#AskGSM Edition #313: Survivor Series Main Event Reaction, Keith Lee's Future, WWE NXT, More11/27/2019  #AskGSM is a weekly Q&A video where I, Graham "GSM" Matthews, answer fan questions from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in regards to the world of wrestling. Nothing is off limits, and this week’s edition touches upon a variety of topics including:
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 ROH World Television Champion Shane Taylor and ROH World Champion Rush def. Dalton Castle and Matt TavenPer the theme of ROH The Experience (where this match took place), the fans got to pick the partners. Taylor and Rush made for a formidable duo, while it was interesting to see Castle and Taven pair up given their history. This was a well wrestled tag team match where all four guys got to shine at one point or another. I fully expected Rush to win for his team, so Taylor scoring the victory instead was a pleasant surprise. I really hope Ring of Honor keeps him around once his contract reportedly expires at the beginning of 2020. Dak draper def. Ryan NovaI honestly forgot Draper won the 2019 Top Prospect Tournament a few months ago. In fact, I don't think he's been featured on anything major (including the weekly television show) since then. I haven't seen enough of him to get a good grasp on how talented he is, but nothing about him stood out as special in this match. It was a pretty standard squash that gave Draper a decent win, but only 10 people in the crowd seemed to care.
 Rapid Delivery Pete (Rich Swann) def. Rip Rayzer (Ace Austin)Swann's gimmick was that he was a pizza delivery man who wrestled with no shoes on while Austin looked like a discount Shannon Moore. This could have been a really good match if they took it seriously, but it quickly became apparent that they were going for laughs and didn't intend on having an actual competitive contest. The crowd are up Rapid Delivery Pete, so there was that. Downtown Daddy Brown (Willie Mack) Attacked International Commonwealth Television Champion Julian Cumberbun (Ethan Page) and Sonny Sanders (Sami Callihan)Callihan's cosplay of Jim Cornette was hilarious if you're aware of the real life bad blood between the two. He actually played the part of Page's manager pretty well. Speaking of Ethan, he was perfect as Julian Cumberbun and was super believable in his role. Mack was very likable as Downtown Daddy Down and was the last man standing in this segment after Cumberbun and Sanders attempted to attack him.
 Trent def. Pentagon Jr.We got to see Fenix compete in one-on-one action for the first time in AEW last week on Dynamite and now it was Pentagon's turn on Dark. I've been a big fan of his since the start of Lucha Underground five years ago and I strongly believe he can be a top talent in AEW once The Lucha Brothers go their separate ways. As for Trent, he's a terrific talent in his own right and it's been cool to see him shine in singles competition recently. This was a pretty good match with some fun moments, but Trent going over Pentagon was definitely a questionable call. Shanna def. Big SwoleI like that the women are getting more opportunities to showcase their skills on Dark, but neither Shanna nor Big Swole had the strongest showing here. I loved the video package for Shanna that preceded this, as it gave me more of a reason to care about her, but the actual match left a lot to be desired. The crowd sitting on their hands for most of it was hardly surprising considering neither of them are overly established yet, but they also didn't give them much to get excited about, either.
 Eli Drake Addressed NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis and Mr. AndersonThis segment took place at a Championship Wrestling from Hollywood event, where Drake debuted in 2010. Drake was interviewed by David Marquez and talked about having the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship in his sights. He also addressed Anderson, who he's been compared to by fans apparently. I can see the similarities, but Drake vowed he was better and will prove that when they face off at Into the Fire. This was a terrific promo from Drake and a great way to get viewers hyped for him vs. Anderson. ?The Question Mark? def. Zane Dawson in a Mask vs. Shakespeare Empty Arena MatchThis was supposed to be a tag team match with Aron Stevens and Question Mark taking on The Dawsons, but it was changed to Question Mark vs. Zane Dawson one-on-one before the bout. This was a nothing match designed to give Question Mark a victory. I don't get the gimmick aside from how popular he is with the fans, but that was irrelevant here due to being an Empty Arena match. He would have had to unmask if he lost, but because he won, Dawson was forced to recite Shakespeare afterward. In short, this can easily be skipped over.
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