The event took place on November 14, 2004, at the Gund Arena (Now known as the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) in Cleveland, Ohio.

John "Bradshaw" Layfield also continued his feud with Booker T, defeating him, Eddie Guerrero, and The Undertaker at Armageddon.

Following the event, Carlito Caribbean Cool sustained a legitimate injury and lost the WWE United States Championship to John Cena, with whom he was in a storyline.

Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) since 1987.

[4] The event featured seven professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers.

[5][6] On the November 1 episode of Raw, Bischoff scheduled a traditional 4-on-4 elimination tag team match between Orton, Jericho, Maven and Benoit and Triple H, Batista, Edge and Snitsky at Survivor Series.

The winning team at Survivor Series would be granted absolute control of running Raw for a month.

General Manager Theodore Long booked a six-man tag team match involving Booker T, Rob Van Dam, and Rey Mysterio taking on JBL, Kenzo Suzuki, and René Duprée.

[12][13] On the October 28 episode of SmackDown!, Booker T defeated Orlando Jordan to earn the right to face JBL for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series.

On the October 28 episode of SmackDown!, Theodore Long booked a 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match between Guerrero, Big Show, Van Dam, and Rey Mysterio against Angle, Carlito, Reigns and Jindrak.

[16][19] On the November 11 episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero announced that John Cena, who was recovering from a storyline injury, would be joining his team at Survivor Series.

After back and forth action, Spike pinned Chavo after a springboard leg drop by Kidman to retain the title.

[23][4] In the third match Team Guerrero (Eddie Guerrero, Big Show, Rob Van Dam, and John Cena) faced Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Mark Jindrak, Luther Reigns, and Carlito) in a 4-on-4 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match.

The match saw both men gain the advantage before Orlando Jordan interfered by attacking Booker T and the referee was knocked down by JBL.

[26][27] The following week, with Chris Jericho in charge, Vince McMahon vacated the World Heavyweight Championship, concluding the match ended in a tie.

[28][29] On the December 13 episode of Raw, Eric Bischoff, who had resumed his position as General Manager, scheduled an Elimination Chamber match between Triple H, Edge, Benoit, Chris Jericho, Orton and Batista at New Year's Revolution for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship.

[30][31] The following week, Bischoff concluded with adding a Special Guest Referee for the Elimination Chamber: Shawn Michaels.

[32][33] At New Year's Revolution, Triple H won the Elimination Chamber to begin his tenth world title reign.

[38] In October, John Cena lost the WWE United States Championship to Carlito Caribbean Cool, who debuted on SmackDown!.

[40][41] On the November 18 episode of SmackDown!, Cena regained the United States Championship by defeating Carlito.