{"id":104244,"date":"2021-11-12T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=104244"},"modified":"2021-11-12T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:36:08","slug":"survivor-series-womens-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/11\/12\/survivor-series-womens-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor Series: Which Women\u2019s Team Will Come Out on Top?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each November, <em>World Wrestling Entertainment\u2019s<\/em> Superstars battle for bragging rights for their respective brands in the yearly pay-per-view event <em>Survivor Series.<\/em> Coming in the wake of WWE\u2019s Saudi Arabian extravaganza <em>Crown Jewel <\/em>and the yearly brand draft, Survivor Series didn\u2019t receive as much build-up on television as in previous years. However, on November 21 the event will see champion vs. champion matches between WWE Universal champion <strong>Roman Reigns <\/strong>and WWE champion <strong>Big E, <\/strong>as well as <em>Monday Night Raw <\/em>women\u2019s champion <strong>Becky Lynch <\/strong>and <em>Friday Night SmackDown <\/em>women\u2019s champion <strong>Charlotte Flair, <\/strong>and as per usual Raw\u2019s and SmackDown\u2019s superstars will divide<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/11\/06\/wwe-2021-survivor-series-teams\/\" target=\"_self\"> into teams<\/a> for the customary five-a-side elimination match.<\/p>\n<p>For the women\u2019s division, the elimination match pits Raw\u2019s <strong>Bianca Belair, Zelina Vega, Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley, <\/strong>and <strong>Carmella<\/strong> against SmackDown\u2019s <strong>Natalya, Aliyah, Shotzi, Shayna Baszler, <\/strong>and <strong>Sasha Banks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Which Women&#8217;s Team Will Win at Survivor Series<\/h2>\n<h3>Team Raw<\/h3>\n<p><a id=\"l3wJtMMZRspjvHmiPjtc9A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ie\/detail\/1330385807\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'l3wJtMMZRspjvHmiPjtc9A',sig:'_2krQuu-OerSuClKdTT4TW0SSWpd4JV0QzFe9st_Wg8=',w:'594px',h:'415px',items:'1330385807',caption: true ,tld:'ie',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bianca Belair, <\/strong>the de facto captain of the Raw women\u2019s team, is in a precarious place in the WWE universe. While still popular and prominently featured, it&#8217;s been two months since the former SmackDown women\u2019s champion won a televised match. Her feud with Raw women\u2019s champion Lynch has been one-sided in Lynch\u2019s favor since Belair lost the SmackDown title to her in 26 seconds at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wwe\/news\/becky-lynch-discusses-controversial-summerslam-match-wrestling-in-saudi-arabia-for-wwe-crown-jewel\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2021\u2019s <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wwe\/news\/becky-lynch-discusses-controversial-summerslam-match-wrestling-in-saudi-arabia-for-wwe-crown-jewel\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SummerSlam<\/a>. <\/em>WWE is walking a fine line of not shoving aside Bianca Belair entirely, but keeping Becky Lynch the undisputed alpha female of the women\u2019s division, with little room for even the most credible competition to shine. Captaining the women\u2019s team for Raw gives Bianca a large role in the Survivor Series festivities, while her feud with Lynch continues to go \u201cThe Man\u201d\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>On November 8\u2019s Raw, Belair, Ripley, Vega, and Carmella all fell to Liv Morgan in a fatal five-way in which she earned a title shot against Becky Lynch. This is quite a boon for Morgan, who has had a career of fits and starts with WWE. In honor of her status as a contender, she\u2019ll most likely have some strong spots in the elimination match. Zelina Vega is living a Cinderella story: from being released by the WWE, then rehired, now she is the history-making first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/10\/21\/zelina-vega-queens-crown\/\" target=\"_self\">Queen of the Ring<\/a> after winning the long-awaited <em>Queen\u2019s Crown<\/em> tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The same cannot be said of teammate Rhea Ripley-although she is the current WWE women\u2019s tag team champion alongside <strong>Nikki A.S.H.,<\/strong> Ripley\u2019s 2021 has been a bumpy one. Her tenure as Raw women\u2019s champion was marred by a poorly scripted ThunderDome feud with Charlotte Flair, and since attaining the tag championships she and A.S.H. have had few adversaries to fend off. In 2019, Ripley was a key figure on NXT\u2019s women\u2019s Survivor Series team, and hopefully \u201cThe Nightmare\u201d can summon some of her formidability from the \u201cBlack and Gold\u201d days.<\/p>\n<h3>Team SmackDown<\/h3>\n<p><a id=\"ni7fwoZZQtJuE5nUsHWYig\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ie\/detail\/643915300\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ni7fwoZZQtJuE5nUsHWYig',sig:'_aGCdHJ1YmuarsCz-_2NNMgt-ozXOeSlsHxtz8kFJjM=',w:'594px',h:'382px',items:'643915300',caption: true ,tld:'ie',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sasha Banks is sure to have heavy action in the elimination match with her former SmackDown nemesis, Bianca Belair. The feud between the two made pro wrestling history in April 2021, when they became the first African American women to face each other in a headlining WrestleMania match, even <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/11\/sasha-banks-bianca-belair-win-espy\/\" target=\"_self\">winning an Espy<\/a> for the game-changing bout. Veteran performer Natalya also has recent history with a member of Team Raw, Ripley; with Nikki A.S.H, Ripley ended Natalya and tag partner <strong>Tamina\u2019s<\/strong> run as tag team champions. Baszler, after some detours playing with demonic dolls and being the third wheel to recently released <strong>Nia Jax\u2019s<\/strong> summer fling with 24\/7champion <strong>Reggie,<\/strong> is back in top heel form, reminiscent of the fearsome NXT women\u2019s champion she was when she won the day for NXT\u2019s women\u2019s team at Survivor Series 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Recent NXT call-ups Shotzi and Aliyah have a place on the blue brand\u2019s women\u2019s team, which will surely be a barometer for how WWE plans to use them going forward. Aliyah hasn\u2019t had much to do since joining SmackDown in the draft, just some comic backstage scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Shotzi\u2019s presentation didn\u2019t initially change much after making her SmackDown debut, but she recently seemed to have eschewed both tag team partner <strong>Tegan Nox<\/strong> and her trademark military tank. Cutting an edgy promo reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/11\/the-pioneers-the-triumph-tragedy-of-luna-vachon\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Luna Vachon<\/strong><\/a>, a more hard-boiled and uncompromising Shotzi seems to be on the horizon, and may just steal the show at Survivor Series.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who Will Win? <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The elimination match presents a chance for some redemptively strong spots for Superstars like Belair, Baszler, and Ripley who have taken a dent in their presentation to look impressive again. WWE audiences haven\u2019t seen much of Shotzi and Aliyah, so for some, it will be an introduction to their abilities and their respective personas-which, in Shotzi\u2019s case, seems to have been slightly retooled. Bianca Belair could use a victory, and perennial dark horse Liv Morgan claiming the victory for Team Raw would be a feel-good moment, too.<\/p>\n<p>However, SmackDown is having a banner year and a half,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/news\/2021\/11\/wwe-smackdown-overnight-ratings-jump-up-from-last-weeks-fs1-airing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> leading WWE in ratings<\/a> and critical acclaim-a win for the blue team would put some shine on Sasha Banks as her feud with Charlotte Flair over the SmackDown women\u2019s championship heats up. Banks will probably play a pivotal role in a win for the blue team, paving the way for her road to another reign as SmackDown women\u2019s champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each November, World Wrestling Entertainment\u2019s Superstars battle for bragging rights for their respective brands in the yearly pay-per-view event Survivor Series. Coming in the wake of WWE\u2019s Saudi Arabian extravaganza Crown Jewel and the yearly brand draft, Survivor Series didn\u2019t receive as much build-up on television as in previous years. 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