Survivor Series (1999)

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Survivor Series
Promotion
World Wrestling Federation
DateNovember 14, 1999
CityDetroit, Michigan
VenueJoe Louis Arena
Attendance18,735
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The 1999 Survivor Series was the 13th annual

event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on November 14, 1999, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It was the second Survivor Series held at the Joe Louis Arena after the 1991
event.

The

SummerSlam 1997
.

The undercard included the New Age Outlaws defending the WWF Tag Team Championship against Al Snow and Mankind, Chyna defending the Intercontinental Championship against Chris Jericho, three four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match (including a Handicap match involving Big Show), as well as the WWF in-ring debut of Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle.

Production

Background

tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 1999 event was the 13th event in the Survivor Series chronology and was scheduled to be held on November 14, 1999, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.[3][4]

Storylines

Survivor Series consisted of professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on Raw is War and SmackDown! — WWF's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a hero or a villain as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]

The main

sledgehammer. Later that night, Triple H defeated Austin to retain the title.[7] On the October 18 episode of Raw is War, Rock challenged Triple H to a match for the title at Survivor Series, because Rock was angered at the previous night's attack. Austin also issued a challenge and claimed that he deserved a title shot instead of Rock. The WWF Chairman Vince McMahon solved the situation by making a Triple Threat match between Triple H, Austin and Rock for the WWF Championship.[8][unreliable source?
]

Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between

Val Venis interfered and attacked Mankind with his book.[9][unreliable source?] On the October 25 episode of Raw is War, Mankind wrestled Triple H for the WWF Championship. Triple H was disqualified when Venis assaulted Mankind again, earning Mankind, a disqualification win. However, Al Snow came out to rescue Mankind from the assault.[10][unreliable source?] On the October 28 episode of SmackDown, Mankind defeated Venis after distraction from Snow. As a result, Mankind and Snow formed a tag team.[11][unreliable source?] On the November 4 episode of SmackDown!, Mankind and Snow defeated The Hollys to win the Tag Team Championship.[12] On the November 8 episode of Raw is War, New Age Outlaws defeated Mankind and Snow for the Tag Team Championship.[13][unreliable source?
] This led to a title match between New Age Outlaws and Mankind and Snow for the Tag Team Championship.

At No Mercy, Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Good Housekeeping match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship.[14] On the October 18 episode of Raw is War, Chyna issued an open challenge, which was answered by Chris Jericho, whose insults prompted Chyna to attack him.[8] Stevie Richards also got involved in Chyna and Jericho's rivalry. On the November 8 episode of Raw is War, Jericho was scheduled to wrestle Chyna for the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Series.[10][11][12][13][15]

On the October 18 episode of Raw is War,

Mideon). On the November 14 episode of Sunday Night Heat, Big Show attacked all of his team members, who withdrew from the team, making the match a 4-on-1 Survivor Series match.[4]

At No Mercy, the

Scotty Too Hotty) interfered, costing Edge and Christian the victory. The Hardy Boyz came out to rescue Edge and Christian and the four wrestlers cleared the ring of Too Cool and Hollys.[10] As a result, the teams of Edge and Christian and Hardy Boyz began a rivalry with Too Cool and Hollys, as the four teams battled each other in several tag team matches and standard wrestling matches, leading to a Survivor Series match at Survivor Series.[11][12][13][15][16]

On the October 18 episode of Raw is War,

The Godfather's hos for being attacked by Viscera, after Viscera defeated Godfather in a "Winner Takes Hos" match.[10] The following week on Raw is War, The Headbangers defeated Dudley Boyz in a tag team match.[15] On the November 11 episode of SmackDown, Dudley Boyz defeated Godfather and D'Lo Brown.[16] It led to a Survivor Series match pitting Dudley Boyz and Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw
) against Headbangers, Godfather and Brown.

At No Mercy, X-Pac defeated Kane, Faarooq and Bradshaw in a Four Corners Elimination match.[14] As a result of losing to X-Pac, Kane started showing jealousy towards X-Pac and their team started to break up. On the October 28 episode of SmackDown, X-Pac betrayed Kane during a tag team match against Dudley Boyz by low blowing Kane and allowing Dudley Boyz to pin Kane for the win. After the match, X-Pac proclaimed that Kane did not deserve to be a member of D-Generation X, a faction that X-Pac was a part of during that time.[11] On the November 1 episode of Raw is War, the entirety of DX attacked Kane during a match between Kane and X-Pac.[15] This led to a match between Kane and X-Pac at Survivor Series.

At No Mercy,

easily defeated Moolah for the Women's Championship.[10] On the November 11 episode of SmackDown, Ivory, Jacqueline, Luna and Terri Runnels were set to wrestle Moolah, Young, Tori and Debra at Survivor Series.[16]

Throughout November 1999, vignettes aired that hyped the WWF debut of Kurt Angle, who had represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling. His in-ring debut was scheduled for Survivor Series.[13][15]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Jim Ross
Jerry Lawler
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Interviewers
 Kevin Kelly
Michael Cole
Lilian Garcia
Ring announcer Howard Finkel
Referees Earl Hebner
Jim Korderas
Theodore Long
Mike Chioda
Tim White

Preliminary matches

The pay-per-view opened with a

Ho Train, followed by Brown with a Lo Down on Bubba Ray for the victory. As a result, Godfather and Brown were the survivors of their team.[3][4]

After that, Kurt Angle made his WWF in-ring debut against faced Shawn Stasiak. Stasiak dominated much of the earlier match until Angle escaped the ring and insulted the fans by telling them not to insult an Olympic Gold Medalist. However, Stasiak beat on Angle and then climbed the top rope to perform a Diving Splash, but Angle got up and caught a flying Stasiak by performing an Olympic Slam for the victory.[3][4]

Another Survivor Series elimination match pitted

Big Splash on Joey Abs and eliminated him. Bulldog eliminated Gangrel by after a Superplex and Blackman after a Fisherman Suplex. Venis and Henry started double-teaming Bulldog as Henry splashed Bulldog and Venis hit a Money Shot on Bulldog for the victory. Venis and Henry were the survivors on their team.[3][4]

Next, an

Tori and Debra. The match went back and forth until Moolah performed a Scoop Slam on Ivory and splashed her to win the match.[3][4]

After that,

Bronco Buster. She was kicked in the face as Kane fought off all of the DX members to rescue her.[3][4] After the match, The Rock
was trying to give an interview, but Triple H attacked him. The two brawled until they were separated by several WWF officials.

Next,

Mideon and Viscera in a Handicap Survivor Series match. Big Show was the only member on his team because he had attacked all of his teammates prior to the event. However, he single-handedly dominated the match when he eliminated Mideon, Prince Albert and Viscera in under a minute. With all of his teammates eliminated, Boss Man left the ring and ran to the backstage and was counted-out. Big Show won the match and ran after Boss Man to the backstage.[3][4]

After the match, Triple H interrupted an interview with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin started chasing Triple H in the backstage area until a car drove up and ran down Austin at high speed. WWF Chairman Vince McMahon confronted Triple H, D-Generation X and WWF's head of security, but Triple H said that he was not to blame. Austin was loaded into the ambulance and removed from the WWF Championship match against Triple H and Rock.[17][4]

After that,

Spear and an Irish whip into the ring post. However, Jericho quickly regained momentum and Powerbombed her for a near-fall. Jericho then attempted a Lionsault, but Chyna avoided the move and attacked Jericho. She then hit Jericho with a DDT and accidentally attacked the referee. Jericho took advantage and nailed Chyna with the championship belt. Chyna hit Jericho with a Pedigree and then attempted a Hurricanrana, but Jericho countered it into a Walls of Jericho. Jericho then placed Chyna on the top rope, but Miss Kitty distracted the referee as Chyna hit Jericho with a Low Blow and a Pedigree from the top turnbuckle to win the match and retain the Intercontinental Championship.[3][4]

Next, a Survivor Series match pitted

Hardcore Holly and Crash Holly). Hardcore Holly pinned Edge with a Schoolboy and Scotty pinned Matt Hardy after a Tornado DDT. Jeff Hardy pinned Scotty after a 450° Splash but was eliminated after Grand Master Sexay hit a Tennessee Jam. Christian then eliminated Grand Master Sexay after a Diving Reverse DDT and Crash Holly after an Impaler but was quickly pinned by Hardcore Holly with a Victory Roll. Hardcore Holly was the sole survivor.[3][4]

After that, the

Clothesline on Road Dogg and tagged in Mankind, while Road Dogg tagged in Gunn. Mankind started dominating until Gunn hit with a Fame-asser. Road Dogg then attempted a Pumphandle Drop on Mankind, but Snow hit him with a Snow Plow. Mankind then stuffed a smelly sock down Gunn’s throat, and simultaneously applied the mandible claw to Road Dogg for a double mandible claw. However, Gunn and Road Dogg broke free, and then threw Al Snow into the steps and hit Mankind with a Texas Piledriver to win the match and retain the Tag Team Championship.[3][4]

Main event match

In the

stomp, an elbow drop and a legdrop. D-Generation X interfered in the match to help Triple H, but Vince also ran into the ring and hit Triple H with the championship belt. Big Show took advantage and chokeslammed Triple H to win the match and the WWF Championship.[17][3][4]

Reception

In 2014, Dylan Diot of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 5.0 [Not So Good], stating, "This show felt more like an episode of Raw than a PPV. All of the classic Survivor Series elimination matches were thrown together, a majority of the show was taken over by the Stone Cold car angle, and the wrestling wasn't all that good with only two exceptions. If [you're] a Big Show fan and want to see his crowning moment since coming to the WWF early in the year, then this show is worth a look. Otherwise, nothing to see here."[18]

Aftermath

After Big Show won the WWF Championship at Survivor Series, he continued his rivalry with Big Boss Man. The next night on Raw, Boss Man defeated The Rock in a Hardcore match, with help from Prince Albert, to become the number one contender for the WWF Championship.[19] At the new December pay-per-view, Armageddon, Big Show defeated Boss Man to retain the title.[20]

Since

sledgehammer. It was later revealed that Rikishi had run over Austin on Triple H's orders.[26]

Austin later made his return at

WWF Championship
. This was Austin's first appearance since Survivor Series on six months prior.

Results

No.Results
WWF Championship[17]
16:16
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Survivor Series elimination matches

^1

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time[27]
1 Thrasher
Bradshaw
Pinfall
 3:40
2 Mosh Bubba Ray Dudley
Pinfall
 4:57
3
Bradshaw
 N/A
Disqualification
 5:52
4
Faarooq
 N/A
Double countout
 6:45
D-Von Dudley
6 Bubba Ray Dudley D'Lo Brown
Pinfall
 9:36
Survivors: D'Lo Brown and The Godfather

^2

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time[27]
1 Pete Gas Steve Blackman
Pinfall
 2:56
2 Rodney
Gangrel
Pinfall
 4:21
3 Joey Abs Mark Henry
Pinfall
 6:02
4
Gangrel
The British Bulldog
Pinfall
 6:46
5 Steve Blackman
The British Bulldog
Pinfall
 7:32
6
The British Bulldog
 Val Venis
Pinfall
 9:08
Survivors: Mark Henry and Val Venis

^3

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time[27]
1 Mideon Big Show
Pinfall
 0:18
2
Prince Albert
 Big Show
Pinfall
 0:30
3 Viscera Big Show
Pinfall
 0:55
4
Big Boss Man
 N/A
Countout
 1:24
Sole Survivor: Big Show

^4

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time[27]
1 Edge Hardcore Holly
Pinfall
 6:06
2 Matt Hardy Scotty 2 Hotty
Pinfall
 6:22
3 Scotty 2 Hotty Jeff Hardy
Pinfall
 10:11
4 Jeff Hardy
Grand Master Sexay
Pinfall
 11:34
5
Grand Master Sexay
 Christian
Pinfall
 11:45
6 Crash Holly Christian
Pinfall
 13:58
7 Christian Hardcore Holly
Pinfall
 14:27
Sole Survivor: Hardcore Holly

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