5 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Survivor Series 2016

3. New Day Gets One-Upped

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Surprise eliminations can be a great thing in a Survivor Series match. Remember when John Cena was pinned in the 2014 bout, leaving Dolph Ziggler by himself against three men? That one left fans with jaws dropped.

In that vein, it made for a great moment when New Day’s Kofi Kingston, fresh off of mocking Fandango (and Tyler Breeze) for getting eliminated in record time, turned right into an Uso superkick, getting pinned just as quickly and leaving Team Raw without their tag champs and captains.

That elimination led to some strange pairings later, but it certainly turn the tag team elimination match on its head to see the Shining Stars outlast the New Day.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.