3 Top Team RAW vs Team SmackDown matches 

After the Attitude Era, Raw and Smackdown have been the two biggest brands in the wrestling industry.

These two brands, over the years, gave debuts to a significant number of Superstars who later went on to become famous in the wrestling industry.

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Every year during the WWE draft, the Superstars are re-shuffled among the two brands so that an equal competition persists between RAW and SmackDown.

Raw vs. SmackDown has always been a hyped event with both the brands claiming for superiority over a multiple-man elimination tag team match.

Over the years, many Superstars have descended the ring for the prestigious brand fight. The sight of five or seven men tag-team clubbing against each other for bragging rights is a beauty to watch.

One match that would have surely got the first place in the list was the 2001 Survivor Series match between Team WWE and Team Alliance.

On paper, it was the best storyline that was ever possible. The three brands pitting against each other with an internal family turmoil between Shane, Stephanie and Vince McMahon fighting against each other coming into limelight had a lucrative storyline to offer. Let us take a look at the Top 3 Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown matches.

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#3 Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown: Bragging Rights 2009

This was an actual fight for supremacy between brands

The Bragging rights 2009 event was a 14- man tag team elimination match between RAW and SmackDown.

Several shows prior to the event, Kane and Chris Jericho collectively declared themselves as co-captains for SmackDown as Shawn Michaels and Triple H declared them co-captains for RAW.

Jericho threatened to put down Team Raw down as Smackdown members came down one by one. Triple H, came to the rescue as he took out the SmackDown team to match the 7-on-7 situation.

This fight between the two brands will be remembered because it was not one of those useless fights where Superstars don’t care about the shirt they are wearing. This was an actual fight for supremacy between brands where each Superstar had been chosen carefully for either his dedication to his represent brand or betrayal by the other brand.

The match would end with Big Show turning on Team RAW by delivering a chokeslam to Kofi Kingston. Triple H confronted Big Show who would deliver a knockout punch to The Game. Jericho would go on to pin Kingston to win it for Smackdown.

#2 Team SmackDown vs. Team Raw: Survivor Series 2016

Neither team gaining any physical advantage for the first fifteen minutes

The 2016 superstars draft cleared out one thing that 2016 survivor series would surely contest one of the finest Raw vs. Smackdown matches.

Smackdown’s team consisted of AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, Bray Watt, and Shane McMahon while RAW’s Superstars were Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, and Braun Strowman. The match’s line up from the start indicated that it is going to a violent match with loads of twists and turn.

Despite, neither team gaining any physical advantage for the first fifteen minutes, the first breakthrough came when Ambrose and AJ Styles started a brawl between themselves leading to the Lunatic Fringe being eliminated by Strowman.

Ambrose would eventually seek revenge by joining with his Shield brothers Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins to deliver a triple powerbomb to AJ Styles on the announcement table.

Luke Harper would come out of nowhere as a surprise package. Orton would take a major bullet for Smackdown as Reigns would spear him but Bray Wyatt had the last laugh as he pinned Reigns and SmackDown gained the upper hand over RAW.

#1 Team SmackDown vs. Team Raw: Survivor Series 2005

Randy Orton and Shane Michaels were the most reliable performers at that time

For one thing, this Survivor Series got the hype on 2005 was the rivalry between the Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels. Orton and HBK were the most reliable performers at that time and they were the best at Survivor Series.

For three consecutive Survivor Series, Randy Orton had been the final man and two of them came against Shawn Michaels. Both of the fights were fantastic in terms of technicality and the passion shown.

Shawn Michaels and Randy Orton started the fight on a high note. With heavyweights like Batista, Kane, Big Show and Superstars like Rey Mysterio and Bobby Lashley on either side, it was definite that this would be one tough clash. An injured Batista and Rey Mysterio combined well to dominate after Kane and Big Show ravaged SmackDown for the opening ten minutes.

Mysterio combined with JBL to bring down the rest of RAW until only Shawn Michaels was left.

Rey Mysterio tried to put HBK down with a splash when Michaels countered it using his Sweet chin music to pin The Master of 619. Moments later, Michaels would eliminate JBL and it was left to Orton and him.

In the end, Shawn Michaels would be deceived by JBL who tried to attack him with a chair and Orton, like The Viper he is, would take the moment to plant a RKO.

Orton won it for the Blue Brand. SmackDown members headed by Bob Orton Jr. rushed to the ring but their celebration was cut short by The Undertaker.

The Undertaker would swing Orton over the top rope and cause rampage on the SmackDown roster.