Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1987.
[4][5][6] Survivor Series featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Raw is War and SmackDown!—WWF's television programs.
[9][10] On the November 6 edition of Raw is War, Austin competed against Rikishi and Kurt Angle in a Handicap match.
[11] On the November 9 edition of SmackDown!, the WWF Commissioner Mick Foley announced that Austin and Triple H would compete in a match at Survivor Series.
[12] At No Mercy, Rikishi's interference accidentally cost The Rock, the WWF Championship against Kurt Angle.
[14] On the November 2 episode of SmackDown!, Rikishi cost Rock, a title shot for the WWF Championship against Angle.
[16] On the November 9 edition of SmackDown!, the WWF Commissioner Mick Foley announced that Rikishi and Rock would wrestle in a match at Survivor Series.
[12] On the October 23 episode of Raw is War, Chris Jericho accidentally dropped his coffee on Kane.
[17] Jericho retaliated by costing Kane a WWF Hardcore Championship match against Steve Blackman on the November 6 episode of Raw is War.
At No Mercy, Eddie Guerrero cost Chyna and Mr. Ass, their tag team match against Right to Censor (Steven Richards and Val Venis).
On the October 23 episode of Raw is War, Billy Gunn defeated Venis in a standard wrestling match, despite interference by Right to Censor members.
[15] On the October 26 episode of SmackDown!, Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko defeated Triple H and Road Dogg in a tag team match after help by Perry Saturn.
Later that night, The Rock, Chyna and Billy Gunn defeated Right to Censor in a six-person tag team match.
[17] On the October 30 episode of Raw is War, Guerrero defeated Chyna to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship and attacked her after the match, causing Mr. Ass to save her from the beating.
Later that night, Billy Gunn lost a match to Steven Richards which meant that he could no longer use the name Mr.
[14] On the November 2 edition of SmackDown!, The Radicalz reunited when Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn helped Chris Benoit in defeating Triple H.[16] On the November 6 episode of Raw is War, D-Generation X also reunited as Triple H, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg and Chyna defeated The Radicalz.
Later that night, Triple H turned into a villain as he was revealed to be the mastermind behind Stone Cold Steve Austin's attack and as a result, left DX.
[11] On the November 16 episode of SmackDown, Road Dogg and his new partner K-Kwik defeated Malenko and Saturn in a tag team match.
[18] On the Sunday Night Heat before Survivor Series, WWF European Champion William Regal attempted to cut a promo to the crowd.
Blackman and Crash battled Test and Albert outside the ring, allowing Molly to perform a Diving Sunset Flip on Stratus to win the match.
However, Rikishi attacked The Rock after the match as he performed a Savate Kick and four consecutive Banzai Drops.
With the referee dealing with Richards, Ivory hit Lita with the Women's title belt and covered her for the pinfall.
Goodfather stopped the domination of the opposing team as he eliminated Bubba Ray by performing a Death Valley Driver.
After the match, Richards and Buchanan returned to the ring to help Venis and Goodfather beat up Jeff, only for Matt and the Dudleyz to make the save, as Matt took out Buchanan and Richards with the Twist of Fate and the Dudleyz took out Goodfather with the 3D, and Venis with the Whassup Drop.
The two returned to the ring where Austin performed a Stone Cold Stunner but continued to attack Triple H with a steel chair.
The two wrestlers continued to fight each other and their action spilled to the backstage area, where The Radicalz interfered in the match.
It was met with mixed to negative reviews, and was one of the weaker shows of the year, with no match crossing 3.25 stars.