- Survivor Series
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 withWrestleMania ,Royal Rumble andSummerSlam , it was one of the original four annual WWF/E pay-per-views.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.Original concept
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 capitalize on the big time feud betweenHulk Hogan andAndré the Giant , who wrestled each other atWrestleMania III .It was originally created to be a "Thanksgiving tradition" as the first four Survivor Series events took place on
Thanksgiving Day in November.urvivor Series matches
The event is usually characterized by having five on five (or sometimes four on four) 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 theElimination Chamber match. The 2007 Survivor Series featured aHell in a Cell match for the first time in the history of the event.Survivor Series dates and venues
External links
* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries Official Survivor Series website]
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