Solo Sikoa’s hostile takeover of The Bloodline hit a significant snag at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames. Roman Reigns, CM Punk and their staff overcame Sikoa’s roster in a dramatic primary occasion occasion on Saturday.
Survivor Series’ primary occasion was a showdown between two iterations of The Bloodline. A serious subplot within the match had been the persistent points betwen Reigns and Punk which practically derailed their staff. Ultimately, they received on the identical web page and overcame their tight-knit opposition. Sikoa nonetheless possesses the Tribal Chief’s ula fala, however Reigns’ success compromises Sikoa’s declare to the household throne.
Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada additionally featured a star-studded ladies’s WarGames match, a stunning title change and a very spectacular triple risk match for the intercontinental title.
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2024 WWE Survivor Series: WarGames outcomes, grades
Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Iyo Sky and Bayley vs. Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton and Candice LeRae: The ladies’s WarGames match was massive on blunder. Longtime rivals Bayley and Jax kicked issues off. The no-holds-barred stipulation got here into play early as the ladies lashed one another with a strap. Naomi was the primary famous person to enter the fray, bringing a rainbow kendo stick to place Jax at an incredible drawback. A frontrunner for the night time’s most weird second concerned a rest room seat. Naomi wrapped it round Jax’s head and gave her a stink face. LeRae evened the odds for her staff, eliciting boos by reducing off Stratton to enter the fray. LeRae launched a number of metal chairs. Jax by some means whiffed on easy chair photographs to the again, however LeRae made a greater effort with a springboard moonsault onto Bayley, the latter of whom laid throughout a number of chairs. Belair grabbed a trash can, a hearth extinguisher and a desk on her means into the match. Belair did not use the weapons as successfully as the following participant, Stratton, who dropped her opponents with a trash can lid.
The subsequent error got here on the top of what a giant spot. Sky scaled the fence with a trash can however was intercepted by LeRae. Sky tried a sundown flip off the highest of the cage however LeRae held on, seemingly by mistake. Sky’s subsequent spot received the gang again as she and Stratton one-upped one another with gymnastic handsprings. Rodriguez was a giant equalizer within the match. Rodriguez and Jax’s shared physicality overwhelmed the fan favorites till Ripley, the opposing staff’s bruiser, entered. All hell broke free because the superstars laid one another out with numerous weapons. Most notably, Ripley broke the bathroom seat on Rodriguez’s again. Ripley — sporting a demon cranium face masks — was the one girl standing when the clock struck zero for the match’s last participant, Morgan. The ladies’s world champion fled to the again as a substitute of dealing with Ripley, however returned with a baseball bat.
With all 10 members within the ring, WarGames formally began with pinfall and submissions in play. Ripley tore off her customized face masks to disclose that her earlier harm had healed. Morgan’s 4 teammates held down Ripley as Morgan repeatedly swung the bat into her abdomen. The night time’s greatest spot had the gang in a frenzy. Sky and Stratton scaled reverse corners of the cage. Stratton carried out a picture-perfect swanton bomb off the highest of the cage, whereas Sky concurrently carried out a moonsault with a trash can over her head and torso. Each girl cleared half the sphere. With Morgan and Jax laid out, Stratton unveiled her Money within the Bank briefcase, teasing a shock cash-in. Rodriguez confronted Stratton earlier than she might doubtlessly steal the ladies’s world title from Morgan. Shortly after, Sky blinded everybody in sight with a hearth extinguisher. The fog cleared to disclose Ripley had handcuffed Rodriguez to the ropes amid the chaos. A desk lastly got here into play when Naomi and Belair powerbombed Jax by the wooden. Ripley claimed the match for her staff with assist from the second desk, folding Morgan by it with a second-rope Riptide. Rodriguez, nonetheless handcuffed to the rope, was pressured to observe her teammate eat the pin.
The dwell crowd ate it up, however that was a very disjointed match. Jax, sadly, dragged the entire thing down with quite a few missed spots. Oddly, issues had been most cohesive as soon as all 10 superstars had been within the ring. The motion picked up neatly proper earlier than Sky and Stratton’s dueling cage dives. A robust end that just about makes you neglect in regards to the pacing and spot points earlier than it. Ripley def. Morgan by way of pinfall to win the match. Grade: B-
United States Championship — LA Knight (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: Knight and Nakamura battled backwards and forwards in a match between longtime fan favorites, regardless of Nakamura’s villainous notes. Nakamura’s martial arts strikes repeatedly troubled Knight. The defending champion picked his spots with massive strikes, like his signature elbow drop. Knight and Nakamura didn’t let the normal stipulations of their match get in the best way of maximizing the WarGames setting. Knight tried to suplex Nakamura on the metal grating becoming a member of the 2 rings, however Nakamura countered with a reverse DDT. A dazed Knight couldn’t defend himself from what was subsequent. Nakamura nailed Knight behind the pinnacle with a Kinshasa to attain the upset victory. The match by no means went into that subsequent gear, nevertheless it was a clear and immediate title match with a stunning end. Nakamura def. Knight by way of pinfall to win the title. Grade: C+
Intercontinental Championship — Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaiser: Each famous person approached this match with distinctive sport plans. Breakker fearlessly employed explosive athleticism, Sheamus sought to brawl and Kaiser meticulously picked his spots. Immediately, Kaiser left the ring and returned with a metal chair. Breakker was essentially the most dominant of the three, effortlessly tossing round and working by opponents. “Sheamus” chants broke out early and infrequently as followers implored him to win the one title that has eluded him throughout his 15-year WWE run. Breakker had the match’s first important spot, leaping off the apron and double clotheslining his opponents over the announcers’ desk. The crowd roared to life as Sheamus emerged behind Kaiser like Jason Voorhees from Crystal Lake. Sheamus bludgeoned Kaiser with 11 Beats of the Bodhran earlier than doing the identical to Breakker.
Sheamus scored the primary close to fall with a Celtic Cross. Breakker landed a surprising Frankensteiner however whiffed on the next spear and went head-first right into a chair wedged into the nook. That arrange Sheamus for a match-winning Brogue Kick, however Kaiser pulled the referee out of the ring on the last millisecond. Kaiser cracked Sheamus a dozen occasions with the latter’s shillelagh ringside. In the ring, Sheamus retaliated with a Brogue Kick for a deep two-count. That was Sheamus’ final nice effort, whose ribs had been compromised by the shillelagh thwacking. Kaiser hit Sheamus with a number of signature strikes earlier than a Breakker spear hurled him from the ring. One extra spear to Sheamus and the match was over. A fantastic distinction of kinds, a well-told story amplified by the gang and a match that did not overstay its welcome. Breakker def. Sheamus and Kaiser by way of pinfall to retain his title. Grade: B+
World Heavyweight Championship — Gunther (c) vs. Damian Priest: Gunther and Priest reverted to their technical wrestling and preventing routes, respectively. “The Ring General” instantly focused Priest’s left arm, trying to immobilize Priest’s professional placing background. Gunther was largely efficient in executing his sport plan. The world champion was like a canine on a bone, consuming proper palms from Priest whereas holding onto the challenger’s left arm for expensive life. An enziguri and a sequence of onerous open-hand chops from Priest lastly received Gunther off of him. Priest’s martial arts background shined as he cracked Gunther with numerous arm and leg strikes. A intelligent second noticed Gunther’s obsession with the arm used in opposition to him. Priest weaved Gunther’s grip right into a gogoplata, extra generally recognized to WWE followers as The Undertaker’s Hell’s Gate submission. Priest tried the Razor’s Edge twice — his arm gave out the primary time however discovered the power to comply with by on the redux. Priest tried the South of Heaven chokeslam however his compromised arm failed him, permitting Gunther to lock up a kimura.
Finn Balor screwed over his former Judgment Day ally once more, hitting him with a Coup de Grace off the metal steps whereas the referee was distracted. Gunther clocked Balor with a giant boot for his unwelcome interference however nonetheless made essentially the most of it. Gunther rolled Priest into the ring, dropped him with a powerbomb, attacked the injured arm and choked him out with a sleeper maintain. A traditional pro-wrestling method of structuring a match round a focused limb. The end doubtlessly units up a Gunther vs. Balor match, so bonus factors for story development. Gunther def. Priest to retain his title. Grade: B+
Roman Reigns, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), Sami Zayn and CM Punk vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa) and Bronson Reed (WarGames match): Jey and Tonga kicked issues off for his or her respective groups. Tonga tried to go for the pinfall early, regardless of the match stipulations first requiring all 10 superstars to enter the match. Tonga performed it off nicely along with his zany persona, however the followers made him pay. Reed was the primary further participant, an benefit earned by Fatu on WWE SmackDown. Reed threw a number of metal chairs into the ring, one in all which was thrown again in his face by Jey. The flying chair was a momentary setback as Reed quickly punished Jey with his dimension and power. Jimmy was his staff’s first further participant. Jimmy eagerly ran to his twin brother’s rescue. Jimmy added an attractive whisper within the wind to his arsenal that popped the gang. The crowd ate up The Usos tandem workplace however the cheers had been short-lived. Sikoa despatched his enforcer Fatu into the fray. “The Samoan Werewolf” singlehandedly demolished the twins. CM Punk tried to even the percentages for his staff however Reigns minimize him off, as a substitute sending Zayn into the combination. Punk was visibly offended with Reigns overruling him. Zayn was a distinct maker, taking out his three opponents earlier than embracing Jimmy. Loa was the second final Bloodline member to hitch the match, bringing a desk with him. Fatu’s athleticism continued to shine as he landed a handspring standing moonsault and a break up leg moonsault off the nook.
Punk and Reigns continued butting heads of their shark tank. Reigns tried to exit the cage; nonetheless, Punk minimize him off. Punk took out The Bloodline’s forces with a toolbox and working knees within the nook. Fatu ate the working knee and a bulldog onto the toolbox like lunch. Punk pandered to the gang earlier than strolling right into a nasty pop-up Samoan drop. Sikoa and Reigns had been the ultimate two members within the match. Sikoa — who entered first — directed visitors as The Bloodline decimated their outnumbered foes. Sikoa locked the cage door shut earlier than Reigns’ timer expired. Reigns efficiently scaled the cage regardless of his opponents’ efforts to intercept him. Reigns made first contact with the mat off a prime rope splash onto his 5 foes. The crowd roared as Reigns and Punk got here nose to nose. Paul Heyman stormed to ringside to attempt to get his present and former purchasers on the identical web page. With Reigns within the match, WarGames was formally underway.
Punk elevated Fatu for the GTS, however Sikoa aspect swept a spear, sending Reigns immediately into Punk. The two stars lastly received on the identical web page when Punk rescued Reigns from sure peril. Punk yanked Reigns off a desk as Reed plummeted off the prime of the cage with a Tsunami Splash. Jimmy had extra success from the excessive floor, folding Fatu with an Uso Splash by a separate desk. Sikoa discovered himself alone on the Island of Relevancy, trapped with all 5 of his opponents. Sikoa’s boneheaded Samoan Spike was minimize off by The Usos’ tremendous kicks. Zayn, Punk and Reigns every hit their ending strikes in succession with Reigns pinning Sikoa. A well-paced match with a number of fascinating subplots, notably Punk and Reigns. The match did not drag on as a lot as different WarGames matches and the large spots had been executed nicely. Reigns, The Usos, Sami Zayn and Punk def. The Bloodline and Reed by way of pinfall. Grade: A-
