WWE Survivor Series 2014: Analyzing Least Promising Storylines So Far

WWE Survivor Series is a one-match show.

This is fitting for a pay-per-view with a time-honored tradition of featuring tag team elimination matches, but what was once a show filled with one match type is now shaping up to be a show about one match.

Team Authority vs. Team Cena has dominated WWE programming. Many in-ring contests, backstage segments and in-ring promos have been dedicated to WWE's latest power struggle.

The angle has left negligible spotlight for the remaining roster. Chances are, if you're not in the main event, you might as well be on the pre-show. Any other matches to be announced on the Survivor Series card will be treated as lesser entities.

With only three matches currently announced, two of the biggest victims on the outside of the main event picture are Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose. Coming off a string of high-profile feuds, both men have been knocked down a peg as a result of WWE's rivalry between The Authority and John Cena.

Ambrose and Wyatt weren't even featured in live segments during Raw, as WWE had to resort to backstage promos and recycled vignettes from SmackDown.

The storyline is off to a fine start. Wyatt has simplified his promos by focusing on Ambrose's uncovered daddy issues and playing mind games with him. Wyatt's character is in the midst of minor yet noticeable tweaks that will continue to keep his character fresh, while Ambrose is playing less of a lunatic and more of an angry brawler.

The chemistry is building, but the lack of emphasis on their feud figures to negatively affect their first singles match on pay-per-view.

While less promising than the headlining match, Ambrose and Wyatt should have multiple matches to prove themselves as an upper-echelon program.

In recent months, WWE seems to have gone the extra mile to promote its nontitle main events in order to compensate for not featuring a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. Unfortunately, the undercard has suffered.

In light of two major stars in danger of becoming afterthoughts on a big-four pay-per-view, WWE must begin balancing its efforts in promoting each feud appropriately.

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