# Survivor Series (2017)
**Survivor Series (2017)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view and [WWE Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/wwe-network) event produced by WWE on November 19, 2017 at the [Toyota Center](https://www.edgepedia.org/toyota-center) in Houston, Texas, built around head-to-head competition for brand supremacy between the Raw and SmackDown rosters.[1](https://corporate.wwe.com/about/news/2017/11-16-2017) • [2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) Raw won the overall series 4-3, with the decisive point coming in the men's 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match that closed the show.[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | Sunday, November 19, 2017, Toyota Center, Houston, Texas[1](https://corporate.wwe.com/about/news/2017/11-16-2017) |
| Premise | Raw and SmackDown LIVE went head-to-head in a one-night competition for brand supremacy, with two 5-on-5 elimination matches, four Champion vs. Champion matches, and The Shield vs. The New Day[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) |
| Final score | Raw 4, SmackDown 3; Team Raw won the men's elimination main event after the show was tied 3-3[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results) |
| Champion vs. Champion results | Brock Lesnar def. AJ Styles; Charlotte Flair def. Alexa Bliss; The Usos def. Cesaro & Sheamus; Baron Corbin def. The Miz[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) |
| Opening match | The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) def. The New Day, five years after The Shield's debut[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) |
| Kickoff matches | Elias def. Matt Hardy; Enzo Amore def. Kalisto for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship; Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn def. Breezango[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) |
| Show length | A 10-match card spanning six total hours, with a two-hour kickoff show leading into the four-hour main broadcast[4](https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/2017-wwe-survivor-series-results-recap-grades-raw-prevails-in-an-uneven-finish/) |
## Build-up and card
The event followed the format reintroduced in 2016, when WWE turned [Survivor Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/survivor-series) into an interbrand showdown between its Raw and SmackDown rosters.[5](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1111671/surviving-for-35-years-the-history-of-wwe-survivor-series/) Raw General Manager Kurt Angle announced the match card on the October 23 episode of Raw.[6](https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Survivor_Series_2017) The card placed champions of the two brands against each other in non-title matches: Universal Champion Brock Lesnar against WWE Champion AJ Styles, Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss against SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus against SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, and Intercontinental Champion The Miz against United States Champion Baron Corbin.[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017)
Team rosters shifted in the final week. [Charlotte Flair](https://www.edgepedia.org/charlotte-flair) won the SmackDown Women's Championship on the Tuesday before the event, replacing Natalya in the Champion vs. Champion match against Bliss.[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) On the November 6 episode of Raw, The New Day's SmackDown invasion allowed Cesaro & Sheamus to defeat Dean Ambrose & [Seth Rollins](https://www.edgepedia.org/seth-rollins) for the Raw Tag Team Championship, changing the tag team matchup.[7](https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2017-11-06) The men's elimination teams were Team Raw ([Kurt Angle](https://www.edgepedia.org/kurt-angle), Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe, Finn Bálor, and Triple H) against Team SmackDown (Shane McMahon, John Cena, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton, and Bobby Roode).[1](https://corporate.wwe.com/about/news/2017/11-16-2017)
## Results
The two-hour Kickoff show, streaming live at 5 ET/2 PT, opened with Elias defeating [Matt Hardy](https://www.edgepedia.org/matt-hardy), followed by [Enzo Amore](https://www.edgepedia.org/enzo-amore) retaining the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Kalisto, and [Kevin Owens](https://www.edgepedia.org/kevin-owens) & Sami Zayn defeating Breezango.[8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KywgEZOUkdM) • [2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017)
On the main card, [The Shield](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-shield) defeated The New Day in the opening six-man tag match, a sold-out dream match in Houston.[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) Team Raw won the Women's 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match, with Asuka scoring three eliminations against Team SmackDown, including two submissions.[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) [Baron Corbin](https://www.edgepedia.org/baron-corbin) beat [The Miz](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-miz) in the midcard champions' match, The Usos beat Cesaro & Sheamus in the tag team champions' match, and Charlotte Flair beat Alexa Bliss in the women's champions' match.[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017) Brock Lesnar then defeated AJ Styles in a Champion vs. Champion singles match.[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017)
## Men's elimination match and finish
**The main event decided the night.** With the series tied 3-3, Team Raw's Braun Strowman pinned [Shinsuke Nakamura](https://www.edgepedia.org/shinsuke-nakamura) and [Bobby Roode](https://www.edgepedia.org/bobby-roode) in short order with Running Powerslams, before [John Cena](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-cena) and Randy Orton led Team SmackDown in putting him through an announce table.[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results) Cena eliminated Samoa Joe with two Attitude Adjustments, then fell to Kurt Angle after an Angle Lock and two Angle Slams, the second set up by a Coup de Grâce from Finn Bálor.[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results) Orton eliminated Bálor with an RKO, leaving Shane McMahon and Orton against Strowman, Triple H, and Angle.[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results)
The finish turned on internal Raw politics. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, bitter at being left off SmackDown's team, attacked McMahon, and a distracted Orton was eliminated by Strowman.[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results) Triple H, days after Pedigreeing Angle's son Jason Jordan, hit Angle with a Pedigree and placed McMahon on top of him to eliminate his own team's captain, then Pedigreed McMahon as well to score the final pin and give Raw the 4-3 win.[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results) After the match, Strowman warned Triple H not to cross him again, and when Triple H tried to attack him from behind, Strowman hit him with two Running Powerslams.[3](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results)
## Reception
Reviewers split the card cleanly. CBS Sports described a 10-match, six-hour show in which Raw prevailed in an uneven finish, and placed the Lesnar-Styles match in the conversation for WWE match of the year.[4](https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/2017-wwe-survivor-series-results-recap-grades-raw-prevails-in-an-uneven-finish/) WrestlingInc's Jesse Collings rated Lesnar vs. Styles four stars, calling it a significantly better match than expected with Styles getting substantial offense and legitimate near falls, and rated The Shield vs. The New Day three and a half stars; he judged the men's elimination main event the show's weak point, arguing it existed mainly to set up future Triple H storylines while younger stars such as Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Finn Bálor, and Bobby Roode were non-factors.[9](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2017/11/views-from-the-turnbuckle-survivor-series-review-undercard-634293/) The same review found the undercard genuinely good and said the event could have been the best WWE show of 2017 with a stronger main event.[9](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2017/11/views-from-the-turnbuckle-survivor-series-review-undercard-634293/)
## References
1. [Los Angeles to Host WWE Survivor Series in 2018, WWE Corporate press release (November 16, 2017)](https://corporate.wwe.com/about/news/2017/11-16-2017)
2. [Survivor Series 2017 results: Triple H lays waste to Angle and Shane as Raw triumphs over SmackDown, WWE.com](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series/2017)
3. [Team Raw def. Team SmackDown in a Men's 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match, WWE.com](https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2017/men-5-on-5-traditional-survivor-series-elimination-match-results)
4. [2017 WWE Survivor Series results, recap, grades: Raw prevails in an uneven finish, CBS Sports](https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/2017-wwe-survivor-series-results-recap-grades-raw-prevails-in-an-uneven-finish/)
5. [Surviving For 35 Years: The History Of WWE Survivor Series, Wrestling Inc.](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1111671/surviving-for-35-years-the-history-of-wwe-survivor-series/)
6. [Survivor Series 2017, Pro Wrestling Fandom](https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Survivor_Series_2017)
7. [WWE Raw results, Nov. 6, 2017: The New Day's "Under Siege Part II" crowns new Raw Tag Team Champions, WWE.com](https://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2017-11-06)
8. [Survivor Series Kickoff: Nov. 19, 2017, WWE on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KywgEZOUkdM)
9. [Views From The Turnbuckle: Survivor Series Review; Undercard Shines, But Main Event Flops, Wrestling Inc.](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2017/11/views-from-the-turnbuckle-survivor-series-review-undercard-634293/)
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