Ranking the Worst WWE Survivor Series Moments

[@shadow_strike9956]

The Vince Egg moment was definitely very much a “Clap or you’ll be released” to all the midcard wrestlers backstage for that segment. I remember that happened when WWE was still going off the rails releasing everyone due to “Covid budget cuts”.

[@MrGared22]

Yeah, Paul London's smile says "Hi."

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Madcap Moss

[@spheremode3271]

I listen to Mansoor and Mace's streams sometimes, and they said that's basically what happened. He didn't say they'd be fired but he said "Make some more noise, goddammit, I'm Vince McMahon!"

[@lanceturley7745]

It's kind of hilarious to do a storyline about Vince being gifted a "$100,000,000" movie prop when he was busy firing real people from their real jobs due to "budget cuts." Imagine how many employees he could have saved if he just sold the egg!

[@Ioweuaname]

​@@claymathewselevator8121trash😂

[@timwright3218]

It might have been an awful match, but the Mike Knox elimination was so memeable it's almost worth it. Shawn: "Was he in the match?" HHH: "Yes" Matt Hardy: "He was, he's not anymore"

[@Phyrre56]

Shawn: "Alright, so we're doing good then?"

[@JM1993951]

HBK in the mid 2000s was like a lovable version of his asshole mid-late 90s self. You got the humor and occasional pettiness without the rampant drug abuse and politicking.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Mike knox once won the gauntlet on My 2011 game and got the belt.😂

[@OikPoinFive]

He say Who was that,?

[@JackieTheBold]

Ugh thank you Brian for reminding me of "Vince's Golden Egg" lol I still can't believe how stupid that was. "We can't get The Rock on the show tonight so here's the next best thing, pal!" 😂

[@adamdenby1282]

Raw the next night was all about the egg funny as fk

[@Maroonostrich]

Could at least have been a gold rock

[@wezleeclinton5850]

I completely forgot about it until I saw this video. Guess my brain automatically filtered that terrible angle out immediately after the show ended.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

You gotta love how Netflix advertised Red Notice as the number 1 movie on Netflix. Yet I doubt you can find anyone who has watched it or know what it’s about other than it starred The Rock, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot.

[@michaelanderson6394]

1:09 Oh my God, yes! I’ve been thinking for years that an examination of Rusev and Lana’s careers in WWE would be so fascinating to hear from your perspective. From the tank that they claim to have had sex in, to the infamous flag match to the League of Nations to the rise and fall of Rusev Day to the Lana/Nia Jax feud to the fact that they were involved in TWO different love rectangle storylines. These two were just MADE for a discussion on this channel!

[@ryuhayabaker]

I was literally listening to the worst romances video about 5 mins before this came out and Lana & non Rusev was number 1 - oh the irony 😂

[@MrGared22]

Gotta love WrestleCrap calling it the "love trapezoid."

[@kenrickeason]

Lana and Rusev/Miro both had some odd moments WWE and AEW.. They will always be remembered..

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

I was at the Survivor Series where Austin got hit. I assure you it wasn't a great moment for those of us who paid to see Austin that night lol

[@wave201988]

You can blame Triple H and Rikishi for that. 😅😅😅😅😅

[@heisensaul5538]

I'd be pissed if I paid to see Austin and I got Russo swerve instead.

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

@@heisensaul5538 yeah. We'd seen Austin many times through the years, but that particular might was a big bummer

[@heisensaul5538]

@@wave201988 He DID IT... for The Rock.

[@heisensaul5538]

@@InfectiousGroovePodcast I just looked to see where that Survivor Series took place and I didn't realize how close it was to me, happening in Detroit at the Joe.

[@jasonmaclean719]

I always felt it was a missed opportunity to not team Red Rooster with the Gobbildy Gooker and call them The Pecking Order.

[@makaveli4205]

They have worse gimmicks now lol

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Vince, hire this man!

[@jasonmaclean719]

@@makaveli4205 I don't know. That was a pretty awful dad joke😅. Who's worse?

[@derekpivko2977]

Vince Russo's burner account?

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Terry Taylor and Hector Guerrero would actually be a good tag team as themselves 😂

[@MazeDaGr8]

"Something bad always happens at Survivor Series"- Jerry Lawler 1998

[@LordTeaboBaggins]

I’m convinced there’s an alternate universe where the Gooker is one of the Fed’s most over and beloved gimmicks while Brian is making videos about why Undertaker was hot garbage

[@joshuahatcher5449]

Lol😂

[@jcace13]

Everybody who had to pretend to be happy to see Vince and that stupid bloody egg deserved a raise.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Reggie and T Bar 😂

[@diabeticman2194]

Comedy genius, it’s in the so bad it’s good level of wrestling bollocks

[@nick-playercharacter8583]

They were actually happy to still have jobs at that point with all of the layoffs that were happening at that time.

[@mychaeljones7526]

MAH GAWD DONT MAKE ME REMEBER THAT!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

@@nick-playercharacter8583most of them aren’t with company anymore

[@comixproviderftw_02]

5:48 - 5:59 Fun fact, Heidenreich said in an interview that Vince came up with that segment because it came to him in a dream. How would you feel being trapped in a Vince McMahon dream?

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Those would give Freddy Kruger nightmares

[@TravisBroski]

Other Fun Fact: The Nazi idea was pitched during a meeting and Vince was so appalled by it, that it's said that he literally got up and left the building without saying a single word. The person who pitched it also made 'See No Evil'... so there ya go.

[@gamerbear84]

@@TravisBroski Vince HAS gotten a handful of things right over his life. lol

[@tafua_a]

@@TravisBroski Wait, you mean he wasn't future-endeavored on the spot?! Like, if your idea is too tasteless for Vince, that says something!

[@TravisBroski]

@@tafua_a Oh, he was fired later that year. I guess he got signed back to do movies or something later on.

[@ottagol1985]

From what I heard, The Gobbledy Gooker was supposed to be the mascot for Survivor Series back when it was a Thanksgiving tradition. I also recall the Gooker appearing in promos with the Bushwhackers and a few house shows; but that's it.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

I think Bruce Prichard said something similar, that the Gooker was just meant be a mascot character

[@venomousnate7263]

“Do you think the Undertaker’s egg would have been deviled?” Kinda of a bad pun but honestly I couldn’t help but crack up a bit.

[@SteRDLK]

"crack up" 😂

[@danjonmills]

I got the yolk, too.

[@CoralCopperHead]

It was actually rather eggceptional.

[@c.phoenix3929]

“I recorded this way before survivor series happened so I hope it was good!” Oh past Brian, you have NO IDEA.

[@notherwrestlingchannel]

I understand the reasoning for including the DX vs Rated RKO match, but if I had to pick something terrible from 2006's show, it would have to be the Cryme Tyme/Lita segment. Just a disgusting and shameful sendoff for one of their pioneering women. No wonder she wanted out.

[@kvnprime]

What are you talking about? That was a classic moment

[@notherwrestlingchannel]

@@kvnprime it's all a matter of opinion. I found it to be very uncomfortable. Alternatively, I thought Vince going into the church and spitting holy water like Triple H was hilarious. Many found that offensive. It's subjective.

[@mitchcolburn1216]

She deserved it for being a hoe

[@caleykruse9852]

That was funny af you def one of them sensitive mfs

[@MustangScott]

For a while in the late 90's, I felt like every match on Shotgun Saturday Night was DOA vs. Los Boricuas.

[@MrLawyer711]

According to Bruce Prichard the Gooker was meant to be the company mascot and travel from town to town with them. But when he was out there dancing with Mean Gene Vince started laughing and said something along the lines of “God, this sucks haha”

[@SteRDLK]

If Bruce Prichard talks, chance is he's lying

[@elpato54]

Gee, Zane just nailed it. They easily could have had a champion v champion match at Royal Rumble which decided whose title main evented Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble qualifying matches between brands, more draft picks. They could have done that as an incentive to something at the very end.

[@MrPapageorgio10]

With the Iron Claw movie premiering later this month, is there any chance for a classic review for any of the Parade Of Champions or Star Wars shows from WCCW. It would be a great opportunity to show that there were some great moments for the Von Erich family along with the tragedy. Also it could showcase the talents of The Freebirds, Gino Hernandez, Chris Adams, Bruiser Brody, King Parsons, Jimmy Garvin, The Great Kabuke, King Kong Bundy, The Missing Link, Sunshine, and Teddy Hart. It could be a nice mini-arc to introduce World Class to a new generation of wrestling fans. As always, thanks for the time and effort you put in to create all the great content over the years

[@markant9534]

Doink then turned on Lawler on the September 26 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge in Lawler's The King's Court segment, making Burger King jokes to amuse the crowd and eventually emptied a bucket of water over Lawler. Matt Borne, the original man behind Doink, was fired for recurring drug abuses, eventually leaving the gimmick (after bouncing through a few others) to Ray Licameli (also known as Ray Apollo).

[@RolfWrenWalsh]

I personally loved the Brand Supremacy years due to all the Champion vs Champion matches.

[@tthheettrraasshhppiitt]

Remember, somehow when Jerry Lawler joined up with WWF/E, everything else he did in the business became non-canon

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

7:23 New Meme Alert! Thanks Brian. The counting of the fingers was funny as it was but the bug eyes made it better. Way funnier than the match you were talking about in this segment itself.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Lana winning by default reminds me of when Darren Young would win by DQ and Countouts when he was managed by Bob Backlund

[@braydenfletcher8159]

Holy shit. Make Darren Young Great Again! I COMPLETELY forgot about that gimmick!!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

@@braydenfletcher81592016 was a weird year 😂

[@CactusJackIV]

I was a fan of the team matches as a kid, then once they took them away when I was older I felt it was just like any other PPV. I guess a mix of the two is best.

[@ItsTheFizz]

According to Mansoor on one of their INSIDERZ TV streams, the reaction to Vince and his golden egg was actually "Take Two" as Vince was so disappointed by the crowd's reactions that he actually got back in the limo and road around the arena again...

[@CPerry232]

That Clarence Mason joke was hilarious.

[@camoveteran2219]

Im laughing way too hard at the "Bad Pun Jar." Bravo sir.

[@closethockeyfan5284]

Heidenreich was actually a pretty compelling character that they just buried with momentum-killing booking before he could even get going.

[@makaveli4205]

He was kind of like Gunther

[@jayharv285]

​@@makaveli4205 Not really. Gunther was talented. Heidenreich was the opposite

[@Net092]

Your comedy is so underrated i know it seems like bad jokes but there not the way you say it so casual is amazing its a rare for comedy like goofy comedy when you seem so excited when what your talking about is dumb you make it hilarious i appreciate you sir funny and amazing commentary

[@samc5019]

I'll be honest, I enjoyed #7 a lot at the time. Survivor Series '06 was the first wrestling show I watched in something like four years and as someone who had no investment in the angles at that point, that clean sweep was probably the most fun and memorable* thing on that show. *except maybe Lita's retirement treatment, which was truly awful.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

I think we've all learned from 1990 and 2021 that Survivor Series and eggs don't mix. Also, I would add the Four Doinks aka The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission in wigs and makeup vs. Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger, and The Headshrinkers from the 1993 Survivor Series. Add in the fact that the real Doink (Matt Borne) was fired prior to the event.

[@numero1superfly393]

Worst Moments in Survivor Series (in no order): The Gobbledy Gooker The Royal Family vs Clowns R Us The Montreal Screwjob The way they removed Stone Cold Steve Austin The battle of brand supremacy between 2019-2021. (There was literally no prize for the winner.) The Egg Lana winning by doing absolutely nothing Eric Bishoff vs Teddy Long Hornswoggle vs The Great Khali John Cena getting fired…..only to not really be fired this entire time.

[@JacobyJ56]

I clicked on this thinking it was a Marky D video

[@KadeemG61]

Everything RAW vs. SmackDown traditional Survivor Series Elimination Matches were one of the worst moments that I stopped caring about Survivor Series until 2019.

[@anijeepa]

I rewatched the "Cleopatra's Egg" bits from Survivor Series 2021 a couple of days ago. It's genuienly one of those "so bad it's good" things. It's so funny that Vince based the whole Survivor Series PPV about The Rock's 25th anniversary without The Rock even appearing and just decided to base the show (and the following Raw) about an golden egg that Rock sent him and later the search for the egg.

[@regorllerref]

The Gooker was one of the greatest wrestling moments of all time. What else would have been in a giant egg!?

[@gatorsfan4ever]

Shawn Michaels going “who’s that” after pinning Mike Knox never gets old

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Future Aces&Eights member

[@timdewolfe1483]

The Triple H-Koslov-Edge fiasco from 2008 should be on here too

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Vladimir Kozlov is back in TNA as Dirty Dango’s bodyguard

[@dr.snakes]

Honorable Honorable Mention: Team Clay vs. Team Tensai (Survivor Series 2012) Wherein Brodus Clay attempts a T-Bone suplex to Tensai, falls on his ass, and essentially eliminates himself.

[@claytonrios1]

Clowns R Us vs The Royal Family has to be rather high. Especially since WWE has a really bad habit of infantilizing little people.

[@Dynaman21]

They were still doing it as recently as Wee-L-C. And that match surprisingly got over because El Torito was a legitimately talented mini luchador.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Also the freaking heels won, in a clean sweep.

[@lukeharbolt7681]

To me the worst would have to be the last survivor series match of 1996. Fake Razor/Diesel Yokozuna, Vader, Jimmy Snuka . It lasted like three minutes and got thrown out

[@CactusJackIV]

I got to see Rock/Austin on Raw 3rd row the Raw after the 2nd “screw job” i was a hardcore Mankind(any mick foley personalities really)

[@sheepdavis]

No shame in the word midget.

[@nflmastermind3770]

What a way for Vince’s last survivor series to go. Golden egg, bad battle Royal. And the next year was one of the best we’ve seen in years with WarGames debut.

[@johnathanblack124]

The Jeff Hardy stairway angle from Survivor Series 2008 should definitely be on the list.

[@mrnaughtycat]

Jerry getting one of the little people to put him on there shoulders is a recipe for disaster

[@cmonboyGIT]

That Edge spear to Flair was horrendous

[@SeanPynrose]

I remember I was so psyched to see who or what was in the Egg. For weeks it was teased and finally the Survivor Series day came and what happened was one of the biggest disappointment in WWE history

[@mr.x2855]

3:54 i would say Lawler ignoring this has happened in the past is genius because he is deciding to ignore his losts

[@BoogalooBartholomew]

Plus, you can argue him 'forgetting his losses' is in his character... There is a Ruble he commentates, He is in mid-sentence as his music plays to be the next entrant, so he enters and gets eliminated almost immediately. He then goes back to commentary and finishes his sentence as if he'd never left and acts like he never even left his seat.

[@numa2k147]

​@@BoogalooBartholomewthat was Royal Rumble 1997 Lmaoooo

[@orinanime]

11:14 - I laughed out loud at that one. Thank you for the double reference

[@CobaltT9]

That whole Golden Egg/No Rock appearance charade just reminds me of when Impact Wrestling actually got The Rock at Bound for Glory the year before, when he send a video congratulating and inducting Ken Shamrock into their Hall of Fame.

[@KY-Guy]

I liked this video specifically for the "deviled egg" joke.

[@philipmartin9035]

I definitely imagine all employees having to cheer and clap at vinces arrival like hes a north korean dictator

[@Spacewizzard090]

I'm very much a fan of the phrase "Doinks and Doink-like creatures". Like there may be a pig or alligator or something that's wearing a green wig and white facepaint

[@zyshawnmoore551]

"Think of all the mistresses you can pay off with that" 😂😂😂 that one got me

[@aaronsass9265]

OMG having the winning brand have later Royal Rumble entries would be a great concept to the Brand Supremacy Survivor Series thing.

[@CheezusChrist1776]

Two years ago, Vince was parading around his golden egg, and AEW had debuted Punk, Cole, and Danielson all within the prior 3 months. My, how the tables have turned

[@SESauvie]

Wasn't that entrance where Vince had everyone give him a standing ovation just after the pandemic release spree as well?

[@TheBigJere]

Everytime I see THAT image of Heidenreich and Michael Cole, I hear that damn horn from Troll 3/Quest for the Mighty Sword.

[@SamCalderas-nt6lv]

2 things: The Brand Supermacy angles. The LAST one featured Raw winning in a clean sweep despite the fact that SD the week before invaded Raw and looked to have the upper hand...but Raw won in a clean sweep😂. Meanwhile 2 weeks later The McMahon's came out with the BS "You're the authority" segment, FINALLY making the Brand Supermacy crap meaningless. Vince trying to troll us during Survivor Series in 2021 was probably the most dumbest thing he could've done. Him taking that egg prop with him was just him symbolically laying an egg on this show. Just don't advertise or tease Dwayne, if he's not gonna show up at all! It's that simple.

[@dtmgomc2039]

"team up with the ACTUALLY cool.." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMAO!!

[@TheCheat420]

"I recorded this way before the payperview and I have no idea what happened..." Oh past Brian if you could only imagine haha

[@ShawnPhoenix]

Best time they referenced the screwjob was during Punk V Cena at MITB, because the situation actually resembled the Shawn/Bret scenario. however, Cena prevented it from happening..

[@claymathewselevator8121]

And John Laurinaitis got punched in face so that was enjoyable to watch 😂

[@ShawnPhoenix]

@@claymathewselevator8121 I thought he Punched Mcmahon?

[@119Agent]

Imagine showing Summerslam 93 to Memphis wrestling fans in 1979.

[@raygowan1968]

The best part of the golden egg gimmick to me was Roman Reigns reaction. Completely bored and disinterested until Vince dropped the “100 million dollars” line and Roman in just throw away line fashion says “Almost as much as my next contract.”

[@Giantsfanlewis]

In fairness to the rock night, i think vince was thinking "if we cant have the rock, we can at least have austin"

[@scorpionqueen11]

Brian, never change, dude. Your videos and humor are often the highlight of my day. 😂❤

[@kenrickeason]

He is hilarious 😂

[@BringSomeNoise]

Impact managed to get The Rock to send them a video (for Ken Shamrock’s HOF induction) but WWE couldn’t for an event built entirely around him. Incredible

[@kenterminateddq5311]

13:09 Z-man, this is an EGG-citing Wrestling With Wregret first. 14:24 Does your "Bad Pun Jar" have any room, Zane? I'll gladly pay a few dollars.

[@JMC1396]

Oh my god in work pissing myself at " think of all the mistresses you could pay off with that!" Hahaha thankfully there's no one else here. One of my least favourite moments was that time big show was in the main event and they tried to give him the yes chants because they thought it was the chant that was over and not Daniel Bryan..I mean, I'm a fan of Paul white but come on that was embarrassing!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Or Stephanie acting like she knew Big Show as a little girl when they’re around the same age 😂

[@Beavie]

Yep, the Golden Egg thing was God awful and yet I have tried to forget it. But if The Rock could have been there in person, there could have been multiple ways to do it. Pre-recorded video. Maybe if he was at least not filming something, a live video call, Cardrock! (Works for Jay White). Anything would have been better than that Egg. And if they wanted to do the tie in, just have the movie sponsor on the apron, and have commentary table have each of those "eggs" on it and have it be visible. Just damn it was so infuriating.

[@jackwhyte9416]

10:26 at least the only good thing to come out of total divas was the theme song

[@michaelpalma6346]

In your defense Brian, Deviled eggs are delicious, I enjoyed that joke 😂😂😂

[@HappyScaryMoxley]

I actually liked the way Lana won... but maybe because I like memes, and Luigi winning by doing absolutely nothing is one of my all-time favorite. So, yeah...

[@kdogg625]

I can't believe that red notice egg has already been 2 years ago

[@wstine79]

Rikishi hitting Austin for The Rock was just him protecting the bloodline before it was cool.

[@stevenb427]

No way Undertaker thought he was goimg to be the egg!! 🤥 He was just saying that for a headline. 👊

[@johnlindsay4310]

I love the revisionist history that the egg segment somehow changed Vince's mind about Sami Zayn as a performer.

[@devilsorchard1449]

I totally get where you're coming from with the DX vs. Rated-RKO match. But it's just too damn entertaining, I can't hate it.

[@CactusJackIV]

Hard to believe Vince walked away from that Limo explosion. He will live to be 120. Maybe longer if they get that head in jar thing worked out.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Vince vs Nixon from Futurama 😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Headless body of Agnew

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

I sprained my shoulder wincing thanks to that deviled egg pun.

[@makaveli4205]

The Montreal screw job is the most infamous match in wrestling history

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the list Brain

[@jamiewiesner135]

When Gooker debuted the Undertaker should have come out and deliver a tombstone piledriver on him.

[@vandercudo]

You counting on your fingers made me laugh more than it should.

[@johnenigma8506]

Would you ever cover Total Divas for a video in the near future?

[@mrterp04]

Hey you could’ve kept it topical! “How about that Survivor Series? Who’d have thought that” MICHAEL BARTON “would come back?”

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

I always hated Bragging Rights. It was one of the many reasons I tuned out of wrestling at that point and the modern product until this day

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

#4 was horrible. I lost track of how many times Todd Pettingill hyped up the Doink, Dink, Wink and Pink vs Lawler, Queasy, Sleezy and Cheesy match. 29 years later, and it still hurts my brain thinking about it

[@sg-zd8eb]

You gotta love Todd.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

I hated those damn clowns.

[@odellwashington6954]

"Grumble Grumble. Egg."-Brian Last

[@red6605]

Honestly… the Golden Egg is going to be worse over time. At least the damn turkey was admitted as a failure and can be laughed at. There was nothing funny or redeeming about the golden egg.

[@robbiedavis1611]

Shawn kicking Knox then walking over to trips saying who was that idk it's funny to me

[@dylanogg347]

10:28: That's a very good question, Z-Man. But we may never know the answer. And it'd probably be disappointing...

[@claymathewselevator8121]

2009 Elimination Chamber participant Mike Knox

[@azisles02]

I always felt the winning brand of the "bread supremacy" was the members of the men's g weekend team guaranteed to be asking the last 5 entrants in the Rumble and the losing brand got the first 10.

[@Cobralalalala]

The two year old saw the thumbnail and got mad that Lawler had her Burger King crown! 😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Jerry that happened in 2 matches you were in 😂

[@sonicheroxd5767]

2:10 This is what pissed me the fuck off the most with that finish. Especially Lana's post match celebration. She was in tears and was celebrating as if she had just won the Royal Rumble or the main event of WrestleMania.

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

2:25-2:27 *Another rare f-bomb by Brian Zane*

[@claymathewselevator8121]

If the golden goose can’t make it send the egg instead 😂

[@stingrey1571]

Survivor series 91. The entire show was an ad for the Tuesday in Texas ppv. anything consequential was saved for Texas, except for taker vs hogan.

[@a.j.4317]

I’ve heard a few people say “Vince McMahon won’t make anyone do something he wouldn’t do himself.” I feel like someone should have brought this up on May 23, 1999… :/

[@jvomkrieg]

"The gobbity gooker will never be topped" "Hold my egg"