WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 11/30/2024

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 11/30/2024

We are in Vancouver, Canada. Corey Graves and Michael Cole are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Women's Wargames Match - Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Iyo Sky, and Bayley vs. The Judgment Day (Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez), Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton, and Candice LeRae

CL = Candice LeRae, RR = Raquel Rodriguez, BB = Bianca Belair

The girls wait in shark cages until it's their turn to enter. Nia and Bay start us off. Nia knocks her over. Bay hits shots to the gut. Bay hits forearms and side headlocks her. Nia headbutts her. They fight between the rings. Nia back elbows her. Bay clubs on Nia.

Bay chops her. Bay diving headscissors her off buckles. Bay whips her with part of her gear. Nia catches it and throws her down. Nia then whips Bay with it. Bay is thrown between the rings and Nia hip attacks her. Bay throws Nia into the cage and running knees her. Nia bodyblocks her. Nia throws Bay into the cage. Nia hip attacks her against the cage. Naomi is next in. She's wearing a birthday party hat since it's her birthday. Naomi brings a kendo stick in.

Naomi hits her with the stick and a toilet seat has also been brought in. Naomi chokes her with the stick. Nia rams her backwards into the corner. Naomi stomps on Nia's back while in the corner. Naomi famesassers Nia then split leg drops her.

Nia grabs the kendo stick and nails the faces with it. Nia grabs the toilet seat and puts it around Naomi's head. She goes for a hip attack and Bay hits kendo stick shots on Nia. Naomi puts the toilet seat on Nia's head and stinkfaces her. Nia headbutts both opponents then Nia nearly botches a double back body drop. 

CL forces her way to the ring. Nia chairs both opponents. Bay and Naomi hit shots on CL and Nia. CL bashes Naomi into a chair that's on Nia's gut. CL hits a codebreaker on Bay + senton on Naomi's back. Naomi bangs CL's head off chairs. A chair is bridged on two chairs and Nia puts Bay on it. CL then asai moonsaults Bay while she's on the chairs.

BB is next in. She throws a trash can at Nia and bangs the cage door on CL's head. BB brings a fire extinguisher and a table in. CL rams the edge of a table into Naomi in the corner. BB chairs CL. BB blocks a poisonrana and does an inverted alabama slam onto CL into the ropes. BB dropkicks a chair into Nia. Nia is pounded on by BB and Naomi in the corner. Tiffany Stratton is next in. Tiff brings a trash can and lid in. Tiff hits BB and Naomi with the lid. Tiff spinebusters Naomi. Tiff handspring cartwheel back elbows BB. Tiff catapults Bay into a Nia lariat.

Tiff backslides Naomi and Nia legdrops Naomi off of it. BB takes a 2nd rope flipping neckbreaker + samoan drop combo. Nia and Naomi chair each other. CL lariats BB. Iyo Sky is next in. She brings a purple and yellow trash can in with a rope tied on it. She climbs the cage with the trash can hanging off of her. CL goes after Iyo at the top of the cage. Iyo elbows CL off the cage. Iyo top rope dropkicks CL.

Iyo cartwheels then Tiff cartwheels. Tiff misses a double stomp and chairs Tiff. Iyo chairs CL then hits corner meteora's on Tiff and CL. Nia hits Iyo from behind. RR is next in. She fallaway slams Iyo into the cage and rams Naomi into it. RR is clubbed on by Bay and BB. Bay gets thrown into the cage then BB does as well. Iyo and Naomi take a super collider then are powerbombed onto their partners backs.

Rhea Ripley comes in anext and is wearing a mask with horns on it to cover her injured face. She hits RR with the bottom of a table then brings the table in. Rhea dropkicks Nia. Tiff hits Rhea with the toilet seat. Naomi does a double hip attack off the top onto Nia and RR. Rhea hits RR with a toilet seat. The girls all beat up on RR and Nia. RR facekicks a chair into BB's face. Naomi bulldogs Rhea. Nia lariats Naomi. Rhea hits headbutts on Nia.

Liv Morgan is next in. Rhea is waiting for her. Liv then walks to the back and brings a baseball bat with her. Wargames officially begins as Liv enters the cage. Liv and Rhea stares down. Rhea takes her mask off. She clubs on Liv and Nia saves Liv. Rhea takes a 3v1 beatdown. Rhea is held for bat chest shots from Liv. Liv then hits Rhea in the back with it.

Iyo springboard dropkicks Nia and everyone starts hitting a move. Nia samoan drops Bay for 2. Iyo and Tiff climb the cage together on opposite sides. Iyo puts a trash can on her and moonsaults off the top of the cage while Tiff swantons off the top of the cage.

Tiff grabs her MITB briefcase as both Liv and Nia are down. RR questions her then Iyo sprays a fire extinguisher at them. Rhea handcuffs RR to the ropes and Nia runs over Rhea.

CL is dropped off the top face first onto the buckles. Nia samoan drops and legdrops BB for 2. Bay and Iyo stare down and Nia lariats both. Nia whips BB with her own hair. Nia takes a double powerbomb through a table. Liv breaks upthe pin with a baseball shot on Naomi. Liv hits Iyo with the bat. RR facekicks a chair into BB's face.

Liv flatliners Bay into a chair for 2. Rhea grabs Liv and headbutts her. RR saves Liv. Liv codebreakers a chair into Rhea's face. Liv and Rhea fight up top. Rhea riptides Liv off the top through a table and wins.

Thoughts: It was a long one here at 38:11. The early part of this wasn't that good as it was mostly weapons shots. Nia swinging any kind of weapon at people looked super dangerous and there were a lot of sloppiness. I would not be shocked if multiple people got injured from this one. Almost all of the girls went searching for weapons before they entered and that got a little boring after a while. I liked the Tiff double cash-in spot. I wish this would have been a bit shorter and I wish there was a little more focus on some of the feuds outside of Rhea vs Liv and Bay vs Iyo. I didn't hate it but I didn't love this one. As always, I don't love it when shows start off with a long match but it probably was necessary due to there being another Wargames match.

WWE United States Title - LA Knight (c) vs Shinsuke Nakamura

SN = Shinsuke Nakamura

SN backs up LA in the corner and pounds on him. SN snapmares him and kicks him in the back. LA lariats him then suplexes him. LA elbow drops him and hits stomps in the corner. LA boots him through the ropes and bangs his head off the rails.

SN sends LA into the rails then bangs his head off the apron. SN hangs over the 2nd rope and LA elbows his neck off the buckles. SN axe kicks him and hits an overhead elbow. LA is laid on the top rope and takes a knee from SN. SN kicks and boots him around. SN takes a stun gun on th ropes. LA ddt's him for 2. LA hits a burning hammer for 2. LA gets crotched up top. SN enzugiri's him while he's up there. SN hits a dangerous 2nd rope reverse slam him for 2. LA does like a backdrop/blue thunder on SN then double jump elbow drops him.

SN reverse ddt's LA between the rings. SN hits a kinshassa on LA and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like this that much. They did too much here with burning hammers and reverse 2nd rope slams not meaning that much. LA isn't a great worker and him and LA had a clunky matches here focused around striking. The crowd also wasn't super into this due to being tired from the Wargames match which is to be expected.

Akira Tozawa is trying to get Otis to come out but he won't. Maxxine says Akira is feeling the pressure of the holidays. She says she has just the thing to boost his confidence and it's a t-shirt as this is an ad. Max has Akira give Otis a shirt. Otis likes it and Max puts him over. Otis forgot to put pants on and Max says she needs to get him some pants. Otis then seemingly walks naked down the hall. 

WWE Intercontinental Title - Bron Breakker (c) vs Sheamus vs Ludwig Kaiser

Kaiser goes out and Bron nails Sheamus. He hits corner spears on him. Sheamus hits forearms back. Bron overhead throws him. Bron runs through a Kaiser lariat and hits his own. Sheamus uranage backbreakers Bron. Bron is laying on the 2nd rope and Kaiser dropkicks him.

Kaiser puts a chair between the buckles then takes punches from both opponents. Sheamus corner lariats Kaiser. Bron shoulders over Kaiser then lariats Sheamus over. Bron takes a baseball slide from Kaiser as he goes to run around the ring. Kaiser then runs around the ring and dropkicks Sheamus into the steps. Sheamus is sent into the commentary table. Bron then hits a nice flying shoulder on Kaiser outside. Bron overhead suplexes Kaiser on the floor.

Bron takes down Sheamus outside and pounds on him. Bron stomps on Sheamus in the corner. Bron knees Sheamus in the gut and Bron does push-ups. Sheamus hits shots on Bron. Sheamus powerslams Bron.

Bron jumps off the apron and double lariats both opponents over the commentary table. Bron throws Sheamus over the rail. Kaiser throws Bron into the steps. Sheamus rises up behind Kaiser and hits chest clubs on him from behind the rail. Bron then gets some too.

Sheamus hits a double lariat on both opponents off the rails. Kaiser grabs Sheamus' shilelagh. Sheamus grabs it then lariats Kaiser with it over the timekeeper's railing. Bron and Sheamus trade punches in the ring. Bron jumping knees him.

Sheamus hits a razor's edge on Bron for 2. Bron runs up the buckles and hurricanrana's Sheamus down. Bron spears a chair between the buckles when Sheamus moves. Sheamus hits a brogue kick and thinks he has the pin but Kaiser pulls the ref out. Kaiser hits Sheamus with the shillelagh outside. Sheamus hits a knee on Kaiser for 2. 

Kaiser rolling death valley drivers Sheamus. Kaiser hits a ddt on Sheamus and takes a big spear from Bron. Bron hits a big spear on Sheamus and gets the win.

Thoughts: It went a little longer than it needed to and they spent more time than they needed to outside but I liked it. It was a hard hitting match as expected with the three beating the crap out of each other. Bron had good timing here and really was explosive with his offense. This was what you would expect and they did a good job with it.

World Heavyweight Title - Gunther (c) vs Damian Priest

DP headlock takeovers him and armdrags him. Gunther headscissors him. DP armdrags him again. DP rolls through an armdrag and armlocks Gunther. Gunther ducks a high kick and goes out.

Gunther boots and clubs on DP. DP flying shoulders him. Gunther goes out to stall again. DP hits chest kicks then ear claps him. Gunther boots him out of the corner then DP flapjacks him. Gunther kicks him in the arm and sends him into the post. DP is sent into the rails.

Gunther butt drops DP's arm and stomps it. DP hits forearms. Gunther drives his knee into DP's arm. Gunther chops him then pulls his arms backwards. DP hits forearms and does an enzugiri as Gunther goes for a shot.

DP hits forearms and a bunch of chops. DP forearms him over. DP lifting flatliners him. DP does some kind of triangle choke variation. Gunther sleepers DP then powerbombs him for 2. Gunther gets stuck up top and DP hurricanrana's him down. DP hits a razor's edge.

DP goes for the chokeslam but Gunther hits a big choke. Gunther grabs the arm on the 2nd attempt and does an AT lock on him. DP ropebreaks. Gunther hits a stiff lariat then DP hits one. DP rebound lariats him for 2.

DP is crotched up top. Gunther and DP fall off the top together. Gunther throws himself off and DP falls to the floor. Finn Balor double stomps him off the steps. Gunther facekicks Finn over. Gunther powerbombs him then hits downward elbows. Gunther sleepers him with the arm hooked. DP passes out and Gunther wins.

Thoughts: It was better than their other encounters and made sense with Gunther working the arm, Finn interfering and Gunther eventually winning with a hold that moved the arm. It was a stiff one here and I saw a little more out of Priest than usual. I liked this one but it wasn't great. 

Men's Wargames Match - Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Sami Zayn, and CM Punk vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, and Tonga Loa) and Bronson Reed

Punk piefaces Reed through the shark cage as he enters. Jey enters through the crowd and is first up with Tama. Tama and Jey trade shots. Jey misses an spinning enzugiri then Tama sliding lariats him. Tama rolls jey and suplexes him.

Tama hits mounted punches on Jey. Tama slingshot swantons Jey. Jey hits punches and is sent hard into the buckles. Tama hits mounted punches on Jey. Jey spinning enzugiri's Tama.

Reed is next in. He brings chairs in. Jey throws chairs at Reed's face. Reed swats a hair down. Jey hits punches then takes a body block. Reed chairs him in the gut. Reed sentons Jey and drops Tama on him. 

Tama pounds and stomps on Jey in the corner. Reed corner splashes Jey. Jimmy comes in. He hits shots on the heels. Reed takes a double superkick and uppertcut. Jimmy corkscrew moonsauls off the top onto Tama and Reed.

Jey corner forearms Tama. Reed is thrown into the cage. Jacob Fatu is next in. Jimmy is thrown over the top by Fatu. Jey samoan drops Fatu and Fatu no sells it. Fatu flying back elbows him. Fatu handspring kicks Jimmy into the cage then moonsaults Jey.

Jey is held in a T-gimmick and flipped over by the heels. Sami Zayn is next in though his partners Punk and Roman try to get in. Smi jumps over Tama and lariats him. Sami hits corner punches on Reed. Jey superkicks Fatu.

Jey and Sami hug. Fatu nails Sami from behind and Reed headbutts Jey down. Fatu hits an implant ddt. Tanga Loa is next in and brings a table with him. Loa lariats Jey over. Loa hits snake eyes on Sami then splashes him against the cage. Fatu split-legged moonsaults Jey.

Roman Reigns tries to come out next but CM Punk walks out instead and shoulders him. The heels are waiting for Punk to come in to make it a 3v1. Punk brings a toolbox with him and hits the heels with it.

Punk step up knees Reed in the corner then bulldogs Fatu on a toolbox. Fatu no sells it and uppercuts Punk. Fatu then pop-up samoan drops Punk. Reed sends Sami into the cage.  Solo is next in. He bangs the cage door off Punk's head. Then he does it to Jey and Jimmy. Solo uranages Sami. Jimmy is lifted for a double twisting neckbreaker. Fatu double jump moonsaults The Uso's. Reed top rope splashes Sami.

Solo locks up the cage door on his own so Roman can't get in. Solo taunts Roman from inside the cage as Roman can't find a way to get in. Roman climbs the cage and the heels try to stop him but he hits them. Reed's head is banged off the cage and he gets crotched on it. Solo's head is banged off the cage. Roman hits a top rope crossbody on all the heels.

Roman and Punk exchange words in the cage. Paul Heyman comes down and tries to get them to work together. Wargames then officially begins. The two teams are in opposite rings and stare down. They all brawl between the rings. Sami runs up the buckles and tornado ddt's Reed. The Uso's hit stereo superkicks then stereo splashes off the top.

Roman spears Punk on accident. Solo hits a samoan spike on Roman for 2. Reed death valley drivers Punk. Fatu tries a double jump moonsault but totally misses and hurts his knee. Sami throws Tama into the cage. Loa sends Jimmy into the cage.

Roman low blows Fatu then spears Solo. Reed superkicks Roman. Reed climbs the top of the cage and tries to splash Roman through a table but Punk saves Roman. Roman helps Punk up and Fatu nails Roman. Roman superman punches Fatu. Solo samoan spikes Roman twice for 2.

Jey superkicks Fatu. Fatu takes a 3D. Jey spears Loa. Jey is sent int othe cage. Sami blue thunders Tama. Jimmy goes up on top of the cage and splashes Fatu through a table. Sami helps his partners up. Solo is surrounded by the faces and takes superkicks. Sami corner facekicks Solo. Punk hits a GTS on Solo. Roman spears Solo and picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was another longer one at 41:55. It wasn't as eventful as you would expect. This one was set-up to push Punk vs Roman and to put over Jacob Fatu as a force. It was better than the Women's Wargames match and would have been better if there was not another Wargames match earlier on in the show.. I liked it and it made sense but I don't quite think it was a classic. Some blood really would have helped this one out. I was expecting some kind of turn here and was surprised it didn't happen. I may be the only one here, but I honestly think a traditional Survivor Series match may have been as good or better.

Roman offers Punk a handshake after and Punk accepts it. Roman's crew holds up the one finger sign and Punk does his go to sleep sign. Punk hugs Paul after. He says they owe each other but he will ask him when he needs the favor. The faces then pose again in the entrance

Overall thoughts: It was a good but not great show. I thought the Women's Wargames match was dangerous, weapon reliant and sloppy. LA and Nakamura did too much and it just wasn't great. I liked the three way. I liked the World Title match more than I expected. Men's Wargames was okay but had issues as the women already ran through a bunch of stuff they did and really needed a big twist or moment that we didn't get. I think it's time Wargames is retired for a year or two so it feels fresh again. I also thought it sucked that we didn't get a Traditional Survivor Series tag on this show. I would give it a 6 out of 10 and I liked it, but it was not a classic. I don't really think you need to see this though.