Enzo Amore made a scene in the crowd during WWE Survivor Series tonight which led security to escort him out of the arena.
The situation started during the AOP vs. The Bar tag team match. Amore, who was in disguise, could be seen in the second row, even making it on camera. Sometime during the match, Enzo removed the disguise, stood up on his chair and started to cut a promo using his old catch phrases. In this video, you can see security grabbing him and taking him to the ground. In another, you can see Enzo being led away.
Dave Meltzer later mentioned in tonight’s live show post that there were unconfirmed reports that Amore has been banned from the Staples Center.
This isn’t the first time this week that Amore, real name Eric Arndt, has caused controversy. He was kicked off a Delta Airlines flight on 11/15 for vaping while on board.
Amore was released from WWE in January after it was revealed that he was under investigation for sexual assault. WWE suspended, then fired him the day after the investigation was made public. The Phoenix Police Department later ceased the investigation due to lack of evidence.
A change to Raw’s women’s team for tonight was announced during the Survivor Series pre-show.
Sasha Banks and Bayley joined the team, replacing Natalya and Ruby Riott. The change came after an angle on the pre-show where Riott taunted Natalya about Riott breaking Jim Neidhart’s sunglasses. Natalya attacked Riott, and Alexa Bliss said they would be replaced if they couldn’t get along.
On last Monday’s Raw, a match between Banks and Bayley was announced as deciding the final member of the team. They were attacked by Nia Jax, Tamina, and Mickie James instead, with Bliss announcing Riott as the last member of the team.
Banks and Bayley agreeing to be on the team was explained by them saying that they don’t owe Bliss, Jax, Tamina, and James anything, but SmackDown crossed the line by invading Raw. Jax caused Banks to be eliminated during the match.
Mandy Rose was also confirmed as the final member of SmackDown’s women’s division team on the pre-show, making it Jax, Tamina, James, Banks & Bayley vs. Naomi, Asuka, Carmella, Sonya Deville & Rose. The match opened the main card.
With one spot left going into Survivor Series, the final member of SmackDown’s women’s division team for tonight’s pay-per-view was revealed on the pre-show.
A backstage segment officially confirmed that Mandy Rose will be on SmackDown’s team, with her joining Naomi, Asuka, Carmella & Sonya Deville. Naomi was also revealed as the team captain before announcing Rose for the final spot.
Charlotte Flair was originally set for Team SmackDown, but she’s facing Ronda Rousey tonight due to Becky Lynch being out of the match due to injury.
When SmackDown’s women’s team was revealed earlier this month, there was a storyline where Rose came out instead of Charlotte and cut a promo asking why she wasn’t chosen. She insulted everyone and brawled with Naomi. After being announced for the team tonight, Rose mentioned being a little too truthful during that segment.
Nia Jax, Tamina, Mickie James, Natalya & Ruby Riott are on Team Raw. Alexa Bliss is the captain for the team. There was also an angle on the Survivor Series pre-show where Bliss threatened to replace Natalya and Riott if they couldn’t get along.
Survivor Series 2018 takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California tonight.
There were a couple of changes to the card within the last week. After winning the WWE Championship from AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan will now face Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is off the show due to injury, so Charlotte Flair will now take on Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey.
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and Raw Tag Team Champions AOP vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus are also set for tonight.
There will be three Raw vs. SmackDown traditional Survivor Series elimination matches: Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor & Bobby Lashley vs. The Miz, Shane McMahon, Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe & Jeff Hardy, Nia Jax, Tamina, Mickie James, Natalya & Ruby Riott vs. Asuka, Naomi, Carmella, Sonya Deville & a partner, and Bobby Roode & Chad Gable, The Revival, The B-Team, The Lucha House Party & The Ascension vs. The Usos, New Day, SAnitY, Gallows & Anderson & The Colons (pre-show match).
Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy also defends his title against Mustafa Ali.
The pre-show begins at 5 p.m. Eastern time, with the main card starting at 7 p.m.
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Some changes in the card.
Mandy Rose is on the Smackdown women’s team and Natalya and Ruby Riott got into a fight and were kicked off the team by Alexa Bliss, so Bayley and Sasha Banks are the replacement
Lars Sullivan is being brought up.
10 team match
It came down to the Usos and Revival, with Jimmy pinning Dawson with a splash off the top rope. The Revival were the stars of the match but Dawson may have hurt his bad knee doing a tope as it was stuff later in the match. There was an everyone dive sequence which ended when Gable gave Jimmy Uso a superplex outside the ring onto everyone. Long match, the dive spot was great, the rest of the match was fine. No special heat but much better than a usual pre-show match. The Colons were out first, followed by the B Team and then Sanity (Eric Young & Killian Dain). Kalisto did a worked injury and he was replaced by Gran Metalik. Metalik & Lince Dorado did a double top rope Asai moonsault. The New Day was eliminated by the shatter machine when three teams were left. Chad Gable was pinned by the Midnight Hour before that. Gable looked good before he was eliminated.
Women’s elimination match opens the show
Carmella & Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville & Asuka & Naomi vs. Bayley & Sasha Banks & Nia Jax & Mickie James & Tamina
Nia Jax was the sole survivor pinning Asuka after three legdrops and the Samoan drop. Jax had super heat. Really the crowd wasn’t much into this except when Jax was in where they booed everything she did. Jax also turned on Banks at the end. The work itself was solid. They tried to make Banks vs. Asuka into a big deal but it didn’t across as big as I think they expected. Tamina pinned Naomi with a superkick right away. Carmella pinned Tamina with a schoolboy. Rose pinned James after Deville gave James a running knee. The idea is Rose stole Deville’s win. Bayley pinned Carmella with the belly to belly,. Banks beat Rose with the banks statement. Bayley and Deville were both counted out of the ring when Bayley gave her a belly to belly on the floor. Jax then shoved Banks off the top rope, and Asuka used the Asuka lock on her, leaving only Jax and Asuka with Jax winning right away.
Stephanie told Corbin that to be full-time GM Raw needs to sweep the night. Paige & Shane showed up.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins
Long match. It felt slow early but built to a very good match. They did all the near falls and Rollins won clean with the curb stomp. Even though Smackdown won the tag team match it apparently doesn’t count because they have a scoreboard that lists Raw now up 2-0. Rollins did a three tope spot early and later did the superplex and falcon arrow combination. The crowd was into it in the final minutes but it fell way short of being a classic.
The Raw team is backstage. Braun Strowman said he didn’t like you to Lashley, Ziggler and McIntyre. McIntyre saide he’s the one who should be givign orders but me, I’m ending Shane McMahon. Strowman and McIntyre were arguing. R-Truth was backstage giving them a pep talk. Corbin said you’re not on this team and to get out. Strowman wasn’t allowed to touch Corbin so he threw Lio Rush into Corbin.
The Bar vs. AOP
Not much as far as the match went. The finish saw Drake Maverick being chased by Cesaro and he was running away and ran into Big Show. Big Show was choking Maverick and he did a gimmick to where he pissed in his pants. The Vince humor strikes again. The AOP then used their double team neckbreaker on Sheamus for the pin.
The bigger news is that Enzo Amore was in the second row and got ejected. The crowd reacted to this but it never made the air. But it killed the crowd for the match. He was pretending he was cutting a promo. He was in disguise, stood up, thought the camera was on him, cut a promo and he was taken out. He started walking away. The security may have tried to take shots on him. Security took him out of the building.
The Smackdown team was backstage for their pep talk. Miz called himself 2/3 of the best in the world. R-Truth was there. R-Truth asked Shane if he can join the Smackdown roster. Shane said he was on the roster. R-Truth wsa relieved saying Raw was a mess.
Buddy Murphy vs. Mustafa Ali for the Cruiserweight title
This was a great match. The crowd didn’t care about it early but they did all kinds of big moves and once Ali used a Spanish fly off the announcers table to the floor the crowd woke up. The crowd went from not caring to a “This is awesome” reaction. Murphy retained the title when he used a V trigger as Ali came off the ropes, the spot that Kenny Omega and Fenix did (Murphy studies Omega) and hit Murphy’s law for the pin.
Daniel Bryan was interviewed. Kayla Braxton asked him if he was ready for Brock Lesnar. He didn;’t answer. He still had two cuts on his nose from Tuesday.
We have an unconfirmed report that Enzo has been banned from the Staples Center.
Men’s Survivor Series match
Great match. Early on McIntyre pinned Joe in 35 seconds to eliminate him which really got the crowd mad since Joe is from Southern California. Shane McMahon did the elbow off the top rope putting Strowman through the table which took both of them out for a while. From there Mysterio pinned Balor with a 619 and springboard splash. Mysterio and Balor were great working together making you want to see them in a singles match. Shane, who was selling and with a huge bump on the side of his head (from before the match) did the Coast to Coast on Ziggler and pinned him again. The finish of the match saw Strowman make his return and he quickly powerslammed Hardy, Mysterio, Miz and Shane in that order to win. So Strowman, McIntyre and Lashley all survived and Raw is still unbeaten.
Corbin attacked Strowman after the match and McIntyre and Lashley & Corbin all walked out on Strowman.
Rollins did an interview and they announced in four weeks he defends the title agianst Dean Ambrose on the 12/16 TLC show in San Jose.
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
They were having a very good match, rough in spots but had a very real sport feel that the other matches didn’t have. Rousey’s mouth was busted open from an inadvertent elbow. The big story is that Charlotte turned strong heel and got cheered like crazy and they did an angle where after the match Charlotte destroyed Rousey with kendo stick shots that left Rousey with brutal looking welts. Rousey was bleeding from the ear, mouth and her thigh was sliced and she had marks all over her chest, arms and back.
It was one of the more brutal and intense post-match beatdowns you’ll see. Charlotte put a chair around her throat and Rousey got Pillmanized. It looked like a major injury angle, but Rousey actually got up and they talked about her defending against Nia Jax. Charlotte was having trouble getting the chair in the right spot for the Pillmanizing spot, but it still worked. Fans were chanting “Thank you Charlotte” as she destroyed Rousey. This was a super heat angle and the reaction was the exact opposite of traditional. The idea of doing a super sympathy angle backfired as fans booed Rousey and ther were “You deserve it” chants and Rousey was really upset leaving because of the reaction. Fans were chanting “Becky” as she she left and she looked really mad.
As for the match itself, Rousey won via DQ when, after a clean match, Charotte nailed her with a series of kendo stick shots. Rousey was clearly very upset with the crowd as they were doing the “You deserve it.” It looked like an injury angle but she left on her own rather than be helped out. They pushed Rousey’s next match looks to be against Jax so this could be a storyline to take the title from her or at least sell that possibility. At one point in the match when it hit the high point and fans were chanting “This is awesome” both Rousey and Flair were visibly moved to tears.
Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan
This was the best Lesnar match in a long time because of the story. The story is that Bryan taunted him early, but then Lesnar caught up to him and gave him all the German suplexes and overhead suplexes. They played on the idea of Bryan’s neck injury because he took nasty looking German suplexes. Lesnar toyed with him and hit the F-5 and pulled him up. Bryan sold like he was dead and then Bryan kicked him a few times.
Lesnar went to finish him with an F-5 but it took out ref Mike Choida, Bryan then gave him a low blow and running knee for a near fall. Then Bryan came back including working over Lesnar’s leg. Lesnar went for the F-5 but his knee collapsed. Bryan then used the crossface and triangle for near submissions. So the deal here is Bryan was a complete babyface on the comeback even though he just turned. In the end Lesnar caught him with the F-5 and pinned him. Lesnar limped to the back. In many ways, playing off both Bryan’s injuries and the fact people hate Lesnar’s style match and they worked early like it would be a squash that people would hate and then Bryan made the big comeback, it was a brilliant match.
Just days before Survivor Series, the WWE Championship changed hands on SmackDown.
Daniel Bryan defeated AJ Styles tonight to become the new WWE Champion. For the finish, Styles accidentally bumped into the referee when Bryan moved out of the way of the Phenomenal Forearm. Bryan then kicked Styles low while the referee wasn’t looking and hit the running knee to win the title.
Bryan attacked Styles after the match and stomped on his head.
With the title change, Bryan will now face Universal Champion Brock Lesnar in a non-title champion vs. champion match at Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
Styles’ second reign with the WWE Championship had lasted for over a year before dropping it to Bryan. He defeated Jinder Mahal on the November 7, 2017 episode of SmackDown to become champion.
This is Bryan’s first title reign since he was cleared to return to the ring earlier this year.
Tonight’s Styles vs. Bryan match was set up in SmackDown’s opening segment with a storyline where Paul Heyman interrupted Styles and said he was close to being as good as Bryan. Styles reminded him that he made Bryan tap out in their last title match, Bryan came out, and it led to a brawl between them.
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair in a non-title match is now set for Survivor Series.
With SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch pulled from the pay-per-view due to injury, Rousey’s new opponent for Survivor Series was made official on tonight’s episode of SmackDown. Lynch hand-picked her replacement in storyline, with her choosing Charlotte to take her place on Sunday.
Lynch cut a promo saying she’s been angrily knocking on doors all day hoping someone will let her fight on Sunday. She said what she did to Rousey on Raw was only a taste of what she was going to get at Survivor Series and that she could still kick Rousey’s ass despite her injuries.
Lynch apologized for not yet being able to finish what she started. She said Rousey isn’t the “baddest bitch on the planet,” she’s the luckiest. Lynch told Charlotte to make Rousey tap out like she was going to make Rousey tap out. They hugged before Lynch left the ring.
WWE explained Lynch’s injuries in storyline by saying she has a “broken face” and a “severe concussion.” They showed footage of her being struck by Nia Jax during the angle where the SmackDown women’s division invaded Raw on Monday.
Dave Meltzer has confirmed that Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey is off Sunday’s PPV.
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One of the top matches for Survivor Series appears to be off.
Fightful reported today that SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch has been pulled from Sunday’s pay-per-view. Lynch was supposed to face Ronda Rousey in a non-title champion vs. champion match, but Lynch was busted open during the angle on last night’s Raw where the SmackDown women’s division invaded. Fightful noted that Lynch is suspected to have suffered a concussion and possibly a broken nose, with Lynch apparently being cut open due to a blow from Nia Jax.
Our Dave Meltzer wrote about the situation: “I’m waiting to hear from WWE officially, but I was told she’s not cleared right now for competition. Fightful story is probably accurate but all we’ve heard is bout in jeopardy.”
SmackDown’s go-home show for Survivor Series is taking place at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri tonight. WWE will follow up on last night’s invasion angle and could give an indication of what their updated plans for Survivor Series are.
All of Raw’s Survivor Series teams have now been confirmed.
On tonight’s Raw, WWE had Alexa Bliss announce Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Natalya (who had been laid out by The Riott Squad earlier in the night) & Ruby Riott as their women’s division team for Survivor Series. Bliss, who is still out of action, is the captain for the team but isn’t in the match.
Charlotte Flair, Asuka, Naomi, Sonya Deville & Carmella will be SmackDown’s women’s team.
There was an angle on tonight’s Raw where Bliss made Sasha Banks vs. Bayley for the last spot on her team, but James, Jax, and Tamina attacked them and Bliss announced Riott as the final member. It was shown that Lynch had Ronda Rousey in an armbar backstage, Lynch came to the ring, and the SmackDown women’s division invaded and stood tall. Lynch got busted open at one point during the segment.
The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California is hosting Survivor Series on Sunday. Here’s the updated card:
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
Raw Tag Team Champions AOP vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus
Men’s Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor & Bobby Lashley) vs. Team SmackDown (The Miz, Daniel Bryan, Shane McMahon, Rey Mysterio & Samoa Joe)
Women’s Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Natalya & Ruby Riott) vs. Team SmackDown (Charlotte Flair, Asuka, Naomi, Sonya Deville & Carmella)
Tag Team Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Bobby Roode & Chad Gable, The B-Team, The Revival, The Lucha House Party & The Ascension) vs. Team SmackDown (The Usos, The New Day, TBA, TBA & TBA)
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Mustafa Ali
WWE has added a Cruiserweight Championship match to the card for Survivor Series.
On this week’s episode of 205 Live, it was announced that Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy will defend his title against Mustafa Ali at Survivor Series. The pay-per-view is taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 18.
Ali defeated Tony Nese in a number one contender’s match on the October 31 edition of 205 Live to set up him getting the title shot. A taped promo with Ali aired on this week’s show, and Murphy defeated Mark Andrews in a non-title match.
After Ali won his match against Nese, there was an angle where WWE teased Cedric Alexander having Ali in position for a Lumbar Check as he was making the save for Ali and helping him up — but Alexander congratulated Ali instead of attacking him.
Murphy won the title from Alexander at Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia last month.
Two more Raw vs. SmackDown matches have been officially confirmed for Survivor Series.
With WWE resolving the Raw Tag Team title situation last night, AOP will face SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus in a non-title champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series. AOP won the Raw Tag Team titles from Seth Rollins last night, with Rollins wrestling on his own due to the storyline where Dean Ambrose turned against him.
Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles, Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch, and Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura will be the other champion vs. champion matches at Survivor Series.
WWE has also added another traditional Survivor Series elimination match to the card for the pay-per-view. Five tag teams from Raw will face five tag teams from SmackDown. The Usos defeated The New Day to become the captains of the team. The Usos cut a promo after the match offering New Day a spot on their team, which New Day accepted.
Survivor Series is taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 18.
Two more non-title champion vs. champion matches have been announced for this year’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
During Crown Jewel, it was announced that Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles and Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura will take place at Survivor Series. The PPV is being held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 18.
Lesnar won the Universal Championship by defeating Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel. There was an angle where Baron Corbin hit Strowman with the Universal title belt before the bell rang, then Strowman kicked out of three F5s before losing.
Lesnar and Styles were also champions at Survivor Series 2017, with Lesnar defeating Styles in their match.
Styles retained against Samoa Joe in Saudi Arabia, and Nakamura defeated Rusev in a US title match on the Crown Jewel pre-show.
As was revealed this Monday, Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in a non-title match is also set for Survivor Series.
The first match is official for this year’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
During tonight’s Raw, it was announced that Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey will face SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in a non-title match at Survivor Series. Rousey and Lynch both retained their titles at Evolution, with Rousey defeating Nikki Bella and Lynch defeating Charlotte Flair in their last woman standing match.
WWE aired a post-Evolution video where Lynch confronted Rousey during an interview and both said they would be seeing each other soon.
WWE didn’t confirm whether or not all Raw champions will be facing their counterparts from SmackDown at Survivor Series, but that was the format for last year’s PPV. WWE again called Survivor Series the one night a year where Raw and SmackDown compete in head-to-head competition.
Survivor Series is taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 18.
Ahead of this weekend’s pay-per-view, WWE has already announced the location for next year’s Survivor Series.
Survivor Series 2018 will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 18th. As is the case with all WWE “big four” PPVs, the arena will host an NXT TakeOver special on the Saturday before Survivor Series and Raw and SmackDown in the days after the show.
WWE noted that ticket information for all four events will be made available in early 2018.
This will be the first time California has ever hosted a Survivor Series. It will also be the first time an NXT TakeOver event has taken place on the west coast. Drew McIntyre dropped a hint about the news at NXT’s house show in Riverside, California last Saturday, mentioning that there’s never been a TakeOver out west in his promo after the main event.
While no further details have been revealed about next year’s Survivor Series, the PPV has had a Raw vs. SmackDown theme over the last two years.
