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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown NXT | ||
| Date | November 24, 2019 | ||
| City | Rosemont, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Allstate Arena | ||
| Attendance | 13,271 | ||
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The 2019Survivor Series was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) andlivestreamingevent produced byWWE. It was the 33rd annualSurvivor Series and took place on November 24, 2019, at theAllstate Arena in theChicago suburb ofRosemont, Illinois, held for wrestlers from the promotion'sRaw,SmackDown, andNXTbrand divisions. This was the second Survivor Series held here after the1989 event when the arena was still known as the Rosemont Horizon (renamed in 1999). It was the first and only Survivor Series to include the NXT brand (along with NXT's sister brandNXT UK, which was grouped with NXT), the first since2009 to feature three major brands, and the first and only to feature three-waySurvivor Series elimination matches. The theme of the event was brand supremacy and featured wrestlers from the three brands against each other.
Ten matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. The card was highlighted by two Survivor Series elimination matches: Team NXT won the women's match in the opening bout, while Team SmackDown won the men's match. In the main event,NXT Women's ChampionShayna Baszler defeatedRaw Women's ChampionBecky Lynch andSmackDown Women's ChampionBayley in a non-titletriple threat match. NXT won brand supremacy by winning four of the seven interbrand matches; SmackDown won two while Raw's sole win was on the pre-show. In what were the only non-interbrand matches on the card, all three of WWE'sworld championships at the time were defended:Brock Lesnar retained Raw'sWWE Championship againstRey Mysterio in aNo Holds Barred match,"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt retained SmackDown'sUniversal Championship againstDaniel Bryan, andAdam Cole retained theNXT Championship againstPete Dunne.
Survivor Series is an annualprofessional wrestlingevent produced every November byWWE since 1987, generally held the week ofThanksgiving. The second longest runningpay-per-view (PPV) event in history (behind WWE'sWrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania,Royal Rumble, andSummerSlam, referred to as the "Big Four".[1] The event is traditionallycharacterized by havingSurvivor Series matches, which aretag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. Announced on November 19, 2018, the 33rd Survivor Series was scheduled to be held on November 24, 2019, at theAllstate Arena in theChicago suburb ofRosemont, Illinois, marking the second Survivor Series held here after the1989 event when the arena was still known as the Rosemont Horizon (renamed in 1999). In addition to airing on PPV worldwide, the event was available tolivestream on theWWE Network.[2]
Following the reintroduction of thebrand split in July 2016, Survivor Series became centered around competition between wrestlers fromRaw andSmackDown for brand supremacy.[3] In addition to traditional Survivor Series matches between the brands, the champions of Raw faced their SmackDown counterparts in non-title matches, which began at the2017 event.[4] In September 2019,NXT, previously WWE'sdevelopmental brand, debuted on theUSA Network, solidifying its status as WWE's third major brand, and was subsequently added to the 2019 event as part of the brand competition theme (wrestlers fromNXT UK also appeared and were grouped under the NXT umbrella). It was in turn the first Survivor Series to include NXT and the first since the2009 event to feature a third major brand. Due to NXT's addition, it was the first Survivor Series to have three-way Survivor Series elimination matches.[5][6]
With the exception of the men's top champions—as each brand's top championship was defended at the event—the 2019 Survivor Series featured theRaw,SmackDown, andNXT Women's Champions facing off, Raw'sUnited States Champion, SmackDown'sIntercontinental Champion, and NXT'sNorth American Champion going against each other, and theRaw,SmackDown, andNXT Tag Team Champions in a triple threat tag team match. As theNXT Cruiserweight Championship was the only title of its kind in WWE, it was defended in a triple threat match against challengers of the opposing brands. During a media call forNXT TakeOver: WarGames, WWEChief Operating Officer and NXT headTriple H said that there were talks of doing a triple threat match between Raw'sWWE Champion, SmackDown'sUniversal Champion, and theNXT Champion, but because of the storyline between WWE ChampionBrock Lesnar andRey Mysterio, they felt that their match needed to happen at this event. He also said that Universal Champion"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt worked better in his own storyline.[7]
The event comprised 10 matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands,[8][9] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows,Monday Night Raw,Friday Night SmackDown, and Wednesday night'sNXT.[10]
On the September 30 episode ofRaw, Brock Lesnar brutally attacked Rey Mysterio as well as Mysterio's son, Dominik, who was seated in the front row.[11] After Lesnar won the WWE Championship duringSmackDown's 20th Anniversary, an injured Mysterio appeared along with Dominic's godfather and Lesnar's formerUltimate Fighting Championship rival,Cain Velasquez, who attacked Lesnar.[12][13] AtCrown Jewel, Lesnar retained the championship against Velasquez by submission and continued to apply the Kimura Lock after the match had concluded until Mysterio attacked Lesnar with a chair. Lesnar fended off Mysterio, who retaliated by striking Lesnar with multiple chair shots, forcing him to retreat.[14] On the followingSmackDown, Lesnar quit SmackDown to move to Raw (with the WWE Championship) in order to seek revenge against Mysterio, who had beendrafted to Raw.[15] On the followingRaw, Lesnar proceeded to attack crew members in search of Mysterio, including commentatorDio Maddin, whom he put through the broadcast table with an F-5. Mysterio then appeared, struck Lesnar with a steel pipe, and later challenged Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series, which was made official.[16] On the November 18 episode ofRaw, Lesnar's advocatePaul Heyman suggested aNo Holds Barred match and Mysterio accepted.[17]
At Crown Jewel, SmackDown wrestler "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt won Raw's Universal Championship, thus transferring the title to SmackDown.[14] Backstage during the November 8 episode ofSmackDown, asSami Zayn was trying to convinceDaniel Bryan to join his faction, "The Fiend" appeared and attacked Bryan with the Mandible Claw.[18] During a "Miz TV" segment the following week, Wyatt (as his normal self) taunted Bryan by mocking the latter's former "Yes Movement" persona. In response, Bryan challenged Wyatt for the Universal Championship at Survivor Series and Wyatt accepted, but with Bryan facing Wyatt's alter-ego "The Fiend".[19]
On November 19,Adam Cole was scheduled to defend the NXT Championship at Survivor Series. His opponent was determined by a triple threat match that occurred at TakeOver: WarGames the night before Survivor Series,[20] wherePete Dunne defeatedDamian Priest andKillian Dain to earn the title shot. This marked the first time that an NXT championship was to be defended on the main card of a Survivor Series event.[21]
On the November 1 episode ofSmackDown, afterBayley defeatedNikki Cross to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship due to interference fromSasha Banks, NXT Women's ChampionShayna Baszler appeared and attacked all three.[15] During a sit-down interview on the followingRaw, Charly Caruso informed Raw Women's ChampionBecky Lynch that she would be facing Baszler and Bayley in a non-title triple threat match at Survivor Series, after which, Baszler appeared and confronted Lynch.[16] Over the following weeks, the three would invade each others shows, attacking one another.[22][23][19][17][24][25]
Prior to the November 6 episode ofNXT, Raw'sThe O.C. (AJ Styles,Luke Gallows, andKarl Anderson) invaded NXT and attackedThe Undisputed Era (Adam Cole,Bobby Fish,Kyle O'Reilly, andRoderick Strong).[26] On the November 11 episode ofRaw, a non-title triple threat match between United States Champion AJ Styles, Intercontinental ChampionShinsuke Nakamura, and North American Champion Roderick Strong was scheduled for Survivor Series.[22] Following a tag team match on the November 22 episode ofSmackDown, the three brawled with each other.[25]
On the November 4 episode ofRaw, a non-title triple threat tag team match between Raw Tag Team ChampionsThe Viking Raiders (Erik andIvar), SmackDown Tag Team ChampionsThe Revival (Scott Dawson andDash Wilder), and NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) was scheduled for Survivor Series.[16] However, on the November 8 episode ofSmackDown,The New Day'sBig E andKofi Kingston defeated The Revival to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, thus replacing them in the match.[18] During a rematch the following week, The Undisputed Era invaded SmackDown and interfered, costing The Revival the match.[19]
On the November 8 episode ofSmackDown,Michael Cole announced Sasha Banks as the captain for Team SmackDown's women's team. Later that night,Carmella andDana Brooke defeatedFire & Desire (Mandy Rose andSonya Deville) to qualify for the team after the match had been rescheduled due to a backstage attack from NXT'sBianca Belair the previous week that led toRhea Ripley andTegan Nox defeating Fire & Desire.[18] On November 14, WWE.com announcedLacey Evans as the fourth member of Team SmackDown,[27] followed by Nikki Cross on November 17 after Cross, who was originally scheduled to face Bayley in a non-title qualifying match, scored the pin in an eight-woman tag team match on the November 15 episode ofSmackDown.[28] On the November 18 episode ofRaw,Charlotte Flair was announced as the captain for Team Raw, withNatalya,Sarah Logan, andWWE Women's Tag Team ChampionsThe Kabuki Warriors (Asuka andKairi Sane) revealed as the other team members later that night. Following a tag team match that night in which Flair and Becky Lynch facedThe IIconics (Billie Kay andPeyton Royce), the latter being disgruntled as they were not selected for Team Raw, NXT's Shayna Baszler,Marina Shafir, andJessamyn Duke attacked the women.[17] On the November 22 episode ofSmackDown, Rhea Ripley was revealed as the captain for Team NXT. Later that night, Ripley defeated Flair and Banks in a triple threat match, and a brawl occurred with all the women from the three brands following the match.[25] After the conclusion of TakeOver: WarGames, Ripley pickedCandice LeRae, Bianca Belair,Io Shirai, andToni Storm (from NXT UK) as the other members of Team NXT.[29]
On November 8, WWE.com announced thatSeth Rollins was selected as the captain for Team Raw's men's team,[30] withKevin Owens,Ricochet,Randy Orton, andDrew McIntyre revealed as the other team members during the November 11 episode ofRaw.[22] On the November 12 episode ofWWE Backstage,Roman Reigns was revealed as the captain for Team SmackDown, withMustafa Ali (formerly known as Ali),Braun Strowman,King Corbin, andShorty G also announced for the team.[31] NXT head Triple H tried to convince Rollins as well as Owens to leave Raw and come back to NXT where they had started their WWE careers. Both turned down the offers, leading to the NXT roster attacking members of Raw,[22][17] as well as those on SmackDown.[19] At the conclusion of the November 18Raw, Triple H invited members of Raw and SmackDown to the following episode ofNXT,[17] where a large brawl broke out between all three brands.[24] All the members of Raw, SmackDown, and NXT would brawl again following the conclusion of a six-man tag team match on the November 22 episode ofSmackDown. Triple H,Shawn Michaels, andRoad Dogg led the NXT roster in the invasion of SmackDown, reenacting howD-Generation X had attempted to invadeWorld Championship Wrestling'sMonday Nitro in 1998 with a tank.[25] After the conclusion of TakeOver: WarGames, Triple H announced that Shawn Michaels would reveal the members of Team NXT during the Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show.[32]
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Michael Cole(SmackDown/NXT title match) |
| Corey Graves(SmackDown) | |
| Vic Joseph(Raw) | |
| Jerry Lawler(Raw) | |
| Nigel McGuinness(NXT) | |
| Beth Phoenix(NXT) | |
| Byron Saxton(Cruiserweight title match) | |
| Aiden English(Cruiserweight title match) | |
| Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
| Marcelo Rodríguez | |
| Russian commentators | Zhan Pomerantzev |
| Morti Margolin | |
| Dimitri Guberniev | |
| German commentators | Carsten Schaefer |
| Tim Haber | |
| Calvin Knie | |
| Ring announcers | Greg Hamilton(SmackDown) |
| Mike Rome(Raw) | |
| Alicia Taylor(NXT) | |
| Referees | Danilo Anfibio |
| Jason Ayers | |
| John Cone | |
| Dan Engler | |
| Darrick Moore | |
| Eddie Orengo | |
| Chad Patton | |
| Darryl Sharma | |
| Ryan Tran | |
| Drake Wuertz | |
| Rod Zapata | |
| Interviewers | Kayla Braxton |
| Sarah Schreiber | |
| Cathy Kelley | |
| Pre-show panel | Jonathan Coachman |
| Charly Caruso | |
| David Otunga | |
| Booker T | |
| Shawn Michaels | |
| Christian | |
| Pre-show correspondents | Sam Roberts |
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield |
Three matches occurred during the two-hour Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show, two of which were announced during the pre-show. In the first match,Dolph Ziggler andRobert Roode from SmackDown won aninterbrand 10-man battle royal featuring tag teams from the three brands, lastly eliminatingThe Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins andMontez Ford) from Raw, giving SmackDown the first point of the night.[33]
In the second pre-show match, NXT'sLio Rush defended the NXT Cruiserweight Championship in an interbrand triple threat match against Raw'sAkira Tozawa and SmackDown'sKalisto. In the end, Rush performed a Final Hour on Kalisto to retain the title, giving NXT their first point.[33]
The last match of the pre-show was the non-title triple threat match between the brands' tag team champions, Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar), SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston), and NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly). The climax saw The Viking Raiders perform The Viking Experience on O'Reilly onto Fish and pin Fish, tying the brands at 1 point each.[33]
Also during the Kickoff pre-show,Shawn Michaels revealedTommaso Ciampa (as captain),Damian Priest,Keith Lee,Matt Riddle, andWWE United Kingdom ChampionWalter (from NXT UK) as the members of Team NXT for the men's three-way Survivor Series elimination match.[33]
The actual pay-per-view opened with the women's three-way Survivor Series elimination match, featuring Team Raw (Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Sarah Logan, and WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane) against Team SmackDown (Sasha Banks, Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, and Nikki Cross) against Team NXT (Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Candice LeRae, Io Shirai, and Toni Storm). After a brawl, Shirai and LeRae were taken to the back for apparently sustaining injuries. The first elimination occurred when Belair trapped Cross in a roll up after Ripley had distracted the latter. Logan was next eliminated by Belair, who performed a 450 Splash on Logan. The next two women eliminated were Carmella who was pinned by a natural selection from Charlotte, shortly followed by Kairi Sane who was eliminated by a Meteora from Banks. Asuka eliminated Brooke after a kick. Flair and Asuka subsequently got into an altercation resulting in Asuka spitting green mist in Flair's face, who was then blinded and was eliminated by Evans after performing a Women's Right; Asuka also walked out of the match during this time, resulting in her elimination by forfeit. Evans was pinned by Natalya with a schoolboy, who then applied a dual submission alongside Banks to eliminate Storm. Belair was then eliminated by Banks after an assisted spinebuster/clothesline combo. Banks also took out Natalya with a punch, following a brief alliance against Ripley. Shirai and LeRae then returned, having feigned their injuries, and aided Ripley, who performed a Riptide on Banks to win the match for Team NXT, bringing NXT's score to 2 points with Raw and SmackDown at 1 point each.[34]
Backstage, Team Raw's men's captain Seth Rollins questioned Kevin Owens' loyalty as Owens had appeared at NXT TakeOver: WarGames the previous night as the mystery partner for Tommaso Ciampa's team in the men'sWarGames match. Owens assured Rollins that his loyalty was with Raw and that he had only participated in that match to get revenge on The Undisputed Era for attacking him on the previous episode ofRaw. Owens then questioned Rollins' own loyalty, bringing up how Rollins had turned on his teammates inThe Shield back in 2014.[34]
Next was the non-title triple threat match between the brands' secondary champions, Raw's United States Champion AJ Styles, SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura (accompanied by Sami Zayn), and NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong. In the closing moments, as Styles performed a Phenomenal Forearm on Nakamura, Strong threw Styles out of the ring and pinned Nakamura to win the match, bringing NXT's score to 3 points.[34]
After that was the first of the three non-interbrand championship matches in which Adam Cole defended the NXT Championship against Pete Dunne. In the climax, Cole performed a Last Shot to the back of Dunne's head to retain the title.[34]
The fourth match was SmackDown's world championship match where "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt defended the Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan. Bryan performed a Running Knee on The Fiend for a near-fall. Bryan performed Yes Kicks and three consecutive missile dropkicks on The Fiend. As Bryan went back to the top rope, The Fiend caught Bryan with the Mandible Claw submission, causing Bryan to pass out with The Fiend getting the pinfall victory to retain the title.[34]
Next was the men's three-way Survivor Series elimination match, featuring Team Raw (Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, and Ricochet) against Team SmackDown (Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, King Corbin, Mustafa Ali, and Shorty G) against Team NXT (Tommaso Ciampa, Damian Priest, Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, and WWE United Kingdom Champion Walter). McIntyre performed a Claymore Kick on Walter to eliminate him. Shorty G was then pinned by Owens after a frog splash. Ciampa performed a Spike DDT on Owens to eliminate him. Orton performed an RKO on Priest to eliminate him, before Riddle rolled up Orton to eliminate him. Riddle himself was then eliminated by Corbin after Orton performed an RKO on Riddle in anger. After a brawl outside the ring, Strowman was eliminated by countout. Corbin then performed End of Days on Ricochet to eliminate him. Ali was eliminated after a Stomp by Rollins. McIntyre was the next eliminated after a Spear from Reigns. Corbin was then eliminated after he received a Spear from teammate Reigns, and Ciampa pinned Corbin. Rollins and Reigns briefly teamed up and attempted to perform The Shield's signature powerbomb on Ciampa through an announce table, only for Lee to save Ciampa. Back in the ring, Rollins performed The Stomp on Ciampa to eliminate him followed by Lee eliminating Rollins with a fireman’s carry jackhammer. Lee performed the Spirit Bomb on Reigns for a near-fall. As Lee then attempted a moonsault, Reigns avoided Lee and performed a Spear to win the match as the sole survivor for Team SmackDown, bringing SmackDown's score to 2 points with NXT at 3 points and Raw at 1 point. Following the match, Reigns showed respect to Lee by offering him a fist bump which Lee accepted.[34]
The penultimate match was for Raw's world championship, where Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman) defended the WWE Championship against Rey Mysterio in a No Holds Barred match. Despite Mysterio quickly exiting the ring at the start of the match to obtain a steel pipe, Lesnar stopped Mysterio from using it and dominated him. Mysterio's son Dominik ran to the ring with a towel in hand, pleading with Lesnar to stop the onslaught. As Lesnar was distracted, Mysterio attacked Lesnar with a low blow, followed by one from Dominik. The father and son then attacked Lesnar with a steel pipe and steel chair, respectively, and then performed double 619's and dual Frog Splashes on Lesnar for a near-fall. As they attempted additional Frog Splashes, Lesnar quickly grabbed Dominik and performed a German suplex on him. Lesnar then caught Mysterio in midair and performed an F-5 to retain the title.[34]
The main event was the non-title triple threat match between the brands' women's champions, Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch, SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley, and NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler. In the climax, as Lynch was down outside the ring, Bayley attempted a Diving Elbow Drop on Baszler, who caught her in the Kirifuda Clutch, forcing Bayley to submit to win the match. Baszler's win gave NXT the final point of the night to win brand supremacy at 4 points, where SmackDown had 2 points and Raw only had 1. Following the match, Lynch attacked Baszler and put her through the announce table.[34]
During the opening of the following night'sRaw, Team Raw's men's captain Seth Rollins addressed the Raw locker room, who surrounded the ring, and criticized their poor performance at Survivor Series. In particular, Rollins singled out the performances of women's captain Charlotte Flair, Randy Orton, and Rey Mysterio (for not winning the WWE Championship as Brock Lesnar rarely appears), as well asAOP (Akam andRezar) for not participating at all. Turning heel for the first time since 2016 and alienated by the comments, each wrestler gradually walked out. Rollins then addressed Kevin Owens, the last remaining wrestler at the ring. He again questioned Owens' loyalty to Raw, and accused Owens of lazily trying to be like himself. In response, Owens performed a stunner on Rollins and later challenged him to a match. During the match, AOP entered the ring. Owens slapped Akam, resulting in AOP attacking Owens, giving him a disqualification win. AOP then turned their attention to Rollins, who was ready to fight, but they instead left the ring. Rollins then performed two Stomps on Owens, teasing a heel turn for Rollins.[35][36] The heel turn was finally executed on the December 9 episode, where Rollins performed "The Stomp" on Owens on the exposed concrete and aligned himself with AOP.[37] After more months of feuding, Owens accepted Rollins' challenge for a match atWrestleMania 36.[38]
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman made their first appearance since Survivor Series on the January 6, 2020, episode ofRaw. There, Heyman announced that Lesnar would be entering the men'sRoyal Rumble match at theRoyal Rumble as the number one entrant.[39]
Also onRaw, a United States Championship match between AJ Styles andHumberto Carrillo was initially scheduled, only for Styles's O.C. teammatesLuke Gallows and Karl Anderson to attack Carrillo from behind during his entrance, rendering him unable to compete. Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, and Rey Mysterio then requested a title match. Afatal four-way match was contested to determine who would challenge Styles for the title that night. Mysterio won the fatal four-way match and subsequently defeated Styles to win the United States Championship for a second time, with help from Orton.[35]
Due to the events that occurred between Charlotte Flair and Asuka during the women's Survivor Series match, a match between the two was scheduled on the following night'sRaw, where Asuka pinned Flair after an assist from her tag team partner Kairi Sane and again spitting green mist in Flair's face.[35] Flair would then lose to The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Sane) the following week.[40] On the December 9 episode, Flair approached her former rival and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch, who defeated The Kabuki Warriors via disqualification, after which, they put Lynch through a table. Later that night, Lynch and Flair accepted The Kabuki Warriors' challenge for aTables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship atTLC.[37]
Team SmackDown's men's captain Roman Reigns opened the followingSmackDown. Reigns thanked his SmackDown team, except King Corbin, whom he called out. Corbin claimed it was because of him that SmackDown won, and stated that Reigns betrayed his team when Reigns caused his elimination by attacking him. Reigns challenged Corbin to a match, however, Corbin instead brought out Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode and Roode challenged Reigns instead, in which Reigns won. Following the match, a brawl ensued.[41] This led to a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match between Reigns and Corbin for TLC.[42]
Also on the followingSmackDown, Universal Champion "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt challenged Daniel Bryan, who was now embracing the Yes Movement again, to another match which Bryan accepted. The Fiend then attacked Bryan, ripping out his hair. He also debuted a new custom championship belt.[41]The Miz was then intertwined in the feud,[43][44] and at TLC, Wyatt, as his normal Firefly Fun House self, defeated Miz. After the match, a hooded figure attacked Wyatt and revealed himself as Bryan, with a buzz cut and a shorter beard.[45] On the December 27 episode ofSmackDown, Bryan won a triple threat match by submitting Miz to earn a rematch against The Fiend for the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble,[46] which was stipulated as astrap match.[47]
SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley and Team SmackDown women's captain Sasha Banks stated they did not lose at Survivor Series because NXT was better, but because the rest of SmackDown let them down. Banks and Bayley criticized each member of Team SmackDown with Lacey Evans being last, who came out to confront them and delivered a Women's Right to Banks.[41] After more weeks of feuding, Bayley was scheduled to defend the SmackDown Women's Championship against Evans at the Royal Rumble.[47]
On the followingNXT, the entire roster (including NXT UK) celebrated their brand's victory over Raw and SmackDown at Survivor Series only for The Undisputed Era to interrupt. Adam Cole stated that the only reason NXT won was due to their stable. Tommaso Ciampa reminded Cole that it was his team that defeated The Undisputed Era at WarGames and warned them that their days of holding their respective championships were numbered, with Ciampa focusing on Cole's NXT Championship.Finn Bálor then interrupted. In response, Ciampa issued a challenge to Bálor, which the latter agreed, and Bálor defeated Ciampa due to interference from Cole. Following the match, Bálor performed a Pele Kick on Cole.[48] Bálor then defeated Ciampa and Keith Lee in a triple threat match to become the number one contender for Cole's NXT Championship.[49]
Also on the followingNXT, Rhea Ripley had a face-to-face confrontation with NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler, and congratulated her for defeating Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch and SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley at Survivor Series. Ripley then reminded Baszler that her team defeated Baszler's team at WarGames and then issued a challenge to Baszler for her championship.[48] The title match was then scheduled for the December 18 episode,[50] where Ripley was victorious, ending Baszler's reign at 416 days.[51]
Also on the followingNXT, Lio Rush defeated Raw's Akira Tozawa to retain the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.[48]
After Shayna Baszler lost the NXT Women's Championship, she reignited her feud with Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch in 2020. At the Royal Rumble, Baszler entered as the final entrant in the women'sRoyal Rumble match and finished as the runner-up.[52] After Lynch's successful title defense on the February 10 episode ofRaw, Baszler viciously attacked Lynch.[53] She then single-handedly eliminated all of the other opponents in the women'sElimination Chamber match atElimination Chamber to earn a title match against Lynch at WrestleMania 36.[54]
Although NXT had won the brand competition for the 2019 Survivor Series, the brand was removed from the competition at the2020 event. NXT was removed due toCOVID-19-related issues, as outbreaks of the virus had occurred at both of NXT's home arenas,Full Sail University and then theWWE Performance Center, prompting WWE to exclude NXT wrestlers from the event to avoid potential transmission of the virus to members of the Raw and SmackDown rosters.[55][56] In September 2021, NXT was restructured as NXT 2.0 and reverted to its developmental roots.[57]
Team
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikki Cross | Bianca Belair | Pinfall | 9:38 |
| 2 | Sarah Logan | Bianca Belair | Pinfall | 12:11 |
| 3 | Carmella | Charlotte Flair | Pinfall | 15:38 |
| 4 | Kairi Sane | Sasha Banks | Pinfall | 16:48 |
| 5 | Dana Brooke | Asuka | Pinfall | 17:25 |
| 6 | Charlotte Flair | Lacey Evans | Pinfall | 19:03 |
| 7 | Asuka | N/A | Forfeit | 19:08 |
| 8 | Lacey Evans | Natalya | Pinfall | 19:50 |
| 9 | Toni Storm | Natalya andSasha Banks | Submission | 20:47 |
| 10 | Bianca Belair | Sasha Banks | Pinfall | 21:16 |
| 11 | Natalya | Sasha Banks | Pinfall | 21:58 |
| 12 | Sasha Banks | Rhea Ripley | Pinfall | 28:00 |
| Survivor(s): | Candice LeRae,Io Shirai, andRhea Ripley (Team NXT)[61] | |||
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter | Drew McIntyre | Pinfall | 2:57 |
| 2 | Shorty G | Kevin Owens | Pinfall | 6:26 |
| 3 | Kevin Owens | Tommaso Ciampa | Pinfall | 7:40 |
| 4 | Damian Priest | Randy Orton | Pinfall | 10:14 |
| 5 | Randy Orton | Matt Riddle | Pinfall | 10:28 |
| 6 | Matt Riddle | King Corbin | Pinfall | 10:52 |
| 7 | Braun Strowman | N/A | Countout | 13:14 |
| 8 | Ricochet | King Corbin | Pinfall | 14:30 |
| 9 | Mustafa Ali | Seth Rollins | Pinfall | 16:10 |
| 10 | Drew McIntyre | Roman Reigns | Pinfall | 17:37 |
| 11 | King Corbin | Tommaso Ciampa | Pinfall | 19:55 |
| 12 | Tommaso Ciampa | Seth Rollins | Pinfall | 25:37 |
| 13 | Seth Rollins | Keith Lee | Pinfall | 28:11 |
| 14 | Keith Lee | Roman Reigns | Pinfall | 31:00 |
| Sole Survivor: | Roman Reigns (Team SmackDown) | |||