Survivor Series: WarGames (2023)

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Survivor Series: WarGames
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Promotional poster featuring Cody Rhodes
Promotion WWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
DateNovember 25, 2023
City Rosemont, Illinois
Venue Allstate Arena
Attendance17,138 [1]
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The 2023 Survivor Series: WarGames was the 37th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, November 25, 2023, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, marking the third Survivor Series to be held at this arena after the 1989 and 2019 events (the 1989 event was held here when it was still known as the Rosemont Horizon; renamed in 1999). It was the second Survivor Series to include the WarGames concept after it was first introduced to WWE's main roster with the 2022 event, and as a result, it was the fourth Survivor Series to not feature a traditional Survivor Series match, after the 1998, 2002, and 2022 events.

Contents

Five matches were contested at the event, including two WarGames matches. In the main event, which was a men's WarGames match and was the main match from Raw, Cody Rhodes, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, and Randy Orton defeated The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre, while in the women's WarGames match, which was the opening bout and was the main match from SmackDown, Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Shotzi, and Raw's Becky Lynch defeated Damage CTRL (Bayley, Asuka, Iyo Sky, and Kairi Sane). The event also notably featured the returns of Randy Orton and R-Truth, both of whom had been out with injuries since May and November 2022, respectively, as well as the return of CM Punk in his first WWE appearance since the 2014 Royal Rumble (discounting FS1's WWE Backstage in 2019–20).

This was also the final WWE event to be officially distributed on DVD, before WWE shut their home video division down at the end of 2023. Survivor Series: WarGames had a 2-disc release on December 26 in the United States. [2]

Production

Background

The event was held at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, marking the third Survivor Series held here after the 1989 and 2019 events. Allstate Arena 20230821 (1).jpg
The event was held at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, marking the third Survivor Series held here after the 1989 and 2019 events.

Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling event produced every November by WWE since 1987, generally held the week of Thanksgiving. The second longest running pay-per-view (PPV) event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". [3] [4] From 1987 to 2021, the event was characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which were tag team elimination matches that typically featured teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. [5] In a break from tradition, the 2022 event did not include any Survivor Series or elimination type matches and was instead based around the WarGames match with the event titled Survivor Series: WarGames. WarGames is a type of steel cage match where two teams face each other in a roofless cage that surrounds two rings placed side by side and the teams typically feature four to five wrestlers each but is decided by one fall instead of eliminating all opponents. [6]

On July 7, 2023, WWE announced that it would be returning to the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois for the 37th Survivor Series on Saturday, November 25. This was the third Survivor Series to be held at this arena after the 1989 (when it was still known as the Rosemont Horizon; renamed in 1999) and 2019 events, and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. In addition to airing on PPV worldwide, it was available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets. Additionally, the November 24 episode of Friday Night SmackDown was held at the same arena. Tickets went on sale on July 21 via Ticketmaster. [7] During Crown Jewel on November 4, it was announced that the 2023 event would retain the WarGames concept, thus marking the fourth Survivor Series to not feature a traditional Survivor Series match, after the 1998, 2002, and 2022 events. [8] It also made the event the second time the Allstate Arena hosted an event centered around the WarGames match, after the 2019 edition of NXT TakeOver: Wargames.

Storylines

The event included five matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, [9] [10] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. [11]

On the October 30 episode of Raw, Intercontinental Champion Gunther was supposed to be a guest on The Miz's talk show, "Miz TV"; however, Miz was interrupted by Gunther's Imperium stablemates Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser, who stated that Gunther would not appear. After some arguing, however, Gunther came out and stated that he did not respect Miz, as he viewed Miz more as an "entertainer" than a serious wrestler, with Miz then saying that he himself was the one who had made the Intercontinental Championship prestigious and could do it again. After Imperium began to destroy the "Miz TV" set, Miz attacked Imperium, but Gunther got the upper hand, turning Miz face for the first time since January 2020. Later, Miz asked Raw General Manager Adam Pearce for a championship match against Gunther, but Pearce declined as there were others who also wanted a title match. [12] A fatal four-way match was then scheduled for the next episode to determine Gunther's challenger for the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Series: WarGames, which Miz won. [13]

At Crown Jewel, Zoey Stark was part of a fatal five-way match for Rhea Ripley's Women's World Championship, which Ripley retained. [14] On the following episode of Raw, Stark won a battle royal to face Ripley for the title one-on-one at Survivor Series: WarGames. [13]

Since June, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, and Sami Zayn had all been involved in various rivalries with The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio) and their associate, JD McDonagh, encompassing matches for Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship and Bálor and Priest's Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. [15] [16] At the conclusion of the November 6 episode of Raw, a brawl ensued between all eight men. Fed up with the constant chaos caused by The Judgment Day, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce announced that Rollins, Rhodes, Uso, and Zayn would face Judgment Day and McDonagh in a WarGames match at Survivor Series: WarGames. [13] The following week, Rhodes and Priest were revealed as the leaders of their respective teams while McDonagh was made an official member of Judgment Day. At the end of the night, Drew McIntyre, who had been talking with Rhea Ripley and had his own past issues with Uso due to Uso's involvement in The Bloodline, helped Bálor and Priest retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a rematch against Rhodes and Uso. [17] On the next episode, McIntyre was added to Judgment Day's WarGames team and later that night, he defeated Uso to earn the WarGames advantage. The fifth member of Rhodes' team was then revealed to be a returning Randy Orton, who had been out with an injury since May 2022. [18]

At SummerSlam, Bianca Belair defeated Asuka and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat match to win the WWE Women's Championship, but lost the title to Iyo Sky, who cashed in her Money in the Bank contract. [19] After the event, Damage CTRL (Bayley, Sky, and Dakota Kai) began feuding with Asuka, as well as Flair, who sided with Asuka. Damage CTRL also sidelined Belair with a knee injury. [20] Sky subsequently retained her championship in matches against Asuka and Flair thanks to interference from Bayley and Kai. [15] [21] After Belair made her return in late October, Sky retained the title against her at Crown Jewel after a returning Kairi Sane (in her first appearance since July 2020) interfered. [14] On the following SmackDown, Sky and Kai said they brought Sane in to make their group stronger, with Sane praising Bayley for her leadership and also said that she forgave Bayley for attacking her back in July 2020. They were then interrupted by Belair, Flair, and Asuka. A six-woman tag team match then took place, which ended in a no contest after Asuka turned on her team, subsequently reuniting with Sane and joining with Damage CTRL. Shotzi attempted to make the save, but was also laid out. [22] The following week, Damage CTRL (represented by Bayley, Sky, Asuka, and Sane) challenged Belair, Flair, Shotzi, and a partner of their choosing to a WarGames match, which was accepted. SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis gave Belair's team until the end of the night to select their fourth member and they chose Raw's Becky Lynch after Damage CTRL took out the other women on SmackDown. [23] That same night, WWE announced that a Ruffles-sponsored fan vote would be held to determine which team would receive the WarGames advantage. [24]

On the November 10 episode of SmackDown, the Latino World Order (LWO) addressed leader Rey Mysterio's loss of the United States Championship at Crown Jewel to Logan Paul, who used brass knuckles to win. Carlito blamed Santos Escobar as he had left the brass knuckles on the ring apron. Escobar then left in disbelief of the accusation, but later turned heel on Mysterio by injuring his left knee and striking it with the steel steps. [22] The following week, Escobar said that Mysterio was his hero, but after meeting him, he realized he was wrong. A confrontation with the other LWO members (Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, and Zelina Vega) occurred, where Escobar attacked Wilde and Toro. Carlito came out for the save but Escobar escaped. Later, a match between Carlito and Escobar was announced for Survivor Series: WarGames. [23] The night before Survivor Series, however, Carlito and Escobar brawled, resulting in Carlito sustaining an arm injury, with Dragon Lee—who came to Carlito's aid—replacing Carlito in the match against Escobar. [25]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
English commentators Michael Cole
Corey Graves
Spanish commentators Marcelo Rodriguez
Jerry Soto
Ring announcers Mike Rome (SmackDown/Men's WarGames match)
Samantha Irvin (Raw/Women's WarGames match)
Referees Jason Ayers
Jessika Carr
Daphanie LaShaunn
Eddie Orengo
Charles Robinson
Ryan Tran
Rod Zapata
Pre-show panel Kayla Braxton
Jackie Redmond
Peter Rosenberg
Booker T
Wade Barrett

Pre-show

The pre-show portion of the program (Titled “Survivor Series: WarGames Kickoff”) streamed on Peacock and YouTube, with the panel (Kayla Braxton, Jackie Redmond, Peter Rosenberg, Booker T, Wade Barrett) located outside of the arena. During the Survivor Series: WarGames Kickoff pre-show, it was revealed that Bianca Belair's team won the Ruffles-sponsored fan vote to receive the WarGames advantage. [26]

Preliminary matches

The first match of the night was the women's WarGames match, which saw the team of Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Shotzi, and Becky Lynch face Damage CTRL (Bayley, Iyo Sky, Asuka, and Kairi Sane, accompanied by Dakota Kai), with Belair's team having the WarGames advantage. Lynch and Bayley started the match. Early on, Bayley tossed Lynch into the cage. Lynch applied the Dis-Arm-Her but Kai interfered, hitting Lynch with a kendo stick through the cage. Shotzi threw a trash can in the ring. Belair whipped Sky and Bayley with her braids. Sky put a trash can on her head and dove on to everyone from the top of the cage. In another high spot, Flair did a moonsault from the top of the cage onto everyone. There were nearfalls for both teams. Asuka missed a mist on Shotzi, allowing Belair to blast Asuka with a fire extinguisher. Flair attempted a spear on Sane, but Bayley shoved her out of the way and took the spear instead. Belair, Flair, and Shotzi then performed their signature moves on Bayley, with Lynch finishing her off by delivering a Manhandle Slam from the second rope through a table and pinned her to win. [27]

In a backstage segment, Raw's Otis, Akira Tozawa, and Maxxine Dupri of Alpha Academy and WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green and Piper Niven were shown eating Ruffles on a couch watching the event. SmackDown's Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) showed up and argued with Otis on whether they were potato chips or crisps. A returning R-Truth, who had been out with an injury since November 2022, then popped up from behind the couch and settled the argument, stating they were Ruffles and then called for everyone to get along, which ended with Tozawa doing the "Ruffle Shuffle" dance. [28]

After that, Gunther defended the Intercontinental Championship against The Miz. The Miz countered a powerbomb and did some kicks to Gunther's torso. The Miz performed a Skull-Crushing Finale for a nearfall. Gunther performed a top rope splash onto Miz's back and then performed a Boston crab with knee for the submission win. [27]

Next, Santos Escobar faced Dragon Lee. Escobar was quick on the offense at first. Escobar stuck Lee's leg between the ring post and stepped on it, but Lee fought him off. Escobar hit a hurricanrana on Lee, ending with a Phantom Driver and pinned Lee for the win. [27]

In the penultimate match, Rhea Ripley defended the Women's World Championship against Zoey Stark. There was a brawl between the two before the match started. After the match began, Stark hit Ripley with a dropkick. Stark, battling Ripley, was met with kicks. Ripley countered the Z-360 before delivering a headbutt and then hit a Riptide to retain the title. [27]

Main event

The main event was the men's WarGames match, which saw the team of Cody Rhodes. Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, and Randy Orton face The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre with Judgment Day's team having the WarGames advantage. Throughout the night prior to and at the start of the main event, Orton had not shown up, causing worry for his team. The first two to enter the cage were Rollins and Bálor. Rollins gained the upper hand before McDonagh entered to turn the tide in his team's favor. Uso entered next to even things up. McIntyre was set to enter next, but Priest stopped him before entering the match himself. Priest grabbed a metal riot baton and hit Uso and Rollins multiple times. Zayn grabbed a table and attacked Priest before tearing a pipe from the cage and using it to attack The Judgment Day. Mysterio found himself outnumbered before the rest of The Judgment Day and McIntyre recovered. Priest and McIntyre performed simultaneous chokeslams on Rhodes, Zayn, and Rollins, before driving Rollins through the table with the Razor's Edge. As the clock counted down for the final time for Orton to appear, Rhea Ripley made an entrance instead with Priest's Money in the Bank contract and a referee in tow. Before the contract could be officially cashed in, however, Orton showed up at the last second, evening the odds with his team performing stereo rope-aided DDTs to The Judgment Day and McIntyre. Just as Orton was poised to hit Priest with an RKO, he turned his attention to Uso who, along with The Bloodline, was responsible for his 18-month absence. Orton taunted Uso, telling him he had not forgotten what he had done before Uso intercepted an attacking Priest with a Superkick, followed by an RKO on Mysterio from Orton. McDonagh was chased to the top of the cage by Zayn and Rollins, and they threw McDonagh down to Orton, who caught him with an RKO. Rhodes then hit Priest with a Cross Rhodes before pinning him for the victory. [27]

CM Punk at Survivor Series: WarGames in 2023 CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg
CM Punk at Survivor Series: WarGames in 2023

As the show was about to go off the air, CM Punk, who had been fired from All Elite Wrestling nearly three months prior, made his surprise return to WWE for the first time since the 2014 Royal Rumble (discounting his time with FS1's show WWE Backstage ). [27] [1] After the Men's WarGames match, the copyright logo with the Survivor Series press conference logo popped up until a static and remastered rendition of "Cult of Personality" played, signaling Punk's appearance. He lingered around the entrance way, greeting and embracing fans and delivering his iconic "It's Clobberin' Time" catchphrase. [29] The surprise was considered by many as one of the loudest pops in WWE. [30] Despite persistent rumors hinting at his return, WWE never officially addressed them. During the post-show press conference, Triple H clarified that the majority, including WWE talent, were unaware of Punk's return until his surprise appearance at the Allstate Arena. [31]

Reception

The event received positive reviews from fans and critics. [32] [27] [33] It also set new records for the highest viewership, largest gate, and best merchandise sales in the history of Survivor Series. [34]

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated the women's and men's WarGames matches 4.5 and 4.75 stars, respectively. The Santos Escobar vs. Dragon Lee match received 3.25 stars, the Intercontinental Championship match received 3.5 stars, and the Women's World Championship match received 2.75 stars. [35]

Punk's return at the end of the event was voted for and won the 2024 Slammy Award for OMG Moment of the Year.

Aftermath

Raw

The following episode of Raw opened with Randy Orton thanking Cody Rhodes for allowing him to be a part of the WarGames match and also acknowledged Rhodes' late father, Dusty Rhodes, for creating the match. Orton then stated that he had unfinished business with The Bloodline, however, he was interrupted by Women's World Champion, Rhea Ripley, who tried recruiting Orton to The Judgment Day. Orton declined and was attacked by Judgment Day stablemates, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh, who received an RKO. Later in the main event, Orton defeated Mysterio. Also, Jey Uso apologized to Orton as he and Jimmy Uso were responsible for Orton's injury. Orton accepted the apology and stated that they were good as long as Jey was not in The Bloodline. [36]

Cody Rhodes would also address the WarGames match and how Orton allowed him to secure the victory for his team. Rhodes also declared his participation in the 2024 Royal Rumble match, however, he was interrupted and attacked by Shinsuke Nakamura. [36] This resulted in a match on the December 11 episode where Rhodes won via disqualification when Nakamura used red mist. [37]

Seth "Freakin" Rollins also praised their team's win at WarGames, after which, Rollins turned his attention to defending his World Heavyweight Championship again. Drew McIntyre then interrupted Rollins and stated that he only joined The Judgment Day's team so he could have Jey Uso in the cage, however, he did not face off with Uso. McIntyre claimed that he would put his issues with Uso behind him as he wanted a rematch for the title from Crown Jewel. However, Rollins stated there were others who deserved a title match first, beginning with Uso the following week, which infuriated McIntyre and he subsequently attacked Rollins. [36] On that subsequent episode, Rollins defeated Uso to retain the title. After the match, McIntyre attacked Rollins and Uso. [38] This also resulted in a match on the December 11 episode where McIntyre defeated Uso. He was then scheduled to face Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship on the special Day 1 episode of Raw. [37]

In the final segment on Raw, CM Punk addressed his return to WWE, claiming that he was a changed man and that he had to leave back in 2014. Punk then stated that it was time to come back to WWE and show that he truly was the "best in the world". He also thanked the WWE fans for never forgetting him and continuously chanting his name over the years. [36] After appearing on the December 8 episode of SmackDown and at NXT Deadline on December 9 and talking with each brand's respective general manager, Punk made the decision to sign with Raw on the December 11 episode of Raw. He was subsequently confronted by Seth "Freakin" Rollins, who voiced his disdain for Punk. Punk then officially announced his entry into the 2024 Royal Rumble, stating that after he won, he may challenge Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL. [39]

A rematch between Gunther and The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship was scheduled for the December 18 episode of Raw, with the stipulation that if Miz lost, he couldn't challenge for the Intercontinental Championship anymore as long Gunther was still the champion. There, Gunther retained once again. [40]

SmackDown

Bianca Belair opened the following episode of SmackDown, stating that she was still going for Iyo Sky's WWE Women's Championship. Damage CTRL (Sky, Asuka, Kairi Sane, and Dakota Kai) interrupted, with Kai stating that Belair had to get through all of Damage CTRL to get to Sky. Charlotte Flair and Shotzi interrupted, with Flair stating that she would like to go through all of Damage CTRL as well. A brawl broke out with Flair, Shotzi, and Belair standing tall. Later, Belair faced Sane. Prior to match, Bayley, who did not appear with the rest of Damage CTRL in the opening segment, was told by Sky not to interfere in the match. After the rest of Damage CTRL got banned from ringside, Bayley would interfere in the match, but it backfired as Belair got the upper hand and defeated Sane. [41]

Santos Escobar said his issues with Rey Mysterio began when Mysterio sided with Carlito instead of himself over the incident with the brass knuckles. He then said he would take out Joaquin Wilde next and subsequently defeated him in a match. Escobar continued to attack Wilde post-match but was saved by Dragon Lee. [41] This resulted in a rematch with Lee the following week in which Escobar won, which was also a quarterfinal match of a number one contender's United States Championship tournament. [42]

Also on the following SmackDown, the brand's General Manager, Nick Aldis, invited Randy Orton to the show to sign with SmackDown as Orton was a free agent. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce also appeared to try and sway Orton to sign with Raw. During the contract signing, The Bloodline (Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa, and Paul Heyman) interrupted, with Sikoa and Uso attacking Orton. After fending them off with help from LA Knight, Orton signed with SmackDown. [41] A triple threat match between Orton, Knight, and AJ Styles was then scheduled for the special New Year's Revolution episode of SmackDown on January 5, 2024, where the winner would face Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble. [43]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [1]
1 Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Shotzi, and Becky Lynch defeated Damage CTRL (Bayley, Asuka, Iyo Sky, and Kairi Sane) (with Dakota Kai) by pinfall Women's WarGames match [44] 33:35
2 Gunther (c) defeated The Miz by submission Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship [44] 12:20
3 Santos Escobar defeated Dragon Lee by pinfall Singles match [44] 7:40
4 Rhea Ripley (c) defeated Zoey Stark by pinfall Singles match for the Women's World Championship [44] 9:15
5 Cody Rhodes, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, and Randy Orton defeated The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre by pinfall Men's WarGames match [44] 34:50
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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