10 Best Survivor Series Elimination Matches EVER - According To Dave Meltzer
4. Ten Team Elimination Match (2016, ****1/2)
Lost in recollection to the drama and destruction of the singles equivalent higher up the card (more on that later), the Raw Vs SmackDown Tag Team Elimination Match was a very welcome return for the concept.
WWE had made a conscious effort to put the red and blue doubles divisions back on the map after Enzo & Cass, American Alpha, The Revival and others reinvigorated the style away from Vince McMahon's caustic glare on NXT.
The wretched 'Brand Supremacy' robbed the contest of some crucial narrative flow at times, with the trappings of a rivalry built solely on what night of the week performers worked occasionally hamstringing the action.
That said, it's an exceptional advert for how WWE's baseline in-ring quality has rocketed in recent years. The match was given less than a minute per man, with Sheamus and Cesaro wrapping up the 19 minute contest in an unlikely win that foreshadowed their dethroning of record breakers The New Day a month later and the 2017 they'd have as Raw's most consistent doubles act.
Lightning quick exits for Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods and Breezango added shock value to the battle, with the contest kicking into high gear around the five minute mark when Gallows and Anderson wiped out the listless Hype Bros with a Magic Killer. From there, the balls-to-the-wall sprees from duos clearly maximising their minutes gifted the battle a a methodic excitement often absent in these inter-brand battles.