Survivor Series: WarGames (2024): Difference between revisions

[[Survivor Series]] is an annual [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) and [[WWE Network]] event, produced every November by [[WWE]] since 1987. The second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE's [[WrestleMania]]), it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, [[SummerSlam]], [[Royal Rumble]], and [[WWE Money in the Bank|Money in the Bank]].<ref name="Big4">{{cite book|first1=Ian|last1=Hamilton|title=Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition|page=160}}</ref><ref name="MITB-Big5">{{cite web |last1=Desilva |first1=Kristen |title=WWE's Money In The Bank coming to Las Vegas in July 2022 |url=https://www.fox5vegas.com/more/entertainment/wwes-money-in-the-bank-coming-to-las-vegas-in-july-2022/article_064bce6a-0393-11ec-8264-db9051a10498.html |website=[[KVVU-TV]] |access-date=October 30, 2021 |date=October 25, 2021}}</ref> The event is traditionally characterized by having [[Survivor Series match]]es, which are [[tag team elimination match]]es that typically features teams of four or five wrestlers against each other.<ref name="SSoverview">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/2021-wwe-survivor-series-card-matches-date-rumors-predictions-match-card-start-time-location/|title=2021 WWE Survivor Series card, matches, date, rumors, predictions, match card, start time, location|date=November 5, 2021|last=Brookhouse|first=Brent|work=[[CBSSports]]|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105181006/https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/2021-wwe-survivor-series-card-matches-date-rumors-predictions-match-card-start-time-location/|archive-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 19, 2022, however, WWE executive [[Triple H]] announced that instead of Survivor Series matches, the 2022 event would feature two [[WarGames match]]es, one each for the men and women that would be 5-versus-5, marking the first time for a main roster WWE event to feature the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series-wargames/article/survivor-series-wargames-2022-boston|title=WarGames Matches to headline Survivor Series for first time in WWE history|work=[[WWE]]|date=September 19, 2022|access-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031150638/https://www.wwe.com/shows/survivor-series-wargames/article/survivor-series-wargames-2022-boston|archive-date=October 31, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2022 event was in turn renamed as Survivor Series: WarGames.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lambert|first=Jeremy|title=WWE Survivor Series 2022 Will Feature Two WarGames Matches|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/triple-h-says-wwe-survivor-series-2022-feature-two-wargames-matches|work=Fightful|date=September 19, 2022|access-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919143709/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/triple-h-says-wwe-survivor-series-2022-feature-two-wargames-matches|archive-date=September 19, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> WWE's [[Farm team|developmental brand]] [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]] previously held an annual [[NXT WarGames|WarGames event]] from 2017 to 2021.

 

 

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