Dragon Lee is replacing Carlito in the match he was set to have against Santos Escobar at Saturday’s Survivor Series: WarGames.
WWE did an angle on Friday’s SmackDown Survivor Series go-home show, where Carlito was taken out by Santos Escobar. During the segment, Carlito called out Escobar, which ended up with the two in a big brawl. As security separated both men, Escobar jumped Carilo from behind and then attacked him backstage. Dragon Lee then came in and made the save.
Carlito’s arm ended up getting ‘seriously injured’ by Escobar during the brawl.
Later in the show, WWE SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis was interviewed and said Carlito’s was seriously injured and thus could not compete against Escobar. Aldis then went on to say that the match would have to be postponed. However Lee then came in and asked Aldis not not postpone the match and told Aldis he wants to face Escobar. Aldis then agreed to the match for Saturday night at Survivor Series.
Below is the current lineup for Saturday’s WWE Survivor Series: WarGames.
-Men’s WarGames Match: The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn, Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes, and Randy Orton
-Women’s WarGames Match: Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair and Shotzi vs. Damage CTRL (Asuka, Bayley, IYO SKY and Kairi Sane)
-WWE Women’s World Championship Match: Rhea Ripley defends against Zoey Stark
-WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Gunther defends against The Miz
-Dragon Lee vs. Santos Escobar
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames will take place on Saturday, November 25 and emanate from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL just outside of Chicago. The event will air live on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else, beginning at 8pm ET.
Wrestleview will have live ongoing coverage of WWE Survivor Series: WarGames