Survivor Series

This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. For the video game named after the event for the Game Boy Advance, see WWE Survivor Series (video game).

Not to be confused with Survivor (TV series).

Survivor Series
The Survivor Series logo
Information
Created by	Vince McMahon
Promotion(s)	WWE
First event	Survivor Series (1987)
Signature match types	Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match

The Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held in November by WWE. It is one of the "Big Four" events, along with WrestleMania, the Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, as it is one of the original four pay-per-views produced by WWE.

Survivor Series is the 2nd longest running pay-per-view event in WWE history, behind WrestleMania. The first Survivor Series, held in 1987, came on the heels of the success of WrestleMania III, as the then-WWF began to see the lucrative potential of the pay-per-view market. On February 11, 2010, WWE announced that it would drop the Survivor Series name and rebrand the event. However, in June 2010, the event was added back onto WWE's pay-per-view schedule.^[1]

Original concept

The Survivor Series 2005 stage setup.

The original concept for the Survivor Series was to have an annual pay-per-view event that focused on tag team wrestling. Another contributing factor to the birth of the Survivor Series was to capitalize on the big time feud between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant, who wrestled each other at WrestleMania III. Additionally, the WWF had several elimination tag-team matches earlier in 1987, albeit with three-man teams and the feuds loosely related.

The Survivor Series was originally created to be a "Thanksgiving tradition" as the first four Survivor Series events (1987-1990) took place on Thanksgiving Day in November. The next four years taking place on Thanksgiving Eve. In 1995 Survivor Series moved to a more-traditional Sunday PPV date.

Survivor Series matches

The event is traditionally characterized by having tag-team elimination matches, usually pitting teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. These matches are generally referred to simply as "Survivor Series matches".

In an early break from the norm, the 1992 event had only one tag team elimination match. The 1997 event became infamous for the Montreal Screwjob, while the 1998 event was the only one without any elimination tag team matches, instead focusing on an elimination tournament for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. The 2002 Survivor Series is notable for the debut of the Elimination Chamber match.

Survivor Series dates and venues

No	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event
1	Survivor Series (1987)	November 26, 1987	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum	André the Giant, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed and Rick Rude vs. Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Bam Bam Bigelow in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
2	Survivor Series (1988)	November 24, 1988	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum	The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage), Hercules, Koko B. Ware and Hillbilly Jim vs. The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man), Ted DiBiase, Haku and The Red Rooster in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
3	Survivor Series (1989)	November 23, 1989	Rosemont, Illinois	Rosemont Horizon	The Ultimate Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Jim Neidhart) vs. The Heenan Family (Bobby Heenan, André the Giant, Haku and Arn Anderson) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series match
4	Survivor Series (1990)	November 22, 1990	Hartford, Connecticut	Hartford Civic Center	Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana vs. Ted DiBiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord and Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) in a 3-on-5 Grand Finale Survivor Series match
5	Survivor Series (1991)	November 27, 1991	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Hulk Hogan (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
6	Survivor Series (1992)	November 25, 1992	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum	Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
7	Survivor Series (1993)	November 24, 1993	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Garden	The All-Americans (Lex Luger, The Undertaker, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) vs. The Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, Crush, Ludvig Borga and Quebecer Jacques) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series match
8	Survivor Series (1994)	November 23, 1994	San Antonio, Texas	Freeman Coliseum	The Undertaker vs. Yokozuna in a Casket match with special guest enforcer Chuck Norris
9	Survivor Series (1995)	November 19, 1995	Landover, Maryland	USAir Arena	Diesel (c) vs. Bret Hart in a No Disqualification match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
10	Survivor Series (1996)	November 17, 1996	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Sycho Sid for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
11	Survivor Series (1997)	November 9, 1997	Montreal, Quebec	Molson Centre	Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
12	Survivor Series (1998)	November 15, 1998	St. Louis, Missouri	Kiel Center	The Rock vs. Mankind in the finals of the Deadly Games tournament for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship
13	Survivor Series (1999)	November 14, 1999	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Triple H (c) vs. Big Show vs. The Rock for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
14	Survivor Series (2000)	November 19, 2000	Tampa, Florida	Ice Palace	Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Triple H in a No Disqualification match
15	Survivor Series (2001)	November 18, 2001	Greensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro Coliseum	Team WWF (The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane and Big Show) vs. Team Alliance (Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, Booker T, and Shane McMahon) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match for the ownership of both companies. Since Team WWF won, the Alliance disbanded.
16	Survivor Series (2002)	November 17, 2002	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Booker T in the first Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
17	Survivor Series (2003)	November 16, 2003	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center	Goldberg (c) vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
18	Survivor Series (2004)	November 14, 2004	Cleveland, Ohio	Gund Arena	Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and Maven) vs. Team Triple H (Triple H, Edge, Batista and Snitsky) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series match
19	Survivor Series (2005)	November 27, 2005	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show, Carlito and Chris Masters) vs. Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
20	Survivor Series (2006)	November 26, 2006	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center	King Booker (c) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship
21	Survivor Series (2007)	November 18, 2007	Miami, Florida	American Airlines Arena	Batista (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship
22	Survivor Series (2008)	November 23, 2008	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Banknorth Garden	Chris Jericho (c) vs. John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship
23	Survivor Series (2009)	November 22, 2009	Washington, D.C.	Verizon Center	John Cena (c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship
24	Survivor Series (2010)	November 21, 2010	Miami, Florida	American Airlines Arena	Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett in a Pinfall-and-submissions-only match for the WWE Championship with special guest referee John Cena. Since Orton retained, Cena was fired from the WWE. If Barrett had won, Cena would have been freed of the Nexus.
25	Survivor Series (2011)	November 20, 2011	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	The Rock and John Cena vs. Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth)
26	Survivor Series (2012)	November 18, 2012	Indianapolis, Indiana	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena vs. Ryback for the WWE Championship
27	Survivor Series (2013)	November 24, 2013	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden	Randy Orton (c) vs. Big Show for the WWE Championship
28	Survivor Series (2014)	November 23, 2014	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan, and Ryback) vs. Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev, and Luke Harper) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match. Since Team Authority lost, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were removed from control of the WWE. If Team Cena had lost, all members, excluding Cena himself, would have been fired.
29	Survivor Series (2015)	November 22, 2015	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena	Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship
30	Survivor Series (2016)	November 20, 2016	TBD	TBD	TBD
31	Survivor Series (2017)	November 19, 2017	TBD	TBD	TBD

Video box set

WWE Home Video released The Survivor Series Anthology 1987-91 & 1992-96 (Vol 1&2) on DVD on November 3, 2009.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.wwe.com/schedules/events/rw/country/united%20states
↑ "Upcoming DVDs". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-15.

External links

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