7 Ups And 10 Downs From WWE Survivor Series 2015

The Deadman buries a career, while Roman's reign has an Irish curse.

by Scott Carlson

Everyone who was expecting a shocking swerve at Survivor Series got something they could sink their teeth into Sunday night, but it might not have been the type of swerve they were hoping for. If you were looking for Roman Reigns to follow his family and become a corporate champion, you were disappointed. If you were looking for Dean Ambrose to become the most disheveled corporate champion in WWE history, you were disappointed. But if you were looking for midcarder and Money in the Bank briefcase holder Sheamus to shrug off a loss to Jey Uso, Kalisto and Ryback and become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, then you got your money€™s worth Sunday. Also, if you were looking for aging legends to bury young superstars unnecessarily, you got a bonus out of the deal. Survivor Series wasn€™t horrendous €“ the two tournament semifinal matches were pretty solid and both elimination matches (one was on the kickoff show) had fun moments €“ but it was a huge disappointment from what it could have been had WWE higher-ups been willing to take some risks. It was decidedly a letdown in terms of potential, but wasn€™t so offensive that fans would turn it off. So what survived and what got buried six feet under? Let€™s get to it€

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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.