WWE Survivor Series 2015: Top Takeaways from Latest PPV Event

Survivor Series 2015 has come and gone—and it's given us a pretty good look at what WWE is poised to offer up over the next few months.

As this year comes to a close, the cogs of the WrestleMania machine are whirring into life. We're not even close to the Royal Rumble yet, but there are already some early signs of what to expect when the biggest show of the year hits the AT&T Center.

Here are the biggest takeaways from Survivor Series.

Undertaker Will Definitely Be At WrestleMania

It would have made sense for the Wyatt Family to pull off a win against the Brothers of Destruction on Sunday, using their coherence as a team to throw their opposition off their game. However, Kane and the Undertaker left the arena victorious.

While Undertaker has become a WrestleMania mainstay in recent years, there was a real possibility that we could see his illustrious career come to an end at Survivor Series.

The Deadman had finished his longstanding business with Brock Lesnar at Hell in a Cell, and the pay-per-view was advertised as a celebration of his career. Given Wyatt's sudden feud with the Phenom, it wouldn't have been too far outside expectations to see him retire the legend.

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However, that didn't come to pass—and what we can take from that is that there are big plans for Undertaker at WrestleMania.

It might not be too much of a stretch to imagine that he'll face Wyatt in some form. The New Face of Fear has come up short every time he's faced the Demon of Death Valley, and you would think that this whole program is building to some kind of victory for Wyatt in the long run.

Signing Alberto Del Rio Was a Terrific Decision

The entrance of Alberto Del Rio at Hell in a Cell in October was one of the more shocking moments in recent WWE history.

Del Rio made a notoriously unhappy exit from the company in 2014, and most wouldn't have expected him to return so soon. WWE snagging his services might be a thumb in the eye of Lucha Underground, but it's also a decision that benefits the in-ring product.

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WWE has several wrestlers on its roster that can be relied upon to have a great match with just about anybody. Unfortunately, injuries have cut that list short, with recent departures like Cesaro and Seth Rollins proving particularly pressing.

Del Rio is definitely among that number, and at Survivor Series he demonstrated that quite capably. His match with Roman Reigns was the best thing on the show.

The MexAmerica angle might not be compelling television yet, but Del Rio is certainly enough of an in-ring standout to make up for its rough edges. Considering the pedigree of Zeb Colter, it's too soon to say that it's an outright failure just yet.

Even if this current storyline fails to take off, the WWE roster is better for having Del Rio. He was underrated for much of his initial run with the company, but you can bet that he won't settle for that treatment this time around.

Fans Aren't Completely Behind Roman Reigns

Few were surprised to see Roman Reigns lift the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the end of Survivor Series. From the moment the tournament began, it seemed like a foregone conclusion.

What played out next was one of a myriad of scenarios that had been speculated about ahead of the event; Sheamus cashed in, employing two Brogue Kicks to claim his first world championship of the single title era.

Anyone watching WWE in 2013 would have recognized the sequence of events from SummerSlam of that year, with Reigns playing the role of Daniel Bryan, Sheamus playing the role of Randy Orton and Triple H demonstrating that things haven't changed too much in the past two years.

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However, fans were furious when Bryan had the belt snatched from him by the Viper. In comparison, the crowd was more concerned with Sheamus' dumb haircut than the misfortune suffered by Reigns.

The past few months have seen Reigns mature a lot as a wrestler. His in-ring abilities have come a long way, no doubt thanks to a mixture of hard work and great company between the ropes. However, he still doesn't have the connection to the fans that the Shield enjoyed at their peak.

Reigns needs to find an edge to reach that next level. Turning on the crowd would be a great way to begin that process, but it doesn't look to be on the cards just yet. However, something has to be done—otherwise, Roman is going to be just as ill-prepared for WrestleMania next year as he was in 2015.

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It's fair to say that Reigns was rejected by fans when he won the Royal Rumble, but he mended that relationship in the period following WrestleMania. Trying to force the issue this time around will only undermine the work that he's done in 2015.

Hopefully, we can take the interaction between Triple H and Reigns as evidence that they'll be squaring off inside the AT&T Center, because a non-title marquee match looks like the best scenario for the Juggernaut at this point in time.

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