2016 Survivor Series Results (11-20): Did Belts Trade Places?, Lesnar vs Goldberg II
Pre-Show
Unlike most pay-per-view pre-shows, this one had two matches.
Match 1 - Tony Nese, Drew Gulak, and Daivari vs. Rich Swann, T.J. Perkins, and Noam Dar: Swann gave his team the victory by planting Daivari with a 450 splash and pinning him for the three-count.
Match 2 - Luke Harper vs. Kane: The "Big Red Monster" defeated Harper by giving him a chokeslam and covering for the pinfall.
Main Card
For the traditional Survivor Series matches, the rules are: Each team is comprised of five individuals or five tag teams. For the teams comprised of individuals, each man can be eliminated by pinfall, submission, or disqualification. For the teams comprised of tag teams, if one member of a tag team is eliminated, his partner is also eliminated. In order for one team to win, the other must be entirely eliminated.
Match 1 - Team RAW-Women (Bayley, Alicia Fox, Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, and Charlotte Flair) vs. Team SmackDown-Women (Becky Lynch, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Carmella ,and Natalya): If you're scratching your head wondering, 'Where's Nikki Bella?,' she was found in the back, having been attacked from behind. In the ring, Team SmackDown looked at Carmella, and she swore that it wasn't her. Returning to the backstage area, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan scrambled for a replacement, and as the coach of Team SmackDown, Natalya was on the scene. Bryan put her in, prompting the announcers to call her a player-coach. Now on to the match. The eliminations occurred as follows: 1) Carmella was taken out by Fox. 2) Fox was eliminated by Bliss with the Sparkle Splash. 3) Naomi was counted out. 4) Banks was taken out by Natalya. 5) Nattie was ousted by Charlotte's big boot. 6) Jax was eliminated by Lynch. 7) Bliss was taken out by Charlotte. 8) Lynch was given the Bayley-to-Belly and pinned. RAW's survivors were Bayley and Charlotte. After the match, Charlotte attacked Bayley and walked off.
Match 2 - Interbrand Intercontinental Championship, if Zayn wins, the IC Belt goes to RAW, (c) The Miz w/ Maryse vs. Sami Zayn: Zayn had Miz in the Sharpshooter, and the bell rang. The Canadian thought Miz had tapped, but Maryse had rung the bell to get the hold released. Zayn celebrated, and that is when Miz came up from behind, put him in an inside cradle small package, and held for the three-count.
Match 3 - Team RAW-Tag Team (Enzo Amore & Big Cass, Shining Stars, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows, Sheamus & Cesaro, and The New Day) vs. Team SmackDown-Tag Team (Heath Slater & Rhyno, Breezango, The Usos, Hype Bros., and American Alpha): 1) Fandango took the Midnight Hour and was pinned, 2) Kofi Kingston was eliminated by a Jey Uso splash, 3) Magic Killer given to Zack Ryder, 4) Epico was taken out by a bulldog from American Alpha, 5) Jason Jordan took a Magic Killer, 6) Gallows took a Gore and was pinned, 7) Rhyno was splashed on to by Amore, 8) Enzo was then splashed on to himself by Jey, 9) Cesaro had Jey in a Sharpshooter, Jimmy was about to break it up, but Sheamus stopped him, and Jey had to tap out. Cesaro and Sheamus were the sole survivors of the match.
Match 4 - Cruiserweight Championship, if Kalisto wins, the Cruiserweight Belt and Division goes to SmackDown, Kalisto vs. (c) Brian Kendrick: This match was unexpectedly interrupted by Baron Corbin, whom attacked Kendrick first, then Kalisto. Due to attacking Kendrick first, he was awarded the victory by disqualification.
Match 5 - Team SmackDown-Men (Mascot-James Ellsworth, Shane McMahon, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, A.J. Styles, and Dean Ambrose) vs. Team RAW-Men (Braun Strowman, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Chris Jericho, and Kevin Owens): 1) Ambrose went out after a Strowman running power slam. 2) Strowman went out by count-out after Ellsworth crawled under the ring and held him by the foot. Strowman then chased after Ellsworth and threw him through a table near the entrance ramp. 3) Owens went out next due to hitting Styles with The List of Jericho. 4) Jericho took an RKO and was pinned.
5) Shane went out next, and his elimination was brutal. Shane had set up Reigns on a turnbuckle. The SmackDown commissioner then climbed the opposite turnbuckle, and attempted a Van Terminator--named after and by Rob van Dam. Reigns got up, though, and he speared Shane in mid-air. Upon landing, Shane hit his head hard on the mat. The referee asked if he was okay, but there was no response from Shane, and he had a glassy-eyed look on his face. After that, the ref simply told the announcer to say that he was eliminated. Wanting to get a jab in, the fans began repeatedly chanting "Roman's fired!"
6) The sixth elimination was WWE being stuck in the past. Ambrose was mad that Styles had distracted him, and came out to beat down on him. Reigns and Rollins joined in, and things spilled to the outside. There, Styles was powerbombed through an announce table. The WWE World Champion was rolled back in to the ring, and pinned by Rollins.
7) Wyatt soon entered the ring, and he began to fight with Rollins. Orton took on Reigns. "The Architect" had subdued Wyatt, and he climbed up to the top turnbuckle. He launched himself for a frog splash, and two-thirds of the way down, Orton appeared from out of nowhere and gave him the RKO. Bray made the pin afterwards. 8) Reigns returned to the ring by then, and he sent Orton outside the ring, leaving only him and Wyatt. After a couple of minutes, Reigns was ready to end things. He gave Wyatt the Superman punch, and headed to the nearest corner. When Bray stood up he ran and delivered the spear. Only the spear, was delivered to Orton, whom had stepped in front of Bray to save him. Wyatt then ran to Reigns, and gave him Sister Abigail. The pin followed, and Bray and Randy were the survivors of the match.
Main Event - Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg: This was a finish I certainly didn't see coming. As soon as the bell rang, Lesnar lifted Goldberg into the turnbuckle and dropped him. He smiled, as if to imply, 'Yeah, I can pick you up and do whatever I want with you.' Goldberg, wasn't intimidated in the least, however, and he shoved "The Beast" to the canvas. As Lesnar got up, Goldberg charged at him and delivered a spear. By the look on Lesnar's face, the spear hurt him quite badly too. "The Beast" slowly got up from the spear, only to have Goldberg deliver a second one on to him. At that point, the former WCW World Champion picked up Lesnar onto his feet, lifted him up, and planted him with the Jackhammer. The pin attempt followed, and Lesnar wasn't even close to kicking out. Goldberg had defeated "The Beast" within five minutes.
