WWE Cruiserweight Title Match, Battle Royal Added To Survivor Series Kickoff Show
Another title match...
The Survivor Series card received a late addition on Sunday afternoon, with a Cruiserweight title match added to event, as learned on WWE Now.
Lio Rush is putting the championship on the line in a triple threat match, which seems to be custom for this event. The match is also brand-oriented, as the NXT star defends the gold against Raw's Akira Tozawa, and SmackDown's Kalisto.
In addition, Mike Johnson of PWInsider adds that a (presumably tri-branded) battle royal has been added to the Kickoff show.
Johnson also claims that the triple threat tag team match has been moved to the Kickoff show as well.
The ten match card for Survivor Series now looks like so:
*WWE World/No Holds Barred: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
*WWE Universal: The Fiend (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
*WWE NXT: Adam Cole (c) vs. Pete Dunne
*Triple Threat: Becky Lynch (Raw) vs. Bayley (SD) vs. Shayna Baszler (NXT)
*Triple Threat: AJ Styles (Raw) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (SD) vs. Roderick Strong (NXT)
*Women's Survivor Series: Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Asuka, Kairi Sane and Sarah Logan (Raw) vs. Sasha Banks, Dana Brooke, Carmella, Lacey Evans, and Nikki Cross (SD) vs. Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair and Candice LeRae (NXT)
*Men's Survivor Series: Seth Rollins, Ricochet, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre, and Randy Orton (Raw) vs. Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali, Shorty G, and King Corbin (SD) vs. TBA (NXT)
*Triple Threat: Viking Raiders (Raw) vs. The New Day (SD) vs. Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish (NXT) (Kickoff Show)
*WWE Cruiserweight: Lio Rush (c) (NXT) vs. Kalisto (SD) vs. Akira Tozawa (Raw) (Kickoff Show)
*Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)
Lio Rush is putting the championship on the line in a triple threat match, which seems to be custom for this event. The match is also brand-oriented, as the NXT star defends the gold against Raw's Akira Tozawa, and SmackDown's Kalisto.
In addition, Mike Johnson of PWInsider adds that a (presumably tri-branded) battle royal has been added to the Kickoff show.
Johnson also claims that the triple threat tag team match has been moved to the Kickoff show as well.
The ten match card for Survivor Series now looks like so:
*WWE World/No Holds Barred: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
*WWE Universal: The Fiend (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
*WWE NXT: Adam Cole (c) vs. Pete Dunne
*Triple Threat: Becky Lynch (Raw) vs. Bayley (SD) vs. Shayna Baszler (NXT)
*Triple Threat: AJ Styles (Raw) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (SD) vs. Roderick Strong (NXT)
*Women's Survivor Series: Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Asuka, Kairi Sane and Sarah Logan (Raw) vs. Sasha Banks, Dana Brooke, Carmella, Lacey Evans, and Nikki Cross (SD) vs. Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair and Candice LeRae (NXT)
*Men's Survivor Series: Seth Rollins, Ricochet, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre, and Randy Orton (Raw) vs. Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, Mustafa Ali, Shorty G, and King Corbin (SD) vs. TBA (NXT)
*Triple Threat: Viking Raiders (Raw) vs. The New Day (SD) vs. Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish (NXT) (Kickoff Show)
*WWE Cruiserweight: Lio Rush (c) (NXT) vs. Kalisto (SD) vs. Akira Tozawa (Raw) (Kickoff Show)
*Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)
Written by Justin Henry
In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.
