After NXT won the night at Survivor Series 2019, WWE's third brand will not be part of the 2020 edition of the fall pay-per-view extravaganza. Instead, this year's edition will return the focus to the rivalry between traditional main-roster brands Raw and SmackDown.
Champions from each brand will face off in a series of standard matches and, of course, we'll be treated to a pair of iconic Survivor Series elimination tag matches with one featuring men from each brand and another highlighting the women. It makes for a night of unique pairings just months before WWE hits the Road to WrestleMania.
Survivor Series takes place on Sunday, Nov. 22 from the ThunderDome inside Orlando's Amway Center. The pay-per-view will kick off at 7 p.m. ET following an hour-long kickoff show beginning at 6 p.m., with both streaming live on WWE Network.
WWE Survivor Series card
Roman Reigns (Universal champion) vs. Randy Orton (WWE champion): Like most matches on the card, this is happening strictly because of the brand champion vs. brand champion layout of the event. Orton won the WWE championship from Drew McIntyre at Hell in a Cell following multiple failed attempts to beat McIntyre in the prior months. Reigns returned to action at SummerSlam and won the universal title at Payback, defeating Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman. Pick: Roman Reigns wins
Men's Team Raw (Keith Lee, AJ Styles, Sheamus, Braun Strowman, 1 TBD) vs. Men's Team SmackDown (Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, King Corbin, Seth Rollins, 1 TBD): Lee, Styles, Strowman and Sheamus cemented their places on the Raw men's team by picking up wins in qualifying matches. Lee, Strowman and Sheamus as bruisers combined with Styles' technique and speed already set up Team Raw as a strong group, though there are already some internal tensions plaguing the team. The SmackDown side has been coming together with Owens and Uso as the initial qualifiers -- though they had significant issues on the Nov. 6 SmackDown -- and Corbin and Rollins joining the fold.
Women's Team Raw (Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke & Lana) vs. Women's Team SmackDown (Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, 3 TBD): On the Oct. 26 edition of Raw, the first four members of the women's team for the Raw side were announced as Rose and Brooke along with tag champions Jax and Baszler. The fifth spot was up for grabs in a fatal four-way between Lana, Lacey Evans, Nikki Cross and Peyton Royce, with Lana taking advantage of the other three women taking each other out to earn her spot on the team. SmackDown has not yet formed a team. Belair was the first to secure her spot and Riott followed up by swooping in to score a win in a three-way with Natalya and Zelina Vega.
Asuka (Raw women's champion) vs. Sasha Banks (SmackDown women's champion): Another champion vs. champion match, and one we've seen several times in recent months. Banks won the Raw women's title from Asuka in July,...
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