10 best Traditional Survivor Series matches

#5 Survivor Series 2013 — Team Shield/Real Americans vs. Team Rhodes

The rise of Reigns.

Generally speaking, wrestling is at its best when the booking is clear and consistent, allowing fans to understand what the company is trying to do and where it wants to go. This ought to work as a principle even when the majority of fans don't fully agree with the direction. Wrestling might be difficult to endure when a certain, unpopular individual is being pushed, but even this is a step up from chaotic, nonsensical booking that leads to nowhere.

This example pretty much sums up the WWE's attempts at pushing Roman Reigns. Despite the fans not being fully behind it, the company has been pretty consistent with their execution, and for this, at least, they deserve some praise.

Survivor Series 2013 was almost exclusively about building up Reigns for a future singles push, and this was back when the jury was still out on whether he had what it took and fans were still willing to give it a go. Reign's performance here was impressive and led us to believe that perhaps a new star was finally coming on the horizon.

The match was also wrapped up with the Authority vs. Daniel Bryan storyline that proved to be one of the more entertaining rivalries of the year. With the Sheild playing back-up to Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, a rival team formed out of some of the individuals most targeted by the evil management.

The Rhodes Brothers, in particular, were putting on some great performances around this time, and this match was no exception to that. An altogether enjoyable Survivor Series match that led to a new dawn for the WWE.