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Ranking 16 WWE Superstars with most Survivor Series wins: Who is Mr. Survivor Series?

WWE Survivor Series has been around for more than three decades at this point. The pay-per-view has been one of WWE's 'Big Four' for years now, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Royal Rumble.

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This year, WWE is going to present the 34th annual Survivor Series event. The show has a rich and storied history, and a long string of WWE Superstars have made careers out of giving incredible performances at the pay-per-view. Randy Orton was the sole survivor for his teams in 2003, 2004, and 2005, which helped him a great deal in turning into a legit Superstar during his early years. Many others have impressed at Survivor Series over the years. Let's take a look at 16 WWE Superstars who have won the most matches at the pay-per-view.

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Credit goes to ProFightDB for the data used in the article

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#5 Bret Hart, Rey Mysterio, Davey Boy Smith, Mark Henry, CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Tito Santana, and Randy Savage (five wins each at Survivor Series)

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CM Punk
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There have been eight WWE Superstars who won five matches at the Survivor Series pay-per-view. Bret Hart's final outing at the event wasn't one of those though, as fans might remember that it was the night the Montreal Screwjob took place. Rey Mysterio and Hart have both lost more matches than they've won, with six losses in each wrestler's bag.

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Davey Boy Smith and Mark Henry both have lost three matches, while CM Punk has lost only two. One of Punk's five wins is his memorable victory against Alberto Del Rio at Survivor Series 2011, which kicked off his legendary 434-day WWE title reign.

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Roman Reigns' record stands at 5-2 as well, and he is looking to extend it to 6-2 with a win over Randy Orton at this year's event. Tito Santana was a mainstay in the mid-card throughout his career but had a strong showing at Survivor Series. His record stands at 5-1. The most impressive record is that of WWE Hall of Famer Randy Savage, who has won every single one of his five matches at the Survivor Series event.

#4 Shawn Michaels (seven wins at Survivor Series)

Shawn Michaels
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Shawn Michaels is dubbed by many as the greatest wrestler to ever step foot into the squared circle. He has competed in a whopping 17 Survivor Series matches throughout his legendary career as a WWE Superstar. Michaels has won seven of those and has lost ten matches at Survivor Series. The Heartbreak Kid's most memorable and controversial victory will always be the one against Bret 'The Hitman' Hart at Survivor Series 1997.

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Another big win for Michaels came months after he returned to WWE in mid-2002. Michaels defeated Triple H, Chris Jericho, Booker T, Kane, and Rob Van Dam to win the World title in the first-ever Elimination Chamber match. A year later, Michaels gave one of the greatest performances in the history of WWE, when he tried his best to win a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination match for Team Austin. In the end, a bloodied and battered Michaels failed to win the match, thus leading to Austin leaving WWE. Michaels went on to lose a WWE title match to Randy Orton at the event, five years later.

#3 Kane, Big Show, Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler, and The Rock (eight wins each at Survivor Series)

Randy Orton
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Kane and Big Show, two of the biggest Superstars in WWE history, have both won eight matches at the Survivor Series pay-per-view. Both Superstars have lost seven matches each at the event. Randy Orton, dubbed by many as Mr. Survivor Series, has won eight matches as well but has also lost six of his outings at the event. Quite possibly the biggest win of them all came in 2005 when Orton was Team SmackDown's sole survivor against Team RAW.

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Dolph Ziggler's legendary performance at the 2014 Survivor Series event is one that fans aren't going to forget for a long time to come. This was the night that saw Sting make his WWE debut and help Ziggler pin Seth Rollins to give Team Cena the victory. Ziggler stands at eight wins as well, with only two losses.

WWE legend The Rock has won eight matches as well, with two losses at the event. When one recalls The Rock's performance at Survivor Series, the one win that pops up immediately is his pin over Stone Cold Steve Austin in 2001, which resulted in WWE beating The Alliance and ending a months-long rivalry.

#2 John Cena (nine wins at Survivor Series)

John Cena
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16-time World Champion John Cena has had quite an impressive record at the WWE Survivor Series event. Cena has competed in 11 matches at the show and has won nine of those, with only two losses. His first outing at the event was a huge victory, against Team Lesnar. Cena and Chris Benoit were the survivors in the match. Two years later, Cena defeated Kurt Angle to retain his WWE title.

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At Survivor Series 2008, Cena defeated Chris Jericho to win the World title. A year later, he defeated both Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match to retain his WWE title. The next year, Cena would team up with The Rock in the latter's first match in seven years, in a winning effort against R-Truth and The Miz.

At Survivor Series 2014, Team Cena defeated The Authority in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination match, when Sting came out and took out Triple H. This was Cena's last win at the event. The only two matches that he lost were an Elimination match in 2017, and a Triple Threat match for the WWE title in 2012, which also marked the debut of The Shield.

#1 The Undertaker (13 wins at Survivor Series)

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The Undertaker made his WWE debut at the 1990 Survivor Series pay-per-view and would go on to become the most successful Superstar in the history of the event. The Undertaker quickly rose up the ranks in WWE and defeated Hulk Hogan himself at next year's pay-per-view to win his first WWE title. He put down Kamala in a Casket match the following year.

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Another Casket match took place two years later, in which The Deadman defeated Yokozuna. In 2001, The Undertaker was a part of Team WWE that won a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination match against The Alliance. Two years later, The Undertaker would be buried alive by Kane and Vince McMahon, marking the end of the biker version of The Deadman. At Survivor Series 2008, The Undertaker competed in another Casket match and defeated Big Show in the same. His last outing at the event came in 2015, where he teamed up with Kane and defeated Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper.

Which one of these WWE Superstars deserves to be called Mr. Survivor Series? Let us know in the comments below.

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