The event took place on November 27, 2005, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan and consisted of six professional wrestling matches.

In the first of two main event matches, WWE Champion John Cena defeated Kurt Angle to retain his title.

(Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), Bobby Lashley, and Randy Orton) defeated Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, Carlito, and Chris Masters) after Orton last eliminated Michaels.

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

[2] The event's card consisted of six professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown!

As a result, wrestlers from the two brands started a brawl[7] and interfered in the other's show before facing each other in a tag team match at Taboo Tuesday; SmackDown!

's Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy defeated Raw's Chris Masters and Gene Snitsky.

Another rivalry heading into the event was between John Cena and Kurt Angle, over the WWE Championship.

Their feud began in August, when Bischoff chose Angle as the number one contender to the WWE Championship after Cena defeated Chris Jericho in a You're Fired match to retain the WWE Championship, in which Bischoff was forced to fire Jericho, his #1 wrestler.

[14] The two squared off against each other again at Taboo Tuesday in a Triple Threat match that also included Shawn Michaels, and again Cena retained the title.

[15] On the November 7 edition of Raw, Angle refused to compete in a tag team match pitting him and Chris Masters against Cena and Michaels due to the "you suck" chants from the audience.

[16] Angle finally agreed to compete if Bischoff silenced the crowd and let him have a special guest referee.

The match started with Booker T exiting the ring when Benoit gained a slight advantage.

After attacking Flair's head with a screwdriver, Triple H continued using foreign objects throughout the match, including a folding chair, a sledgehammer, and the steel steps.

Edge noted that Dmitri Young was in the audience, and proceeded to criticize the sports teams of Detroit.

[20] In the fourth match, John Cena defended the WWE Championship against Kurt Angle, with Daivari as the special guest referee.

After Cena gained the advantage, Angle knocked down the referee, and executed an illegal low blow.

Cena then delivered a DDT to Daivari and executed an FU on Angle, pinning him to retain the championship.

As Canon climbed on the apron, and distracted the referees, Bischoff used his obi to choke Long.

(Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Bobby Lashley, and Randy Orton) faced Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show, Carlito, and Chris Masters) in the 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match.

Before being fired, Bischoff had proposed that Cena should defend his WWE championship in an Elimination Chamber match at New Year's Revolution.

[30] Chris Benoit continued to feud with Booker T throughout the rest of the year and into 2006; their "Best of Seven series" concluded in January.

The brand featured wrestlers from the former Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion, as well as new talent.