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

Official Survivor Series logo as of 2006

The Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held in November by World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment. Some fans of WWF/E call it one of the "Big Four", as along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble and SummerSlam, it was one of the original four annual WWF/E pay-per-views.

The original concept for the Survivor Series was to have an annual pay-per-view event that focused on tag team wrestling. Another contributing factor to the birth of the Survivor Series was to captailize on the big time feud between Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant, who wrestled each other at that year's WrestleMania.

It was originally created to be the "Thanksgiving event" as the first four Survivor Series events took place on Thanksgiving Day in November. Notable wrestlers The Undertaker, The Rock and Kurt Angle all made their WWF debut at Survivor Series.

The Survivor Series 2005 stage setup

The event is usually characterized by having four on four (or sometimes five on five) tag-team elimination matches. These matches are generally referred to simply as "Survivor Series matches". The 1987-1991 and 1993-1997 Survivor Series events featured multiple Survivor Series style matches. The 1992 event had only one 4 on 4 tag team elimination match, but featured the first WWF casket match. The 1998 edition featured an elimination tournament for the WWF Championship, not seen since WrestleMania IV. The 2002 Survivor Series featured the debut of the Elimination Chamber match.

Survivor Series is the second longest running pay-per-view event in WWF/E history, behind WrestleMania. The first Survivor Series, held in 1987, came on the heels of the incredible success of WrestleMania III, as the WWF began to see the lucrative potential of the pay-per-view market.

Survivor Series is often referred to as the all-star game of professional wrestling, where the most elite of two divisions (or, in the case of the 2005 Series, the two divisions themselves) go head-to-head.

In 2006, Survivor Series celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Survivor Series dates and venues

Event	Date	City	Venue
Survivor Series (1987)	November 26 1987	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum
Survivor Series (1988)	November 24 1988	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum
Survivor Series (1989)	November 23 1989	Rosemont, Illinois	Rosemont Horizon
Survivor Series (1990)	November 22 1990	Hartford, Connecticut	Hartford Civic Center
Survivor Series (1991)	November 27 1991	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
Survivor Series (1992)	November 25 1992	Richfield, Ohio	Richfield Coliseum
Survivor Series (1993)	November 24 1993	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Garden
Survivor Series (1994)	November 23 1994	San Antonio, Texas	Freeman Coliseum
Survivor Series (1995)	November 19 1995	Washington, D.C.	USAir Arena
Survivor Series (1996)	November 17 1996	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden
Survivor Series (1997)	November 9 1997	Montreal, Quebec	Molson Centre
Survivor Series (1998)	November 15 1998	St. Louis, Missouri	Kiel Center
Survivor Series (1999)	November 14 1999	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
Survivor Series (2000)	November 19 2000	Tampa, Florida	Ice Palace
Survivor Series (2001)	November 18 2001	Greensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Survivor Series (2002)	November 17 2002	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden
Survivor Series (2003)	November 16 2003	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center
Survivor Series (2004)	November 14 2004	Cleveland, Ohio	Gund Arena
Survivor Series (2005)	November 27 2005	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena
Survivor Series (2006)	November 26 2006	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center
Survivor Series (2007)	November 18 2007	Miami, Florida	AmericanAirlines Arena

External links

Official Survivor Series website

World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events

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Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania • Backlash • Judgment Day • One Night Stand • Vengeance
The Great American Bash • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Cyber Sunday • Survivor Series • Armageddon

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1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000
2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007

Former pay-per-view events

The Wrestling Classic (1985) • This Tuesday in Texas (1991) • King of the Ring (1993-2002)

In Your House (1995-1999) • Bad Blood (1997, 2003-2004) • Fully Loaded (1998-2000)

Over The Edge (1998-1999) • InVasion (2001) • December to Dismember (2006) • New Year's Revolution (2005-2007)

Former International pay-per-view events

One Night Only (1997) • Mayhem in Manchester (1998) • Capital Carnage (1998)

No Mercy (UK) (1999) • Rebellion (1999-2002) • Insurrextion (2000-2003)

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