10 Worst WWE Survivor Series Matches Ever

9. Gangrel, Mark Henry, Steve Blackman & Val Venis Vs The British Bulldog & The Mean Street Posse (1999)

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With the exception of Stephanie McMahon getting a bin lobbed at her head in order for the company to utilise some time-buying amnesia, the Survivor Series 1999 is perhaps the most visual representation of a company still in a state of flux following the departure of its head creative force.

WWE ultimately wouldn't miss Vince Russo, going on to reach their creative and commercial peak in 2000, but the months immediately following his departure forced the company to tinker with a number of moving parts until a level of parity between superstars was restored.

Coping with a host of unfinished storylines, the company threw as much sh*t at the wall as possible for 1999's Thanksgiving tradition, and though most of it stuck, it was still sh*t.

With nary a storyline between them, the eight men in this dire elimination match battled to complete silence despite crowds ordinarily being the loudest they'd ever been. Victims of the laziest, haziest excesses of the Attitude Era, the characters were merely avatars for punchlines McMahon had grown tired of. The loose and unexplored association between the Bulldog and the Posse didn't even play into the contest, nor did the womanising propensities of survivors Val Venis and Mark Henry.

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