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So much for the idea that Raw and SmackDown, going head to head for the only night of the calendar year, actually mattering. In this case, with Raw sweeping the main card 6-0, it didn't and that was a very good thing. Thanks to WWE's decision to present its two strongest singles matches as double main events to close the show, the road to WrestleMania 35 in April kicked off spectacularly on Sunday night as Survivor Series closed with a bang from Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Just days after Becky Lynch's injury inserted Charlotte Flair into her "dream match" Raw women's champion Ronda Rousey, the two turned in one hell of a piece of business (including a violent postscript) that suddenly has the debate about which match actually will headline WrestleMania 35 in New York a very healthy one. Meanwhile, in the main event, Brock Lesnar and Daniel Bryan told one heck of a story in a one-off match between respective champions that was very much worth the price of admission despite a short build of just five days.

SmackDown commissioner Shane McMahon and company will certainly have a lot of explaining to do come Tuesday night after Raw's wide victory but this night was all about entertainment and a show which delivered during a weekend in which Saturday's NXT TakeOver: WarGames2 card had already set the bar astonishingly high. Grade: A-

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Tag Team Survivor Series Elimination Match (Kickoff Show) -- The Usos, New Day, SAnity, The Good Brothers & The Colons (SmackDown) def. The Revival, Bobby Roode & Chad Gable, Lucha House Party, The Ascension & The B-Team (Raw): What started as a bit of a crowded mess turned into wild fun once the match was whittled down to four members on each side. The Revival joined Roode and Gable for Raw against the combination of New Day and The Usos for a chaotic sequence of high spots. Big E splashed Wilder through the ropes as the action spilled out onto the floor. Roode then backdropped his teammate Gable out of the ring onto the crowd below. Gable then landed the spot of the match with an absurd German suplex on Jey Uso off the top rope and onto a pile of bodies outside. After Big E eliminated Gable and Roode, Revival pulled even for Raw with a Shatter Machine on Xavier Woods. The electricity continued as Revival could only get a two count despite Dawson hitting a superplex on Uso and Wilder following with a splash off the top rope. The finish came when Jimmy Uso honored Roman Reigns during his cousin's battle with leukemia by cocking his fists in mid-air en route to a splash on Dawson for the pin. Grade: B

Order of elimination: Colons (Revival), B-Team (Good Bros.), SAnitY (Roode/Gable), Ascension (New Day), Good Bros. (Lucha House Party), Lucha House Party (Usos), Roode/Gable (New Day), New Day (Revival), Revival (Usos)

Women's Elimination Match -- Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mickie James, & Tamina Snuka (Raw) def. Asuka, Carmella, Naomi, Sonya Deville & TBD (SmackDown): In what was a fairly brilliant piece of booking, WWE chose to capitalize on the natural heat Jax received from the crowd by turning her into a super heel. Jax was booed lustily each time she entered the ring in retaliation for her accidentally breaking Becky Lynch's face on Raw and making her medically ineligible to face Ronda Rousey on Sunday. The crowd also cheered each time she was hit by an opponent, which made her strong victory such a bitter pill for the Los Angeles faithful to swallow.

Before the match started, Banks and Bayley were named late replacements by Alexa Bliss after the Raw captain pulled Natalya and Ruby Riott off the team for brawling in the locker room. Late in the match, Deville absorbed a Bayley-to-Belly suplex on the floor before both she and Bayley were counted out; Raw held a 2-to-1 advantage. But Jax was willing to forfeit that edge when she turned on Banks by throwing her off the top rope, allowing Asuka to force the tap out with a choke. Jax then took advantage with a trio of leg drops and a Samoan drop to finish Asuka. Grade: B-