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

14. Team Raw Vs Team SmackDown Men (2018)

Bray Wyatt Dean Ambrose Chris Jericho
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A weirdly-structured encounter that seemed to aim to protect Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman by making them their own and each other's worst enemies, Raw concluded a one-night beatdown of SmackDown by beating the blue brand ahead of beating each other.

Finn Bálor and Dolph Ziggler were the talking props for Vince McMahon in a match suited to his style. McIntyre, Strowman and Bobby Lashley looked f*cking massive on the red side of the ring, particularly in contrast to a blue brand robbed of Samoa Joe within 35 seconds. Literally and figuratively flexing their muscles over a divided and completely conquered SmackDown side, the inevitability of the result to virtually everybody in the arena in the middle of such madness brought the drama screeching to a halt long before the match actually concluded.

Conflicts old and new were progressed at least - Braun set his future dates with Baron Corbin and Drew McIntyre in stone, whilst The Miz found his way into a Shane McMahon programme that ultimately took them both to WrestleMania. Fitting, in truth - this was more functional than fun.

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