Breaking: Huge Name Confirmed For Team SmackDown At WWE Survivor Series
WWE confirmed today that John Cena will be the fifth and final member of Team SmackDown at The Survivor Series:
Further proving #SDLive is the superior brand, I'm happy to announce @JohnCena will be the 5th member of Team Smackdown at #SurvivorSeries.
? Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) November 8, 2017
BREAKING: @JohnCena has been named the fifth and final member of #SDLive's Men's team at #SurvivorSeries! https://t.co/9DmwJ0boXb
? WWE (@WWE) November 8, 2017
It is Cena's first match since losing to Roman Reigns at WWE No Mercy in late September. Cena had been rumored to be the special referee for the Jinder Mahal vs. Brock Lesnar match at the pay-per-view, but those plans apparently changed after WWE had Mahal drop the WWE Championship to AJ Styles on Tuesday's episode of SmackDown Live.
Below is the updated card for next week's pay-per-view. New subscribers can sign up for the WWE Network today by clicking here and get their first month for free, which includes WWE Survivor Series a week from Sunday and NXT Takeover: WarGames the night before.
5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team Captain Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe & Jason Jordan vs. Team Captain Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, Shinsuke Nakamura & John Cena
5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team Captain Alicia Fox, Nia Jax, Asuka, Sasha Banks, TBA vs. Team Captain Becky Lynch, Carmella, Tamina Snuka, Naomi, Charlotte Flair
RAW vs. SmackDown
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles
RAW vs. SmackDown
WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz vs. WWE United States Champion Baron Corbin
RAW vs. SmackDown
RAW Women's Champion Alexa Bliss vs. SmackDown Women's Champion Natalya
RAW vs. SmackDown
RAW Tag Team Champions Sheamus and Cesaro vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos
WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
Kalisto vs. Enzo Amore
Donald Jaco and Francis De Leon contributed to this article.