Choose wisely who you fight beside at WWE Survivor Series WarGames.
A team is only as strong as its weakest member, so every WWE Superstar will have to be at their best at Survivor Series WarGames if they want to make it out of the steel cage in one piece.
Inevitably, though, there has to be a winning team, which means someone will have to be the unfortunate loser who loses the match for their squad.
Let's break down the men's and women's teams to pinpoint who might tap out or take the pin on November 26.
Bayley has had a rough time trying to dethrone Bianca Belair lately. Every time she starts picking up momentum, The EST of WWE knocks her several rungs down the ladder and reaffirms her own position on top.
However, The Role Model is someone the rest can follow orders from and create some of the strategies that may lead them to victory.
Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky have proved how well they work together by becoming two-time tag team champions. Under Bayley's direction, those three make a formidable unit.
By no means would Rhea Ripley be a weak link. She's the tallest, strongest and most vicious of the team. She also has experience of winning WarGames from her time in NXT.
That leaves Nikki Cross, who is one of the two smallest competitors and a loose cannon.
If anyone deviates from Bayley's plans, it will be the Scot, who isn't easy to control and hard to team with. The only person Cross has had any success with as a teammate was Alexa Bliss, who will be fighting for the opposition and knows all her weaknesses.
Bianca Belair's crew needs one more member. Without knowing who will fill that void, it is hard to tell if they bring less to the fight than the four confirmed Superstars.
If it is someone noteworthy like Becky Lynch or Beth Phoenix, there shouldn't be any problem. If it's Candice LeRae or Dana Brooke, though, they will be the weak link in comparison to the rest due to their overall lack of accomplishments.
Brooke's peak, for instance, was holding the 24/7 Championship. That's not the same as carrying the Raw women's title. And LeRae only had a short stint as NXT women's tag team champion.
Belair is the leader and the one with the best win-loss record over the past two years. She's not getting pinned unless it's a way of prepping Ripley for a title match down the line.
On paper, Asuka and Alexa Bliss have had far more success than Mia Yim. They've won many title matches in both singles and tag team competition, and also as a team, showing they can get the job done.
In comparison, Mia Yim hasn't won any titles in WWE, floundered on the main roster in the atrocious Retribution faction and is only now getting a proper shot to show off her talent.
It all comes down to the question mark of that fifth competitor. Even without knowing who it is, they could be the weak link due to the lack of time to prepare with the others.
Pete Dunne has previously been a standout member of a WarGames team in NXT three times before, but his Butch role isn't nearly presented the same.
Rather than the cold, calculating Bruiserweight of NXT, Butch is a feral character who is often hard to control even by the other Brawling Brutes.
Ridge Holland lacks the experience Sheamus and Drew McIntyre bring to the table, but he does at least match them in size. Butch is the smallest Superstar in the bout on either side, giving up a key advantage to The Bloodline.
Of course, there is also an unknown teammate who could contribute less than the Brute.
If someone huge like Braun Strowman is recruited, he would be among the most beneficial teammates to have. But if the best they can do is someone who often loses, such as Ricochet, he could be the scapegoat.
In all likelihood, this was supposed to be Kevin Owens, who suffered an MCL tear at a live event that will keep him out of the WarGames match. He would have been an advantageous teammate, but if he's not the fifth man, the chances of finding someone of equal value are slim.
Over the past few weeks, Sami Zayn has been rising up the ranks in The Bloodline to become an unofficial second-in-command...of sorts.
During his ascension, his issues with Jey Uso have often resulted in the tag team champion on the outs and looking like a surly child.
However, it would be too obvious and wouldn't move the story forward if Jey lost the match for The Bloodline. That would just result in Roman Reigns chastising him in a similar fashion to what we've already seen.
If Zayn loses, though, it will force the dynamic to shift. Suddenly, the pendulum would swing back into its more natural direction where the outsider needs to prove himself.
The Honorary Uce could be the next challenge for The Tribal Chief if WWE wishes to have them do battle at the Royal Rumble, with WarGames being what sparks his exit from the group.
December could see Zayn backpedaling until Reigns finally has had enough ahead of the pay-per-view on January 28.
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