The “30 YEARS of SURVIVOR SERIES” DVD can be pre-ordered right now in the United States here on Amazon.com and is about to be made available to fans in the UK via Amazon.co.uk.
It will present those 30 moments by way of a lengthy countdown as the DVD’s main feature which will be joined by 17 full-length matches; a selection of traditional Survivor Series elimination matches, Championship matches, tournament matches and the most memorable main events witnessed in the three-decade history of Survivor Series. That’s 7 hours of footage across a 3-disc set!
So, without further ado, below is your first look at the front (and back) cover and a disc-by-disc rundown of all the confirmed content. SPOILER WARNING: The 30 moments and their rankings are revealed in the listing of the first disc. Skip over that section to avoid being spoiled in advance.
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DISCONE
30 Years of Survivor Series
COUNTDOWN: #30 – Where It All Began #29 – Darkness Returns #28 – A Hero’s Quest #27 – 5:15 #26 – The World Champ is Here #25 – Return to Paradise #24 – Honeymoon is Over #23 – From the Grave #22 – Smashed #21 – Blast Off #20 – Championship Material #19 – Slaying the Beast #18 – Ultimate Shock #17 – Crash & Burn #16 – Throw It In #15 – Dropping a Bombshell #14 – Screwjob Avoided! #13 – Heartbroken #12 – Diesel Power #11 – Nail in the Coffin #10 – 6 Men Enter… #9 – Justice for All #8 – Never Before, Never Again #7 – Rattlesnake Down #6 – Vigilante #5 – Mega Match #4 – Blue Chipper #3 – Winner Take All #2 – Corporate Takeover #1 – Chaos in Canada
An Epic History
DISCTWO
5-on-5 Elimination Match
Hulk Hogan, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Hercules, Koko B. Ware, & Hillbilly Jim vs. “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Akeem, Big Boss Man, King Haku, & Red Rooster Survivor Series • November 24, 1988
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. The Undertaker Survivor Series • November 27, 1991
5-on-5 Elimination Match
The Bad Guys (Razor Ramon, 1-2-3 Kid, The British Bulldog & The Headshrinkers) vs. The Teamsters (Jeff Jarrett, Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart) Survivor Series • November 23, 1994
No Disqualification Match for the WWE Championship
Bret “Hitman” Hart vs. Diesel Survivor Series • November 19, 1995
WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Sycho Sid Survivor Series • November 17, 1996
Tournament Finals for the Vacant WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Mankind Survivor Series • November 15, 1998
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Triple H vs. The Rock vs. The Big Show Survivor Series • November 14, 1999
DISCTHREE
Steel Cage Match to Unify the WWE & WCW Tag Team Championships
The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz Survivor Series • November 18, 2001
6-Pack Challenge Match for the Vacant WWE Women’s Championship
Trish Stratus vs. Lita vs. Jacqueline vs. Molly Holly vs. Jazz vs. Ivory Survivor Series • November 18, 2001
WWE Championship Match
Brock Lesnar vs. The Big Show Survivor Series • November 17, 2002
5-on-5 Elimination Match
Team Orton (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, CM Punk & William Regal) vs. Team Kingston (Kofi Kingston, MVP, Mark Henry, R-Truth & Christian) Survivor Series • November 22, 2009
WWE Divas Championship Match
Lay-Cool vs. Natalya Survivor Series • November 21, 2010
Lumberjill Match for the WWE Divas Championship
Beth Phoenix vs. Eve Torres Survivor Series • November 20, 2011
The Rock & John Cena vs. The Miz & R-Truth Survivor Series • November 20, 2011
5-on-5 Elimination Match
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) & The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Cesaro) vs. Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Rey Mysterio, & The Usos Survivor Series • November 24, 2013
Tournament Finals for the Vacant WWE Championship
Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose Survivor Series • November 22, 2015
Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar Survivor Series • November 20, 2016
Get your copy of WWE’s new “30 YEARS OF SURVIVOR SERIES”DVD…
– UK/Europe: October 23rd. Get the 30th Anniversary Survivor Series DVD on Amazon.co.uk.
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Instead of this dvd, they should have completed the rest of the survivor series anthology, it was one of the big four ppvs that the wwe built its company on and deserved more respect…..Also the concept was cool, for one night only you could see wwe stars and tag teams team up that u might not get to see team up and fight collectively….
This is a hardcore PASS. Match selection is absolutely awful. A 90 second Main Event is not worthy of a “Best of” DVD release, most of the matches selected are just feature the big name guys with no emphasis on what the best matches actually were and the 1994 Elimination match didn’t even have a finish and was just a set-up for the HBK-Diesel split and a waste of the talent involved. BotchaMania is running wild on this match selection. Thumbs Down.
But in that sense, the 1994 elimination match is actually one of the more noteworthy ones storyline wise, as it ignited a WrestleMania feud. Most of the other elimination matches are just fluff.
WWE.please,please,listen to what the real fans want,they should read our e-mail,I would love to see.rick rude collection.DVD collection with those who never won the world title such as haku,Mr perfect,British bulldog. Big boss man,etc.a new tag team collection such as usos,hart foundation. Nasty boys.demolition, powers of pain,
Agreed. I’ve stated I’d like to see a set on Rude, Martel, Tatanka. Love to see one on Godfather. Ted DiBiase would be a great one. The other names u mentioned would be awesome though Perfect already got a documentary set called The Life & Times. Goldust would be a most welcome one for me but bc he’s close to his career probably being over I’d think, feel they should wait till he’s retired.
There’s names that have been world champion in/out of WWE that I’d like to see docs on. Taker of course, Kane, Vader, JBL, Ron Simmons.
JBL and Ron Simmons. Both featuring awesome APA matches, yes indeed. Rick Rude is a set I really want and British Bulldog is a must, along with Big BOSSMAN, and Koko B Ware ,and ofcourse Ted DIBIASE sr and Tantanka. I also want to see a Taz set.
I am very disappointed with this DVD set and match selection. I would have liked the WWE to have produced a “True Story of Survivor Series” set, that was supplemented with some excellent matches. Instead, we get another countdown, and a questionable set of matches that cut out a lot of key moments and years from the PPVs history.
I understand that certain Survivor Series elimination matches are long, which would take up a lot of the DVD run time, and also include several wrestler’s that “modern” fans may not be familiar with. But, regardless, the WWE should have gone out of their way to showcase the elimination matches anyway, as I believe the vast majority of the early matches are excellent.
I will unfortunately not be picking this one up, and I’ll just stick with my Volume 1 Anthology set and the WWE network.
Of all the big 4 ppv shows, SSeries is the one that at least in recent years has been lacking apart maybe from a good event one year here & there or good matches here & there. But I’m talking about the event has a whole. It just to me hasn’t been the same show it was in its early years when it was better.
I’m not justifying the terribly bad for the most part content of the set as there’s no excuse for that but I think that’s why the listing is what it is. Had blurays existed in the SSeries’ early years & had this set been made back then, my guess is the content would have been so much better.
You are releasing a set celebrating 30 years of Survivor Series and you don’t include anything from the first one? Makes no sense , plus you have matches that have been on other sets recently, yet the first main event has only been on the anthology!
Lol haha! I’d like to see a True Story set on WCW too. Beach Blast would be interesting as that’s the birth of the nWo w/the Hogan heel turn. However, Starrcade should really be first as unless I’m mistaken, that was their biggest ppv like WM is WWE’s biggest ppv. Just my 2 cents. Doesn’t really matter though since when these sets are finished, close to finishing or even before, they’ll continue the sets w/WCW shows & I believe Starrcade, BBlast. HHavoc, WarGames will be among them.
Wasn’t really expecting much out of this one. Since every Survivor Series has been released already, the main selling point is the countdown and I’m not sure how well countdown sets sell. Would’ve been better if they just picked one big moment from each year of the event and went in order from 87-16.
When the cover artwork and full match listings are shown in one day instead of several days, u know the set is gonna be terrible and this one just proved it.
Glad they included Taker’s 1st title win. But they should’ve included the Winner Take All match from 2001, Team RAW vs Team SD from 2005 & 2016, BOD vs Wyatt Fam from 2015, pretty much every SSeries Elimination match as that’s the main selling point of this ppv which is the topic of this set WWE’s releasing. Just sayin.
Not usually negative but this is pretty bad in my opinion. I actually like women’s wrestling but kind of weird choices for this release. Not interested in this….at least I save some cash I guess.
Well there’s your answer ‘RCS1988’. Even if they could be converted, why waste my time in doing so when Blu-ra’s are still being made, only not for all the titles☹️
So since NXT was bumped to November does that mean the early December spot has a yet to be announced DVD? We could hear about that soon if so with this match listing already known.
Lol this looks pretty bad. Luckily I bought the two anthologies of Survivor Series. How could they not include the tag team survivor series matches from 87 or/and 88? Both were amazing.
Just noticed the guys in the back of the DVD they all were involved in the 2001 survivor series match even the whole invasion angle suck that match was awesome can’t believe it’s not there
I’m also bemused by how highly WWE rates The Rock’s debut. The match has already appeared on many sets, and it’s now rated as the fourth best moment in Survivor Series history? Please. The match, on the night, was a huge flop – and didn’t kick-start Maivia’s career in the slightest. It’s revisionist history that exists solely because of his fame today. The match was average at best, and not a memorable moment by any stretch. Yet it’s higher than Taker’s surprise debut?
Wow… that’s shitty. There’s barely anything from the early (good) years, and tons from the recent ones. No buys, since I don’t care about the countdown part.
I heard that Vince hated the concept of the elimination match – yet he created the Survivor Series to begin with – but there is hardly any elimination matches on this set! I figured that would be the huge selling point.
I think the problem is that Elimination matches are so damn long, particularly the early ones, so you really wouldn’t have many matches if you stuck to those.
I only own two of the first 14 events, yet still have 100% of these matches in my collection. Jumping from 2002 to 2009 is also a fail IMO, as that period in between was basically my fav era. Seems like the emphasis on more recent content means that this is aimed at younger fans, much like WrestleMania Monday. Which is fair enough, but it’s a no for me on this one. May catch the doc if/when it’s added to the Network.
Not that it won’t be a great set, but when you own every PPV in full (thanks to being in the UK and having all the Tagged Classics), it just doesn’t feel worth a purchase. Would have had more value if it had been a proper documentary like the ‘Mania and Rumble True Stories, but I’m guessing there’s not much of a “story” behind SVS as such. I’ll pass on this one, I’m afraid.
Not sure how to feel about this really. I love the concept being it’s one of my favorite ppvs but it just seems off. Artwork is decent but they literally skip almost the entire Ruthless Aggression era. They serve the the best years for Survivor Series but they could get some good matches out of them. At least they’ve been released before so I see why they could be letting that era out but I still feel like something could be there from 2003-2008.
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This year survivor series returns to boston,massachusetts. I wish i had this dvd some day. Dennis winship Lynn massachusetts
Actually they have released sets for Starrcade and Wargames but a set for Halloween Havoc could be extremely interesting
Instead of this dvd, they should have completed the rest of the survivor series anthology, it was one of the big four ppvs that the wwe built its company on and deserved more respect…..Also the concept was cool, for one night only you could see wwe stars and tag teams team up that u might not get to see team up and fight collectively….
This is a hardcore PASS. Match selection is absolutely awful. A 90 second Main Event is not worthy of a “Best of” DVD release, most of the matches selected are just feature the big name guys with no emphasis on what the best matches actually were and the 1994 Elimination match didn’t even have a finish and was just a set-up for the HBK-Diesel split and a waste of the talent involved. BotchaMania is running wild on this match selection. Thumbs Down.
But in that sense, the 1994 elimination match is actually one of the more noteworthy ones storyline wise, as it ignited a WrestleMania feud. Most of the other elimination matches are just fluff.
damn 2003-2008 getting no love haha
WWE.please,please,listen to what the real fans want,they should read our e-mail,I would love to see.rick rude collection.DVD collection with those who never won the world title such as haku,Mr perfect,British bulldog. Big boss man,etc.a new tag team collection such as usos,hart foundation. Nasty boys.demolition, powers of pain,
Agreed. I’ve stated I’d like to see a set on Rude, Martel, Tatanka. Love to see one on Godfather. Ted DiBiase would be a great one. The other names u mentioned would be awesome though Perfect already got a documentary set called The Life & Times. Goldust would be a most welcome one for me but bc he’s close to his career probably being over I’d think, feel they should wait till he’s retired.
There’s names that have been world champion in/out of WWE that I’d like to see docs on. Taker of course, Kane, Vader, JBL, Ron Simmons.
JBL and Ron Simmons. Both featuring awesome APA matches, yes indeed. Rick Rude is a set I really want and British Bulldog is a must, along with Big BOSSMAN, and Koko B Ware ,and ofcourse Ted DIBIASE sr and Tantanka. I also want to see a Taz set.
You honestly think you’re going to get a 3-disc Koko B. Ware set?
Lol, as much as I loved Martel and Tatanka as a kid, you can’t honestly imagine that WWE are going to release 3 disc sets on them?
Finally my true fan brethren/sisters(in case their is women involved ), where have you been?
I am very disappointed with this DVD set and match selection. I would have liked the WWE to have produced a “True Story of Survivor Series” set, that was supplemented with some excellent matches. Instead, we get another countdown, and a questionable set of matches that cut out a lot of key moments and years from the PPVs history.
I understand that certain Survivor Series elimination matches are long, which would take up a lot of the DVD run time, and also include several wrestler’s that “modern” fans may not be familiar with. But, regardless, the WWE should have gone out of their way to showcase the elimination matches anyway, as I believe the vast majority of the early matches are excellent.
I will unfortunately not be picking this one up, and I’ll just stick with my Volume 1 Anthology set and the WWE network.
I agree a 4 disc dvd set would be awesome. At least WWE UNRELEASED 1986-1995 is coming out next week.
Absolutely terrible listing, good god. 30 years of history for this? They botched it real bad.
Well I guess that the WWE won’t exactly & can’t exactly change this bad content given for the Survivor Series set can they?!
Of all the big 4 ppv shows, SSeries is the one that at least in recent years has been lacking apart maybe from a good event one year here & there or good matches here & there. But I’m talking about the event has a whole. It just to me hasn’t been the same show it was in its early years when it was better.
I’m not justifying the terribly bad for the most part content of the set as there’s no excuse for that but I think that’s why the listing is what it is. Had blurays existed in the SSeries’ early years & had this set been made back then, my guess is the content would have been so much better.
Just my take on it.
You are releasing a set celebrating 30 years of Survivor Series and you don’t include anything from the first one? Makes no sense , plus you have matches that have been on other sets recently, yet the first main event has only been on the anthology!
Wrong. The first main event was an extra on the 2006 Survivor Series dvd.
Zzzzzzzzz… Wake me up,when WWE releases
The True Story of WCW Beach Blast.
Lol haha! I’d like to see a True Story set on WCW too. Beach Blast would be interesting as that’s the birth of the nWo w/the Hogan heel turn. However, Starrcade should really be first as unless I’m mistaken, that was their biggest ppv like WM is WWE’s biggest ppv. Just my 2 cents. Doesn’t really matter though since when these sets are finished, close to finishing or even before, they’ll continue the sets w/WCW shows & I believe Starrcade, BBlast. HHavoc, WarGames will be among them.
So you’ve never heard of the already released ‘Essential Starrcade Collection’, which featured a documentary and matches?
Yawn. Not interested.
Wasn’t really expecting much out of this one. Since every Survivor Series has been released already, the main selling point is the countdown and I’m not sure how well countdown sets sell. Would’ve been better if they just picked one big moment from each year of the event and went in order from 87-16.
I agree. Though that just makes me think of ‘what a great blu-ray extra’ that would have made too!
Also,the full match where the undertaker’s first appeared, come on wwe,ask the fans what we want to see
Where is the hogan’s team v Andre’s team at the first main event
I agree! This was the best elimination match ever.
When the cover artwork and full match listings are shown in one day instead of several days, u know the set is gonna be terrible and this one just proved it.
I’m passing on this disasterpiece.
Reapeats galore that figures
The only selling point for me is the first disc.
wasn’t that obvious? it’s a look back on 30 years of an event of which every year’s incarnations has been released already.
Um yeah it was obvious I was being sarcastic I get the concept but thank you for clarifying that.
Glad they included Taker’s 1st title win. But they should’ve included the Winner Take All match from 2001, Team RAW vs Team SD from 2005 & 2016, BOD vs Wyatt Fam from 2015, pretty much every SSeries Elimination match as that’s the main selling point of this ppv which is the topic of this set WWE’s releasing. Just sayin.
Not usually negative but this is pretty bad in my opinion. I actually like women’s wrestling but kind of weird choices for this release. Not interested in this….at least I save some cash I guess.
Surprised to see no matches from 87 or the WWF vs Alliace match. I was hoping to see more elimination matches.
Really surprised sting isn’t acknowledged on this set
I’m gonna take a stab and guess that #6 Vigilante might have something to do with Sting 😉
Lol, do people not read the articles before commenting?
What an underwhelming listing.
Booo! I wanted WWF vs Alliance Survivor Series Match & the First Elimination Chamber & Austin vs Bischoff Match!
Those would’ve better additions than Bad Guys vs. Teamsters, Brock vs Big Show and both Divas championship matches.
No Blu-Ray… no buy ☹️
Convert it to blu-ray then.
Not possible. DVD’s can’t be converted to BD’s. It would be the same audio and video quality, not HD.
Well there’s your answer ‘RCS1988’. Even if they could be converted, why waste my time in doing so when Blu-ra’s are still being made, only not for all the titles☹️
So since NXT was bumped to November does that mean the early December spot has a yet to be announced DVD? We could hear about that soon if so with this match listing already known.
I hope AJ Styles is December’s release.
I hope not. Piss on AJ Styles
Maybe the December release will be the rest of the survivor series anthology… nah:)
Pretty much a fluff piece as I expected. Might still get it. Way too much focus on Attitude and Ruthless eras on the artwork.
No Gobbledy Gooker? If it is on the list, what number is it?
Only 7 hours? 🙁 Plenty of room for a few more matches.
If the extra two hours would lead to more matches from 2010-2016, I’ll happily settle on the seven hours this time.
Not interested in this classic?
Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar
Survivor Series • November 20, 2016
Haha, amazed they found the time to fit it in!
Lol this looks pretty bad. Luckily I bought the two anthologies of Survivor Series. How could they not include the tag team survivor series matches from 87 or/and 88? Both were amazing.
And yeah Rock’s debut sucked
Tell me about it. #4….yeah right.
Decent listing.I am sure this will the same format if they do a 30 years of Summerslam set next year.
Just noticed the guys in the back of the DVD they all were involved in the 2001 survivor series match even the whole invasion angle suck that match was awesome can’t believe it’s not there
That match is over 40 mins long.
I’m also bemused by how highly WWE rates The Rock’s debut. The match has already appeared on many sets, and it’s now rated as the fourth best moment in Survivor Series history? Please. The match, on the night, was a huge flop – and didn’t kick-start Maivia’s career in the slightest. It’s revisionist history that exists solely because of his fame today. The match was average at best, and not a memorable moment by any stretch. Yet it’s higher than Taker’s surprise debut?
Agreed. The Rocks debut is not great at all. Seen it way to many times. It’s mediocre at best.
His rise to the top and the legend he became didn’t suck and at the end of the day thats what fans will remember.
No blu ray wtf and no Stings debut wow skipp this one
I’m assuming #6 – Vigilante on the countdown could be Sting’s debut?
Wow… that’s shitty. There’s barely anything from the early (good) years, and tons from the recent ones. No buys, since I don’t care about the countdown part.
I heard that Vince hated the concept of the elimination match – yet he created the Survivor Series to begin with – but there is hardly any elimination matches on this set! I figured that would be the huge selling point.
I think the problem is that Elimination matches are so damn long, particularly the early ones, so you really wouldn’t have many matches if you stuck to those.
Where is the Razor/Shawn 1994 Ladder Match?
Dude wtf are you talking about this is survivor series not WrestleMania plus that match has been already released on others DVD’s
Keep up Ricardo, this is a running gag that appears after every content reveal.
I only own two of the first 14 events, yet still have 100% of these matches in my collection. Jumping from 2002 to 2009 is also a fail IMO, as that period in between was basically my fav era. Seems like the emphasis on more recent content means that this is aimed at younger fans, much like WrestleMania Monday. Which is fair enough, but it’s a no for me on this one. May catch the doc if/when it’s added to the Network.
yeah, skipping so many years seems weird. like: so there was nothing interesting on these shows at all?
Not that it won’t be a great set, but when you own every PPV in full (thanks to being in the UK and having all the Tagged Classics), it just doesn’t feel worth a purchase. Would have had more value if it had been a proper documentary like the ‘Mania and Rumble True Stories, but I’m guessing there’s not much of a “story” behind SVS as such. I’ll pass on this one, I’m afraid.
On second thoughts, it does suck that nothing from 2003-2008 is included.
Decent listing. I like the cover, the countdown and the match selections
Not sure how to feel about this really. I love the concept being it’s one of my favorite ppvs but it just seems off. Artwork is decent but they literally skip almost the entire Ruthless Aggression era. They serve the the best years for Survivor Series but they could get some good matches out of them. At least they’ve been released before so I see why they could be letting that era out but I still feel like something could be there from 2003-2008.
*werent the best years
How can they not include Sting’s debut?! Or any moments from 2003 to 2008?
Are you forgetting the countdown and all of the moments that will be highlighted in that? Definitely has Sting’s debut for one.
Still though, one match from 2006 or something to bridge the gap on Disc 3 would’ve been nice, rather than two Divas matches from 2011.
2010 / 11, I meant *
It’s #6.
More rehashed content with a cute little countdown.