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WWE Survivor Series is one of the major Professional Wrestling Pay-per-view events produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . There have been 19 Survivor Series events starting from 1987 . Some fans of the WWE call it one of the 'Big Four', as it was one of the original four annual WWE pay per views, and one of the four that bring together both the Raw and Smackdown! brands onto the same card, something that hasn't been true of the remaining pay per views of the year since 2003.

The original concept for the Survivor Series was to have an annual pay per view event that focused on Tag Team wrestling. It was originally created to be the "Thanksgiving event" as the first four Survivor Series events took place on Thanksgiving Day in November. Notable wrestlers The Undertaker , The Rock and Kurt Angle all made their WWE debut at Survivor Series.

The event is usually characterized by having four on four (or sometimes five on five) tag-team elimination matches. These matches are generally referred to simply as "Survivor Series Matches". The 1987-1991, 1993-1997 Survivor Series events featured Survivor Series style matches. The 1992 event had no elimination matches, but featured the first WWF Casket Match . The 1998 edition featured an elimination tournmanet for the WWF championship, not seen since WrestleMania IV . The 2002 Survivor Series also featured no Survivor Series Matches, but instead had the debut of the Elimination Chamber match.

Survivor Series is the second longest running pay-per-view event in WWE history, behind WrestleMania . The first Survivor Series, held in 1987, came on the heels of the incredible success of WrestleMania III, as the WWF began to see the lucrative potential of the Pay-per-view market.

Survivor Series is often referred to as the All-Star Game of professional wrestling, where the most elite of two divisions (or, in the case of the 2005 Series, the two divisions themselves) go head-to-head.

In 2006 , Survivor Series celebrates its 20th anniversary.


RESULTS


1987


Held on November 26 , 1987 at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio



1988

Held on November 24 , 1988 at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio



1989


Held on November 23 , 1989 at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois . This was the first ''Survivor Series'' event to feature team names.



1990

Held on November 22 , 1990 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut

The Gobbledygooker , a human-turkey hybrid ( Hector Guerrero in a turkey costume) made his debut here by hatching from a giant "egg"; many fans believe this to be among the worst gimmicks in WWE history. More notably, The Undertaker made his WWE debut at this event.



1991

Held on November 27 , 1991 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan . This was the first edition of Survivor Series to feature a title match, or indeed a one-on-one match of any kind.




1992

Held on November 25 , 1992 at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio. This was the first Survivor Series to put an emphasis on standard singles/tag matchups rather than the elimination-tag format.



1993

Held on November 24 , 1993 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts . This event marked Bobby "The Brain" Heenan 's final appearance on a WWF pay-per-view until 2001's WrestleMania X-Seven .



1994

Held on November 23 , 1994 at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas



1995

Held on November 19 , 1995 at the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland



Trivia

  • This was first Survivor Series to be held on a Sunday.



1996


Held on November 17 , 1996 at Madison Square Garden in New York City



1997

Held on November 9 , 1997 at the Molson Centre in Montreal



Trivia

  • Was the only Survivor Series to take place outside the United States.

  • At the 1992 edition, Shawn Michaels faced Bret Hart for the WWF championship with Earl Hebner as the referee and Vince McMahon at ringside. The exact same set of circumstances would take place at this infamous edition and the Montreal Screwjob .


WWE Survivor Series 1997 Detailed Recap


1998

Held on November 15 , 1998 at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri

The 1998 Survivor Series was a tournament called The Deadly Game for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. It was the first tournament held with the WWF World Heavyweight Championship on the line in ten years, the last being at WrestleMania IV . Coincidentally, both tournaments were 14-man tournaments instead of the regular 8 or 16-man tournaments.

'' Sunday Night Heat '' Matches:



Tournament Bracket

Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification
  RD1-seed01 RD1-seed02= RD1-seed03= RD1-seed04= RD1-seed05= RD1-seed06= RD1-seed07= RD1-seed08= RD1-seed09= RD1-seed10= RD1-seed11= RD1-seed12= RD1-seed13= RD1-seed14= RD1-seed15= RD1-seed16=
  RD1-team05 Goldust
  RD1-team06 '''Ken Shamrock'''
  RD1-score05 Sub
  RD1-score06 &nbsp5:56&nbsp
  RD1-team07 Big Boss Man
  RD1-team08 '''The Rock'''
  RD1-score07 Pin
  RD1-score08 0:04
  RD1-team09 '''Steve Austin'''&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
  RD1-team10 Big Boss Man
  RD1-score09 DQ
  RD1-score10 3:20
  RD1-team11 Steven Regal
  RD1-team12 X-Pac
  RD1-score11 DCO
  RD1-score12 8:10
  RD1-team13 Jeff Jarrett
  RD1-team14 '''Al Snow'''
  RD1-score13 Pin
  RD1-score14 3:31
  RD1-team15 Duane Gill
  RD1-team16 '''Mankind'''
  RD1-score15 Pin
  RD1-score16 0:30
  RD2-team01 Kane
  RD2-team02 '''The Undertaker'''&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
  RD2-score01 Pin
  RD2-score02 &nbsp7:16&nbsp
  RD2-team03 Ken Shamrock
  RD2-team04 '''The Rock'''
  RD2-score03 Pin
  RD2-score04 8:20
  RD2-team05 '''Steve Austin'''
  RD2-team06 BYE
  RD2-team07 Al Snow
  RD2-team08 '''Mankind'''
  RD2-score07 Pin
  RD2-score08 3:55
  RD3-team01 The Undertaker&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
  RD3-team02 '''The Rock'''
  RD3-score01 DQ
  RD3-score02 8:20
  RD3-team03 Steve Austin
  RD3-team04 '''Mankind'''
  RD3-score03 Pin
  RD3-score04 10:27
  RD4-team01 '''The Rock'''&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp
  RD4-team02 Mankind
  RD4-score01 Sub
  RD4-score02 17:10





1999


Held on November 14 , 1999 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. This was 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's final appearance with the WWE until the SmackDown! event before Backlash 2000, as he was run over by a car (Later revealed to be driven by Rikishi) during the event. Big Show replaced Austin in the main event. The Big Show was also in a 4-on-1 match against the Big Boss Man's team; he was originally slated to team up with Kaientai (Taka Michinoku & Funaki) and The Blue Meanie, but he attacked them on Heat previous to the PPV because he wanted to go alone into the match. This was also the televised debut of Kurt Angle.




2000


Held on November 19 , 2000 at the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida . This was The Undertaker's first Survivor series appearance under his dead biker gimmick.








2001


Held on November 18 , 2001 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina . The theme song is "''Control''", by Puddle Of Mudd .

The Invasion Storyline ended at this event when Team WWF, led by reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion The Rock, defeated the leader of The Alliance , reigning WWF World Heavyweight Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin , in the winner-take-all match.




2002

Held on November 17 , 2002 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The theme song is "''Always''", by Saliva , who also performed Chris Jericho's entrance music, "''King of My World''", live from The World (WWE's restaurant). This was the first Survivor Series to feature WWE and World Heavyweight Championship matches which both changed hands. This is the second Survivor Series event not to feature a traditional 4-on-4 or 5-on-5 Elimination tag team match. This card also saw the debut of the Elimination Chamber .




Trivia

  • During intermission, Scott Steiner made his return to the WWE, beating up Christopher Nowinski and Matt Hardy , after they cut an insulting promo about New York City.

  • There were 5 Title Matches; The World Heavyweight Title, WWE Title, WWE Tag Titles, Women's Championship, and the Cruiserweight Championship, all of which changed hands.

  • The Sunday Night Heat tag team match was apparently scheduled to be in the PPV, as it was even listed in the official Survivor Series website. It was pushed back to Heat, though, since there was little or no build-up to it.

  • This was the first Survivor Series Event to feature both the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship

  • ---This was also the first night that Both the new WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship Changed Hands in one night, but in two different Matches.



2003

Held on November 16 , 2003 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas . The theme song is "''Build a Bridge''", by Limp Bizkit .

  • def. Jamie Noble to retain the title.

  • ---This match was originally scheduled to happen at the PPV, but was put on Heat due to time constraints.

  • Team Angle: , United States Champion The Big Show , Matt Morgan , Nathan Jones and A-Train (13:17); Benoit and Cena are the survivors





  • ---As a result, Austin must resign as Co-General Manager of Raw

  • ''Buried Alive Match'': Vince McMahon def. The Undertaker after interference by Kane (11:47)

  • ---This was The Undertaker's final WWE appearance under his 'biker' gimmick. He would return under his Deadman gimmick at Wrestlemania 20

  • World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg def. Triple H to retain the title (11:45)

  • WWE Survivor Series 2003 Detailed Recap



2004

Held on November 14 , 2004 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio . The theme song is "''Ugly''", by The Exies .


  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin def. Christian (13:22)

  • ---This was the debut of Christian's new music and attire.



  • ---Carlito ran away from John Cena at the start of this match

  • --- This was Eddie Guerrero's last Survivor Series appearance. He was supposed to participate at Survivor Series 2005. Unfortunately he passed away on November 13, 2005 a couple of weeks before the event.



  • WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus def. Lita by DQ. Lita broke Trish's nose with a chair shot (1:15)





  • ---''As a result, Team Orton is granted control of RAW for four weeks.''


  • ---''Maven wasn't announced as being part of this match after being attacked by Snitsky earlier backstage, but returned later during the match.




2005

Held on November 27 , 2005 , at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI . The theme song is "''Lights Out''", by P.O.D. .
This was the first edition of Survivor Series to feature SmackDown! vs RAW matches.
  • Sunday Night Heat: Cruiserweight Champion Juventud def. Simon Dean in a non-title match

  • Booker T w/ Sharmell defeated Chris Benoit in the first match of a Best of Seven series for the vacant United States Championship (14:39)

  • Women's Champion Trish Stratus defeats Melina to retain the Women's Championship (6:35)

  • ---This was an interbrand title match as RAW's Women's champion faced a Smackdown Diva- Melina.

  • ---Trish wins with a modified top rope Stratusfaction and interference from Mickie James .

  • Triple H defeats Intercontinental Champion Ric Flair in a non-title, Last Man Standing Match (26:59)

  • ---Flair is counted out after being hit on the spine with the sledgehammer.

  • ''The Cutting Edge'' (debut): Edge and Lita interviewed Dmitri Young of the Detroit Tigers; Young insulted Edge about his lack of a World Title.

  • WWE Champion John Cena defeats Kurt Angle , with special referee Daivari .(13:50)

  • Theodore Long defeated Eric Bischoff in a ''RAW'' vs. ''SmackDown!'' general manager match (5:18)

  • ---Long wins with the help of The Boogeyman

  • Team SmackDown! (World Heavyweight Champion Batista , Rey Mysterio , John Bradshaw Layfield , Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton ) defeat '''Team RAW''' ( Shawn Michaels , World Tag Team Champions Kane and The Big Show , Carlito and Chris Masters ) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Match. (24:02)

  • ---For the third year running, Randy Orton was the sole survivor in his elimination match. It is also the second time he pinned Shawn Michaels in the final fall of the match.

  • The Undertaker returned following the main event, entering, in a Casket carried by Druid s. The casket was struck by Lightning after it was stood up by the druids, who then left. The Undertaker emerged from the flaming casket to destroy a good portion of the SmackDown! locker room (Simon Dean, James Dick, Funaki, Orlando Jordan, Brian Kendrick, Sylvan, Paul Burchill, and William Regal), who were standing in the ring. Randy Orton and his father Bob Orton escaped from being attacked. The Undertaker slightly changed his appearance, with lycra pants (with white Satanic logos on each side) and a short beard.


WWE Survivor Series 2005 Detailed Recap

1JBL attempted to hit HBK with a steel chair as he was "tuning up the band", he missed and got hit again with Sweet Chin Music

Trivia

  • Randy Orton has never lost at Survivor Series with a record of 3-0.

  • Triple H's win against Ric Flair at the 2005 Survivor Series marked the first time in his career that he has won a match at that same event, as he was 0-9 in the past.

  • This is the third year running that featured a match involving John Cena & Kurt Angle. They were team mates on 2003 . The latter two years they were opponents.

  • Eddie Guerrero was originally scheduled to be on Team ''SmackDown!'', however due to his passing on November 13, 2005, Randy Orton was named to replace him.

  • The SmackDown! Team Captain, Batista competed with a back injury.

  • This was the second time that Randy Orton eliminated Shawn Michaels to become the sole survivor of a survivor series match.

  • The 1998 Survivor Series marks the first and only time that a "King of the Ring" like tournament was held to determine a WWF Champion.



2006

The 20th annual Survivor Series is scheduled to take place on November 26 , 2006 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .


2007

On April 10 , 2006 , WWE announced that the 2007 Survivor Series has been tentatively booked for the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on 25th November. This booking would mark the tenth anniversary of the Montreal Screwjob .


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