Who Should Be On Team SmackDown For Survivor Series

Now that we know most of Team Raw’s lineups for Survivor Series, let’s take a look at who should oppose them for the blue brand representing SmackDown.

This piece will include who I think SHOULD be on both the men’s and women’s teams (NOT who I think will).

For Raw, we already know:

• Women – Dana Brooke, Lana, Mandy Rose, Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler
• Men – AJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus, 2 TBA

Firstly, let’s quickly have a look at some notable ommissions I’m not going to be including in my picks for the SmackDown lineups:

• Women
  • Bayley – She shouldn’t want to represent the brand now that she’s lost the title, she should be too busy having a hissy fit
  • Natalya – The spot should be given to someone else who hasn’t been in this position before and thus would benefit from it more
• Men
  • Aleister Black – Why should he care about brand loyalty
  • Apollo Crews – Just didn’t quite make the cut
  • Dominik Mysterio – Considering he’s not a top guy like Rollins he shouldn’t be getting involved in brand vs brand nonsense along with all his other problems
  • King Corbin – Don’t really think I need to explain this one
  • Lars Sullivan – It would be impossible to protect him in a match like this and he should not be involved in anything that bunches him with a load of other guys

Let’s get started, looking at the women’s team first!

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Bianca Belair

This one should be a no brainer, and in fact Belair should be the sole survivor when all is said and done.

There is nothing that you could want in a top star that Belair doesn’t have. She never hit the ground running on Raw but representing and winning for SmackDown at Survivor Series would really get her going.

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Carmella

Carmella might not seem like the most inspiring pick but she’s recently debuted a revamped version of her character and Survivor Series would be a good chance to show it off.

She could definitely have a decent showing, but perhaps a bit of an argument with one of her teammates can result in her being eliminated, as well as kickstarting her first real program since returning.

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