[2] Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling event produced every November by WWE since 1987, generally held the week of Thanksgiving.

[6] On July 7, 2023, WWE announced that it would be returning to the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois for the 37th Survivor Series on Saturday, November 25.

This was the third Survivor Series to be held at this arena after the 1989 (when it was still known as the Rosemont Horizon; renamed in 1999) and 2019 events, and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.

In addition to airing on PPV worldwide, it was available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets.

[12] A fatal four-way match was then scheduled for the next episode to determine Gunther's challenger for the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Series: WarGames, which Miz won.

[14] On the following episode of Raw, Stark won a battle royal to face Ripley for the title one-on-one at Survivor Series: WarGames.

[13] Since June, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, and Sami Zayn had all been involved in various rivalries with The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio) and their associate, JD McDonagh, encompassing matches for Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship and Bálor and Priest's Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship.

[13] The following week, Rhodes and Priest were revealed as the leaders of their respective teams while McDonagh was made an official member of Judgment Day.

[18] At SummerSlam, Bianca Belair defeated Asuka and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat match to win the WWE Women's Championship, but immediately lost the title to Iyo Sky, who cashed in her Money in the Bank contract.

[22] The following week, Damage CTRL (represented by Bayley, Sky, Asuka, and Sane) challenged Belair, Flair, Shotzi, and a partner of their choosing to a WarGames match, which was accepted.

[23] That same night, WWE announced that a Ruffles-sponsored fan vote would be held to determine which team would receive the WarGames advantage.

[24] On the November 10 episode of SmackDown, the Latino World Order (LWO) addressed leader Rey Mysterio's loss of the United States Championship at Crown Jewel to Logan Paul, who used brass knuckles to win.

[25] The pre-show portion of the program (Titled “Survivor Series: WarGames Kickoff”) streamed on Peacock and YouTube, with the panel (Kayla Braxton, Jackie Redmond, Peter Rosenberg, Booker T, Wade Barrett) located outside of the arena.

[26] The first match of the night was the women's WarGames match, which saw the team of Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Shotzi, and Becky Lynch face Damage CTRL (Bayley, Iyo Sky, Asuka, and Kairi Sane, accompanied by Dakota Kai), with Belair's team having the WarGames advantage.

Belair, Flair, and Shotzi then performed their signature moves on Bayley, with Lynch finishing her off by delivering a Manhandle Slam from the second rope through a table and pinned her to win.

[27] In a backstage segment, Raw's Otis, Akira Tozawa, and Maxxine Dupri of Alpha Academy and WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green and Piper Niven were shown eating Ruffles on a couch watching the event.

SmackDown's Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) showed up and argued with Otis on whether they were potato chips or crisps.

Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, and Randy Orton face The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre with Judgment Day's team having the WarGames advantage.

As the clock counted down for the final time for Orton to appear, Rhea Ripley made an entrance instead with Priest's Money in the Bank contract and a referee in tow.

Before the contract could be officially cashed in, however, Orton showed up at the last second, evening the odds with his team performing stereo rope-aided DDTs to The Judgment Day and McIntyre.

During the post-show press conference, Triple H clarified that the majority, including WWE talent, were unaware of Punk's return until his surprise appearance at the Allstate Arena.

[32][27][33] It also set new records for the highest viewership, largest gate, and best merchandise sales in the history of Survivor Series.

[34] Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated the women's and men's WarGames matches 4.5 and 4.75 stars, respectively.

[35] Punk's return at the end of the event was voted for and won the 2024 Slammy Award for OMG Moment of the Year.

Orton declined and was attacked by Judgment Day stablemates, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh, who received an RKO.

[37] In the final segment on Raw, CM Punk addressed his return to WWE, claiming that he was a changed man and that he had to leave back in 2014.

Punk then officially announced his entry into the 2024 Royal Rumble, stating that after he won, he may challenge Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL.

After the rest of Damage CTRL got banned from ringside, Bayley would interfere in the match, but it backfired as Belair got the upper hand and defeated Sane.

[41] This resulted in a rematch with Lee the following week in which Escobar won, which was also a quarterfinal match of a number one contender's United States Championship tournament.

[41] A triple threat match between Orton, Knight, and AJ Styles was then scheduled for the special New Year's Revolution episode of SmackDown on January 5, 2024, where the winner would face Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble.