IWF Survivor Series (1999)

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Survivor Series was the thirteenth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). It took place on November 14, 1999, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

The main event was a Triple Threat Match (a non-elimination match involving three wrestlers against each other) for the IWF Championship between Triple K, Big Show and The Rock. Big Show was a replacement for Stone Cold Steve Austin, who had been run down by a car earlier in the night (which was an angle for Austin to take time to recover from his injuries). In reality, Austin needed spinal surgery to repair damage stemming from a serious injury he sustained just over two years prior at SummerSlam 1997

The undercard included the New Age Outlaws defending the IWF Tag Team Championship against Al Snow and Mankind, Chyna defending the Intercontinental Championship against Chris Jericho, three four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match (including a Handicap match involving Big Show), as well as the IWF in-ring debut of Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle.

Production

Background

Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view, produced every November by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) since 1987. The second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind IWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, dubbed the "Big Four". The event is traditionally characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which are tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 1999 event was the thirteenth event in the Survivor Series chronology and included four Survivor Series matches. Three were 4-on-4 matches, while the other was a 1-on-4 handicap Survivor Series match.

Storylines

Survivor Series consisted of professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on Raw is War and SmackDown! — IWF's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a hero or a villain as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

Preliminary matches

Main event matches

Aftermath

Results

Survivor Series Elimination Matches

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References

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