6 Ups And 3 Downs From WWE Survivor Series WarGames

by Scott Carlson

1. Sami Sells His Soul

WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2022 Bloodline
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If you haven’t come around to the Sami Zayn/Bloodline story by now, you’re pretty much hopeless as a wrestling fan.

Zayn’s trials and tribulations as he’s ingratiated himself into Roman Reigns’ good graces has been tremendous long-term storytelling from a company that for the longest time has failed to be consistent from week to week, much less over the course of months.

Everything came to a head Saturday night, with Zayn’s longtime best friend Kevin Owens on the other team. The crescendo hit when Owens laid Reigns out with a Pop-Up Powerbomb and Stunner, seemingly with the match won, only for Sami to stop the referee’s count. He then would have a staredown with KO… and finally deliver a low blow to put Owens down.

A Helluva kick after Roman’s acknowledgment was icing on the cake. And then Zayn offered Owens up to Jey Uso as a sacrifice for the splash and pin. It was just wonderful stuff, with Reigns – and then Jey – hugging Sami to welcome him fully into the group, not just as an Honorary Uce.

Fantastic stuff. Let’s hope wherever the story goes next, it’s just as compelling.

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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.