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Survivor Series

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The Survivor Series is an annual 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 capitalize on the big time feud between Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant, whom 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 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 Landover, Maryland 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
Survivor Series 2008 November 23, 2008 Boston, Massachusetts TD Banknorth Garden
Survivor Series 2009 November 22, 2009 Verizon Center Washington D.C

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