10 Fascinating WWE Survivor Series 1998 Facts

10. It's The Only Survivor Series With No Team Elimination Matches

But it had an elimination tournament, so surely that counts for something? The 2002 Survivor Series may not have had any traditional Survivor Series matches, but it did have a three-on-three table elimination bout, so that leaves 1998 as the only Series without any battles of team attrition.

By this time, WWE was anything but compelled to follow old traditions, so excising the four-on-four and five-on-five fights for survival wasn't wholly unexpected. Besides, the drama of a one-night tournament to crown a new WWE Champion blew away the concept of midcarders being shoehorned together into one-shot quartets.

Elimination matches would return the following year, and have been a part of every Survivor Series since. At least 1998's show has a flavor all of its own, owed to a very different type of intrigue.