10 Best Survivor Series Elimination Matches EVER - According To Dave Meltzer
3. Team Raw Vs Team SmackDown Live! (2016, ****1/2)
Athletic, atmospheric and awe-inspiring, the first Raw Vs SmackDown Live! elimination match of the 2016 Brand Extension era, went almost an hour and blew the roof off the arena ahead of Goldberg and Brock Lesnar doing the same in a fraction of the time.
'Fantasy Warfare Just Got Real' was the tagline of the Toronto edition of the show thanks to the Lesnar/Goldberg battle, but the 10-man match that preceded it delivered dreamlike realities in both booking and competition.
Fans were serviced with a babyface Shield reunion that saw Dean Ambrose turn on own partner and WWE Champion AJ Styles. The increasingly fragile relationship between Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens took another turn when both were eliminated amidst the desecration of his beloved list, whilst Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt continued their unlikely dominance on the blue brand by winning the day for Shane McMahon's squad.
Speaking of 'The Money', his night came to an end not through a planned pinfall but an absolutely horrific head injury following a spectacular-but-mistimed bump. Diving coast-to-coast right into a Roman Reigns spear, 'Shane-O-Mac's bulbous bonce bounced so hard off the mat he was legitimately concussed. An instinctive reaction saw him throw a shoulder up from the subsequent pinfall attempt, but the referee smartly spotted the emptiness behind his eyes and waved him all the way out of the match.