Survivor Series 2021

The 2021 Survivor Series was the 35th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event aired on pay-per-view and the WWE Network and took place on November 21, 2021, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. The card was highlighted by two traditional Survivor Series elimination matches: Raw's men's and women's teams were victorious over SmackDown's. In the main event match, SmackDown's Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated Raw's WWE Champion Big E. Also on the card, Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch defeated SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, and Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) defeated SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). Raw won brand supremacy by winning five of the seven matches.
==Production==
===Background===
Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view, produced every November by WWE since 1987. The second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, dubbed the "Big Four". The event is traditionally characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which are tag team elimination matches that typically features teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. Since WWE reintroduced the brand split in 2016, Survivor Series has centered around competition between Raw and SmackDown for brand supremacy. The 2019 event had also featured WWE's former developmental territory NXT involved in the brand competition; however, NXT was not involved in the 2020 event. As a result, the 2020 event had traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series matches for the men and women between Raw and SmackDown. The 2021 event will be the 35th event under the Survivor Series chronology.
Since WWE reintroduced the brand split in 2016, Survivor Series has centered around competition between wrestlers from Raw and SmackDown for brand supremacy. The 2019 event had also featured WWE's former developmental territory NXT—which had become WWE's third main brand that year—involved in the brand competition; however, NXT was removed from the competition with the 2020 event due to COVID-19-related issues. In September 2021, NXT was rebranded as "NXT 2.0", reverting, in part, to being WWE's developmental brand.
Since the 2017 event, the champions of Raw have faced their SmackDown counterparts in non-title matches, with NXT's champions also involved in these matches in 2019. The 2021 Survivor Series will feature Raw's WWE Champion against SmackDown's Universal Champion, the Raw Women's Champion against the SmackDown Women's Champion, Raw's United States Champion against SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion, and the Raw Tag Team Champions against the SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
===Storylines===
The event included matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
On November 6, WWE revealed both Raw and SmackDown's team members for the men's Survivor Series match. Team Raw's members were announced to be Seth Rollins, Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, Rey Mysterio, and Dominik Mysterio, while Team SmackDown would consist of Drew McIntyre, Jeff Hardy, King Woods, Sami Zayn, and Happy Corbin. On the November 8 episode of Raw, WWE official Adam Pearce noted that every member of Team Raw was a former world champion, except Dominik. In turn, Pearce scheduled Dominik to face Bobby Lashley where the winner would be on Team Raw; Lashley defeated Dominik.
Also on November 6, WWE revealed both Raw and SmackDown's team members for the women's Survivor Series match. It was announced that Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Carmella, Queen Zelina, and one-half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Rhea Ripley, would represent Team Raw. Team SmackDown's members were revealed to be Sasha Banks, Shayna Baszler, Shotzi, Natalya, and Aliyah. On the November 12 episode of SmackDown, however, WWE official Sonya Deville removed Aliyah from the match seemingly due to her relationship with Naomi, who had been at odds with Deville. On November 18 via WWE's social media, Deville revealed that Toni Storm would fill Team SmackDown's vacant spot.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Rock's WWE debut at the 1996 Survivor Series, a 25-man dual-branded battle royal was scheduled to take place at the 2021 event.
==Match Preview==
Damian Priest vs. Shinsuke Nakamura	Preview
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair 	Preview
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown 	Preview
Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown 	Preview
Big E vs. Roman Reigns 	Preview
RK-Bro vs. The Usos 	Preview
25-Man Battle Royal 	Preview
==Results==
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*Pre-Show: Shinsuke Nakamura (Intercontinental Champion) (w/ Rick Boogs) defeated Damian Priest (United States Champion) in a Champion vs. Champion Match by Disqualification (9:24)
*Becky Lynch (Raw Women's Champion) defeated Charlotte Flair (SmackDown Women's Champion) in a Champion vs. Champion Match (18:13)
*Team Raw (Seth Rollins, Finn Bálor, Kevin Owens, Austin Theory and Bobby Lashley) defeated Team SmackDown (Drew McIntyre, Jeff Hardy, King Woods, Happy Corbin and Sheamus) (w/ Madcap Moss) in a 5-on-5 men's Survivor Series elimination match (29:56)
*Omos defeated Ricochet, T-BAR, Mansoor, Cesaro, Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins, Erik, Ivar, R-Truth, Drew Gulak, AJ Styles, Sami Zayn, Humberto, Angel, Apollo Crews, Commander Azeez, Otis, Chad Gable, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander, Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode, Jinder Mahal and Shanky in a 25-Man Battle Royal (10:45)
*RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) (Raw Tag Team Champions) defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (SmackDown Tag Team Champions) in a Champions vs. Champions Match (14:50)
*Team Raw (Bianca Belair, Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, Carmella, and Queen Zelina) defeated Team SmackDown (Sasha Banks, Shayna Baszler, Shotzi, Natalya and Toni Storm) in a 5-on-5 women's Survivor Series elimination match (23:45)
*Roman Reigns (Universal Champion) (w/ Paul Heyman) defeated Big E (WWE Champion) in a Champion vs. Champion Match (21:55)
==Battle Royal Eliminations==
Elimination	Wrestler 	Eliminated by 	Time
1 	Drew Gulak 	Omos 	
2 	Shelton Benjamin	Omos 	
3 	Humberto 	Omos 	
4 	R-Truth 	Otis 	
5 	Otis 	Omos 	
6 	Chad Gable 	Cesaro 	
7 	T-BAR 	Ricochet 	
8 	Cedric Alexander	Mansoor 	
9 	Angel 	Angelo Dawkins 	
10 	Jinder Mahal 	 	
11 	Erik 	 	
12 	Ivar 	Shanky 	
13 	Shanky 	Omos 	
14 	Mansoor 	Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode	
15 	Robert Roode 	Omos 	
16 	Dolph Ziggler 	AJ Styles 	
17 	Sami Zayn 	Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford	
18 	Commander Azeez 	Omos 	
19 	AJ Styles 	Commander Azeez 	
20 	Apollo Crews 	Omos 	
21 	Cesaro 	Omos 	
22 	Angelo Dawkins 	Omos 	
23 	Montez Ford 	Omos 	
24 	Ricochet 	Omos 	
25 	Omos 	Winner 	10:45
==Survivor Series elimination matches==
: – Raw
: – SmackDown
Elimination	Wrestler 	Eliminated by 	Elimination method 	Time
1 	Kevin Owens 	N/A 	Countout 	0:55
2 	Happy Corbin 	Finn Bálor 	Pinfall 	7:50
3 	King Woods 	Bobby Lashley 	Technical submission 	13:25
4 	Bobby Lashley 	N/A 	Countout 	16:35
5 	Drew McIntyre 	N/A 	Countout 	16:35
6 	Finn Bálor 	Sheamus 	Pinfall 	19:30
7 	Sheamus 	Austin Theory 	Pinfall 	24:35
8 	Austin Theory 	Jeff Hardy 	Pinfall 	27:00
9 	Jeff Hardy 	Seth Rollins 	Pinfall 	30:00
 	Seth Rollins (Team Raw)	Seth Rollins (Team Raw)	Seth Rollins (Team Raw)	Seth Rollins (Team Raw)
Elimination	Wrestler 	Eliminated by 	Elimination method 	Time
1 	Carmella 	Toni Storm 	Pinfall 	1:00
2 	Queen Zelina 	Toni Storm 	Pinfall 	13:55
3 	Toni Storm 	Liv Morgan 	Pinfall 	15:00
4 	Liv Morgan 	Sasha Banks 	Pinfall 	16:10
5 	Rhea Ripley 	Shayna Baszler 	Pinfall 	17:40
6 	Sasha Banks 	N/A 	Countout 	20:05
7 	Natalya 	Bianca Belair 	Pinfall 	21:15
8 	Shayna Baszler 	Bianca Belair 	Pinfall 	21:45
9 	Shotzi 	Bianca Belair 	Pinfall 	23:45
 	Bianca Belair (Team Raw)	Bianca Belair (Team Raw)	Bianca Belair (Team Raw)	Bianca Belair (Team Raw)
==Other on-screen talent==
;Commentators
*Michael Cole 
*Pat McAfee 
*Jimmy Smith 
*Corey Graves 
*Byron Saxton 
*Carlos Cabrera 
*Marcelo Rodriguez 
;Pre-show Panel
*Kayla Braxton
*Kevin Patrick
*Peter Rosenberg
*Booker T
*Jerry Lawler	
;Interviewers
;Ring announcer
*Mike Rome
;Referees
*Jessika Carr
*Ryan Tran
*Dan Engler
*Danilo Anfibio
*Jason Ayers
*Darrick Moore
*Eddie Orengo
*Chad Patton
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
*WWE Event History
*Event gallery
*Survivor Series
==DVD release==
* Survivor Series 2021 on DVD
==External links==
* Survivor Series 2021 Official Website
* Kickoff on WWE Network
* on WWE Network
* Survivor Series 2021 Kickoff at CAGEMATCH.net
* Survivor Series 2021 at CAGEMATCH.net
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