This Sunday not only marks the 34th edition of Survivor Series, it marks the 30th anniversary of The Undertaker's legendary career, I will talk about that towards the end of the predictions. Survivor Series continues the trend of most pay-per-views by having a tagline, which is: The Best of The Best.
Disclaimer: The views expressed about the upcoming Survivor Series event are my own. I mean no disrespect & no offence towards the WWE Superstars and the company itself.
Men's Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (AJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus, Braun Strowman & Riddle) vs. Team SmackDown (Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, Baron Corbin, Seth Rollins & Otis)
There has been tension in the ranks of Team RAW with the members fighting over who the captain is, over on SmackDown, we have seen absolutely nothing for this match because everyone has been occupied with different storylines, unless your name is Baron Corbin, then you haven't really done anything. Predicted Winners: Team RAW.
Women's Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Lana, Lacey Evans & Peyton Royce)
vs. Team SmackDown (Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Bayley & Natalya)
Bayley & Natalya were added to the blue brands team on the SmackDown go home show, during the show we saw a future storyline brewing between Bayley & Bianca Belair, whereas on RAW, Nia has put Lana through the announce table nine weeks in a row. how do I see this one playing out? like this, Bayley hitting Bianca with one of her finish moves leading to Lana picking up the shock win, who will then be put through the table for the tenth time. Predicted Winners: Team RAW.
United States Champion. Bobby Lashley vs. Intercontinental Champion. Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn has been hyping this match on social media to try and add some importance to it, unfortunately he will be losing on Sunday. Predicted Winner: Bobby Lashley.
RAW Tag Team Champions. The New Day's Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The Street Profits
There aren't many tag teams left on the rosters because WWE continue to split them up, it would've made perfect sense to make this one a title unification match, in terms of who will win this match? I pick the Street Profits because they need the win more than Kofi & Xavier. Predicted Winners: Street Profits.
RAW Women's Champion. Asuka vs. SmackDown Women's Champion. Sasha Banks
The matches in the past between these two competitors have been excellent, I expect this one to follow suit, a candidate for match of the night for sure. Sasha has been targeted by Carmella on SmackDown in recent weeks, that story will gain momentum after Sunday. On that note, here is my pick. Predicted Winner: Asuka
WWE Champion. Drew McIntyre vs. Universal Champion. Roman Reigns
Drew won the title for the second time from Randy Orton surprisingly, because it's very rare that new champions are crowned on RAW. In terms of the outcome of this match, no one should lose at all. it should be saved for a different time and event but it is what it is. I expect "The Viper" to get involved resulting in Roman picking up the win. Predicted Winner: Roman Reigns. After the match, there will probably be a Money in the Bank cash in attempt by The Miz, as it will be ten years since he cashed in to win his first WWE Championship. Whether he will be successful here remains to be seen.
It doesn't really matter which team wins overall on Sunday because most people have only been on the shows they are representing for a month or so since the draft.
WWE has billed Survivor Series as the Undertaker's Final Farewell. They will bring in legends to join in the celebrations. I have no doubt that someone will interrupt the segment and attack him, the names I'm thinking of are "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, Aleister Black or Karrion Kross, leading to a match at WrestleMania. In terms of factions getting involved? I would say RETRIBUTION. This would be a perfect way for them to put others on the RAW roster on notice.
Predictions are now complete, Survivor Series feels like a nothing show, hopefully it will be good one to watch. Hope you enjoyed the read. What are your predictions? let me know your thoughts. I'll be back with the review-ish on Monday. Until then, thanks for reading.