Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling event produced every November by WWE since 1987, generally held the week of Thanksgiving.

As the NXT Cruiserweight Championship was the only title of its kind in WWE, it was defended in a triple threat match against challengers of the opposing brands.

[15] On the following Raw, Lesnar proceeded to attack crew members in search of Mysterio, including commentator Dio Maddin, whom he put through the broadcast table with an F-5.

[16] On the November 18 episode of Raw, Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman suggested a No Holds Barred match and Mysterio accepted.

[18] During a "Miz TV" segment the following week, Wyatt (as his normal self) taunted Bryan by mocking the latter's former "Yes Movement" persona.

His opponent was determined by a triple threat match that occurred at TakeOver: WarGames the night before Survivor Series,[20] where Pete Dunne defeated Damian Priest and Killian Dain to earn the title shot.

[15] During a sit-down interview on the following Raw, Charly Caruso informed Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch that she would be facing Baszler and Bayley in a non-title triple threat match at Survivor Series, after which, Baszler appeared and confronted Lynch.

(AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson) invaded NXT and attacked The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong).

Later that night, Carmella and Dana Brooke defeated Fire & Desire (Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville) to qualify for the team after the match had been rescheduled due to a backstage attack from NXT's Bianca Belair the previous week that led to Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox defeating Fire & Desire.

Following a tag team match that night in which Flair and Becky Lynch faced The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), the latter being disgruntled as they were not selected for Team Raw, NXT's Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir, and Jessamyn Duke attacked the women.

Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Road Dogg led the NXT roster in the invasion of SmackDown, reenacting how D-Generation X had attempted to invade World Championship Wrestling's Monday Nitro in 1998 with a tank.

[25] After the conclusion of TakeOver: WarGames, Triple H announced that Shawn Michaels would reveal the members of Team NXT during the Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show.

In the first match, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode from SmackDown won an interbrand 10-man battle royal featuring tag teams from the three brands, lastly eliminating The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) from Raw, giving SmackDown the first point of the night.

In the end, Rush performed a Final Hour on Kalisto to retain the title, giving NXT their first point.

[33] Also during the Kickoff pre-show, Shawn Michaels revealed Tommaso Ciampa (as captain), Damian Priest, Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, and WWE United Kingdom Champion Walter (from NXT UK) as the members of Team NXT for the men's three-way Survivor Series elimination match.

Evans was pinned by Natalya with a schoolboy, who then applied a dual submission alongside Banks to eliminate Storm.

[34] Backstage, Team Raw's men's captain Seth Rollins questioned Kevin Owens' loyalty as Owens had appeared at NXT TakeOver: WarGames the previous night as the mystery partner for Tommaso Ciampa's team in the men's WarGames match.

[34] Next was the men's three-way Survivor Series elimination match, featuring Team Raw (Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, and Ricochet) against Team SmackDown (Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, King Corbin, Mustafa Ali, and Shorty G) against Team NXT (Tommaso Ciampa, Damian Priest, Matt Riddle, Keith Lee, and WWE United Kingdom Champion Walter).

Mysterio's son Dominik ran to the ring with a towel in hand, pleading with Lesnar to stop the onslaught.

As they attempted additional Frog Splashes, Lesnar quickly grabbed Dominik and performed a German suplex on him.

In particular, Rollins singled out the performances of women's captain Charlotte Flair, Randy Orton, and Rey Mysterio (for not winning the WWE Championship as Brock Lesnar rarely appears), as well as AOP (Akam and Rezar) for not participating at all.

[35][36] The heel turn was finally executed on the December 9 episode, where Rollins performed "The Stomp" on Owens on the exposed concrete and aligned himself with AOP.

[38] WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman made their first appearance since Survivor Series on the January 6, 2020, episode of Raw.

teammates Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to attack Carrillo from behind during his entrance, rendering him unable to compete.

Mysterio won the fatal four-way match and subsequently defeated Styles to win the United States Championship for a second time, with help from Orton.

Later that night, Lynch and Flair accepted The Kabuki Warriors' challenge for a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at TLC.

After the match, a hooded figure attacked Wyatt and revealed himself as Bryan, with a buzz cut and a shorter beard.

[41] After more weeks of feuding, Bayley was scheduled to defend the SmackDown Women's Championship against Evans at the Royal Rumble.

[48] Bálor then defeated Ciampa and Keith Lee in a triple threat match to become the number one contender for Cole's NXT Championship.

[48] The title match was then scheduled for the December 18 episode,[50] where Ripley was victorious, ending Baszler's reign at 416 days.