Survivor Series The Last best Survivor Series

[KKKKwe]

Well since surivor series is returning this year again I just wanted to let everyone know that since 07 Survivor Series hasnt been the same. Reason i feel it hasnt been the same is because nowadays they just throw a bunch of guys together without any good storylines and they make the traditional tag match. I think ways to make this event better is by having atleast 1 Raw traditional Tag and 1 SD traditional Tag just like Surivor Series 03 and 04. What I wanted to say is Survivor Series 2006 was the last best Survivor Series

So if you guys have any thoughts on Surivor Series and why it has been going down hill let me know.

 

[WWEIsLife2]

I disagree the Last 2 Survivor Series with the Elimination Tags had Teams they weren't thrown together. Last Year had Kofi's Team vs Randy Orton's Team,were they not Feuding going into it? I believe they were. Year before Batista's Team vs Randy Orton's Team,all those guys were Feuding with each other. Same with Team HBK vs Team JBL as well. I still enjoy Survivor Series and I totally disagree its gone downhill at all.

 

[RKO_RKO_RKO]

Its rare you get to see 5 on 5 matches, that's why I like Survivor Series. Sometimes you get midcarders outperforming the maineventers and they put on a hell of a show. However it is already quite predictable that this year's Survivor Series will involve Nexus, can't wait to see who they will go up against this time.

 

[93alt93]

The thing that find the biggest joke of all of this is that last year they introduced Bragging Rights, which had the smackdown vs raw elimination tag main event. Then earlier this year it came out that WWE thinks that the Survivor Series format is outdated and no longer required, and had originally taken it off the ppv calendar, only to later put it back on.

Now am I the only one seeing this here people??? Bragging Rights and Survivor Series are the exact same freaking concept, but one is edgy and new, and the other is old and outdated. Come on!!!

Bragging Rights should be gone and its concept of smackdown vs raw be given to survivor series, it's not hard to book. You get the smackdown main event talent to team against the raw main event talent in the main event. You get the mid card guys to do the same, have the divas form teams, tag team titles could be defended or could be paired up into teams as well. And then which ever brand wins the most matches / has the most surviving members wins "bragging rights" for their brand, SIMPLE!!!

 

[Agent-67]

I have to say 1990 is still hands down the last best Survivor Series. They have had good ones since then, but they have not had one with a great top to bottom card. The Visionaries become the first whole team to survive, debute of the Undertaker, I thought the end of the Alliance vs the Mercenaries match was cool, top talent performed twice, & there was the winners final match. I think WWE should do that style of survivor series with a smackdown vs raw with winners advancing to a final survivor series match.

 

[nasteeinc]

imo the last best survivor series was 2002
-debut of the elimination chamber (a top 10 match imo)
all titles that were defended changed hands, scott steiner made his debut, and hbk won his first world title in 4 years

 

[Honkey_Kong]

I tell you guys what, I've become a little bored with the Survivor Series format. What I wished they'd do (since they own the rights to everything WCW) is bring back Fall Brawl and the Wargames.

I don't even remember a survivor series in the last 10 years that I enjoyed.

 

[theViper]

Sorry Dude, but I eat pussy.

But I'm glad somebody agrees with me about Wargames..

Bahaha.

For sure though, I think that the Survivor Series concept is good, but with so many elimination matches taking place lately, it'd be good to add something on to it to make it a more intriguing buy.

 

[CyDeez]

Sorry Dude, but I eat pussy.

But I'm glad somebody agrees with me about Wargames..

That was classic dude! LOL! I was dying!

Anyway, I don't have a problem with Survivor Series really. I could make one complaint though just for arguments sake. I wish they would just schedule one Main Event for the WWE Championship, and then fill the card with 4 on 4 Elimination Matches.

I think it would be like kind of a WWE All Star Game if they use the format that they had in 1990. With all the winners of the 4 on 4 matches going on to wrestle in one final Elimination Match. It could be a whole new way to push someone.

I don't think Survivor Series has lost it's luster. SS is a classic WWE Event and it has had too many defining and epic moments to even list. I for one would not be happy if they dropped The Survivor Series name!!!

 

[mister_b1LL]

I forget which year (I wanna guess 2005), but the one where it was SmackDown vs. RAW with Randy Orton becoming the sole survivor and him having that celebration with all the SD locker room and then the light going out and a flaming casket appears leading to the Undertaker coming out and cleaning house. That year's SS would be the last best Survivor Series in my opinion.

I can't think of what to change to SS to make it better because although these last few haven't been all that great, the concept is definitely still an exciting thing to watch. That being said I would definitely be hoping for the next SS to lack a Diva's Traditional Survivor Series match. It really wasn't very entertaining the first time and you could do the exact same thing on RAW and get the same kind of reaction. It could leave space for another solid SS match or a great singles match.

 

[MMK]

1988 was the last great Survivor Series. As it was the last time they held my favorite match type ever, the 10 on 10 elimination tag featuring 5 heel teams vs 5 face teams. The rules were when you were pinned, your opponent had to leave too. They only ever held 2 of them and had to stop after 88 due to a lack of tag teams. The tag team division was never the same after that.

 

[WWEIsLife2]

Lack of Tag Teams after 1988? What are you talking about? Right now there might a be fewer Teams but not immediatly after 1988.

 

[That young knockout kid]

1988 was the last great Survivor Series. As it was the last time they held my favorite match type ever, the 10 on 10 elimination tag featuring 5 heel teams vs 5 face teams. The rules were when you were pinned, your opponent had to leave too. They only ever held 2 of them and had to stop after 88 due to a lack of tag teams. The tag team division was never the same after that.

There has been some great surviour series past 1998 ,the one with Team Bischoff vs Team Austin being my favourite .Micheals put on a hell of a one man show that night and Orton depicted his heel role perfect,this was possabily one of my favourite wwe cards ever.

The tag division was the same after it ,during the attitude era tag wrestling was at an all time high in wwf ,Edge and christain ,The Hardys ,Dudleys ,The New age Outlaws etc reformed the lost art of tag wrestling ,this was truely a golden age for tag wrestling in WWF/E after 1988.

 

[MMK]

Lack of Tag Teams after 1988? What are you talking about? Right now there might a be fewer Teams but not immediatly after 1988.

Yes immediately after 1988. Thats why that match type was discontinued. Lack of tag teams. It is a well known fact that tag team wrestling in the 90's, and to this day in fact, is not nearly as good nor as emphasized as it was in the mid-late 80's.

And to anyone who would compare E&C, The Dudleys and The Hardys to The Rockers, Bulldogs, Harts, Road Warriors, Demolition, Strike Force, Horseman, etc, etc, that's just silly. We're talking about a match where 10 tag teams could participate and only one or two would have been considered jobber teams. They could never do something like that in the attitude era, simply not enough teams. Maybe 3 good ones, but thats not enough to make it a truly competitive division. Tag team wrestling had a minor resurgence in the attitude era but not nearly to the degree that it was in the 80's. 1988 was the last year where they could hold a 10 on 10 tag team elimination match featuring only tag teams, which is what the Survivor Series was originally all about. The tag roster was gutted after 88. It was the end of an era in tag team wrestilng. And thats not my opinion, its a historical fact.

Lets go through them year by year
1987/1988: WWF at it's creative peak. Classic roster with both events featuring the 10 on 10 man tag match w/tag teams only. All of whom were classic teams. All killer. No filler.
1989: Didnt compare to the previous two Survivor Series' thanks to the elimination of the 10 on 10 tag teams match.
1990:Most memorable for the debuts of the Undertaker and Gobbildy gooker. But the matches were terrible.
1991: The tag team elimination match that year was Bushwhackers and Rockers vs Beverly Brothers and Nasty Boys. Not exactly the same as it was in 87 and 88.
1992: No traditional Survivor Series elimination matches.
1993: Worst. PPV. Ever. Mabel, Mo and Bushwhackers dressed as clowns. Nuff said.
94-96: These were the dark years where WWE hit the wall creatively speaking. Survivor Series especially suffered as seeing bad characters in 1 on 1 matches is bad enough, but seeing 8 of them in the same match is just awful.
1997: The year of the Montreal screwjob. The most famous Survivor Series by far, but for all the wrong reasons.
1998: No traditional Survivor Matches, instead a tournament was held that could have easily been held at any other ppv
1999: Big Show wins the belt. Yawn.
2000: Barely any traditional Survivor Series matches
2001: The merciful end to the gawd awful Alliance storyline.
2002: The First Elimination Chamber but not exactly the best. Most memorable moment was Shawn Micheals' brown pants. What was he thinking?
2003:Goldberg vs Triple H for the belt. No thanks.
2004: JBL in a title match. Even less thanks
2005: First Survivor Series to use the TEAM RAW vs TEAM SMACKDOWN concept. Good idea. But I would hardly consider this a classic ppv, but it is the best of recent years as at least it had a team concept that meant something.
2006:The Spirit Squad took on WWE Legends. Why I don't know.
2007:Featured Greath Khali vs Hornswoggle. Not exactly a classic SS.
2008: Two pretty good elimination matches but nothing that would compare to the original years.
2009: Not a fan of triple threat title matches. This event featured 2 of them.

So looking back, I'd say 87 and 88, were the first and still best Survivor Series. 2005's emphasis on Team Raw vs Team Smackdown makes it the best of recent years. But the last GREAT Surivivor Series is still 1988.