10 HUGE Problems With WWE's Raw Vs SmackDown Survivor Series Concept
2. Oh Captain, My Captain
On Monday Night Raw, Alicia Fox became captain of the red brand's women's team captain after defeating Bayley and Sasha Banks. Becky Lynch went through similar motions against her entire team to become SmackDown Live!'s equivalent. But what does it even mean anymore? And how on earth will it actually help the team win the match? Is winning matches is still even important in WWE?
Lynch had to nearly break Carmella's arm in order to win the top spot on her team. But why would she go to such lengths, especially as a babyface? Raw, meanwhile, is in dire straits. Fox was given the win ostensibly because otherwise she probably wouldn't warrant a place on the team at all. Asuka and Emma had two excellent matches in 48 hours, Bayley and Banks are reliable hands, and Mickie James came within touching distance of a record-equalling Women's Title win against Alexa Bliss. She hadn't won a match on Raw since May. What even is a leader that has shown no propensity to lead?
Cavernous cracks such as these will be what WWE will have to paper over for an entire month of television. Not known for nuance, it's hard to imagine writers even bothering to plug such inconvenient gaps.