Ranking Every WWE Survivor Series From Worst To Best

11. 2005

Survivor Series
WWE.com

The Good: John Cena's brilliant battle with Kurt Angle was a big performance when one was needed from the lambasted 'Champ'. He'd by then become familiar with the "mixed reactions" that defined his time on top, but he at least looked as though he belonged here. Trish Stratus and Melina assembled an underappreciated gem. They could wrestle, and were over characters - this was no toilet break match.

The Bad: Teddy Long and Eric Bischoff's General Manager match was a piece of sh*t. A failed attempt at Sports Entertainment, it was neither. Facilitating the debut of The Boogeyman wasn't justification enough for such a tepid time-filler.

The Ugly: Vince McMahon used the f*cking n-word the insensitive and inconsiderate fool. Flexing his muscle and money, McMahon dropped the bomb in conversation with John Cena in order to generate a bug-eyed take from a shocked Booker T backstage. Unacceptable then, now and forever.

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