Raw went off the air last night in spectacular fashion when members of the Smackdown roster invaded the show. Shane McMahon appeared earlier in the show in order to help promote the Smackdown vs. Raw matches taking place at Survivor Series. Shane reappeared and unexpectedly had the Smackdown roster lay waste to the Raw roster backstage. Kurt Angle was set to announce his picks for his Raw team, but that never happened due to the attacks. It was a wild sight to behold, and it will be interesting to see what happens in the weeks leading up to the matches. Survivor Series will be taking place in Houston, Texas on November 19th.
The #SurvivorSeries announcement will have to wait, @RealKurtAngle… because #RAW is officially UNDER SIEGE!!!! pic.twitter.com/XQuHtcQuIh
— WWE (@WWE) October 24, 2017
“At #SurvivorSeries, we’re going to finish what we started.” @ShaneMcMahon warns @RealKurtAngle after #SDLive holds #RAW under siege. pic.twitter.com/MJU91H3Nok
— WWE (@WWE) October 24, 2017
One match announced for Survivor Series is a traditional 5-on-5 elimination match between members of the Raw and Smackdown women’s division. The participants for the teams have not been selected as of yet, but it is expected that they will be revealed shortly. Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Alicia Fox all took part in a match that would determine the captain for the Raw team at Survivor Series. In the end, it was Alicia Fox who won the match and earned the right to be the captain of the team. Alicia Fox recently celebrated ten years of working with WWE, so it is now up to her to provide her veteran experience to the rest of the participants in the match.
As far as the rest of the Survivor Series card is concerned, it looks like a few more matches are scheduled to be added to the event soon. Kane defeated Finn Balor on Raw after cutting a promo on Braun Strowman. PWInsider reports that this is because WWE is setting up a match between Strowman and Kane for the event. Also, they reported that the captain for the Smackdown women’s team will be determined on this Tuesday’s show in a Fatal 5-Way match. A match involving Finn Balor and AJ Styles has been rumored for the event as well, but it is unclear if they will be having another singles match or working as part of the traditional 5-on-5 elimination matches together.