Survivor Series (2019)
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown NXT NXT UK | ||
| Date | November 24, 2019 | ||
| City | Rosemont, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Allstate Arena | ||
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Survivor Series (2019) is an ongoing professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands that is taking place on November 24, 2019 at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.[1][2] It is the thirty-third event under the Survivor Series chronology; the first to feature the NXT brand, the first to feature NXT's sister brand NXT UK, and the first to feature triple threat Survivor Series elimination tag team matches. Like previous years, the theme of the event is brand supremacy and will feature matches involving wrestlers from the four brands against each other.
Production
Background
Since WWE reintroduced the brand extension in 2016, Survivor Series has centered around competition between Raw and SmackDown for brand supremacy. In September 2019, WWE NXT, previously a developmental territory exclusive to the WWE Network, debuted on the USA Network, solidifying its status as WWE's third major brand, and was subsequently added to the 2019 event as part of the brand competition theme–wrestlers from NXT UK and 205 Live were also scheduled to appear at the event and were grouped together under the umbrella of the NXT brand. As per the brand supremacy theme, the show will feature matches with the wrestlers from the brands facing each other.
In 2017 and 2018, the champions of Raw faced their SmackDown counterparts, but with the addition of NXT for the 2019 event, the matches became triple threat matches between the three brands' champions. With the exception of the men's top champions—as each brand's world championship is being defended at the event—the 2019 Survivor Series will feature the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Women's Champions facing off, Raw's United States Champion, SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion, and NXT's North American Champion going against each other, and the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Champions in a triple-threat tag team match. During a media call for NXT TakeOver: WarGames, WWE Chief Operating Officer and NXT head Triple H said that there were talks of doing a triple threat match between the WWE Champion, Universal Champion, and NXT Champion, but because of the storyline between WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Rey Mysterio, they felt that their match needed to happen "now." He also said that Universal Champion "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt worked better in his own storyline.[3]
Like the previous years, there will be traditional Survivor Series elimination matches for both the men and women. With the addition of NXT, both matches will be triple threat 5-on-5-on-5 matches between the three brands, making these the first Survivor Series elimination matches to be triple threats.[4]
Storylines
The show will include matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands,[5][6] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, Friday Night SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK.[7]
World championship matches
On the September 30 episode of Raw, Brock Lesnar brutally attacked Rey Mysterio as well as Mysterio's son, Dominic, who was seated in the front row.[8] After Lesnar won the WWE Championship during SmackDown's 20th Anniversary, an injured Mysterio appeared along with Dominic's godfather and Lesnar's former Ultimate Fighting Championship rival, Cain Velasquez, who attacked Lesnar.[9][10] At Crown Jewel, Lesnar retained the championship against Velasquez by submission and continued to apply the Kimura Lock after the match had concluded until Mysterio attacked Lesnar with a chair. Lesnar fended off Mysterio, who retaliated by striking Lesnar with multiple chair shots, forcing him to retreat.[11] On the following SmackDown, Lesnar quit SmackDown to move to Raw and seek revenge against Mysterio, who had been drafted to Raw.[12] On the following Raw, Lesnar proceeded to attack crew members in search of Mysterio, including commentator Dio Maddin, whom he put through the broadcast table with an F-5. Mysterio then appeared, struck Lesnar with a pipe and later challenged Lesnar for the WWE Championship.[13] On the November 18 episode of Raw, Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman suggested a No Holds Barred match, which Mysterio accepted.[14]
At Crown Jewel, SmackDown wrestler "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt won Raw's Universal Championship, thus transferring the title to SmackDown.[11] Backstage during the November 8 episode of SmackDown, as Sami Zayn was trying to convince Daniel Bryan to join his faction, "The Fiend" appeared and attacked Bryan with the Mandible Claw.[15] During a "MizTV" segment the following week, Wyatt (as his normal self) taunted Bryan by mocking the latter's former "Yes Movement" persona. In response, Bryan challenged Wyatt for the Universal Championship at Survivor Series and Wyatt accepted.[16]
On November 19, Adam Cole was scheduled to defend the NXT Championship at Survivor Series. His opponent was determined by a triple threat match that occurred at TakeOver: WarGames the night before Survivor Series,[17] where Pete Dunne defeated Damian Priest and Killian Dain to earn the title shot.[18]
Champions brand supremacy matches
On the November 1 episode of SmackDown, after Bayley defeated Nikki Cross to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship due to interference from Sasha Banks, NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler appeared and attacked all three.[12] During a sit-down interview between Charly Caruso and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch on the following Raw, Caruso informed Lynch that she would be facing Baszler and Bayley in a non-title triple threat match at Survivor Series, after which, Baszler appeared and confronted Lynch.[13] Over the following weeks, the three would invade each others shows, attacking one another.[19][20][16][14][21][22]
Prior to the November 6 episode of NXT, Raw's The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson) invaded NXT and attacked The Undisputed Era (Ada Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong).[23] On the November 11 episode of Raw, a non-title triple threat match between United States Champion AJ Styles, Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, and North American Champion Roderick Strong was scheduled for Survivor Series.[19] Following a tag team match on the November 22 episode of SmackDown, the three brawled with each other.[22]
On the November 4 episode of Raw, a non-title triple threat tag team match between Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar), SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson), and NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) was scheduled for Survivor Series.[13] However, on the November 8 episode of SmackDown, The New Day's Big E and Kofi Kingston defeated The Revival to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, thus replacing them in the match.[15] During a rematch the following week, The Undisputed Era invaded SmackDown and interfered, costing The Revival the match.[16]
Survivor Series elimination matches
On the November 8 episode of SmackDown, Michael Cole announced Sasha Banks as the captain for Team SmackDown's women's team. Later that night, Carmella and Dana Brooke defeated Fire & Desire (Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville) to qualify for the team after the match had been rescheduled due to a backstage attack from NXT's Bianca Belair the previous week that led to Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox defeating Fire & Desire.[15] On November 14, WWE.com announced Lacey Evans as the fourth member of the SmackDown women's team,[24] followed by Nikki Cross on November 17 after Cross, who was originally scheduled to face Bayley in a non-title qualifying match, scored the pin in an eight-woman tag team match on the November 15 episode of SmackDown.[25] On the November 18 episode of Raw, Charlotte Flair was announced as the captain for Team Raw, with Natalya, Sarah Logan, and WWE Women's Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) revealed as the other team members later that night. Following a tag team match that night in which Flair and Becky Lynch faced The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), the latter being disgruntled as they were not selected for Team Raw, NXT's Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir, and Jessamyn Duke attacked the women.[14] On the November 22 episode of SmackDown, Rhea Ripley was revealed as the captain for Team NXT. Later that night, Ripley defeated Flair and Banks in a triple threat match, and a brawl occurred with all the women from the three brands following the match.[22] After the conclusion of TakeOver: WarGames, Ripley picked Candice LeRae, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Toni Storm (from NXT UK) as the other members of Team NXT.[26][27]
On November 8, WWE.com announced that Seth Rollins was selected as the captain for Team Raw's men's team, with Kevin Owens, Ricochet, Randy Orton, and Drew McIntyre revealed as the other team members during the November 11 episode of Raw.[19] On the November 12 episode of WWE Backstage, Roman Reigns was revealed as the captain for Team SmackDown, with Mustafa Ali (formerly known as Ali), Braun Strowman, King Corbin, and Shorty G also announced for the team.[28] NXT head Triple H tried to convince Rollins as well as Owens to leave Raw and come back to NXT where they had started their WWE careers. Both turned down the offers, leading to the NXT roster attacking members of Raw,[19][14] as well as those on SmackDown.[16] At the conclusion of the November 18 Raw, Triple H invited members of Raw and SmackDown to the following episode of NXT,[14] where a large brawl broke out between all three brands.[21] All the members of Raw, SmackDown, and NXT would brawl again following the conclusion of a six-man tag team match on the November 22 episode of SmackDown. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Road Dogg lead the NXT roster in the invasion of SmackDown, reenacting how (DX) D-Generation X had attempted to invade World Championship Wrestling's Monday Nitro in 1998 with a tank.[22] After the conclusion of TakeOver: WarGames, Triple H announced that Shawn Michaels would reveal the members of Team NXT during the Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show.[29] During the Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show, Michaels revealed Damian Priest, Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, Tommaso Ciampa, and WWE United Kingdom Champion Walter (from NXT UK) as the members of NXT's men's Survivor Series team.
Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Vic Joseph (Raw) |
| Jerry Lawler (Raw) | |
| Michael Cole (SmackDown/NXT title match) | |
| Corey Graves (SmackDown) | |
| Nigel McGuinness (NXT) | |
| Beth Phoenix (NXT) | |
| Byron Saxton (Cruiserweight title match) | |
| Aiden English (Cruiserweight title match) | |
| Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
| Marcelo Rodríguez | |
| German commentators | Carsten Schaefer |
| Tim Haber | |
| Calvin Knie | |
| Ring announcers | Greg Hamilton (SmackDown) |
| Mike Rome (Raw) | |
| Alicia Taylor (NXT) | |
| Referees | Danilo Anfibio |
| Jason Ayers | |
| Darrick Moore | |
| Eddie Orengo | |
| Darryl Sharma | |
| Ryan Tran | |
| Drake Wuertz | |
| Interviewers | Kayla Braxton |
| Sarah Schreiber | |
| Cathy Kelley | |
| Pre-show panel | Jonathan Coachman |
| Charly Caruso | |
| David Otunga | |
| Booker T | |
| Shawn Michaels | |
| Christian | |
| Pre-show correspondents | Sam Roberts |
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield |
Pre-show
During the first hour of the Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show, Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode won an interbrand 10-man battle royal composed of wrestlers from the four brands, lastly eliminating The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford). Later in the first hour, NXT's Lio Rush successfully defended the Cruiserweight Championship in an interbrand triple threat match against Raw's Akira Tozawa and SmackDown's Kalisto.
During the second hour of the pre-show, Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) defeated SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) and NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) in a champions triple threat tag team match. Also during the second hour of the pre-show, Shawn Michaels revealed Damian Priest, Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, Tommaso Ciampa, and WWE United Kingdom Champion Walter (from NXT UK) as the members of NXT's men's Survivor Series team.
Preliminary matches
Main event
Results
- ^ Other teams by order of elimination: The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake) (NXT), Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) (SmackDown), Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder (Raw), Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) (NXT UK), Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) (SmackDown), Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) (NXT), The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) (SmackDown), and The O.C. (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) (Raw).
Brand
Survivor Series Women’s elimination match
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method | Time |
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| 1, 2 | Io Shirai | N/A | Unable to continue | |
| Candice LeRae | ||||
| 3 | Nikki Cross | Bianca Belair | Pinfall | |
| 4 | Sarah Logan | Bianca Belair | Pinfall | |
| 5 | Carmella | Charlotte Flair | Pinfall | |
| 6 | Kairi Sane | Sasha Banks | Pinfall | |
| 7 | Dana Brooke | Asuka | Pinfall | |
| 8 | Asuka | N/A | Left ringside | |
| 9 | Charlotte Flair | Lacey Evans | Pinfall | |
| 10 | Lacey Evans | Natalya | Pinfall | |
| 11 | Toni Storm | Natalya and Sasha Banks | Submission | |
| 12 | Bianca Belair | Sasha Banks | Pinfall | |
| 13 | Natalya | Sasha Banks | Pinfall | |
| 14 | Sasha Banks | Rhea Ripley | Pinfall | 28:00 |
| Survivor(s): | Team NXT (Rhea Ripley, Io Shirai, Candice LeRae) | |||
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