Los Angeles (Nov. 21, 2018) – AXS TV ushers in a new era of its NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (NJPW) coverage with real-time same-week coverage of the promotions’ biggest events in 2019. The new schedule kicks off with a same-day near-live two-hour broadcast of NJPW’s biggest event of the year, Wrestle Kingdom 13, on Friday, Jan. 4 at 8pE/5pP.
The Wrestle Kingdom special is headlined by IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and IWGP Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito, and will feature the network debut of the NJPW commentary team of Kevin Kelly and Don Callis.
“Same-day coverage of NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 13 ushers in a new era of NJPW on AXS TV,” said AXS TV FIGHTS CEO Andrew Simon. “Based on the tremendous growth of NJPW on AXS TV, we are making major changes to reward wrestling fans by delivering NJPW in primetime on Friday nights as close to when it takes place as possible.”
AXS TV produces the English language version of NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING in association with TV ASAHI CORPORATION, the distributor of NJPW.
AXS TV’s upcoming NJPW schedule is as follows (subject to change):
WWE has announced that John Cena will be returning in December and January 2019 for a total of 13 shows, with 10 non-televised live events and three TV tapings.
Cena returns at the annual tradition post-Christmas show at Madison Square Garden on 12/26. He then appears in Long Island on 12/27, Baltimore on 12/28, Smackdown tapings in Pittsburgh on 12/29, in Tampa on 12/30, in Columbus on 01/04, in Tallahassee on 01/05, in Fort Myers on 01/06, Raw in Orlando on 01/07, Charleston on 01/11, Knoxville on 01/12, Huntsville on 01/13, and Raw in Memphis on 01/14.
Appearing on Raw and Smackdown probably means that he will be part of the buildup to the Royal Rumble and will either have a match or be part of the 30-man over-the-top-rope Rumble.
Cena last wrestled in Melbourne, Australia at the Super Show-Down pay-per-view and was supposed to be at Crown Jewel earlier this month but he opted out of going to Saudi Arabia.
The 16-time champion has been lately living in China filming a movie.
The post-Survivor Series Monday Night Raw drew an average of 2,493,000 viewers, up 44,000 viewers from the previous week’s broadcast.
Hour one drew 2,721,000 viewers, followed by 2,502,000 viewers in the second hour, and then 2,256,000 viewers in the third and final hour.
Raw was #4, #6, and #7 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #4 in overall viewership for the night. The night was dominated by NFL with over 16.6 million viewers tuning in. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Essay writing is pretty much more like story-telling. People tell good stories to each other all the time but what varies is the originality and the creativity involved. Writing a good discourse that one learns over time. An academic essay demands more than just a good story. It has to impress the first reader who happens to be your examiner. This is the only way it can earn you good grades and find its way to the library archives where others can refer to it. All article writing service providers acknowledge the power of a good story that is well narrated. The following tips will help you to boost your academic essay writing skills in a big way:
Master Basic Grammar and Style
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Do a Proper Outline
In any form of writing, doing an outline prior to the real at is usually important. Doing a proper outline for your essay will give you a guideline on what to cover. This acts as a skeleton for the discourse. Due to the task that an outline is supposed to accomplish, accuracy is required in doing it. Writers of academic term papers understand the power of a good outline. Make sure you capture the main parts of the essay which are the introduction, the body, and the conclusion.
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Final Remarks
If you do your homework well, before you know it you will have become a top-notch essay writer. Even though academic writing can be a bit more demanding, the tips discussed here will help you to tighten your grip on the same.
Week 10 of the second season of Mixed Match Challenge took place last night following the conclusion of Smackdown Live.
All four teams which had no wins at all squared off against each other, with Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox defeating Bobby Roode and Natalya in the first match and then R-Truth and Carmella defeated Rusev and Lana in the second match of the show.
With their wins, Mahal/Fox and Truth/Carmella move to a 1-3 record while Roode/Natalya and Rusev/Lana move to a disastrous 0-4 record.
The quarter finals will start next week and it is now an elimination tournament.
The matches are Ember Moon and a partner to be determined vs Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox, Finn Balor and Bayley vs Bobby Lashley and Mickie James, Jeff Hardy and Charlotte Flair vs R-Truth and Carmella, and The Miz and Asuka vs Jimmy Uso and Naomi.
AJ Styles and Braun Strowman have been taken out of the Mixed Match Challenge tournament permanently.
Strowman’s upcoming elbow surgery meant that he would have needed a replacement to continue the tournament. His tag team partner, Ember Moon, will find out next week who will be joining her before their match against Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox.
Former WWE champion AJ Styles was also taken out for reasons that were not explained. Styles last week was replaced by Jeff Hardy following the title loss in the main event of Smackdown. Hardy will be teaming up with Charlotte Flair for the remainder of the show.
This year’s Mixed Match Challenge was full of replacements due to several injuries.
Speaking to TMZ, UFC President Dana White said that he’s not sure anymore that the Daniel Cormier vs Brock Lesnar fight for the UFC Heavyweight champion will take place now as he prefers to have Cormier fight his arch rival Jon Jones before he retires.
Cormier has repeatedly said that he will retire once he hits 40 and that’s coming up in April. Lesnar cannot fight till mid-January and with his involvement in the Royal Rumble, the chances of a January UFC fight are pretty remote.
“I’d obviously like to see Jones and Cormier fight again at heavyweight,” White tells TMZ. “Cormier’s team wants him to retire now. They want him to retire right now. I hope we can get 3 more fights out of him.”
Lesnar, who confronted Daniel Cormier at UFC 226, entered the USADA drug testing pool in early July to continue his remaining one-year suspension stemming from two UFC 200 failed drug tests. Dana White said at the time that Lesnar would be taking on Cormier for the title in his first fight back with the promotion.
David Arquette took responsibility for the mess of a match he had this past weekend at LA Confidential against Nick Cage, a death match which ended up with Arquette getting his neck sliced with a broken light tube.
In a lengthy post on Twitter, the former WCW champion said that he knew that the match would be violent and potentially bloody but he didn’t know the extent of what he was participating in. “However, I take the responsibility for putting myself in that situation,” Arquette wrote. Arquette admitted that he got injured because of lack of experience in that kind of match.
“I want everyone to know I have nothing but respect for @GCWrestling_ @thekingnickgage @JANELABABY and the main reason I got cut is because I panicked. I was clearly in over my head. They’re pros so please don’t give them sh*t. Respect,” he wrote.
He apologized to fans for any negative attention his involvement in the death match brought to the wrestling world and said that he has the utmost respect for the sport. “I have zero plans to be involved in a match like this again. I am looking forward to getting back to the ring, under much different circumstances – in the near future.”
During Monday Night Raw yesterday, the angle with Lashley, McIntyre, and Corbin destroying Strowman’s elbow was a coverup for an injury he is dealing with at the moment.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer said that Strowman has bone spurs in the elbow and will be undergoing surgery, putting the match against Corbin at TLC in jeopardy. The match was announced on Raw last night in the opening segment and Corbin in fact mentioned that Strowman might not make it to TLC due to the handicap match he set-up, which was then changed to a six-man tag match.
The situation will be evaluated once Strowman is opened up and his elbow is surgically repaired. Typical recovery for removal of bone spurs is around a week or two for regular individuals but it could take up to six weeks for a more-damaged elbow.
Two more matches were added to the TLC pay-per-view last night on Raw.
Braun Strowman will get his chance for revenge on Baron Corbin in four weeks on the show in a tables, ladders, and chairs match. But apart from the gimmick match, there will be two important stipulations as part of the match.
If Strowman beats Corbin, he will be given a title shot against Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble next month. If Corbin wins, he will be the permanent Raw General Manager moving forward.
The stakes are higher in this match for Corbin as if he loses, he will be removed from his acting GM position.
The other match announced is for the Raw Women’s title as Ronda Rousey defends against Nia Jax. Jax became the number one contender by winning a battle royal at the Evolution pay-per-view.
This will be their second match against each other after the two wrestled at Money In The Bank earlier this year in June which ended in a DQ win for Rousey after Bliss interfered. Bliss cashed in her MITB briefcase immediately afterward and defeated Jax to reclaim the title.
It’s November 18th, second day of World Tag League! Tonight, we are in Korakuen Hall, and in the main event, last year’s winners, EVIL and Sanada will take on a new team of Michael Elgin and Jeff Cobb. My money in this year’s tournament is on, surprisingly enough, Best Friends. New Japan seems to be really putting them into top matches, and them competing against Guerillas of Destiny for the tag belts seems quite natural.
1. Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura
Strange, as the non-Young Lion team is in the tournament, while the other is not–usually all non-tournament matches during tournaments are in on-tournament matches (so, I would expect no tag matches tonight in prelims, for example). Juice Robinson seems to be doing a Macho Man look tonight, which makes sense, I mean, Macho Man, was a world class wrestler and Juice is a world class jackass.
The “storyline” seemed to be that Uemura was successful against both men, but Tsuji wasn’t, which I, kinda agree with, because even Tsuji has the most size, intensity and personality out of Young Lions, I think he is most behind them. Finlay pins Uemura with a brainbuster into shoulderbreaker.
2. Guerillas Of Destiny (with Jado) vs Tomoaki Honma & Ren Narita
OK, so tag matches are what they are doing for prelims this year. Great spot, where Honma would not move, while lying down, and Tanga Loa couldn’t drag him by the arm. Tonga tagged in and did a diving headbutt, Honma’s move, but Honma rolled away and did a diving headbutt on his own, but Tonga rolled away and Honma DDT’ed him as soon as he got up.
Great match, as GOD didn’t try to Steiner their opponents, and Ren Narita really shined. Eventually Tonga Loa pinned him with Ape Shit. Well worth checking out, especially as this card is free on New Japan World.
I really like Jado as manager, instead of Gedo. Gedo always tries to be a wrestler, and it’s hard to take that ridiculously. Jado, on the other hand, plays interfering manager, and does it effectively, here he turned the tide against Honma. Overall, incredible how good, though not long, a second match on the card can be.
3. Togi Makabe, Toa Henare, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino
All four teams are in the tournament. All four teams should not get more than four points. Yoshida & Umino argue over who is starting, until Nagata pushes them both to the corner, and it’s Nakanishi against Henare.
At one point, Umino won an elbow battle against Henare, only for Henare to come off the ropes with a Samoan Drop and a chokeslam for three. Overall, a lot more fun than it should have been, everybody got a chance to shine.
Henare no longer has face paint, and looks much better. After the match, Makabe shoves Tenzan, establishing that these are four distinct teams for the tournament.
4. Hirooki Goto & Best Friends vs Kota Ibushi, Adam Page & Yujiro Takahashi
Not sure what I missed, but Goto wants to face Ibushi. Ibushi says no, and it’s Beretta vs Yujiro to start things off. Later, Yujiro tags in Page, and Page runs apeshit over CHAOS, to huge cheers, until Beretta DDTs him off the top rope.
Goto hit GTR on Ibushi, eventually, but had to tag down to Chuckie T. Best friends double teamed Yujiro for a while, but eventually it was Adam Page with his rolling slingshot clothesline and Yujiro with a DDT to pin Chuckie. Hmm, perhaps I am wrong as to where Best Friends are meant to be in New Japan hierarchy.
After the match, it looks like Ibushi is going to challenge Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship! But I am not too sure if Ibushi said he was up for it.
Okada pinned Bushi with a dropkick and a Rainmaker. Kinda surprised which way it went, but very very fun.
6. Minoru Suzuki & Takayuki Iizuka vs Killer Elite Squad
KES pinned Iizuka with a Killer Bomb. After the match Suzuki and KES raised hands together to indicate group’s unity.
7. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi (with Taka Michinoku)
Lots of cheers for Ishii and Taichi. And, oh, what a finish. Ishii went for a sliding lariat on Sabre, but Sabre grabbed his arm and went for an arm triangle, then transferred it to triangle choke. Ishii picked up Sabre and power bombed him, but Sabre held on. Yano then ran in and started stomping ZSJ. Just when it looked like the hold was going to be broken, Taichi nailed Yano with the microphone and Ishii passed out for a submission win.
Taichi then chokes out Yano with the mic after the bell rings.
8. Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb vs EVIL & Sanada
Great finish, with the crowd loyalty constantly switching to whoever was losing. Finally, EVIL and Sanada nailed Magic Killer on Jeff Cobb, then Sanada did a suicide dive on Elgin to the outside as the legal men exchanged some reversals, finally it was EVIl with an STO and a 3-count.
After the match, EVIL interrupts his usual tagline to give Sanada the mike.
With each team, having completed one match in the tournament, of course, 7 teams are tied for the lead.
I will see you next in ten days, when New Japan returns for Korakuen for the first teaming of Tanahashi & Okada against their heated rivals.
Impact Wrestling has started selling a two-day VIP package for their upcoming Homecoming pay-per-view which is scheduled for January.
The company is going back to where it all began at The Nashville Fairgrounds on January 6 for the pay-per-view and January 7 for television tapings.
The VIP package includes front row seats to both shows, access to all the events during the weekend including meet and greets, ringside photos, discounts at the merchandise stands and more.
The two day package is $291.25 and is available for purchase at EventBrite.com.
The TLC pay-per-view, which takes place in four weeks time, got its first match of the card last night at the Survivor Series.
It was revealed that Intercontinental champion Seth Rollins will be defending his title against his former tag team partner Dean Ambrose. No stipulation was announced for the match although that will probably change as the program between the two advances over the next couple of weeks.
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs is the last WWE pay-per-view of 2018 and will air live from the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The show will also feature the final of the Mixed Match Challenge series where the winners will enter #30 in the Royal Rumble matches.
It’s still one year away but WWE has already chosen Chicago, or better yet, Rosemont, to host next year’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
“WWE is so proud of our relationship with our fans in Chicago,” said John Saboor, the WWE Executive Vice President of Special Events told The Chicago Tribune. “Allstate Arena, going back to when it was known as Rosemont Horizon, has been such an important partner of WWE, dating back to the ’80s.”
And since this is one of the big four WWE pay-per-views, WWE is also bringing NXT Takeover, Raw, and Smackdown to the city although this time, there will be a change in the order of shows.
With Smackdown moving to Fox in October 2019 on Friday nights, the four-day WWE weekend will start with Smackdown on November 22, NXT Takeover on November 23, Survivor Series on November 24, and Raw on November 25.
“Chicago consistently has an electric atmosphere and audience. It’s really something,” Saboor added. “Our Superstars, with great frequency, mention that Allstate is one of their very favorite venues in the country to compete.”
Ronda Rousey got her first taste of being loudly booed at a WWE show as fans inside the Staples Center ripped her to pieces as she got beaten to hell and back by Charlotte Flair much to the enjoyment of the crowd.
The angle, designed to get Rousey some sympathy, saw Flair snap and completely destroy the Raw Women’s champion with a kendo stick and later wrapped a chair around her neck and stomped on it. Rousey, with her body filled with welts and chest all red due to the dozen of chops she received, endured quite the beating and was bleeding from her mouth after an accidental elbow to the face during the match.
Fans inside the Staples Center were chanting for Becky as officials tried to help Rousey of the ring but “The Man” did not show up. Rousey looked visibly upset at the reaction and did not hide her disgust when walking to the back. On Twitter, Rousey addressed Flair and said, “This isn’t over.”
Since her arrival in WWE, Rousey has been warmly welcomed by fans but getting into a war of words with Becky Lynch did not help her this time around. On a similar note, Nia Jax was also booed out of the building after she put Becky Lynch out of commission. Jax was booed even more after she was the sole survivor of her team. On Twitter, Jax thanked the Staples Center for the “California love.”
It was not a good night at the Survivor Series if you were on team blue as the Smackdown brand got wiped on the pay-per-view card with a 0-6 record.
Apart from the Tag Team elimination match on the Kickoff show, all the other Superstars representing Smackdown on the main card – the men’s and women’s teams, Shinsuke Nakamura, The Bar, Charlotte Flair, and Daniel Bryan all lost their respective matches to their Raw counterparts.
Last year it was a bit more balanced although Team Raw still won both traditional Survivor Series matches but Smackdown did get a couple of wins during the show. WWE often refers to Monday Night Raw as its A-show and judging from yesterday it did nothing to help Smackdown.
Here are the results from last night’s Survivor Series which took place from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
In a traditional Survivor Series elimination match on the Kickoff show, The Usos, The New Day, The Colons, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, and SAnitY defeated Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, The B-Team, The Ascension, Lucha House Party, and The Revival. The Usos were the last sole survivors; In a traditional Survivor Series elimination match, Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Bayley, and Sasha Banks defeated Naomi, Carmella, Sonya Deville, Asuka, and Mandy Rose. Nia Jax was the sole survivor; Seth Rollins defeated Shinsuke Nakamura; The Authors of Pain defeated Sheamus and Cesaro; Buddy Murphy defeated Mustafa Ali to retain the Cruiserweight title; In a traditional Survivor Series elimination match, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, and Bobby Lashley defeated The Miz, Shane McMahon, Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe, and Jeff Hardy. Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, and Braun Strowman were the sole survivors; Ronda Rousey defeated Charlotte Flair via disqualification; Brock Lesnar defeated Daniel Bryan.
Former WWE Cruiserweight champion Enzo Amore was sitting ringside at the Survivor Series, wearing a hoodie and a wig to hide his identity.
However, eagle-eyed fans quickly spotted him, posting screen grabs on social media. Amore was sitting in the second row facing the hard camera so he was on TV most of the time.
Fans inside the arena then realized it was him during the opening of the AOP vs The Bar match and at that point Amore removed his hoodie to reveal himself. Amore was “cutting a promo,” holding an imaginary microphone as the fans continued along. His shtick didn’t last long though as WWE and arena security quickly contained the situation by ejecting Amore from his seat.
Amore was taken backstage and then he was thrown out of the arena and was not allowed back in for the show. Outside the arena, Amore took photos with fans and then tweeted, “Apparently you can’t vape inside the Staples Center.” Last week, Amore was kicked off a Delta Airlines flight for vaping so the joke was a reference to his issues on the plane last week.
Hey everybody! Welcome to the 2018 WWE Survivor Series PPV Pick’em report! It’s been a grueling 2018 Pick’em Season, and we are now heading to the homestretch with an extremely tight contest!
Tonight, we have a very interesting bonus opportunity for the members of The Crew. For each of the Team Elimination matches (both Pre-Show and Main Show)…if they can correctly pick the team that wins, they’ll get 1 point. If they can correctly predict the sole survivor(s), they’ll get an additional 2 points! ANYTHING can happen at the Survivor Series, amirite?
Here’s the scores for the 2018 Season (after Crown Jewel)
Here we go with our picks for tonight’s Survivor Series PPV!
Pre-Show – Survivor Series Tag Team Match Team Raw(Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson), The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel), Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado, Kalisto, and/or Gran Metalik), and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) vs. Team Smackdown Live(The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and/or Xavier Woods), Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and/or Killian Dain), Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, and The Colóns (Epico Colón and Primo Colón)
Magnum: I heard this was recently moved to the Pre-Show…that’s a shame! I always thought that both the Tag Teams and the Singles wrestlers should be included with the Survivor Series PPV. As for this match, I think that the next challengers for the tag straps are coming out of this match. I’m going to roll with the Raw team getting the win in this one, to set the tone for Raw’s attempt at a three-peat. I’ll take Roode/Gable and the Lucha House Party to survive.
Tom: This will be a cluster of a match to start until a few teams are eliminated. The tag teams are better on Smackdown and The Usos and New Day will stand tall at the end. Smackdown wins.
Don: Since the Elite may be coming in, and since NJPW is also interested in Gallows and Anderson, I have a feeling they will survive. I also think it is time to give The New Day some momentum before the split them up. Team Smackdown wins – The New Day & Gallows and Anderson survive.
Colin: Glorious! Not really, but whatever. It’s a chance to get everyone on the card, I guess. With The New Day and The Usos on Team Smackdown, they’re going to get the win. And as for sole survivor(s), I guess The Usos and The New Day.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Mustafa Ali
Magnum: I freaking loved that title win by Buddy Murphy at the Super Show Down. The place went completely ballistic! As for tonight, I think Buddy continues to carry the Cruiserweight brand. Buddy Murphy retains.
Tom: This is the only title match today, but I don’t see a change of the belt. My Buddy Murphy retains.
Don: I haven’t followed 205 Live in a while, so I am going with the champ. Buddy Murphy retains.
Colin: To be completely honest I don’t follow the Cruiserweights very much. I know I should, but don’t ask me why. It’s just another show that I’d have to watch which I don’t have time for. Hopefully they won’t take the title away from Murphy so soon so picking Buddy winning.
Champion vs. Champion
RAW Tag Champs AOP (Akam and Rezar, with Drake Maverick) vs. Smackdown Live Tag Champs The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus, with Big Show)
Magnum: The Bar have had quite a bit of success with The Big Show’s backing, even as recently as this past Tuesday on Smackdown Live. However, I think the AOP are going to put themselves on the map with a huge, dominating win right here. Anything less…wouldn’t make any sense. AOP humbles The Bar.
Tom: I’m not feeling AOP yet. They had to push a NXT tag team every now and again, but why not push the Revival. But I don’t see them taking the wind out of AOP. AOP will score the victory.
Don: Time to build the Authors of Pain. The Bar will get the win back in a tables match at TLC. As for tonight? Authors of Pain win.
Colin: I really liked AOP when they were in NXT. They were badass m’fers. Here on Raw, meh. But new champs and all that…they better not job this quickly. AOP gets the WIN.
Non-Title Match – Raw vs. Smackdown
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
Magnum: I really, truly wonder if the fates have aligned for Becky and Ronda to square off at WrestleMania. I hope so! Crossing my fingers. As for this match, I think Rousey is going to establish herself as ‘the baddest woman on the planet’. We might even get the start of the Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen feud in this bout! Give me Rousey to take Charlotte to school. Rousey wins.
Tom: This seems hotshot and should have been built until Wrestlemania. I was thinking they would have used Auska, but not to be. This will probably the match of the night if not the Rollins and Nakamura match. Rousey will be in the figure eight for a while but not tap. Several false finishes. But I don’t see WWE letting Rousey lose. Rousey wins and Meltzer will give it 5 stars.
Don: Ronda did the impossible and beat Nikki Bella at Evolution, so there should be no stopping her now. Plus, Ronda Rousey is rumored to main event Wrestlemania as the last match. With that being said, WWE has to keep her strong and undefeated until then. Ronda Rousey wins.
Colin: Man, I was really looking forward to Ronda vs Becky. Really was. My prediction for that match was Ronda winning with a finish similar to the Austin/Bret at WrestleMania 13. I hate they’re throwing this together so quickly though as it could have led to 4 Horsewomen vs 4 Horsewomen eventually. Ronda Rousey for the win all the way.
Champion vs. Champion
WWE IC Champ Seth Rollins vs. WWE US Champ Shinsuke Nakamura
Magnum: This is going to be fascinating to watch, just because of the people involved with the match. A few years back…this would be a Dream Match. It still is in 2018, but Nakamura’s been watered down since WrestleMania. With Ambrose lurking in the shadows, expect Nakamura to get a huge win here before he eventually loses the US strap to Rey Mysterio (a title Rey has never held!)
Tom: I hope this is a great match like these two can put on. It will look like Rollins will get the win but Ambrose screws Rollins and Nakamura hits the Kinshasa for the three count.
Don: With rumors of NJPW trying to bring Nakamura back home, and the high probability of a Dean Ambrose run in…my money is on the King of Strong Style. Shinsuke Nakamura wins.
Colin: I wish this was NJPW Nakamura wrestling Rollins. But should be a fantastic match nonetheless. Thinking Nakamura will win after Ambrose interferes and causes Rollins the match.
Survivor Series Match Team Raw(Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, and Bobby Lashley) vs. Team Smackdown Live(The Miz, Shane McMahon, Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe, and Jeff Hardy)
Magnum: I’m on an island here, but there’s something about Shane’s World Cup win that tells me we’re not finished with him just yet. As crazy as this sounds, give me Smackdown Live to finally break the three-year curse and defeat Raw. I’m with Colin, the Raw team is definitely going to implode…and I wouldn’t be surprised if we ended it with Miz and Shane vs. Braun, Dolph, and Drew. As crazy as it sounds, I’ll take Shane McMahon as the Sole Survivor, leading the blue brand to victory.
Tom: Team Raw is too dysfunctional. They will set up McIntyer vs Strowman in this match and Bálor versus Lashley. Ziggler won’t save the day today. Team Smackdown wins with Shane and The Miz the survivors.
Don: The 2014 Survivor Series main event saw Dolph Ziggler win the main event as the sole survivor. This year we will see a new sole survivor, and it will be Drew McIntyre. Team Raw wins, sole survivor Drew McIntyre
Colin: Team Raw won last year didn’t they? How can Smackdown, with the Best in the World, lose this? Seriously! Okay, kidding aside, if Braun is going to challenge again for the title, he needs to win this for his team. Team Raw wins, Strowman sole survivor.
Survivor Series Match Team Raw (Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Sasha Banks, and Bayley) vs. Team Smackdown Live(Carmella, Naomi, Sonya Deville, Asuka, and Mandy Rose)
Magnum: I’m excited about who the Smackdown mystery women’s wrestler is – Could a Raw wrestler defect? Could an NXT wrestler make their debut with the blue brand? Anything’s possible. As for this match, give me Smackdown Live to win. As for the “Sole Survivors”…? I’ll take Naomi, Asuka, and Mandy Rose to survive.
Tom: I see Nikki Cross filling in for Charlotte. The fans will love it. With breaking Becky’s face, I see Nia Jax being the first eliminated with like one kick from Asuka or the dancing break confusion from Carmella and a small package brother, brother. With Jax out, Raw has no chance in hell. I think it will be Asuka as sole survivor with Team Smackdown wins.
Don: I have a feeling Team Smackdown is going to dominate this one. Asuka, Carmella and the mystery partner will lead Smackdown on to victory. Team SmackDown wins, and the survivors are Asuka, Carmella and Mandy Rose.
Colin: Kinda weak match. As for the TBA on the Smackdown team, hey, give me Lana, okay? I never get tired of watching her. I mean, not watching her wrestling, but watching her. LOL! I say Team….DANCE BREAK…..okay we’re back…Team Smackdown gets the win in this one with Asuka and Naomi as survivors.
Champion vs. Champion
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan
Magnum: I told the boys from the “Pick’em Crew” that this match wouldn’t happen. I still think there’s going to be some kind of ‘bait and switch’ where Brock Lesnar doesn’t show up at Survivor Series. Whether he arrives or not…I still think something’s going to happen to allow Daniel Bryan to win. If they do fight, I wouldn’t be surprised if Lesnar oversteps his boundaries and gets DQ’ed. Still, I’m extremely skeptical. The most disappointing thing about this match…was that it was supposed to headline WrestleMania 31. The idea was that Bryan would be destroyed at Summerslam 2014, win the 2015 Rumble, and then shock the world by defeating Lesnar at Mania. I would have loved that storyline arc. Instead, we get this. What a letdown. By hook, by crook, or by forfeit, Daniel Bryan wins in a shocking turn of events.
Tom: There is no way that Brock will lose in WWE before his UFC fight. I feel like this will be like last year being a good match but Brock wins.
Don: I think with Roman out, Cena on a limited schedule, Lesnar on a limited schedule, WWE needs to develop a new face of the company. Call me crazy, but for this Daniel vs Goliath dream match, I think history will repeat itself and Daniel will be victorious. Plus imagine the match ups if the Elite signs, or when they call up the NXT stars. Daniel Bryan wins.
Colin: If this was Lesnar vs AJ I would have predicted a win for AJ. He did the job last year and I would have imagined that Strowman interferes and costs Lesnar the match. Betting against Lesnar though most of the time doesn’t get you anywhere though, right? With that said, I don’t see how Bryan can beat Lesnar to be completely honest so give me big Brock for the win.
That’s going to do it for us! From the PPV Pick’em Crew to your families, Happy Thanksgiving! We’ll see you next month for THE GRAND FINALE 2018 PPV PICK’EM REPORT!
For tonight’s Survivor Series, the current Universal champion Brock Lesnar remains the favorite in his match against the newly-crowned WWE champion Daniel Bryan. Lesnar is at 1/4 in odds while Bryan is at 11/4.
Raw Women’s champion Ronda Rousey had a change of opponent in the final week leading up to the show but she still remains the overwhelming favorite, with her odds at 1/10 while Charlotte Flair, replacing Becky Lynch, is at a a distant 11/2.
The dream match of Seth Rollins and Shinsuke Nakamura has Nakamura being the favorite by a good distance as he is at 2/7 to win for the blue brand while Rollins is at 5/2. Meanwhile, The Authors of Pain are 2/5 favorites for their non-title match against The Bar, who are at 7/4 for the win.
The only title match on this show is the Cruiserweight one and Buddy Murphy, the current champ, is at 4/11 to win while Mustafa Ali is at 2/1.
In the traditional Survivor Series elimination matches, Team Raw is 1/3 favorite while Team Smackdown is at 9/4. Drew McIntyre is also the favorite to be the sole survivor. In the women’s match, the situation is reversed as Team Smackdown is 8/13 favorites while Team Raw is at 6/5. And in the 10 vs 10 Tag Team match, Team Smackdown is also the favorite at 1/5 while Team Raw is at 10/3.
The odds are likely to change as the show gets closer so please bet carefully.
