10 Match Star Ratings For WWE Survivor Series 2019
7. 5-on-5-on-5 Women's Survivor Series Match
A disjointed and confusing mess of a match that shone at points in spite of itself, the Women's 5-on-5-on-5 Women's Survivor Series certainly was something.
Without expressly saying as much, it became clear - to an extent - how the structure of the match would reveal itself: a convoluted series of intra-match Triple Threats. This was easy to forget, in the midst of it, because the very nature of a Triple Threat, in WWE, necessitates prolonged spells of selling. The format was confusing in itself, and the recency of the draft hardly helped. Whether through the red-eye fatigue of staying up late in British time, or the fact that the Kabuki Warriors are not exclusive to one brand, when Asuka misted Charlotte, it felt like a turn. That might be plain old stupidity on the part of your writer, but the wider point still stands: the who's and why's of everything enveloped this opener in a distracting fog.
Some performers excelled on an individual basis - Bianca Belair impressed, as did Asuka - and the whole match was rescued or at least elevated through some excellent, dramatic and energetic sequences between Rhea Ripley and Sasha Banks.
A deeply unconvincing double stretcher-job didn't help. Io Shirai and Candice LaRae survived WarGames, but not a big dive spot that barely looks credible as a bump?
Star Rating: ★★¾