10 Last-Minute WWE Survivor Series 2016 Predictions
9. An Undertaker Appearance
Earlier on in the intro, you’ll remember I was harping on about the interesting sub-plots to these elimination matches—and one of those sub-plots relates to the Undertaker.
Having made his return to WWE programming this past week, ‘Taker gave Team SmackDown an ominous pep talk, basically threatening that if they didn’t beat Team Raw then they’d have to answer to him. He also slipped in the minor detail that he is indeed back—“digging holes and taking souls”—before reminding us all that it was at Survivor Series that he’d originally made his WWE debut.
Naturally this has got people speculating about a potential Undertaker appearance at Survivor Series, and given the hints about his SmackDown allegiances and his history with the imminent pay-per-view, I reckon we could well be in store for some interference from the Deadman this Sunday.
The smart money would be on ‘Taker coming out to keep his SmackDown boys in check, much like he did at the 2001 show when he prevented Chris Jericho from screwing Team WWF. Then again, now that he’s seemingly back for good, there’s always the possibility he somehow sets the wheels in motion for a potential showdown with a certain champ who runs the camp…