10 Wrestling Matches That Deserved To Become Cult Classics (But Didn't)

9. A Survivor Series Match For The Ages (WWE Survivor Series, 2016)

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It's safe to say that the Survivor Series hasn't exactly thrown out a great many instant classic traditional five-on-five elimination battles over the last decade.

Sure, there has been the odd 2019 men's highlight. But away from that, has any match really stood out as a truly outstanding piece of work in the last ten years?

The answer is obviously yes - though you'd be forgiven for not being quick to remember the fact that 2016's men's Survivor Series war was up there with the very best of them.

It may have stretched on for a staggering 52 minutes, but Team Raw and Team SmackDown just did not let up at any point throughout.

The all-star (and Shane McMahon) under-appreciated hit saw Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton's New Wyatt Family continue their then-compelling ongoing tale, all three former brothers of The Shield colliding and bizarrely teaming up on AJ Styles at various points, an excitable Shane getting taken down a peg by a p*ssed off Chris Jericho, and the son-of-the-boss also being speared into oblivion by The Big Dog.

Hell, you even had the hilariously odd visual of blue team mascot James Ellsworth eliminating Braun Strowman via count-out.

Sure, KO getting eliminated after wielding the List of Jericho was a bit of a let-down. But away from that small lowlight, this utterly stacked battle of the WWE titans deserves way more love than it currently receives.

 
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