The following is from our play-by-play coverage of the WWE Survivor Series PPV event:
Men’s Elimination Tag Team Match: Team Raw (Finn Balor, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler) vs. Team SmackDown (Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Rey Mysterio, The Miz & Shane McMahon)
Both teams were arguing and Joe and Drew started things off. Joe went for the rear-naked choke but Drew got out of it and hit the big boot finisher for the elimination. Hardy is next in line and ate a back elbow. Ziggler and McMahon are in next. Shane with a series of strikes but Dolph fired right back and then landed a drop kick. Shane with a series of arm drags but Dolph cut him off with a fameasser for 2. Shane with a sick back elbow but Dolph hit Zig Zag out of nowhere until Miz saved him.
Miz is now legal and went for the Figure Four Leg Lock but Dolph blocked it and rolled him up then hit a drop kick. Braun and McIntyre started to argue then a brawl broke out between them. This led to both teams brawling with each other. Team SmackDown teamed up on Braun and tossed them to the floor. It was chaos around the ring. They beatdown Braun and put him on one of the announce tables. Shane went to the top rope and hit a leaping elbow drop to take out Strowman. Back in the ring, Miz and McIntyre were working. McIntyre hit a big uppercut to Miz then was hesitant to tag in Baor, who kicked McIntyre in the face to get into the match. Balor with a series of kicks to Miz then rolled him up for 2.
Balor with a baseball slide drop kick then a drop kick sending Miz into the barricade. Back in the ring, Rey took out Balor with a springboard crossbody. Balor with a neck breaker to Rey for 2. Rey tripped him and went for the 619 but missed. Balor with a slingblade and a drop kick in the corner. Balor missed his finisher and Rey hit the 619 then the splash for the elimination. McIntyre attacked Rey from behind and clotheslined Balor then tossed him to the floor. Rey drop kicked McIntyre but Lashley got the blind tag and hit a big boot. Lashley tossed him into the corner and hit a neck breaker. Lashley went for a suplex but Rey fought out of it and hit a DDT. Rey with a head kick then sent him to the floor.
Ziggler next in line and Rey rolled through and hit a head kick. Jeff got the hot tag and landed a series of strikes to Dolph. McIntyre distracted Hardy but Jeff took him out with a diving DDT off the apron. Back in the ring, Jeff hit Dolph with the Twist of Fate then went to the top rope and went for the swanton bomb but Dolph put his knees up. Miz now in and hit a clothesline in the corner. Shane went to the top rope and hit coast to coast for the elimination. SmackDown up 4 to 3. Lashley with a series of clotheslines to Shane then a belly-to-belly suplex followed by right hands. Miz got the tag but was taken out by Lashley, who hit a clothesline. Lashley missed a spear and ate the ring post that allowed Miz to hit a clothesline. Shane got tagged in and went for another coast to coast but Braun clotheslined him out of the air. Jeff and Braun now legal.
Braun blocked the Twist of Fate and hit his finisher for the elimination. Rey with a springboard drop kick but Braun no sold it. Rey with a series of kicks to Braun then went for the 619 but Braun blocked it and hit his powerslam for the elimination. Braun tackled Shane then chased Miz around ringside. Braun with a powerslam to Miz in the ring for the elimination. Shane is the only SmackDown member left. Shane told him to bring it on and Braun hit a big drop kick then a splash in the corner followed by a powerslam for the win.
Winner: Team Raw (Finn Balor, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler)
