10 Fascinating WWE Survivor Series 2007 Facts

5. Four People Involved In The Elimination Match Have An Unlikely Survivor Series Shared History

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There are coincidences, there are bizarre coincidences, and then there's this. On the surface, nothing about the lone elimination match from the 2007 show seems odd, aside from the fact that it ended up being 5-on-4 due to the MVP/Matt Hardy angle. Look closer, and you find a weird parallel to 12 years earlier.

Four members of one 1995 Survivor Series team all played a role in the same 2007 elimination match. Three members of the Royals team were active participants: a much-more muscular Triple H teamed with Kane (the former Isaac Yankem) against a quintet that included Big Daddy V (the Royals' captain in 1995, Mabel).

As for the fourth member of that Royals team, Jerry Lawler provided commentary on the match itself. What are the odds of that?

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.