8 Minor Changes That Would Make A Major Difference To WWE Survivor Series 2017

2. Bring The Average Age Down

Survivor Series 2017
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The men’s 5-on-5 traditional elimination match is expected to close the show on Sunday night. RAW and SmackDown will collide once again, as 10 of the top superstars in the company (well, seven top superstars, two authority figures and the COO) will do battle for brand supremacy. It could end up being an overbooked mess, but it should be a lot of fun nonetheless.

The problem is the average age of the combatants in the match. The SmackDown team has an average age of 40.2 years, only slightly better than that of RAW (40.5). 50% of the wrestlers involved are 40 years or older, with three closer to 50. This does not bode well for the future of WWE.

This is normal game once WrestleMania rolls around, but this is Survivor Series. The time to give younger stars the opportunity to headline pay-per-views is now. Kurt Angle, Triple H and Shane McMahon (the three men close to 50) have no place in this match. The last time all three appeared on the same Survivor Series was in 2003, when The Basham Brothers were tag champs, and Matt Morgan was a star of the future.

Kevin Owens (33) and Sami Zayn (33) will likely be involved illegally, as will Jason Jordan (29). Despite this, it is clear that WWE’s youth movement has ground to a serious halt.

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