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Monday, November 19, 2018

Survivor Series Reax

Read on for my thoughts on last night's Raw and Smackdown Live brand WWE Network special event.
-- Kickoff:
- Lars video:
Lars can absolutely be a big player if they play their cards right. Just have him show up and maul people/toss them around for a while with no one able to have an answer for him until he gets into a big situation. NXT handled him well.

- Raw teams vs. SDL teams:
-- Gable/Roode/Ascension/Kalisto/Lince/Revival/B-Team vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E/Colons/EY/Dain/Karl/Luke:
I'm pretty sure that's the longest intro I've had to write. I'm sure most of them will be in briefly; a lot are lucky to be in this spot to begin with.

Well Kalisto potentially getting hurt starts this show off with a bad omen.

I expect we won't see Primo and Epico again until the Andre The Giant battle royal. If Smackdown talent could appear on Main Event, they might get some screen time.

-- Gable/Roode/Ascension/Gran/Lince/Revival/B-Team vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E/EY/Dain/Karl/Luke:
WWE has a number of good teams they could be doing more with. Both divisions could use some better additions, though.

-- Gable/Roode/Ascension/Gran/Lince/Revival vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E/EY/Dain/Karl/Luke:
I wonder how long LHP will stay on Raw once this is over. In hindsight, they probably just got added so it could be five teams each.

MAN. It's sad to see SAnitY already this unimportant.

-- Gable/Roode/Ascension/Gran/Lince/Revival vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E/Karl/Luke:

Are there any Ascension fans left to be upset they just lost?

-- Gable/Roode/Gran/Lince/Revival vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E/Karl/Luke:
I fully expected the 205 Live duo to go out to a Magic Killer.

Oh wow Karl and Luke are even lower than the cruisers. I wonder if NJPW has sent out feelers yet.

-- Gable/Roode/Gran/Lince/Revival vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E:
I completely expect LHP on Raw to be forgotten about by December. It was fun while it lasted.

-- Gable/Roode/Revival vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E:
Oh my GOD that Chaos Theory neckbreaker.

I'm really surprised a Revival member did a suicide dive given their NXT tagline.

OH MY GOD THAT GERMAN.

Man. Sad to see Roode and Gable go out there. They were fun.

-- Revival vs. Usos/Xavier/Big E:
I liked that elimination spot.


That was pretty fun. It probably could have been better with fewer teams, though.

- Raw women's change:
This was the right move.

-- Survivor Series:
- SDL's fifth woman:
I was hoping for Zelina, but Mandy probably makes more sense with Sonya involved.

- Raw women vs. SDL women:
-- Nia/Tamina/Mickie/Sasha/Bayley vs. Asuka/Carmella/Naomi/Deville/Rose:
Team SDL needs face masks for this one.

-- Nia/Tamina/Mickie/Sasha/Bayley vs. Asuka/Carmella/Deville/Rose:
Well this one's going to get down to the wire quickly.

-- Nia/Mickie/Sasha/Bayley vs. Asuka/Carmella/Deville/Rose:
This is improving.

This does feel somewhat fresh.

Mandy vs. Sonya worries me because one of them will inevitably fall afterward and I have a feeling it will be Sonya despite her talent.

-- Nia/Sasha/Bayley vs. Asuka/Carmella/Deville/Rose:
Hahahah Carmella taunted one time too many.

-- Nia/Sasha/Bayley vs. Asuka/Deville/Rose:
Deville outlasting Mandy is good.

-- Nia/Sasha/Bayley vs. Asuka/Deville:
This could be a really special finale after that double countout.

-- Nia/Sasha vs. Asuka:
Now THIS is fresh.

HAHAHAHAHAA NIA YOU ASSHOLE.

-- Nia vs. Asuka:
Fun while it lasted.

- Authority figures bicker:Even THEY don't care about the tag teams.

- Shinsuke vs. Seth:
It's kind of sad to see Nakamura falling from a promising start.

This is nice.

It's good to see a fresh match from WWE.

Rollins is a workhorse as always.

These two work together pretty well.

This is pretty good!

Both men look like big deals here.

Well so much for Kinshasa being a kill move.

Definitely the more deserving man.

- Team Raw/Truth:
I'm looking forward to this breaking down.

They're starting to run Truth's gimmick into the ground.

- Enzo appears:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA REALEST MAN IN THE JAIL HOW YOU DOIN

- Authors vs. Bar:
Ah I love the Authors. It's fun to see The Bar as underdogs.

I'm liking this battle.

Ugggggggh that Drake/Big Show spot.

Yeah that could have really been better.

- Team SDL/Truth:
I love Miz.

How many more times can they do the same joke with Truth?

- Murphy vs. Ali:
Impressive work early.

OH MY GOD THAT BARRICADE BUMP.

I like this story.

Damn Buddy can fly, too.

This is delivering.

Both men making the most of this time.

OH MY GOD THAT KNEE STRIKE.

That was badass.

- Raw men vs. SDL men:
-- Braun/Finn/Lashley/Drew/Dolph vs. Shane/Joe/Rey/Miz/Jeff:
DAMN. Joe must still be hurt.

-- Braun/Finn/Lashley/Drew/Dolph vs. Shane/Rey/Miz/Jeff:
Again. Something fresh.

I like the teamwork here.

Spoke too soon.

This is pretty wild.

Raw needs to get their shit together.

Damn, Rey vs. Finn could be special.

Good work.

-- Braun/Lashley/Drew/Dolph vs. Shane/Rey/Miz/Jeff:
This is smooth. I like it.

Jesus. Shane's one of the most featured guys in WWE in 2018. He can still hit big crazy spots, though.

-- Braun/Lashley/Drew vs. Shane/Rey/Miz/Jeff:
Hahahaah Shane's about to get killed by Lashley.

DAMN. Shane's definitely putting his body on the line.

-- Braun/Lashley/Drew vs. Shane/Rey/Miz:
It hasn't been a great night for SDL, huh?

-- Braun/Lashley/Drew vs. Shane/Miz:
Oh my God if Shane and Miz get this done.

Holy shit someone on SDL really pissed Vince off.

-- Braun/Lashley/Drew vs. Shane:
Well at least Shane didn't overcome the odds. Raw has killed SDL.

- Post-match:
SDL could have had Corbin join as the sixth member and still lose...

- Rollins interview:
That should be a lot of fun at TLC.

- Ronda vs. Charlotte:
Oh I like this already. They're going hard.

This is pretty badass.

I like how smooth this is.

This is really making up for some of the low points on this show.

Charlotte looks game against Ronda here.

Ahhhhh things were going well until that ending. SDL is getting a real message sent here.

- Post-match:
Oh I guess online fans have turned on Ronda now too.

Charlotte is MURDERING Ronda here damn.

Interesting direction.

- Brock vs. Bryan:
OK I already prefer Heel Bryan.

Hahaha so much for Bryan's plan.

Oh God Bryan's getting killed.

Haha Brock's going to dominate everyone in WWE and Vince is going to wonder why no one else gets over.

OK that was a good tease with Brock getting cocky.

This is delivering wow.

This is a really good story.

WOW this is the best Brock match in a long time.

Ahhhhhhh Bryan's this close!!

That was a hell of a match.

More wrestling coming up.

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