Men’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
>The battle lines have been drawn for the Men’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match on Nov 18, the one night a year where Raw and SmackDown LIVE clash in head-to-head competition.
>Acting Raw General Manager Baron Corbin wasted little time putting a plan in motion for the explosive inner-brand showdown, naming himself as Raw Team Captain, taking a managerial role in the contest rather than actually competing, and selecting Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler as the first two members of his team. Then, in surprise move, Corbin named Braun Strowman as the third member, the very Superstar he recently helped Brock Lesnar defeat in order to once again make The Beast the Universal Champion.
>The issue was supposedly settled, though, when Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon returned to Raw the following week and promised Strowman a title rematch against The Beast and a match of payback against Corbin if he helped her overcome Team SmackDown LIVE.
>Stephanie also added Finn Bálor to the team after his impressive victory over Dolph Ziggler. Later that night, Bobby Lashley became the final member of Team Raw when he scored a controversial victory over Elias.
>As for their opposition, SmackDown LIVE has answered with an impressive combination of its own. First, Commissioner Shane McMahon and General Manager Paige originally decided to make Daniel Bryan and The Miz the Co-Captains of Team Blue. As strange as that decision seemed (especially to the two Superstars), the longtime-adversaries managed to work together, agreeing that Shane McMahon needs to be on the squad, selecting Rey Mysterio after his victory over Andrade “Cien” Almas, and choosing Samoa Joe after he defeated Jeff Hardy.
>However, when an altercation between AJ Styles and Danial Bryan led to a WWE Championship Match between them on the Nov. 13 edition of SmackDown LIVE, General Manager Paige decided to remove Bryan from Team Blue’s traditional Survivor Series Team. In response, SmackDown’s lone captain The Miz wasted no time naming Jeff Hardy as his replacement.
>Don’t miss all the action of Survivor Series, Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7 ET/4 PT, streaming live on the award-winning WWE Network!
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy vs. Mustafa Ali
>At Survivor Series, WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy will face his first major challenger – The Heart of WWE 205 Live, Mustafa Ali.
>At WWE Super Show-Down Buddy Murphy defied all expectations, winning the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia and handing Cedric Alexander his first defeat of 2018. With Alexander not performing to WWE 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick’s standards in the aftermath of his loss, Murphy’s training partner Tony Nese and Ali faced off to determine who would challenge The Juggernaut. Pushing himself to his physical limits, Ali defeated The Premier Athlete and earned the opportunity to challenge for the title.
>The WWE Universe is certainly in for a treat, as Ali and Murphy have battled each other before, including when they met in a wild No Disqualification Match that WWE.com ranked as the best bout in the first 100 episodes of WWE 205 Live.
>Can The Heart of WWE 205 Live defeat Murphy once again and claim the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, or will Murphy prove he is truly the best Cruiserweight in the world? Find out at WWE Survivor Series on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7 ET/4 PT, streaming live on the award-winning WWE Network
Raw Tag Team Champions AOP vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar (w/ Big Show)
>Across all of Survivor Series’ planned Champion vs. Champion Matches, you will see battles of finesse, strength and attitude. And then there’s the tag team division, in which it’ll come down to which hoss hits hardest and who’s left standing.
>AOP, the newly-crowned Raw Tag Team Champions, will take on SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar at WWE’s fall classic, setting the course for an epic slugfest between two ascendant monsters and a pair of proficient brawlers who have evolved from bitter enemies to five-time Tag Team titleholders. Of course, with Drake Maverick at the helm, Akam & Rezar are hardly directionless in their attack, but Cesaro & Sheamus’ own equalizer, Big Show, might prove to be too tall an obstacle for even the surging newcomers to power past.
>Tune in to Survivor Series, streaming live Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7 ET/4PT on the award-winning WWE Network.