Sports entertainment giant WWE has four major events every single year, one of which is Survivor Series. These PPVs take place during each season, and many WWE fans consider these events to be the highlight shows of the year. The next major PPV coming to the WWE Network is none other than Survivor Series, and the show traditionally has two teams competing against each other in elimination tag matches. Usually, teams of five eliminate each other, one by one, until only one wrestler is left standing.
Since Raw and Smackdown are currently shows where the superstars don’t crossover to fight each other, Survivor Series has become one of the few events of the year where wrestlers from the Monday night programming take on the Tuesday night show. In addition to these elimination matches, WWE has the champions of both Raw and Smackdown face each other, which is the only time of the year you can see this event.
This year’s event is coming to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, November 18. Survivor Series kicks off on PPV and on the WWE Network at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT, and while a Kickoff Show has not been announced yet, we’re speculating there will be a two-hour long preshow, much like the other “Big Four” WWE PPVs.
This is the 32nd annual Survivor Series from WWE, which dates back to 1987. Since the focus of the event are the Elimination Tag Matches, we’re taking a look through the history of WWE to look at every single traditional Survivor Series match in the history of WWE. On each slide, the winners are presented first for each match, unless noted otherwise. So check out every single Survivor Series Elimination Tag match from this iconic PPV.
Note: Neither 1998 or 2002 had a Survivor Series match, so they don’t appear on this list.
In the world of video games, it’s not uncommon to see a large amount of career shifting. Game designers turn into business executives, video editors become award-winning actors, and sometimes journalists become game developers themselves.
That’s exactly what happened to Joe Fielder, who worked at GameSpot as an editor throughout the 90’s. On this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, Fielder spoke with host Ryan McCaffrey on how the transition from journalist to developer panned out in a successful career helping to design games like BioShock Infinite and the new Underworld Ascendant.
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In no small feat, Ralph Breaks the Internet is a sweet, funny and worthy follow-up to the Oscar-nominated 2012 Wreck-It Ralph. The sequel finds room to grow on the original film’s premise by exploring not only a larger world beyond video games but also new and more complicated dimensions to the core friendship at the heart of these movies.
Gaming remains a factor this time around — especially when Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope’s (Sarah Silverman) online journey leads them into the absurdly dangerous and over-the-top GTA-style game Slaughter Race — and the quest to save Vanellope’s “home” Sugar Rush from extinction is the plot’s main objective. But the Internet, as the movie’s title makes obvious, is the main subject of this keen parody, and this shifts the focus from the past (nostalgia for classic games) to the present. Everything from viral videos to the dark web to online shopping gets ribbed here.
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The internet is a lot of things to many different people. It can be a way to keep up with friends, a professional workspace, a battleground, or a powerful tool for harassment. For Vanellope, the glitchy star of the arcade kart racer Sugar Rush, it represents unlimited possibilities, the potential for evolution and change–an escape from monotony. That same monotony is what keeps Wreck-it Ralph, the lovable bad guy of the game Fix-it Felix, on the path of goodness. And for him, the internet is a frightening frontier that draws his most villainous characteristics to the forefront.
In that respect, Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to 2011’s Wreck-it Ralph, rings true: The internet brings out the worst in some people. But that reality doesn’t make for a particularly fun or lighthearted movie. Ralph Breaks the Internet is almost as funny as the original, and it’s especially nice to catch up again with these characters and see what they’re up to these days. But it’s also kind of a drag.
Ralph Breaks the Internet follows Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) as they journey to the online world to buy a new part they hope will save Vanellope’s game. You’re mostly fine if you’ve never seen the original or it’s been a while; returning characters like Felix (Jack McBrayer) and Calhoun (Jane Lynch) are sidelined and play unimportant roles, and all you really need to know is that this is basically Toy Story for video game characters. When the arcade closes for the night, the game characters go “off the clock,” traveling around through power cords, meeting for root beers in the bar from arcade classic Tapper, and generally leading their own lives.
The movie does a good job establishing where Ralph and Vanellope are at in their lives: Ralph is happy to go to “work” every day as the villain of the game Fix-it Felix Jr., while Vanellope is growing bored of racing the same tracks over and over. Thus, you get the different ways they view the internet–and the movie’s main conflict.
From a practical standpoint, the new setting is rich with both overt and subtle comedy. The internet is a teeming, endless metropolis in Wreck-it Ralph 2, and Disney Animation filled each frame with inside jokes, memes, and references to online culture. At the same time, the movie often reaches for low-hanging e-fruit, lazily plucking lame dad jokes, especially at Ralph’s expense, like when he’s trying to come up with relevant trends and the new character Yesss (Taraji P. Henson) reprimands him for suggesting something that was hot “15 seconds ago.”
The whole world accessible at your fingertips? Ralph just doesn’t get it. He’s essentially your parents, which is fine, since plenty of moms and dads will see Ralph Breaks the Internet with their kids. If Reddit memes were the main source of comedy, half the audience would walk out scratching their heads. That said, there are some jokes that just don’t land in the slightest, like an uncomfortable tribute to the mole gag from Austin Powers in which Ralph keeps slipping up and mentioning a character’s physical deformity out loud. There’s absolutely nothing funny about it, and there are similar examples throughout the movie.
Yesss is an algorithm, a digital being who runs the internet’s largest trend site, BuzzTube. As a concept, she’s fairly on the nose–she’s so hyper-aware of every new trend that the other characters can barely keep up. That’s what the plot demands, and Henson seems to have fun with the role. The other main new face, Shank (Gal Gadot), fits well in Ralph’s universe: She’s essentially this movie’s Calhoun, albeit with a softer edge, despite hailing from the hyper-realistic online racing game Slaughter Race. The relationship she and Vanellope form is genuinely touching.
The part that feels most out of place is also the one that’s received the most attention leading up to Ralph 2’s release: the Disney Princesses scene that sends Vanellope on a surprisingly self-deprecating trip through Disney history. It’s undeniably a well-executed, hilarious scene, brimming with impressive details like the fact that almost all the original voice actresses return. Sure, it’s all a bit contrived, but it’s also OK to simply enjoy Disney being so self-aware. Whether Cinderella would ever really smash her glass slipper into a shank and brandish it at a little girl is beside the point.
Ralph Breaks the Internet does manage to confront the internet’s ugly side, which feels like the elephant in the room for any viewers who spend a significant amount of time online. We’re all aware of the trolls, harassment, propaganda, and lies that assault every corner of the internet, and Ralph learns a hard lesson when he encounters the “comments room” after his videos go viral. Yesss’s assertion that you just need to ignore the trolls isn’t as wise as the movie seems to think it is–we should know by now that doesn’t actually work–but at least it’s something.
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More troubling is the turn Ralph takes as a character. He’s always been a bad guy; he spent most of the first movie trying to earn a “medal” just to prove that he wasn’t, while ultimately accepting that being a bad guy doesn’t mean he has to be a bad guy. If you enjoyed that character development, brace yourself for a backslide, as Ralph easily slips back into his old, selfish, villainous ways in this movie. What is the message here? That some people really are just villains? His arc seems designed as a warning to all the online bad guys of the real world, but the final act trades any subtlety for a huge action set piece, and the movie’s central conflict takes a very strange turn. Ultimately, Ralph goes a little too bad, and it’s resolved a little too easily, for the movie to feel satisfying.
Ralph Breaks the Internet is a funny, detailed look inside the online world that viewers of all ages should enjoy. Its take on internet culture is just not very nuanced, which doesn’t come as a total surprise. After all, there’s no pleasing everyone.
The Good
The Bad
Internet humor for all ages
Ralph’s negative character development
Nice to catch up with these characters
Misguided platitudes like “just ignore the trolls”
It’s now November 14, and Fallout 76 is officially available, with servers live around the world. There were some server issues as players got online at midnight US time, but those appear to have been resolved.
Fallout 76, the newest installment in Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic RPG series, officially launches for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on Wednesday, November 14, but some players won’t have to wait until then to start exploring the irradiated ruins of West Virginia. Users on Reddit have pointed out that the Fallout 76 servers are now live ahead of its release date, so you can jump in a little early if you have the game.
Unlike previous entries in the series, Fallout 76 is always-online and requires a persistent internet connection, even if you plan on playing solo. GameSpot booted up Fallout 76 on Xbox One today and can verify that its servers are indeed live. If you managed to get your hands on an early copy of the game or have it pre-loaded on PC, that means you won’t have to wait until November 14 to start playing.
That said, given the fact that it still isn’t widely available, you may not run into many other players in Fallout 76 just yet. While the game can still work as a solo adventure, it places a heavy emphasis on multiplayer. For instance, Fallout 76 completely eschews NPCs; the only human characters you’ll encounter in the game are other players, making for a very different kind of RPG than previous Fallout games.
Taking such a radically different approach with Fallout 76 was “scary,” Bethesda admits, but the publisher is committed to supporting the title. Bethesda boss Pete Hines said Fallout 76 servers will be up “forever.” He told GameSpot, “We’re going to keep going as long as people keep playing it and it shows no sign of slowing down.”
In the meantime, PS4 players still have a little more time to claim some Fallout 76 freebies. From now until November 14, you can get three Fallout 76 avatars and a theme for your PS4, whether you’ve pre-ordered the game or not. There are other bonuses available; you can read more about them in our Fallout 76 pre-order guide.
Last year, Pokemon Go developer Niantic announced it was developing a new mobile game based on the world of Harry Potter titled Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Since then, the studio has shared very few details about the mysterious project, but we’ve now gotten our first taste of what it will be like thanks to a new teaser trailer.
The video, which you can watch above, doesn’t showcase any actual gameplay footage, but rather dramatizes the experience of playing the game; in it, you can see a girl warping into an alley to catch a snitch. Before disappearing, she casts a spell that leaves a poster on the wall, which warns that “the Wizarding World is at risk of exposure.”
Much like Pokemon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite uses augmented reality and features similar gameplay mechanics. According to Niantic, players will have to explore the real-world to “unravel a global mystery, cast spells, and encounter fantastic beasts and iconic characters along the way.”
Beyond that, however, we still don’t know too much about Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. When it first announced the title, Niantic said the game will “pioneer all new technology and gameplay mechanics” and take advantage of its full AR platform. “Players will learn spells, explore their real world neighborhoods and cities to discover and fight legendary beasts, and team up with others to take down powerful enemies,” the developer wrote in its announcement.
Niantic hasn’t announced a release date yet for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. The game was originally slated to launch in 2018, but as we learned from the teaser trailer, it has now been pushed back to sometime in 2019.
Wizards Unite isn’t the only new game from Niantic. The studio recently launched Ingress Prime, a revamped version of the original Ingress. Niantic also continues to roll out regular updates for Pokemon Go; it recently introduced a new Adventure Sync feature, which allows the game to track the distance you’ve walked, even when it is idle.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the mobile title currently in development at Pokemon Go developer Niantic, has been delayed. Harry Potter publishing site Pottermore says the AR game will now launch in 2019, although it didn’t offer any specifics beyond that.
Wizards Unite was previously scheduled to launch in 2018, though we never got a more precise release window than that. No reason has been given for the delay, though the game has received a new Wizards Unite trailer–take a look at that above.
Pottermore says Wizards Unite will incorporate elements from both Harry Potter and the spin-off Fantastic Beasts franchise. “Players will learn spells, explore their real world neighborhoods and cities to discover and fight legendary beasts, and team up with others to take down powerful enemies,” Niantic said of Wizards Unite when it was first announced. A teaser accompanying today’s news states that players will also “unravel a global mystery, cast spells, and encounter fantastic beasts and iconic characters along the way.”
The second Fantastic Beasts film, The Crimes of Grindelwald, comes to theaters on November 16.
Wizards Unite will be the second game to launch under Warner Bros’ Portkey Games label. The first was Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, a free-to-play RPG set before the novels. In addition, an open-world RPG set in the Potter universe is reportedly in development at Disney Infinity studio Avalanche Software.
Becky Lynch has not been medically cleared to compete at the WWE PPV, Survivor Series, which is a huge bummer as it was the one match everyone was looking forward to. Because of this, Charlotte has taken her place in the women’s champion vs. champion match.
In addition, on the November 13 episode of Smackdown, Daniel Bryan beat AJ Styles for the WWE Championship, and now Bryan will face Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series. But please enjoy the prediction video above, made before Bryan was crowned the champion.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and every WWE fan knows that Survivor Series is the next PPV the sports entertainment company will hold. The next event has the superstars from Raw and Smackdown competing against each other, which is one of the two times during the year you get to see this–with the other being Money in the Bank. All of the champions from both shows will fight each other, and both Raw and Smackdown will have three different traditional Survivor Series elimination matches as well.
The PPV comes to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, November 18 with the main card starting at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT and a Kickoff Show most likely starting two hours prior. The schedule for the day of the event is not up, but major WWE events like Summerslam, Royal Rumble, and Wrestlemania tend to have a longer pre-show. You can watch both the Kickoff and main card for yourself on traditional PPV through your TV provider or on the WWE Network.
It’s going to be a big evening to determine which show is the dominant brand. As of this writing, there are seven matches on the card with more than a week before the event airs. Of course, we’ll see Raw’s Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar, take on Smackdown’s WWE Champion, AJ Styles. Lesnar recently won the vacated title after a battle with Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel. This is the exact same match fans got at Survivor Series in 2017. Additionally, another former UFC fighter will also be defending her title. Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey takes on Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch.
Below, you’ll find the match card for Survivor Series, but keep in mind that many of these matches are not finalized. The traditional 5-on-5 elimination matches are coming together, and below the main match card, we’ve listed out the competitors booked for each match, so far.
Survivor Series Match Card:
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
Women’s Survivor Series Match*
Men’s Survivor Series Match
Tag Team Survivor Series Match [Kickoff Match]
Raw Tag Team Champions AOP vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Mustafa Ali (Cruiserweight Championship)
*=Not finalized
Women’s Survivor Series Teams
Raw:
Natalya
Mickie James
Nia Jax
Tamina
Ruby Riott
Smackdown:
Sonya Deville
Carmella
Asuka
Naomi
Tag Team Survivor Series Teams
Raw:
Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Lince Dorado, and Gran Matalik)
The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder)
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel)
Chad Gable and Bobby Roode
Smackdown:
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)
The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)
SAnitY (Eric Young, Killian Dain, and Alexander Wolfe)
The Colons (Primo and Epico)
The Good Brothers (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson)
Men’s Survivor Series Teams
Raw:
Drew McIntyre
Dolph Ziggler
Braun Strowman
Bobby Lashley
Finn Balor
Smackdown:
Shane McMahon
Daniel Bryan
The Miz
Samoa Joe
Rey Mysterio
Make sure to come back to GameSpot on Sunday, November 18 for live coverage and a review of Survivor Series.
