So, its seeming like we will be without a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match for the rest of 2014 and that WWE is concentrating much less on its monthly PPVs to drive sales on their own, while hoping the Network itself drives sales. For me, that is a perfect recipe for no dramatic booking in the short term and a true traditional Survivor Series with all elimination matches to keep everything in place.
So that being said, the challenge is to put together an entire card using the current active/uninjured roster in teams that at least somewhat make sense. Use of NXT guys is also on the board. Full booking of the matches isn't necessary, just put a card on paper. Bonus points for wacky 80s team names.
Well, if anything, trying to do this will show you how thin the roster really is, especially on the heel side. Here's what I got:
(* denotes Team Captains)
Pre-Show (NXT) Adrian Neville*, Sami Zayn, Sin Cara, Kalisto Vs Tyler Breeze*, Tyson Kidd, Vaudevillains
The A-List The Miz*, Damien Mizdow, Cesaro, Goldust, Stardust Vs Sheamus’s Slayers Sheamus*, Dolph Ziggler, Zack Ryder, The Usos
Team America The Big Show*, Mark Henry*, Big E, Jack Swagger Vs The Crushers Rusev*, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel, Fandango
Face Divas Brie Bella, AJ Lee, Naomi, Natalya, Rosa Vs Heel Divas Nikki Bella, Paige, Cameron, Alicia Fox, Summer Rae (Like WWE Creative would bother with team names for the Divas)
The Wyatt Family Bray Wyatt*, Eric Rowan, Luke Harper, The Ascension Vs The Rosebuds Adam Rose*, The Bunny, The Great Khali, Los Matadores
The Authority Triple H*, Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, Kane Vs The Fringe** John Cena*, Dean Ambrose*, Slater-Gator **Team personally selected by Triple H & Stephanie McMahon
Survivors’ Battle Royal for Royal Rumble WWE World Heavyweight Championship Shot The Miz, Cesaro, The Big Show, Mark Henry, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, John Cena, Dean Ambrose
I reserve the right to change this as we get closer to Survivor Series. Also, I'm leaving off the Divas match, because I can't figure out how to use the team name BRIE THE PEOPLE and I can't figure out who the heels and faces are supposed to be.
Pre-Show Opener: Special Four-on-Four Match SLATER, GATOR, SON OF VADER -Heath Slater (Captain) -Titus O'Neil -Jake "Baby Baby Bull" Carter -Hornswoggle
vs.
TOR/BUS -Adam Rose -The Bunny (Darren Young) -Diego -El Torito
(Slater, Gator, Son of Vader win when Bull Dempsey, now with a Mantaur-esque gimmick, attacks Diego, leading to a Dempsey/Carter vs. Matadors feud.)
Match 1 Special Attraction Opening Match (If Team Arrival wins, they get to appear weekly on Raw or Smackdown. If Team Departure wins, they don't get fired.) TEAM ARRIVAL -Adrian Neville -Sami Zayn -Tyler Breeze -Baron Corbin
vs.
TEAM DEPARTURE -Tyson Kidd -Justin Gabriel -David Otunga -Mojo Rawley
Match 2: Amore-ican Gods vs. Allies & Axel (JBL decides America is too SAWFT, calls in help to motivate Show, Swagger and Henry to take on Lana's hand-picked team of European Supermen And Also Curtis Axel.) AMORE-ICAN GODS (Honorary Captain: JBL) -Big Show -Mark Henry -Enzo Amore -Big Cass -Jack Swagger
vs.
ALLIES & AXEL (Honorary captain: Lana) -Rusev -Cesaro -Sylvester LeFort -Marcus Louis -Curtis Axel
Match 3: Controlled Friendsies vs. Best Five Business (A team of WWE superstars who are tired of being held back go after the Authority, who are forced to retaliate.) CONTROLLED FRIENDSIES -Kofi Kingston -Xavier Rhodes -Big E -R-Truth -Zack Ryder
vs.
BEST FIVE BUSINESS -Kane -Seth Rollins -Jamie Noble -Joey Mercury -Fit Finlay
Match 4: The Punt Doubles vs. The Jobbers To The Stars (Randy Orton becomes obsessed with his new viral stardom as a youtube/vine sensation and begins hanging out with other "real stars" like the Miz, Mizdow, Stardust and Goldust. They take on a collection of Champions who always lose non-title matches and also Rey, who is kicked in the head and never appears again.) THE PUNT DOUBLES -Randy Orton -Miz -Mizdow -Goldust -Stardust
vs.
JOBBERS TO THE STARS* -Sheamus -Dolph Ziggler -Rey Mysterio -Sin Cara -Kalisto
Match 5: SPECIAL MAIN EVENT - The Rock vs. The Dark Place (The Wyatt Family, bolstered by new recruits, return and begin targetting "part-time" superstars who need to be culled to make way for the future, starting with The Rock. Sting makes his WWE debut to build to Bray Wyatt vs. Sting at Wrestlemania XXXI)
Team Rock -The Rock -Sting -Booker T -Chris Jericho -RVD
vs.
Team Dark Place -Bray Wyatt -Luke Harper -Erik Rowan -Konnor -Viktor
Match 6: EVEN MORE SPECIAL EVEN MORE MAIN EVENT BECAUSE JOHN CENA IS IN IT (Cena vs. Ambrose heats back up when Ambrose decides to make ruining Cena's life his mission. Ambrose brings in DDP, because he always said "Scum!". Cena retaliates with his pal Bret Hart. Christian gets on after making a request for One Last Match that Cena agrees to fulfill, while Ambrose brings in re-debuting "Dirty Curty" Johnny Curtis, the only guy scummier than Ambrose. Cena recruits his pals the Usos, Ambrose counters by debuting Itami and Baylor so we can have "The Earth" part of his team name.) THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION -John Cena -Christian -Bret Hart -Jimmy Uso -Jey Uso
vs.
SCUM OF THE EARTH -Dean Ambrose -"Dirty Curty" Johnny Curtis -Diamond Dallas Page -Hideo Itami -Finn Balor
*I really wanted to bring Drew McIntyre back to put on Sheamus' team so they could be Brogue 'n Dreams.
Yeah, I've got an idea...line creative in front of a firing squad and say, "If you can't think of something that somebody would want to watch your shot."