5 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Survivor Series 2016

2. Squash City

Brock Lesnar Goldberg
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This is something that fans will debate for some time.

After three years of being absolutely dominant in WWE, Brock Lesnar got knocked off in epic fashion for a man who hadn’t had a professional wrestling match in more than 12 years, Goldberg. And Goldberg didn’t just beat Brock (again), he dominated him by hitting two spears and a Jackhammer to win in short order.

Was this the right decision? Why did they throw away Lesnar’s dominance for someone who was signed to one match? Does this mean Brock is going away for a while? Will Goldberg wrestle more now?

Regardless of which questions you asked, the fact is that if you saw Survivor Series, you were talking about this on Monday. That isn’t always a great reason for doing things in WWE, but in this case, we’ll give them a thumbs-up.

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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.