Survivor Series (2016)

Survivor Series (2016)
Tagline(s)Fantasy Warfare Just Got Real
Theme
song(s)		"False Alarm" by The Weeknd[1]
Information
PromotionWWE
Brand (s)Raw
SmackDown
SponsorHulu
Mattel
DateNovember 20, 2016
Attendance17,143
VenueAir Canada Centre
CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
Pay-per-view chronology
NXT TakeOver: Toronto Survivor Series (2016) TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2016)
Survivor Series chronology
Survivor Series (2015) Survivor Series (2016) —

Survivor Series (2016) was a wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) made by WWE for the Raw and SmackDown Live brands. It happened on November 20, 2016. It happened at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] It was the thirtieth time a Survivor Series PPV was held and the first to be held in Canada after the Montreal Screwjob in 1997.

Eight wrestling matches were performed at the event. In the most important match, Goldberg beat Brock Lesnar in one minute and 26 seconds in his first match in 12 years.[3] In addition, there were three Survivor Series matches between the wrestlers of Raw and SmackDown.

Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg

At WrestleMania XX, Goldberg beat Brock and the next day, both men left WWE. Brock wrestled in New Japan Pro Wrestling, fought in Ultimate Fighting Championship and returned to WWE in April 2012 but Goldberg hardly wrestled again. In 2016, the covers and commercials for the WWE 2K17 video game were shown for the first time and Goldberg was on/in both of them. This made many people think that he would return to WWE and maybe get a rematch with Brock. The two started talking about the match they could have at conventions like the ones for the video game. In October 2017, Paul Heyman said Brock was challenging Goldberg because he was the one wrestler Brock could never beat. That month, Goldberg returned and agreed to fight Brock.

To start the match, Brock pushed Goldberg into the corner and rammed him between the ropes but Goldberg pushed him back hard and Brock fell back. When Brock got up, he took a spear from Goldberg. This happened again and then Goldberg picked Brock up and performed a Jackhammer and won the match.

Results

# Matches Type of match Times[4][5]
Pre-show TJ Perkins, Rich Swann and Noam Dar beat Tony Nese, Drew Gulak and Ariya Daivari Six-man tag team match[broken anchor][6] 11:50
Pre-show Kane beat Luke Harper Singles match[7] 9:10
3 Team Raw (Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Alicia Fox and Nia Jax) (with Dana Brooke) beat Team SmackDown (Natalyaa, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Naomi and Carmella)1 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match[broken anchor][8] 17:30
4 The Miz (c) (with Maryse) beat Sami Zayn Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. If Sami Zayn won, the title would have been a Raw title.[9] 14:05
5 Team Raw (The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston), Cesaro and Sheamus, Enzo Amore and Big Cass, The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico) and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) (with Xavier Woods) beat Team SmackDown (Heath Slater and Rhyno, American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable), The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)), The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) and Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango)2 10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match[10] 18:55
6 The Brian Kendrick (c) defeated Kalisto by disqualification Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
If Kalisto won, every cruiserweight wrestler and the cruiserweight championship would have gone to SmackDown[11] 		12:25
7 Team SmackDown (AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton and Shane McMahon) (with James Ellsworth) beat Team Raw (Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman)3 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match[12] 52:55
8 Goldberg beat Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) Singles match[3] 1:26
(c) – Refers to the champion heading into the match.

^a Natalya replaced Nikki Bella, who was attacked backstage before the match.

Survivor Series elimination matches

^1

Elimination Wrestler Team Eliminated by Elimination move Time[5]
1 Carmella SmackDown Alicia Fox Scissors kick 6:23
2 Alicia Fox Raw Alexa Bliss Twisted Bliss 6:46
3 Naomi SmackDown N/A Countout 8:21
4 Sasha Banks Raw Natalya Roll-up 10:18
5 Natalya SmackDown Charlotte Flair Big boot 11:59
6 Nia Jax Raw Becky Lynch Dis-arm-her 13:33
7 Alexa Bliss SmackDown Charlotte Flair Big boot 14:06
8 Becky Lynch SmackDown Bayley Bayley-to-Belly Suplex 17:30
Survivor(s): Charlotte Flair and Bayley (Team Raw)

^2

Elimination Wrestlers Team Eliminated by Elimination move Time[5]
1 Breezango SmackDown The New Day Midnight Hour 0:41
2 The New Day Raw The Usos Superkick 1:06
3 The Hype Bros SmackDown Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson Magic Killer 5:07
4 The Shining Stars Raw American Alpha Elevated diving bulldog 8:08
5 American Alpha SmackDown Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson Magic Killer 10:37
6 Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson Raw Heath Slater and Rhyno Gore 12:27
7 Heath Slater and Rhyno SmackDown Enzo Amore and Big Cass Bada Boom Shakalaka 12:45
8 Enzo Amore and Big Cass Raw The Usos Samoan Splash 13:24
9 The Usos SmackDown Cesaro and Sheamus Sharpshooter 18:55
Survivor(s): Cesaro and Sheamus (Team Raw)

^3

Elimination Wrestler Team Eliminated by Elimination move Time[5]
1 Dean Ambrose SmackDown Braun Strowman Running powerslam 16:00
2 Braun Strowman Raw N/A Countout 21:30
3 Kevin Owens Raw N/A Disqualification 29:30
4 Chris Jericho Raw Randy Orton RKO 30:15
5 Shane McMahon SmackDown N/A Spear by Reigns; the referee decided that Shane was knocked out and unable to continue 40:00
6 AJ Styles SmackDown Seth Rollins Triple powerbomb through the announce table, helped by Ambrose and Reigns 42:30
7 Seth Rollins Raw Bray Wyatt RKO from Orton 46:00
8 Roman Reigns Raw Bray Wyatt Sister Abigail 52:55
Survivor(s): Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton (Team SmackDown)

References

  1. ↑ Keller, Wade (November 7, 2016). "KELLER'S WWE RAW REVIEW 11/7: Survivor Series hype for first Raw ever in Scotland including big five-person main event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 12, 2016. Graves plugged the official theme song of Survivor Series, "False Alarm" by the Weeknd.
  2. ↑ "Get tickets to WWE Survivor Series 2016 in Toronto". WWE. July 15, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Adkins, Greg. "Goldberg def. Brock Lesnar". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Powell, Jason. "11/20 Powell's WWE Survivor Series Kickoff Show coverage". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE Survivor Series 2016 live review: Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar, three Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown elimination matches, IC and WWE Cruiserweight Title matches". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ Benigno, Anthony. "TJ Perkins, Rich Swann & Noam Dar def. Tony Nese, Drew Gulak & Ariya Daivari". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ Burdick, Michael. "Kane def. Luke Harper". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ Adkins, Greg. "Team Raw def. Team SmackDown LIVE in a 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Women's Elimination Match". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ Benigno, Anthony. "Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Sami Zayn". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ Burdick, Michael. "Sheamus & Cesaro win the 10-on-10 Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Match". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ Benigno, Anthony. "WWE Cruiserweight Champion The Brian Kendrick def. Kalisto". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  12. ↑ Burdick, Michael. "Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton emerge victorious in the epic Raw vs. SmackDown LIVE 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Men's Elimination Match". WWE. Retrieved November 20, 2016.

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