Shane McMahon Dances With No Way Jose, WWE's New Business Model, WWE On Survivor Series In Houston
- As noted, Shane McMahon and his Mean Street Posse partner, Pete Gas, were ringside at last night's NXT live event at Madison Square Garden. WWE posted the video above of Shane-O-Mac dancing with No Way Jose.
- As noted, WWE officially announced today that next year's edition of The Survivor Series will be held in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center. Like with WrestleMania in April, WWE will host NXT: Takeover the night before the event, RAW the following night and SmackDown that Tuesday at the same venue. WWE will be using this model with four events (NXT: Takeover, the pay-per-view, RAW and SmackDown) at the same city for the big four pay-per-views (WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and The Royal Rumble) starting with WrestleMania in April. For the most part the events will all be held at the same venue as the pay-per-view, with the exception of WrestleMania, which will be held in a stadium. ESPN has a story here about WWE's new business model for their big four pay-per-views. It was noted that packages will be available for fans to receive access to all four events.
- Speaking of the Survivor Series in Houston, WWE sent us the following:
HOUSTON TO HOST THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF WWE SURVIVOR SERIES IN 2017
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9
STAMFORD, Conn., November 17, 2016 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) announced today that the Toyota Center in Houston, TX will host the 30th anniversary of WWE Survivor Series® on Sunday, November 19, 2017.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, December 9 at 11 AM ET/10 AM CT and can be purchased through houstontoyotacenter.com. In addition, Survivor Series Travel Packages, which will include tickets to Survivor Series Weekend events, will go on sale Tuesday, December 6 at 12 noon ET on survivorseriestravel.com.
As part of Survivor Series Weekend, WWE will host four consecutive nights of action at the Toyota Center with NXT TakeOver on Saturday, November 18, 2017; WWE Survivor Series on Sunday, November 19, 2017; WWE Monday Night Raw on Monday, November 20, 2017; and WWE SmackDown Live on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Additional information about these events will be announced in the future at wwe.com.
Survivor Series is one of WWE's biggest events of the year and will feature Superstars from both Raw and SmackDown. The event will be broadcast around the world live on WWE Network. The 2017 Survivor Series marks the 30th anniversary of the historic event, which was first held in November 1987 from the sold out Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, OH.
This year's Survivor Series takes place this Sunday, November 20 live from Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ONT. The event will be highlighted by a Mega Match twelve years in the making between WWE Superstars Brock Lesnar? and Goldberg?.