After a week of controversy, Jim Cornette has resigned from his position as television announcer for the NWA Powerrr promotion.
Cornette, 58, to his credit, was arguably the best announcer as far as all aspects were concerned in the business at this point, if you figure in smoothness of delivery, ability to turn a phrase when warranted, knowledge of the moves as well as match and announcing psychology, and the key job of all, getting over new talent and storylines.
Ironically, it was that second aspect, turning a phrase, that led to his departure.
On the 11/19 show, during a match with NWA champion Nick Aldis vs. Trevor Murdoch, in an attempt to get Murdoch over, Cornette said that Murdoch was so tough that he “could strap a bucket of fried chicken on his back and drive a motor scooter through Ethiopia.” The commentary, and the show itself, were done live in Atlanta at the PBS Studio on 9/30.
After originally announcing that Pete Dunne vs. Damian Priest vs. Killian Dain would be on this week’s NXT, WWE has noted that the match will instead take place at TakeOver: WarGames on Saturday night. The winner will challenge for Adam Cole’s NXT Championship at Survivor Series.
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The NXT Championship will be on the line at Survivor Series.
WWE announced today that Pete Dunne, Damian Priest, and Killian Dain will face off in a triple threat match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames on Saturday. The winner will advance to challenge Adam Cole for the NXT Championship at Survivor Series the next night.
Dunne, Priest, and Dain have been involved in a program on NXT. Dunne and Dain were supposed to have a match against each other last week, but Priest attacked Dain as he was making his entrance. A brawl broke out, with Priest standing tall after hitting a dive on Dunne and Dain.
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Universal Champion The Fiend also have title defenses at Survivor Series. Lesnar will defend his title against Rey Mysterio in a no holds barred match, while Daniel Bryan will challenge for The Fiend’s title.
Cole will be in the men’s WarGames match at TakeOver. It will be The Undisputed Era (Cole, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs. Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee, Dominik Dijakovic, and a partner.
Cole will face Dijakovic in a ladder match on this Wednesday’s NXT to decide which team gets the WarGames advantage.
WWE has also hyped that there will be an “open door” for Raw and SmackDown on Wednesday’s NXT. That will include The Revival facing NXT Tag Team Champions O’Reilly & Fish in a non-title match.
WWE has revealed all five members of Team Raw for the women’s triple threat elimination tag match at Survivor Series.
Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Asuka, Kairi Sane & Sarah Logan will represent Raw in the match. They’ll face off against teams of five from SmackDown and NXT.
Sasha Banks, Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans & Nikki Cross will be on Team SmackDown. WWE hasn’t revealed any of the members of Team NXT.
For the men’s triple threat elimination tag match, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Ricochet & Drew McIntyre will be on Team Raw, while Roman Reigns, King Corbin, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali & Shorty G will be on Team SmackDown. WWE hasn’t revealed any of the members of Team NXT for that match either.
Survivor Series is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Sunday (November 24). Here’s what’s been announced for the pay-per-view:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio in a no holds barred, no DQ match
Universal Champion The Fiend defending against Daniel Bryan
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five men’s elimination tag match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five women’s elimination tag match
A stipulation has been added to Brock Lesnar and Rey Mysterio’s WWE Championship match at Survivor Series.
During tonight’s Raw, WWE announced that Lesnar vs. Mysterio at Survivor Series will now be a no holds barred, no disqualification match. The pay-per-view is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Sunday (November 24).
Lesnar vs. Mysterio was confirmed for Survivor Series after a challenge that was issued by Mysterio two weeks ago. That came after an angle where Lesnar went looking for Mysterio on Raw, but Mysterio instead attacked Lesnar with a metal pipe and laid him out with a belt shot with the WWE title.
On tonight’s Raw, video of a promo from Paul Heyman aired. Despite saying that Lesnar will be 100 percent at Survivor Series, Heyman said there are rumors that Lesnar was injured in Mysterio’s attack. After mentioning the no holds barred stipulation, Heyman declared that Mysterio will either pull off a miracle or will be massacred so badly by Lesnar that Heyman can’t put it into words.
Mysterio then did an interview responding to Heyman. He accepted the stipulation and said Lesnar made the mistake of a lifetime. Mysterio said the old him would be demanding an apology, but he won’t be coming for an apology at Survivor Series. He’ll be coming for the WWE Championship.
Lesnar and Mysterio’s feud began when Lesnar attacked Mysterio and Dominick in September. Lesnar retained his WWE title against Cain Velasquez at Crown Jewel, with Mysterio then fighting off Lesnar with a steel chair after the match.
Here’s the updated card for Survivor Series:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio in a no holds barred, no DQ match
Universal Champion The Fiend defending against Daniel Bryan
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five men’s elimination tag match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five women’s elimination tag match
The WWE changed five championships, including the big two, and debuted the most expensive structure in wrestling history to headline the Survivor Series on 11/17 from New York’s Madison Square Garden.
On the positive side, it was a very entertaining stand alone show before a unique New York crowd that was very vociferous about what it liked. The bigggest pops were for the reuniting of the Dudleys, the debut of Scott Steiner, and the Raw title win by Shawn Michaels. It also, with booing, let the promotion know it didn’t like Edge all that much (the pretty boy thing), loved to boo Kurt Angle so much they were real mad when he was eliminated from the tag title elimination match, and thought more of Rob Van Dam than the promotion seems to. The effort was there in every match and while there was some sloppiness, there was nothing you would call a bad match.
Nikki Cross is officially the final member of SmackDown’s Survivor Series women’s team.
WWE announced today that Cross will be part of Team SmackDown, with her joining Sasha Banks, Dana Brooke, Carmella & Lacey Evans. They’ll face Team Raw and Team NXT in a triple threat elimination tag match at next Sunday’s pay-per-view.
Banks is the captain of Team SmackDown. WWE hasn’t revealed any of the members of Team Raw or NXT.
Cross faced SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley in a non-title match this past Friday. The match had a stipulation where Cross would have been added to Team SmackDown if she won, but it was interrupted by Shayna Baszler and members of the NXT women’s division. Cross, Banks, Brooke & Carmella then defeated Rhea Ripley, Tegan Nox, Mia Yim & Dakota Kai.
Cross pinned Kai to win the eight-woman tag match.
There will also be a men’s elimination tag match at Survivor Series. Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Ricochet & Drew McIntyre are on Team Raw, while Roman Reigns, King Corbin, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali & Shorty G are on Team SmackDown. WWE hasn’t announced the members of Team NXT.
Rollins vs. Andrade is set for tomorrow’s Raw. If Andrade wins, he’ll take Rollins’ spot at Survivor Series.
Daniel Bryan is officially set to challenge for the Universal Championship at Survivor Series.
During the main event segment of tonight’s SmackDown, it was confirmed that Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt will defend his title against Bryan at the pay-per-view. It’s taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Sunday, November 24.
Bryan’s feud with The Fiend began when The Fiend attacked Bryan during a backstage segment last week and put him in the Mandible Claw.
Tonight, Bryan appeared on a Miz TV segment on SmackDown. Bryan said Wyatt/The Fiend is mentally unstable — but so is he. As Bryan was going to say that there’s no one better to face The Fiend than him, Wyatt appeared on the video screen and interrupted Bryan. The segment led to Bryan issuing the challenge for a Universal title match and Wyatt accepting by doing the “Yes” chant.
WWE also debuted a new version of the Universal Championship with a blue strap on SmackDown. The Fiend won the title from Seth Rollins at Crown Jewel, with WWE Champion Brock Lesnar then moving over to Raw.
Here’s the updated card for Survivor Series:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio
Universal Champion The Fiend defending against Daniel Bryan
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five men’s elimination tag match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five women’s elimination tag match
Four of the five members of SmackDown’s Survivor Series women’s division team have now been revealed.
WWE announced today that Lacey Evans has been added to Team SmackDown for their triple threat elimination tag match against Team Raw and Team NXT at Survivor Series. Sasha Banks, Carmella, and Dana Brooke will also be on Team SmackDown.
Banks is the captain of the team. WWE has yet to announce any of the team members for Raw or NXT.
There will also be a men’s triple threat elimination tag match at the pay-per-view. Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Ricochet & Drew McIntyre will be on Team Raw, while Roman Reigns, King Corbin, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali & Shorty G will be on Team SmackDown. The five wrestlers for Team NXT have yet to be revealed.
Survivor Series is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Sunday, November 24. Here’s the current lineup for the PPV:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five men’s elimination tag match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five women’s elimination tag match
Team SmackDown is the second group to be revealed for this year’s traditional Survivor Series men’s elimination match.
Roman Reigns, King Corbin, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali & Shorty G (Chad Gable) will represent SmackDown in their triple threat elimination tag match against Team Raw and Team NXT. The announcement of the team was made on last night’s episode of WWE Backstage.
On Monday, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Ricochet & Drew McIntyre were announced as Raw’s team for the match. NXT’s team has yet to be revealed.
There will also be a women’s division elimination tag match between the brands at Survivor Series. Sasha Banks, Dana Brooke & Carmella are the first three wrestlers confirmed for Team SmackDown.
Survivor Series is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Sunday, November 24. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five men’s elimination tag match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five women’s elimination tag match
All five members of Raw’s men’s division team for Survivor Series have now been revealed.
Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Ricochet, and Drew McIntyre will join Seth Rollins on Team Raw. They’ll face teams from SmackDown and NXT in a triple threat traditional Survivor Series elimination tag match.
Rollins, Owens & The Street Profits defeated Imperium (WALTER, Marcel Barthel, Fabian Aichner & Alexander Wolfe) on tonight’s Raw. In the main event, Orton, Ricochet & Humberto Carrillo defeated The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson).
Whether or not Orton would get along with Ricochet was the story of their six-man tag match on tonight’s Raw. He teased RKOing Ricochet but instead hit the move on Styles. After the match, Orton faked like he was going to attack Ricochet. Orton told Ricochet that he does what he wants, whenever he wants.
Teams from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT’s women’s divisions will also face off in an elimination tag match at Survivor Series. Sasha Banks is the captain of SmackDown’s team, with Dana Brooke and Carmella confirmed as her first two partners.
Brooke & Carmella defeated Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville in a qualifying match on SmackDown last Friday.
Survivor Series is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Sunday, November 24. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five men’s elimination tag match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five women’s elimination tag match
A third champion vs. champion vs. champion match has been made official for Survivor Series.
It was announced during tonight’s Raw that United States Champion AJ Styles, Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, and NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong will face off in a non-title triple threat match at Survivor Series. With the theme of the pay-per-view being Raw vs. SmackDown vs. NXT, the match was expected to be added to the card.
Becky Lynch vs. Bayley vs. Shayna Baszler and The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) are the other two non-title champion vs. champion vs. champion matches that will be taking place at Survivor Series.
The Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois will host Survivor Series on Sunday, November 24. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five men’s elimination tag match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT five-on-five-on-five women’s elimination tag match
With the theme of the pay-per-view being Raw vs. SmackDown vs. NXT, the brands will face off in a couple of traditional Survivor Series matches.
WWE has confirmed two Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT traditional Survivor Series tag matches for the PPV. It’s taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on Sunday, November 24.
It was announced last night that Sasha Banks will captain SmackDown’s women’s division team. Two of her partners were also revealed, with Carmella & Dana Brooke defeating Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville in a qualifying match.
Seth Rollins has been announced as the first member of Raw’s men’s division team. WWE is advertising that all of his partners will be revealed on Monday’s episode of Raw, which was taped at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England yesterday.
Here’s the updated Survivor Series card:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) in a non-title match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT men’s match
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown vs. Team NXT women’s match
The WWE Championship will be on the line at Survivor Series later this month.
Brock Lesnar defending his WWE Championship against Rey Mysterio has been confirmed for the pay-per-view. The announcement of the match was made after a challenge that was issued by Mysterio on Raw tonight.
After Rey Mysterio fought him off with a steel chair at Crown Jewel, Lesnar appeared on this past Friday’s SmackDown and announced that he was “quitting” SmackDown to go after Mysterio on Raw.
Lesnar went looking for Mysterio on tonight’s Raw. But after Lesnar gave Dio Maddin an F-5 through the announce table, Mysterio attacked Lesnar with a baseball bat and laid him out with a belt shot with the WWE title.
Mysterio cut a promo challenging Lesnar to a match at Survivor Series. Mysterio vowed to get revenge for Lesnar attacking Dominik by coming after what Lesnar values most — the WWE title.
The Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois is hosting Survivor Series on November 24. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar defending against Rey Mysterio
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish in a non-title match
A triple threat tag team match featuring the Raw, SmackDown and NXT Tag Team champions will take place at Survivor Series.
It was announced tonight on Raw that Raw Tag Team champions The Viking Raiders will face SmackDown champions The Revival and NXT champions Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly in a non-title triple threat match at Survivor Series. It plays into the event’s theme of brand supremacy, with NXT joining Raw and SmackDown for the first time.
Viking Raiders do have a history with the Undisputed Era stable as they won their first NXT Tag Team titles by defeating Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly. The Revival are also former NXT Tag Team champions, becoming the first team to win them twice.
Another interpromotional match was announced earlier in the show, with Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch facing NXT champion Shayna Baszler and SmackDown champion Bayley, also in a triple threat match.
Survivor Series 2019 will take place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on November 24.
Three of WWE’s Women’s Champions will be facing off at Survivor Series.
On tonight’s episode of Raw, a non-title triple threat match between Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley, and NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler was announced for the pay-per-view. It’s taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois on November 24 and will feature involvement from Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.
A sit-down interview with Lynch aired on Raw tonight. Lynch said she’s the target in the triple threat match, mentioning the issues she’s had with Bayley’s friend Sasha Banks and Baszler’s friend Ronda Rousey.
Baszler then interrupted the interview. She said Lynch defeated Rousey at WrestleMania, but Baszler isn’t Ronda Rousey. Baszler told Lynch that — while she won’t take her eyes off of Bayley — she’s going to pin Lynch or tap her out. She said the only thing Lynch will have to think about between now and Survivor Series is which one of her limbs will belong to Baszler.
Lynch responded by saying she’s happy they got the chance to talk so Baszler could feel the same doubt that Rousey felt. Lynch said she won’t be taking her eyes off Bayley either, but she’ll be coming directly for Baszler at Survivor Series. They went face-to-face to close the segment, with Lynch saying she’ll show Baszler who the real baddest woman on the planet is.
Baszler also took part in the NXT invasion of SmackDown last Friday and attacked Bayley after she had defended the SmackDown Women’s title against Nikki Cross.
