Ahead of tomorrow’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, WWE has now confirmed the men’s division lineup for Survivor Series for the blue brand. The FOX executives will be happy to know that the franchise player of the brand will be in charge of leading the show in the war among the two other brands. And also, he is the perfect person to do so since his Shield brethren Seth Rollins will be leading Team Raw.
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It perhaps gives both of them upper hands who can predict the next moves from their opponents. Speaking of opponents, all the give names are to represent Smackdown at Survivor Series are now official.
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Except for Roman Reigns, the other four names will be Braun Strowman, Ali, Shorty G, and King Corbin. The announcement was first made on the WWE Backstage edition of this week on FS1.
As for Monday Night Raw, the team for Survivor Series will feature Randy Orton, Ricochet, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre apart from Team Captain Seth Rollins. Going by the lineups, the flagship show is having the upper-hand, undoubtedly.
They possess a heavy lineup where former world champions like Orton and Owens are present. Also, McIntyre and Rollins bring vast experience to the team. Only Ricochet remains a youngster on the team.
In comparison to the red brand, the blue brand does not have any world champions other than Roman Reigns. He will be up to an unthinkable job of beating an experienced lineup from Raw.
But it will be a major opportunity for the young blood to prove themselves to be future workhorses. There will also a bunch of superstars from NXT who will be ready to steal the show during this 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series elimination matchup.
The last big-four PPV of 2019 takes place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Below is the current PPV card confirmed for the show,
WWE Title Match
Rey Mysterio vs. Brock Lesnar (c)
Non-Title Triple Threat
RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley
Non-Title Triple Threat
RAW Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day
Non-Title Triple Threat
WWE United States Champion AJ Styles vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
Men’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Captain Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, Ricochet, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre vs. Captain Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, Ali, Shorty G, and King Corbin. vs. 5 NXT Superstars TBA
Women’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Captain Sasha Banks, Carmella, Dana Brooke, TBA, TBA vs. 5 NXT Superstars TBA vs. 5 RAW Superstars TBA
