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This year's edition of Survivor Series has just taken place, and saw RAW win WWE's annual battle for brand supremacy. Survivor Series was pretty eventful, with surprises throughout the show and one team scoring a clean sweep in their five-on-five elimination match.
The event also marked 30 years of The Undertaker, who debuted at the pay-per-view three decades ago. The star's contemporaries made an appearance to celebrate his momentous career, and fans were even treated to a surprise appearance from Paul Bearer via hologram.
Here are five things we learned at the 34th installment of WWE Survivor Series.
#5 NXT needs to return to WWE Survivor Series in 2021
The 2019 edition of Survivor Series was one that made history. For the first time ever in the history of the classic pay-per-view, WWE included their third brand, NXT.
In the buildup to last year's event, the stars of WWE's Black and Gold Brand invaded episodes of RAW and SmackDown, along with Triple H and Shawn Michaels.
NXT announced that they would be competing the the annual battle for brand supremacy. Fans were even treated by Superstars from other brands appearing on NXT, including Becky Lynch.
Adding NXT to the event last year established them as WWE's third brand, rather than their developmental brand, as they were previously known. Including NXT also brought more of their stars to the the attention of casual WWE fans. Most notably Rhea Ripley, Keith Lee, and Shayna Bazsler, who was part of the main event.
The absence of NXT was very much felt at this year's Survivor Series. The reason for NXT not being a part of the event was supposedly due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Also, WWE have apparently decided against continuing to promote NXT as their third major brand, which seems strange as they dominated last year's pay-per-view.
It was a little disappointing that NXT were not included after such a stellar run in 2019. Fans heaped praise on last year's event, mainly for the inclusion of The Black and Gold Brand, and excluding them has felt like a step back. Hopefully, NXT will be a part of Survivor Series again in the future.
#4 Seth Rollins had one of the strangest write-offs in recent WWE history
It should be news to almost nobody that Seth Rollins is due to become a father for the first time soon with his fiance Becky Lynch, who announced her pregnancy on WWE RAW in May.
For around a year now, Seth Rollins has been portraying a heel character and has dubbed himself the Friday Night Messiah, previously the Monday Night Messiah before the 2020 WWE Draft. He had been leading his disciple Murphy, who later turned his back on him.
The storyline between Rollins, Murphy, and the Mysterio family appeared to finally come to a close on the most recent episode of SmackDown, after months of rivalry. Rollins also earned his way onto Team SmackDown for Survivor Series after defeating Otis a few weeks ago.
Seth Rollins is supposed to be taking a break from WWE imminently, and Survivor Series could be the last time fans see him competing this year. At the event, Rollins was eliminated first from the five-on-five inter-brand match in a rather strange way.
The star purposely invited Sheamus to eliminate him by kneeling in the ring, to which he responded by hitting him with a Brogue Kick and pinning him immediately.
#3 Bianca Belair is ready for a title feud in WWE
The women's five-on-five elimination match has been built towards for weeks on both WWE RAW and SmackDown, with tenions on each side leading up to the pay-per-view.
On the SmackDown side, the first Superstar to earn a spot on the team was Bianca Belair. Despite former WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley being dubbed the team captain, Belair very much felt like the leader in the weeks leading up to Survivor Series.
The star spent time encouraging and praising her team mates on social media and was even on commentary during the match that determined the fifth member of Team SmackDown.
At Survivor Series, Bayley was the first to be eliminated from Team SmackDown after a shock clean pin from RAW's Peyton Royce. Bianca Belair seemed to take charge of the team from then on, and was the last remaining member representing the Blue Brand.
By the end of the match, Bianca Belair was alone against Nia Jax, Shayna Bazsler and Lana. After Baszler was disqualified, Belair and Jax both ended up getting counted out of the match, leaving RAW's Lana as the sole survivor.
Despite not coming out on top, Belair managed to stand out during the match. Her stellar performance has shown that she is more than ready for huge push, and a WWE Women's Championship feud, which will hopefully come soon.
#2 Lana vs. Nia Jax could be WWE RAW's next big feud
For over two months, Lana has been suffering at the hands of Nia Jax. The WWE Women's Tag Team Champion has put Lana through the announce table for nine consecutive weeks on WWE RAW, despite other stars such as Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke expressing their disapproval.
Lana ended up as the sole survivor during the women's elimination match at Survivor Series. During the match, Nia Jax and the other members of the team were reluctant to let Lana join in the action. That was despite her putting up a great showing against Natalya during her brief time in the ring.
During the match, Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax instructed her to stand on the steel steps so that she could not tag in again.
The plan backfired however, as at the end of the match when it was down to just Jax, Lana and Bianca Belair, Lana took home the win for RAW as Jax was counted out with Belair.
Having Lana as the serving member of Team RAW will only up the ante between Jax and herself. It will be interesting to see how Jax will react to this on future episodes of WWE RAW, and what will happen between the pair down the line, especially as Lana is supposedly set for a big babyface push.
#1 Roman Reigns is WWE's biggest star right now
Since Roman Reigns' return at SummerSlam, he has been dominating in WWE. He has recently been showing no signs of slowing down, and his Tribal Chief storyline is possibly one of the most interesting angles he has been involved in.
Reigns has fitted seamlessly into his new, more villainous persona, and pairing him with Paul Heyman works perfectly. In the buildup to the match, Reigns asserted his power during the contract signing for the pay-per-view. He cut an intense promo against his rival Drew McIntyre, while sat at the head of the table.
Reigns came out on top during the match between the two top champions of WWE. The pair went back and forth in an intense brawl that showed fans just why the duo are both world champions in WWE at the moment.
Defeating a champion as strong as Drew McIntyre is no mean feat, but Reigns did manage it with a little help from his cousin Jey Uso. Including Uso in this illustrated the power that Reigns currently has over his family member as the Tribal Chief.
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