WWE Survivor Series 2019: 5 Reasons why NXT won the brand war
Survivor Series 2019 was a history-making show, the involvement of NXT this year meant that there were a number of triple threat matches as part of the show, perhaps the most triple threat matches on any WWE show in history.
It also meant that it was the first year that a brand other than Raw or SmackDown could actually win the show. Interestingly, NXT didn't just win, but they completely dominated, since Raw and SmackDown didn't manage to amass their point haul combined.
The likes of Shayna Baszler, The NXT Women's Team, Roderick Strong and Lio Rush all won their respective matches to give NXT the four-point win since Raw and SmackDown only managed one point and two points respectively.
Why was NXT so dominant on this year's show? Here are five potential reasons for the haul for Triple H's brand.
#5. Raw and SmackDown didn't need the win as much as NXT
Over the years, Raw and SmackDown have been able to battle it out on the Survivor Series stage, but this year they needed to band together on many occasions to overcome the threat that was unleashed by NXT.
The brand is still seen as developmental and over the past few weeks they have taken the fight to both Raw and SmackDown and after throwing down so hard on the main roster, they knew that they had to back it up.
NXT invaded SmackDown on Friday night with a jeep alongside Shawn Michaels and Triple H and it was reminiscent of DX back in 1998, so there had to be some impressive follow up at Survivor Series after the battle lines that had been drawn in recent weeks.