BOSTON, MA — For more than 800 days, Roman Reigns has been the focal point of WWE programming. There have been numerous accolades during this record-setting stretch, but one that eluded him was a WarGames match. That is no longer the case, as Reigns led The Bloodline to victory in the main event of Saturday’s Survivor Series.
This was a textbook Levesque-booked card. There was a story attached to every match, as well as a wide array of options from singles bouts to a triple threat to the two WarGames matches. It moved WWE one step closer to its ongoing build to WrestleMania, strengthening Kevin Owens as a contender for Reigns—and adding new layers to the friction amid Sami Zayn and The Bloodline. Becky Lynch also returned, bringing a level of stardom that is rarely matched in today’s landscape.
A tight, intense five-match card allowed Survivor Series to have a smooth flow, never dragging or overextending its welcome. The night opened and closed with the famed WarGames matches, a creation the late Dusty Rhodes first used over three decades ago in Jim Crockett Promotions. It is out of the ordinary for WWE to highlight anything that wasn’t devised within its realm, but there has been a slight evolution from that modus operandi ever since Paul “Triple H” Levesque seized controls of the company’s creative department.
