How WWE Should Book Survivor Series 2016

 

Hey everyone! Every month, days before PPV's happen, I share my thoughts on the show and card and how I would book the show that has unexpected swerves, returns, debuts, and a memorable show that would leave fans happy. If you want, you can read some past editions of these by clicking on my name and searching. I have been doing these for every PPV since Night Of Champions 2015. I hope you enjoy, and this is how Survivor Series 2016 Should Be Booked.

PRE SHOW

• Oh... oh god... it's 2 hours... We get the usual panel of Renee, Booker, Lita, and Jerry Lawler. Two Social Media Lounge segments are announced earlier in the day with Kalisto and Sami Zayn. There actually haven't been any Pre show matches announced as of yet, so we can use our IMAGINATION and make some up! We get to our first one.

1ST KICKOFF MATCH: Bo Dallas vs Curtis Axel

• At least this has a tiny bit of background behind it. Bo and Axel still have unfinished business after their mini feud a few weeks ago. Bo is out first followed by Axel. The match goes 8 minutes and Axel gets his win back after pinning Bo with a Perfect-Plex.

WINNER: Curtis Axel

• We get the SML with Kalisto and then the panel talks some more and give predictions and we get video packages and all that good stuff. We get to our 2nd kickoff match.

2ND KICKOFF MATCH: TJ Perkins, Neville, Cedric Alexander & Rich Swann vs Ariya Daivari, Gran Metalik, Drew Gulak, & Tony Nese

• 8 man tag. Neville should be part of the CW division. The heels are out first followed by the face Team. The match goes 14 minutes, and the faces win after Neville hits a Red Arrow onto Daivari's legs and then tags in TJ to locks in the kneebar on his injured knee.

WINNERS: TJ Perkins, Neville, Cedric Alexander and Rich Swann

• We get the Sami Zayn SML and then we get the panel's final predictions and thoughts, and we get to Survivor Series.

MAIN SHOW

• We get the opening video package and pyro as Michael Cole welcomes us to the 30th annual Survivor Series. Like Summerslam, the RAW team will call RAW matches, the SD team will call SD matches, and for dual brand matches, like the one that's kicking off, both teams will talk.

1ST MATCH: New Day, The Club, Cesaro & Sheamus, Enzo & Cass and the Shining Stars (TEAM RAW) vs Heath Slater & Rhyno, Hype Bros, Breezango, The Usos and American Alpha (TEAM SD)

• New Day is out first and they have all sorts of canaidian stereotypes, as Big E tosses out Maple Syrup to the crowd, and Kofi has a canaidian flag, and Woods is wearing a Maple Leafs jersey playing a special red and white trombone. Their gear is red and white also. Slater/Rhyno out next, followed by Enzo and Cass, then Breezango, then The Shining Stars, then Hype Bros, The Club, Usos, Cesaro and Sheamus, and finally American Alpha. The match goes 28 minutes (SS matches are always really long, calm down). The champs on both respective brands start it off. The Hype Bros are eliminated first after the Club hits a magic killer. Next, The Usos eliminate Sheamus/Cesaro after arguing. New Day eliminate Breezango. Shining Stars eliminate Usos. It looks like RAW is killing SD, but SD make a comeback. AA eliminate Shining Stars and Enzo/Cass. Slater/Rhyno eliminate Club. New Day are the last RAW team left, and for SD it's down to AA and the champs. Woods has some shenanigans with the trombone on the outside and throws it at Slater and then Big E eliminates the SD Tag champs with a Midnight Hour. The lone survivors on either team are New Day and American Alpha. The crowd is electric and Jason Jordan and Big E are the legal men. They lock up and they fight for 2-3 more minutes. The ref is distracted by Xaivier as he thinks he's trying to help Big E, but suddenly two men in hoods come from under the ring. They lay out Kofi and Xaivier and then run to the back. It would be revealed the next night on Raw that the masked men would be the debuting Revival, and in the main event they would defeat New Day for the titles. Revival would say they don't care about Brand Supremecy, and they damn sure didn't do it to help their formal rivals American Alpha. They wanted to make a name and deception overcame New Day to give the TOP GUYS a title shot, that they knew with !00% certainty they would win. Alpha hit Grand Amplitude on Big E and AMERICAN ALPHA are now instantly over to the spot they deserve and they look impressive. Alpha would say on SD that they didn't like the way they won, but they knew they would for SD. American Alpha are the lone survivors, and would challenge for the Tag Titles against Slater/Rhyno at TLC in a Chairs match. I'll have the match card for TLC at the end of this post.

WINNERS: TEAM SD LONE SURVIVORS: AMERICAN ALPHA

• We get an ad for WWE Shop.

2ND MATCH: Brian Kendrick (c) vs Kalisto (Cruiserweight Championship; if Kalisto wins, the CW's move to SDLIVE)

• Kendrick is out first followed by Kalisto. The match goes 13 minutes. I hate to be having so many title changes in such a short amount of time, but it's obvious that Kalisto will and should win here because 205Live is right after SD. Plus, Kalisto was US Champ at the beginning of the year, so he has credibility, and he's really good. The match ends when Kendrick locks in the Captain's Hook, but Kalisto leans against Kendrick and makes his way to his feet, still holding on to Kendrick's head, and then runs off the ropes and hits a Salida Del Sol for the win and title.

WINNER and NEW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION: Kalisto

• We get a backstage interview with American Alpha about being the lone survivors and winning for SD.

3RD MATCH: Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Nia Jax & Alicia Fox (Team Raw) vs Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Carmella, & Nikki Bella w/ Natlaya (TEAM SD)

• Bayley is out first followed by Becky Lynch, Nia Jax, Carmella, Alicia Fox, Alexa Bliss, Sasha, Naomi, Charlotte, and finally captain Nikki Bella with coach Natalya. The match goes 22 minutes. Sasha and Alexa start things off. Nia Jax eventually gets in and plows through everyone and eliminates Naomi and Carmella to get Raw a good start. Becky locks in the Disarmer on Alicia to tap her out and eliminate her. Bayley hits a Bayley to Belly through the SD announce desk to eliminate Alexa. I love Alexa the most out of anyone on this team, but Becky and Nikki should be the final two on SD. At least it's a big way to send her out. Sasha hits a Backstabber into a Bank Statement to tap out Nikki, and Nikki goes to the back and shes about to do the same to Becky but all of a sudden Charlotte runs in and throws Sasha out of the ring. She just wants to be a dick heel. She wants the pin for herself. The glory for herself. She throws out Banks and runs off the ropes and hits a spear to Becky to win the Women's match for Team Raw. It's 1-1.

WINNERS: TEAM RAW Lone Survivors: Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Nia Jax & Bayley

• We get an ad for TLC.

4TH MATCH: Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman & Roman Reigns (TEAM RAW) vs AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton & Shane McMahon w/ James Ellsworth (TEAM SD)

• I'M #TEAMBRAUN. Owens is out first followed by Bray Wyatt & Randy Orton, then Chris Jericho, Shane McMahon, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and James Ellsworth, Braun Strowman, AJ Styles, and finally Seth Rollins. The match goes 35 minutes, and has lots of first time interactions that everyone will jizz over and lots of big spots and moves. Rollins and Reigns argue over who will start the match and Ambrose walks up to them for a huge pop for another mini Shield Reunion. Ambrose gives them both a jumping Dirty Deeds. Ambrose throws Reigns out and Rollins and Ambrose start the match. Orton eliminates Roman after Roman hits Orton with a Superman Punch, and then runs off the ropes to hit a spear but Orton catches him Midair with an RKO. Shane hits Jericho with a Coast to Coast with a trashcan to eliminate Y2J. Bray and Strowman are the legal men at one point and they have a staredown. Suddenly, Luke Harper runs in from behind and Orton RKOs the ref and Harper and Bray beat down Strowman with steel chairs. Wyatt hits a Sister Abigail to eliminate Strowman. It's not looking good for RAW. Strowman gets offered to be helped out by trainer but he pushes them all down. As Strowman is walking to the ramp, Ellsworth runs up and extends his hand to a HUGE pop. The man that started it all for the Chinless Wonder. Strowman looks pissed and Ellsworth realizes what hes done. James tries to run but Strowman catches him and MURDERS him by giving him a Running Powerslam through the barricade. Owens starts to make a comeback as Rollins is laid out on the outside and he gets RKO'ed by Orton. Rollins runs in to try to help but he eats a Styles Clash from AJ. It's 1-5. Kevin Owens is the last member of Team Raw to a full Team SD. Owens has the "Yeah I'm fucked" look on his face. Styles hits a Pele Kick on Owens as he turns around. Owens is down now and Styles goes to the apron to set up the Forearm. Owens is up and Styles is about to jump but Bray Wyatt runs in and hits a Sister Abigail to pin Owens and win for Team SD. Wyatt celebrates as AJ is still on the apron and looks stunned. Styles goes in the ring and pushes Wyatt. Wyatt and Styles have words and Styles says that that was his pin. Styles slaps Bray and Bray laughs. Wyatt hits a Sister Abigail on Styles and then holds up the WWE World Title to a huge pop. Styles is laid out and Wyatt drops the title over Styles then walks out. Another Wrestlemania storyline has just begun.

WINNER: TEAM SD LONE SURVIVORS: Clean Sweep

• We get an ad for the network and Wrestlemania.

5TH MATCH: The Miz (c) vs Sami Zayn (Intercontinental Championship)

• Sami is out first followed by Miz. I really don't get why they had Ziggler lose the title last week. Sami is just gonna win it here. Maybe they wanted to keep Ziggler looking strong for something. The match goes 16 minutes and Zayn wins the title after he hits a Helluva kick. But then he wants to really send a statement. He puts Miz back in the corner for a second Helluva kick. 1. 2. 3. Sami Zayn is finally champ. Zayn is interviewed after the match by Byron Saxton and there is confetti everywhere. Zayn talks about what he went through to get to this point. He says he think he would be treated better on SD, and disses Mick and Stephanie, and says the IC Title is STAYING on SD, because he's GOING to SD!

WINNER and NEW IC CHAMP: Sami godamn Zayn

6TH MATCH: Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman vs Goldberg

• This match will be very interesting. The crowd reaction and how Goldberg does, as he's 49, hasn't wrestled in 12 years, and tweaked his shoulder on RAW. We get a video package before the match and Lesnar is out first followed by Goldberg. All main roster and NXT talent are there and we see DIY doing their Glorious Bomb during the entrance with their newly won NXT Tag Titles as they promised. The match goes 11 minutes, because there's no way Goldberg can do a really long match. At first, as a rib to the fans, they lock up once for a few seconds, then break it then lock up again, as a flashback to what their WM20 match was. They try to lock up one more time but Lesnar gets Goldberg up on his shoulders and hits an F-5, and Goldberg just barely kicks out. Hopefully it's much better than expected and exceed's everyone's expectations. In one spot, Goldberg spears Lesnar into the ring post. The big spot in the match is when Goldberg nails Lesnar with a Jackhammer through the RAW table. Lesnar works over Goldberg's arm the whole match and at one point he powerbombs Goldberg onto the apron and Goldberg's arm lands on the edge. The match ends when Lesnar locks in the Kimura Lock on Goldberg and in kayfabe breaks his arm, and Goldberg taps out. Lesnar hasn't won with the Kimura Lock in a while, and it would tell a good story here. After the match Goldberg is put in a Splint and stretchered out. Lesnar is celebrating and poses on the middle rope as pyro goes off. Lesnar has won the mega match. The camera is focused on Lesnar as he gets down and we hear the crowd erupt. All of a sudden, Samoa Joe runs and nails Lesnar with his newly won NXT Title. Just because Joe won back the title doesn't mean he can't be on the main roster, as many superstars have done the same, and he's no doubt losing it back to Nakamura at the show in Osaka, Japan in December. Heyman screams at Joe but then Heyman tries to apologize and says his "I;m just an advocate" line and Joe grabs him by the collar and hurls him over the ropes. Joe nails Lesnar with a Muscle Buster and then locks in the Coquina Clutch and won't break it even after all the trainers and refs in the locker room spill out to try to stop him. Joe finally breaks it. We have another Wrestlemania storyline begun.

WINNER: Brock Lesnar

TLC CARD (SDLIVE)
* WWE World Title: AJ Styles (c) vs Dean Ambrose (TLC)

• IC Title: Sami Zayn (c) vs The Miz vs Bray Wyatt vs Dolph Ziggler (Tables)
• SD Tag Titles: Slater/Rhyno (c) vs American Alpha (Chairs)
• SD Women's Title: Becky Lynch (c) vs Alexa Bliss (Ladder)
• Kane vs Luke Harper
• Carmella and Natalya vs Nikki Bella and Naomi
• Pre Show: Baron Corbin vs Kalisto (No.1 Contendership to IC Title)

I'll have my card for the Royal Rumble for both brands on my How WWE Should Book TLC 2016 post. I hope you all enjoyed! This was a longer one. Tell me what you liked or didn't like and what on here you'd like to see happen on the show! Enjoy Survivor Series everybody!

 

How NXT Takeover: Toronto 2016 Should Be Booked

 

Hey everyone! Every month, days before PPV's happen, I share my thoughts on the show and card and how I would book the show that has unexpected swerves, returns, debuts, and a memorable show that would leave fans happy. If you want, you can read some past editions of these by clicking on my name and searching. I hope you enjoy, and this is how NXT Takeover: Toronto Should Be Booked.

PRE SHOW Yes, I do Takeovers. Too. If for some godamn reason you want to read the first one I did, which was Takeover: The End, follow this link: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4n85zd/how_nxt_takeover_the_end_should_be_booked/

• The panel consists of Renee Young, Lita, Mauro Ranallo, and Sami Zayn. The reason Sami is there is because I think it would be cool to start a tradition to have a former NXT star on the panel every Takeover, and why not start with arguably the greatest NXT star ever, Samuel Zayn? We get video packages and the four talk and give their predictions. Zayn says he'll become the IC champ tomorrow at SS to end the kickoff. We go to the main show.

MAIN SHOW

• We get an opening video and then Tom Phillips welcomes us to the show as we get the opening pyro.

1ST MATCH: The Revival (c) vs #DIY (2/3 Falls Match for the NXT Tag Team Titles)

• I love these two teams. They are the best. They are the textbook definition of amazing. They are great. The Revival have put on showstopping performances with everyone they step in the ring with, and we saw what they can do with Gargano and Ciampa at Takeover Brooklyn II. Now, we get to see them go at it again, and we get to see it... more... than once... because 2/3 falls. The Revival are out first followed by Gargano and Ciampa. The second DIY get in the ring they run up and stare down Revival. Revival hold up their titles and then go to the corners. We get formal ring introductions and then the match starts. It goes about 21 minutes in total. The first fall goes to DIY as Ciampa and Dawson are the legal men, with the other two laid out on the outside. The two have a fast paced sequence, reversing finishers, when finally Ciampa flips over Dawson and gets a quick rollup. Dash immediately starts beating down Ciampa after. The 2nd fall goes to Revival via Count Out after they lay out Gargano on the outside after a Shatter Machine through the announce desk. Gargano eventually gets back in with help from Ciampa but Revival went to grab their titles and Dash pretends to "accidentally" have backed into the ref, knocking him over, and they both whack Gargano and Ciampa with their titles. That spot will be key in the ending. After a phenomenal battle, both teams have to hold onto each other to even stand and DIY deliver huge uppercuts to both men, knocking them back down. Ciampa tags Gargano in and they're about to go for the Double Knee strike. Ciampa is all fired up and the crowd is going crazy, and Gargano is in the opposite corner preparing for the move. Ciampa slows down, and just stares at the titles laid out on the mat from Revival's attack earlier. He looks at the titles, looks at the crowd, looks at Gargano, looks at the titles, the crowd, Gargano. He has a questioning look on his face but gets back into position as Gargano looks confused. Ciampa says he's ready and they both run at Dash but Ciampa leaps over Dash and tackles Gargano with a leaping clothesline. He beats Gargano mercilessly. The saddest day in WWE history was going to be when Gargano and Ciampa broke up, and here it is. Gargano is unconscious and Dash crawls up and covers Gargano to retain for the Revival. How ironic it is that Tomasso Ciampa has actually now chosen to DO IT HIMSELF.

WINNERS and STILL NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Top Guys

• We get an ad for Tapout

2ND MATCH: Bobby Roode vs Tye Dillinger

• Tye makes his entrance first followed by the Glorious one. The match goes 13 minutes and the crowd loves both men. At the start of the match, Roode knocks Dillinger down with a leaping clothesline. Roode goes and poses on the middle rope, spreads his arms and shouts "GLORIOUS!". As he's getting down, he turns around and Dillinger is up now and does the "10!" taunt right in Roode's face. They begin to exchange the taunts back and forth and the crowd explodes because they don't know who to chant for. This proceeds for 6 hours. Dillinger ends up winning the chant battle and as Roode is about to say Glorious again, Dillinger super kicks Roode for a 2.5 count. Tye ends up getting the upset win after countering a Glorious bomb into a Tyebreaker. I just feel like Dillinger needs the win here more than Roode, and it would continue their feud into an idea that i have for the next Takeover, which I'll have the card for at the end of this post.

WINNER: Tye Dillinger

3RD MATCH: Asuka (c) vs Mickie James (NXT Women's Championship

• We get a video package before the match. On one hand, it's really fucking cool that MICKIE JAMES is back and fighting for a title, but on the other hand it's also kinda scary that the NXT women's division is so thin that they needed her. Asuka is out first followed by Mickie. The match goes 11 minutes and Asuka wins after Mickie goes for the jumping DDT but Asuka twists out midair and kicks Mickie in the godamn skull. Asuka retains her title.

WINNER and STILL NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION: ASUKA

• We get a promo for Survivor Series tomorrow.

4TH MATCH: Authors Of Pain vs TM-61 (Finals of Dusty Tag Team Classic II with Paul Ellering suspended above the ring in a cage)

• I don't get why Ellering is in a cage above the ring but I love it for some reason. An old school stip. Authors of Pain are out first followed by TM-61. We are shown the trophy before the match and then the match begins. The AOP are definitely not ready to do long matches yet. They looked more gassed a few weeks ago than someone trying to watch all 3 hours of Raw. TM-61 are honestly really boring, and AOP are the monster heel team, so obviously they should win. They hit their finisher on Thorne. Ellering is lowered out of his cage and AOP open the door and AOP raise the trophy in the air as Dusty's theme plays and Ellering claps for them.

WINNERS of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic II: The Authors Of Pain

5TH Match: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs Samoa Joe (NXT Championship

• Shinsuke is out first followed by Joe. (THIS IS LITERALLY LIKE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW SO I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DESCRIBE MUCH OF THE MATCH.) Shinsuke wins with the Kinshasa. But don't worry. We'll see Samoa Joe again very... very.. soon..

Brock Lesnar... Survivor Series... Joe is gonna kill you..

WINNER AND STILL NXT CHAMPION: Shinsuke Nakamura

NXT TAKEOVER: ARMAGEDDON CARD (This would be the day before the RR)

• NXT Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs Bobby Roode vs Tye Dillinger vs Johnny Gargano vs Tomasso Ciampa vs Roderick Strong (6 Man "ARMAGEDDON* HELL IN A CELL MATCH)**
• NXT Tag Titles: The Revival (c) vs The Authors Of Pain
• NXT Women's Title: Asuka (c) vs Ember Moon
• SaniTy vs TM-61
• Oney Lorcan vs No Way Jose vs Hideo Itami vs Elias Samson vs Andrade "Cien" Almas (5 Man Over The Top Rope Battle Royal to earn a shot at the NXT Title at Takeover: Orlando)

How did you like it? Enjoy the show tonight! Be sure to look out for my Survivor Series post sometime tomorrow.