7 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Survivor Series 2018

3. Braun Gets His Groove Back

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While SmackDown looked like a bunch of chumps, they at least in turn made Braun Strowman look like Superman.

Braun plowed through four wrestlers in short order, demolishing Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, The Miz and Shane McMahon with running powerslams to capture victory for his team. He looked as dominant as he ever has, which really helps after he was blindsided by Baron Corbin and squashed by Brock Lesnar a couple weeks ago.

And then right after the match, Corbin blasted Strowman, reigniting that feud, so at least Braun has new cannon fodder to destroy.

It’s a shame though, because Braun should have been marching into Survivor Series as the champ, not rehabbing his cred at the expense of SmackDown.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.