3 Top Team RAW vs Team SmackDown matches
After the Attitude Era, Raw and Smackdown have been the two biggest brands in the wrestling industry.
These two brands, over the years, gave debuts to a significant number of Superstars who later went on to become famous in the wrestling industry.
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Every year during the WWE draft, the Superstars are re-shuffled among the two brands so that an equal competition persists between RAW and SmackDown.
Raw vs. SmackDown has always been a hyped event with both the brands claiming for superiority over a multiple-man elimination tag team match.
Over the years, many Superstars have descended the ring for the prestigious brand fight. The sight of five or seven men tag-team clubbing against each other for bragging rights is a beauty to watch.
One match that would have surely got the first place in the list was the 2001 Survivor Series match between Team WWE and Team Alliance.
On paper, it was the best storyline that was ever possible. The three brands pitting against each other with an internal family turmoil between Shane, Stephanie and Vince McMahon fighting against each other coming into limelight had a lucrative storyline to offer. Let us take a look at the Top 3 Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown matches.
#3 Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown: Bragging Rights 2009
The Bragging rights 2009 event was a 14- man tag team elimination match between RAW and SmackDown.
Several shows prior to the event, Kane and Chris Jericho collectively declared themselves as co-captains for SmackDown as Shawn Michaels and Triple H declared them co-captains for RAW.
Jericho threatened to put down Team Raw down as Smackdown members came down one by one. Triple H, came to the rescue as he took out the SmackDown team to match the 7-on-7 situation.
This fight between the two brands will be remembered because it was not one of those useless fights where Superstars don’t care about the shirt they are wearing. This was an actual fight for supremacy between brands where each Superstar had been chosen carefully for either his dedication to his represent brand or betrayal by the other brand.
The match would end with Big Show turning on Team RAW by delivering a chokeslam to Kofi Kingston. Triple H confronted Big Show who would deliver a knockout punch to The Game. Jericho would go on to pin Kingston to win it for Smackdown.