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Promotional poster featuring Rob Van Dam
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Theme song(s) |
"Always" by Saliva | |||
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Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
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Raw SmackDown |
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Sponsor(s) | Xbox | |||
Date | November 17, 2002 | |||
Attendance | 17,930 | |||
Venue | Madison Square Garden | |||
City | New York, New York | |||
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Survivor Series (2002) was the 16th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on November 17, 2002, from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York and featured talent from both the Raw and SmackDown brands. The official theme song was "Always" by Saliva, who performed the song and Chris Jericho's entrance music live from The World.
The main event from the Raw brand was the first ever Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship involving reigning champion Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Booker T, Rob Van Dam and Kane. Michaels won the match after last eliminating Triple H, pinning him after executing Sweet Chin Music. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was Brock Lesnar versus The Big Show for the WWE Championship, which Big Show won by pinfall after chokeslamming Lesnar on a steel chair. The featured matches on the undercard were a Tag-team Three Way Dance for the WWE Tag Team Championship involving Edge and Rey Mysterio, Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero), and Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Los Guerreros won the match and became WWE Tag Team Champions after last eliminating Edge and Mysterio. This was the second Survivor Series event not to feature the 5-on-5 Survivor Series tag team elimination match.