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#9 Shawn Michaels jokingly teased an in-ring comeback

Daniel Bryan bumped into Triple H and Shawn Michaels in the backstage area. The former WWE Champion challenged HHH to a match, while Michaels slowly took off his jacket to tease that he could potentially be interested in facing the man who he trained earlier in his career. HBK was only joking, of course, and he quickly put his jacket back on because he was cold.

#8 Main event set: Daniel Bryan vs. Adam Cole

Many fans began speculating about dream matches when the RAW vs. SmackDown vs. NXT Survivor Series theme was announced. Well, fans were treated to the very definition of a dream match when Triple H called over Adam Cole as Daniel Bryan’s opponent. Cole even accepted Bryan’s challenge to put his NXT Championship on the line.

#7 Bianca Belair made a statement

Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville stood in the ring waiting for Carmella to make her entrance, but “The Princess of Staten Island” never appeared. Cameras then showed backstage footage of NXT’s Bianca Belair attacking Dana Brooke and Carmella. The highlight came when Belair showed off her strength by raising Carmella over her head before launching her over a production case.