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The WWE Survivor Series 2018 pay-per-view is presented by Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live and scheduled for November 18, 2018 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Follow along here for spoilers and information on the event's card, lineup of matches and news regarding the pay-per-view.

The following are my predictions for the 2018 WWE Survivor Series PPV. Check back for Survivor Series 2018 results and review coverage here when the time comes..

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Men's Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team Raw (Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre and Finn Balor) vs. Team SmackDown (Jeff Hardy, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe, Shane McMahon)

Bryan was in. Bryan's out, and now a heel. Why is Shane McMahon here? Why aren't Rusev and Randy Orton and Andrade "Cien" Almas on the team? Why is Jeff Hardy wrestling if he's injured? Why is Bobby Lashley wrestling if he's injured? Is Braun Strowman injured, too? Why is he on Baron Corbin's team? What is the point of the Kurt Angle stuff? Isn't Samoa Joe injured, too?

This event is a mess.

Does WWE go with Shane being the savior and get more heat based off the World Cup thing, or do they go with Drew McIntyre being the sole survivor to push him, or do they go with Strowman leading the team to victory so he gets his match against Corbin at TLC?

PREDICTION: Team Raw wins.


Women's Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team Raw (Mickie James, Natalya, Nia Jax, Ruby Riott and Tamina Snuka) vs. Team SmackDown (Asuka, Carmella, Naomi, Sonya Deville and TBA)

SmackDown is still missing someone on that side. Logic would dictate it would be Mandy Rose, as she was looking for a spot beforehand and the plan before Becky Lynch's injury was to do some kind of angle between Rose and Flair. If it would have been Flair on the team, Rose can still fill in. If it would have been Rose on the team, why didn't they just announce that she's on it?

Is it because WWE decided to throw everything out, focus on a few random distractions to fill in some gaps and this fell by the wayside even though they could have simply taken 5 extra seconds to say who the other member was when the graphic popped up?

That final member has to be Mandy Rose, Lana, one of The IIconics or Zelina Vega.

Anyway, this match's results might have completely changed based on the Lynch situation. Originally, I was thinking this would be Flair's win to offset her Evolution loss. Now, I'm thinking this is entirely revolving around making Nia Jax look strong.

Natalya and Ruby Riott shouldn't be able to get along, but Jax/Tamina should be good and James shouldn't pose a problem.

PREDICTION: Team Raw wins.


Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan

So WWE's answer to all of the haphazard, chaotic problems and changes and ill-will and insanity going on was to turn Daniel Bryan heel? What?

Look, I know I wasn't into the idea of Styles vs. Lesnar in a rematch, but shit, now we're getting a heel Lesnar against a heel Bryan? Why? So we can have nobody to root for and Bryan can get injured again, or get completely squashed, and he can go into WrestleMania as a heel champion instead of as a babyface challenger or something?

I have no idea what WWE is thinking. I have absolutely no idea.

PREDICTION: Lesnar is going to win, of course, because he's Lesnar. That was never in question.


Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair

So before you say it, no, this doesn't mean "Flair vs. Rousey is off for WrestleMania 35"

Quite the contrary.

Obviously, this wasn't the plan. They wanted to do Rousey vs. Becky Lynch. Becky would have lost, Flair would have won the Royal Rumble, and the first Flair/Rousey match would have happened at Mania.

Now, though, what I think they're going to do is they have to position Rousey as the favorite and have her beat Charlotte here, so that when Flair wins the Royal Rumble, she challenges Rousey to a rematch and comes in as the underdog.

That's the only way they can do this. Lynch isn't going to fight Rousey at WrestleMania. She'll fight her at Royal Rumble maybe.

PREDICTION: Ronda Rousey is victorious.


Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura

Nakamura wins when Dean Ambrose interferes. The match should be good up until that point.

PREDICTION: Shinsuke Nakamura wins.


Raw Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar

AOP is the bigger, newer tag team with more to lose if they can't come out on top. They'll get this point for Raw.

PREDICTION: The Authors of Pain win.

Tag Team Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team Raw (The Ascension, The B-Team, Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, The Lucha House Party and The Revival) vs. Team SmackDown (The Colons, The Good Brothers, The New Day, SAnitY and The Usos)

Sucks to be Heath Slater and Rhyno, right? This is purely filler. WWE doesn't care about tag teams.

PREDICTION: Team SmackDown better win. Look at Team Raw. It's horrendous.


Cruiserweight Championship Match: Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Mustafa Ali

Normally, I would say Buddy Murphy would be guaranteed to win, but Ali does have a shot. I don't think he'll win it, but it isn't a guarantee the champ will retain.

PREDICTION: Buddy Murphy retains the title.