As crazy as this sounds, WWE will broadcast it's Fall Classic Survivor Series this Sunday live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. While there has been virtually no build to the event at all, with the main focus being on Evolution and Crown Jewel, Survivor Series is always an anticipated event, and there are sure to be some shocks and surprises on this Sunday's show.
To kicks things off, Buddy Murphy will defend the Cruiserweight Championship against Mustafa Ali. Then the RAW v. SmackDown action kicks off as the tag teams of RAW and SmackDown go head to head as Bobby Roode, and Chad Gale, The Revival, The B Team, Lucha House Party, and Ascension take on The Usos, The New Day, Sanity, The Good Brothers, and the Colons.
Also, the Tag Team Champions from each brand go head to head as The AOP take on The Bar. The Women of RAW take on the Women of SmackDown as Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Natalya, and Ruby Riott take on Carmella, Naomi, Sonya Deville, Asuka, and a mystery partner.
In the main matches for the night, Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins will take on United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey will take on Charlotte Flair, who is replacing the injured Becky Lynch. Universal Champion Brock Lesnar will take on new WWE Champion Daniel Bryan.
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Also, in the traditional 5 on 5 Survivor Series Tag Team Match RAW's Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Finn Balor, and Bobby Lashley will take on SmackDown's The Miz, Shane McMahon, Samoa Joe, Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio. With all of that being said, here are three things possible this Sunday at Survivor Series.
Be sure to stay tuned to Sportskeeda for the latest breaking news and rumours as Survivor Series draws closer and closer.
#3 Ronda Rousey defeats Charlotte Flair
In one of the multiple changes to this Sunday's card, RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey will now be taking on Charlotte Flair, who is replacing an injured Becky Lynch.
Lynch, who was scheduled to take on Rousey Sunday, suffered a concussion and "broken face" from a punch from Nia Jax this past Monday on RAW. On SmackDown, Lynch chose Charlotte to replace her and to beat Rousey as she would have. Rousey vs Flair was an anticipated match and was even rumored to main event WrestleMania 35, but we are getting it early.
I believe this match has an opportunity to the main event the show, but even if it doesn't, it will undoubtedly steal the show. We know what Charlotte is capable of in the ring and Rousey in her short time in WWE, has proven to be pretty good herself.
With that being said, I don't see Rousey losing cleanly at least until WrestleMania where she might face Lynch, and Charlotte can afford a loss, which could add to the current story being told of her "losing confidence".
#2 Daniel Bryan will upset Brock Lesnar
In a shocking turn of events, Daniel Bryan ended AJ Styles' year-long reign as WWE Champion, and in the process has turned heel. Now, this Sunday at Survivor Series Bryan will go one on one with Universal Champion Brock Lesnar.
This match is four years in the making, as Bryan in 2014, but due to his injuries John Cena won the WWE Championship and was decimated by Lesnar at the event. Now we will finally get the match, just not in the way we expected to. The interesting thing is that this is a heel v. heel match, although one would expect the fans to still be behind Bryan more than Lesnar.
Expect Lesnar to dominate the majority of the match with Bryan getting it spurts of offence. As the match draws to a close, I expect some shenanigans, such as interference from Styles looking to get revenge on Bryan, leading to a DQ finish.
This result gives Bryan a win over Lesnar, albeit dirty, but also keeps Lesnar looking strong for his upcoming UF fight. This will also keep the Styles-Bryan feud moving forward going into December and Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
#1 Braun Strowman will decimate Team SmackDown
The person with the most to gain and lose this Sunday is Braun Strowman. As we saw this past Monday on RAW, Stephanie McMahon gave Strowman her word that if he leads Team RAW to a victory over Team SmackDown, he can get anything he wants.
Strowman wants another Universal Championship match and a match against Baron Corbin, where he picks the stipulation. Needless to say, Strowman will be a one-man wrecking crew.
It won't be that easy though as there will be lots of shenanigans in this match, to begin with, Randy Orton is out for Rey Mysterio and rest of Team Smackdown have lots of combustible situations. However, Team RAW has the same issue as Finn Balor and Bobby Lashley are currently feuding as well as McIntyre and Balor.
I can see a situation where Team SmackDown gets on the same page and RAW begins to implode. Strowman will likely be in a situation where he has to defeat multiple members of Team SmackDown in order to get what he wants.
In the end, Strowman will overcome the numbers and destroy Team SmackDown and as a result gets his matches. Will Stephanie McMahon keep her word is another issue for another time.