes, and The Usos, while Lesnar would join The Vision, Paul, and McIntyre. [24] The following week on Raw, McIntyre and Paul defeated The Usos in a tag team match to earn the WarGames advantage. [25]
On the September 5 episode of SmackDown, AJ Lee made her return to WWE for the first time since 2015, aiding her husband CM Punk against World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and his wife, WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch. [26] Lee and Punk subsequently defeated Rollins and Lynch at Wrestlepalooza, which Lee submitting Lynch. [16] Also during this time, Rhea Ripley was in a rivalry against The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane), more specifically with Asuka, who was jealous of Iyo Sky's friendship with Ripley. On the September 22 episode of Raw, after Ripley defeated Asuka, she and Sane attacked Ripley, prompting Sky to appear as she tried to stop them, however, The Kabuki Warriors turned on Sky. [27] Ripley and Sky subsequently defeated The Kabuki Warriors in a tag team match at Crown Jewel, [17] however, two nights later on Raw, after Ripley defeated Sane, The Kabuki Warriors viciously attacked Ripley and Sky, taking them out of action indefinitely. [18] After that, WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair would begin a rivalry with Nia Jax, while simultaneously having their own issues with The Kabuki Warriors after saving Bayley and Lyra Valkyria from a post-match attack on the November 3 episode of Raw. [20] Bliss would defeat Jax on the October 31 episode of SmackDown, [28] however, Jax defeated Flair the following week after interference from NXT's Lash Legend. Jax subsequently explained that she called Legend because she considered her a formidable opponent after previously defeating Legend in NXT . Also that same night, Asuka and Sane appeared dressed as doctors, with Asuka spitting Green Mist on Bliss and Flair. [21] Three nights later on Raw, The Kabuki Warriors defeated Bliss and Flair to win the title after interference from Jax and Legend. After that, the four women attacked Flair and Bliss, who were saved by the returning Sky and Ripley. After that, Ripley challenged The Kabuki Warriors, Legend, and Jax for a WarGames match, which was subsequently made official. [22] However, on that week's SmackDown, Flair announced that she would not be in the match due to past issues with Ripley. [23] Three days later on Raw, Lee made her return, distracting Lynch, costing her the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship. [24] On that week's SmackDown, Flair and Ripley decided to leave their problems aside, and later that night, Ripley announced Lee as their fifth team member. However, during a brawl between both teams, Lynch attacked Lee during her entrance. Lynch subsequently joined Kabuki Warriors, Legend, and Jax as their fifth team member. [29] The following week on SmackDown, Flair defeated Asuka to earn the WarGames advantage. [30]
On the November 10 episode of Raw, Triple H introduced John Cena, who addressed his hometown of Boston until he was interrupted by WWE Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio. This lead to Triple H ordering him to face Cena for the title, where Cena subsequently defeated Mysterio to win the title for the first time in his career. [22] The following week, Mysterio interrupted Cena once again, and demanded a rematch for the title. Cena then proposed to defend it that night, but Mysterio declined. Mysterio said he wanted to face Cena in his hometown of San Diego at Survivor Series: WarGames, which Cena accepted. [24]
Since September, Women's World Champion Stephanie Vaquer and Nikki Bella formed an alliance. On the November 10 episode of Raw after Vaquer successfully defended her title, Bella attacked her with the title, turning heel for the first time since 2018. [22] The following week, Bella attacked Vaquer during her entrance, and stated that she did not come back to be Vaquer's sidekick. Bella then demanded a title match against Vaquer, which was subsequently scheduled for Survivor Series: WarGames. [24]
| Role: | Name: |
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| English commentators | Michael Cole |
| Wade Barrett | |
| Spanish commentators | Marcelo Rodriguez |
| Jerry Soto | |
| Ring announcer | Alicia Taylor |
| Referees | Shawn Bennett |
| Jessika Carr | |
| Daphanie LaShaunn | |
| Eddie Orengo | |
| Chad Patton | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Ryan Tran | |
| Rod Zapata | |
| Interviewers | Cathy Kelley |
| Jackie Redmond | |
| Pre-show panel | Joe Tessitore |
| Big E | |
| Peter Rosenberg |
The event opened with the Women's WarGames match between the team of Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, and AJ Lee and the team of The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane), Nia Jax, Lash Legend, and Becky Lynch. As shark cages were not used, each wrestler entered at different intervals. Flair and Asuka began the match. The next person to enter was Sky wielding a garbage can lid. Lynch entered next with a kendo stick and immediately attacked Sky. Bliss then entered next. Sane then entered the match, briefly taking control with a metal chain, followed by Lee, who scaled the cage to enter after Lynch closed the cage door to prevent Lee from entering. Jax entered and overpowered several wrestlers. Ripley entered next with a trash can and kendo sticks and cleared the ring. The last to enter was Legend, officially starting the match. Legend dominated various wrestlers. Legend performed a punt kick on Ripley for a nearfall. Lynch performed a Man Handle Slam on Lee, however, Sky performed a moonsault on Lynch to void the pin attempt. Ripley was surrounded by the opposing team and Flair saved Ripley by pushing Ripley aside which led to Asuka accidentally spraying mist onto Legend. Lee, with assurance from Ripley, handed Sky a trash can, who was perched atop the cage. Sky placed herself in the trash can and performed a senton from the top of the cage onto the other opposing team members, besides Lynch who was standing from afar and left alone. In the climax, Flair, Bliss, and Ripley performed their respective finishers on Lynch and Lee applied the Black Widow submission on Lynch, who tapped out, to win the match. [31]
Next, John Cena (in his final match on pay-per-view) defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Dominik Mysterio (who was accompanied by Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez). During the match, Rodriguez and Perez attacked Cena thus giving Mysterio an advantage. Mysterio attempted a hurricanrana on Cena from the top of the ringside barricade seemingly injuring his shoulder. While the referee and medical personnel tended to Mysterio, Rodriguez delivered a Tejana Bomb and Perez executed Pop Rox on Cena. Mysterio then woke up and performed a frog splash on Cena, however, the referee eventually recognized the ruse and ejected Rodriguez and Perez from ringside. Cena performed a Five Knuckle Shuffle on Mysterio and applied the STF on Mysterio, however, Mysterio reached the ropes to void the submission. Mysterio unzipped his boot which led to Cena unintentionally removing it from Mysterio's foot. Mysterio then performed 619s and frog splashes on Cena for a nearfall. Cena performed an Attitude Adjustment on Mysterio for a nearfall. As Cena attempted a shoulder tackle on Mysterio, Mysterio moved out of the way and Cena incapacitated the referee instead prompting Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh to come out and attempt to assist Mysterio, however, Cena neutralized both with a double Attitude Adjustment. In the climax, Mysterio then obtained the Intercontinental Championship belt and attempted to strike Cena with it, however, Cena countered into another Attitude Adjustment, however the referee was still incapacitated to count the pin. Liv Morgan then returned from injury and struck Mysterio, much to the surprise of Cena. Morgan surprisingly embraced Cena, performed a low blow on Cena, and struck Cena with the championship belt which led to Mysterio performing another frog splash on Cena to win the title for a second time. Following the match, Cena received a standing ovation. [31]
In the penultimate match, Stephanie Vaquer defended the Women's World Championship against Nikki Bella. Vaquer gained the early advantage after countering an attempted cheap shot at the opening bell. A missed knee drop on the apron allowed Bella to seize control, maintaining momentum until Vaquer countered an attempt at the Devil's Kiss with a back suplex. Bella responded with a Disaster Kick and the Rack Attack 2.0, but Vaquer reached the ropes to break the pinfall. Vaquer regained control by landing a knee drop on the apron and then executing the Devil's Kiss onto the reinforced announce table. She returned Bella to the ring, delivered a second Devil's Kiss, and secured the victory with a corkscrew splash to retain the championship. [31]
The main event was the men's WarGames match, pitting The Vision (Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed), Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre, and Brock Lesnar against CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). Punk and Breakker opened the match, with Punk entering by scaling the cage. McIntyre entered next to give his team the advantage, during which Punk was left bleeding after being scraped against the cage. Rhodes later entered by climbing the structure and, alongside Punk, delivered a Hart Attack and a Doomsday Device to shift momentum. Paul entered with steel chairs, followed by Jimmy with a table. Reed then entered the match, and hit multiple Tsunamis upon entering followed by Jey, who delivered superkicks and a 1-D with Jimmy to Paul. Lesnar entered with Paul Heyman, followed by Reigns, who delivered spears and brass-knuckle strikes to several opponents. A masked, unidentified wrestler appeared atop the cage and attacked Punk with a superkick and a curb stomp, enabling Breakker to hit a Spear to pin Punk for the victory. The winning team celebrated on the aisle as fireworks erupted. After the match, Reigns helped Punk to his feet and exchanged a fist bump with him, but told Rhodes that they would not be teaming together again before walking away. [31] [32]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter journalist Dave Meltzer rated the women's and men's WarGames matches 2.75 stars and 4.25 stars respectively, the Intercontinental Championship bout 3.25 stars, and the Women's World Championship match 1.25 stars. [33]
Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley opened the following episode of Raw to talk about their team's win and began focusing on winning the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship from The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane). They were interrupted by previous champions Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, who wanted their rematch for the title. This led to a match between the two teams for the main event which ended in a no-contest after interference from The Kabuki Warriors. The team of Bayley and Lyra Valkyria and The Judgment Day (Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez, and Liv Morgan) joined the fight with The Judgment Day standing tall in the end. [34]
Also on Raw, Dominik Mysterio gloated about his Intercontinental Championship win and how it made him the greatest Mysterio, luchador, and Intercontinental Champion of all time. He thanked The Judgment Day for helping him win when Liv Morgan interrupted, stating that she returned when she heard the group was falling apart. Morgan stated that as of now, The Judgment Day runs Raw. [34]
Paul Heyman stated that it was a pleasure to work with Brock Lesnar and Drew McIntyre before praising Bronson Reed and Logan Paul. Heyman announced that Breakker would challenge CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship on the January 5, 2026, episode of Raw. Breakker claimed that he was disappointed with how easy it was for him to pin Punk. Breakker touted Punk's past successes and promised to win the title from him. [34] Two weeks later on the December 15 episode of Raw, the identity of the masked man who aided The Vision in the men's WarGames match was revealed to be Austin Theory. [35]
Stephanie Vaquer's Women's World Championship defense on the December 15 episode of Raw ended in a no-contest after interference by Nikki Bella. [35]
Drew McIntyre opened the following SmackDown, stating that his suspension should be lifted since his team won the men's WarGames match and Bron Breakker got a World Heavyweight Championship match. SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis ordered McIntyre back to his car, where he got attacked by Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. He told Aldis to reinstate McIntyre. [36]
Also on SmackDown, Alexa Bliss (with Charlotte Flair) defeated Kairi Sane (with Asuka). After the match, Nia Jax and Lash Legend attacked Bliss, Flair, Sane, and Asuka. [36]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times [31] | ||
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| 1 | Team Rhea (AJ Lee, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, Iyo Sky, and Rhea Ripley) defeated Team Asuka (Becky Lynch, Lash Legend, Nia Jax, and The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) by submission | Women's WarGames match [37] | 41:10 | ||
| 2 | Dominik Mysterio (with Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez) defeated John Cena (c) by pinfall | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship [37] | 16:40 | ||
| 3 | Stephanie Vaquer (c) defeated Nikki Bella by pinfall | Singles match for the Women's World Championship [37] | 12:20 | ||
| 4 | The Vision (Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed), Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre, and Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), and Roman Reigns by pinfall | Men's WarGames match [37] | 40:30 | ||
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