10 Best WWE Survivor Series Elimination Matches Of The 2000s
1. Team WWF vs. Team Alliance (2001)
It was a horrible, horrible storyline, we all know that. The greatest letdown in all of wrestling history. Though Vince and crew rushed through the Invasion angle, however bad the build, no matter how watered down the Alliance team was, the Invasion arc managed to go out with an almighty bang in classic Survivor Series action.
Despite the fact that everybody watching knew what was going to happen, the booking was so good that it made WWF fans genuinely concerned for the state of the company at times - not bad going when the match took place on a WWF pay-per-view. Jericho's double-cross, Angle's redemption, and the referee shenanigans all built to the moment The Rock pinned Austin to save the WWF.
The twists and turns throughout were expertly placed, and a huge assist has to go to the North Carolina crowd for the electric response from the first bell to the last. Yes, it ended up coming down to WWF icons in The Rock and Steve Austin, and yes, the only WCW/ECW talent involved were Rob Van Dam and Booker T, but this was one hell of a way to blow off the most disappointing 'what if' ever.