History Wrestling / SurvivorSeries

** The Rock and [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]], respectively, in a rehash of the Montreal Screwjob in 1998. Mankind eventually [[spoiler: won his WWF Championship on the January 4th edition of ''RAW'', the same night as the infamous FingerpokeOfDoom on ''WCW Monday Nitro.'']]

** At the 2009 Divas match, {{Wrestling/Layla}} was the first to be eliminated.

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* WeAREStrugglingTogether: There are cases when in-fighting between team members causes their downfall.

** The [[GimmickMatches Elimination Chamber]] in 2002.

The event is usually characterized by having [[FiveManBand five]] on [[FiveBadBand five]] (or sometimes [[FourTemperamentEnsemble four]] on [[FourGirlEnsemble four]] or six man) TagTeam elimination matches. These matches are generally referred to simply as "traditional Survivor Series matches". But the catch to Survivor Series is to be the sole survivor or survivors meaning that there is an elimination element to the match.

* FiveManBand: Versus a FiveBadBand. What characterized the event, which features the face and heel teams who compete against the other.

** Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} and Wrestling/CharlotteFlair haven't lost at this event since their respective debut.

** 2014's match between Team John Cena and Team Authority was one for the Authority storyline. [[ShaggyDogStory Or so it was believed]].

** Wrestling/TheBigShow won the WWE championship at this event twice (his first and second in 1999 and 2002 respectively).

** The 2003 event had Undertaker being buried alive by Wrestling/{{Kane}} and Stone Cold losing his Raw GM position.

* TheCameo: Wrestling/{{ECW}}'s [[Wrestling/{{TPE}} the Public Enemy]] lost to the Smoking Gunns in a dark (non-televised) match before ''Survivor Series 1995''.

** Wrestling/JohnCena never lost a match at this event until 2012, thanks thanks to Wrestling/TheShield making their debut during the WWE Championship Triple Threat Match he was on.

** Wrestling/RonSimmons, via countout, in the Team Flair[[note]]Wrestling/RicFlair[=/=]Simmons[=/=]Dusty[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[[/note]]-Spirit Squad[[note]](Kenny [Ken Doane aka Kenny Dykstra][=/=][[Wrestling/DolphZiggler Nicky [Nick Nemeth aka Dolph Ziggler]]][=/=]Johnny [Jeter][=/=]Mikey [Mike Mondo][[/note]] match, 2006.
** JTG of Cryme Tyme, via MVP, in the Team Shawn Michaels[[note]]Michaels[=/=]Mysterio[=/=]The Great Khali[=/=][[Characters/WWETagTeams Cryme Tyme [Shad Gaspard and JTG]]][[/note]]-Team Bradshaw[[note]]JBL[=/=]Wrestling/TheMiz[=/=]Wrestling/JohnMorrison[=/=][=Kane=][=/=][[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter MVP [Montel Vontavious Porter]]][[/note]] match, 2008.

** MVP, via Drew [=McIntyre=], in the Team Mysterio[[note]](Rey[=/=]The Big Show[=/=]Kofi Kingston[=/=][MVP[=/=]Chris Masters)[[/note]]-Team Del Rio[[note]](Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio[=/=]Drew [=McIntyre=][=/=]Wrestling/CodyRhodes[=/=]Wrestling/JackSwagger[=/=]Tyler Reks)[[/note]] match, 2010.

** Wrestling/TripleH was consistently winless in this event from his debut in 1995 until 2005.
** Wrestling/RandyOrton was SoleSurvivor from 2003-2005.
** Wrestling/BrockLesnar was consistently winless in this event from his debut in 2002 until 2017.
** Wrestling/CharlotteFlair hasn't lost at this event since her main roster debut in 2015.

** The 2003 dropped several hints for the upcoming ''WM XX'', from emphasis over Wrestling/ChrisBenoit's submission prowess, the rising tension between Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/TheBigShow, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} interrupting Wrestling/BrockLesnar's interview, and Wrestling/Wrestling/{{Kane}} interfering in Wrestling/TheUndertaker's Buried Alive match.

** Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} has entered this event as a Women's Champion since her main roster debut in 2015.

** ''Survivor Series 1998,'' where The Rock defeated Mankind in a rehashing of the Montreal Screwjob for the vacated [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]]
** ''Survior Series 2015'' became this due to Seth Rollins's injury forcing him to vacate the championship.

** 2014 featured Wrestling/DeanAmbrose Versus Wrestling/BrayWyatt.

** 2016 featured Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} Versus Wrestling/BrockLesnar.
** 2017 featured two in its Champion vs. Champions Matches. First was [=SmackDown=] Women's Champion Wrestling/CharlotteFlair (b.1986) squaring off against RAW Women's Champion Wrestling/AlexaBliss (b. 1991), then there's WWE Champion Wrestling/AJStyles (b. June 1977) duking it out with Universal Champion Wrestling/BrockLesnar (b. July 1977).

** The fastest example was in 1999, when The Big Show, after beating up his intended partners Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie and Kaientai ([[Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku Taka Michinoku]] and Shoichi Funaki) backstage, singlehandedly defeated the Big Bossman's entire team (Prince Albert, Mideon, and Viscera), with Bossman taking the hint and getting himself counted out, in a mere '''1:27'''.

** 2017 featured two in its Champion vs. Champions Matches. First was [=SmackDown=] Women's Champion Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} (b.1986) squaring off against RAW Women's Champion Wrestling/AlexaBliss (b. 1991), then there's WWE Champion Wrestling/AJStyles (b. June 1977) duking it out with Universal Champion Wrestling/BrockLesnar (b. July 1977).

** Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} hasn't lost at this event since her main roster debut in 2015.

** Inverted twice in 2017. StatuesqueStunner Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} d. Wrestling/AlexaBliss, while Wrestling/BrockLesnar d. Wrestling/AJStyles. Charlotte was the {{Face}} on her match, though.

** 1990 saw the "Grand Finale of Survival," where all the surviving faces teamed up against all of the surviving heels from the previous matches. Hulk Hogan, the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior and Wrestling/TitoSantana d. Ted [=DiBiase=] and the Visionaries (Wrestling/RickMartel, the Warlord and Power and Glory [Hercules and Paul Roma]), with Hogan and Warrior surviving.

** Then again, one realizes that the ''[[Royal Rumble]]'' has only one Rumble on the card, that is until the first ever Women's Royal Rumble in 2018.

** The Rock and [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]], respectively, in a rehash of the Montreal Screwjob in 1998.
*** Mankind eventually [[spoiler: won his WWF Championship on the January 4th edition of ''RAW'', the same night as the infamous [[fingerpoke of doom]] on ''WCW Monday Nitro.'']]

** This match marked the end of the Invasion angle. [[spoiler: [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock pinned [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stone Cold Steve Austin]], who was the mole within the alliance, in order to win the match and save the WWF.]]

The event is usually characterized by having [[FiveManBand five]] on [[FiveBadBand five]] (or sometimes [[FourTemperamentEnsemble four]] on [[FourGirlEnsemble four]] or six man) TagTeam elimination matches. These matches are generally referred to simply as "traditional Survivor Series matches".

** 2001's main event served as one for the Invasion.

* PartySchedulingGambit: The first aired on Thanksgiving Night 1987, the same night as the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]]'s first PPV, ''Starrcade.'' Vince forced the PPV companies of the time to choose between either ''Survivor Series'' or ''Starrcade.'' Most chose ''Survivor Series.''

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** 2016 featured Wrestling/{{Golberg}} Versus Wrestling/BrockLesnar.

** Wrestling/TripleH was winless at this event until 2005, and has only won twice more (in 2006 and 2007) ever since.

-->--'''{{Tagline}}''', ''Survivor Series 88''.

** Wrestling/{{Charlotte}} hasn't lost in this event since her main roster debut in 2015.

** Wrestling/TripleH was consistently winless in this event until 2005.

* DavidVersusGoliath: Inverted, as [=Batista=] d. Rey Mysterio Jr. in 2009.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: 2005's event included a match between established WWE star Trish Stratus, and rookie valet Melina.

** Wrestling/DolphZiggler pulled this off in both 2012 and 2014 (the latter with some help from Sting).

** Wrestling/BrockLesnar has yet to win ''at all'' at this event.