25-man battle royal to take place at WWE Survivor Series
A battle royal has been added to the lineup for Survivor Series.
During tonight’s SmackDown, it was announced that a 25-man battle royal will take place at Survivor Series this Sunday. The number of participants is to commemorate this month being the 25th anniversary of The Rock making his WWE debut at Survivor Series 1996.
The battle royal will be a dual-branded match featuring wrestlers from Raw and SmackDown. The participants are: Ricochet, T-Bar, Mansoor, Cesaro, Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins, Erik, Ivar, R-Truth, Drew Gulak, AJ Styles, Omos, Sami Zayn, Humberto, Angel, Apollo Crews, Commander Azeez, Otis, Chad Gable, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander, Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode, Jinder Mahal, and Shanky.
The updated card for Survivor Series is listed below:
- Non-title match: WWE Champion Big E vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns
- Non-title match: Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair
- Non-title match: Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton & Riddle) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso)
- Non-title match: United States Champion Damian Priest vs. Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
- Women’s five-on-five elimination match: Team Raw (Bianca Belair, Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, Carmella & Zelina Vega) vs. Team SmackDown (Sasha Banks, Shayna Baszler, Shotzi, Natalya & Toni Storm)
- Men’s five-on-five elimination match: Team Raw (Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley & Austin Theory) vs. Team SmackDown (Drew McIntyre, Jeff Hardy, Xavier Woods, Baron Corbin & Sheamus)
- 25-man battle royal