The annual late-November WWE PPV has arrived. Survivor Series has returned, and streaming right into your home. Coming to you from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, the event will have wrestlers from Smackdown and Raw square off against each other to determine which is the dominant brand.
Champions will face champions, and we’ll see The New Day’s Big E vs. The Bloodline’s Roman Reigns. A feud between the Universal and the WWE Champion has been building for weeks, and we’ll finally see which leader will come out on top. Additionally, Becky Lynch will take on Charlotte Flair during the course of the evening. However, there will be no championships on the line for the event.
If you’re looking to watch Survivor Series, you’ll need to subscribe to Peacock–or WWE Network if you live outside of the US. There is a free tier for Peacock; however, you’ll need to subscribe to Peacock Premium ($5 a month) or Peacock Premium Plus ($10 a month) in order to live stream the PPV. The difference between the two is that Premium Plus is not ad-supported. However, both tiers of Peacock play the same stream of WWE’s Survivor Series. Additionally, you can watch the Kickoff Show, live, for free below.
WWE Survivor Series 2021 match card:
- Raw vs. SmackDown (Men’s Survivor Series Elimination Match)
- Raw vs. SmackDown (Women’s Survivor Series Elimination Match)
- Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair (Champion vs. Champion Match)
- Big E vs. Roman Reigns (Champion vs. Champion Match)
- RK-Bro vs. The Usos (Champion vs. Champion Match)
- 25-Man Dual Brand Battle Royal
- Damian Priest vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (Champion vs. Champion Match) [KICKOFF SHOW]
Survivor Series has six matches on the card, and a couple of 5-on-5 elimination tag team matches: the men’s and women’s. For the men, Team Raw will consist of Seth Rollins, Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, Austin Theory, and Bobby Lashley. Team Smackdown will consist of Drew McIntyre, King Woods, Jeff Hardy, Happy Corbin, and Sheamus.
On the women’s side, Team Raw will be Bianca Belair, Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, Carmella, and Queen Zelina. Team Smackdown will have Sasha Banks, Shotzi, Shayna Baszler, Natalya, and Toni Storm. Check out the match card below, which will be updated as more bouts are added.
Kickoff Show
The Kickoff Show starts at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT and will air on Peacock, Twitter, and YouTube. Or watch it below when it airs.
- Damian Priest vs. Shinsuke Nakamura has been moved to the Kickoff Show.
- A 25-man battle royal has been added to the card.
Damian Priest vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Nakamura wins by DQ after Priest hit Rick Boogs and Nakamura with Boogs’ broken guitar.
Mat: I’m like 99% positive that Rick Boogs is one of my old Smackdown create-a-wrestlers come to life. In addition to being a guitar player who also wrestles, he plays rippin’ guitar solos during the match. Now, that’s comedy. I don’t know entirely what’s going on with Priest. I loved him on non-WWE programming, but he feels even more watered down than he was before.
What I’ve enjoyed most about this match was Boogs playing guitar. What’s the point of it? I don’t know, but it sure did put me in a good mood. And Nakamura is just wonderful to watch. Even when a match is as middle-of-the-road as this one, he’s just so much fun to see perform.
While this champion vs. champion battle was bland, the finish was a lot of fun. Boogs continued to play solos, and Priest had enough. He broke the guitar, hit Boogs with the remains, then Nakamura, giving Nakamura the DQ win. It was something a bit fresh to finish the bout off.
5.5/10
Chris: I love the duo of Nakamura and Rick Boogs. It brings me so much joy every single time, with Pat McAfee’s rocking out being the cherry on the sundae. On the other hand, it feels as though Damian Priest’s character has been simplified, making him rather generic. Have they given up on the “archer of infamy” thing?
This match, while there’s absolutely no storyline reason for it, was entertaining. Nakamura is exactly the kind of person to get an audience encrusted and excited about what’s going on. He should be main eventing shows, but at least he’s on the card. Like Mat, I don’t quite understand why Nakamura is powered by the guitar of Rick Boogs, but I love it. What I don’t love is the outcome to what was a competitive and well-wrestled match. Damian Priest evidently turned heel, breaking the guitar and hitting Shinsuke with it.
Look, there will probably be plenty of this sort of nonsense tonight to weasel out of declaring one show superior. That’s a joke, though. That’s why Survivor Series in this form doesn’t work. I miss when this pay-per-view was awesome.
6/10
Main Card
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
Lynch wins by pin after holding onto the ropes while pinning Flair–something Flair tried to do moments before but got caught by the ref.
Mat: With all the talk of Charlotte’s attitude backstage–which are all reports and rumors, mind you–I’m kind of hoping for a Hulk Hogan/Shawn Michaels Summerslam moment where Lynch is overselling Charlotte. Sadly we did not get that. Oh well. More importantly, is Lynch cosplaying as Scarlet Witch?
It’s weird to see this be the match that kicks off all of Survivor Series, considering it’s highly-anticipated, but there’s no better way to get the crowd invested in the PPV than these two. Sure, Charlotte does bore me personally–my reasoning why is the same as it is for Chris–but that just gives me all the more reason to root for Lynch here. And for some reason, Lynch comes off as the underdog, which doesn’t make total sense, as Lynch is a much more dominant champion and wrestler.
The match itself was dynamite–except for a couple small misses like Charlotte’s moonsault miss on the outside. It ended with Charlotte trying to pin Lynch while holding onto the ropes, getting caught by the ref, then Lynch doing the same thing and getting the win. It’s a nice little “taste of your own medicine” moment for the win.
8/10
Chris: Whatever to reports and rumors, let’s be real here. Charlotte Flair is as stale as they come. Her character hasn’t evolved an iota in years. Instead, she continues to get further entrenched in the fact that she’s Ric Flair’s daughter. Shade’s Ric Flair Jr. in the ring and that’s not very interesting in 2021. Meanwhile, Becky continues to evolve–Lasskicker, The Man, Becky Two Belts, Big Time Becks. Charlotte said it herself recently, she doesn’t know who Becky is. That’s because Becky evolves with the time to stay relevant. Charlotte does not.
I’m genuinely surprised by how dominant Charlotte was early in the match, mostly because of how unearned it feels. The shine came off that character quote a while ago, so having her be so dominant during a time when she’s firing on all cylinders is odd. Once things got competitive, this match kicked into another gear. Seeing them trade blows and offensive holds is wildly entertaining. Also, having Pat McAfee endlessly shilling for Charlotte on commentary is pretty entertaining. And this might be reading too much into this, but it looked like these two were working very stiff. If I had to guess, they’re both going to be hurting tomorrow.
Overall, this match was great. Two hard-hitting athletes beating the snot out of each other. I wish it were a bit more balanced, but I really loved the finishing sequence of Becky using Charlotte’s own cheating ways against her.
8.5/10
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Source: Gamespot
