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Episode 232 Notes

-Today we look at the 2016 Survivor Series from the WWE.
-Survivor Series 2016 was shown on the WWE Network on November 20, 2016 from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. There were 17,143 in attendance.
-My Survivor Series story. WWE and Survivor Series intros.
-Mauro Ranallo welcomes us to Survivor Series. He, JBL, Corey Graves, and Byron Saxton will call the first match.
-Women's Survivor Series match. Bayley, Alicia Fox, Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, and Charlotte with Dana Brooke vs. Becky Lynch, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Carmella, and Nikki Bella: Bella doesn't come out and they go to the back and she was hit from behind and Daniel Bryan won't clear her, so Natalya takes her place. They go back to the arena and the crowd chants Yes. Fox and Carmella start. They lock up and break. Fox pushes Carmella down. Fox with the early advantage. Carmella comes back with a headscissors. Lynch tagged in. Bayley tagged in. Then Charlotte tags herself in so she can take on Lynch. Before they can lock up, Banks tags herself in and Charlotte is pissed. They push each other. Now all 10 in and brawling. Jax pushes the Smackdown girls down. Lynch attacks Banks. Banks with a backslide for a two count. Charlotte tags in and she and Lynch go at it. Back and forth. Lynch goes for the arm bar. Charlotte tags Jax in. Jax beats Lynch down in the corner. The other Smackdown Live women each tags in and Jax knocks them down. Natalya in to a big pop to take on Jax. Carmella tagged in and Jax with a double clothesline to Natalya and Carmella. Fox tagged in. Back and forth. Fox with an ax kick to eliminate Carmella. Bliss in and attacks Fox. She hits Twisted Bliss to get the pin. Charlotte and Naomi both tagged in. Naomi with a face buster to Charlotte and Jax tagged in. Naomi knocks Jax to the outside and hits a diving crossbody on Jax. Jax responds by running Naomi into the post. She then slings Naomi down and Naomi is counted out. Bliss and Banks now in. Bliss throws Banks into the Smackdown Live corner and Banks fights her way out. Banks hits Natalya and Bliss with double knees in the corner. Bliss distracts Banks for Natalya to roll Banks up and pin Banks. Charlotte in and chopping Natalya. They then trade chops. Natalya with a release German Suplex and a Liger bomb, but Jax makes the save. Natalya with the Sharpshooter. Charlotte gets to the ropes. Charlotte hits a running boot to pin Natalya. Bliss and Lynch arguing with each other. They try to double team Jax, who overpowers both of them. Jax picks Bliss up and Lynch with a missile dropkick to knock Bliss on Jax. Lynch gets a two count. Lynch goes for the Disarmer to Eliminate Jax. Jax attacks Lynch. Bliss in against Charlotte. Charlotte hits a kick to eliminate Bliss. Charlotte throws Lynch in and beats her down in the corner. Charlotte gets a two count. Lynch blocks a figure four attempt. Lynch with a Bex Plex. Lynch with the Dublin Jam leg drop for a two count, but Bayley makes the save. Bayley in and they go back and forth. Bayley with a clothesline and a back elbow for a two count. Lynch goes for the Disarmer and Bayley hits the Bayley to belly to pin Lynch. Winners and survivors Bayley and Charlotte. Charlotte attacks Bayley after the match.
-WWE 2K17 ad and Story Time Ad. James Ellsworth is shown in the back and gets menaced by Gallows and Anderson. Mick Foley runs them off. Foley then tries to recruit Ellsworth to Raw. Ellsworth then runs into Braun Strowman and runs off. Michael Cole and David Otunga join JBL and Byron for the next match.
-WWE Intercontinental Championship Match. The Miz with Maryse vs. Sami Zayn: The crowd is into Zayn. The SAT and GAT are introduced. Miz revels in the boos from the crowd. The bell rings and they lock up and vie for position. They trade holds. Zayn with an arm drag into an arm bar and gets a two count. Zayn catches Miz with a kick and Miz rolls out to regroup. Zayn follows and Miz runs him into the ring apron. Zayn with a flip off the barricade onto Miz. Maryse screams at Zayn, allowing Miz to attack Zayn from behind. Miz with a double ax handle. Miz attacks Zayn's leg. Zayn chops Miz. They trade blows. Zayn with corner mounted punches. Miz goes back to attacking the legs. Miz rushes Zayn, who drops down and pulls the ropes and Miz spills out to the floor. Miz grabs Zayn's leg and runs it into the ring post. He throws Zayn back in. Miz gets a two count. Zayn blocks a figure four attempt. Back and forth. Zayn with a vicious clothesline. Zayn clotheslines Miz to the outside. He then hits a plancha onto Miz. Back in, Zayn hits a Michinoku Driver for a two count. Miz goes for the figure four and Zayn rolls him up for another two count. Miz with a DDT for a two count. Miz with a dropkick. He hits a second one. Miz hits a corner clothesline. Zayn hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a close two count. Zayn goes for the Helluva Kick, but Miz goes to the apron. Miz guillotines Zayn on the top rope. Miz goes for the SCF, but Zayn rolls him up for a two count. Zayn hits an Exploder Suplex. Zayn goes for the Helluva Kick, but Miz rolls out of the way. Miz puts the figure four on. Zayn tries to get to the ropes, but Miz pulls Zayn away. Zayn rolls Miz over, but then they are stuck up in the ropes. Miz with Yes kicks to Zayn to mock Daniel Bryan. Zayn comes back with a figure four. Miz trying to get to the ropes. Maryse rings the bell to distract Zayn. Miz takes advantage and rolls Zayn up to get the pin.
-Dean Ambrose and AJ Styles shown in the back. They start to argue over Survivor Series and TLC. Shane McMahon comes in and tells them to get on the same page. Crush Cage ad and a Kay Jewelers ad. Hulu ad.
-Enzo and Cass come out and do their routine. WWE Tag Team Elimination Match. Enzo and Big Cass, The Shining Stars Primo and Epico, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, Sheamus and Cesaro and The New Day, who do their routine vs. Rhyno and Heath Slater, Breezango Tyler Breeze and Fandango. The Usos Jimmy and Jey, The Hype Bros Zach Ryder and Mojo Rawley, and American Alpha Chad Gable and Jason Jordan: All participants in the ring. The bell rings. Fandango starts with Big E. Fandango giving out tickets as part of the Fashion Police. Big E slams Fandango down and Kingston hits a big elbow drop and Breezango is eliminated. Jimmy Uso in and hits a superkick to Kingston to pin him and the New Day is eliminated. That was stunning. Gallows in. He hits Jimmy with some right hands and Big Cass tags himself in. He hits Jimmy and then Epico tags himself in. Jimmy hits Epico and Ryder tagged in. They go back and forth. Ryder hits a corner whip and a flapjack. Rawley tagged in and hits a double ear clap to Epico. Rawley gets a one count. Gallows tagged back in. He gets Rawley down and Anderson tagged in. Rawley hits a crossbody and Ryder tagged in. Ryder hits double knees and a missile dropkick to Anderson. Gallows pulls Anderson out, but Ryder hits them both with a Wrecking Ball dropkick. Good Brothers overwhelm Ryder and Gallows tagged in. Magic Killer to Ryder and the Hype Bros are eliminated. Chad Gable in and Gallows drops him with a shot. Sheamus tagged in. He gets Gable down and then both members of the Shining Stars take turns overwhelming Gable as they tag each other in. Epico gets a couple of two counts. He then hits a series of suplexes to Gable for another two count. Primo tagged in. They make a mistake and Jordan tagged in and hit the Electric Chair to pin Primo and the Shining Stars are eliminated. Now all 12 remaining wrestlers are in the ring and facing each other. They all go at it. All but Enzo, Cass, Rhyno, and Slater go out to the floor and brawl. Those four start brawling in the ring. Cass throws Enzo to wipe out the people on the floor. Rhyno goes to Gore Cass, who ducks and goes for the big boot. Rhyno ducks and they both spill out to the floor. Slater stage dives onto everyone on the floor. Inside, Cesaro gets Jordan down and goes for the Big Swing. Gable breaks it up with an O'Connor roll and a suplex. Jordan then launches Gable onto everyone out on the floor. Gallows and Anderson hit the Magic Killer on Jordan to pin him. Slater in and cleaning house on the Good Brothers. Anderson hits Slater with a spinebuster. Sheamus in against Slater. Gallows then tags himself in. Gallows goes to bounce off the ropes and knocks Enzo off. They argue and Slater tags Rhyno in. He Gores Gallows to eliminate him and Anderson. Enzo with the Boom Shakalaka on Rhyno to pin him. Enzo in against Jimmy. Jimmy hits a superkick and Jey splashes Enzo to pin him so we are down to the Usos and Sheamus and Cesaro. Sheamus with the Brogue kick to Jimmy, but Jey breaks up the pin. Jey tagged in and hits a splash, but Cesaro breaks up the cover. Cesaro tagged in. Back and forth. Cesaro going off, hitting the 619. A crossbody gets a two count. Cesaro with the Big Swing. He goes for the Sharpshooter, but Jimmy breaks it up and then hits a suicide dive on Sheamus. Jey hits a Tequila Sunrise and gets a half crab on. Cesaro reverses into the Sharpshooter. Sheamus cuts off a save attempt and Jey taps out. Sheamus and Cesaro are the survivors.
-Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley are shown in the back celebrating Raw's success. They discuss how Raw is looking and what's coming up.
-TLC ad. Feature on The Brian Kendrick.
-WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match. The Brian Kendrick vs. Kalisto: The bell rings. Kalisto attacks Kendrick. Kendrick bails out to the floor and Kalisto hits him with a tope. A springboard crossbody gets a two count for Kalisto. Kalisto keeps up the offense and gets another two count. Kendrick with a belly to back suplex for a two count. They trade moves and counters and each gets a series of two counts. They get tangled in the ropes and Kendrick rolls Kalisto up and the back of Kalisto's head hits the turnbuckle hard. Kendrick then puts Kalisto between the steps and the ring and slams the steps on Kalisto. Kalisto trying to hold on. Kendrick with a neck hold. Kalisto gets free. Kendrick clotheslines Kalisto on the top rope. Kalisto dropkicks Kendrick to the floor. They fight out on the apron and Kalisto hits a Spanish Fly from the apron. Both wrestlers out to the floor. Kalisto throws Kendrick in and gets a two count. Kalisto hits a suicide dive onto Kendrick when Kendrick slides back outside. Kendrick attacks Kalisto when Kalisto goes up top. Kendrick, with a reverse headlock takeover into the Captain's Hook. Kalisto gets to the ropes. Kendrick attacks Kalisto. Kalisto coming back. Kalisto hits Salita Del Sol, but Kendrick gets his foot on the ropes. Baron Corbin comes in and attacks both wrestlers. Kendrick keeps the title by DQ.
-Renee Young and the kickoff panel talk about everything we have seen so far.
-Daniel Bryan confronts Baron Corbin. Corbin doesn't care about Bryan or the cruiser weights.
-Roadblock: End of the Line ad.
-Flashback to what led up to the next match and the rivalry between Raw and Smackdown Live. James Ellsworth is introduced as the Smackdown mascot. The International announce teams are introduced.
-Smackdown Live vs. Raw 5 on 5 match. Shane McMahon, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and Dean Ambrose vs. Braun Strowman, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Chris Jericho, and Kevin Owens: Styles and Owens start. So we get both champions to begin with. The bell rings and they lock up. Owens with a side headlock. Styles pushes off. Owens holds on to the ropes. Styles moves out of the way of a senton. They trade blows. They then avoid each others moves. Owens blocks a Styles Clash attempt and Jericho tagged in. He and Owens hug. Jericho attacks Styles. Jericho with a shoulder block. Styles comes back with a dropkick. Rollins and Ambrose both tagged in. They trade moves. Rollins with a front face lock. Back and forth. Rollins goes for a pedigree and Ambrose counters with a backdrop. Jericho tagged in. Ambrose beats Jericho down in the corner. Ambrose with a series of arm drags. Jericho with an enziguri. Jericho with a side headlock. Jericho slaps Ambrose in the corner. Ambrose comes back with corner mounted punches. McMahon tagged in. McMahon attacks Jericho. McMahon with an Irish whip and a back elbow. McMahon with some arm drags. Jericho comes back with a dropkick. Rollins tagged in. Rollins with a suplex for a two count. Reigns tagged in. Reigns with a headbutt. He beats McMahon down in the corner. Rollins tagged in and hits a fist drop to McMahon while Reigns holds McMahon. Rollins with a chin lock. McMahon with a backdrop. Ambrose and Owens tagged in. They trade shots. Ambrose counters a cannonball attempt with a clothesline. Ambrose then dives to the outside. Owens with a superkick to Ambrose and goes for a pop up powerbomb. Ambrose counters with a hurricanrana. Ambrose goes for Dirty Deeds, but Jericho hits Ambrose from behind. Now all 10 men in, but Strowman tags in before he comes into the ring. The teams are face to face. They finally start going at it. It goes outside. Ambrose tries a plancha on Strowman, who catches Ambrose and takes him around the outside of the ring. Styles with a suicide dive onto Strowman. Owens cannonballs onto the group from the top rope. McMahon climbs up top, but Strowman throws him into the ring. Styles and Ambrose double team Strowman. McMahon clotheslines Strowman out and they both spill out to the floor. Ambrose and Styles clear the ring. They then start pushing each other. McMahon separates them. Styles hits Ambrose from behind and Strowman hits a running power slam to pin Ambrose. Strowman throws McMahon into the ring. He splashes McMahon and throws Styles out of the ring. Strowman taking over. Strowman comes face to face with Wyatt. Jericho comes in and tells Strowman that he is the captain and Strowman grabs Wyatt and Jericho by the throat. He throws Jericho down and clotheslines Wyatt. Strowman attacks Wyatt. Wyatt falls out of the ring and Strowman follows to continue the attack. Strowman starts to take the GAT apart and Orton with an RKO to Strowman on the table out of nowhere. Wyatt and Orton clear the English table off and they put Strowman on the table. McMahon goes up top and hits an elbow to send Strowman through the table. A this is awesome chant goes out. McMahon gets back in. Strowman tries to get back in, but Ellsworth grabs his leg and Strowman is counted out. Strowman takes off after Ellsworth and throws Ellsworth off the stage onto the equipment area. Back in the ring, Jericho gets a two count on McMahon. Owens tagged in. He keeps up the attack. He also gets a two count. Jericho tagged back in. He hits a dropkick for a two count. Jericho with a chin lock. McMahon comes back and goes for a dropkick after an Irish whip, but Jericho holds on. Jericho with a lionsault, but McMahon with a quick roll up for a two count. Jericho hits a Code Breaker to McMahon and then to Orton, who had come in. Jericho gets a two count on McMahon. McMahon trying to come back. Rollins tagged in. He beats McMahon down. Jericho tagged back in and goes for a splash, but McMahon moves. Styles tagged in and attacks Jericho and gets a two count. Jericho counters a Styles Clash attempt and goes for the Walls of Jericho. Styles counters and goes for the Calf Crusher. Jericho blocks and again goes for the Walls of Jericho. Styles rolls Jericho up for a two count. Styles attacks Jericho with rapid strikes. He then goes and hits Owens, who comes in and attacks Styles with Jericho's clipboard. He then hits a pop up powerbomb and gets disqualified. A bullshit chant goes out. Tough Canadian Crowd here tonight. Jericho tries to get his list back together. Orton tagged in and sneaks behind Jericho and hits an RKO to pin Jericho. it's 4-2 for Smackdown Live. Orton attacks Rollins. Orton with a power slam for a two count. Wyatt tagged in and unloads on Rollins to get a two count. Orton tagged in. He continues the beat down of Rollins. Orton with a superplex. Styles and Reigns both tagged in. Reigns trying to take the entire Smackdown team on. He's cleaning house. Reigns with a Niagra drive for a close two count. Styles counters a Superman Punch attempt with an Enziguri. McMahon tagged in and attacks Reigns with punches. He hits Reigns with a DDT. Rollins in and McMahon attacks him as well. He slams Rollins out and then runs Reigns into the ring post. McMahon goes for Coast-to-Coast, but Reigns spears him in Midair. The ref stops his count, but signals that McMahon is eliminated. Officials out to check on McMahon. Other wrestlers fighting on the outside while they help McMahon out of the ring and the crowd chants Shane-O-Mac. Back in the ring, Wyatt with a back splash to Reigns for a two count. Orton tagged in. He beats Reigns down in the corner. Wyatt in and a Roman sucks chant goes out. Styles and Rollins tagged in. Rollins with a Blockbuster to Styles. He follows it up with a glancing knee. He hits Wyatt with a suicide dive. He hits Styles with corner clotheslines, but Styles escapes a superplex attempt. Styles goes up top and Rollins hits an enziguri. Rollins with a superplex into a Falcon's Arrow, but Orton breaks up the pin. They all start brawling outside. Rollins and Reigns start clearing the GAT and SAT. They start to go for the Shield Powerbomb, but Styles breaks it up. Styles gets back in the ring and Dean Ambrose comes from the back and attacks Styles. Officials out to get Ambrose. Ambrose throws Styles into the ring steps. Security trying to get Ambrose away. Reigns and Rollins attack security, helping out their old Shield buddy. They Shield powerbomb Styles through the SAT and Rollins pins Styles. Rollins and Reigns in the ring back-to-back as Orton and Wyatt circle the ring. Luke Harper appears at ringside. They get up on the apron. Rollins and Reigns attack Harper and Orton and Wyatt attack them. Back and forth. Harper attacks Reigns on the outside when Reigns went after Orton. Rollins with a Sling blade to Wyatt and then takes out Harper. Rollins with corner clotheslines to Wyatt. Rollins trying to fight both Orton and Wyatt off. Rollins goes up top to hit Wyatt with a frog splash, only to get hit with an RKO from Orton. Rollins pinned by Wyatt. Reigns struggling to get in the ring. Reigns Superman Punches Orton on the apron and throws Wyatt to the outside. Reigns runs Wyatt into the ring steps. He then runs Orton into the steps and Wyatt into the barricade. He hits Wyatt with the Drive By. He hits Harper with a spear. Reigns blocks a Sister Abigail attempt. Reigns with a Superman Punch. He goes to Spear Wyatt, but Orton shoves Wyatt out of the way and takes the Spear, allowing Wyatt to hit Sister Abigail to pin Reigns. Survivors: Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt. The Wyatt Family celebrates.
-WWE Story Time ad and WWE Network ad.
-Byron Saxton, Michael Cole, and Corey Graves talk about the Main Event and what led up to it.
-Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar with Paul Heyman: Lesnar out first. Goldberg gets his classic entrance. A massive Goldberg chant goes out. They are face to face. The bell rings. Lesnar picks Goldberg up and puts him in a corner. Goldberg pushes Lesnar down. Goldberg spears Lesnar. He hits a second Spear. Goldberg hits the Jackhammer and pins Lesnar. The crowd erupts. The announcers are shocked. They recap what happened and sign off from Toronto as Goldberg celebrates with his family.
-Final Thoughts: A stunning conclusion to a pretty good show.