Survivor Series (2004)

Event
Survivor Series (2004) was the 18th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on November 13, 2004, at the Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio and featured talent from both Raw, SmackDown! and Hardnitro brands.

The main event of the PPV was a "15-Man Triple Threat Survivor Series" match with three teams of five members, Team Raw (Chris Benoit, Golberg, The Undertaker, Jeff Hardy and John Cena), Team Smackdown! (Big Show, Shelton Benjamin, William Regal, The Rod and Rob Van Dam) and Team Hardnitro (Rhino, Raven, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Chris Jericho). The main event of Raw was Brian Adams versus Christian for the WWE Global Championship. The main event of Smackdown! Was Sting versus John Bradshaw Layfield, who won the King of the Ring tournament, and had a chance for a world title. The main event of Hardnitro and co-main event of the pay-per-view was Triple H versus Randy Orton for the WWE Grand Championship. Through the partnership with NJPW, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship came to be defended by Kensuke Sasaki on pay-per-view, his opponent was Shawn Michaels. James Storm had betrayed his friend and Tag Team Partner Chris Harris, joining Jeff Jarrett, which resulted in a team match. Team Jarrett (Bret Hart, A-Train, Sean O'Haire, James Storm and Jeff Jarrett) versus Team Harris (Jamal, Booker T, Billy Gunn, Chuck Palumbo and Chris Harris). Totally Buffed (Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell) defend their Global Tag Team belt against La Resistance (Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier). Edge defends his TV title in a Triple Threat interbrand match against Kurt Angle and Bully Ray. Team Cruiser (Zach Pillman, Sabu, Low Ki, Ultimo Dragon and Juventud Guerrera) faces Team X (Rey Mysterio, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Jimmy Michaels and Chavo Guerrero) to determine which junior division is best. Samoan Dynasty (The Rock and Samoa Joe) defend the World Tag Team title against TNH (Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan). Smackdown's exclusive Survivor Series Elimination match was Team Extreme (Team D-Von, Chris Kanyon, Mike Awesome, Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore) versus Team Fight (Rick Steiner, Cibernético, Chris Masters, Mark Jindrak and Fit Finlay). Brock Lesnar defends his United States title in a Triple Threat interbrand match against Test and Nathan Jones. Hardnitro's exclusive Survivor Series Elimination match was Team Apocalypse (Bryan Clark, Ron Harris, Don Harris, Brian Lee and Bam Bam Bigelow) versus Team Genesis (Road Dogg, Charlie Haas, Tommy Dreamer, Diamond Dallas Page and Heidenreich). Batista defends his Intercontinental title in a Triple Threat interbrand match against Scott Steiner and Abyss. Abyss was attacked by Kane during the match. The Women's division Survivor Series Elimination match was Team Victoria (Lita, Trish Stratus, Gail Kim, Molly Holly and Victoria) versus Team Chyna (Jacqueline, Jazz, Torrie Wilson, Ivory and Chyna).