Survivor Series (2023)

The 2023 Survivor Series is the upcoming 37th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, November 25, 2023, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, marking the third Survivor Series to be held at this arena after the 1989 and 2019 events. It has not been confirmed if the event will retain the WarGames theme utilized for the 2022 event.

Survivor Series
Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateNovember 25, 2023
CityRosemont, Illinois
VenueAllstate Arena
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Production

Background
The event will be held at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.

Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling event produced every November by WWE since 1987. The second longest running pay-per-view (PPV) event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".[1][2] The event is traditionally characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which are tag team elimination matches that typically features teams of four or five wrestlers against each other.[3]

On July 7, 2023, WWE announced that they would be returning to the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois for the 37th Survivor Series on Saturday, November 25. This will be the third Survivor Series to be held at this arena after the 1989 and 2019 events, and it will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. In addition to airing on PPV worldwide, it will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets. Additionally, the November 24 episode of Friday Night SmackDown will be held at the same arena. Tickets went on sale on July 21 via Ticketmaster.[4][5] In a break from tradition, the 2022 event did not include any Survivor Series or elimination type matches and was instead based around the WarGames match.[6] While it has been reported that the 2023 event will again feature the match, this has not been confirmed by WWE.[7]

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[8][9] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[10]

References
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  3. Brookhouse, Brent (November 21, 2021). "2021 WWE Survivor Series card, matches, date, rumors, predictions, match card, start time, location". CBSSports. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  4. Tessier, Colin (July 7, 2023). "WWE Announces 27 Additional Dates To 2023 Fall Live Event Schedule". Fightful. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  5. Russell, Skylar (July 7, 2023). "Survivor Series 2023 Announced For November 25, Set To Take Place At Allstate Arena In Chicago". Fightful. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  6. Lambert, Jeremy (September 19, 2022). "WWE Survivor Series 2022 Will Feature Two WarGames Matches". Fightful. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  7. Boone, Matt (October 11, 2023). "WWE Reportedly Bringing Back WarGames For Survivor Series 2023". PWMania. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  8. Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  9. "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  10. Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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