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The finals of the Last Time Is Now Tournament took place on the December 5, 2025 episode of WWE SmackDown at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. LA Knight and Gunther met in the closing match of a bracket, and everyone was watching that match go down.

John Cenaâ€s final opponent for Saturday Nightâ€s Main Event on December 13, 2025 has been decided. Now, it looks like all WWE needs to do is hype the match over the next week. Only time will tell how it all turns out, but the IC Title isnâ€t in the picture after Cena dropped the title back to Dominik Mysterio at Survivor Series: WarGames.

This match went down as the main event of the show, and it had a lot of hype behind it. Fans were rallying online for LA Knight to get the win, but GUNTHER was also a very stiff competitor. GUNTHER was entering this match with an impressive statistic, as he had never lost a non-title singles match in his WWE career.

Mark Nash really gave this match a big fight feel thanks to his ring introductions. After they traded some stiff shots, the match went to a commercial break. When we got back to the match, LA Knight was able to hit an AA and a burning hammer, a move that is usually banned, for a long two count before they cut to another commercial break.

GUNTHER took some more offense from LA Knight, including a suplex off a reversal. Fans were all behind Knight, but then GUNTHER nailed a T-Rex dropkick, but LA Knight countered a powerbomb into a DDT. Then, Knight climbed the top rope and hit an elbow drop for a near fall.

Near the end, GUNTHER hit two splashes on LA Knight for a near fall. GUNTHER powerbombed Knight after that, but the Mega Star kicked out of that as well. LA Knight hit a BFT out of nowhere, but GUNTHER got his foot on the bottom rope. Finally, GUNTHER got his sleeper hold in, and he wore Knight down with elbow strikes until he got Knight down with the hold still on. Knight tried to fight out of it, and he got GUNTHER on his shoulders, but then the Ring General pummeled him down with more elbows and then he got a crossface on. Finally, LA Knight tapped out, giving the win to GUNTHER.

In the semifinal round, LA Knight defeated Jey Uso, and Gunther beat Solo Sikoa. Those results set up the final match between Knight and Gunther. This was quite a match to close out SmackDown, and it will set up an amazing final match for John Cena in Washington, DC.

Whatâ€s your take on John Cenaâ€s final opponent? Who do you think will win at Saturday Nightâ€s Main Event? Let us know what you think in the comments section!

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WWE Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer remains the winningest star in WWE in 2025 with her successful title defense over WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella at Survivor Series: WarGames Saturday night. After Bella turned heel on her on the November 11 episode of “WWE Raw,” Vaquer put the former two-time Divas Champion in her place.

Bella shoved Vaquer down to the canvas and started beating her down right as the bell rung on the match, but she couldn’t keep the champion down for long. Bella dodged a meteora in the corner and rolled out of the ring, but Vaquer went after her, bouncing her face off the apron and the commentary desk. Back in the ring, Bella regained momentum and tossed Vaquer around and tried to choke her out on the ropes until the referee forced her to break the hold. Bella looked to set up for the Devil’s Kiss, but Vaquer rolled her up. When Bella kicked out, Vaquer tried to hit the move herself, but the Hall of Famer rolled to the ropes.

Vaquer dominated her opponent with headbutts and clotheslines and hit the dragon screw in the corner, followed by the SVB, but Bella kicked out. The champion hit a meteora and went for the top rope, but Bella got out of the way. Bella hit a Rack Attack 2.0, but the champion got her foot on the bottom rope.

“La Primera” dropped a knee right on Bella’s chest on the apron and got her up on the commentary desk, where she hit the Devil’s Kiss. She hit it once again back in the ring, followed by a corkscrew splash for the win.

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Nov 16, 2025, 02:37 PM ET

The final installment of the “Sincaraz” rivalry for 2025 went to Jannik Sinner.

The second-ranked Sinner beat the top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (4), 7-5 for the ATP Finals trophy Sunday in the sixth meeting this year, all in finals, between the two players who are dominating men’s tennis.

Sinner defended the title before his home Italian fans for only his second victory over Alcaraz this year after also beating the Spaniard in the Wimbledon final. Alcaraz still leads his career meetings with Sinner 10-6.

“It was an incredible season,” Sinner said. “To finish it this way, before my Italian fans, is very special for me.”

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Alcaraz had already secured the year-ending No. 1 ranking and was contesting his first final at the event for the year’s top eight players.

Alcaraz still leads his career meetings with Sinner, 10-6.

“I’m really happy with the level that I played today, with the performance,” Alcaraz said. “I just played against someone that hasn’t lost a match on an indoor court since two years. I hope you’re going to be ready for next year because I will be ready. Hopefully playing more finals against you.”

Sinner added that he hopes they have “great, great battles ahead of us.”

The pair has met in the past three Grand Slam finals. Alcaraz beat Sinner in a fifth-set tiebreaker to win the French Open, Sinner gained a measure of revenge at Wimbledon, and Alcaraz again came out on top at the US Open.

They also clashed this year in the Italian Open final (won by Alcaraz) and the Cincinnati Open final (won by Alcaraz when Sinner retired due to illness).

Sinner also won the Australian Open — beating Alexander Zverev in the final — so he and Alcaraz each won two majors this year.

In all, Alcaraz has won six majors and Sinner has won four.

Sinner saved a set point at 5-6 in a tight first set with a big second serve that Alcaraz couldn’t return. Sinner took control of the tiebreaker by running down a drop shot and responding with a lob that led to an overhead put away.

“I’m extremely happy with how I handled the situation,” Sinner said of saving the set point.

Alcaraz had his right thigh treated by a trainer on two occasions and got it wrapped after the first set.

“Didn’t affect me too much, to be honest, because I could run well,” Alcaraz said.

Sinner then got the crowd going again in the next game when he won a long rally and held his finger to his ear — signaling for more noise inside the Inalpi Arena.

Sinner broke Alcaraz again to close it out when the Spaniard missed a backhand wide — then fell down to the court on his back in relief.

“It was a huge emotion,” said Sinner, who was banned for three months earlier in the year after settling a doping case.

Alcaraz led 28-25 in winners but also had more unforced errors 26-24.

Sinner said he wanted to improve his serve after the loss to Alcaraz at the US Open, and he led 8-5 in aces but also had five double-faults to Alcaraz’s none.

It was Sinner’s 10th straight win at the finals stretching back to his loss to Novak Djokovic in the 2023 final. What’s more is that Sinner hasn’t lost a set in that stretch.

Sinner also extended his winning streak on indoor hard courts to 31 matches.

In the doubles final, Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten beat Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski 7-5, 6-3.

The Associated Press and PA contributed to this report.

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Jannik Sinner signed off his 2025 season in style by overcoming world number one Carlos Alcaraz in two tight sets to defend his ATP Finals crown in Turin.

For the second consecutive year, the Italian captured the title without dropping a set throughout the tournament, winning 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 in the final, and is now unbeaten in 31 consecutive matches on indoor hard courts.

It is Sinner’s second victory in six finals against Spaniard Alcaraz this season and closes the gap in their head-to-head record to 10-6.

Although he missed out on the year-end number one ranking, this triumph caps off a successful year on court for Sinner, who won two Grand Slam titles and reached all four major finals.

He missed three months of the season to serve a doping ban but still collected six titles – the second-best haul of his career – after reaching the final in 10 of the 12 tournaments he entered.

This latest win extends his prolific record at the end-of-season showpiece, where he has not lost a match since being defeated by Novak Djokovic in the 2023 final.

Sinner becomes just the fourth player to successfully retain the men’s singles title this century, joining Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer and Djokovic.

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Islam Makhachev became the UFC welterweight champion with a unanimous decision win over Jack Della Maddalena in the main event of UFC 322.

It didn’t take long for the fight to start going Makhachev’s way. After a brief period of striking he was able to lock in a takedown and go to work on smothering the defending champion.Â

Makhachev had the early makings of a choke, but Della Maddalena was able to work his way out of them.Â

There wasn’t much of an adjustment for Della Maddalena in the second frame. Makhachev once again got him to the ground and the only highlight for JDM was an armbar attempt that was easily defended by Makhachev.Â

The Australian did have a few brief moments in exchanges in the third round. But an easy double leg from Makhachev quickly flipped the entire round as Della Maddalena was unable to get back up.

The result was complete devastation for Della Maddalena and his corner. Â

Given the apparent pain that Della Maddalena was in and his domination, it felt like mercy when Makhachev tried to lock in multiple submissions in the final round. He wasn’t able to lock it in, but it was clear that he put in yet another dominant performance for his resume.Â

Makhachev’s dominance continues to be one of the dominant throughlines in the UFC right now. Voters will have something to think about with Makhachev sitting at No. 2 on the pound-for-pound list and Ilia Topuria sitting at No. 1.

The Dagestani fighter now joins the small club of fighters who have won titles at two different weight classes. The 34-year-old is coming off a title reign at lightweight that included a record-setting four-consecutive title defenses in the weight class.

From the sounds of it, he plans on continuing his penchant for defending the belt from all comers in his new weight class.

“I want to do something more, not just become champion,” he told media leading up to the bout. “Second belt, defend, maybe more than Kamaru (Usman), and to become (part of) the Hall of Fame.”

It’s very likely that Makhachev will get to start that goal by beating the very fighter he mentioned. Kamaru Usman made a successful return to the weltwerweight division with a win over Joaquin Buckley and might be running out time at 38 years old.

If one win isn’t enough to get Usman the fight then there are plenty of other interesting candidates. Undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov is still lurking while Michael Morales and Carlos Prates picked up big wins on the card.

None are likely to be favorites over Makhachev at this point.

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Valentina Shevchenko came away from UFC 322 with her flyweight title in hand after a unanimous decision win over Zhang Weili in the co-main event from Madison Square Garden.

It didn’t take long for Shevchenko to begin stacking good moments. She hurt Zhang with a knee to the body early in Round 1 and landed a notable spinning backfist early in the round.Â

She even made a little history for good measure

Shevchenko’s size, strength and technique continued to be a problem for Zhang throughout the second round. Zhang tried to aggressively close the distance but was clinched and taken down in short order.Â

Unfortunately for Zhang, winning on the scorecards was clearly out of reach by the end of the third frame. Despite her well-rounded skillset she wasn’t able to get anything going.Â

Although Zhang survived all five rounds it was a completely one-sided affair. There was no shortage of praise for the reigning champion continuing her dominance.Â

The Bullet continued to make her case as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport. She was already ranked No. 1 on the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings with Weili slotted in as No. 2.

Shevchenko has now defeated six former UFC champions. Zhang came into the bout fresh off a dominant stretch as the strawweight champion and a five-five win streak.

Most recently, Shevchenko has defended the flyweight title three times. After avenging a loss and draw to Alexa Grasso she set her sights on Manon Fiorot, earning another unanimous decision victory.

Now she is tied with Amanda Nunes for the most wins in a UFC women’s title fight. That opens the possibility of a superfight coming down the pike.

“For a long time, (Nunes) was the only reason why I would return to 135,” Shevchenko said when asked about moving up to fight Kayla Harrison, per Farah Hannoun and Mike Bohn of MMA Junkie. “It was just one name, unfinished business what I had with Amanda. When she retired, I lost interest for that, and now, let’s see. The rumor is that she’s un-retired, but let’s see if it’s a reality.”

Kayla Harrison is currently the bantamweight champion and Shevchenko fought in the division early in her career.

A return to the division to take on a burgeoning star in Harrison would be yet another opportunity to enhance her already-impressive legacy.

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Dominican Republic beats Puerto Rico at Citi Field in exhibition game

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Robinson Cano in tears as he plays his final game in the United States pic.twitter.com/iQ6QeR8ck8

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) November 15, 2025

\n\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:” back here again and being able to play again means a lot to me, as I was here and got to witness the greatness of the Mets team, the treatment, the fans with that desire for a championship,†Canó said prior to the game. “Coming back here again to this field, really, it means a lot to me, and this day will have a special place in my heart.â€\n\nSeveral former Mets were part of the festivities, including former first baseman Carlos Delgado, who managed the Puerto Rican team, and former outfielder Carlos Gómez, the skipper for the Dominican squad. Former outfielder Carlos Beltrán, currently a special assistant to Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, served as a coach for the Puerto Rican team.\n\nGómez made it clear that, although it was an exhibition game, he had every intention of winning.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”

Recap desde el Citi Field âš¾

Así se vivió el partido de esta tarde entre RD 🇩🇴 y PR 🇵🇷

📸 vía: @CitiField #LIDOM pic.twitter.com/JTBFLUtFwy

— LIDOM (@LIDOMRD) November 15, 2025

\n\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:” who follows baseball knows that when the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico face off, itâ€s a healthy competition, and anyone who comes to watch a game, comes to watch a real game,†Gómez said prior to the game. “Even in Little League, when they face off, they give it their all.â€\n\nThis is the third consecutive year that Citi Field has hosted Caribbean teams. In November 2023, the Tigres del Licey and Ãguilas Cibaeñas from the Dominican Republicâ€s winter circuit faced off in a three-game exhibition series in Queens, where the two teams also played a one-game exhibition last fall.\n\nBased on Saturdayâ€s official attendance, 20,057 fans braved temperatures that hovered around 45 degrees to witness the game, reflecting the enthusiasm these types of matchups stir among the New York fanbase.\n\n\”Itâ€s the reason for the event,†Delgado said. “New York, obviously, is a huge platform, especially for Latinos. 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The “amazing week” for Sinner comes at the end of a rollercoaster year.

On court, the 24-year-old has enjoyed his second-best season to date in terms of titles, winning five tournaments including a successful Australian Open defence and a maiden Wimbledon crown.

Such performances have come against a background of the three-month doping ban which he accepted in February following two positive drug tests in 2024.

It was accepted that Sinner did not intend to cheat, but the short ban led to a backlash from some fellow players.

In front of a home crowd on Saturday, there were only cheers as he produced yet another relentless display of serving.

After staving off three break points in a rust opening service game, Sinner only conceded a further four points on serve in the first set.

However, he was forced to work for his breakthrough against a resilient De Minaur, who produced a number of big first serves and several moments of inspired scrambled defence on the baseline which earned the applause of the largely partisan Italian crowd.

Such gutsy tennis helped De Minaur escape unscathed from four service games that went to deuce.

The Australian’s resistance was eventually broken in the 11th game – Sinner converting his eighth break point of the match – and from there, the home favourite put on an exhibition.

A run of seven consecutive games saw him clinch the first set and race into a 4-0 lead in the next, before converting his second match point to close out the win.

Sinner has surprisingly chosen not to play for Italy in next week’s Davis Cup Finals, so this event marks his big chance to end 2025 on a high.

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Italian Sinner has warned that Alex de Minaur “doesn’t have a lot to lose” in their semi-final.

Sinner advanced to the last four without dropping a set or a service game, showcasing his clinical touch against Shelton by converting two of his three break-point opportunities in the first set and sealing the win in the tie-break with his second match point.

Efficient on serve throughout the match, he shut down Shelton’s only break point – he has now saved all eight he has faced in Turin – and gave up just seven points in six second-set service games.

The 24-year-old, targeting a third consecutive appearance in the final at the end-of-season showpiece, boasts a 12-0 record against seventh seeded De Minaur but is unwilling to underestimate the Australian, who upset Taylor Fritz to clinch second place in the Jimmy Connors Group.

“I’m very happy for [De Minaur],” Sinner said. “Props to him for coming back with that performance [against Fritz]. It’s one of the best matches I’ve seen him play.

“I have to be very careful – he doesn’t have a lot to lose. It’s going to be very difficult.”

In the doubles, a 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 victory for Henry Patten and his Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara over Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic means there will be five British players in the semi-finals – the most from a single nation since 1992.

British duo Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, who had already qualified, maintained their 100% record with a 7-5 6-3 win against Christian Harrison and Evan King and will face fellow Britons and year-end number ones Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool in the last four.

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WWE has released a list of superstars who have moved the most merch in 2025.

The official WWE shop website released a list of ten superstars who have been the top sellers for the company so far in the year. The list includes expected names such as Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, and John Cena, as well as breakout stars like Jacob Fatu.

One name who surprisingly made the list is AJ Lee, who has only had a brief run with WWE this year. The former Divas Champion made her much-anticipated return to the company during September 5 SmackDown.

Though she has not been seen since the September 20 WrestlePalooza PPV, where Lee teamed with CM Punk to defeat the duo of Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins:

Notable Names Missing From Top Sellers List

There are also a number of notable names missing from the list. Perhaps the most surprising is of Brock Lesnar, who the officials also brought back despite considerable backlash for a match with John Cena at WrestlePalooza.

Another name who missed out on the top ten is LA Knight. The former Max Dupri has remained over with the crowd. Fans have complained about his place on the card, but the ranking partially explains the reason officials have been reluctant in pushing him above his current status.

Other notable names who did not make the cut despite their popularity are Drew McIntyre, Stephanie Vaquer, The Wyatt Sicks, and Charlotte Flair.

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