Survivor Series (2002)

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Survivor Series
World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown!
DateNovember 17, 2002
CityNew York City, New York
VenueMadison Square Garden
Attendance17,930[1]
Buy rate340,000[2]
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The 2002 Survivor Series was the 16th annual

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place on November 17, 2002, from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The official theme song was "Always" by Saliva, who performed the song and Chris Jericho's entrance music live from The World
. This was the first Survivor Series held under the WWE name, after the promotion was renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE in May, and also the first Survivor Series held under the first brand split.

The main event from the Raw brand was the first-ever

Chavo Guerrero), and Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Los Guerreros won the match and became WWE Tag Team Champions after last eliminating Edge and Mysterio. This was the second Survivor Series event not to include any Survivor Series elimination matches, the first being in 1998
.

Production

Background

The event was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

triple threat elimination tag team match. The 2002 event was the 16th event in the Survivor Series chronology. It was scheduled to be held on November 17, 2002, from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.[1] The official theme song of the event was "Always" by Saliva. The band performed the song and Chris Jericho's entrance music live from The World.[5]

This was the first Survivor Series to be held under the first

WWE Undisputed Championship became exclusive to SmackDown! and renamed to WWE Championship.[7]

Storylines

Brock Lesnar as WWE Champion.

The event featured seven professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during, and after the event. All wrestlers were from one of the WWE's brands – Raw and SmackDown! – while storylines played out on their weekly television shows, Raw and SmackDown!.

World championship matches

The main

Sweet Chin Music, allowing Kane to put Triple H in the casket and closed the lid to win the match.[16][17]
On the November 4 episode of Raw, Booker T and Kane defeated Triple H and Jericho in a tag team match after Michaels interfered again. Afterwards, Michaels accepted the offer of being part of the Elimination Chamber match.

The main feud on the

Rey Mysterio, which ended in a no contest after Big Show interfered and tossed Mysterio into the crowd.[22][23] Shortly after the match ended, Big Show chokeslammed Lesnar through the announce table.[22][23] On the November 7 episode of SmackDown!, after Lesnar defeated Eddie Guerrero in a non-title match, Big Show attacked Lesnar and slammed him off the stage.[24][25] On the November 14 episode of SmackDown!, Lesnar's manager Paul Heyman
was convinced more than anyone that Lesnar could not win, trying to talk him out of defending the title. Lesnar refused and decided to call Big Show to the ring. As Big Show came out, Lesnar drove him through the steel steps. Moments later, Lesnar took out Big Show with five chair shots then nailed him with the championship belt.

Undercard matches

The other main feud on the card was between three

WWE Tag Team Champions, Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit fought each other in an Unforgiven rematch, which Benoit won after interference from Los Guerreros. On the October 31 episode of SmackDown!, both Benoit and Angle cost one another their matches. Angle helped Edge defeat Benoit then later that night, Benoit returned the favor by helping Eddie Guerrero defeat Angle. Afterwards, Angle and Benoit brawled at the Halloween party, ending with Angle delivering an Angle slam and Benoit bashing the bottle into Angle's head at the same time, knocking each other down. On the November 7 episode of SmackDown!, Angle and Benoit lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Edge and Mysterio in a 2 out of 3 falls match
after Edge pinned Angle in the third and final fall.

Victoria would face Trish Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship

Another feud coming from the Raw brand was between Victoria and Trish Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship. At Unforgiven, Trish Stratus had captured her third Women's Championship from Victoria's mentor Molly Holly (who Trish lost the title to at King of the Ring). On the September 23 episode of Raw, Stratus successfully defended the Women's title against both Molly Holly and Victoria in a Triple Threat match. Then on the September 30 episode of Raw, Victoria challenged Stratus for the Women's title in a one-on-one contest but got Disqualified after hitting Stratus with a steel chair. On the October 7 episode of Raw, after Stratus defeated Stacy Keibler in a Bra and Panties/Paddle on a Pole match, Victoria attacked Stratus and performed a Moonsault on her. Victoria claimed in the interview that back in their days as fitness models, WWE wanted both of them but Trish stole her spot. The two fought again for the Women's Championship at No Mercy with Stratus retaining. For the following four weeks, the two would have many clashes on Raw including on the November 11 episode of Raw, when Stratus ambushed Victoria following Victoria's attack on Terri Runnels. It was announced that the title would be put on the line in a hardcore rules match.

On the November 7 episode of SmackDown!,

mixed tag team match after Kidman pinned Noble.[25]
The following week on SmackDown!, Kidman pinned Noble for the second consecutive time in a non-title match, handing Noble, his first singles loss in WWE. This led to a match between the two for the Cruiserweight Championship at Survivor Series.

Event

Preliminary matches

Other on-screen personnel[29]
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Jim Ross (Raw)
Jerry Lawler (Raw)
Michael Cole (SmackDown)
Tazz
(SmackDown)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Interviewers
 Jonathan Coachman
Terri Runnels
Ring announcer Howard Finkel (Raw)
Tony Chimel (SmackDown)
Referees Charles Robinson (Raw)
Nick Patrick (Raw)
Earl Hebner (Raw)
Mike Chioda (SmackDown)
Jim Korderas
(SmackDown)
Brian Hebner
(SmackDown)
Jack Doan (Raw)
Mike Sparks (SmackDown)
Chad Patton (Raw)

Before the event aired

Goldust in a match that aired on Sunday Night Heat which was originally advertised to be on the main card.[1][30][31]

The first match of the event was an

D-Von Dudley appeared, and along with Bubba Ray, they performed the 3D onto Rico for the win.[1][30][31]

The next match was for the

Shooting star press for the win. Billy Kidman was named Cruiserweight Champion.[1][30][31]

The third match was for the WWE Women's Championship. It was a Hardcore match with reigning champion Trish Stratus taking on Victoria. Victoria choked Trish with a broomstick at the turnbuckle and hit her with a trash can lid. Trish recovered, and sent Victoria into an ironing board before hitting her several times with a Singapore cane. Victoria (with a bloody nose), went under the ring, and came back out with a fire extinguisher. Victoria sprayed Trish with the extinguisher and gave her a suplex, capturing the Women's title.[1][30][31]

The fourth match was the match between Brock Lesnar and Big Show for the WWE Championship. Lesnar came into the match with injured ribs, which Big Show took advantage of earlier into the match. However, Lesnar gained control over Big Show and executed an F-5 but Lesnar's manager Paul Heyman pulled the referee out of the ring. Big Show hit Lesnar in the ribs with a chair, chokeslammed Lesnar onto it and pinned Lesnar, winning the match and the WWE Championship.[1][30][31]

The final match on the undercard was a

Spear to Benoit, eliminating the team of Angle and Benoit. The final elimination was the team of Edge and Mysterio, when Eddie forced Mysterio to submit to the Lasso from El Paso, thus Los Guerreros winning the match and the WWE Tag Team Championship.[1][30][31] After the match, Scott Steiner made his return to WWE, and attacked Christopher Nowinski and Matt Hardy after they had given an insulting promo about New York City and its citizens.[30]

Main event match

Shawn Michaels won the World Heavyweight Championship inside the Elimination Chamber

The

Sweet Chin Music to Triple H and pinned him, thus winning the match and the World Heavyweight Championship.[1][30][31]
The show ended with Michaels embracing with his newly won championship inside the chamber as confetti dropped to end the event.

Reception

In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 9.0 [Amazing], writing, "I remembered how great SummerSlam was but forgot how good Survivor Series was. The worst rating I gave out was just under three stars. Every single match was at the very least fun and we got all new Champions which is always intriguing. Seriously, one of the better shows I've reviewed and one of the best Survivor Series Pay-Per-Views."[32] Maxwell Jacob Friedman stated watching the event live inspired him to want to become a world champion.[33]

Aftermath

Shawn Michaels and Triple H continued their feud over the

Three Stages of Hell match to win the title.[40][41] The first match was a Street fight, which Triple H won.[40][41] The match that followed was a Steel Cage match, which Michaels won.[40][41] The third and final match was a Ladder match, which was won by Triple H.[40][41]

The following month, at Armageddon,

Iron Man match winning 5-4.[49][50]

Results

No.Results
Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
39:20
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
H – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

Elimination tables match eliminations

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Time
1 Spike Dudley Jamal & Rosey 4:25
2 Rosey Jeff Hardy 7:59
3 Jeff Hardy Jamal 11:12
4 Jamal Bubba Ray Dudley 12:50
5 Rico Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley* 14:22
  • D-Von Dudley did not participate in the match but interfered and helped Bubba Ray Dudley eliminate Rico

Triple threat elimination match eliminations

Eliminated Tag Team Eliminated by Time
1 Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle Edge 13:09
2 Edge and Rey Mysterio Eddie Guerrero 19:25

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method Times
1 Rob Van Dam 2 Booker T
Pinfall
 13:37
2 Booker T 4 Chris Jericho 17:43
3 Kane 5 22:53
4 Chris Jericho 3 Shawn Michaels 30:43
5 Triple H (c) 1 39:20
Winner Shawn Michaels 6

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