WWE presented a Survivor Series post-show that included comments from Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque.
The show was a mix of analysis, interviews, and a press conference setting.
Talent
The show kicked off with the winning women’s WarGames team, who were celebrating Naomi’s birthday. Gunther was then interviewed by Jackie Redmond, Big E and Wade Barrett. Bron Breakker was next in the press suite. Nothing much of note was said during any of this, with everyone in character and no storyline progression.
The Usos, Sami Zayn and CM Punk were next up in the press suite. In passing, Jey mentioned that Jimmy had broken his toe. No further details of the injury were given.
Zayn said he was very proud of the story that he had gotten to tell with the Bloodline and that it could be brought together again at any time. He compared the chemistry with Roman Reigns and Usos to his with Kevin Owens.
Punk was asked about his past comments while away from WWE when he said he had been told to make Roman Reigns look good. He simply responded: “No comment.” Reigns was not present.
Paul Levesque
Paul Levesque then went before the media. He started by thanking Destination Vancouver, WWE’s site partner.
He mentioned they had 17,828 in attendance and had set an all-time North American gate record for an arena show.
Levesque added that the Elimination Chamber at the Rogers Centre in Toronto would be the last opportunity to see John Cena in the Canadian market.
He said the talent were “mostly unscathed”, with Bronson Reed in the trainer’s room and likely “questionable” for a few weeks after the Tsunami from the top of the cage.
On the move to Netflix, he said that WWE would continue to deliver stories as best as they can. He added that exactly how things would be presented on Netflix was not yet decided but that the move would be a “game-changer”.
On the WWE ID program, Levesque said that the company saw a need to open a route to talent outside of the NIL program. He said the route through the indies was a “long, hard road” and he wanted to support the best in that scene financially and to improve their craft. He added that there would be “content” announcements as part of the program.
