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It was a history-making night for WWE as they presented the 33rd annual Survivor Series, just hours after NXT TakeOver: WarGames III took over the city of Chicago. It was a fantastic night that, rather shockingly didn't include any title changes, but did see NXT become the superior brand when they were able to win four of the head to head matches.
Wins for the Women's team, Shayna Baszler, Lio Rush and Roderick Strong all helped NXT to a historic point haul on their first night on the main roster and allowed the brand once known as developmental, to prove that they are now in the driving seat.
Whilst all of the headlines from last night will be surrounding NXT and their deserved win, several other stars also shone on the night and have been able to achieve success in their own way.
#3. Sasha Banks continues to dominate
In a match that saw the likes of Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair take the spotlight, it appears that Sasha Banks is the only woman who walked away with a personal record. There were several debuts in the match since NXT were part of the show for the first time, but the fact that there were 15 women in the match meant that it was much easier to take over current statistics.
The women haven't had elimination matches at Survivor Series as long as the men, but Asuka had the record for the most eliminations in one match, with three back in 2017, which was a dominant year for the Empress of Tomorrow, but it's a record that has now been taken by Sasha Banks.
Banks eliminated four women as part of last night's match- Natalya, Kairi Sane, Bianca Belair, and Toni Storm. Even though it was a 15 woman match, this still means Sasha has the most single match eliminations in the women's version of the match.
#2. Randy Orton's overall elimination record
Having been part of WWE's main roster for almost two decades, there are a lot of stats that surround Randy Orton, especially at Survivor Series. Last night The Viper was part of the Raw men's team last night, and even though he wasn't on the winning team, he still pushed his elimination record further forward.
Orton has a number of impressive stats from Survivor Series over the years. He's been a sole survivor on three occasions, he's also won the match on five occasions, most recently back in 2016. Orton's appearance tally in elimination records went up to ten last night, just one behind Shawn Michaels' record, so The Viper made sure that he made it count.
Orton only got one elimination as part of the first-ever 15-man match, but the fact that he eliminated Damien Priest means that he further pushes forward his all-time elimination record to 15. The only star with a record close to Orton is Kane, who has 13 eliminations in his entire Survivor Series career.
Orton recently signed a new contract with WWE, which means that Shawn Michaels' record could be equalled next year.
#1. First Survivor Series main event for the women
Shayna Baszler, Becky Lynch and Bayley were handed a unique opportunity last night as they were able to main event Survivor Series for the first time. The women have main evented a number of pay-per-views over the past few years, but they have never been given the chance to main event Survivor Series.
This main event means that the Raw Women's Champion is just a SummerSlam main event away from main eventing all four of WWE's biggest shows of the year, whilst Shayna Baszler's debut on the main roster was a historic occasion for her since it was the match that confirmed that NXT had completed their win over the main roster.
Survivor Series is usually main evented by the men's traditional match and in recent years there have been some interesting swerves, but WWE decided to play it safe last night an allow Shayna Baszler to secure the win for her team, and then have Lynch tease that there could be more to this story moving forward when she attacked The Queen of Spades following her decisive victory.
