WWE Survivor Series 2017 Predictions: Sole survivors of Women's Elimination match

Following up from our previous post of predictions for who could be the sole survivors of the men's elimination match at WWE Survivor Series 2017, it's time to shift our focus to the women of Raw and SmackDown to see who stands out in a similar regard.

The same basic rules and theories apply, wherein the sole survivor is typically someone WWE will either immediately start pushing or values enough for the future to be starting to build toward their investment in the coming weeks and months.

With the women's roster pool being shallower than the men's, the disparity between competitors can sometimes be much more obvious in a match like this where certain women are perpetually a bigger deal and others will assuredly be a sacrificial lamb.

However, there are always chances for surprises and WWE has shown in the past that having a big name get eliminated first and an underdog rising from the bottom can happen, so when comparing the field of 10 women on Raw and SmackDown against each other, which two stand out the most as being the potential sole survivors?

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Team Raw consists of Alicia Fox (captain), Asuka, Nia Jax, Sasha Banks and either Bayley, Mickie James or Dana Brooke

Team SmackDown consists of Becky Lynch (captain), Carmella, Charlotte Flair, Naomi and Tamina — pending the results of Charlotte vs. Natalya on SmackDown Live

Most likely to be Team Raw's sole survivor: Asuka

Despite not knowing for sure who that final member of Team Raw is, it won't make any difference, as Bayley, Mickie James and Dana Brooke all don't stand a chance to overtake this honour from Asuka.

With her undefeated streak still intact, it can be assumed that Asuka won't take a loss at all in this match, meaning Team Raw will come out victorious.

Because of her dominance and her freshness to the roster, though, she has a strong chance to be the standout star and the person ththis whole match is booked around.

While that might not translate to a slaughtering on her behalf where she takes down all other five competitors on her own, her teammates are going to have to go down in order to make the match interesting.

If Team SmackDown were run through completely and not able to eliminate enough people from Team Raw, it would seem like the blue brand's women were vastly inferior, so we can expect an easy back and forth of eliminations before Asuka turns the tables for her team and secures a victory.

Asuka stands head and tall above all other men and women are the single most likely person to become the sole survivor of any team this year, and if it doesn't happen with her, it's probably not going to happen to anybody.

Runner-up for Team Raw: Nia Jax

On the off-chance Asuka is actually eliminated, whether it be by count out or disqualification, the only other potential woman on Team Raw that could be given a spotlight as a sole survivor is Nia Jax.

This is mostly due to her status as the powerhouse of the team and someone who should theoretically be built up over the next few months as the most dangerous threat to Asuka's undefeated streak.

Jax was moved up to the main roster too early, and it hindered her overall status, as she should have been pushed to the moon but wasn't ready for that championship.

Since then, she's floundered, always being showcased as someone who is supposed to be dominant but can never get the job done.

After taking some time off, this could be WWE's chance to recalibrate and start moving her up the ladder in a significant way, rather than keeping her as the feared monster that in actuality doesn't seem all too hard to get by.

However, for that to happen, Team Raw not only has to win, but Asuka has to somehow take a fall, and the likelihood of both those outcomes taking place is very slim.

Most likely to be Team SmackDown Live's sole survivor: Charlotte Flair

Carmella has the Money in the Bank briefcase, so there's absolutely no reason to give her the spotlight over any of the other women. In fact, she's most likely going to be the weakest member of her team and the easiest to eliminate.

You would think Tamina would stand a chance to take charge, seeing as how she's supposed to be the powerhouse of the bunch, but she's made a career out of not actually accomplishing anything. If you look at her accolades, they're few and far between, with almost no momentum in her direction for getting a push out of this event, with or without Lana's support ringside.

Naomi just went through two title reigns—the highlights of her career, unquestionably—but she appears to have been put on the backburner for a little while. Since she is the one who specifically lost the SmackDown Women's Championship to Natalya in the first place, it's doubtful she'll get a sole survivor spot to compensate.

That brings us down to Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, and since Becky Lynch was already named the team captain, that might be good enough of a pat on the head where she can be ruled out as a sole survivor option.

Becky has more than enough supporters in the crowd and a solid credibility to back her up, but in comparison to Charlotte, she doesn't stand a chance.

Flair has been the golden child of the women's division for years and someone who WWE officials clearly value above everybody else as one of the favourites of the company and that's unlikely to change anytime soon.

Assuming Team SmackDown comes out with a victory and it isn't a combination of two or more women lasting, Charlotte is the safest best for the sole survivor as her victory would re-establish her as the No. 1 contender to Natalya's title after having their recent skirmishes.

Charlotte can take the momentum of being the sole survivor and winning for her brand and apply that to earning a title opportunity against Natalya at the Clash of Champions event in December, where she would likely capture the belt.

Runner-up for Team SmackDown Live: Paige

This is a total shot in the dark, but if Charlotte defeats Natalya for the SmackDown Women's Championship, she would by default be thrust into a match with Alexa Bliss at Survivor Series instead of in the elimination match, which would, in turn, make it seem like Natalya would take her place on the team.

However, what if that isn't the plan? What if there's a swerve wherein Natalya has been complaining that she should be the captain of the team and she not only loses her title, but isn't awarded a spot on the team at all, and Paige makes her return as part of the SmackDown brand's replacement member?

If that's the case, Paige stands a very good chance at being the next best possible option to be the sole survivor—even though Team Raw is definitely going to win as Asuka is the definitive true option here, meaning Paige would then just likely be the final victim to hold on the longest against The Empress of Tomorrow.

Paige's return has by no means been hinted at in any way, but that is the only other scenario where SmackDown might have a single standout person, as it's not going to happen with Natalya or any others mentioned above.

Who do you think has the best chance to be the sole survivors for the women's teams this year? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below!

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