A stadium full of ravenous fans packed into San Diego to watch Survivor Series: War Games with WWE bringing the stars out for this one.
Let’s get into the results:
Women’s War Games match: Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, IYO SKY, Rhea Ripley and AJ Lee def. Nia Jax, Lash Legend, Becky Lynch, Asuka and Kairi Sane
Intercontinental title: Dominik Mysterio def. John Cena
Women’s World title: Stephanie Vaquer def. Nikki Bella
Men’s War Games: Logan Paul, Bronson Reed, Bron Breakker, Drew McIntyre and Brock Lesnar def. Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes and The Usos
Analysis:
IYO SKY stole the show once again with a great spot off the top of the cage with a trash can over her head. AJ Lee got the win with Black Widow on Lynch straight after.
This match was a little slow going until the dying embers. Lash Legend looked good on offence; she just needs to not wait for her spots so obviously but timing will come.
Otherwise it was a solid match, but unlikely to go down as a great or particularly memorable one.
The IC match was perfect. Cena having 177th and final pay-per-view match and Dirty Dom the hometown hero – it created a wonderful atmosphere.
It was a great match full stop. Dirty Dom at his conniving best, Cena playing the babyface better than nearly anyone. After all of Judgement Day failed – including Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez hitting their finishes on Cena while Balor and JD McDonagh got double AA’d – Liv Morgan was the one who returned to get the win. She fooled Cena into thinking she was turning on Dom which led to a 619 and hitting Cena with the belt for the win.
Cena did a quick wave to the audience and some bits at ringside, but he did not soak in the audience after the match like you might think.
I could have predicted the Bella/Vaquer match from a mile away. The Hall of Famer dominated proceedings with a mean streak before La Primera overcomes her. Bing, bang, boom. Thanks for coming.
The men’s War Games match had some cool spots, but a very scary one when Bron Breakker landed directly on his neck after taking a Doomsday Device. The vast majority of people there are retired on the spot.
Bronson Reed hit his Tsunami on everyone when he entered. Jey Uso cleared house and hit his music once again on top of the cage before Brock Lesnar’s music interrupted.
Lesnar went on to F5 every single opponent except for Roman Reigns who had not yet entered.
When Reigns did arrive, Lesnar met him on the ramp, took three Superman punches before catching a fourth and turning it into an F5 through the announce table.
Logan Paul used brass knuckles which Roman then stole to use on Superman Punches. Punk hit GTS on Lesnar and Rhodes immediately hit Cross-Rhodes, but they still couldn’t put him away.
Then, a mystery man appeared (literally, he was dressed in black head to toe) and curb stomped Punk. Could that really be the injured Seth Rollins? And why wouldn’t he have attacked The Vision?
Bron Breaker ended up with the big win after a spear on CM Punk. That man is heading for a world title sooner rather than later, that much is supremely clear.
Roman did help Punk up at the end and fist bumped him, but he did not extend the same courtesy to Rhodes.
