Last but not least, lets look at the guys who manage to find themselves on the right team year after year. These arent necessarily the guys left standing in the ring at the end of Survivor Series, but theyve certainly partnered with that guy a few times. At the end of the day, winning a Survivor Series match gives you bragging rights (unless there are some stipulations attached to the match, like this Sundays bout). Your team outlasted the other, possibly overcoming the odds, possibly running right through the other team in a clean sweep. But either way, your team was victorious. Most Wins: 5 (tie), Shawn Michaels, Davey Boy Smith, Rey Mysterio, Tito Santana Surprise! The losingest Survivor Series wrestler is also one of the winningest. Michaels is joined by a fellow former tag team specialist who achieved some additional success in singles competition, Davey Boy Smith. The British Bulldog also pulled out five victories, as did Tito Santana. Although he is still technically active, its doubtful that Rey Mysterio will build on his five wins. Incidentally, eight men are tied with four wins, including three guys in Sundays elimination match: Kane, Big Show and Mark Henry. At least one of them is guaranteed to pick up a fifth win. Most Wins, No Losses: 4 (tie), Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, Mark Henry and Undertaker One of these things is not like the other three WWE icons and Henry are all undefeated in Survivor Series elimination matches, winning four of them. Henrys streak is on the line Sunday. If it continues, so does the Authority. Highest Winning Percentage, 5 or More Matches: .833 (5 wins, 1 loss) (tie), Mysterio and Santana While this might be surprising to some both men have managed to survive a couple elimination matches (Mysterio three, Santana two), so this isnt a case of them riding everyones coattails to victory. Mysterio also has racked up eight eliminations to Santanas six. Mysterio actually had a perfect 5-0 record until last year, when he became a footnote to history himself, as he was the fourth person eliminated by Roman Reigns, allowing Roman to set a record for Survivor Series eliminations in one match. With WWE dialing the number of elimination matches back to one or two per Survivor Series PPV, its possible that some of these records might remain intact for a long time, but a few of these stats could change after Sunday. As long as WWE keeps trotting out a Survivor Series PPV every Thanksgiving season, we could quite possibly see some records fall over time.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
