Survivor Series is a

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(PPV) and

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, produced annually since 1987 by

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, the world's largest

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. Held in November generally the week of

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, it is the second longest-running PPV event in history, behind WWE's flagship event,

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. In addition to PPV, the event has aired on the livestreaming services

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since 2014 and

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since 2021. It is also considered one of the company's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania,

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, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". The event is traditionally characterized by having

Survivor Series match The Survivor Series match is a professional wrestling tag team elimination match held in WWE. The match typically sees two teams pitted against each other and members of the teams are eliminated one-by-one until one entire team is eliminated. Memb ...

es, which are

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es that typically features teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. Stipulations have also been added to these matches, such as members of the losing team being (

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) fired. Only three events have not featured the match: the 1998 event, which had an elimination tournament for the vacant

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(now WWE Championship), the 2002 event, which saw the debut of the

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, and the 2022 event, which featured

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es for the men and women. After WWE reintroduced the brand extension in 2016, the events from 2016 until 2021 centered around competition between wrestlers from the

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and

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brands for brand supremacy;

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was also involved in 2019. In addition to Survivor Series matches between the brands, the champions of each brand faced off in non-title matches. In 2022, the brand supremacy concept was dropped and the event was rebranded as "Survivor Series WarGames", marking WWE's first main roster event to feature the match.

Origins and changes

The first Survivor Series, held in 1987, came on the heels of the success of

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, as the

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(WWF) began to see the lucrative potential of the

(PPV) market. The first event capitalized on the big time feud between

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and

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, who wrestled each other at WrestleMania III. Survivor Series was originally created to be a "Thanksgiving tradition" as the first eight Survivor Series events took place on either

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(1987–1990) or Thanksgiving Eve (1991–1994). Since the 1995 event, Survivor Series has been held on various Sundays before Thanksgiving. The

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and

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events were held on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, while the 2022 event was held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The 1997 event was notorious as it featured the

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. Survivor Series was going to be discontinued and rebranded in 2010, but following fan outcry, the company decided to continue with the event. Survivor Series became the second longest running PPV event in history (behind

), and is also regarded as one of the "Big Four" pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania,

, and

, the promotion's original four annual events and their four biggest events of the year. From 1993 to 2002, it was considered one of the "Big Five", including

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, but that PPV event was discontinued after 2002. In August 2021, Money in the Bank became recognized as one of the "Big Five". In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) following a lawsuit with the

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over the "WWF" initialism. In April 2011, the promotion ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an

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. Also in March 2002, the promotion introduced the brand extension, in which the roster was divided between the

and

brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform—

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became a third brand in 2006. The first brand extension was dissolved in August 2011, but it was reintroduced in July 2016. Survivor Series, along with the other original "Big Four" events, were the only PPVs to never be held exclusively for one brand during either brand split periods. In 2014, Survivor Series began to air on WWE's online streaming service, the

, which launched in February that year, and in 2021, the event became available on

as the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March that year. As a result of the

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in early 2020, WWE had to present the majority of its programming for Raw and SmackDown from a behind closed doors set at the

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beginning mid-March. In August, these events were relocated to WWE's

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, the

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, hosted at Orlando's

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. The 2020 Survivor Series was in turn produced from the ThunderDome and was WWE's final PPV to present the ThunderDome from the Amway Center, as in early December, the ThunderDome was relocated to

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. In July 2021, WWE resumed live touring with fans.

Brand competition (2016–2021)

During the first brand extension period (2002–2011), there were only a few Survivor Series matches that were held between wrestlers of the two brands (e.g., Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown), but it was not the focus of the event. However, with the return of the brand split in 2016, Survivor Series took on the theme of direct competition between the Raw and SmackDown brands for brand supremacy, similar to the former

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events held during the first brand split in 2010 and 2011. In addition to traditional Survivor Series matches pitting the men and women from the two brands against each (2016 and 2018 also featured matches with the brands' tag teams going against each other), there were interpromotional matches that featured the brands' champions against each other in non-title matches (e.g., the

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vs. the

SmackDown Women's Champion The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two women's world titles for WWE's main ros ...

). The

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, 2017, and 2018 events were contested between Raw and SmackDown. The 2016 event was the genesis for what became the theme of brand supremacy that began in 2017. In 2017 and 2018, Raw won the competition with a score of 4–3 and 6–1, respectively (SmackDown's one point in 2018 occurred on the Kickoff pre-show). The 2019 event saw the addition of the

brand, which previously served as WWE's

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but became one of WWE's three main brands in 2019, and in turn featured the first three-way Survivor Series elimination matches for men and women. NXT subsequently won that year's competition with a 4–2–1 victory, with SmackDown having 2 points, and Raw's sole win occurring on the pre-show. NXT would not compete at the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Outbreaks of the virus had occurred at both of NXT's home arenas,

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and the WWE Performance Center, prompting WWE to exclude NXT wrestlers from the event to avoid potential transmission of the virus to members of the Raw and SmackDown rosters. Raw would win that year's competition with a 4–3 victory over SmackDown. The 2021 event also did not include NXT as the brand reverted to its status as WWE's developmental territory in September of that year. At the 2021 event, Raw again won the competition with a 5–2 victory over SmackDown.

WarGames (2022)

On September 19, 2022, WWE executive

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announced that the 2022 Survivor Series would not be based on the brand supremacy concept. Additionally, he announced that the event would feature two

es, one each for the men and women, marking the first time for a main roster WWE event to feature the match. The 2022 event was in turn renamed as Survivor Series WarGames, and it was also the first Survivor Series held on a Saturday. The NXT brand previously held an annual WarGames event from 2017 to 2021. With the WarGames match moving to the main roster for Survivor Series, this subsequently ended NXT's WarGames event, which was replaced by

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. In an interview with ''The Ringer'' in regards to WarGames at Survivor Series, Triple H said: During the Survivor Series WarGames post-event press conference, Triple H was asked if the WarGames match would become a permanent fixture at Survivor Series and he said "we'll see", citing the success of the 2022 event. In regards to the event not including a traditional Survivor Series match, he was asked if the match was done for good and he said they "weren't done with anything", noting that this year was the time to freshen up the event but the traditional match could see a return at future events. Triple H also revealed that the 2022 event was the highest-grossing Survivor Series of all time as well as the most viewed.

Survivor Series match

The event is traditionally characterized by having the

, which is a type of

that typically features two teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. In a Survivor Series match, each member of a team must be eliminated to win. The name of the match stems from this stipulation, as the winners are the "survivors", and in some cases, there has been only one survivor. There have sometimes been an additional stipulation placed on the Survivor Series match, such as members of the losing team being (

) fired. While typically contested between two teams, the 2019 event had three teams against each other in three-way Survivor Series matches. The promotion had several tag team elimination matches earlier in 1987, albeit with three-man teams and the feuds loosely related. In an early break from the norm, the 1992 event had only one Survivor Series match. Only three Survivor Series events have not featured any Survivor Series matches. The 1998 event was the first without any Survivor Series matches, instead focusing on an elimination tournament for the vacant

(now WWE Championship). The 2002 event was the second event to not include any Survivor Series matches. Instead, it had an elimination

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and a triple threat elimination tag team match (in which only one member of a team had to be eliminated to eliminate the whole team), but most notably, the event saw the debut of the

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match. The 2022 event was the third to not include any Survivor Series matches, or any type of elimination stipulations, as it instead featured two WarGames matches, one each for the men and women, which was notable for being WWE's first main roster event to feature the WarGames match.

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, , - , 13 , Survivor Series (1999) , November 14, 1999 ,

, , - , 14 , Survivor Series (2000) , November 19, 2000 , Tampa, Florida , Amalie Arena, Ice Palace , Stone Cold Steve Austin vs.

in a No Disqualification match , , - , 15 , Survivor Series (2001) , November 18, 2001 , style="white-space:nowrap;", Greensboro, North Carolina , style="white-space:nowrap;", Greensboro Coliseum Complex , Team WWF (Big Show, Chris Jericho, Kane (wrestler), Kane, Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, and

) vs. The Alliance (professional wrestling), Team Alliance (Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, Booker T (wrestler), Booker T, and Shane McMahon) in a Winner Takes All 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match , , - , 16 , Survivor Series (2002) , November 17, 2002 , New York City, New York (state), New York , Madison Square Garden ,

(c) vs. Booker T (wrestler), Booker T vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane (wrestler), Kane vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Shawn Michaels in an

for the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE), World Heavyweight Championship , , - , 17 , Survivor Series (2003) , November 16, 2003 , Dallas,

, American Airlines Center , Bill Goldberg, Goldberg (c) vs.

for the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE), World Heavyweight Championship , , - , 18 , Survivor Series (2004) , November 14, 2004 , Cleveland, Ohio , Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Gund Arena , Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Maven (wrestler), Maven) vs. Team Triple H (

, Dave Bautista, Batista, Edge (wrestler), Edge, and Gene Snitsky) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match , , - , 19 , Survivor Series (2005) , November 27, 2005 ,

, Raw (WWE brand), Team Raw (Big Show, Carlito (wrestler), Carlito, Chris Masters, Kane (wrestler), Kane, and Shawn Michaels) vs. SmackDown (WWE brand), Team SmackDown! (Dave Bautista, Batista, Bobby Lashley, John Layfield, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Randy Orton, and Rey Mysterio) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match , , - , 20 , Survivor Series (2006) , November 26, 2006 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia), Wachovia Center , Booker T (wrestler), King Booker (c) vs. Dave Bautista, Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE), World Heavyweight Championship , , - , 21 , , Survivor Series (2007) , November 18, 2007 , Miami, Florida , American Airlines Arena , Dave Bautista, Batista (c) vs.

in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE), World Heavyweight Championship , , - , 22 , Survivor Series (2008) , November 23, 2008 ,

, TD Garden, TD Banknorth Garden , Chris Jericho (c) vs. John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE), World Heavyweight Championship , , - , 23 , Survivor Series (2009) , November 22, 2009 , Washington, D.C. , Capital One Arena, Verizon Center , John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs.

in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship , , - , 24 , Survivor Series (2010) , November 21, 2010 , Miami, Florida , American Airlines Arena , Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett for the WWE Championship with John Cena as the

, , - , 25 , Survivor Series (2011) , November 20, 2011 , New York City, New York (state), New York , Madison Square Garden , John Cena and Dwayne Johnson, The Rock 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 in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship , , - , 27 , Survivor Series (2013) , November 24, 2013 ,

, TD Garden , Randy Orton (c) vs. Big Show for the WWE Championship , , - , 28 , Survivor Series (2014) , November 23, 2014 , St. Louis, Missouri , Enterprise Center, Scottrade Center , Team Cena (John Cena, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, and Ryback) vs. The Authority (professional wrestling), Team Authority (Kane (wrestler), Kane, Brodie Lee, Luke Harper, Mark Henry, Miro (wrestler), Rusev, and Seth Rollins) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match , , - , 29 , Survivor Series (2015) , November 22, 2015 , Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia , State Farm Arena, Philips Arena , Roman Reigns (c) vs. Sheamus for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in Sheamus' Money in the Bank contract cash-in match , , - , 30 , Survivor Series (2016) , November 20, 2016 , Toronto, Ontario, Canada , Scotiabank Arena, Air Canada Centre , Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg, Goldberg , , - , 31 , Survivor Series (2017) , November 19, 2017 , Houston,

, Toyota Center , Raw (WWE brand), Team Raw (Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, and

) vs. SmackDown (WWE brand), Team SmackDown (Bobby Roode, John Cena, Randy Orton, Shane McMahon, and Shinsuke Nakamura) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match , , - , 32 , Survivor Series (2018) , November 18, 2018 , Los Angeles, California , Staples Center , Brock Lesnar vs. Bryan Danielson, Daniel Bryan , , - , 33 , Survivor Series (2019) , November 24, 2019 , Rosemont, Illinois , Allstate Arena , Bayley (wrestler), Bayley vs. Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler in a triple threat match , , - , 34 , Survivor Series (2020) , November 22, 2020 ,

, Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns , , - , 35 , Survivor Series (2021) , November 21, 2021 , Brooklyn, New York (state), New York , Barclays Center , Big E (wrestler), Big E vs. Roman Reigns , , - , 36 , Survivor Series WarGames , November 26, 2022 ,

, TD Garden , The Bloodline (professional wrestling), The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Solo Sikoa, and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)) vs. The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Pete Dunne, Butch), Drew McIntyre, and Kevin Owens in a

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