Speaking of the Survivor Series, that's one show that has really lost its way over the years, becoming little more than a filler event on the calendar. There was a time when that wasn't quite the case, the Survivor Series used to be a massive event, one fans looked forward to, knowing they were going to see something a little different. Moving away from the team-based concept by the mid-90's, Survivor Series would become a standard Pay-Per-View pretty much by 1998, when a tournament for the vacant WWF Title replaced the team vs. team matches pretty much outright. The original idea for Survivor Series was brilliant, there were wrestlers teaming together who previously hadn't seen eye-to-eye, and the show would throw up all sorts of different combinations. It felt fresh, and feuds were routinely born out of team members not being able to co-exist. If WWE want a PPV idea that could take things back to basics, yet give them a lot of material to work with, they could do a lot worse than this.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
