2022 WWE Survivor Series WarGames results, recap, grades: Sami Zayn turns on

Sami Zayn may not be blood, but he is very much part of The Bloodline. Zayn chose family over friendship at WWE Survivor Series WarGames, playing a pivotal role in his team’s victory over Kevin Owens and company at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday night.

A heated WarGames match between Team Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa and Zayn) and Team Brawling Brutes (Owens, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Butch and Ridge Holland) emphatically closed out Survivor Series. Zayn’s allegiance to The Bloodline was in question, particularly due to his long-standing friendship with Owens. Zayn ultimately saved the match for The Bloodline by turning his back on Owens. The act earned Reigns’ approval and the respect of his biggest detractor, Jey Uso.

Survivor Series also featured another WarGames match. Raw women’s champion Bianca Belair led a team comprised of Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Becky Lynch and Mia YIm against Team Damage CTRL: Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley. 

CBS Sports was with you live throughout Survivor Series WarGames with match results, grades and highlights as the action went down.

2022 WWE Survivor Series WarGames results, grades

Team Belair (Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Asuka and Mia Yim) vs. Team Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley) (WarGames match): The match kicked off with Belair taking on Kai before Sky joined the fray after Team Damage CTRL won an advantage on Raw to have one of its competitors begin the cycle of participants entering the match. Sky showed off incredible acrobatics with backflips, a springboard drop kick and top rope head scissors, but had awkward slips while trying to land double knees in the corner. Asuka was the second member of Team Belair to enter the match and she immediately found herself exchanging strikes and holds with Sky, a longtime friend and rival from their days in Japan. Belair exhibited her absurd strength, carrying Kai across the ring with a military press and tossing her into the fence. 

The anarchist Cross was the third member of Team Damage CTRL to exit the holding cell. Cross immediately hit the ring apron, retrieving several kendo sticks and trash can lids and bringing them into the ring. She hit Belair with a Tornado DDT and planted Asuka with a Cradle Shock. Alexa Bliss evened the playing field once the clock struck. Belair snatched a kendo stick from Cross and twisted it like a pretzel. Bayley entered as the fourth member of Damage CTRL. She tossed a ladder and table into the ring. The trio of Damage CTRL slid a table between the two rings and rammed it into Belair, trapping the Raw women’s champion between the fence, table and two sets of ring ropes. 

Powerful bruiser Ripley was the last member of Team Damage CTRL to enter the match. A calculated beatdown of Team Belair was briefly halted when Yim took out Ripley, but Sky made Yim pay with repeated trash lid shots to the head. The arrival of Lynch earned a loud ovation from the live crowd. Lynch fought off all five members of the rival team before facing off with Bayley. Asuka spat poison mist in Ripley’s face, allowing Lynch to capitalize with a DDT. The participants teased a Tower of Doom spot, but Cross killed the crowd’s enthusiasm with a kendo stick to Belair’s ribs. Sky landed a stunning moonsault off the top of the cage, eliciting loud chants from the Boston crowd. Cross attempted to handcuff Bliss to the cage but ended up getting handcuffed to Bliss and driven through a chair. Rivals Yim and Ripley exchanged a series of holds ending with Ripley driving both women through a ladder propped in the corner. 

In the closing moment of the match, Belair and Lynch struck game-winning chemistry. Belair laid out Bayley with a KOD into the fence while Lynch climbed it. Lynch lept off the top of the cage and drove Kai and Sky through a table with a massive leg drop. Lynch covered Kai for the three-count. 

The match had a lot of great highlights and some interesting combinations of superstars. The participants tried to accomplish a lot with the time they were given and while much of it worked, there were a handful of jarring moments and downtime that dragged it. Team Belair def. Team Damage CTRL via pinfall – Grade: A-

AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor: Styles took the early advantage, isolating Balor’s leg with a variety of strikes. Balor tried to reason with Styles that they are friends, but The O.C. boss wasn’t having it. Momentum swung back and forth, but Styles generally had more success as Balor continued to struggle with his compromised leg. Styles remained in control until being distracted by Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest sparking a melee ringside between them and The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows). The familiarity between Styles and Balor shined through as they continued to counter one another. 

Balor rolled through a Calf Crusher and landed a double stop on Styles….