Ranking Every Raw Vs SmackDown WWE Survivor Series Match From Worst To Best

10. The Shield Vs The New Day (2017)

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In a company not famed for too many glorious trios, The Shield and The New Day are probably the greatest ever. Like limp-wristed political campaigns, they were better together - evidenced alone by the roars of support for Roman Reigns' superman punches and spears when he was a 'Hound Of Justice' rather than a 'Big Dog'.

Going on first on the night, the six looked as though they needed to warm up the crowd as well as themselves in an opening stretch that felt more laboured than lively, but the action eventually came as thicc as Big E still is and as fast as Seth Rollins used to in a closing set of near-falls hugely dramatic for a contest that was otherwise one of the most predictable on the card.

The Shield weren't losing their first pay-per-view clash back, not least with Roman still earmarked for his eventual lost to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania several months later. Robbed of genuine stakes (outside of the cathartic moment E disposed of Dean Ambrose' hideous half-and-half shirt), it fell a tiny bit short.

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