So. The Miz just won a battle royal.
He, by the way, has built a decent momentum as a Money In The Bank holder than Otis ever did.
Who knew?
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AJ Styles, Riddle, Keith Lee, Braun Strowman And Sheamus vs Seth Rollins, King Corbin, Jey Uso, Kevin Owens and Otis. Men's Traditional Survivor Series Match.
All bask in his f'ing glory because the man just got a brand new theme song and I love it.
It's a remix of his old theme song before WWE messed it up, of course.
Anyways, the opening match was skippable.
The Smackdown were all on the same page except for Seth Rollins who sacrificed himself "for the greater good" by giving Sheamus the opportunity to hit the brogue kick and pinned the guy, leading to the first elimination of the evening.
Well, that was meh at best.
At least Kevin Owens tried his best for the blue brand by hitting stunners on some of the RAW guys.
Until, he was taken out of the match via a phenomenal forearm by the phenomenal one himself.
A couple of eliminations from Team RAW later and we got a 1 on 5 situation. Can Jey survive? Obviously not.
Team RAW wins with a clean sweep with the spirit bomb by Keith Lee.
Lee was protected throughout most of the match. He barely took some offence. That is an interesting booking decision.
I believe Big E being in the match instead of Otis with the sole survivor type of moment would've given the match a much-needed kick.
The Street Profits vs The New Day.
After The New Day knocked The Street Profits out, Xavier Woods said that it looks like profits are down.
That was a clever use of wording my friend.
The New Day were grounding the blue champs out with Montez Ford feeling the consequence via a rib injury.
Montez Ford delivered the trouble in paradise to Kofi Kingston however, Ford immediately took a gutbuster from Xavier Woods to a near fall.
The Street Profits nailed the blockbuster to give SmackDown the first victory of the night.
That match was a WHOLE lot better than what I just watched previously.
A classic fun tag team encounter that does tag team wrestling justice.
This is one of the great examples where if WWE commits to building a solid foundation for their tag team division, then people will invest in WWE's tag team sphere.
Sami Zayn vs Bobby Lashley.
This entire thing was longer than it needed to be.
Bobby Lashley wins with the Full Nelson submission. Not a good match.
Roman Reigns tells Jey that the reason why Smackdown didn't win is that they don't fear Jey and they don't respect Jey.
Sasha Banks vs Asuka.
Their impressive chemistry continues to be a highlight whenever they face each other as seen here in an enjoyable contest between two of the bests in the roster.
During that contest, Asuka nailed a brutal code-breaker of some sort.
But, that didn't help her to win the match because Sasha Banks picked up the W instead with a roll-up.
Banks honestly needed to be built a tiny bit stronger in her reign as champion so having her win against somebody she hasn't beaten clean was the right call.
In the pre-show, The Gobbeldy Gooker won its first championship in WWE since its debut 30 years ago by beating R Truth near the pre-show panel to become 24/7 champion.
Akira Tozawa took the 24/7 championship by tricking the Gobbeldy Gooker with some bird seeds.
R Truth got his baby back, pinning Akira Tozawa. Coooool.
Shayna Baszler, Nia Jax, Peyton Royce, Lacey Evans And Lana vs Bayley, Bianca Belair, Natalya And The Riott Squad. Women's Traditional Survivor Series Match.
Is the women's match skippable like the men's Survivor Series traditional tag match?
Not really since the match was written around Lana.
Also, Peyton Royce pinned Bayley. But, she was immediately eliminated with a sharpshooter from Natalya.
Rendering that pinfall kind of meaningless?
I'm gonna nitpick here, but I didn't get why The Smackdown folks were saving their teammates from elimination by breaking up pins, yet the RAW team couldn't do the same thing.
The closing moments with Bianca Belair, Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler were actually engaging.
Jax in this match was portrayed a lot stronger than her first Survivor Series match back in 2016.
Bianca Belair and Nia Jax were both counted out which means Lana is the sole survivor for her team.
Predictable yet it made sense given that WWE is following the sympathy wave for Lana and this ending solidified the path.
I like it.
Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns.
The beginning of this main event encounter saw some staredowns and chin locks which is a typical way to start an anticipated match like this one.
You would think that Reigns' jumping clothesline was the turning point of the match but nope, the big dog went right back to nailing a chin lock.
Speaking of submission, Drew McIntyre pulled off a Kamura lock.
The same submission move that belonged to the star that Drew beat to become WWE champion, Brock Lesnar (yea, no sh*t, Omar).
After two Samoan drops, a spear through the barricade and then another spear inside the ring, McIntyre didn't give up.
After McIntyre hit the claymore kick on Reigns the referee knocked out due to how Reigns landed on the ref.
Thanks to Jey Uso, a low blow and a Guillotine, the tribal chief walks out of the Thunderdome victorious.
If you like two big dudes beating the sh*t outta each other then this match is for you.
I don't blame some people for putting this match in their match of the year list because this is the strongest match of the night.
The Undertaker's Farewell Ceremony.
Shane McMahon, Big Show, JBL, Jeff Hardy, Mick Foley, The Godwins, Savio Vega, Godfather, Rikishi (came out to Scotty 2 Hotty's theme song for some reason), Triple H, Booker T, Shawn Michaels and Kane all showed up and then left.
Well, that was a waste of legends.
Vince McMahon wanted to say goodbye to The Undertaker and how his legacy will live on.
Undertaker cut his usual "rest in peace" promo before he did his signature pose with a hologram Paul Bearer and that's how the show ended.
As much as I wanted to like this, the segment was so disappointing and it was another example of the word, "skippable".
I will say this, The Undertaker is a character that got me into this business.
If it weren't for the deadman, Playard Wrestling Post wouldn't exist, and my fandom toward this weird world that is professional wrestling would not exist.
Cheers to The Undertaker one last time.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos.
Like: Drew McIntyre vs Roman Reigns, The Street Profits vs The New Day, Sasha Banks vs Asuka, Lana as the sole survivor.
Didn't like: The men's Survivor Series team match, nitpicking but when Smackdown guys saved their teammate from getting eliminated while RAW guys just stood there, Sami Zayn vs Bobby Lashley, The Undertaker Farewell.
Let me know what do you think about Survivor Series 2020. Follow me on Twitter @omartheplayaguy as well as my Facebook page, Playard Wrestling Post and the blog for honest pro wrestling opinions. Anyways, stay safe smarks.