Survivor Series: 28 Years from Worst to First

This Sunday is the 29th Annual Survivor Series spectacular live on the WWE Network and pay per-view. Yes ladies and gentlemen, contrary to what John Layfield might say, this and most ‘Network events are available through your local cable provider. At nearly twenty-nine installments and counting, Survivor Series is the second-longest running WWE Supershow after WrestleMania. We at B+ Player Radio decided it was time to show the ‘Series some love, and ranked every single event from the inaugural 1987 extravaganza, to last year’s Team Cena versus Team Authority. We’ll get to the best by ranking the rest — this is Survivor Series: 28 Years from Worst to First.

28. 1999
Main Event – Triple H (c) vs. Big Show vs. the Rock for the WWF Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – The New Age Outlaws (c) vs. Al Snow & Mankind for the WWF Tag Team Championship
Worst Matches – Chyna (c) vs. Chris Jericho for the WWF Intercontinental Championship
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27. 2013
Main Event – Randy Orton (c) vs. Big Show for the WWE Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – John Cena (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship; Daniel Bryan & CM Punk vs. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan
Worst Matches – Mark Henry vs. Ryback

26. 1992
Main Event – Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Randy Savage & Mr. Perfect vs. Razor Ramon & Ric Flair
Worst Matches – Big Boss Man vs. Nailz; Tatanka vs. Rick Martel; Yokozuna vs. Virgil

25. 1991
Main Event – Hulk Hogan (c) vs. the Undertaker for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Legion of Doom & Big Boss Man vs. The Natural Disasters & Irwin R. Schyster
Worst Matches – Sgt. Slaughter, Jim Duggan, The Texas Tornado, and Tito Santana vs. Col. Mustafa, The Berzerker, Skinner, and Hercules

24. 1994
Main Event – The Undertaker vs. Yokozuna in a Casket match with special guest enforcer Chuck Norris
Other Noteworthy Matches – Bret Hart (c) vs. Bob Backlund in a Throw in the Towel Match for the WWF Championship
Worst Matches – The Royal Family vs. Clowns R' Us

23. 2014
Main Event – Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan, and Ryback) vs. Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev, and Luke Harper)
Other Noteworthy Matches – Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose in a No DQ Match; Jack Swagger vs. Cesaro
Worst Matches – AJ Lee (c) vs. Nikki Bella for the WWE Diva's Championship; Adam Rose & the Bunny vs. Slater Gator

22. 1993
Main Event – The All-Americans (Lex Luger, The Undertaker, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) vs. The Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, Crush, Ludvig Borga and Quebecer Jacques)
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Hart Family vs. Shawn Michaels & His Knights; the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (c) vs. the Heavenly Bodies
Worst Matches – The Four Doinks vs. Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger, and the Headshrinkers

21. 2008
Main Event – Chris Jericho (c) vs. John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Triple H (c) vs. Edge vs. Vladimir Koslov in a Triple Threat for the WWE Championship; Team Orton (Randy Orton, Shelton Benjamin, William Regal, Cody Rhodes, & Mark Henry) vs. Team Batista (Batista, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, Matt Hardy, & R Truth)
Worst Matches – The Undertaker vs. the Big Show

20. 2004
Main Event – Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and Maven) vs. Team Triple H (Triple H, Edge, Batista and Snitsky)
Other Noteworthy Matches – Shelton Benjamin (c) vs. Christian for the WWE Intercontinental Championship; John "Bradshaw" Layfield (c) vs. Booker T for the WWE Championship
Worst Matches – The Undertaker vs. Heidenreich

19. 2011
Main Event – The Rock and John Cena vs. Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth)
Other Noteworthy Matches – Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship; Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship
Worst Matches – Team Barrett (Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico & Dolph Ziggler) vs. Team Orton (Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston and Sin Cara)

18. 1997
Main Event – Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Kane vs. Mankind
Worst Matches – Everything else*
*This event is among the worst in terms of in-ring performances. Nevertheless, its place in history—as the site of the iconic " Montreal Screwjob" —is undeniable. Which should account for its position on the countdown.*

17. 2003
Main Event – Goldberg (c) vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Undertaker vs. Mr. McMahon in a Buried Alive Match; Kane vs. Shane McMahon in an Ambulance Match; Team Austin (Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Booker T & the Dudley Boyz) vs. Team Bischoff (Chris Jericho, Christian, Randy Orton, Scott Steiner & Mark Henry)
Worst Matches – The Basham Brothers (c) vs. Los Guerreros for the WWE Tag Team Championship

16. 1988
Main Event – The Mega Powers, Hercules, Koko B. Ware and Hillbilly Jim vs. The Twin Towers, Ted DiBiase, Haku and The Red Rooster
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Powers of Pain, The Rockers, The British Bulldogs, The Hart Foundation & The Young Stallions vs. Demolition, The Brain Busters, The Bolsheviks, The Fabulous Rougeaus & The Conquistadors in a 10-on-10 Survivor Series Match
Worst Matches – Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, Scott Casey, Ken Patera & Tito Santana vs. André the Giant, Rick Rude, Dino Bravo, Mr. Perfect & Harley Race

15. 2000
Main Event – Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Triple H in a No Disqualification match
Other Noteworthy Matches – Kurt Angle (c) vs. the Undertaker for the WWF Championship; Ivory (c) vs. Lita for the WWF Women's Championship; Kane vs. Chris Jericho
Worst Matches – Steve Blackman, Crash Holly & Molly Holly vs. Test, Albert & Trish Stratus; Rikishi vs. the Rock

14. 2010
Main Event – Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett for the WWE Championship w/ special referee John Cena
Other Noteworthy Matches – John Morrison vs. Sheamus; Kaval vs. Dolph Ziggler; Team Mysterio (Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston, Chris Masters, Big Show & MVP) vs. Team Del Rio (Alberto Del Rio, Tyler Reks, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger & Cody Rhodes)
Worst Matches – Kane (c) vs. Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship; LayCool (c) vs. Natalya in a Handicap Match for the WWE Diva's Championship

13. 2012
Main Event – CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena vs. Ryback for the WWE Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Team Ziggler (Dolph Ziggler, Damien Sandow, David Otunga, Wade Barrett & Alberto Del Rio) vs. Team Foley (The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Team Hell No & Randy Orton)
Worst Matches – Big Show (c) vs. Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship; Team Brodus (Brodus Clay, Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio) vs. Team Tensai (Tensai, Primo, Epico & The Prime Time Players)

12. 1998
Main Event – The Rock vs. Mankind in the finals of the Deadly Games tournament for the vacant WWF Championship.
Other Noteworthy Matches – The New Age Outlaws (c) vs. the Headbangers vs. D'Lo Brown & Mark Henry in a Triple Threat Match for the WWF Tag Team Championship; Mankind vs. Steve Austin; the Rock vs. the Undertaker
Worst Matches – Sable vs. Jacqueline for the WWF Women's Championship; Mankind vs. Duane Gil; Big Boss Man vs. the Rock

11. 1990
Main Event – Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana vs. Ted DiBiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord and Power and Glory in a 3-on-5 Grand Finale Survivor Series match
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, the Legion of Doom & the Texas Tornado) vs. the Perfect Team (Mr. Perfect & Demolition)
Worst Matches – The Mercenaries (Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zhukov & the Orient Express vs. the Alliance (Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana & the Bushwhackers)
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10. 2007
Main Event – Batista (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Randy Orton (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship; Team Triple H (Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio & Kane) vs. Team Umaga (Umaga, Mr. Kennedy, MVP, Finlay & Big Daddy V)
Worst Matches – The Great Khali vs. Hornswoggle

9. 1989
Main Event – The Ultimate Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers and Jim Neidhart vs. The Heenan Family (Bobby Heenan, André the Giant, Haku and Arn Anderson)
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Demolition & Jake Roberts) vs. The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, The Powers of Pain & Zeus); The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Brutus Beefcake, The Red Rooster and Tito Santana) vs. The Enforcers (Big Boss Man, Bad News Brown, Rick Martel & the Honky Tonk Man)
Worst Matches – Roddy’s Rowdies (Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka & the Bushwhackers) vs. The Rude Brood (Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect & the Fabulous Rougeaus)

8. 2002
Main Event – Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Booker T in the first Elimination Chamber for the World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Edge & Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Los Guerreros vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit in a tag team elimination match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Worst Matches – Brock Lesnar (c) vs. the Big Show for the WWE Championship
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7. 1996
Main Event – Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Psycho Sid for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart; the Undertaker vs. Mankind; Marc Mero, Rocky Maivia, Jake Roberts & the Stalker vs. Crush, Jerry Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Goldust
Worst Matches – Farooq, Vader, Razor Ramon & Diesel vs. Flash Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Savio Vega & Yokozuna

6. 2005
Main Event – Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show, Carlito and Chris Masters) vs. Team Smackdown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio, John “Bradshaw” Layfield, Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton)
Other Noteworthy Matches – John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship; Triple H vs. Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing Match; Booker T vs. Chris Benoit in Match #1 of their Best of 7 for the Vacant U.S. Championship
Worst Matches – Eric Bischoff vs. Teddy Long

5. 1995
Main Event – Diesel (c) vs. Bret Hart in a No DQ match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Alundra Blayze, Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa & Chaparita Asari vs. Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe, & Lioness Asuka; Team Michaels (Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, The British Bulldog & Sycho Sid ) vs. Team Yokozuna (Yokozuna, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon and Dean Douglas); Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Goldust
Worst Matches – The Darkside (The Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu & Henry O. Godwinn) vs. The Royals (King Mabel, Jerry Lawler, Isaac Yankem, DDS & Hunter Hearst Helmsley)

4. 2001
Main Event – Team WWF (The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane and Big Show) vs. Team Alliance (Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, Booker T, and Shane McMahon)
Other Noteworthy Matches – WCW Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz vs. WWF Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz; WWF Intercontinental Champion Test vs. WCW United States Champion Edge; Lita vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jacqueline vs. Mighty Molly vs. Jazz vs. Ivory for the vacant WWF Women's Championship
Worst Matches – The Immunity Battle Royal; Christian (c) vs. Al Snow for the WWF European Championship.

3. 2009
Main Event – John Cena (c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Undertaker (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. the Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship; Batista vs. Rey Mysterio;
Worst Matches – Team Mickie (Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Melina, Gail Kim & Eve Torres) vs. Team Michelle (Michelle McCool, Jillian Hall, Beth Phoenix, Layla, and Alicia Fox)

2. 2006
Main Event – King Booker (c) vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship
Other Noteworthy Matches – Mr. Kennedy vs. the Undertaker in a First Blood Match; Team Cena (John Cena, Kane, Bobby Lashley, Sabu & Rob Van Dam) vs. Team Big Show (Big Show, Test, MVP, Finlay & Umaga); Team DX (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, CM Punk & the Hardy Boyz) vs. Team Rated RKO (Edge, Randy Orton, Johnny Nitro, Mike Knox & Gregory Helms)
Worst Matches – Team WWE Legends (Ric Flair, Sgt. Slaughter, Dusty Rhodes, & Ron Simmons) vs. Team Spirit Squad

1. 1987
Main Event – André the Giant, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed and Rick Rude vs. Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Bam Bam Bigelow
Other Noteworthy Matches – The Honky Tonk Man, Hercules, Danny Davis, Ron Bass, & Harley Race vs. Randy Savage, Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat, Brutus Beefcake, & Jim Duggan
Worst Matches – Sensational Sherri, The Glamour Girls, Donna Christianello, & Dawn Marie vs. The Fabulous Moolah, Rockin’ Robin, Velvet McIntyre, & The Jumping Bomb Angels

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