12 WWE Survivor Series 2017 Impulse Reactions

12. Red Vs. Blue

There was much to criticise about the way WWE went about kicking off inter-brand hostilities on the post-Tables, Ladders and Chairs edition of Monday Night Raw. It was bad enough that '#UnderSiege' seemed as much about selling a slogan you could shove on a purple t-shirt if you couldn't decide between Red and Blue, but SmackDown Live!'s raid of the Raw locker-room overspilled in sizzle without so much as a sliver of steak.

Though no motivation was ever established for why exactly Shane McMahon's sapphire squad were so willing to die for such a legless cause, it at least promised a ruby Tuesday for 'The Boy Wonder's brand when Kurt Angle eventually elected to return fire.

With the title matches already locked in based on whomever happened to be holding the belts at the time, the Red/Blue chasm was resultantly strong enough to build the show around from the off. With a ludicrous five-man commentary booth, vibrant contest graphics that looked like trading cards and a post-match scoreboard, WWE went all out to preserve the thin veneer of brand warfare for the night.

Wrestlers themselves got in on the act too, with some outstanding and outlandish gear choices to put over their position for the night. Special praise must be afforded to Shinsuke Nakamura and Finn Bálor for their luxurious blue and red variants that were right out of a PlayStation 2 game's alternative attire menu. It was a slight shame not everybody got the memo...