8 HUGE WWE Survivor Series Predictions You Need To Know

5. Team Raw Vs Team SmackDown Live Women's Elimination

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There’s quite the space opening up between the WrestleMania main event-level stars at the top of the Women’s Division and the rank-and-file with little to do on television every week. Sadly, this year’s Survivor Series has shone a troubling light on just how big a truck you could drive through the gap.

Led by an injured Alexa Bliss, Raw's unit comprises almost exclusively of heels, with the exception of an in-mourning Natalya desperate to get her hands on partner Ruby Riott. Nia Jax remains objectively appalling in spite of a pretty great fan-baiting reply about her bruised hand this week and Tamina hasn't looked as lost in a role since she repeated another wrestler's patter in a group promo.

Only the inclusion of Mickie James has potentially saved Harley Quinn cosplayer Bliss from this from being a red brand suicide squad. There's some minor interest in just who will be selected to replace Charlotte Flair on the SmackDown Live team, but a Mandy Rose by any other name is still a Tuesday night jobber. It speaks more to the terrible side selection on the red brand that this ends up being a blue day.

Winners - Team SmackDown Live

 
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