Team Raw (Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Nia Jax, Alicia Fox and Sasha Banks with Dana Brooke) vs. Team SmackDown Live (Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella and Naomi with Natalya) (5–on–5 Traditional Survivor Series Women’s Elimination Match)
Winners: Team Raw (the last survivors were Bayley and Charlotte)!
Highlights: What was shocking about this match was the absence of Nikki Bella. Turns out Nikki got beat down by some unknown assailant backstage. Natalya decided to take her place. When the match finally began, Fox and Carmella got rough with each other real early. Alicia used a nice Northern Lights Suplex on Carmella, but Carmella quickly recovered and used a quick move of her own to take her down. Suddenly, chaos ensued as every woman got into the ring to start brawling. Once the ref regained order, Charlotte and Lynch went back and forth. Charlotte retreated, tagged in Jax and let her run roughshod over Lynch. Jax began shoving down every member of Team SmackDown Live as they all came in. The 1st Elimination came when the Fox used a Scissors Kick to take out Carmella, but then Fox got taken out by Bliss used her Spark Splash to eliminate her. Naomi met her end after she pulled off a big splash to the outside and got shoved into the ring corner by Jax. She ended up getting counted out.
Natalya and Bliss ended up vying for control with Banks. Banks used her knee based offense to gain the upper hand, but she got eliminated due to a quick surprise Natalya pin. Charlotte got beat down a bit once she began locking up with Natalya. Natalya’s big German Suplex almost took out Charlotte, but Charlotte’s big boot caused Natalya to get taken out of the match. The match continued with Jax getting broken down by Lynch and Bliss, who decided to stop arguing and work like a well-oiled unit. Jax’s double suplex to both ladies looked impressive, but it was followed up by her tapping out to Lynch’s Dis-Arm-Her. Jax decided to beat down Lynch on the outside, which then led to Charlotte using another big boot to eliminate Bliss thus time. Lynch was forced to take on the last two women on Raw’s team. Charlotte looked good as she continued to get the best of Lynch, but Lynch gave her some tough offense of her own. Bayley soon got tagged in and exchanged holds with Lynch, but Bayley won the match for her team via a Bayley to Belly. During the post-match celebration, Charlotte beat down Bayley and tossed her to the outside ring barrier.
Brian Kendrick (c) vs. Kalisto (Singles Match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship; if Kalisto wins the title, then Smackdown Live will get the Cruiserweight Division from Raw)
Winner: And still the WWE Cruiserweight Champion due to DQ, Brian Kendrick!
Highlights: Both men shook hands at the beginning, but Kendrick got right to business after that show of respect. Kalisto ended up pushing him to the outside and he got followed that up with a nice top con hilo to the outside. Kalisto laid in some good strikes and broke out his usual high flying maneuvers to further incapacitate Kendrick. Kendrick countered back with a nice side kick and a German Suplex soon after. It looked as if he was about to land Sliced Bread #2, but Kalisto countered him and ended up getting locked into pinning exchanges with Kendrick. Kendrick chose to use the ring itself to get the upper hand when he pulled Kalisto’s neck and back region into the corner ring pad. Then he kicked the steel steps right into the side of Kalisto while the luchador was stuck in between it.
Kendrick finally got things in control and in his favor with submissions holds and more strikes. Kalisto took a while to flip out of his hold, but Kendrick caught him with a cool maneuver that pulled Kalisto’s neck first right into the middle ring ropes. Kalisto took a while to recover, but he soon took out Kendrick with a few kicks and a Spanish Fly from the ring apron. After beating the ref’s 10-count, Kalisto landed a tope suicida to Kendrick on the outside. Both men soon found themselves fighting on the top rope for a prime position. Kendrick slammed Kalisto to the mat with a Headlock Takeover and finally locked in his Captain’s Hook for several grueling moments. Somehow, Kalisto broke out of the tight submission hold. Kendrick tried to lay in some more strikes, but Kalisto kicked himself into 2nd gear and began landing a bunch of slick comeback moves. Then Kalisto almost got the win after landing his Salina Del Sol on Kendrick (Kendrick got his foot on the rope to break the pin). When it looked like Kalisto had the match won, Baron Corbin showed up! Corbin cost Kalisto the match by focusing his finishing End of Days attack on him.
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WWE Survivor Series 2016: The Results & Highlights You Need to Know