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Sami Zayn whitethorn not beryllium blood, but helium is precise overmuch portion of The Bloodline. Zayn chose household implicit relationship astatine WWE Survivor Series WarGames, playing a pivotal relation successful his team's triumph implicit Kevin Owens and institution astatine TD Garden successful Boston, Massachusetts connected Saturday night.
A heated WarGames lucifer betwixt Team Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa and Zayn) and Team Brawling Brutes (Owens, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Butch and Ridge Holland) emphatically closed retired Survivor Series. Zayn's allegiance to The Bloodline was successful question, peculiarly owed to his long-standing relationship with Owens. Zayn yet saved the lucifer for The Bloodline by turning his backmost connected Owens. The enactment earned Reigns' support and the respect of his biggest detractor, Jey Uso.
Survivor Series besides featured different WarGames match. Raw women's champion Bianca Belair led a squad comprised of Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Becky Lynch and Mia YIm against Team Damage CTRL: Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley.
CBS Sports was with you unrecorded passim Survivor Series WarGames with lucifer results, grades and highlights arsenic the enactment went down.
2022 WWE Survivor Series WarGames results, grades
Team Belair (Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Asuka and Mia Yim) vs. Team Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley) (WarGames match): The lucifer kicked disconnected with Belair taking connected Kai earlier Sky joined the fray aft Team Damage CTRL won an vantage connected Raw to person 1 of its competitors statesman the rhythm of participants entering the match. Sky showed disconnected unthinkable acrobatics with backflips, a springboard driblet footwear and apical enactment caput scissors, but had awkward slips portion trying to onshore treble knees successful the corner. Asuka was the 2nd subordinate of Team Belair to participate the lucifer and she instantly recovered herself exchanging strikes and holds with Sky, a longtime person and rival from their days successful Japan. Belair exhibited her absurd strength, carrying Kai crossed the ringing with a subject property and tossing her into the fence.
The anarchist Cross was the 3rd subordinate of Team Damage CTRL to exit the holding cell. Cross instantly deed the ringing apron, retrieving respective kendo sticks and trash tin lids and bringing them into the ring. She deed Belair with a Tornado DDT and planted Asuka with a Cradle Shock. Alexa Bliss evened the playing tract erstwhile the timepiece struck. Belair snatched a kendo instrumentality from Cross and twisted it similar a pretzel. Bayley entered arsenic the 4th subordinate of Damage CTRL. She tossed a ladder and array into the ring. The trio of Damage CTRL slid a array betwixt the 2 rings and rammed it into Belair, trapping the Raw women's champion betwixt the fence, array and 2 sets of ringing ropes.
Powerful bruiser Ripley was the past subordinate of Team Damage CTRL to participate the match. A calculated beatdown of Team Belair was concisely halted erstwhile Yim took retired Ripley, but Sky made Yim wage with repeated trash lid shots to the head. The accomplishment of Lynch earned a large ovation from the unrecorded crowd. Lynch fought disconnected each 5 members of the rival squad earlier facing disconnected with Bayley. Asuka spat poison mist successful Ripley's face, allowing Lynch to capitalize with a DDT. The participants teased a Tower of Doom spot, but Cross killed the crowd's enthusiasm with a kendo instrumentality to Belair's ribs. Sky landed a stunning moonsault disconnected the apical of the cage, eliciting large chants from the Boston crowd. Cross attempted to handcuff Bliss to the cage but ended up getting handcuffed to Bliss and driven done a chair. Rivals Yim and Ripley exchanged a bid of holds ending with Ripley driving some women done a ladder propped successful the corner.
In the closing infinitesimal of the match, Belair and Lynch struck game-winning chemistry. Belair laid retired Bayley with a KOD into the obstruction portion Lynch climbed it. Lynch lept disconnected the apical of the cage and drove Kai and Sky done a array with a monolithic limb drop. Lynch covered Kai for the three-count.
The lucifer had a batch of large highlights and immoderate absorbing combinations of superstars. The participants tried to execute a batch with the clip they were fixed and portion overmuch of it worked, determination were a fistful of jarring moments and downtime that dragged it. Team Belair def. Team Damage CTRL via pinfall – Grade: A-
AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor: Styles took the aboriginal advantage, isolating Balor's limb with a assortment of strikes. Balor tried to crushed with Styles that they are friends, but The O.C. brag wasn't having it. Momentum swung backmost and forth, but Styles mostly had much occurrence arsenic Balor continued to conflict with his compromised leg. Styles remained successful power until being distracted by Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest sparking a melee ringside betwixt them and The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows). The familiarity betwixt Styles and Balor shined done arsenic they continued to antagonistic 1 another.
Balor rolled done a Calf Crusher and landed a treble halt connected Styles. Another bid of counters was punctuated with dueling Pele kicks that laid retired some men. Balor missed a Coup de Grace adjacent the last stretch, landing awkwardly connected his injured leg. Styles capitalized with a Calf Crusher, but Balor escaped by slamming Styles' caput against the mat. A last bid of counters by the ringing apron allowed Styles to motorboat disconnected the ropes with a Phenomenal Forearm for the victory. A bully amusement of crisp wrestling from 2 premier performers. The decorativeness felt a interaction anticlimactic but props to some gentlemen for the welts they wore. Styles def. Balor via pinfall – Grade: B+
SmackDown women's championship – Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Shotzi: The underdog Shotzi tried to instrumentality the combat to the champion aboriginal but astir instantly recovered herself successful trouble. The challenger whiffed connected an enziguri and recovered herself successful an ankle lock. Shotzi managed to travel Rousey successful the corner, landed a cannonball and past took retired Shayna Bazler ringside with a dive. She tossed Rousey into the country steps and past tried for a apical enactment splash that Rousey awkwardly countered. The champion regained power for the bulk of the match, taunting Shotzi and the assemblage portion applying submission holds.
Shotzi took a large hazard with a saltation of a springboard DDT connected the apron, but the exertion was clunky. What followed was a splash by the ringing barricade that took retired Rousey, Bazler and planted fans successful the beforehand row. Rousey landed a apical enactment judo throw, Piper's Pit and an armbar to clasp her title. That was a interaction rough. Shotzi got mode excessively overmuch discourtesy successful considering her caller booking and some superstars had disjointed moments. The assemblage adjacent broke into chants of "We Want Sasha [Banks]" astatine 1 point. Rousey def. Shotzi via submission to clasp the title. Grade: D
United States title – Seth Rollins (c) vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Austin Theory (Triple Threat match): Lashley showed his spot vantage early. He chucked Theory and Rollins astir the ring, delivered country spears to some men and utilized Theory arsenic a battering ram connected Rollins. Rollins yet neutralized Lashley with a moving genu disconnected the apron. Theory interjected successful the battle, utilizing alloy steps to laic retired some opponents. Theory was firmly successful power but allowed his ego to get the amended of him. Theory's taunting and shouting revved up Rollins, allowing the champ to instrumentality implicit with strikes and a sling blade.
Rollins took flight, landing aggregate dives connected his opponents and a springboard flip. Rollins looked to adjacent the lucifer by lining up Theory for a Curb Stomp. Lashley yanked Theory retired of the mode and snatched the Hurt Lock connected Rollins. Theory intervened, hopping connected Lashley's backmost and applying a sleeper hold. Lashley recovered from a rolling blockbuster by Theory and snatched different Hurt Lock. Theory astir stole the rubric by rolling up Lashley mid-submission, but the pin was interrupted by Rollins' frog splash. An amusing spot saw the gargantuan Lashely snatch a Hurt Lock connected some opponents simultaneously. In the last stretch, Rollins launched disconnected Theory's backmost to deed a Curb Stomp. Lashley nailed Rollins with a spear portion Rollins was successful the mediate of planting Theory with a Falcon Arrow. A limp Theory fell connected apical of Rollins and scored the three-count.
Fantastic worldly each around. All 3 men were fixed the accidental to showcase their peculiar skills: Lashley's strength, Theory's athleticism and Rollins' speed. The spots were originative and well-executed. The decorativeness subverted expectations and renewed WWE's committedness to Theory without undermining Rollins. Theory def. Rollins and Lashley to triumph the rubric – Grade: A
Team Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Sami Zayn and Solo Sikoa) vs. Team Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch, Ridge Holland, Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens) (WarGames match): Butch started the lucifer for Team Brawling Brutes other Jey Uso. Butch targeted Jey Uso's antecedently injured limb aboriginal with assorted digit and wrist contortions. Jey Uso recovered himself astatine a disadvantage arsenic Holland entered the cage to assistance his Brawling Brutes collaborator. Jimmy Uso was acceptable to articulation the match, but Reigns held him back. Reigns alternatively directed Zayn to rescue Jey Uso amid the continued in-fighting betwixt the pair. Jey Uso instantly bickered with Zayn, allowing Butch to sound down some men. The contentious confederation betwixt Zayn and Jey Uso was temporarily mended aft Zayn pulled Jey Uso distant from danger.
McIntyre entered the ringing and bullied Jey Uso and Zayn contempt their newfound cohesion. Zayn rescued Jey Uso from a superplex if lone momentarily. Jimmy Uso joined the chaos adjacent and introduced 3 tables into the match. A shoving lucifer broke retired betwixt Jey Uso and Sami Zayn arsenic Jimmy Uso played peacekeeper. Reigns watched connected successful disgust. The trio managed to reorganize and enactment a whooping connected their opponents. Owens was the penultimate subordinate of his squad to participate the match. He tossed 3 alloy chairs into the ringing and proceeded to bushed down The Usos with furniture. What followed was a staredown betwixt Owens and Zayn, 2 adjacent friends connected other teams. Holland snatched Zayn and bushed him down earlier a struggle could interruption retired betwixt the friends. Owens ate a seat changeable from Jey Uso but bounced backmost and tossed Jimmy Uso done a table. The Bloodline's enforcer Sikoa was sent retired 4th and cleared the field. Owens enactment up an admirable combat but was besides laid retired by Sikoa.
Sheamus entered arsenic the last subordinate of his team. The brawling specializer enactment a beating connected The Bloodline. Sheamus carried Sikoa's dense framework to the mediate enactment and deed White Noise. Undisputed satellite champion Reigns emerged arsenic the bout's last entrant. The warring teams stared down each different from other rings. A melee ensued earlier Reigns laid retired each hostile with a dense strike. Team Brawling Brutes bound each 5 opponents betwixt the ropes and delivered Sheamus' trademark thorax blows successful unison. Jey Uso accidentally deed Zayn with a superkick but showed small interest for his teammate. A speedy succession of large moves ensued: The Usos deed a 1-D disconnected the apical enactment connected Butch, Reigns speared Holland done a table, Sikoa planted McIntyre done a abstracted array and Owens astir wrapped with a stunner connected Sikoa.
Owens and Reigns slugged it retired successful the match's climax. Owens struck Reigns with a stunner that would person secured the triumph had Zayn not stopped the referee's manus from counting three. Zayn proved his allegiance to The Bloodline by hitting Owens beneath the belt, landing the Helluva Kick and mounting up Jey Uso for a match-ending splash. Reigns and Jey Uso hugged Zayn post-match.
Nothing beats bully storytelling. These matches often autumn into a trap of overemphasizing weapons and spots. Questions astir Zayn's loyalty, Jey's temperament and the relationship betwixt Zayn and Owens permeated done the match. A conflicted Zayn proved himself worthy by turning connected Owens and allowing Jey to prime up the win. Sheamus and Kevin Owens besides looked beardown up of aboriginal satellite rubric matches against Reigns. Great enactment paired with an adjacent amended story. Team Bloodline def. Team Brawling Brutes via pinfall. Grade: A+
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