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.
If you’re waiting for Survivor Series to begin, you can pass the time by listening to the latest episode of GameSpot’s wrestling podcast, Wrestle Buddies. This week, Mat Elfring and Chris E. Hayner predict all the matches for the WWE PPV. Check out the episode above.
Below, you’ll find live updates and results for Survivor Series as it airs on Peacock. Additionally, there will be a review of each match from the Wrestle Buddies.
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
