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Survivor Series is just over a week away and while WWE officials did a great job of building up to the pay per view on last week's edition of Monday Night Raw, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done in order to make the pay per view a success. With that being said, what can WWE do on the red brand to make sure their side of things is a success and that fans are overall happy with the pay per view?
In all honesty, the possibilities are endless, especially with both Stephanie McMahon and Brock Lesnar confirmed for the show, which means that WWE will have a lot of storytelling tools to work with. Beyond that, WWE also has quite a few feuds that are poised to reach a fevered pitch before the pay per view and it would be very beneficial if WWE pushed its limit.
There are also a lot of things WWE needs to tweak in their mid to lower card as well, which is why what WWE does with Bobby Lashley, Baron Corbin and Finn Balor is just as important. In fact, with no titles up for grabs and bragging rights being the only thing on the line, WWE needs to make every match on the card matter.
#8 Put AOP in a squash match
The Authors of Pain need some victims before they move on to face The Big Bar Show at Survivor Series and that starts with a squash match against a worthy opponent. In fact, if WWE were to put AOP up against The Revival, or even Rollins and a mystery opponent, it would go a long way in establishing AOP's credibility heading into Survivor Series.
Of course, that means one of the prominent tag teams in the division will have to lose relatively quickly to AOP, especially since The Big Bar Show are multiple time champions, but it would be worth it to get AOP's title reign on the right track. It may even be enough to save the floundering division.
#7 Have The Big Bar Show on Raw
It's no secret that psychological warfare plays a huge part in most modern wrestling storylines and it would definitely help the build for the tag team match between AOP and The Big Bar Show. With that in mind, why not have The Big Bar Show invade Raw and trigger a full on brawl!
Not only would that allow both teams to stand tall and take shots at each other, which will help their credibility going into Survivor Series, it would also be a shot in the arm to a division that is in dire need of one. Beyond all that, if WWE is able to get creative with the brawl, and mix in some destruction, it could end up being one of the best segments of the evening.
Maybe that's a little bit too much to put on a tag team division segment, but a brawl between AOP and The Big Bar Show would be a huge surprise for Raw and really help it to feel like a go home show before a pay per view. In the end, that's exactly the feeling WWE needs heading into the final months of the year and a brawl would do just that!
#6 Five on five women's qualifying match for Survivor Series
Alexa Bliss hasn't revealed her picks for the RAW women's Survivor Series team yet and while it's not as interesting of a storyline as other things happening, it's important that WWE start treating it like it is.
With that in mind and only one more Raw to go before Survivor Series, a five on five qualifying match would probably be the best way to go about it.
Not only does allow for WWE to not waste hours of television time on a team that should have been decided a week ago, it also would be great to see the top heels and babyfaces go at it to determine who gets to be on the squad. Bliss can even shake things up and make changes to the winning team, which would be a guaranteed way to gain heat.
Unfortunately for the WWE, there aren't really a lot of good Women storylines for WWE to capitalize on. Sure, Rousey could make the team, but that would mean she would be pulling double duty.
Another potential storyline to capitalize on is the ongoing feud between Nia Jax and Ember Moon, but it isn't nearly interesting enough to justify them being in the match.
#5 Let Braun Strowman get his hands on Baron Corbin
Payback is exactly what Baron Corbin deserves after costing Braun Strowman the Universal title at Crown Jewel. Not only would this be a great teaser for Strowman hopefully getting his hands on Brock Lesnar by the end of the night, it also sends the message of tensions between teammates at Survivor Series.
Beyond that, Strowman really needs to get some of his momentum back after failing to chase down Baron Corbin on Raw last week, which is an even bigger reason why WWE needs to do this before Survivor Series.
At least that way, WWE can create doubts about whether Raw can win at Survivor Series and give Smackdown Live some needed credibility In the meantime
Maybe WWE will want to wait until Survivor Series to do this, but it would be a much bigger omg moment to let Bruan Strowman take his anger out on Corbin and Lesnar before the end of Monday Night Raw. It would also allow the newly minted babyface to stand tall, which is something WWE hasn't allowed him to do in a while.
#4 Have Stephanie McMahon book Ronda Rousey in a match
What was WWE thinking - that has to be the question on the WWE Universe's mind after they were treated to lukewarm promos from Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey in hopes of building up to their match at Survivor Series. Unfortunately for fans, the WWE hasn't even put them in the same ring yet.
Whether that actually turns out to be true or not remains to be seen, but one has to wonder what WWE will try on the go home show of Raw to make things more interesting. One scenario would be for Stephanie McMahon to want to test to make sure her champion is ready by putting her in a non-title match with Nia Jax.
Not only does this allow for The WWE Universe to get a preview of what's to come in the Women's division, it also gives WWE a chance to script a run in from Lynch to end the match. At least that way, no one has to officially take a loss, Lynch can get a few lucky shots on Rousey, she can then fight Becky off and send her packing to end the segment.
#3 Qualifying match between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins
WWE has done nothing with this feud so far, which means they need to do something at least remotely interesting to make up for it. With that being said and time being a huge factor in the storytelling decisions that the company makes this week, it is crucial that they put Ambrose versus Rollins in a qualifying match for Survivor Series.
At least that puts something interesting on the line for the two men to battle over and also allows for them to get out their aggression over Ambrose betraying Rollins. If nothing else, this will allow Ambrose and Rollins to show what they can do in the ring to improve on this feud and it will have the added purpose of being a qualifying match.
In the end, either way WWE wants to go with this would be much better than what WWE has done with these two so far. WWE can even add in a pre or past match promo to have Ambrose explain why he did what he did, which would be another great pay off for wrestling fans heading into Survivor Series.
#2 Survivor Series Qualifying match main event
Think about it - if WWE wants viewership to be at an all-time high, all they have to do is make a survivor Series qualifying match for the main event of Raw that pits two top stars against each other to fill the final spot on the card. WWE could even have Corbin and Kurt Angle each pick a superstar to do battle against each other, which will only help further their feud!
Not only does this keep the official Survivor Series team a surprise until the last minute of next week's edition of Monday Night Raw, it also creates a situation that pits two of Raw's top babyfaces against the brand's biggest heels. If nothing else, that's a great way to end Raw, no matter who comes away with the win!
In the end, it would be really cool to have Finn Balor versus Bobby Lashley. Of course, it's obvious that Lashley should win in this situation and go on to join the men's team at Survivor Series, but WWE should at least make it close and keep things interesting to ensure that Balor doesn't fall too much further down.
#1 Have Strowman ambush Lesnar
Let's be honest here, everyone in the WWE Universe wants to see Brock Lesnar "get these hands" and that will most likely be one of the main selling points of next week's edition of Monday Night Raw. Interestingly enough, with rumors going around that he is competing with two blown out knees, it also allows him to do a minimum amount of work and save himself for the pay per view.
Not only that, it also gives the WWE Universe a nice little pay off heading into the pay per view and also gives them a preview of what they will witness Strowman do at Survivor Series. Of course, Strowman could end having a minimal role at Survivor Series due to the aforementioned injury rumor, but they need to at least do something impactful with him.
In the end, watching Strowman get the best of Lesnar during the go home show of Raw would be a great way to generate excitement around the upcoming pay per view and maybe create reasonable hope that AJ Styles can best Lesnar at the event. If nothing else, booking it this way would at least give Lesnar a viable reason he lost and AJ Styles the win of his career.
