During tonight's SmackDown taping in Knoxville, Tennessee, WWE announced an added stipulation to the Team Cena vs. Team Authority match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view (PPV) this coming Sun., Nov. 23, 2014, in St. Louis.
If Team Cena loses, they will all be fired. That's in addition to the previously announced stipulation that if Team Authority loses, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon will have to relinquish their power.
You could argue these stipulations serve only to telegraph the finish of the match, and you won't get much push back if you do. WWE may have been better off revealing who would assume power in the event The Authority lost. They even have a ready made name to throw out who returned not so long ago and has fallen just short of campaigning for the spot recently.
That may have driven interest more than a stipulation like this.
Your thoughts?
Here's the complete Survivor Series match card and line-up:
- Team Cena vs. Team Authority
- AJ Lee vs. Nikki Bella
- Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt
- Gold & Stardust vs. Miz & Mizdow vs. Usos vs. Los Matadores
- Divas Elimination Tag Team Match
- Fandango vs. TBA