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Welcome to the most chaotic, overstuffed, wrestling packed Sunday we have ever delivered. We are going full Scott Hall energy because today is not a normal newsletter. Today is a DOUBLE HEADER. Part 1 is hitting your inbox right now, and Part 2 drops tonight with all the Survivor Series carnage you crave.

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We do not move without him.
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So grab a drink, lock in, and get ready. Part 1 sets the stage. Part 2 brings the hammer.
Let’s get into it.

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Tone: Solid on paper, hurt by the pre taped energy. First hour moved, the main event sagged, and WarGames hype did not quite hit top gear.

🕛 Last Time Is Now Quarterfinal – Jey Uso def Rusev
Match Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Jey got the full “from the concourse” entrance and Denver loved him. Rusev felt oddly cold for a guy who looks that dangerous. This was simple tournament TV: Rusev as the power base, Jey as the resilient babyface.

Jey survived the big shots and closed with the spear into the Uso Splash. Right call for the bracket, since everyone can see a Jey versus Gunther collision coming. The downside is Rusev eating another clean loss in under ten minutes with no clear direction.

🎭 Miz Politics, Truth Chaos, Priest Plans
Segment Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Backstage, Miz weaseled his way back into the Cena tournament by swapping his name into the tumbler while Nick Aldis argued about “balls” with R Truth. Goofy, but it kept Miz in LA Knight’s orbit and quietly established Aldis as a GM who can be worked, which could matter later.

Damian Priest cut a tight promo about Aleister Black trying to break his code while Zelina stirred the pot. Rhea sliding in to hug Priest and teasing she has an idea for after WarGames kept Judgment Day feeling layered even from the blue brand.

🎀 Chelsea Green’s Patrihots Parade Gets Jaded
Segment Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Chelsea rolled out a full patriotic pageant for her Women’s US Title celebration, crowned herself the greatest women’s champion in North America, and soaked up the boos. The segment existed for one purpose: Jade Cargill.

Jade walked out, wiped Alba Fyre with a pump kick, planted Chelsea with Jaded, and left. The delayed pyro hitting after Jade was gone while Chelsea screamed was a nice comedy button. Heel Jade flattening heel Chelsea is weird on paper, but it fits Jade’s character: if you call yourself the best champion on the continent, you paint a target on your back.

🕛 Last Time Is Now Quarterfinal – LA Knight def The Miz
Match Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Vintage TV main event style wrestling in the middle of the card. Knight worked with a little extra frustration, Miz gave the match all its little structures and near falls.

The Skull Crushing Finale off the dive counter was the best tease. Miz trying to steal it with feet on the ropes, only for Little Naitch to catch him, set up the finish perfectly. One BFT later and Knight punched his ticket to a semifinal with Jey Uso.

Right result, right opponent, right time. Knight keeps climbing, Miz stays the guy you beat when you need credibility without killing someone’s push.

👑 Women’s WarGames Advantage – Charlotte Flair def Asuka
Match Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Only women’s match across the go home week and at least it delivered. Charlotte framed this as revenge for the ACL injury, Asuka leaned into ruthless technician with constant mist threat.

They worked with the comfort of two people who have logged a decade together. Mist misfire to the timekeeper, desk brawl, and Charlotte outsmarting the trick to hit Natural Selection for the win.

Giving the babyfaces advantage is unusual, but with the men’s heels already owning the edge on Saturday, this was pure balance booking. Strong match that reminded everyone how good both still are, even if the wider WarGames story still feels committee built.

🩸 Traditional Survivor Series Main Event – Team Sami vs Team MFT (Solo Survives)
Match Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

On paper, this was great: Sami captaining Rey Fenix, Shinsuke Nakamura, and the Motor City Machine Guns against Solo and the MFT crew. On a live show, this probably lands harder. On a pre taped second show of the night, the crowd felt cooked before the bell.

The layout was smart. JC Mateo went out first. Nakamura, Fenix, and the Guns all got shine. Talla Tonga looked like a real monster in bursts. The back half became the Sami versus the odds story that always works.

Sami fighting back from three on one, eliminating Tama, surviving Talla to a count out, and then falling to Solo’s layered barrage of Spinning Solos, splash, and finally the Samoan Spike was the right call. Solo standing as sole survivor is the image he needed heading into the weekend.

The structure was good. The energy was not.

🦇 Wyatt Sicks Send A Message
Segment Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

With seconds left, the lights died and the Wyatt Sicks closed the show. Rowan, Gacy, Lumis, and Nikki Cross appeared around the ring, and Uncle Howdy materialized behind Solo to drill him with Sister Abigail.

Story wise, it advances the brewing collision between the Sicks and MFT and hints at future tag title business for Gacy and Lumis. Show flow wise, it felt like a post credits scene jammed into the last minute rather than a true final beat.

📊 Straight Shoot Verdict – Survivor Series Eve SmackDown
Overall Show Rating: 7.0 out of 10

A classic taped go home episode. On paper it did what it needed:

But you could feel the pre recorded fatigue, especially during the elimination tag, and both WarGames builds still feel more assembled than explosive.

⭐ Top 5 Most Impressive

🥇 LA Knight
Big match presence, sharp offense, and a clean win over Miz to keep the slow burn alive.

🥈 Charlotte Flair
Locked in, moving well, and carrying herself like the backbone of the women’s side heading into the cage.

🥉 Sami Zayn
Turned a predictable “against the odds” structure into something you could still emotionally invest in.

🏅 Rey Fenix
Injected life into the tag whenever he got the hot tag, gave the match its flash and pace.

🏅 Solo Sikoa
Booked strong, finished strong, and left standing as sole survivor on the eve of a massive weekend.

❌ The 3 Misses

Pre taped energy crash
By the time the Survivor Series tag hit, the building felt drained. For a match built on drama and escalation, that is a killer.

Women’s WarGames still feels forced
Charlotte versus Asuka worked, but the larger teams still feel like names placed on a board rather than a war that organically exploded.

Rusev’s directionless booking
Another clean, relatively quick loss for a guy who should be more than “big body in the bracket.” Feels like wasted potential.

🥇 Three Stars Of The Show

Gold: LA Knight
Tournament win, crowd behind him, and a clear path to a marquee semifinal.

Silver: Charlotte Flair
Delivered in the biggest women’s match of the week and gave her team a tangible edge.

Bronze: Sami Zayn and Solo Sikoa (shared)
Sami for the heart, Solo for the hammer. Their closing stretch is what people will remember from this taped go home SmackDown.

By MrTeshk - Straight Shoot Unfiltered

Thanksgiving gave us leftovers, football, and family time, but this year it also gave us the sweetest headline in the world of wrestling. Trick Williams and Lash Legend, two of NXT’s brightest stars and two of the most charismatic performers in the entire company, are officially engaged.

For fans, it felt like a warm jolt of joy straight to the heart. You could almost hear the entire NXT Universe cheering from across the timeline. Trick and Lash have chemistry, presence, swagger, and now a future together. It is the kind of story that reminds wrestling fans that behind the roar of the crowd and the fire of the promos, there are real people building real lives.

And in classic Straight Shoot fashion, it got us thinking about the long history of wrestling couples who have shaped eras, shifted storytelling, and added an emotional heartbeat to this wild business.

So in celebration of Trick and Lash, let us take a fun and uplifting walk through wrestling’s greatest power couples.

The royalty of the Golden Era. Nobody blended romance with storytelling like these two. From jealousy to reunions, from heartbreak to triumph, they set the bar for what a wrestling couple could be. Fans still talk about their WrestleMania VII reunion like it happened yesterday.

From a wild storyline wedding to running the largest wrestling company in the world, their real-life partnership influenced almost every major shift in WWE for two decades. Love, power, chaos, and global impact. You cannot tell the story of wrestling without them.

Controversial, intense, unforgettable. Their partnership was pure electricity and changed the presentation of characters forever. Love them or hate them, you watched them. Every week. Without fail.

Two world champions, one household. Their relationship represents the modern era of wrestling. Independent stardom, peak athleticism, and the ability to carry the company on their backs whenever they are called upon. They might be the most accomplished couple in WWE history.

The heart of NXT’s black and gold era. Charming, relatable, hardworking, and perfect together. They made fans care about the small details, the inside jokes, the story beats that pulled people in emotionally.

The definition of energy and star power. Fans adore them. WWE pushes them. And honestly, one day both holding world titles on the same night feels very possible.

A real marriage that blended into one of the greatest dynasties ever. Whether on Total Divas or in the Bloodline orbit, this duo always felt authentic and always had the fans behind them.

A perfect combo of athleticism and presence. Ricochet wows bell to bell and Samantha’s iconic voice gives his matches that extra spark. One of WWE’s most lovable modern couples.

And now we welcome new members to this list.

There is something special about this engagement. Trick and Lash did not become stars overnight. They climbed. They evolved. They grew into their characters, their confidence, and their charisma right in front of us.

Trick brought fire and personality unlike anyone in NXT. Lash transformed from potential to presence, becoming one of the most improved talents in the brand. Both have found success through drive, swagger, and undeniable connection with the crowd.

Now they begin a new chapter together, and there is every reason to believe this pairing could become one of the most influential of the next decade.

Power couple energy.
Main roster ready.
A future that looks golden.

Their engagement is not just romantic news. It is a moment that celebrates where wrestling is today and where it is headed next. A generation of stars who bring athleticism, heart, representation, and authenticity to the forefront.

Congrats to Trick. Congrats to Lash. The future looks beautiful.

If you want, I can also make a short IG caption version or a newsletter teaser.

By Darrion Axel - Straight Shoot Unfiltered

Before we get into the madness, Darrion wants to set the table.
Tonight is a double header for Straight Shoot Unfiltered. MrTeshk’s full Survivor Series breakdown is coming in hot later this evening, and trust me, it is going to melt the inbox. Deep analysis, long-term storytelling direction, and a few takes that are guaranteed to start fights in your group chats.

But until that lands, Darrion wants to warm you up with something special.
Survivor Series has been the home of chaos, betrayal, alliances, and some of the purest wrestling theatre in WWE’s history. And if you want a crash course in why this event still matters, you just have to look at the matches that stood the test of time.

These are the top rated Survivor Series matches ever, according to Cagematch. But this is not just a list. This is why each match mattered, what it meant at the time, and why fans still talk about them today.

Rating: 9.10

This was not just a match. This was a prophecy unfolding.
Bret Hart came back from a long break and walked straight into a new era starring a foul mouthed Texas rattlesnake who was only months away from changing wrestling forever. It was technical mastery blended with raw intensity. Bret was the master craftsman. Austin was the rising force who refused to stay down.

This match laid the groundwork for their WrestleMania 13 classic.
This match made Austin.
This match kicked the Attitude Era door open.

Survivor Series has never felt the same since.

Rating: 9.03

HBK’s miracle comeback.
A brand new match structure nobody trusted yet.
Six legends stepping into a steel death trap in Madison Square Garden.

Triple H tried to hold onto his world title. RVD nearly crushed his throat with a Five Star. Jericho and Booker T were workhorses. Kane was a monster. But at the end of it all, Shawn Michaels in brown tights and a bad haircut lifted the World Heavyweight Championship after a match that proved the Chamber was here to stay.

This match was chaos, drama, violence, and triumph wrapped into one.
A top tier Survivor Series moment.

Rating: 9.01

The final chapter of the Invasion story.
The Rock vs Austin at the center.
Shane, Jericho, Angle, Booker T, Undertaker, and Big Show all playing their roles.

This was the Attitude Era’s farewell handshake, whether fans knew it or not.
The stakes were cartoon level high, but the drama delivered.
The finish was one of the most tense sequences in WWE history.

It was messy. It was chaotic. But it was unforgettable.

Rating: 8.71

People forget how good this match was.
This was Raw vs Raw with storytelling baked into every beat.

Shawn Michaels put on one of the best performances of his entire career.
Blood pouring, body breaking, still fighting.
Crowd losing their minds for every kick-out.

When Austin walked out after Team Bischoff got the win, it felt like the end of an era.
That is why this match still hits.

Rating: 8.68

The perfect formula:
A monster who eats people alive versus the smartest wrestler of his generation.

At first it felt like a slaughter. Then Bryan flipped the switch.
He toyed with Brock.
He baited him.
He used heel psychology and technical wizardry to make the match feel competitive without breaking the illusion that Brock was still the final boss.

It was violent, clever, dramatic, and shockingly fun. A modern masterpiece.

Rating: 8.66

A thirty minute all star game with storytelling, character work, and pure athletic insanity.

AJ Styles. Randy Orton. Bray Wyatt.
Roman Reigns. Seth Rollins. Kevin Owens. Chris Jericho. Braun Strowman. Dean Ambrose.

Everyone had a moment. Everyone had a purpose.
This was a Survivor Series match that felt like an era defining crossover episode.
Nothing dragged. Everything mattered.

The finish was wild. The pacing was perfect.
This one deserves every bit of its praise.

Survivor Series changes identities often, but one thing never changes.
When the chemistry is right and the stakes are high, this event produces magic that stays with fans forever.

And tonight, Straight Shoot is dropping a massive two part newsletter.
Darrion warms you up.
MrTeshk finishes the night with the full breakdown of what Survivor Series really means in 2025, what stories are coming next, and who WWE is positioning for the road to WrestleMania.

Stay locked in.
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