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7. Big E, Daniel Bryan, Otis & Chad Gable Vs Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Shinsuke Nakamura & King Corbin

This felt closer to a Survivor Series match in the pre-brand warfare era than what it was. Which was (as usual) some filler tacked on to the evening's events just hours before showtime.

Big E and Sami Zayn were effectively team captains of the respective blue brand heels and babyfaces loosely involved in feuds with each other, and worked their portions of this, to protect the inevitable singles clash.

In the meantime, the remaining six men all engaged in largely enjoyable - but largely meaningless - exchanges. Like several Kickoff matches this year, the whole thing was fought at a pace that seemed to be calibrated to impress those watching in the back, but there's no better pre-show to over-perform on than the December one.

Far from starting their holidays early, several of the wrestlers used a blistering final third as a sales pitch to management for Royal Rumble season before E and Zayn paired off for the finishing stretch. There, The New Day man got his clean win to set up an Intercontinental Championship match between the two soon.

Decent booking, decent work and a decent time thanks to the SmackDown midcard. Fixing Raw is far easier than WWE realises.