Five years since the brand split was reintroduced, WWE’s “brand warfare” concept for Survivor Series is starting to feel stale.
The Raw and SmackDown rosters will again face off as this year’s Survivor Series takes place in Brooklyn on Sunday night. Despite a couple of standout matches, the pay-per-view’s theme and a lackluster build have made the card difficult to care about.
Brand warfare was definitely a good idea at one point. It helped add life to Survivor Series after WWE brought back the brand split in 2016. As WWE’s longest-running PPV besides WrestleMania, Survivor Series is a show that carries so much nostalgia.