10 Truly SHOCKING WWE Survivor Series Eliminations

With Survivor Series 2021 fast approaching, we take a look back at the 10 Most SHOCKING WWE Survivor Series Eliminations.
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[@ilikethecokev2]

"Lana wins by doing nothing" Luigi: I'm-a so proud of you.

[@bossy1496]

Lana stole Luigi's thing

[@jasonjimerson7046]

One of my all-time favorite Survivor Series teams... DX, The Hardy Boyz, and CM Punk in 2006.

[@zanethind]

Same and then HBK not knowing he eliminated Mike Knox lol and I didn't even know that was Mike Knox when I watched the match either lol

[@max__p1765]

WALTER always said, it was his intention to get out of there as fast as he can. He dislikes multimen-matches (apart from Tag Team) because in his opinion, it gaves the Wrestlers not enough room and time to present himself in the best possible way.

[@HoV326]

I was shocked that WALTER got beaten so quickly. I mean I get he got hit with Drew's claymore, but he looked like a chump. This guy was a monster and one of the most dominant champions in the modern era and he went out so quickly.

[@kaitlyngarner740]

I heard that he didn't want to be in the match too long but if that was the case, there are better ways to do it. Like big show got eliminated first from the 5 on 5 in 2001 after eating 3 separate finishers one after the other and that made sense

[@XGamerFPS2164]

Fair enough but honestly the Survivor Series 5v5 match is usually booked like superstars had their overalls in 2k dropped

[@HoV326]

@@XGamerFPS2164 you are so right about that. I still remember Samoa Joe's showings in both of his Surivor Series matches.

[@clintsmith794]

Welcome to WWE

[@MrBeardsley]

The best part of the Knox/Michaels thing was Matt Hardy responding to Shawn’s “But he’s on the other team, right?” with “Well he was, he’s not anymore.”

[@TheSh4dowgale]

That Paul Wight joke was perfect.

[@Chalk0073]

Honorable mention to the Powers of Pain getting DQed for doing a regular tag team move on Hulk Hogan in '89.

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

Haven’t heard the Randall Keith song in a while. It needs to make a comeback

[@MickeySlayah]

Survivor Series 1990 is still my all time favorite...

[@tylerb8373]

I wouldn't be surprised if they did a every survivor series elimination ranked from worst to best.

[@BastardZombieKiller1]

And we would be here like total assholes watching it.

[@riverrunriot4323]

15 Hours Later..

[@CatsOverBrats]

Lana and Nia were supposed to have a table spot at SS last year but Roman shot it down because he had a table spot planned in his match. Lana talked about it on Jericho's podcast, and how the two Samoans had a shouting match backstage over the issue.

[@joneve8347]

Growing up, I loved the survivor series and the traditional matches. The late 80s and early 90s were my golden years as a kid and I enjoyed Survivor series and rumble more than wrestlemania because wrestlemania was just normal matches. survivor series and rumble were different and more interesting. The traditional survivor series matches were fun and I liked the team names, connections, and rivalries. If taken more seriously and with consequences, I still believe survivor series can be fun again! Raw Vs smackdown and champion Vs champion just doesn't do it for me.

[@arinleoczko1250]

The last good Survivor Series match was when they did the NXT invasion. And before that, definitely has to be 2014. Cena vs Authority was just amazing from start to finish.

[@fitfatty211]

I agree with you 100%

[@charlottestreet3301]

I didn't like how adam seid that survivor series is rubbish. I always enjoy survivor series

[@adamhenley8295]

The Andre elimination was simple - he had physically broken down so much that he was now only an attraction rather than an active participant

[@petarpetrov3683]

I feel bad for Andre in his late careeer. So broken from his health issues but still wrestling because he's one of their biggest stars.

[@logankerr8090]

the ONLY build we got to see for SS was the Bloodline/New Day, other than that, No Raw or SD feud

[@nikhilbhavani981]

I’d say it was only Lynch vs Flair, since it felt like the Bloodline-New day feud was built as less Champion vs Champion, and more Champion vs King’s Champion. Still more build than most of the other matches, but this entire thing is a disappointment.

[@TheLarryburns84]

I thought Fuji actually *was* a wrestler as opposed to a manager when he was younger ?

[@stevegallo8483]

He was, until he retired as a wrestler and became a manager.

[@RYU-nc6xx]

I know walter being eliminated early on was pretty dumb considering his dominance at the time. But i think he wanted to get eliminated fast cause he didn’t like tag team matches and especially the big ones like this because it didn’t show old school wrestling which Walter is used to do , so i think he requested to be eliminated fast to get it over with

[@emmssanchez00]

Never thought I’d see Lana and Andre the Giant on the same picture! That’s a first.

[@TheThird1977]

Talking of Orton's success at Survivor Series, an honourable mention should go to his elimination of HBK to end the Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff match. It was a great bout capped off with an emotional and, yes, shocking win for Easy E's side.

[@TheFlock83]

@4:33 did something happen between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart at a Survivor Series? I had no idea 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rich9684]

Who could forget the survivor series match of the Hart family vs Shawn and his knights. If not for that match Owen wouldn’t have kicked Bret’s leg out of his leg.

[@Unitenotfight]

@@rich9684 ah yes. Who could forget the night Bret refused to tag out. Bret truly screwed Bret that night 😋

[@Jbell55145]

Hogan losing in the first survivor series was shocking at the time

[@TheKyoput]

Felt so bad for Lana in that moment. She was legitimately trying her best to improve and WWE was just fucking with her. If all that had been booked better, and the payoff had been ion front of an audience, Lana probably would have gotten some cheers. Mostly from people pissed about what WWE did to Rusev/Miro. But it was shit. Didn't feel earned like it should have. Glad she's out of there and in better mental health.

[@adamdolatowski409]

The big show when made no sense because in 2012 he had that ironclad contract so why would he get fired. Even when he was crying to Stephanie around punching Dusty Rhodes. If you got fires you could have just sued their ass

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

I still say Powers of Pain should’ve been counted out. Los Conquistadors got screwed!

[@zanethind]

The Lana one completely took me by surprise. Speaking of this when did Survivor Series start having Raw vs Smackdown?

[@mohamedsaghour2585]

You forgot the one where Dolph ziggler was one on one with randy orton and eliminated him with a superkick, which wasn't even his finisher

[@ShowdeQuetzal]

Survivor Series has so many potential

[@krebyrocks77]

I'm surprised Hogan's elimination at the 87 Survivor Series wasn't on the list. For starters, it's a Hogan (screwy finish and all) loss. That left Bam Bam Bigelow by himself vs. Andre the Giant, King Kong Bundy and the One Man Gang. Bam Bam was easily the MVP of the match eliminating Bundy and Gang before Andre got the W. Of course it being Hogan, he had to come out at the end to close out the show. Jesse Ventura was spot on with his commentary as Hogan lost and him attacking Andre after the match was over showed him to be the sore loser babyface he always was. That's Hogan's only loss in a traditional survivor series match. Shame it didn't happen more often.

[@petarpetrov3683]

Oooh you're right i forgot about it. At that time it had been a big shock Hogan to lose no matter how especially in the middle of a match in which he participate. One of the reasons to like this match so much is the desbelief of the crowd after that.

[@robertclark2253]

How about Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon surviving against Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and British Bulldog ? How about the match with no survivors Savio Vega , Yokozuna , Flash Funk and Superfly Snuka against Vader , Farooq , Fake Razor and Fake Diesel . Vega and Razor were pinned early but everyone else was disqualified ? How about the first time an entire team survived Rick Martel , Warlord , Paul Roma and Hercules their opponents were Jake Roberts , Superfly Snuka , Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ?

[@zanethind]

At first I thought Survivor Series 2019 was gonna be great with NXT but then later realized no it wasn't

[@jopiaspieder1184]

How can this channel forget about how Bad News Brown eliminated himself twice by count outs in back to back Survival Series abandoning his team

[@jerryjanik480]

The 91 Survivor series was the first pay-per-view that I ever watched to this day

[@jaycerrito3142]

3:10 just like Luigi in the Mario Party games

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@lilpoetat]

thanks!

[@patrickmilner4149]

Unfortunately 2019's Survivor Series had a great build, but the payoff was disappointing

[@krectus]

Lana winning by doing nothing was the most clever thing they've done in a Survivor Series match in a long time. Made sense for the character, worked well for the feud she was in and fit well amongst the anything can happen idea. No one saw it coming, it was memorable, silly, but memorable. Not everything has to be serious and elevating, sometime you can just have things be enjoyable fun.

[@DamnDawg414]

Yeah except nobody cared about Lana and the buildup to the feud made her look extremely weak and stupid

[@Goldnfoxx]

Cluttered maybe, but confusing to watch? That opening tag match in '88 is my favorite Survivor Series match ever, and the '87s version would be just as good except that '88 had more overall teams I love.

[@CobaltT9]

I wonder what time did Mike Knox get eliminated? Quarter past 10?

[@TheThird1977]

KNOX 10:15

[@big_tea1983]

Someone should've told Nia that if Lana stood on the ring steps she wouldn't build any momentum towards her finisher.

[@garrinwilson7375]

Which wwe main roster superstar do you think has the most 4 star and above rated matches of all time(only wwe)?

[@diamondlightwrestling5468]

Survivor Series ? Full of surprises !! BOOM !

[@patrickearles471]

10:47 😂

[@petarpetrov3683]

Did someone else expected big push from Ziggler after his performance at Survivor Series? At the time i was thinking they would've made him a superstar. Silly young me. I stopped watching WWE 2 years after that so fuck it.

[@riverrunriot4323]

Randal Keith Randal Keith RAAAAAAAAANDAL RANDAL KEEEITH

[@multiyapples]

Interesting.

[@benespinosa6725]

Lana Winning the Women's Survivor Series Match Last Year was both stupid and didn't make any sense because she went through table week after week that shouldn't have Happened.

[@silasjamal1610]

That referee tried to fuck on everyone!

[@Capt._Cheese_Balls]

If this gets to the top you're a legend

[@FlyFlizzyV2]

incoming every elimination ranked from worst to best lol

[@dmolesevich]

Dolph should have gotten at least a mid card belt after SS 2014. Another wasted opportunity.

[@CornerstoneArts22]

He did he got the IC title a month later at TLC. The same title he had before Survivor Series. The problem was he needed something bigger

[@JoaquinJackson69]

Ngl, I popped hard for Lana’s win

[@OrangeSpaceMonkey81]

Hello.

[@alpacino5466]

What about Ellsworth eliminating Strowman????

[@michaelroszell8156]

I wish they would go to fewer pay per views

[@briwanderz]

if it was an actual fight tho... can you make a better team then andre and haku?

[@monstermikeheinrichs]

The perfect team to have your back in a real fight is your choices of Andre and Haku, along with Bad News Brown and the Steiner brothers.

[@DonJohnson1]

Seriusly hate the abrupt endings not my jam

[@alicod7160]

People shit on the 14 ss match too much They forget the part where cena had the authority to bring the authority back. Clear your facts Mr pacitti!!!

[@martinrubio9412]

WALTER eliminated shocking

[@jkeegan154]

Bullshit to fire Tully Blanchard and replace him with Bobby Heenan.

[@Nbflowers1989]

The Lana "payoff."

[@Josh_J9]

Geeeks

[@nwmn9386]

just never found it shocking Walter was eliminated when he was. Literally only makes sense for the match to take a large man out early, seeing how that would be the other teams strategies anyhow. Him being eliminated by 2 of the more dominant superstars at the time did no harm to him

[@Datenshidelenfer]

it was the begining of Mcintyre monster push so it made sense to have him eliminate Walter, a bit too early maybe , but i agree, was't that shocking

[@Shadow_Gamer12012]

Who cares about bad booking of the women's division

[@killingragethrowback]

Wow... was WWE always this full of crap?

[@martinrubio9412]

Lana won just by doing nothing

[@AnyThingWorx]

When Becky left, WWE women’s wrestling was better, no more awful promos and terrible wrestling from the Irish lass.

[@youngdolo8]

Becky is a lot of things. A terrible wrestler is not one of them.

[@AnyThingWorx]

@@youngdolo8 Maybe not terrible, because she's competent as all hell, but her in ring work is incredibly dull.

[@AnyThingWorx]

I don’t know if you know this, but the Claymore is one of the most powerful finishers ever, so it made sense that Walter went down with one. Please calm down. Same thing with Ciampa and the RKO. You NXT fans are so insufferable.

[@AnyThingWorx]

@@esdeathisbae9480 I literally don't care, it's the Claymore, though.

[@AnyThingWorx]

@@esdeathisbae9480 being counted out is such a lame non-finish, and everybody rightfully bitches about it.

[@AnyThingWorx]

@@esdeathisbae9480 Hate to break it to you, but only a small fraction of anybody cares about NXT UK. It's a brand that simply doesn't need to exist. And unfortunately, Bullshit Finishes aren't rare in the WWE.