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The 2024 Survivor Series: WarGames is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion WWE. It will be the 38th annual Survivor Series and will take place on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and will feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the third annual Survivor Series based around the WarGames match, a team-based steel cage match where the roofless cage surrounds two rings placed side by side.

Survivor Series: WarGames
Promotional poster featuring the former and current members of The Bloodline, CM Punk, and Bronson Reed
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateNovember 30, 2024
CityVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
VenueRogers Arena
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This will be the first Survivor Series to take place in Vancouver and WWE's first PPV event held in the city and venue since Rock Bottom: In Your House in 1998. It will subsequently be the third Survivor Series event held in Canada, after 1997 in Montreal and 2016 in Toronto. This will also be WWE's final main roster PPV and livestreaming event to air on the WWE Network in international markets and Binge in Australia, with future PPV and livestreaming events airing on Netflix from January 2025 onward.

Production

Background

 
The event will be held at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which will be WWE's first pay-per-view event in the city in 26 years.

Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling event produced every November by the American promotion WWE since 1987, generally held the week of Thanksgiving. The second longest running pay-per-view (PPV) event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".[1][2] The event was previously characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which were tag team elimination matches that typically featured teams of four or five wrestlers against each other.[3] In 2022, the event was rebranded as "Survivor Series: WarGames" and instead of Survivor Series matches, the annual event became based around the WarGames match, a type of steel cage match where teams face each other in a roofless cage that surrounds two rings placed side by side. WWE's developmental brand NXT previously held an annual WarGames event from 2017 to 2021 before the match became a part of Survivor Series.[4]

On August 1, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque announced that the 38th annual Survivor Series, and third annual as WarGames, would be held on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the third Survivor Series to take place in Canada, after 1997 and 2016, but the first to be held in Vancouver.[5] It will thus be the first WWE PPV event in the city since Rock Bottom: In Your House in 1998, which was held at the same venue when it was still known as General Motors Place.[6]

Broadcast outlets

Survivor Series: WarGames will be broadcast live on traditional PPV worldwide and will also be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States, Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Disney+ in the Philippines, Binge in Australia, Abema in Japan, SonyLIV in India, and the WWE Network in most international markets—including the Canadian version which is distributed by venue sponsor Rogers Communications.[7][8] This will therefore be the final Survivor Series, and WWE's final main roster PPV and livestreaming event, to air on the WWE Network, as well as Binge, as its content will move to Netflix in international markets in January 2025.[9]

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[10][11] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[12]

From 2021 until 2023, Roman Reigns and his cousins The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) led The Bloodline stable, managed by Paul Heyman, holding both the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships, respectively, until their losses at WrestleMania 39 and XL, respectively. Also during this time, Sami Zayn joined as an honorary member until January 2023, with The Usos's younger brother Solo Sikoa also joining. After an internal strife, The Usos left the group and emerged victorious during the Bloodline Civil War tag team match at the 2023 Money in the Bank;[13] however, The Usos split up, with Jey moving to Raw and Jimmy remaining on SmackDown and rejoined The Bloodline, but despite being on different brands, this led to a match at WrestleMania XL where Jey defeated Jimmy. Reigns also lost the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship to Cody Rhodes at the event.[14] In the months after Reigns' defeat, Sikoa assumed leadership of The Bloodline while exiling Jimmy, Heyman, and Reigns, and adding Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Jacob Fatu. Reigns returned at SummerSlam, beginning a rivalry with Sikoa, while Jimmy returned at Bad Blood, which led to a reunion of Reigns and The Usos. At Crown Jewel, Reigns and The Usos lost to Sikoa, Fatu, and Tonga after interference from Loa, with Sikoa pinning Reigns. Following the match, Sikoa's Bloodline outnumbered Reigns and The Usos until Raw's Zayn came out to save them, however, Zayn accidentally performed a Helluva Kick on Reigns intended for Sikoa.[15] On the following Raw, Zayn was confronted by The Usos, with Jimmy claiming Zayn attacked Reigns on purpose. Jey then urged Zayn to appear on that week's SmackDown to make amends with Reigns.[16] On SmackDown, Zayn told Reigns that the kick was an accident and stated it felt good to team with Reigns and The Usos again, however, he would only reunite with them against Sikoa's Bloodline if Reigns apologized to Jey for his past mistreatment of him, but Reigns refused. Later that night, Reigns confronted Sikoa and his Bloodline with Sikoa challenging Reigns and a team of his choosing to a WarGames match at Survivor Series: WarGames. Sikoa then introduced Zayn as the fifth member of his team, however, Zayn attacked Sikoa with Reigns acknowledging Zayn, officially reuniting the original iteration of The Bloodline (Reigns, The Usos, and Zayn). It was then announced that the original Bloodline would face the new Bloodline in a WarGames match at the event, but with a fifth member of each team to be determined.[17] On the November 15 episode of SmackDown, Sikoa's Bloodline recruited Bronson Reed from Raw,[18][19] while the following week, Heyman returned and revealed his old client, CM Punk from Raw, as the original Bloodline's fifth member.[20] On the November 29 episode of SmackDown, Jey will face Fatu to determine which team will have the WarGames advantage.

At SummerSlam, Gunther defeated Damian Priest to win the World Heavyweight Championship.[21] Three months later on the November 4 episode of Raw, Priest won a fatal four-way match to earn a rematch for the title,[16] which was confirmed for Survivor Series: WarGames.[22]

At Bad Blood, Liv Morgan defended Raw's Women's World Championship against Rhea Ripley, which Ripley won by disqualification after being attacked by the returning Raquel Rodriguez—Morgan retained since championships do not change hands by disqualification or countout unless stipulated. Rodriguez subsequently became a member of The Judgment Day alongside Morgan.[23] On the October 29 episode of NXT, Ripley was brutally attacked by Morgan and Rodriguez in the WWE Performance Center parking lot, suffering an orbital bone injury, taking her out of action indefinitely.[24] At Crown Jewel on November 2, Morgan defeated SmackDown's WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax to win the inaugural WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship after interference from Rodriguez and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio.[15] On the following episode of Raw, Morgan, Rodriguez, and Mysterio celebrated her victory before being interrupted by WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill and a brawl ensued between the two teams. Later that night, a battle royal took place to determine Morgan's next challenger, during which Morgan and Rodriguez eliminated Belair and Cargill despite not being involved in the match, which was ultimately won by Iyo Sky.[16] Belair and Cargill then defeated Morgan and Rodriguez on the next episode to retain their titles.[22] On that Friday's SmackDown, Morgan and Rodriguez attacked Belair and Cargill backstage during Jax's title defense against Naomi, which she ultimately won after interference from her allies, Tiffany Stratton and Candice LeRae.[18] On the following episode of Raw, the team of Belair, Cargill, Naomi, and Sky confronted the team of Morgan, Rodriguez, Jax, Stratton, and LeRae before Ripley made a surprise return as the fifth member of Belair's team. Ripley declared WarGames and the two teams brawled with a WarGames match subsequently being scheduled for Survivor Series: WarGames.[25] During the November 22 episode of SmackDown, Cargill was attacked backstage by an unknown assailant, taking her out of action indefinitely.[20] Three days later on Raw, Belair defeated Jax after interference from Bayley to earn the WarGames advantage. Bayley was subsequently added to Belair's team as Cargill's replacement.[26]

On the November 18 episode of Raw, Bron Breakker defended the Intercontinental Championship against Sheamus, but the match ended in a disqualification win for Breakker after he was attacked by Ludwig Kaiser, who had been feuding with Sheamus over the past few months. The feud came to a head during the November 25 episode of Raw, Breakker faced Kaiser in a non-title match, which ended in a disqualification win for Kaiser after Sheamus attacked him. A brawl subsequently ensued between all three men. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce then scheduled Breakker to defend the title against both Sheamus and Kaiser in a triple threat match at Survivor Series: WarGames.[26]

On the November 15 episode of SmackDown, LA Knight successfully defended the United States Championship against Berto. After the match, Knight was brutally attacked by the returning Shinsuke Nakamura,[18] who also attacked Knightthe following week.[20] On the November 25 episode of Raw, it was announced that Knight would defend the title against Nakamura at Survivor Series: WarGames.[26]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Roman Reigns, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), Sami Zayn, and CM Punk (with Paul Heyman) vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, and Tonga Loa) and Bronson ReedMen's WarGames match[27]
2Gunther (c) vs. Damian PriestSingles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[28]
3Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Iyo Sky, and Bayley vs. The Judgment Day (Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez), Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton, and Candice LeRaeWomen's WarGames match[29][30]
4Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus vs. Ludwig KaiserTriple threat match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[31]
5LA Knight (c) vs. Shinsuke NakamuraSingles match for the WWE United States Championship[32]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

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