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

2. Team Raw Vs Team SmackDown Men (2016)

Bray Wyatt Dean Ambrose Chris Jericho
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A f*cking unbelieveable encounter presumably crafted to ensure fans couldn't possibly complain at the shortened main event between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar, this 52 minute contemporary classic made such skillful use of nine motivated megastars and Shane McMahon that the headline clash didn't even divide the audience as they'd all assumed.

Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton looked solid and secure as sole survivors, an ernest Shield reunion between Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose as babyfaces was cathartic and gratifying, the complex relationship between Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho continued to perfectly tiptoe along a tightrope suspended over halves labelled "heartfelt" and "hilarious".

Violence was in high supply too - tables and bodies were broken, most notably when 'The Big Dog' speared Shane McMahon with such force halfway through his Coast-To-that the 'Boy Wonder' was too concussed to stay down for the three count. It only added to the magnificent chaos of it all.

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