WWE: Will Survivor Series 2021 deliver for fans?
Happy holidays, everyone! As you’re probably aware, this is the time of year to spend with the ones you love and cherish. It’s the season of gift-giving, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cheer; so stuff your faces full of turkey, have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
Cheesy, I know.
Anywho, speaking of the holiday season, Survivor Series 2021 is just around the corner and if you’re a long-time WWE fan, you’re probably already aware that the aforementioned pay-per-view was once a Thanksgiving tradition.
Moreover, it was also a pretty well-received event back then.
These days, Survivor Series is looking something like “that one pay per view where it’s all about bragging rights and brand supremacy… and literally nothing else”. Consequently, the storylines are rather predictable, the anticipation is non-existent, and the overall appeal of the show has lost a lot of its luster.
And I stress, the problem has nothing to do with the era of wrestling we’re currently living in. Survivor Series 2017 is a great example of how this event should be presented.
Yes, we had champion vs. champion matches that year, but it was something fresh and new at the time. Yes, the build-up for the main storyline that year was really just a remixed rehash of what happened in the year 2005, but at least it was done in a creative manner.
If you’re still not convinced and think that WWE can’t produce a stellar Survivor Series in the modern era, check out Survivor Series 2019 AKA that one-time NXT invaded the main roster. It was fun. It was exciting. It was shocking.
But most importantly, it was entertaining.
As it may shock you, this article isn’t meant to be a diatribe of any sort. It’s not meant to be a rant about how much Survivor Series has gone downhill.
On the contrary, Survivor Series is usually one of the best shows of the year, in terms of match quality.
To be honest, Survivor Series 2021 is looking sorta… meh. The card is solid, but everything else feels like a regular pay-per-view. For an event that’s regarded as one of WWE’s five biggest shows of the year, that’s never a good look.
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When you add the fact that it feels like everything was just thrown together like your favorite McDonald’s meal served cold in a brown paper bag, it’s hard to refute the fact there was little to no effort put into this year’s event.