10 Steps To Improve WWE Survivor Series 2022’s Build
2. To The Victor Goes The Spoils
So when the dust settles on Survivor Series, for what exactly are RAW and SmackDown ultimately fighting?
During a November 2019 episode of the After The Bell podcast, Corey Graves expertly summarized the problem with Survivor Series. ‘The Savior of Misbehavior’ likened the event to the National Football League’s Pro Bowl in the sense that the lack of stakes paired with the increased risk of injury has many of the key players foregoing what amounts to a trip to a tropical venue and nothing more. Citing the recent adjustments made to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, wherein the outcome determines which league hosts the seventh game of the World Series, Graves floated a pair of elegant solutions for the PPV, both of which are equally enticing.
Per the pitch, the brand that emerges with the most individual victories on the night would secure the #30 entrants for both the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble matches. His other longer-term solution ensures the winning brand would be penciled into the main event slot for both nights of WrestleMania. What man, woman or tag team wouldn't give it their all to respond when the two biggest opportunities of WWE's calendar year knock on the metaphorical door?
If these aren’t sufficiently motivating stakes for the RAW and SmackDown rosters, nothing is.