5 reasons why Survivor Series 2017 was the worst finish in the PPV's history

#3 Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were made to look far too weak

The two stooges

On a night that so desperately needed more interventions, the decision was taken to have Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens interfere in the main event. This made sense from a storytelling point of view - the pair are upset at their management for being sent home from an overseas tour. This will likely lead somewhere, which can only be seen as a positive.

However, the manner in which the pair came into the match made them look far too weak. Their involvement didn't really lead to any eliminations and they were soon chased off by a half beaten Shane McMahon - barely even a 2 on 1 situation.

Owens even had to eat an RKO from Orton in the middle of the ring, making the whole affair look even more like a failure. Sure, there will be repercussions in the following weeks, but from a kayfabe point of view, why should anyone on the Smackdown roster even care what they did considering they made no impact on the match whatsoever?

This run in just seemed to confirm that the WWE had no real interest in being logical about the main event and were just relying on knee-jerk responses to certain people squaring off against each other - this was lazy booking by the company.