WWE's Big Mistake With 946, Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker's DQ Woes and More Raw Fallout

With Crown Jewel behind WWE, the focus for the November 9 edition of Raw on Netflix turned to Survivor Series where WarGames will return after Roman Reigns called for war between The Bloodline and 946.

Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab also found allies in Fatal Influence to fight Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Tatum Paxley and Bayley, setting the stage for a second WarGames to be announced soon.

Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio continued to fill out their teams for Team Mexico and Team USA, recruiting CM Punk, Je'Von Evans and Penta.

This was not the most exciting night of Raw but did set the stage for what fans can expect going into WarGames season.

What WarGames Can Learn From AEW's Blood & Guts

Last week, All Elite Wrestling completed its yearly Blood & Guts event, delivering two bloody and violent WarGames matches of their own.

While the level of gore on this show will never be a possibility for WWE, the two matches did show signs of what recent WarGames matches have lacked.

Each match was distinctive and memorable, elevating the talent involved while ramping up key stories on the roster, even though both matches were thrown together quickly into the show.

Strong physicality in the cage is also essential to selling any WarGames match. The point of this match is to sell that the two teams want to genuinely hurt each other to end their conflict.

Too often Survivor Series: WarGames has seen basic cage matches between teams that are simply hoping to win on a premium live event stage, which could be accomplished in a traditional Survivor Series match instead.

No one should pull their punches or hold back their weapon usage. Fans should be able to hear the impact of the offense, focused more on the intensity of the action than the high-flying finish expected of modern WarGames.

Even if Iyo Sky joins the latest women's WarGames, she should focus on selling the action not waiting for her turn to jump off the cage inside a trash can again.

Between The Bloodline and 946, the winning team should be the one that physical overwhelms the other, not the one that sets up the other on a table faster for a top-of-the-cage splash.

Moments are important for a big contest like this, but the focus should be stories that sell why WarGames is the most dangerous structure in WWE.

Stop Booking DQ Finishes for Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker

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Bron Breakker and Oba Femi

Twice now, WWE has booked Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker, only to deliver a disqualification finish.

No matter how good the action, a non-finish sells the match as non-essential, and WWE should not be delivered non-essential matches between two of its biggest rising stars.

It makes sense to protect both men given their importance to the future of WWE, but that is why this match should not be booked in the first place.

The next time Oba and Breakker fight, it should be a major PLE stage for major stakes. Anything less is a waste of a future headliner feud for WWE.

It's Already Clear That Team Mexico Must Beat Team USA in Traditional Survivor Series Match

It is nice to finally see the traditional Survivor Series elimination match back for the show that made that match type special.

There was a time that the traditional Survivor Series match was as important as the Royal Rumble match for continuing major feuds in WWE.

That time has likely passed for good, but Team USA vs. Team Mexico could be a fun exhibition match that will deliver great action involving major stars.

The problem is that Team USA already looks far more stacked than Team Mexico.

Rey Mysterio is a legend, but WWE has booked both Cody Rhodes and CM Punk as bigger stars than him in recent years.

Penta is the biggest name Mysterio could add for Team Mexico, and it seems likely Mysterio will fill out the remaining three spots with Rey Fénix, Dragon Lee and El Grande Americano.

Meanwhile, Rhodes will likely look to Trick Williams and Chad Gable to fill out the team, even look to a returning Seth Rollins.

The teams are not stacked evenly, but that should not stop WWE from elevating the talent of Team Mexico by giving them a definitive victory.

Penta or Americano as the sole survivor for Team Mexico would mean so much more than Trick or The Young OG standing tall for Team USA.

Big Mistake to Bury Talent for 946 Hype

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946

"All Ego" Ethan Page is already showing his value as Intercontinental champion, delivering a memorable heel promo while establishing three great future challengers: Rey Fénix, Chad Gable and Big Cass.

However, all his work meant little when 946 took out all three men following their No. 1 contender match to sell that they were only stand-ins for The Bloodline later.

Fénix's win was immediately rendered pointless next to the story that WWE cares more about, and it is unlikely WWE will ever let these men get revenge.

It is especially confusing for the heel stable to take down the disliked heel Cass, making him into an example for 946's strength.

Nothing was accomplished in this segment that was not already set up in previous weeks or delivered in the main event finish of the night.

Meanwhile, three of WWE's most reliable recent midcard stars were made into fodder for an already established heel team that barely wrestles.

Women's WarGames is an Afterthought

Every year, WWE has delivered both a men's and women's WarGames match for equal representation, but the actual story builds have never looked equal.

While the men always have clear stable warfare at the center of the conflict, the women's WarGames has lacked clearly defined teams, instead throwing together faces and heels at the last minute.

This year may have the laziest set-up yet as Jade Cargill, B-Fab and Michin have somehow aligned with Fatal Influence just in time for WarGames to beat up a collection of babyfaces they don't like.

Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley had to awkwardly add Bayley to their ranks from Raw and are still down at least one woman for WarGames.

Whether they add Paige, Iyo Sky, Stephanie Vaquer, Chelsea Green or Sol Ruca, none of them were involved in this rivalry until the moment they are thrown into the mix.

Since the men's WarGames match is the central story of Raw, the women's WarGames match should be the central story of SmackDown, but it is nowhere close.

It has nothing to do with either women's world championship, instead focused purely on Women's Tag Team Championships that have not been on an ESPN+ PLE since WrestleMania 42.

The women's WarGames match is an insulting placeholder for serious storytelling in WWE's women's division.