Although he was not a surviving member of DiBiase’s winning team as he got counted out, The Undertaker left a lasting impression in the match by eliminating the opposing team’s Koko B Ware with a Tombstone Piledriver and Dusty Rhodes with a double axehandle from the top turnbuckle. Ever since his debut, The Undertaker has become a legendary figure in WWE and is considered one of the all-time greats.
He has gone through various character changes over the years and has earned various achievements in the company. Taker is a multiple-time world champion, a Royal Rumble winner and for a long time, he had an undefeated streak at WrestleManias. He enjoyed a winning streak of 21 straight victories which began at WrestleMania VII in 1991 by defeating Jimmy Snuka. The Streak came to an end when he was defeated by Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XXX in 2014.
The Undertaker has also had a lot of memorable moments at WWE’s Fall Classic from winning traditional Survivor Series elimination matches to winning championships. The Undertaker made his last Survivor Series appearance in 2015 which marked the 25th anniversary of The Phenom’s career at WWE. At the event, he teamed up with Kane, to reunite the Brothers of Destruction, and defeated Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper in a tag team match.
Since today marks the 29th anniversary of The Undertaker’s debut, we honor his legacy by looking back at 5 of his best matches at Survivor Series.
#5 Team Alliance vs. Team WWE at Survivor Series 2001
The main event of the 2001 Survivor Series featured a winner take all 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match which saw Team WWE (World Heavyweight Champion The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show) facing The Alliance (WWE Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, Booker T, and Shane McMahon). Although The American Badass got eliminated by Angle, the match was eventually won by Team WWE which led to The Alliance disbanding.
#4 Mr. McMahon vs. The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match at Survivor Series 2003
Tensions flared between The Undertaker and Mr. McMahon in 2003 when the company’s Chairman played a hand in costing The Deadman a lot of matches. Their feud culminated in a Buried Alive match at that year’s Survivor Series.
The Undertaker was dominating over McMahon from the get-go and when it seemed like he was going to put Mr. McMahon away by dragging him to the gravesite, ‘Taker’s half-brother Kane came out of nowhere to interfere and threw him into the grave. Mr. McMahon operated the loader to dump all the dirt on the grave over Undertaker to win the match. Even though Undertaker lost, the intriguing conclusion to the match is still talked about to this day.
#3 The Undertaker vs. Batista at Survivor Series 2007
The Undertaker took on Batista for the latter’s World Heavyweight Championship in a Hell in a Cell match in the main event of that year’s Survivor Series. The two Superstars had a bloody and brutal match in which they traded vicious blows.
The Deadman tried to score the pin on Batista when he hit The Animal with the second Tombtstone Piledriver of the night on the steel-steps. As the referee was making the count, Edge under the guise of a cameraman took out the referee and hit The Phenom with the camera he was holding and then slammed his head with a steel chair.
He then dragged Batista’s unconscious body over Undertaker and when the referee re-entered the ring he counted the pin and awarded the victory to Batista. Although Undertaker lost the match, it set up a great three-way feud between him, Batista and The Rated-R Superstar.
#2 The Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle at Survivor Series 2000
The Undertaker faced WWE Champion Kurt Angle in an epic wrestling match for The Wrestling Machine’s title. The American Badass dominated over Angle in the early half of the match but later a distraction from Edge & Christian momentarily allowed Angle to target The Undertaker’s leg.
The Deadman eventually rallied back and lifted Angle to deliver the Last Ride powerbomb and attempted a pinfall. The referees stopped his count midway when he realized that it was Kurt’s brother Eric Angle instead. Kurt came up from behind with a sneak attack and pinned him with a roll-up to win the match and retain his championship.
#1 The Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho vs. Big Show at Survivor Series 2009
The Undertaker was the World Heavyweight Champion at this point and defended his championship against the WWE Tag Team Champions Big Show and Chris Jericho in a Triple Threat match. The match saw lots of reversals and counterattacks between the three Superstars and throughout the majority of the match, The World’s Largest Athlete and Y2J double-teamed on The Deadman.
The turning point came when Big Show knocked out Jericho when he got into an argument with him over his previous pinfall attempt on The Undertaker. When Big Show attempted a chokeslam on ‘Taker, he reversed it and applied the Hell’s Gate submission maneuver on Show and made him tap out to score the victory and thereby retained his championship.
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