WWE Survivor Series 2016 Eliminations - From Worst To Best

5. Roman Reigns

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When the RAW team came down to just Roman Reigns, the crowd could not have voiced their displeasure more. Well, they could have, but we're talking in metaphors here. The ordinary WWE Universe has no interest in Roman Reigns as an odds-defying babyface, so a Toronto crowd isn't exactly going to give him any leniency.

Still, his elimination was well done. Reigns was about to hit Bray Wyatt with a Spear only for Randy Orton to take the bullet, further indication that Orton may well be fully in on this Wyatt Family thing. It allowed Bray to pick up the pieces, hit Reigns with a Sister Abigail and win the match for SmackDown Live.

4. Shane McMahon

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A difficult one to watch, but one heck of a moment nonetheless. Shane McMahon was ejected from the men's elimination match after the referee deemed him unfit to continue, and if ever there was an understatement that was it. Shane seemed ready to hit Roman Reigns with a Coast to Coast, only to be speared out of his genes in mid-air by the Big Dog.

It was a brutal looking spot, made all the worse by Shane looking all but dead on impact. It has since emerged that Shane was supposed to kick out, something he did on instinct but the referee decided to get him out of there nonetheless. Why the heck would he kick out of that?!

Whilst Shane really needs to never take another scary bump ever again, for a moment in a match that was visually enthralling.

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