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Survivor Series 2018 came to Los Angeles tonight and it was a show that had to follow the level that NXT reached as part of WarGames last night. Survivor Series is seen as one of WWE's big four pay-per-views and the one night a year that Raw and SmackDown go head to head all in the name of competition.
There were a number of changes made to the show this past week, with Becky Lynch being replaced and Daniel Bryan lifting the WWE Championship which allowed him to book his place in the match against Brock Lesnar as part of tonight's show.
Survivor Series had so much to offer the WWE Universe, but whilst there were a number of interesting things that went down in Los Angeles, there were also a number of memorable moments for all the wrong reasons.
#4 Karl Anderson and Lince Dorado's hurricanrana
The ten man tag team Survivor Series match was demoted to the kickoff show and it was a match that was obviously full of botches, but one of the biggest botches that stood out was when Karl Anderson picked up Lince Dorado for a powerbomb before the Lucha star was able to counter into a hurricanrana.
Obviously, the hurricanrana was too close to the ropes and the move was unable to follow through completely. Later in the match, Scott Dawson was in the ring with Xavier Woods and Big E ahead of their elimination when he was part of three botches in a row which were very obvious to the WWE Universe.
It felt as though the entire kick off show match was full of mistakes and cringe-worthy moments, but it was capped off by a huge win for The Usos off a superkick followed by a huge splash.
#3 Sasha Banks lands on her neck
The women kicked off the show with their traditional Survivor Series match and whilst there were a number of botches throughout the match from some of the women as the fast-paced action came from all corners of the ring, some stood out more than others.
Sasha Banks and Asuka were two of the last stars in the match and when the two women went one-on-one, The Empress of Tomorrow delivered a German Suplex that saw Banks land flat on her neck. Banks has a history of back injuries and concussions, but the former Women's Champion was able to continue. Even though she did go on to tap to Asuka, but her team did win the match through Nia Jax.
This botch is very similar to the German Suplex to Samir Singh Monday night on Raw when Brock Lesnar looked as though he put too much strength behind the move.
#2 Finn Balor rides The Miz's face
The men took center stage as part of Survivor Series and whilst Raw was already 3-0 up as part of the show, SmackDown still fought back in the most hyped up match. But once again, there were a number of botchy moments.
Finn Balor and Miz had a heated exchange which saw Balor go for his usual stomp to the chest, but because Miz was wearing a shirt The Demon King slipped and almost stood on his face. Even Renee Young on commentary noted that Balor rode Miz's face before he quickly recovered but was then eliminated by Rey Mysterio.
Mysterio was then part of his own botch when it appeared that Ziggler ruined a spot between the two men and The Master of the 619 quickly recovered and delivered a kick to The Showoff's face for good measure.
#1 What was the point in the tag team elimination match?
WWE's kick off show for Survivor Series was two hours long and featured a 10-team Elimination match between SmackDown and Raw's biggest tag teams. Once again, it was a fantastic match to set the tone for the show, but it was later revealed to be completely pointless.
The Usos were victorious and took the win for SmackDown Live, but when the main show started, WWE made it clear that SmackDown's win didn't count, which meant that there were only six decider matches on the card and it wouldn't have been physically possible for the show to be decided on one match.
Usually, WWE ensures that there is an odd number of matches and the result comes down to the final encounter, but this wasn't the case this year since Raw won by a landslide since SmackDown's only win didn't actually count towards the end tally.
