Oct. 24 (UPI) — A war between WWE’s two flagship shows, Raw and Smackdown Live, was started Monday as the blue-brand delivered the opening shot on the road to Survivor Series.
Now a Survivor Series tradition, Raw general manager Kurt Angle announced at the top of the show that Raw would be taking on Smackdown head-on at the upcoming November event in a series of matches to determine which brand reigns supreme.
Among the Survivor Series matches will be contests pitting champion vs. champion and two, 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series matches between the men’s and women’s divisions.
Following the announcement, Smackdown Live commissioner Shane McMahon greeted Angle backstage and joked how his show would be taking Raw “under siege.” Staying true to his word, McMahon would interrupt Angle during the final segment of the show while bringing in a number of Tuesday night Superstars including The New Day, Becky Lynch, United States Champion Baron Corbin, Rusev, AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Roode, Smackdown Women’s Champion Natalya, Carmella and many more.
McMahon then commanded his Superstars to invade the Raw locker room and chaos ensued. The backstage area was decimated by Smackdown as they ganged up on any red-brand competitors who crossed their paths.
Raw Superstars such as Shield members Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, along with Sasha Banks and Bayley, all fell one by one as Smackdown sent a message. Angle was eventually dragged out back to the ring to confront McMahon who once again proclaimed that Raw was under siege.
Smackdown and Raw will collide at Survivor Series on Nov. 19.
Following the announcement that champions from Raw and Smackdown will be competing against each other, Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, alongside his advocate Paul Heyman, responded to Smackdown’s WWE Champion Jinder Mahal and formally accepted his challenge.
Heyman laughed off Mahal however calling Lesnar’s fellow world champion the “Make-Believe Maharaja” who is flanked by the “Singh-Along Brothers.”
As The Beast smiled, Heyman continued to attack Mahal stating that he wasn’t in the same league as Lesnar and that the Universal Championship is the true mark of the greatest competitor in the WWE. Heyman also detailed how the last time Lesnar battled someone from Smackdown Live, he left Randy Orton a bloody mess causing their match to be ended early.
Other moments from Raw included Rollins and Ambrose teaming up with Styles at the top of the show to take on Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus; Kane defeating Finn Balor; Asuka making her Raw debut and defeating Emma; Mickie James confronting Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss following her defeat at TLC; Jason Jordan defeating Elias via disqualification; Alicia Fox defeating Banks and Bayley to become the captain of Raw’s Women’s Survivor Series team and Team Lucha Lucha consisting of Kalisto, Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann, Mustafa Ali and Gran Metalik defeating The Zo Train consisting of Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore, Tony Nese, Drew Gulak, Noam Dar and Ariya Daivari.
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