Team Raw (SS '17) were a team that teamed up for Survivor Series 2017 and consisting of Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, Samoa Joe & Triple H. They defeated Team SmackDown (Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, Shinsuke Nakamura & John Cena)
Report from Match[]
As Raw General Manager Kurt Angle was about to announce the members for Team Raw's men's team on the October 23 episode of Raw, SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon with several male and female SmackDown wrestlers came through the crowd. They proceeded to the backstage area and laid out all of the men and women of the Raw locker room. The following night on SmackDown, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan was surprised that Angle and members of the Raw brand did not invade SmackDown, but warned Shane that they would eventually show up for retribution. That same episode, Team SmackDown's men's team got its first member when Randy Orton qualified by defeating Sami Zayn. The following week, Shane announced himself as the captain of Team SmackDown and explained their invasion of Raw, stating that SmackDown had always been looked at as the inferior brand. He also said that Raw would pay for injuring Bryan, who Kane had attacked with a chokeslam the previous night on Raw. Later that episode of SmackDown, Bobby Roode and Shinsuke Nakamura qualified for the team by defeating Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens, respectively. The last spot for Team SmackDown was originally going to be determined the following week in a match between AJ Styles and Rusev, but that match was canceled after Styles was scheduled to face Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship that episode. Rusev instead faced Orton to qualify, but failed to defeat him. The following day on Twitter, Shane announced free agent John Cena as the final member of Team SmackDown. Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon made her return on the October 30 episode of Raw and confronted Angle; her last appearance as Raw's Commissioner was at WrestleMania 33. She said that SmackDown's invasion was an embarrassment to Angle and the entire Raw locker room. She then gave Angle the opportunity to redeem himself by naming Angle the captain of Team Raw's men's team. However, she said that if Team Raw were to lose at Survivor Series, Angle would be fired as the Raw General Manager. Afterwards on Twitter, Angle named Braun Strowman as his first pick for Team Raw. The following week, after their match ended in a double count-out, Samoa Joe and Finn Bálor were both added to Team Raw by Angle. Bálor then dived off the stage onto Joe. Later that episode, Angle named Jason Jordan as the final member of Team Raw.
5-on-5 Survivor Series Men's Elimination Match[]
| Elimination | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination method | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinsuke Nakamura | SmackDown | Braun Strowman | Running Powerslam | 11:40 |
| 2 | Bobby Roode | SmackDown | Braun Strowman | Running Powerslam | 13:00 |
| 3 | Samoa Joe | Raw | John Cena | Attitude Adjustment | 18:10 |
| 4 | John Cena | SmackDown | Kurt Angle | Angle Slam | 21:55 |
| 5 | Finn Bálor | Raw | Randy Orton | RKO | 24:00 |
| 6 | Randy Orton | SmackDown | Braun Strowman | Running Powerslam | 26:40 |
| 7 | Kurt Angle | Raw | Shane McMahon | Pedigree by Triple H | 32:05 |
| 8 | Shane McMahon | SmackDown | Triple H | Pedigree | 33:20 |
| Survivor(s): | Braun Strowman and Triple H (Team Raw) | ||||