PW Boards Ultimate Survivor Series Tournament

Omackeral

Hello and welcome! It's been ages since a PW Tournament has been held so I reckon it's high time we get back on it. This competition is going to feature everyone's favorite Thanksgiving Big 4 PPV known as Survivor Series. Over the years it's delivered some shocking moments, debuts, wrestlecrap and screwjobs and we're gonna narrow it down from 32 to just one to see which event can truly be considered the Ultimate Survivor Series.

As always, the random number generator will be in effect pitting each year's event against another in single elimination fashion. It will take 3 votes for a given choice to progress and all votes should have reasons for being cast.

Round 1 shall begin shortly so come on in and get involved!

Omackeral

Our first bout sees two earlier editions square off. Let's see which event takes the initial edge in this battle for supremacy.

Survivor Series 1992



*Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship

*Mr Perfect and Randy Savage vs Razor Ramon and Ric Flair

*Big Bossman vs Nailz in a Nightstick on a Pole match



VS


Survivor Series 1988



*The Powers of Pain, The Rockers, The British Bulldogs, The Hart Foundation and The Young Stallions vs Demolition, The Brain Busters, The Bolsheviks, The Fabulous Rougeaus and The Conquistadors

*André the Giant, Dino Bravo, Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude and Harley Race vs Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, Ken Patera, Scott Casey and Tito Santana

*Hercules, Hillbilly Jim, Koko B. Ware, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage vs Akeem, Big Boss Man, Haku, The Red Rooster and Ted DiBiase

chopperbyrne

92.

One of my all time favourite Heenan calls in the Shawn/Bret match.

Paraphrased:

Heenan: I tell you this McMahon, Michaels is ahead on points. The ref should just award him the win now.

Flabbergasted Super Face Vince: Ahead on points! What the? He can't just.

Omackeral

Pretty crazy that Bret and Shawn had a World Title match that early on. The more infamous one obviously came a few years later. Shawn was also reigning IC champion here if I recall. They also tussled a year later in a Survivor Series Tag match in the 1993 edition too. Talk about intrinsically linked.

If I were going on wrestling ability, I'd give 92 the edge with the likes of Bret vs Shawn and then Savage, Flair and Perfect in a tag scramble but I feel the 1988 captures the spirit of the event better. I enjoyed seeing the masses of teams on the apron, that 20 man tag is quite a sight to behold, and that's not including the managers present either.

For that reason, I vote 88

gerrybbadd

92 for me simply for the level of talent in display and that early Bret v Shawn match

sky88

92 by far 88 was a clusterf

Omackeral

We finally get a decisive vote! Maybe we can pick up steam a bit from here hopefully! Let's check out our next match up.

Survivor Series 1998



*14 Man ''Deadly Game'' Tournament to determine a new WWE Champion
Undertaker, Kane, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, HHH, Goldust, Ken Shamrock, X-Pac, William Regal, Mankind, Big Bossman, Jeff Jarrett, Al Snow and ???


VS


Survivor Series 2010



*Team Mysterio (Big Show, Chris Masters, Kofi Kingston, Montel Vontavious Porter and Rey Mysterio)
Vs
Team Del Rio (Alberto Del Rio, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger and Tyler Reks)


*Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett for the WWE Championship with John Cena as Special Referee

diusmr8a504cvk

'98 is a no-brainer, loved the tournament

chopperbyrne

'98 easily. One of the best PPVs of that year.

sky88

98 was absolutely one of my favorite ppvs ever

Omackeral

Clean sweep for Vince Russo's pièce de résistance. Next up we have 2000's vs 2010's.

Survivor Series 2005



* Triple H vs Ric Flair Last Man Standing match

*John Cena vs Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship

*Team SmackDown! (Batista, Bobby Lashley, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio) vs Team Raw (Big Show, Carlito, Chris Masters, Kane and Shawn Michaels)



VS



Survivor Series 2012



*Big Show vs Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship

*Team Ziggler (Alberto Del Rio, Damien Sandow, David Otunga, Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett) vs Team Foley (Daniel Bryan, Kane, Kofi Kingston, The Miz and Randy Orton) (with Mick Foley)

*CM Punk vs John Cena vs Ryback for the WWE Championship

sky88

2005 was great mainly for trips/ric and hbk performance in the interbrand match

Omackeral

I agree that the interbrand match was savage. The build up was great with the parking lot scrap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVEz--PgoEk

2012 had the little matter of these guys debuting though...




I think I'd go with 2005 but both had their merits.

Omackeral

2005 goes through via 24 hour count out rule. I'll soldier on and see if the next match brings up an interesting pairing

Survivor Series 2000




*The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz vs Edge & Christian and Right to Censor

*The Rock vs Rikishi

*Kurt Angle vs The Undertaker for the WWE Championship

*Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Triple H in a no disqualification match



VS



Survivor Series 2002



*Bubba Ray Dudley, Spike Dudley and Jeff Hardy vs 3 Minute Warning and Rico
in a Tables Elimination match

*Brock Lesnar vs Big Show for the WWE Championship

*Triple H vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho vs Booker T vs Rob Van Dam vs Kane
in an Elimination Chamber Match for the World Heavyweight Championship

chopperbyrne

Was 2002 the first Elimination Chamber match?

If so, I'll go for that, as every Chamber match after got worse.

Shawn was only back recently and took some really stiff bumps on the grated floor.

Omackeral

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Was 2002 the first Elimination Chamber match?

It was. SS 2002 was also home to Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner's return in Madison Square Garden where he bet the snot out of Matt Hardy and Christopher Nowinski and then said ''Gimme a f*ckin' mic!'' to which you could hear Jerry Lawler going ''uh-oh!''. Other highlights were Heyman screwing Big Show out of the title and the Dudley Boys reuniting after the brand split to a massive ovation in New York. A great show.

2002 gets my vote.

diusmr8a504cvk

For all the reasons above, 2002 gets my vote.

Omackeral

2002 hammers 2000 without breaking a sweat. Could be a dark horse. It's an era clash up next

Survivor Series 2006




*Team DX (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Hardy Boyz and CM Punk)
vs Team Rated-RKO (Edge, Randy Orton, Johnny Nitro, Mike Knox and Gregory Helms)

*Mr. Kennedy vs The Undertaker in a First Blood match

*John Cena, Kane, Bobby Lashley, Rob Van Dam and Sabu
vs Big Show, Finlay, Montel Vontavious Porter, Test and Umaga

*Batista vs King Booker for the World Heavyweight Championship



VS



Survivor Series 1989




* The King's Court (Randy Savage, Canadian Earthquake, Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine)
vs The 4x4s (Jim Duggan, Bret Hart, Ronnie Garvin and Hercules)

*The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jake Roberts and Demolition)
vs The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, The Warlord, The Barbarian and Zeus)

*The Rude Brood (Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect and The Fabulous Rougeaus)
vs Roddy's Rowdies (Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and The Bushwhackers

*The Ultimate Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, Jim Neidhart and the Rockers
vs The Heenan Family (Bobby Heenan, André the Giant, Haku and Arn Anderson)

chopperbyrne

89 for living the gimmick.

sky88

06 as i remember it no memory of 89 whatsoever

Omackeral

It's gotta be 2006 for me. I loved that DX vs RKO match especially as comedy Shawn was at his best and it was a real coming out party for CM Punk. He got a massive reaction in the same ring as a hot Hardys team and a very over DX.

Also enjoyed the 3 way cross branded survivor series teams, very random but it worked.

gerrybbadd

I'm picking 06 mainly for the reason that i've actually seen it, whereas i havent seen the 89 one.

But man, i've a feeling, had i watched it, with that lineup, i'd be choosing that

Omackeral

Hulkamania era Survivor Series takes a back seat in this match. Our next bout is a tussle between two recent enough shows so they should be fresh in the memory.

Survivor Series 2015





*The Usos, The Lucha Dragons and Ryback vs King Barrett, Sheamus and The New Day

*The Brothers of Destruction vs The Wyatt Family

*Semi Finals of Tournament for the vacant WWE Championship

• Semi 1 Roman Reigns vs Alberto Del Rio
• Semi 2 Kevin Owens vs Dean Ambrose

VS



Survivor Series 2009




*Team Miz (Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger, The Miz and Sheamus)
vs Team Morrison (Evan Bourne, Finlay, John Morrison, Matt Hardy and Shelton Benjamin)

*Team Kingston (Christian, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, MVP and R-Truth)
vs Team Orton (CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase and William Regal)

*The Undertaker vs Big Show vs Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship

*John Cena vs Triple H vs Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship

sky88

09 for the last 2 matches really enjoyed seeing those and some great moments in them

Omackeral

Probably 2009 just because it had better Elimination tag matches

chopperbyrne

09 for me too, just a better overall card.

Omackeral

2009 goes through to Round 2. Our next bout features probably the most controversial event of all time.

Survivor Series 2008




*Team HBK (Shawn Michaels, The Great Khali, Rey Mysterio and Cryme Tyme)
Vs Team JBL (John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Kane, John Morrison, The Miz and MVP)

*Team Orton (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Mark Henry, Shelton Benjamin and William Regal
vs Team Batista (Batista, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, Matt Hardy and R-Truth)

*Triple H vs Edge vs Vladimir Kozlov for the WWE Championship

*Chris Jericho vs John Cena for the World heavyweight Championship



VS


Survivor Series 1997




* Team Canada (The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) vs Team USA (Goldust, Marc Mero, Steve Blackman and Vader)

* Kane (with Paul Bearer) vs Mankind

* Ken Shamrock, Ahmed Johnson and The Legion of Doom
vs The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, Rocky Maivia, D'Lo Brown and Kama Mustafa)

* Owen Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin for the Intercontinental Championship

* Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship

Omackeral

It's gotta be 97 for me. Screw Job aside, I liked the match. Good brawl and had great heat with the crowd. Also really liked the faction warfare type matches on the card. We had Kane's first showcase match and the Owen/Austin saga too.

gerrybbadd

100% 97. Loved everything the WWF did back then. Pretty good card too

Omackeral

1997 goes through with a time limit victory.

It's a battle of the 90's now as Hulkamania takes on The New Generation in our next bout.

Survivor Series 1994




* The Bad Guys (Razor Ramon, 1-2-3 Kid, The British Bulldog and The Headshrinkers
vs The Teamsters (Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart)

* The Royal Family (Jerry 'The King' Lawler, Cheesy, Queasy and Sleazy)
vs Clowns R' Us (Doink the Clown, Dink, Wink and Pink)

* The Million Dollar Team (Bam Bam Bigelow, King Kong Bundy, Tatanka and The Heavenly Bodies
vs Guts and Glory (Lex Luger, Adam Bomb, Mabel and The Smokin' Gunns)

* Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund in a Submission match for the WWE Championship

* The Undertaker vs Yokozuna in a Casket match with Chuck Norris as Special Guest Referee




VS




Survivor Series 1990




* The Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, L.O.D. and The Texas Tornado)
vs The Perfect Team (Mr Perfect and Demolition)

* The Million Dollar Team (Ted Di Biase, The Honky Tonk Man, Greg Valentine, The Undertaker)
vs The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, The Hart Foundation and Koko B Ware)

* The Visionaries (Rick Martel, Power & Glory and The Warlord)
vs The Vipers (Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka and The Rockers

* The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Big Bossman Jim Duggan and Tugboat)
vs The Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Dino Bravo, The Barbarian and Haku)

* The Alliance (Tito Santana, Nikolai Volkoff and The Bushwhackers)
vs The Mercenaries (Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zhukov and The Orient Express)

Ultimate Survivors Match Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana and The Ultimate Warrior
vs Rick Martel, Ted DiBiase, Power & Glory and The Warlord

Blue_Dabadee

I go with 94 because of Chuck Norris.

Omackeral

I'll get with 94 because it featured a stellar angle with Owen Hart begging his mother Helen to throw the towel in for Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund. Was great. Also that Bad Guys team featured some of my favourite faces together namely Bulldog and 123 Kid.

NITRO95

1990 because it had Taker's debut and the Ultimate Survivors match which I still think is a great concept

Omackeral

2-1 to Survivor Series 1994. Any more punters care to cast a vote?

chopperbyrne

94.

Undertaker debut aside, 94 is just overall better.

Omackeral

Chuck Norris has too much for everyone else. 1994 reigns supreme.
Our next match features two very recent events.

Survivor Series 2013




* The Shield and The Real Americans vs The Usos, Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes and Goldust

* Total Divas (The Bella Twins, Natalaya, Eva Marie, Cameron, Naomi and JoJo vs True Divas (AJ Lee, Aksana, Alicia Fox, Kaitlyn, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae and Tamina)

* John Cena vs Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship

* CM Punk and Daniel Bryan vs The Wyatt Family

*Randy Orton vs Big Show for the WWE Championship



VS



Survivor Series 2017




* The Shield vs The New Day

* The Usos vs The Bar Champions vs Champions

* Charlotte Flair vs Alexa Bliss Champion vs Champion

* Brock Lesnar vs AJ Styles Champion vs Champion

* Team Raw (Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, Samoa Joe and Triple H
vs Team SmackDown (Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, Shinsuke Nakamura and John Cena)

Omackeral

Two strong cards but I think 2017 has to take the win here. AJ vs Brock is somewhat of a dream match and New Day vs Shield is intriguing. The Champion vs Champion concept was done well too and the brand battle was built well.

gerrybbadd

A tough one but i'm thinking 17 as well. Just for the AJ / Brock match.

Omackeral

2-0 to the Champion vs Champion edition of Survivor Series. Next up we have two modern era events going head to head. Which do you think was better?

Survivor Series 2016





* Team Raw (Alicia Fox, Bayley, Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax, and Sasha Banks)
vs Team SmackDown (Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Naomi, and Natalya)

* Team Raw (The Bar, The New Day, Enzo & Big Cass, Gallows & Anderson and The Shining Stars
vs Team SmackDown (The Usos, American Alpha, Breezango, Heath Slater & Rhyno and The Hype Bros)

* Team Raw (Braun Strowman, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins)
vs Team Smackdown (AJ Styles, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, and Shane McMahon with James Ellsworth

* Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg



VS



Survivor Series 2014





* Goldust & Stardust vs Damien Mizdow and The Miz vs The Usos vs Los Matadores for the WWE Tag Team Championship

* Dean Ambrose vs Bray Wyatt

* AJ Lee vs Nikki Bella for the WWE Divas Championship

* Team Cena (John Cena, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan
vs Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Rusev, Mark Henry, and Luke Harper)

Omackeral

This one is a tough one for me. I enjoyed the Cena vs Authority match and build, especially given how the opposite wrestlers on each side complimented each other in their solo feuds i.e. Cena/Rollins, Big Show/Kane, Ziggler/Rusev, Ryback/Henry, Rowan/Harper. I think Sting maybe debuted this night too.

However 2016 had a stacked main event with SD at it's arguable peak. Roode and Nakamura still weren't ruined yet and Braun was still a boss. The Women and Tag scenes were fresh and exciting too.

I vote 2016.

sky88

going for 14 but a real tough one but loved the cena vs authority match and sting debut just seals it

Omackeral

1-1 here, we need a tie breaker!

Omackeral

I've flipped a coin and it's 2014 that goes through. I'll give this one more bash and if it gets no more traction I'll leave it off.

Survivor Series 1995




* The Darkside (Undertaker, Fatu, Godwinn and Savio Vega)
vs The Royals (Jerry 'The King' Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Isaac Yankem and King Mabel)

* Wildcard Match Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, The British Bulldog and Sycho Sid
vs Dean Douglas, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon and Yokozuna

* Diesel vs Bret Hart in a No Holds Barred match for the WWE Champinship



VS



Survivor Series 2004




* Team Guerrero (Eddie Guerrero, John Cena, Big Show and Rob Van Dam)
vs Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Luther Reigns, Mark Jindrak and Carlito)

* John "Bradshaw" Layfield vs Booker T for the WWE Championship 1

* Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and Maven
vs Team HHH (Triple H, Batista, Edge and Gene Snitsky)

sky88

95 this was just as I was hitting peak fandom as a kid

Omackeral

1995 for me. That Diesel vs Bret match was unlike anything I'd ever seen. Both were face going in but both had heel tendencies throughout, especially Diesel. It was a great brawl and, for my money, Kevin Nash's best bout. First table spot I remember too.

Liked the Wildcard gimmick of heels and faces on each other's teams and loved the suspense of Undertaker returning and showing us all that awesome Phantom of the Opera mask.

gerrybbadd

I haven't seen 95, but i'm voting for it. I'm a huge mark for this era of wrestling. And by gum, i may just watch this event tonight

Omackeral

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I haven't seen 95, but i'm voting for it. I'm a huge mark for this era of wrestling. And by gum, i may just watch this event tonight

Watch the Diesel vs Bret match and let me know what you think of it. Subtlety, brutality and psychology is great in it.

I think you'll get a kick out of the Taker vs Royals match too. Very camp.

sky88

i will loudly proclaim to be the biggest diesel/nash fan gets far too much flak that match is a classic

Omackeral

The Wildcard Survivor Series goes through to Round 2. Only a handful of matches left, let's see what's next.

Survivor Series 2003




* Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Bradshaw, Chris Benoit, Hardcore Holly and John Cena)
vs Team Lesnar (Brock Lesnar, A-Train, Big Show, Nathan Jones and Matt Morgan)

* Kane vs Shane McMahon in an Ambulance match

* Team Bischoff (Chris Jericho, Christian, Mark Henry, Randy Orton and Scott Steiner) (with Eric Bischoff)
vs Team Austin (Shawn Michales, Booker T, Rob Van Dam and The Dudley Boyz) (with Stone Cold Steve Austin)

* Goldberg vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship



VS



Survivor Series 1987




* Brutus Beefcake, Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat
vs Dangerous Danny Davis, Harley Race, Hercules, The Honky Tonk Man and Ron Bass

* The Fabulous Moolah, The Jumping Bomb Angels, Rockin' Robin and Velvet McIntyre
vs Dawn Marie Johnston, Donna Christanello, The Glamour Girls and Sensational Sherri

* The British Bulldogs, The Killer Bees, The Fabulous Rougeaus, Strike Force and The Young Stallions
vs The Hart Foundation, Demolition, The Bolsheviks, The Dream Team and The Islanders

* André the Giant, Butch Reed, King Kong Bundy, One Man Gang and Rick Rude
vs Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Paul Orndorff

gerrybbadd

I'm taking 2003 here. Electrocuted testicles!!!

sky88

2003 Electrocuted testicles and one of shawns greatest performances