WWE Survivor Series 2018: 3 mistakes made by WWE

So the Monday Night Raw vs Smackdown Live PPV is over. WWE Survivor Series was a show that will be criticized by many people for the booking decisions that WWE made. This is usually the one PPV where WWE clearly tells us which show is the A show. And this year they proved it again that Monday Night Raw is miles ahead of SmackDown.

Wrestling wise, the show was really good at some points and we can not say that the fans got bored while watching the event. For example, WWE excellently used the opportunity to turn Charlotte Flair heel while protecting her at the same time. Instead of giving us a proper result, they had Ronda win by DQ and then she was destroyed by Charlotte. Honestly, this was the best part for me on the entire show.

In the main event, it first felt like that Daniel Bryan might be getting punished by the WWE for something he did. But it was a clever way of booking the match and letting Bryan dominate the later part of the match. Everyone knew that Brock Lesnar was not going to lose and he did eventually win after hitting Bryan with the F-5.

So Survivor Series did have some ups, but surely WWE made some major mistakes. In this article, we will talk about the three decisions that WWE got wrong at Survivor Series 2018-

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#3 RAW clean sweeps SmackDown Live

Raw 6, Smackdown 0

If we don't consider the pre-show victory that SmackDown got in the 10-man tag team match, the blue brand left Survivor Series empty-handed. Monday Night RAW won every single match on the main show. There was so much talk about an opportunity that WWE had to make SmackDown look strong. But it was even worse than last year.

Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley were the survivors in the Men's Elimination Match while Nia Jax took Raw to victory in the Women's Elimination Match.

It was an embarrassing night for SmackDown Live and it is really sad that after all good that has been happening to the blue brand, it's still considered to be the B-show.

#2 No interference from Dean Ambrose

Ambrose could have made this even better

As said earlier, Shinsuke Nakamura VS Seth Rollins was a very good match. Rollins ended up winning it in a clean finish. Fans were expecting Dean Ambrose to show up at some point during the match but that didn't happen. Just like at Crown Jewel, WWE decided to keep Ambrose off the show.

Later in the PPV, Charlie Russo informed Seth Rollins in a backstage interview that he will be defending his IC Title against Dean Ambrose at Tables, Ladders & Chairs. Now we know that WWE had this feud planned and they have decided to do the first match next month. It looks like we will get the first step towards the match on Raw tomorrow. But a Dean Ambrose interference could have been amazing to see.

Rollins could have won his match, but if Ambrose attacked him right there, it would have been the perfect way to set up this match. It's like WWE will do the same angle tomorrow but they didn't want to do it tonight. It's not something to be mad about, but this is a mistake because they had a chance to create a great moment on the show.

#1 Drew McIntyre Buried Samoa Joe & Still Ended Up Being the Second Best

Samoa Joe ain't going nowhere

There were a lot of expectations from the Men's Traditional Survivor Series Elimination match. People were excited to see who gets the most eliminations and how WWE will book this match.

It started with Drew McIntyre getting jumped into a Coquina Clutch by Samoa Joe. Everyone started to think that McIntyre might get eliminated and we could have an upset. But he reversed the submission and hit a Claymore Kick to eliminate Samoa Joe. This was the first mistake that WWE made. Out of all the members on SmackDown's team, Joe was the one chosen for this spot. It doesn't make any sense and the crowd was vocal about it too when it happened.

Now after this happened, everyone definitely knew that McIntyre was going to have a big night. But that didn't happen either. Braun Strowman ended up eliminating four Superstars from the SmackDown team and just washed them out completely. It never looked like SmackDown had a chance of winning this match.

Shane McMahon was the last man eliminated by Braun Strowman because he put Braun through a table during the match. WWE could have booked this much better and gotten the same result.

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