Ranking Every WWE Survivor Series Main Event From Worst To Best

19. The Rock Vs Mankind (1998)

27 Goldberg Brock Lesnar Survivor Series
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A tournament final far superior in every area to the aforementioned Reigns/Ambrose effort, The Rock and Mankind's 1998 brawl foreshadowed the bruising encounters they'd have the following year but little of the match even matters by the time the closing angle has commenced.

The reveal of The Rock's corrupt Corporate conspiracy is the final piece of a puzzle exquisitely assembled by Vince Russo. If literally every other thing he ever accomplished in wrestling can still be up for debate, this angle can not. His turn - with a pointed Sharpshooter, no less - was simply sublime.

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