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The 1998 edition of WWE Survivor Series took place on November 15, 1998 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a historic event because the WWE Title was vacated at the time due to the ongoing rivalry between WWE’s Chairman Vince McMahon and the top babyface wrestle at the time, Steve Austin.
Due to the WWE Title being vacated, the show was nicknamed “Deadly Games” and it was announced that there would be a one night tournament featuring wrestlers that would compete to see who would be the next WWE Champion. Normally it would have been 16 wrestlers, but McMahon gave a bye to The Undertaker and Kane, who ended up meeting in the quarterfinals.
Since WWE’s next PPV offering is Survivor Series, it’s a good time to look back at one of their most historic November PPV events ever from the beloved Attitude Era in 1998. Here’s the full...
The 1998 edition of WWE Survivor Series took place on November 15, 1998 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a historic event because the WWE Title was vacated at the time due to the ongoing rivalry between WWE’s Chairman Vince McMahon and the top babyface wrestle at the time, Steve Austin.
Due to the WWE Title being vacated, the show was nicknamed “Deadly Games” and it was announced that there would be a one night tournament featuring wrestlers that would compete to see who would be the next WWE Champion. Normally it would have been 16 wrestlers, but McMahon gave a bye to The Undertaker and Kane, who ended up meeting in the quarterfinals.
Since WWE’s next PPV offering is Survivor Series, it’s a good time to look back at one of their most historic November PPV events ever from the beloved Attitude Era in 1998. Here’s the full...
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