Survivor Series

This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. For the video game named after the event for the Game Boy Advance, see WWE Survivor Series (video game).

Not to be confused with Survivor (franchise).

Survivor Series, also known as Survivor Series: WarGames since 2022, is a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event made by WWE. It takes place in November around the American Thanksgiving. The pay-per-view is part of WWE's "Big Four", along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and the Royal Rumble.

Survivor Series
Information
Other name(s)	Survivor Series: WarGames (2022–present)
Created by	Vince McMahon
Promotion(s)	WWE
Brand(s)	Raw (2002–2010, 2016–present) SmackDown (2002–2010, 2016–present) NXT (2019) 205 Live (2018) ECW (2006–2009)
First event	1987
Event gimmick	Competition between brands (2016–2021) WarGames (2022–present)
Signature match types	Survivor Series match (1987–2021) WarGames match (2022–present)

The event's signature match originally was the Survivor Series elminination match, where teams of four or five wrestlers (sometimes up to seven) competed under elimination rules. All other standard rules applied, and team members were able to tag in and out in any order. From 2016 to 2021, this match took place between wrestlers of the Raw and SmackDown brands, with the NXT brand also competing at the 2019 event. The 2002 event also featured the first ever Elimination Chamber match.

Since 2022, the event is based around the WarGames match, a team-based steel cage match where the cage surrounds two rings next to each other. This type of match was previously featured in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and on the NXT TakeOver shows before Survivor Series. The change was announced by Triple H on September 19. Each event featured a men's and a women's WarGames match since.

Survivor Series dates and venues

Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event
Survivor Series (1987)	November 26, 1987	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum	André the Giant, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed and Rick Rude (with Bobby Heenan and Slick) vs. Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Bam Bam Bigelow (with Oliver Humperdink) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (1988)	November 24, 1988			The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage), Hercules, Koko B. Ware and Hillbilly Jim (with Miss Elizabeth) vs. The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man), Ted DiBiase, Haku and The Red Rooster (with Slick, Bobby Heenan and Virgil) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (1989)	November 23, 1989	Rosemont, Illinois	Rosemont Horizon	The Ultimate Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Jim Neidhart) vs. The Heenan Family (Bobby Heenan, André the Giant, Haku and Arn Anderson) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (1990)	November 22, 1990	Hartford, Connecticut	Hartford Civic Center	Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana vs. Ted DiBiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord and Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) (with Virgil and Slick) in a 3-on-5 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (1991)	November 27, 1991	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) and The Big Boss Man vs. The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) and Irwin R. Schyster (with Jimmy Hart) in a 3-on-3 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (1992)	November 25, 1992	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum	Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship
Survivor Series (1993)	November 24, 1993	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Garden	The All-Americans (Lex Luger, The Undertaker, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (with Paul Bearer) vs. The Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, Crush, Ludvig Borga and Quebecer Jacques) (with Jim Cornette, Johnny Polo and Mr. Fuji) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (1994)	November 23, 1994	San Antonio, Texas	Freeman Coliseum	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) vs. Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette) in a Casket match with Chuck Norris as the Special Guest Enforcer
Survivor Series (1995)	November 19, 1995	Washington, D.C.	USAir Arena	Diesel (c) vs. Bret Hart in a No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship
Survivor Series (1996)	November 17, 1996	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	Shawn Michaels (c) (with Jose Lothario) vs. Sycho Sid for the WWF Championship
Survivor Series (1997)	November 9, 1997	Montreal, Quebec	Molson Centre	Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship
Survivor Series (1998)	November 15, 1998	St. Louis, Missouri	Kiel Center	The Rock vs. Mankind for the vacant WWF Championship
Survivor Series (1999)	November 14, 1999	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Triple H (c) vs. The Big Show vs. The Rock in a Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship
Survivor Series (2000)	November 19, 2000	Tampa, Florida	Ice Palace	Steve Austin vs. Triple H in a No Disqualification match
Survivor Series (2001)	November 18, 2001	Greensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro Coliseum	Team WWF (The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane and The Big Show) vs. Team Alliance (Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Booker T, Rob Van Dam and Shane McMahon) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (2002)	November 17, 2002	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Booker T in the first Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Survivor Series (2003)	November 16, 2003	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center	Goldberg (c) vs. Triple H (with Ric Flair) for the World Heavyweight Championship
Survivor Series (2004)	November 14, 2004	Cleveland, Ohio	Gund Arena	Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and Maven) vs. Team Triple H (Triple H, Edge, Batista and Snitsky) in a 4-on-4 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (2005)	November 27, 2005	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, Carlito and Chris Masters) vs. Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton) (with Bob Orton and Jillian Hall) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (2006)	November 26, 2006	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center	King Booker (c) (with Queen Sharmell) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship
Survivor Series (2007)	November 18, 2007	Miami, Florida	American Airlines Arena	Batista (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Survivor Series (2008)	November 23, 2008	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Banknorth Garden	Chris Jericho (c) vs. John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship
Survivor Series (2009)	November 22, 2009	Washington, D.C.	Verizon Center	John Cena (c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship
Survivor Series (2010)	November 21, 2010	Miami, Florida	American Airlines Arena	Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett in a Pinfall-and-submissions-only match for the WWE Championship (with John Cena as the special guest referee)
Survivor Series (2011)	November 20, 2011	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship The Rock and John Cena vs. Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth)
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
Survivor Series (2013)	November 24, 2013	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden	Randy Orton (c) vs. Big Show for the WWE Championship
Survivor Series (2014)	November 23, 2014	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan and Ryback vs. Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev and Luke Harper in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
Survivor Series (2015)	November 22, 2015	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena	Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Survivor Series (2016)	November 20, 2016	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Air Canada Centre	Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg
Survivor Series (2017)	November 19, 2017	Houston, Texas	Toyota Center	Team Raw (Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, and Triple H) vs. Team SmackDown (Bobby Roode, John Cena, Randy Orton, Shane McMahon, and Shinsuke Nakamura) in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match
Survivor Series (2018)	November 18, 2018	Los Angeles, California	Staples Center	Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan
Survivor Series (2019)	November 24, 2019	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena	Bayley vs. Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler in a triple threat match
Survivor Series (2020)	November 22, 2020	Orlando, Florida	WWE ThunderDome at Amway Center	Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns
Survivor Series (2021)	November 21, 2021	Brooklyn, New York	Barclays Center	Big E vs. Roman Reigns
Survivor Series: WarGames (2022)	November 26, 2022	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden	The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa, and Sami Zayn) vs. The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch), Drew McIntyre, and Kevin Owens in a WarGames match
Survivor Series: WarGames (2023)	November 25, 2023	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena	Cody Rhodes, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, and Randy Orton vs. The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre in a WarGames match
Survivor Series: WarGames (2024)	November 30, 2024	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Rogers Arena	TBD