WWE Survivor Series

[Adam Rush]

This is not a thread about the Pay-Per-View.

This is a thread based off the video game made for GBA a long, long time ago.

On this roster there were 16 superstars:
Booker T, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Christian, Eddie Guerrero, Edge, John Cena, Kane, Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Undertaker.

This particular group of superstars were picked because they were considered to be stars at the time. Let's look at what happened to each of these superstars since 2004.

1) Booker T- Became a U.S. and World Heavyweight Champion in WWE, then went to TNA from 2007-2009 where he won the World Tag Team titles with Scott Steiner. Came back to the WWE in 2011 where he became a commentator and is now the GM.

2) Chavo Guerrero- Added two more Cruiserweight Championship reigns as well as an ECW World Championship reign. Lost a Cruiserweight title to Hornswoggle Left the WWE in 2011. Now in TNA, where he and Hernandez won TNA tag titles at one point.

3) Chris Benoit- World Heavyweight Champion, Royal Rumble Winner. 3-time United States Champion after 2004, was slated to win the ECW World Championship before the "incident". Died in 2007.

4) Chris Jericho- Left WWE for awhile in 2005. Came back in 2007. 2 Intercontinental title reigns, World Heavyweight Champion, Unified Tag Team Champion with Big Show and with Edge. On-and-off hiatuses due to Fozzy.

5) Christian- Left WWE for TNA in 2005. Became a 2-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion in TNA. Came back to WWE in 2009. Became a 2-time ECW Champion. Also won the Intercontinental Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship.

6) Eddie Guerrero- WWE Champion. Died in 2005. Might have been slated to win the World Heavyweight Championship on the next Smackdown (it would have been Eddie vs Batista vs Orton).

7) Edge- First ever Money in the Bank winner. Held Money in the Bank twice. 4-time WWE Champion. 7-time World Heavyweight Champion. World Tag Team Champion with Randy Orton. Unified Tag Team Champion with Chris Jericho. Won a Royal Rumble. Forced to retire in 2011 due to spinal stenosis. Hall of Famer.

8) John Cena- 11-time WWE Champion. 2-time World Heavyweight Champion. 3-time United States Champion. 2-time WWE Tag Team Champion (Miz, Otunga). 2-time World Tag Team Champion (with Batista, HBK). Won a Royal Rumble. Won a Money in the Bank match, but lost in his cash-in.

9) Kane- ECW Champion, World Heavyweight Champion, Money in the Bank winner, World Tag Team Champion and WWE Tag Team Champion with Big Show, WWE Tag Team Champion with Daniel Bryan.

10) Kurt Angle- World Heavyweight Champion. Left WWE in 2006 for TNA. Five-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion (with Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles), and a one-time TNA X Division Champion.

11) Randy Orton- 6-time WWE Champion, 3-time World Heavyweight Champion, World Tag Team Champion (w/ Edge). Youngest World Heavyweight Champion ever. Also won a Royal Rumble.

12) Rey Mysterio- WWE Champion, 2-time World Heavyweight Champion, 2-time Intercontinental Champion, Royal Rumble winner, 3-time WWE Tag Team Champion (w/RVD, Eddie Guerrero, Batista). Injuries are starting to mount for Mysterio.

13) Rob Van Dam- 1-time WWE Tag Team Champion (w/Rey Mysterio). Money in the Bank winner. Intercontinental Champion. WWE Champion. First (WWE) ECW World Champion. Left in 2007. Joined TNA in 2010. TNA World Heavyweight Champion. TNA X-Division Champion. Left TNA in early 2013.

14) Shawn Michaels- World Tag Team Champion (w/ John Cena). Unified Tag Team Champion (w/ Triple H). Retired in 2010. Hall of Famer.

15) Triple H- Unified Tag Team Champion (w/ Shawn Michaels). World Heavyweight Champion. 3-time WWE Champion. Semi-retired now. COO of the WWE.

16) Undertaker- 21-0 now at Wrestlemania (9-0 in the last 9 years). Royal Rumble winner. 3-time World Heavyweight Champion. Semi-retired.

So of these 16 superstars, who do you believe had the best last nine years?

For me, sorry Cena, it's gotta be Edge. Edge won 11 world championships in 7 years. He won Money in the Bank, he won Royal Rumble, and if not for his injury, he could still be a World champ today!

 

[MCMG]

You cannot look past Cena. He has been the poster boy of the company, main evented several WrestleMania's and has been a multi-time world champion.

I'd place Edge second as I do feel he had a terrific career that did end to early -he still had a few good years left and I enjoy his returns. Edge really won over so many people after being a tag-team wrestler to get to where he did was incredible. Like you said: first MITB winner, RR winner, multiple time world champion. He had a great decade or so.

After that I would say it goes (if we count contribution to both TNA and WWE) HHH, Angle, Orton, Taker, HBK, , Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho Christian, Kane, RVD, Booker T, Chavo.

Actually quite difficult to rank these guys. Most of them have had incredible success. HBK is so high simply because of the quality of matches he has put on (Taker, Flair Cena etc)

Left out Benoit and Eddie because it is difficult to judge where they should be placed although they both did have some success after this game was released.