WWF Survivor Series

Generally-speaking, I hate the traditional mixed-tag format of the Survivor Series, so I really liked the championship tournament approach of this event. It wasn't perfect, but it really mixed things up enough to be unique and entertaining.

Whenever there is a tournament, it means a lot of shorter matches in lieu of several longer ones. This works well in matching up all the best superstars against each other, but at the same time kid of diminishes the impact of each (e.g stars like Stone Cold or The Rock are better when their theme pops once rather than 3-4 times).

What makes this PPV stand out to me, though, is the continued involvement of Vince McMahon himself into the proceedings. It's intriguing how they are basically re-enacting the real-life Montreal Screwjob into the fabric of the entertainment here. This will only get more interesting in the future when McMahon himself starts climbing into the ring more, but for now just having him seem to call all the shots is an interesting development.

This is basically the period where the WWE really starts blurring the lines between the owners of the promotion and the promotion itself. The McMahons go from the behind-the-scenes owners to front and center in the thick of the action.

Overall, I'll rank Survivor Series 1998 as a solid event because of all the talent it features. Nothing truly epic happens, but there are a lot of good pairings here and the dramatic "corporation" angles are great.

For me the four mainstays of wrestling calendar. Royal rumble wrestlemania SummerSlam and survivor series with the rumble and survivor having a format I feel should be stuck with.

In this survivor series we have more of a king of the ring tournament going on with so many events in the wrestling calendar year at this point I don't get why you would choose to host this tournament at the survivor series that being said, It is a very strong tournament with a lineup of participants stronger than any year of the King of the Ring tournament strongest knockout tournament since wrestlemania 4. A very good nights of wrestling With Vince McMahon pulling all the strings Good storylines and surprising results something lacking in recent WWE events becoming very predictable in 1998. Only fault with the event. ZIts not a not a survivor series.

DEADLY GAME TOURNAMENT

First Round:

Al Snow defeated Jeff Jarrett Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Big Boss Man X-Pac and Steven Regal wrestled to a double count-out Ken Shamrock defeated Goldust Mankind defeated Duane Gill The Rock defeated Big Boss Man

Second Round:

Undertaker defeated Kane Mankind defeated Al Snow The Rock defeated Ken Shamrock

Semi-finals:

Mankind defeated Steve Austin The Rock defeated Undertaker

Finals:

The Rock defeated Mankind to capture the WWE Championship

Non-tournament matches:

Sable defeated Jacqueline to capture the WWE Women's Championship

Tag Team Champions New Age Outlaws defeated the Headbangers and D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry

Overall Mark: B+