Ranking every main roster PPV of 2017

#3 Survivor Series (November 19)

The real main event is up front.

This show looked like it would be abominable at first, but then, when WWE actually put in an effort for once, a card emerged that was stacked from top to bottom. Looking at the final lineup, it should have been the runaway show of the year. That it wasn't is yet another example of how often WWE gets in its own way with atrocious booking.

The night started off on a high note with The Shield beating The New Day in a very good match.

Next came the 5-on-5 women's elimination match. The action there wasn't spectacular, but the match did what it needed to do in getting Asuka over as the sole survivor, which has boosted her main roster run immensely.

A series of champion vs. champion matches followed. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin exceeded expectations, and there was no way that The Bar vs. The Usos couldn't be a very good match, which it was. The Alexa Bliss vs. Charlotte match was the worst of the series. Seeing the diminutive Bliss being so dominant against the much larger Charlotte just didn't feel right and the pace of action was slow.

The champion vs. champion series concluded with AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar, which, for once, saw a recent Lesnar match live up to the hype. It was spectacular - the match of the night and one of the best of the year.

The show fell off a cliff with the 5-on-5 men's elimination match. In a torrent of bad booking that centred on more McMahon family drama, Shane McMahon was the last man standing on the blue team, while Triple H scored the final pinfall over him. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens' interference did succeed in setting up Randy Orton's elimination, but it was far more ineffectual than it should have been. The one saving grace was that Braun Strowman got the most eliminations, was left standing tall at the end, and destroyed Triple H afterwards, but the match left too many people with sour tastes in their mouths. What year was this again?