Survivor Series took place at the Amway Center, also known as The Thunderdome, this is the last WWE event to take place at the Center before the company relocates to the Tropicana Field in Orlando, Florida before the start of the new NBA season. It is now time to look back at the 34th Survivor Series. Here we go!
Kick off Show
The Miz won the Dual Brand Battle Royal, lastly eliminating Dominik Mysterio.
Main Card
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)
Order of Elimination:
Seth Rollins by Sheamus
Kevin Owens by AJ Styles
Baron Corbin by Riddle
Otis by Braun Strowman
Jey Uso by Keith Lee
Winners: Team RAW.
It will not mean anything in the long run but it was a clean sweep for the red team in this match. they were too good for the opposition. This will all be forgtten about quick!y so everyone involved here can move on to other storylines..
RAW Tag Team Champions. The New Day's Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The Street Profits
Tag Team wrestling at it's finest, both teams bought their A-Game to this match, they have great chemistry, in the predictions blog I wrote the SP needed to win this more than their opponents, which proved to be the case here. Winners: Street Profits.
United States Champion. Bobby Lashley vs. Intercontinental Champion. Sami Zayn
Lashley was accompanied to the ring by "The Hurt Business" where as Sami was on his own, the Intercontinental Champion tried shortcuts to win but that tactic proved to be unsuccessful.
Winner: Bobby Lashley.
RAW Women's Champion. Asuka vs. SmackDown Women's Champion. Sasha Banks
If you have read any of the blogs in the past, you will know I'm a fan of both of these competitors so it's fun when they face other, the matches are always different. they have exchanged wins in the past but on this occasion, "The Boss" was victorious. Winner: Sasha Banks.
In terms of who is next to challenge the champions? we know it's Carmella for Sasha whereas for Asuka, I would say Charlotte Flair when she is ready to return to TV or Rhea Ripley if she is called up to the main roster. Let's see what happens.
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)
Order of Elimination:
Bayley by Peyton Royce
Peyton Royce by Natalya
Natalya by Lacey Evans
Ruby Riott by Shayna Baszler
Lacey Evans by Liv Morgan
Liv Morgan by Nia Jax
Shayna Baszler by Disqualification
Nia Jax & Bianca Belair by Double Countout
Sole Survivor: Lana - Winners: Team RAW.
Lana being the sole survivor was predicted by many people including myse!f, how she was booked to win here by the writers is a strange move to make in all honesty. Much like the men's match, this will be forgotten about quickly as early as RAW tonight.
WWE Champion. Drew McIntyre vs. Universal Champion. Roman Reigns
This match was far better than I expected it to be, the first ten minutes were slow but business picked up from then on. Reigns put Drew through the announcement table, that explains why Lana wasn't put through the table in the match prior to this. Reigns then speared Drew through the barricade, the Scot attempted to fight back but his efforts were thwarted as "The Tribal Chief" put Drew to sleep via the guillotine. Winner: Roman Reigns.
The Undertaker's Final Farewell
Shane McMahon, Big Show, JBL, Jeff Hardy, Mick Foley, The GodFather, The Godwins, Savio Vega, Rikishi, Kevin Nash, Booker T, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Triple H & Kane were all in attendance. A tribute video for The Phenom was played, after the tribute, Mr. McMahon was in the ring on his own to talk about and introduce The Undertaker to the ring. 'Taker cut a promo and at the end he said "The time has come to let The Undertaker Rest in Peace" while he bowed down, we saw a cool hologram of the late great Paul Bearer. 'Taker's music hit after a ten bell salute, he walked out of the ring and up to the entrance way, stopped to raise his right hand as sounds of thunder and lightning were heard, he then walked away as Survivor Series went off the air.
I wasn't expecting much going into this event, I'll give it a 5/10 because it was a mixed bag in terms of match quality, the question is, has The Undertaker really retired? I would say no, because it's wrestling and very few stick by their retirement announcements. Stone Cold Steve Austin is an example of someone who has. In my opinion,, 'Taker isn't going to call it a day in a empty arena with virtual fans watching from their homes, I expect him to be on the card for the next show in Saudi Arabia. TLC is next on the WWE event calendar. Until then, thanks for reading.