Critics gave mixed reactions to the event. In particular, they criticised WWE's promoting of the event as the start of a "new era" for WWE, with Vince McMahon decreeing that both Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon would run "Raw" together earning the commentary that "more McMahons isn't new but the same thing they've been doing for two decades", while the women's title match having a "lame finish calling back to 1997 out of context" in a repeat of the Montreal Screwjob during the 1997 Survivor Series. It was concluded that the "new era" was "only branding", as WWE are "still doing the exact same things", "with the same tired playbook", with "way too much of the counter-productive storytelling WWE has used for years".