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* TokenWhite: Wrestling/{{Christian}}, on Team Kingston [[note]](Wrestling/KofiKingston[=/=]Wrestling/MarkHenry[=/=][[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]][=/=]Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter)[[/note]] in their successful match against the all-white Team Orton [[note]](Wrestling/RandyOrton[=/=]Wrestling/CMPunk[=/=]Wrestling/WilliamRegal[=/=]Wrestling/CodyRhodes[=/=][[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Ted [=DiBiase=] Jr.]])[[/note]] at ''Survivor Series 2009.'' PlayedForLaughs when Christian pointed out his minority status... by saying he was the sole Canadian. Everyone else took it in stride.

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* TokenWhite: Wrestling/{{Christian}}, on Team Kingston [[note]](Wrestling/KofiKingston[=/=]Wrestling/MarkHenry[=/=][[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]][=/=]Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter)[[/note]] in their successful match against the all-white Team Orton [[note]](Wrestling/RandyOrton[=/=]Wrestling/CMPunk[=/=]Wrestling/WilliamRegal[=/=]Wrestling/CodyRhodes[=/=][[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Ted [=DiBiase=] Jr.]])[[/note]] at ''Survivor Series 2009.'' PlayedForLaughs when Christian pointed out his minority status... by saying he was the sole Canadian. Canadian and from ECW. Everyone else took it in stride.stride.
-->'''Christian:''' Team Kofi Kingston/looking for a Fight/Four of us is black/and one of us is white!

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** Wrestling/BobbyLashley, via Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, in the Team [=SmackDown=][[note]][Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]][=/=]Wrestling/RandyOrton[=/=]Wrestling/{{Batista}}[=/=]Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr[=/=]Lashley[[/note]] vs. Team [=Raw=][[note]](Michaels[=/=]Wrestling/{{Kane}}[=/=]Wrestling/BigShow[=/=][[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]][=/=]Chris Masters)[[/note]] match, 2005.

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** Wrestling/BobbyLashley, via Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, in the Team [=SmackDown=][[note]][Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]][=/=]Wrestling/RandyOrton[=/=]Wrestling/{{Batista}}[=/=]Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr[=/=]Lashley[[/note]] JBL]][=/=]Wrestling/RandyOrton[=/=]Wrestling/{{Batista}}[=/=]Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}[=/=]Lashley[[/note]] vs. Team [=Raw=][[note]](Michaels[=/=]Wrestling/{{Kane}}[=/=]Wrestling/BigShow[=/=][[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]][=/=]Chris [=Raw=][[note]](Michaels[=/=]Wrestling/{{Kane}}[=/=]Wrestling/BigShow[=/=]Wrestling/{{Carlito|Colon}}[=/=]Chris Masters)[[/note]] match, 2005.



** The 2013 'Total Divas vs True Divas' match actually had the first two eliminations from both teams be Alicia Fox and Cameron respectively. And the next elimination was the Latina Rosa Mendes.
** Wrestling/TheNewDay is the very first losing team in the 2017 event thanks to Wrestling/TheShield.

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** The 2013 'Total Divas vs True Divas' match actually had the first two eliminations from both teams be Alicia Fox Wrestling/AliciaFox and Cameron Wrestling/{{Cameron}} respectively. And the next elimination was the Latina Rosa Mendes.
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** Wrestling/TheNewDay is was the very first losing team in the 2017 event thanks to Wrestling/TheShield.



** The 2018 event saw Wrestling/CharlotteFlair losing to Creator/RondaRousey by disqualification. Until this match, Charlotte was undefeated at this event since her debut in 2015. Conversely, Wrestling/AlexaBliss scores her first win by proxy[[note]]She did not compete due to injury[[/note]] of being TheCaptain of RAW's Women's team. Until this match, Alexa was winless at this event since her debut in 2016.

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** The 2018 event saw Wrestling/CharlotteFlair losing to Creator/RondaRousey Wrestling/RondaRousey by disqualification. Until this match, Charlotte was undefeated at this event since her debut in 2015. Conversely, Wrestling/AlexaBliss scores her first win by proxy[[note]]She did not compete due to injury[[/note]] of being TheCaptain of RAW's Women's team. Until this match, Alexa was winless at this event since her debut in 2016.



** The final moments of the 2008 Divas match between the Raw and Smackdown women came down to Beth Phoenix and Maryse - the top heels on their respective brands.

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** The final moments of the 2008 Divas match between the Raw and Smackdown women came down to Beth Phoenix Wrestling/BethPhoenix and Maryse Wrestling/{{Maryse}} - the top heels on their respective brands.



** In 2019 NXT was added to the mix, and an Evil vs Evil vs Evil match took place; United States Champion AJ Styles vs Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs North American Champion Roderick Strong.
** The 2020 event features Wrestling/BobbyLashley (the United States Champion) representing The Hurt Business, and Wrestling/SamiZayn (the Intercontinental champion).

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** In 2019 NXT was added to the mix, and an Evil vs Evil vs Evil match took place; United States Champion AJ Styles Wrestling/AJStyles vs Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura vs North American Champion Roderick Strong.
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** The 2020 event features Wrestling/BobbyLashley (the United States Champion) representing The Hurt Business, Wrestling/TheHurtBusiness, and Wrestling/SamiZayn (the Intercontinental champion).



** The Powers of Pain (The Warlord and the Barbarian) and [=Demolition=], respectively in 1988.

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** The Powers of Pain Wrestling/ThePowersOfPain (The Warlord and the Barbarian) Wrestling/TheBarbarian) and [=Demolition=], Wrestling/{{Demolition}}, respectively in 1988.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra famously gave previews/teasers of storylines heading to that season's Wrestling/WrestleMania.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra famously gave previews/teasers of storylines heading to that season's Wrestling/WrestleMania.''Wrestling/WrestleMania''.



* TheGiant: Team Lesnar [[note]](Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Wrestling/BigShow, [[Wrestling/MattBloom A-Train]], Matt Morgan, and Nathan Jones)[[/note]] were hyped up as the physically largest team in ''Survivor Series'' history. Opinions on the team members may vary, but arguably most of them qualify for this trope. Despite which, [[DavidVersusGoliath they fell to a relatively smaller team]] consisting of Wrestling/KurtAngle, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], [[Wrestling/BobHolly Hardcore Holly]] and Wrestling/JohnCena.

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* TheGiant: Team Lesnar [[note]](Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Wrestling/BigShow, [[Wrestling/MattBloom A-Train]], Matt Morgan, Wrestling/MattMorgan, and Nathan Jones)[[/note]] were hyped up as the physically largest team in ''Survivor Series'' history. Opinions on the team members may vary, but arguably most of them qualify for this trope. Despite which, [[DavidVersusGoliath they fell to a relatively smaller team]] consisting of Wrestling/KurtAngle, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], [[Wrestling/BobHolly Hardcore Holly]] and Wrestling/JohnCena.



** 1992 saw the Big Bossman defeat Nailz in a "Nightstick on a pole match," and The Undertaker d. Wrestling/{{Kamala}} in a casket match.
** [[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]] (w[=/=]Wrestling/OwenHart) d. [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]] Bret Hart for the title in a "submission" match, and Undertaker d. Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} in a casket match in 1994 with Creator/ChuckNorris as the special guest enforcer.

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** 1992 saw the Big Bossman Wrestling/BigBossman defeat Nailz in a "Nightstick on a pole match," and The Undertaker Wrestling/TheUndertaker d. Wrestling/{{Kamala}} in a casket match.
** [[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]] (w[=/=]Wrestling/OwenHart) d. [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]] Bret Hart Wrestling/BretHart for the title in a "submission" match, and Undertaker d. Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} in a casket match in 1994 with Creator/ChuckNorris as the special guest enforcer.



** 2001's main event served as one [[spoiler: for the Invasion]].

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** 2001's main event served as one [[spoiler: for the Invasion]].Wrestling/TheInVasionAngle.



** Wrestling/RandyOrton defeated Wrestling/ShawnMichaels three times in this event (2003, 2005, and 2007). The first two in the traditional elimination match in which he was the sole survivor and the latter in a one-on-one match for the WWE Championship.
* JustifiedTitle: The 1998, 2002 and 2022 events didn't have the traditional 5-on-5 tag team matches, but the TournamentArc for the vacant WWF title (1998), the debut of the Wrestling/EliminationChamber match for the World Heavyweight title (2002), and the main roster introduction of the ''[=WarGames=]'' match (2022) emphasized the theme of "Survival". In the case of the 2022 event, it was even subtitled ''[=WarGames=]'' to reflect this.
* MeleeATrois: The 2019 event was a threeway fight between RAW, [=SmackDown=] and [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]. This was incorporated into the matches of the night, with representatives from all three brands being involved in Triple Threat matches.[[note]]A ten-TagTeam battle royale featuring three-four teams from each brand, a Cruiserweight Championship match featuring Akira Tozawa (RAW), Kalisto ([=SmackDown=]) and Lio Rush (NXT) and each brands' TagTeam champions (The Viking Raiders, the New Day and the Undisputed Era, respectively) on the pre-show, with the main show featuring three-team elimination matches for both the men and the women as well as matches for both the midcard champions (US Champion AJ Styles, Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong) and the Women's Champions (Becky Lynch, Bayley and Shayna Baszler). The uppercard champions were exempt from this, instead having title defenses against wrestlers from their own brands.[[/note]]

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** Wrestling/RandyOrton defeated Wrestling/ShawnMichaels three times in this event (2003, 2005, and 2007). The first two in the traditional elimination match in which he was the sole survivor SoleSurvivor and the latter in a one-on-one match for the WWE Championship.
** A member of the famed [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Anoa'i clan]] won their first WWE Championships in a TournamentArc ([[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] in 1998, Wrestling/RomanReigns in 2015), beating an iconic GarbageWrestler who they worked closely with at different points in their careers in the finals ([[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] and [[Wrestling/JonMoxley Dean Ambrose]], respectively).
* JustifiedTitle: The 1998, 2002 2002, 2022, and 2022 2023 events didn't have the traditional 5-on-5 tag team matches, but the TournamentArc for the vacant WWF title (1998), the debut of the Wrestling/EliminationChamber match for the World Heavyweight title (2002), and the main roster introduction of the ''[=WarGames=]'' match (2022) (2022 and 2023) emphasized the theme of "Survival". In the case of the 2022 event, it was and 2023 events, they were even subtitled ''[=WarGames=]'' to reflect this.
* MeleeATrois: The 2019 event was a threeway three-way fight between RAW, [=SmackDown=] and [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]. This was incorporated into the matches of the night, with representatives from all three brands being involved in Triple Threat matches.[[note]]A ten-TagTeam battle royale featuring three-four teams from each brand, a Cruiserweight Championship match featuring Akira Tozawa (RAW), Kalisto ([=SmackDown=]) and Lio Rush Wrestling/LioRush (NXT) and each brands' TagTeam champions (The Viking Raiders, the New Day and the Undisputed Era, respectively) on the pre-show, with the main show featuring three-team elimination matches for both the men and the women as well as matches for both the midcard champions (US Champion AJ Styles, Wrestling/AJStyles, Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura and NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong) Wrestling/RoderickStrong) and the Women's Champions (Becky Lynch, Bayley (Wrestling/BeckyLynch, Wrestling/{{Bayley}} and Shayna Baszler). Wrestling/ShaynaBaszler). The uppercard upper card champions were exempt from this, instead having title defenses against wrestlers from their own brands.[[/note]]



** The final two men in the inaugural Elimination Chamber match in 2002 were then World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling/TripleH and his (at the time) estranged BigBrotherMentor Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.

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** The final two men in the inaugural Elimination Chamber Wrestling/EliminationChamber match in 2002 were then World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling/TripleH and his (at the time) estranged BigBrotherMentor Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.



** 2019 featured Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} (b. 1974) versus Wrestling/BrockLesnar (b. 1977) and Wrestling/DanielBryan (b. 1981) versus [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt]] (b. 1987).

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** 2019 featured Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} (b. 1974) versus Wrestling/BrockLesnar (b. 1977) and Wrestling/DanielBryan [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] (b. 1981) versus [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt]] (b. 1987).



* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: ''Survivor Series 1999'' featured wrestling porn star Val Venis leading his team of "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry, wrestling vampire [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]] and martial arts expert [[Wrestling/SteveBlackman "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman]] to victory over The British Bulldog and [[Wrestling/TheCorporation the Mean Street Posse]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Hardcore Holly to Brock Lesnar at the 2003 PPV. This actually led to him being disqualified (and therefore eliminated) before the match had even really started.

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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: ''Survivor Series 1999'' featured wrestling porn star Val Venis leading his team of "Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry, Wrestling/MarkHenry, wrestling vampire [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]] and martial arts expert [[Wrestling/SteveBlackman "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman]] to victory over The British Bulldog and [[Wrestling/TheCorporation the Mean Street Posse]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[Wrestling/BobHolly Hardcore Holly Holly]] to Brock Lesnar Wrestling/BrockLesnar at the 2003 PPV. This actually led to him being disqualified (and therefore eliminated) before the match had even really started.



** The first shutout was in 1990, when the Visionaries [[note]](Rick Martel[=/=]The Warlord[=/=]Power and Glory [Hercules and Paul Roma])[[/note]] d. the Vipers [[note]](Jake Roberts[=/=]Wrestling/JimmySnuka[=/=]The Rockers [Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty])[[/note]], with all four of the Visionaries surviving.

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** The first shutout was in 1990, when the Visionaries [[note]](Rick Martel[=/=]The Warlord[=/=]Power and Glory [Hercules and Paul Roma])[[/note]] d. the Vipers [[note]](Jake Roberts[=/=]Wrestling/JimmySnuka[=/=]The Rockers [Shawn Michaels [Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Marty Jannetty])[[/note]], Wrestling/MartyJannetty])[[/note]], with all four of the Visionaries surviving.
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** The tail end of the 2023 event had [[spoiler: Wrestling/CMPunk]].

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** The tail end of the 2023 event had [[spoiler: [[HesBack the return of]] Wrestling/CMPunk]].
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** The 2014 event had the WWE debut of Wrestling/{{Sting}}.

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** The 2014 event had the WWE debut of Wrestling/{{Sting}}.Wrestling/{{Sting}}.
** The tail end of the 2023 event had [[spoiler: Wrestling/CMPunk]].
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** In the 2014 event, a traditional Divas match had the face team (Wrestling/{{Naomi}}, Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidheart}}, Wrestling/AliciaFox and [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Emma]]) win without any eliminations on their side.

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** In the 2014 event, a traditional Divas match had the face team (Wrestling/{{Naomi}}, (Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}}, Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidheart}}, Wrestling/AliciaFox and [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Emma]]) win without any eliminations on their side.
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** The 2021 event features Wrestling/BeckyLynch (Raw Women's Champion) and Wrestling/CharlotteFlair ([=SmackDown=] Women's Champion).
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* NearVillainVictory: Team Cena vs. Team Authority in 2014. Wrestling/DolphZiggler was making his last stand the betrayal of the Big Show had reduced his team to just him. Everytime he tried to get an edge over Seth Rollins, Triple H would take out a referee. When Zigger kicked out of a pin by a crooked ref, Trips Pedigreed him and laid Rollins arm for the victory. When all seemed lost...[[Wrestling/STing the Stinger]] appeared.

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* NearVillainVictory: Team Cena vs. Team Authority in 2014. Wrestling/DolphZiggler was making his last stand the betrayal of the Big Show had reduced his team to just him. Everytime he tried to get an edge over Seth Rollins, Triple H would take out a referee. When Zigger kicked out of a pin by a crooked ref, Trips Pedigreed him and laid Rollins arm for the victory. When all seemed lost...[[Wrestling/STing [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the Stinger]] appeared.

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