November 26, 2018 Observer Newsletter: Survivor Series review, tons more
The Survivor Series on 11/18 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was filled with unique things.
There was Ronda Rousey, who had been one of the most popular characters in the company, being booed out of the building in her home town after Charlotte Flair turned heel on her and gave her a very legitimately brutal beating with a kendo stick that left her with welts all over her body.
There was Daniel Bryan, who had just turned heel, wrestling as a babyface against Brock Lesnar, although he did try and explain that on television. Before the show when I asked about this situation, in the sense that Lesnar vs. Bryan only works with Bryan as the face selling and making comebacks, I was told that the belief is what happens on Sunday (Bryan as a face) doesn’t count and on Tuesday he reverts back to heel to continue his program with A.J. Styles.
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Dave Meltzer is the founder and lead writer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the weekly constant when it comes to news and reviews in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts for more than 40 years. Dave also co-hosts Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and had had bylines for The National, Yahoo Sports, MMA Fighting and others.