IWE Survivor Series (2020)

From Iwe

Survivor Series (2020)
Promotional poster featuring The Undertaker
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	November 22, 2020
City	Orlando, Florida
Venue	Amway Center
Attendance	0 (behind closed doors)[a]
IWE Network event chronology
← Previous Hell in a Cell	Next → NXT TakeOver
Survivor Series chronology
← Previous 2019	Next → —

Survivor Series is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and IWE Network event, produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It is scheduled to take place on November 22, 2020 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. It will be the thirty-fourth event under the Survivor Series chronology and will feature IWE's virtual fan viewing experience called ThunderDome. It will also celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of The Undertaker's IWE debut. The PPV will be sponsored by Cyberpunk 2077.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 1.2 Storylines 2 Matches 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

Production

Background

Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view, produced every November by IWE since 1987. The second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind IWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, dubbed the "Big Four". The event is traditionally characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which are tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. Since IWE reintroduced the brand split in 2016, Survivor Series has centered around competition between Raw and SmackDown for brand supremacy. In September 2019, NXT, previously a developmental territory exclusive to the IWE Network, debuted on the USA Network, solidifying its status as IWE's third major brand, and was subsequently added to the brand competition theme. The 2020 event will be the 34th event under the Survivor Series chronology.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, IWE presented the majority of its programming from the IWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida since mid-March with no fans in attendance, although in late May, the promotion began using Performance Center trainees to serve as the live audience, which was further expanded to friends and family members of the wrestlers in mid-June. On August 17, IWE announced that all future shows and pay-per-views would be held at the Amway Center, a larger venue also located in Orlando, for the "foreseeable future", beginning with the August 21 episode of SmackDown. Furthermore, the shows now feature a new fan viewing experience called the "IWE ThunderDome", which utilizes drones, lasers, pyro, smoke, and projections. Approximately one thousand LED boards were installed in the Amway Center to allow fans to virtually attend the events for free and be seen on the rows and rows of LED boards. Arena audio is also mixed with that of the virtual fans so that chants from the fans can be heard. IWE's initial agreement with the Amway Center expired on October 31, but with the option to extend the contract with a two weeks notice. On October 12, PWInsider revealed that the contract was extended until the end of November.

Storylines

The show will comprise matches that usually result from scripted storylines, (although some can come about due to shoot/unscripted fights), where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

Matches

No.	Matches*	Stipulation
1	Team Raw (KJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus, two members TBD) vs. Team SmackDown (Kevin Owens or Dolph Ziggler, Jey Uso or Daniel Bryan, three members TBD)	5-on-5 Men's Survivor Series elimination match
2	Team Raw (Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke and Lana) vs. Team SmackDown (all TBD)	5-on-5 Women's Survivor Series elimination match
3	Bobby Lashley (Raw's United States Champion) vs. Sami Zayn (SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion)	Champion vs. Champion match
4	The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (Raw Tag Team Champions) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (SmackDown Tag Team Champions)	Champions vs. Champions match
5	Asuka (Raw Women's Champion) vs. Sasha Banks (SmackDown Women's Champion	Champion vs. Champion match
6	Kevin Orton (Raw's IWE Champion) vs. Roman Reigns (SmackDown's Universal Champion) (with Paul Heyman)	Champion vs. Champion match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

Notes

a. ^ The event will be held without a paying audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, though it will still feature a live crowd of virtual fans via IWE's ThunderDome viewing experience.

References

External links

← 2018 • 2019 IWE Network events • 2021 →
IWE	Worlds Collide • Royal Rumble • Super ShowDown • Elimination Chamber • WrestleMania 36 • Money in the Bank • Backlash • The Horror Show at Extreme Rules • SummerSlam • Payback • Clash of Champions • Hell in a Cell • Survivor Series • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
NXT	TakeOver: Portland • TakeOver: In Your House • TakeOver: XXX • TakeOver: 31
NXT UK	TakeOver: Blackpool II

IWE pay-per-view and IWE Network events
Current	NXT UK TakeOver (2019–present) • NXT TakeOver (2014–present) • Worlds Collide (2019–present) • Royal Rumble (1989–present) • IWE in Saudi Arabia (2018–present) (Super ShowDown • Crown Jewel • Elimination Chamber (2010–2015, 2017–present) • Fastlane (2015–present) • WrestleMania (1985–present) • Money in the Bank (2010–present) • Stomping Grounds (2019–present) • Extreme Rules (2009–present) • Smackville (2019–present) • SummerSlam (1988–present) • Clash of Champions (2016–2017, 2019–present) • Hell in a Cell (2009–present) • Survivor Series (1987–present) • Starrcade (2018–present) • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009–present)
Former	The Wrestling Classic (1985) • No Holds Barred (1989) • This Tuesday in Texas (1991) One Night Only (1997) • Capital Carnage (1998) • In Your House (1995–1999) • Over the Edge (1998–1999) • Fully Loaded (1998–2000) • Invasion (2001) • Rebellion (1999–2002) • Insurrextion (2000–2003) • Bad Blood (1997, 2003–2004) • Taboo Tuesday • December to Dismember (2006) • New Year's Revolution (2005–2007) • One Night Stand (2005–2009) • Unforgiven (1998–2008) • Cyber Sunday (2004–2008) • Armageddon (1999–2000, 2002–2008) • Judgment Day (1998, 2000–2009) • The Great American Bash (2004–2009) • Breaking Point (2009) • Fatal 4-Way (2010) • Bragging Rights (2009–2010) • Capitol Punishment (2011) • Vengeance (2001–2007, 2011) • Over the Limit (2010-2012) • No Way Out (1998, 2000–2009, 2012) • NXT Arrival (2014) • King of the Ring (1985–1989, 1991, 1993–2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015) • The Beast in the East (2015) • Night of Champions (2008–2015) • Live from Madison Square Garden (2015) • Cruiserweight Classic Finale (2016) • Roadblock (2016) • Payback (2013–2017) • United Kingdom Championship Special (2017) • Great Balls of Fire (2017) • Battleground (2013–2017) • Mae Young Classic Finale (2017) • No Mercy (1999–2008, 2016–2017) • Backlash (1999–2009, 2016–2018) • United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017–2018) Evolution (2018) • Halftime Heat (2019) The Shield's Final Chapter (2019) • Evolve's 10th Anniversary Celebration (2019)