Ranking Every WWE Survivor Series From Worst To Best

28. 2008

Survivor Series
WWE

The Good: There was a bizarre brilliance about seeing Shawn Michaels team with Rey Mysterio, The Great Khali and Cryme Tyme in the opener, whilst the star-heavy Team Orton/Team Batista match later in the show also offered flashes of brilliance from a beleaguered midcard.

The Bad: John Cena's return from injury fed into his squash victory over Chris Jericho but ended 'Y2J's incredible year with a resounding thud. A Divas Survivor Series match saw the eliminations raced through in order to protect the integrity of those than simply couldn't wrestle the standard required.

The Ugly: Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov contested one of the worst matches in the show's history until Edge took the place of the suspiciously-injured Jeff Hardy in the WWE Championship triple threat. 'The Rated-R Superstar' was booked as a cynical opportunist, but he was for the fans a last-gasp life-saver.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett