History YMMV / SurvivorSeries

** 2010: Wrestling/JohnCena being (temporarily) fired from WWE (for helping Orton retain the WWE Championship against Nexus leader Wade Barrett).

** 2018: Either Wrestling/CharlotteFlair giving a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Creator/RondaRousey, or Wrestling/DrakeMaverick wetting his pants during the tag team match.
** 2019: Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} and his son double teaming (read: ''Stereo 619ing'') Wrestling/BrockLesnar.

** 2021: Wrestling/BeckyLynch vs. Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, mainly due to the real life heat between the two.

** The ending of the 2015 event. Sure, a heel turn would have been predictable, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools that isn't a bad thing]] -- in fact, it would've been interesting and would have refreshed the main product of the company, more so than putting it on a guy who had been booked into oblivion throughout 2015 and had already won multiple world titles such as Sheamus, yet failed to get over enough to justify any one of them. The fans, knowing this and seeing that the company would rather play it safe and keep churning out the same stale programming rather than try something new and invigorating, made it blatantly clear that they weren't having any of it and started leaving in droves. It probably didn’t help that the title had been on an Authority-associated superstar (Wrestling/SethRollins, who'd been forced to vacate the title after blowing out his knee at a house show in Dublin) for months and the fans wanted a change.

** 2021: Wrestling/BeckyLynch vs. Wrestling/CharlotteFlair.

** 2007: Wrestling/{{Edge}}'s surprise return during Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Wrestling/TheUndertaker's Wrestling/HellInACell World Heavyweight Championship match.

* SeasonalRot: The core concept of ''Survivor Series'' has become completely irrelevant over the years as it has shifted from being clashes between teams of wrestlers who have a beef with each other, to ''RAW'' competing against ''[=SmackDown=]'' in "brand warfare" for nothing more than bragging rights, with teams made up of faces and heels from each brand being thrown together to fight for the pride of the show, irrespective of their own stories. This was undermined even more by the regular WWE Draft, and reached a nadir in 2021 when all four (two men's and two women's) teams were literally announced wholesale on Twitter a mere three weeks after the last draft, leading to people pointing out that the ''entire RAW'' men's team was made up of wrestlers ''who'd been on [=SmackDown=] less than a month earlier,'' now talking about how they have to win for the pride of ''RAW.'' Even more ridiculously, authority figure Adam Pearce appeared on ''RAW'' talking about how essential it is that ''RAW'' wins for brand pride... despite the fact that he's the authority on both ''RAW and [=SmackDown=]!'' At this point, the matches could well be very entertaining, but it's impossible to ''care'' about them any more.

** 1996: The debut of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] or Wrestling/{{Stone Cold|SteveAustin}} vs Wrestling/BretHart.

** 2005: Wrestling/TheUndertaker returning to interrupt [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown Team SmackDown]][=/=]Wrestling/RandyOrton's celebration.
** 2006: [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels All]] [[Wrestling/TripleH five]] [[Wrestling/MattHardy members]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy of]] [[Wrestling/CMPunk Team]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX DX]] surviving their match.

** 2010: Wrestling/JohnCena being (temporarily) fired from WWE.

** 2014: The debut of Wrestling/{{Sting}} or the (temporary) firing of Wrestling/TheAuthority.

** The ending of the 2015 event. Sure, a heel turn would have been predictable, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools that isn't a bad thing]] -- in fact, it would've been interesting and would have refreshed the main product of the company, more so than putting it on a guy who had been booked into oblivion throughout 2015 and had already won multiple world titles such as Sheamus, yet failed to get over enough to justify any one of them. The fans, knowing this and seeing that the company would rather play it safe and keep churning out the same stale programming rather than try something new and invigorating, made it blatantly clear that they weren't having any of it and started leaving in droves. It probably didn’t help that the title had been on an Authority-associated superstar for months and the fans wanted a change.

** 2014: The debut of Wrestling/{{Sting}}.

* EndingAversion:
** The 2017 edition started out hot with Wrestling/TheShield vs Wrestling/TheNewDay (one of the three most anticipated matches on the card), and had consistently good matches throughout the night, including dream match Wrestling/BrockLesnar vs Wrestling/AJStyles. The main event, however, was a weak finish filled with wasted opportunities (see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot below for more). Most fans suggest viewers stop after AJ/Brock, unless they want to see Wrestling/BraunStrowman borderline ''murdering'' Wrestling/TripleH for playing him.
** The 2019 edition, which ran with well-praised matches for most of its card, closed out on a main event (a women's championship triple threat match) that was widely judged to have not lived up to its hype.

* ToughActToFollow: As shown in EndingAversion, the 2019 event was absolutely covered from top to bottom with amazing matches, with the Women's Championship Triple Threat Match commented as not living up to the hype that included a Women's Survivor Match, [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt The Fiend]] vs. [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Pete Dunne vs. Wrestling/AdamCole, and Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} vs. Wrestling/BrockLesnar.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The ending of the 2015 event was basically a rehash of ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2013''. While this was probably the main reason why the angle was badly received, it didn't help that the guy who cashed in ([[spoiler:Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}]]) had been regarded as irrelevant for months, while the guy he cashed in on ([[spoiler:Wrestling/RomanReigns]]) didn't have even close to the level of popularity that [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] had (he was popular enough for people to feel bad for him, certainly, but not enough to get behind him all the way), and even less than the other finalist ([[spoiler:Wrestling/DeanAmbrose]]) had, and many feel he's better off being a heel anyway.

** 2001: Team WWF defeating the Alliance to end the Invasion angle.
** 2002: The inaugural Elimination Chamber.

** 2007: Wrestling/{{Edge}}'s surprise return.

** 2020: Wrestling/TheUndertaker's final farewell.
** 2021: Wrestling/BeckyLynch vs Wrestling/CharlotteFlair

** The 2017 men's 5-on-5 had two matchups that the fans were ''salivating'' to see: Raw's Wrestling/FinnBalor against his old NXT rival, Smackdown's Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, and Raw's Wrestling/TripleH versus Smackdown's Wrestling/BobbyRoode for the first time ''ever''. Balor and Nakamura did a few callbacks to their NXT headgames and New Japan feuds, with the fans screaming like crazy for it, but Nakamura was eliminated by Braun Strowman in a squash about six seconds later. Triple H vs Roode has been an internet dream match for a long time, with Roode during his TNA years being compared to Hunter in his prime, and not only was the crowd amped as hell, Balor and Samoa Joe were on the ring apron visibly marking out. Yet again, there was only a short back-and-forth before Cena and Strowman tagged in.
* ToughActToFollow: As shown in EndingAversion, the 2019 event was absolutely covered from top to bottom with amazing matches, with the Women's Championship Triple Threat Match commented as not living up to the hype that included a Women's Survivor Match, The Fiend vs Daniel Bryan, Pete Dunne vs Adam Cole and Rey Mysterio vs Brock Lesnar.

* WinBackTheCrowd: The 2016 edition was seen as a ''massive'' improvement over the previous year's event. It was noted that the traditional elimination matches had much better storytelling and unpredictability (the men's one, despite clocking in at almost an hour was widely praised as one of the best Survivor Series matches of all time).

* SeasonalRot: The core concept of ''Survivor Series'' has become completely irrelevant over the years as it has shifted from being clashes between teams of wrestlers who have a beef with each other, to ''RAW'' competing against ''[=SmackDown=]'' in "brand warfare" for nothing more than bragging rights, with teams made up of faces and heels from each brand being thrown together to fight for the pride of the show, irrespective of their own stories. This was undermined even more by the regular WWE Draft, and reached a nadir in 2021 when all four (two men's and two women's) teams were literally announced wholesale on Twitter a mere three weeks after the last draft, leading to people pointing out that the ''entire [=SmackDown=]'' men's team was made up of wrestlers ''who'd been on RAW less than a month earlier,'' now talking about how they have to win for the pride of ''[=SmackDown=].'' Even more ridiculously, authority figure Adam Pearce appeared on ''RAW'' talking about how essential it is that ''RAW'' wins for brand pride... despite the fact that he's the authority on both ''RAW and [=SmackDown=]!'' At this point, the matches could well be very entertaining, but it's impossible to ''care'' about them any more.

** The ending of the 2015 event. Sure, a heel turn would have been predictable, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools that isn't a bad thing]] -- in fact, it would've been interesting and would have refreshed the main product of the company, more so than putting it on a guy who had been booked into oblivion throughout 2015 and had already won multiple world titles such as Sheamus, yet failed to get over enough to justify any one of them. The fans, knowing this and seeing that the company would rather play it safe and keep churning out the same stale programming rather than try something new and invigorating, made it blatantly clear that they weren't having any of it and started leaving in droves.

** 2019: Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} and his son double teaming (read: Stereo 619ing) Wrestling/BrockLesnar.

* EndingAversion: The 2017 edition started out hot with Wrestling/TheShield vs Wrestling/TheNewDay (one of the three most anticipated matches on the card), and had consistently good matches throughout the night, including dream match Wrestling/BrockLesnar vs Wrestling/AJStyles. The main event, however, was a weak finish filled with wasted opportunities (see TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot below for more). Most fans suggest viewers stop after AJ/Brock, [[spoiler:unless they want to see Wrestling/BraunStrowman borderline ''murdering'' Wrestling/TripleH for playing him]].

** 2019: Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} and his son double teaming Wrestling/BrockLesnar.

** 2015: Wrestling/RomanReigns winning the title only for Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase and win the title for himself, and the livid crowd's reaction.
** 2016: Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} '''squashing''' Wrestling/BrockLesnar in one minute.

** The ending of the 2015 event. Sure, a heel turn would have been predictable, but [[TropesAreTools that isn't a bad thing]] -- in fact, it would've been interesting and would have refreshed the main product of the company, more so than putting it on a guy who had been booked into oblivion throughout 2015 and had already won multiple world titles such as Sheamus, yet failed to get over enough to justify any one of them. The fans, knowing this and seeing that the company would rather play it safe and keep churning out the same stale programming rather than try something new and invigorating, made it blatantly clear that they weren't having any of it and started leaving in droves.

** 2018: Either Wrestling/CharlotteFlair giving a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Creator/RondaRousey, or Drake Maverick wetting his pants during the tag team match.