Jordan Huie of the Overtimer here and we are closing in on a pretty damn crazy weekend of wrestling. The long talked about NXT main roster invasion has finally happened over the past few weeks, and we’ve been led to a truly unique couple of shows. Rounding out the weekend, WWE Survivor Series 2019 is upon us, and it’s set to be a very unique show to say the very least. It’s a three way war, with Raw vs. SmackDown vs. NXT! Plus, three very interesting world title matches will be taking place as well.
Regardless of what you think of the build, the card itself looks incredible. It should be a surreal experience seeing these bouts come to head. And I’ll be doing a match by match preview for the whole show, so let’s get to it!
WWE have announced a unique match just now for the WWE Survivor Series 2019 Kickoff. A rarely seen kind of match…
Interpromotional Tag Team Battle Royal
Confirmed Participants – The Street Profits, The OC, Hawkins & Ryder for Raw; The Revival, Roode & Ziggler, Heavy Machinery, Lucha House Party for SmackDown; Breezango, Forgotten Sons, Imperium for NXT
Looking at the imbalance of folks in there on the graphic, I’m guessing this isn’t actually everybody that’s in the match. In a tag team battle royal, in theory, the rules are that if one member of a team gets eliminated, they’re both out. That’s how this has worked in the past. Of course these things can be very inconsistent in WWE and I didn’t catch them explaining it during the Kickoff.
Either way, this is another Raw vs. SmackDown vs. NXT match-up, battle for brand superiority. Why it’s tag team focused I’m not totally sure. In truth, it’s hard to pick a winner for this, given how many names are involved and given that I may not yet know every team who will be involved.
But on balance… I think I might go with Heavy Machinery.
Just makes sense. Popular team, always kinda looking for a signature win of some kind. Two big men, always a logical battle royal winner even if they like to ‘subvert’ that almost every single time. Still, for something like this, seems about right. That’d of course be a win for team blue.
WWE Survivor Series 2019 will be airing this Saturday on the WWE Network at 7 PM Eastern Time, 6 Central. There will also be a two hour pre-show leading into the event. The show emanates from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. I’m Jordan Huie of the Overtimer, and I will be giving you a live play by play of the show as it happens. Stay tuned!