13 Greatest Moments In WWE Survivor Series History
Debuts, returns, championship wins, and of course some classic elimination matches...
Over the course of its 29-year history, it’s safe to say that we’ve pretty much seen it all at the Survivor Series pay-per-view.
On top of a whopping 75 traditional elimination matches, the list of stipulations to feature at the show include cage, casket and buried alive bouts, first blood, last man standing and Hell in a Cell encounters, as well as the 2002 debut of the Elimination Chamber. We were even treated to the lesser-spotted Nightstick on a Pole match way back at the 1992 instalment.
Okay, scratch that last one; point being there’ve been a bunch of high-profile matches that have taken place at Survivor Series. Add to that God knows how many debuts, as well as a handful of surprise returns, and the November showcase has provided us with a fair few memorable moments in its time. So get ready to tuck in to some sugary sweet nostalgia as we count down some of the greatest moments in Survivor Series history.
Oh, and remember these are specifically great moments, as in good ones, so don’t be surprised if there isn’t room for a certain Screwjob of 1997…
13. Lesnar F5s The Big Show
Back in November of 2002, Brock Lesnar was on an absolute rampage. Having beaten the Rock at SummerSlam to become the youngest WWE Champion in history, he’d then gone on to overcome the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell at No Mercy.
For all those feathers in the cap though, we were still yet to see just how freakishly strong the former collegiate champion was. Sure, we’d seen him manhandle ‘Taker, and he did bust out an F5 on the 400lb Rikishi at one point, but there was plenty more to come from Lesnar.
Which is why at Survivor Series 2002, the Big Show was the perfect challenger for Lesnar’s WWE Championship.
Heading into the match, much of the story had revolved around whether or not the champ would be able to dominate Show, with even Paul Heyman less than confident about his client’s chances of picking up the big man.
Come the PPV though, Lesnar proved all the doubters wrong as he hoisted Big Show onto his shoulders—and with relative ease—to hit the F5 and pop the Madison Square Garden crowd. Today, these kind of feats of strength have become kind of commonplace for Lesnar, but back then this was still something pretty special.