WWE Survivor Series: Key facts and figures from event's history
Who has the most wins at WWE's autumn classic?
Saturday 14 November 2015 14:34, UK
Survivor Series is all about the numbers.
We’ve had a flick through the annuls to find out some killer stats, discovering which Superstar has the most Survivor Series wins, who has been charged with kicking off the show most often and much, much more.
So read below for the all-important facts and figures and then watch WWE Survivor Series 2015, live and exclusive on Sky Sports Box Office from 1am on Sunday (Monday morning)…
21, 179 – The record attendance at a single Survivor Series
Fans packed into the Kiel Center/Scottrade Center in St Louis, Missouri in 1998 and saw a whopping 14 matches. There were no traditional Survivor Series elimination bouts, with the pay-per-view instead housing the Deadly Game tournament for the vacant WWE Championship. A host of grapplers competed but Mankind and The Rock made the final; the former profiting from interference by The McMahons to edge “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in his last-four encounter and the latter beating The Undertaker via DQ after Kane entered the fray. Mankind was screwed in the final, however, with Vince McMahon ringing for the bell when Rock administered a Sharpshooter, despite The Hardcore Legend not tapping out. Austin had the last word, though, hurling Rock out of the ring and hitting a Stunner on Mankind.
1987 – The year Survivor Series was first staged
Richfield, Ohio was chosen to stage the maiden edition of Survivor Series, an event at which every match was an elimination contest. The team of Andre the Giant, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed and Rick Rude conquered Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Bam Bam Bigelow, with Giant emerging as the sole survivor. In the evening’s other dustups, Randy Savage, Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, Brutus Beefcake and Ricky Steamboat bested The Honky Tonk Man, Hercules, Danny Davis, Ron Bass and Harley Race, while The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno) were the final women standing in a Divas encounter, and The Killer Bees and The Young Stallions emerged victorious from a 20-man tag-team duel that also featured The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) and The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart).
17 – Survivor Series matches for The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels
The Undertaker got the better of Michaels at WrestleMania 25 and 26 but there is no separating the two when it comes to Survivor Series matches - at least until Sunday night when The Phenom will wrestle his 18th bout at the Fall Classic. The Phenom made his debut in 1990 before winning his maiden WWE Title exactly 12 months later by overcoming Hulk Hogan. Michaels, meanwhile, tasted Survivor Series for the first time in 1988, banding with Rockers partner Marty Jannetty as well as Powers of Pain, The British Bulldogs, The Hart Foundation and The Young Stallions in a traditional elimination match, and went on to feature at the autumn extravaganza on and off for the next 21 years, with his greatest moment possibly when he bested Triple H and Chris Jericho, among others, in the inaugural Elimination Chamber Match in 2002 to become World Heavyweight Champion.
12 – Wins for The Undertaker at Survivor Series
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