It is also considered one of the company's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".

Stipulations had also been added to these matches, such as members of the losing team being (kayfabe) fired.

The first Survivor Series, held in 1987,[1] came on the heels of the success of WrestleMania III, as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) began to see the lucrative potential of the pay-per-view (PPV) market.

The first event capitalized on the big time feud between André the Giant and Hulk Hogan, who wrestled each other at WrestleMania III.

[2] Survivor Series was going to be discontinued and rebranded in 2010,[3][4] but following fan outcry, the company decided to continue with the event.

In 2017 and 2018, Raw won the competition with a score of 4–3 and 6–1, respectively (SmackDown's one point in 2018 occurred on the Kickoff pre-show).

[33][34][35][29] The 2019 event saw the addition of the NXT brand, which previously served as WWE's developmental territory but became one of WWE's three main brands in 2019, and in turn featured the first three-way Survivor Series elimination matches for men and women.

NXT subsequently won that year's competition with a 4–2–1 victory, with SmackDown having 2 points, and Raw's sole win occurring on the pre-show.

Outbreaks of the virus had occurred at both of NXT's home arenas, Full Sail University and the WWE Performance Center, prompting WWE to exclude NXT wrestlers from the event to avoid potential transmission of the virus to members of the Raw and SmackDown rosters.

[23][24] The 2021 event also did not include NXT as the brand reverted to its status as WWE's developmental territory in September of that year.

[40][41] On September 19, 2022, WWE executive Triple H announced that the 2022 Survivor Series would not be based on the brand supremacy concept.

I still look at it as a traditional component to Survivor Series in there because it's large teams of people competing.

Triple H also revealed that the 2022 event was the highest-grossing Survivor Series of all time as well as the most viewed.

On occasion, there were additional stipulation placed on the Survivor Series match, such as members of the losing team being (kayfabe) fired.

WarGames is a team-based steel cage match where the roofless cage surrounds two rings placed side by side and the two teams typically feature four to five wrestlers each but it is decided by one fall instead of eliminating all opponents.