Top Three Shocking Survivor Series Moments of All Time
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Survivor Series has been one of the WWE’s most popular PPV events of all time. The event is included in the list of company’s top 5 events of the year. Survivor Series is also the second-oldest PPV event of the company’s history, behind WrestleMania. The event usually takes place around Thanksgiving in November, and this year’s event will take place on November 26 at the TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.
The Survivor Series, renamed “Survivor Series WarGames,” will be the first to take place under Triple H’s regime. The RAW vs. SmackDown concept has been dropped and replaced by NXT WarGames style matches. The event, as always, is going to be exciting, and with it happening under Triple H’s regime, it is surely going to be one hell of an event.
There are rumors that something big will happen at the event that will go down in history, such as a betrayal or an unexpected comeback. With that said let’s take a look at Top 3 shocking Survivor Series moments in the history of WWE.
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Stone Cold Steve Austin drops Triple H in a car at Survivor Series 2000
The Survivor Series 2000 main event consisted of a singles match between Triple H and Steve Austin. The ending to the match was quite bizarre. During the match, Steve Austin and Triple H entered the parking lot, with Triple H driving a vehicle and the Rattlesnake operating a forklift. With the assumption that Triple H was inside the vehicle at the time, Austin lifted up the vehicle and dropped it to the concrete from a height of roughly 15 feet. Thereafter, Austin got off the forklift, and that was how the show concluded.
Edge returns at Survivor Series 2008
In 2008, The Undertaker destroyed Edge in a Hell in a Cell match at SummerSlam. Edge was then written off from television for a while before making his return to the WWE at Survivor Series 2008. Triple H was set to defend the WWE Title against Vladimir Kozlov and Jeff Hardy at the Survivor Series, but during the event, it was announced that Hardy was found unconscious in his hotel stairwell and was unfit for the match.
As the match went on as a one-on-one contest, Vickie Guerrero, the then general manager of Smackdown, introduced Edge into the contest as a heel. After that, there was much mayhem, and Jeff Hardy too interfered and hit Triple H and Vladimir Kozlow with a chair shot. Following this, Edge speared Hardy and pinned Triple H to win the match.
Although the reign of the championship was brief, it was an unexpected way to close the contest. No one had expected Edge to return at the event. With Vickie Guerrero announcing “He’s here,” everyone expected Jeff Hardy to appear, but instead saw the return of The Ultimate Opportunist.
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Sheamus cashes in at Survivor Series 2015
The end of the 2015 Survivor Series was shocking. Roman Reigns had won his first world championship in the WWE. He defeated Dean Ambrose for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the tournament finals. The pyrotechnics and confetti started falling as the celebrations began.
Triple H, being a heel and rival of Reigns at the time, came to congratulate him, but Roman Reigns instead speared him. After Reigns hit the spear, Sheamus, out of nowhere, struck a brogue kick. Sheamus then cashed in on the “Money in the Bank” contract and went for a pin, but it ended in a near fall. Sheamus executed another Brogue Kick on Reigns to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
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