Team Raw (Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins) vs. Team SmackDown Live (AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt and Shane McMahon) (with James Ellsworth) (5–on–5 Traditional Survivor Series Men’s Elimination Match)
Winners: Team SmackDown (the last survivors were Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton)!
Highlights: AJ and Owens matched up and began the battle of their brand’s top champions. After both men missed their signature holds and finishers, a stalemate ensued. Y2J then made his way into the match after a hug from his best friend Owens and stated tearing into AJ. AJ’s beautiful dropkick brought Y2J to the mat, which led to him angrily tagging in Rollins. AJ then did the same to Ambrose and forced both men to fight. Ambrose and Rollins ended up fighting to a stalemate of their own and while Rollins’ back was turned, Y2J tagged himself back in. Y2J’s jaw jacking with Ambrose did nothing but piss Ambrose off and cause Y2J much discomfort. Both men exchanged holds until Y2J landed an Enzuguri on Ambrose. Y2J viciously slapped Ambrose, which woke Ambrose back up and caused him to assault Y2J. Shane O’Mac soon got involved and used his quickness to land a running reverse elbow to Y2J. Jericho responded with a Missile Dropkick to Shane, which was followed by some offense from Rollins and Reigns.
The crowd booed Reigns relentlessly, but he ignored the hate and clothesline Shane in the corner several times. Rollins got tagged in to maintain control. Shane saved himself after back body dropping Rollins and tagging in Ambrose. Ambrose got into it with the newly tagged in Owens, which led into Ambrose landing a ton of his signature moves. Both teams stepped into the ring for a staredown that lasted a good while; Y2J started the brawl and caused plenty of bodies to be strewn about outside the ring. While both teams continued assaulting each other outside the ring, Owens launched himself onto them all. Strowman got his hands on Shane for a bit, but then Team SmackDown began weakening Raw’s big man. AJ landed a Pele on Reigns and Ambrose laid out Rollins with a Rebound Lariat, but things broke down between the both of them. Shane tried desperately to break them up, but their skirmish led into Ambrose getting eliminated by Strowman’s Running Powerslam.
Strowman turned his attention to Shane and even swatted AJ and Orton away when they tried to intervene. All of a sudden, Bray ran into the ring and stopped Strowman from continuing his rampage for a little while. He soon regained his focus and targeted his former stablemate leader. On the outside, Orton RKO’d Strowman right onto an announce table. After getting set up by Bray and Orton, Strowman crashed through the announce table after a Shane O’Mac Elbow Drop. Strowman met his elimination after being unable to answer the ref’s 10-count due to James Ellsworth grabbing his leg from underneath the ring. Strowman took out his frustrations on SmackDown Live’s mascot by flinging him onto a pair of tables near the entrance ramp. Back inside the ring, Y2J and his best buddy focused on beating down Shane. Shane ended up getting caught with a Codebreaker (Orton ate one of his own), but Shane still survived as the match wore on. Y2J went for a top rope splash on Shane, but Shane moved away at the very last second.
AJ got the hot tag and began going to town on Y2J. Y2J looked to save himself with a Walls of Jericho, but AJ reversed it into his Calf Crusher. AJ even angered Owens after hitting him while he was on the ring apron, which led to Owens DQ’ing himself after hitting AJ with Y2J’s metal List pad. Y2J looked to recover all the papers that just got thrown onto the mat, but this distraction led to him getting eliminated with an RKO. Rollins made his way into the ring, but he soon ended up the end of Orton and Bray’s tandem offense. Rollins was forced to tag in Reigns after a while and thankfully he cleaned house on every member of Team SmackDown Live. Reigns went for a Superman Punch on AJ, but AJ’s Enzuguri stopped it mid-way. Shane got tagged in, started throwing punches and even landed a DDT on Reigns. Then Shane focused his attention on Rollins, then went right back to beating down Reigns. Shane signaled for his Coast to Coast, but Reigns speared him right out of the air. A scary moment occurred when Shane was forced to leave the match after the ref saw him in an unresponsive state.
When the match got back into the ring, Orton and Bray worked on a much weaker Reigns. Reigns turned the momentum around for his team by clotheslining Bray and tagging in a fresh Rollins. Rollins pulled out his best moves as he took out AJ inside the ring and Bray outside of it. Rollins damn near destroyed AJ with an Enzuguri and his Superplex/Falcon Arrow combo. Afterwards, Orton tried to DDT Rollins on the outside but Reigns showed up just in time to stop him. AJ then had to save Orton from eating a Shield Powerbomb. AJ looked to get things back in his team’s favor, but then Ambrose ran out and began taking shots at AJ. Suddenly, a Shield reunion broke out! Rollins and Reigns teamed up to help Ambrose take out several security guards and then Powerbomb AJ into an announce table. AJ soon got eliminated.
It all came down to Orton/Bray and Rollins/Reigns. Harper came from underneath the ring to help distract Team Raw, which helped Team SmackDown live gain the upper hand. Rollins landed a Slingblade on Bray and even went to lay out Harper out on the outside. Rollins did his best to stay in the match, but a missed Frog Splash caused him to get dropped with an eliminating RKO. Reigns was the last man standing for Raw. He fought harder than he ever has before during his struggle with Bray and Orton. Reigns managed to get rid of Harper with a quick spear on the outside. Reigns signaled for another spear on Bray, but Orton shoved him away and sacrificed himself. Orton ate the spear and helped Bray catch a quick breather. Bray got the win for his brand after landing a Sister Abigail on Reigns.
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