5 most shocking Survivor Series eliminations

#4 The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian (Survivor Series 1999)

Edge & Christian and The Hardyz teamed up in 1999

The dust had just settled from the historic first-ever tag team ladder match at No Mercy one month prior, in which The Hardy Boyz successfully won their $100,000 prize and the services of Terri Runnels as their manager. Their opponents, Edge and Christian, were valiant in their loss. This match is remembered less than the TLC matches that would happen in the future, but this was the original blueprint.

The teams had feuded for months and had become two of the most popular acts in the entire company. They formed a bond of mutual respect shortly after their rivalry ended and soon faced the challenge of two other up-and-coming teams, The Holly Cousins and Too Cool. Both of these teams were much lower on the totem pole than E&C and The Hardyz, yet somehow when they battled in a four-on-four elimination tag match at the 1999 edition of the Survivor Series event, it was the Hollys and Too Cool who came out victorious.

Neither team earned a high profile tag team championship match after this, and two months later the historic 3-team feud between the Hardyz, Dudleyz and Edge and Christian was born, with the other two teams being left in the dust. Interestingly enough The Dudleyz lost their elimination tag match at Survivor Series that year as well.