10 Best Survivor Series Elimination Matches

The Survivor Series elimination match has endured a rather inconsistent treatment over the years, beginning as a niche novelty that fell out of favour in the early 90s with consistently mediocre matches, before enjoying a mid-90s resurgence and once again basically going away.

Recent years do seem intent on making the popular match type a big deal yet again, though going back through the 30 Survivor Series PPVs, it is genuinely surprising how few of the matches have been genuinely great.

Booking a compelling match with this many moving parts can't be easy, but when great storytelling combines with stellar in-ring performances, fans end up with absolute dynamite.

As sure arguments for why the elimination match needs a feted comeback, these 10 matches represent some of the best in-ring action from three decades of the historic PPV.

Here are the 10 best Survivor Series elimination matches...

The Match: Doug Furnas, Phil Lafon and The Godwinns vs. Owen Hart, The British Bulldog and The New Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Leif Cassidy)

This match rarely gets the due it deserves despite being one of the best Survivor Series openers and marking the debut of the incredible tag team of Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon (who were criminally wasted through most of their WWE run).

This one smartly got rid of the Godwinns and Rockers quickly enough, allowing Furnas and Lafon to steal the spotlight with their incredible technical showcase, while having terrific opponents to work off in Owen Hart and the British Bulldog.

The ending wasn't ever really in doubt, but Furnas winning with the Release German Suplex to Owen was absolute fire. In 1996 it was just great to see a stiff Japanese style in a WWF ring, and the crowd were totally down for it.