7 Things WWE Survivor Series 2017 Got Wrong

5. Order Of Events

Finn Balor Shane McMahon
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At the point in which WWE elected to book the main event the way they did (more on that later), why on earth didn't they switch around the order of the final two contests?

AJ Styles Vs Brock Lesnar was a tense, expertly-worked thriller. Curated by the finest performer in the company, the match betrayed Brock's lazy formula of the past two years with electric timing, incredible near-falls and countless moments of pulse and peril. They'd have only been heightened if it all lay on the line.

Raw had two to win with the double main event awaiting, and delivered on both. But the soap and silliness of the show-closer didn't belong as the final thought. Lesser Brock clashes have ended supercards this year alone with a resounding thud, but his Survivor Series victory would have been an exhilarating ending to an evening of high drama, perhaps even reducing the irritating impact of Triple H's tour-de-force.

Suplex City was for the first time in an age, a desirable visitor attraction. WWE just couldn't help steering people back to Jurassic Park afterwards.

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