10 Worst WWE Survivor Series EVER - According To Dave Meltzer
4. Survivor Series 1997 (1.83)
There's a very, very, very controversial ending to this show you may have heard about before. But frankly, it's a good job Vince McMahon left the world with arguably the biggest talking point in company history as the show went off the air. The planned 'schmoz' Bret Hart assumed was taking place would have resulted in this card being the most-panned 'Big Four' event ever.
Despite the company being on the verge of incredible, history-making feats, it's astonishing how disparate the 1997 Survivor Series really is.
The elimination matches are uniformly awful. One after another, each eight-man sh*tshow drags along to virtual silence at the sight of illogical teams and recklessly booked battles. Elsewhere, a Kane/Mankind brawl is a passable debut for 'The Big Red Machine' and Steve Austin's four minute decimation of Owen Hart only highlighted how not ready he was to return to action.
The biggest offender is the woeful Team Canada/Team USA clash. Phil Lafon is the only actual Canadian along with two Americans and a Brit, whilst the patriotic opposition is made up of Vader, an antagonistic Marc Mero, newcomer Steve Blackman and a disinterested and injured Goldust. Nobody seemed to give a f*ck, least of all the wrestlers themselves.