Shawn Michaels Announces Team NXT Lineup for the Men's Survivor Series Match
WWE Hall of Famer and NXT coach Shawn Michaels appeared on the Survivor Series kickoff show on [...]
WWE Hall of Famer and NXT coach Shawn Michaels appeared on the Survivor Series kickoff show on Sunday night and confirmed which NXT stars would take part in the men's Survivor Series elimination tag team match later in the evening. According to HBK, Team NXT would be comprised of Damian Priest, Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, NXT UK Champion Walter and Tommaso Ciampa. This year marks the first time the Black and Gold Brand has taken part in WWE's annual battle for "brand supremacy" between Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. Shortly after an absolutely bonkers NXT TakeOver: WarGames event on Saturday night, Rhea Ripley was confirmed to be the captain for Team NXT over in the women's elimination match. She picked Candice LeRae, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair and Toni Storm as her four teammates.
Since he's been shown onscreen leading the NXT roster in their various invasions of Raw and SmackDown, speculation started popping up that Triple H might be involved in Sunday's match as part of Team NXT. He explained why that wouldn't be the case during a recent media conference call.
"I have no interest in that. I have zero in that. Matter of fact, if somebody came to me right now and said 'Hey, you should take that spot,' I would fight that vigorously," he said. "I don't need to be apart of it. NXT is about youth, it's about the future. It's about the success of a new generation of stars. If ever there's a moment you can add to that and help that get to another level, obviously you want to do everything you can to make that happen. But fr me, in this moment, it's about others. I want them to shine on this stage, I want them to have this moment."
Check out the full card for Survivor Series below.
- WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar vs. Rey Mysterio (No Holds Barred)
- WWE Universal Championship: Bray Wyatt vs. Daniel Bryan
- NXT Championship: Adam Cole vs. Pete Dunne
- Men's Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Ricochet) vs. Team SmackDown (Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, King Corbin, Mustafa Ali, Shorty G) vs. Team NXT (Tommaso Ciampa, Walter, Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, Damian Priest)
- Women's Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Asuka, Kairi Sane, Sarah Logan) vs. Team NXT (Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, Toni Storm) vs. Team SmackDown (Sasha Banks, Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans and Nikki Cross)
- Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley vs. NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler
- United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong
- Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish
- NXT Cruiserweight Championship: Lio Rush vs. Kalisto vs. Akira Tozawa
- Tri-Branded Battle Royal
