Ranking Every Raw Vs SmackDown WWE Survivor Series Match From Worst To Best
7. Team Raw Vs Team SmackDown (2005)
A spirited brawl between warring brands all the way back in 2005 highlighted the full potential of the Raw Vs SmackDown gimmick long before the company made it an annual tradition over ten years later.
With no obvious stakes attached but a host of stars in the match itself, the contest did well not just to entertain on the night but to overcome the looming shadow of the recently departed Eddie Guerrero. His tragic passing hung over the entire event (and in the case of several performers, stretched around their biceps), not least in a match he was set to feature prominently in.
As a talismanic figure on SmackDown, he was set to briefly clash with Raw stalwart Shawn Michaels ahead of a planned WrestleMania match between the two the following year. Without that thread, the clash simply pulled a host of loose ones between the mixed faces and heels until Randy Orton showed his Survivor Series skill yet again with a third consecutive elimination match victory.
Lost to much of the of haze around these shows at the time, this is surprisingly worthy of a revisit.