WWE Survivor Series 2020: Raw Beats SmackDown 4-3, WWE Doesn't Keep Count
Raw outdid SmackDown to win Brand Supremacy at WWE Survivor Series 2020.
When is Brand Supremacy not Brand Supremacy? When WWE neglects to keep count, is the answer.
This was the case at last night's Survivor Series 2020, as the promotion decided against keeping a running tally of the night's wins and losses, meaning the "bragging rights" gained from "winning" the pay-per-view may not even be a thing anymore. Odd, but perhaps not a huge surprise: the pay-per-view's final outcome is usually forgotten about within 24 hours anyway.
With NXT absent this year, Raw outdid SmackDown 4-3. This began with the Kickoff Show's dual-brand battle royal, which was won by The Miz, who eliminated Dominik Mysterio last.
Raw's lead was then extended to 2-0 as AJ Styles' men's team swept SmackDown in the men's elimination match, not taking a single fall. The Street Profits pulled one back for SmackDown by beating The New Day, before Bobby Lashley made it 3-1, beating Sami Zayn. Sasha Banks gave SmackDown hope by overcoming Asuka to make it 3-2, but Team Raw's victory in the women's elimination match made an SD triumph impossible, meaning Roman Reigns' win over Drew McIntyre to make it 4-3 was nothing but a consolation.
The asterisk to all this is that WWE may not consider the Kickoff Show canon, meaning they may claim Survivor Series 2020 finished a 3-3 draw. Nonetheless, the Brand Supremacy theme has never felt less important.