Reaction To Survivor Series Main Event Change

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Let's start with the WWE and how they can't book proper storylines anymore.

So, originally the main event for Survivor Series was:

Team Foley: Ryback, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston, Kane, & Daniel Bryan

Vs

Team Punk: CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio, The Miz, Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes

The night after Hell in a Cell, a little showdown between Foley and Punk led to that match. At first it sounded good because it's been a good 7 years since Survivor Series had a Classic Survivor Series Elimination match that was worth watching and this had promise even though all the major titles were in that match putting the card in jeopardy. 

But here's where it gets serious. Apparently, the "Powers That Be" in the WWE received a lot of negative buzz for that match and last night, rather awkwardly, they changed the main event and the Survivor Series Elimination match. So, now the main event of Survivor Series is:

CM Punk defending the WWE Championship against both Ryback and John Cena. THIS should've been the main event in the first place. I see what they were trying to do with Team Punk and Team Foley: They were building towards a Punk/Foley match along with combining three other feuds (Orton/Del Rio, Kofi/Miz, Bryan&Kane/Rhodes&Sandow) into this match to progress those feuds even further, but Ryback needed his rematch sooner than later after what happened in Hell in a Cell and Foley seemed to pop out of nowhere. The only way this Survivor Series match would've been a bit more interesting was if it was Winner Take All and all the titles were up for grabs. If that was the case, THEN you've got something.

But for as much hype as they've been putting in CM Punk's title reign, it HAD to be defended at Survivor Series. Maybe Punk vs Ryback II with Foley as the guest referee would've been more appropriate?

And then you have John Cena. This match tells me that WWE NEEDS Cena to be in the Main Event for the pay-per-view to be successful. The WWE can't depend on the new star they made and the Current WWE Champion to carry Survivor Series. John Cena had this pointless storyline with AJ and Vickie Guerrero which will now get no payoff because Cena is in the WWE Championship match. I thought they were going for Cena/AJ vs Dolph/Vickie type of match or maybe they could've done a Team Ziggler vs Team Cena sort of thing, but obviously none of that is happening. 

Don't get me wrong, I am VERY pleased that they made this match instead. They just did it too late. Survivor Series is next Sunday. They don't have a lot of time to properly build this match, (or the show for that matter) the way that it should be built up. I mean this match is BIG. You have the face of the WWE vs the Current WWE Champion vs The Rising Star. I am a fan of good build. Build a good story, and make me interested to see the payoff to the match. If no time and effort is put into a story, or it's poorly built, I won't give two shits about the match. This is why WWE these days isn't that good. But that's a blog post for another time.

So now Ryback and Punk are no longer in the Survivor Series Elimination Match and Team Punk is now Team Ziggler. This is what we're left with:

What point is there for Foley to even be around in this anymore? The sole reason he was Team Captain is for CM Punk. Now that he's gone, what point is there? Why is Ziggler here? None of this is any of his business. They couldn't have just done 4-on-4? And what happened with The Miz? Why is Wade Barrett there? Barrett deserves better than to be involved in some Survivor Series match. 

Also, let's be honest, it's no longer Team Foley, it's Team Orton.

And Team Foley has a "surprise" member now. Gee, I wonder who it's gonna be. Could it the guy that left Team Punk in the first place? Maybe surprise us and have Christian come back. 

The pay-per-view is in one week and they have three matches signed. Even with a Divas match and another Survivor Series match thrown together with random jobbers, you still have 5 matches which means more filler matches including the continuous disrespect of the US Title and its Champion. What about AJ and Vickie? Give those two a match or something.

At this point, they can't salvage Survivor Series. This has been one of the poorest pay-per-views in a long time which is sad because this was once a great event. But now, Money in the Bank is better, Elimination Chamber is better, hell even Extreme Rules is better! They continue to shit on tradition and instead of building stars for the future, they put all their chips in one basket and have to depend on Attitude Era stars to bring in fans. They continue to improperly build feuds, develop poor storylines, cater to the little kids, try to push people who we don't care about and plugging a bunch of nonsense. The only time they even get remotely serious is WrestleMania Season. I mean, what happened to the WWE?!?!

My rant is over. Feel free to Comment. I'll be back with my Survivor Series Predictions.

By: Gerald "Showstopper" Prophete