Back سرفايفر سيريس Arabic Survivor Series BAR Серии Оцеляване Bulgarian সার্ভাইভার সিরিজ Bengali/Bangla Survivor Series Catalan Survivor Series Czech Survivor Series Danish WWE Survivor Series German Survivor Series Greek Survivor Series Spanish
| Survivor Series | |
|---|---|
 WWE Survivor Series logo used since 2022 (without the "WarGames" branding) | |
| Created by | Vince McMahon |
| Promotion | WWE |
| Brands | Raw (2002–2010, 2016–present) SmackDown (2002–2010, 2016–present) NXT (2019) 205 Live (2018) ECW (2006–2009) |
| Other name | Survivor Series: WarGames (2022–present) |
| First event | 1987 |
| Event gimmick | Inter-promotional matches for brand supremacy (2016–2021) WarGames (2022–present) |
| Signature matches | Survivor Series match (1987–2021) WarGames match (2022–present) |
Survivor Series, branded as Survivor Series: WarGames since 2022, is a professional wrestling event produced annually since 1987 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Held in November generally the week of Thanksgiving, it is the second longest-running pay-per-view (PPV) event in history, behind WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. In addition to traditional PPV since the inaugural 1987 event, it has aired via livestreaming since the 2014 event. 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".
From 1987 to 2021, the event was characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which were tag team elimination matches that typically featured teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. Stipulations had also been added to these matches, such as members of the losing team being (kayfabe) fired. During these years, only two events did not feature Survivor Series matches: the 1998 event, which hosted an elimination tournament for the vacant WWF Championship (now WWE Championship), and the 2002 event, which saw the debut of the Elimination Chamber, a type of six-person steel cage match won by eliminating all other opponents. Since 2022, the event has been based around WarGames matches for the men and women. WarGames is a team-based steel cage match where the roofless cage surrounds two rings placed side by side and the two teams typically have four to five members each but it is decided by one fall instead of eliminating all opponents. As a result, the events since 2022 have also not featured Survivor Series matches.
After WWE reintroduced the brand extension in 2016, the events from 2016 until 2021 centered around competition between wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands for brand supremacy; NXT was also involved in 2019. In addition to Survivor Series matches between the brands, the champions of each brand faced off in non-title matches. In 2022, the brand supremacy concept was dropped and the event was rebranded as "Survivor Series: WarGames", marking WWE's first main roster event to feature the match; NXT had its own WarGames event from 2017 to 2021 and it was discontinued after the match was moved to Survivor Series in 2022.