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The 31st annual Survivor Series event was a star-studded affair full of intense action and unpredictable moments. With WrestleMania being the primary destination for all WWE storylines, some pieces for The Show Of Show's puzzle have already started to move into place and it's looking pretty exciting so far.
With everything that went down, it's hard to sometimes wade through all the chaos. But here are five ways the build to WrestleMania has already started thanks to the events that transpired at Survivor Series.
#1 Triple H vs Kurt Angle
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It certainly looks like Triple H and Kurt Angle is going to tear it up at WrestleMania 34, but what if this program match is building toward something else? After all, it's still early enough to put some extra special touches on this story to make it even more interesting.
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What if the end game is actually Shane McMahon vs Triple H vs Kurt Angle at the 34th Show Of Shows? All three of these guys have a history with each other and neither of them appreciated being pedigreed by Triple H at the end of the Survivor Series match.
When Kurt Angle got in Triple H's face the next night on Raw and proclaimed that he would cast his General Manager title aside in order to take out "The Game" it was a pretty good clue that something is in the works for Mania.
#2 Nobody is ready for Asuka
Asuka ran roughshod over NXT during her time in WWE's developmental brand and now that she's on the WWE main roster it doesn't look like she's going to take it easy at all on anyone she encounters.
While some were worried that WWE would do something to make Asuka look weak during the female Survivor Series Elimination Match, that couldn't have been further from the truth. Asuka was left as her team's only representative in a match where SmackDown looked like they had all the cards in their favour.
However, nobody asked Asuka how she felt about it. "The Empress Of Tomorrow" kicked her way to victory and it was plenty impressive as well. With WrestleMania in sight, it might be possible that WWE is going to start a slow build for a big match featuring the undefeated former NXT Women's Champion and it could very well see her walking out of New Orleans as a Women's Champion.
#3 Roman Reigns is still going to be The Man
While everything in between now and WrestleMania looks like it will just be something to get through on the way to WrestleMania's main event, WWE is going to continue to push Roman Reigns to the moon.
Reigns needs to look strong when he faces Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. While WWE could still change their planned main event, the fact that Vince McMahon booked Lesnar vs Reigns for the Universal Title to headling WrestleMania 34 even before the 33rd Show Of Shows kicked off is probably a clear sign little will change in that regard.
During The Shield vs New Day's opening match at Survivor Series, Roman Reigns looked very strong. There was little doubt in anyone's mind who the most powerful person was in the ring, even when Big E executed a Double Big Ending during the match.
But as the centre peg in The Shield's Triple Power Bomb, Roman Reigns looked just as strong as ever even though people still booed him because it's apparently the cool thing to do now. It also helped that WWE allowed Reigns to stand out by not putting one of those half Raw/ half Shield shirts on him.
#4 Brock Lesnar's F5 is stronger than ever
As WWE prepares for WrestleMania they're making Brock Lesnar look incredibly strong in the process. But more than making "The Beast Incarnate" look like an unbeatable force, WWE is booking his finishing move as something earth-shattering.
Don't get me wrong, the F5 has always been an incredible move. Lesnar has put legends and enhancement talent alike to bed with his destructive move. But in his recent matches, the F5 seems to have been taken up a notch.
All it took was one F5 from Lesnar to Braun Strowman at Great Balls Of Fire and The Monster Among Men was out for the count. In like fashion, AJ Styles was on fire during his encounter with Brock Lesnar but when Lesnar plucked The Phenomenal One out of the sky and laid on a brutal F5, that was all she wrote.
With WWE cementing the notion that nobody can kick out of the F5 it shows a lot of foreshadowing that the first person we might see kick out of The Beast Incarnate's incredible finisher is The Big Dog Roman Reigns and it might happen at WrestleMania 34.
#5 Big plans for Braun Strowman
The Superstar known as Braun Strowman is an anomaly, to say the least. Nobody thought the WWE Universe would latch onto The Monster Among Men like they have, and by the way, he was booked to powerslam Triple H during the closing moments of Survivor Series, it's pretty apparent that WWE realizes his value as well.
WrestleMania needs to be a big opportunity for Braun Strowman to take it up a notch. Whether he's inserted into the already planned Lesnar vs Reigns match or takes on a big opponent like retirement match with The Big Show.
The fact is Braun Strowman deserves a big WrestleMania moment at this year's Grandaddy Of Them All. He can do a whole lot better than just another guy in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, that's for sure.
