22 years ago on this day, Hollywood would make one of its many visits to a WWE PPV. Actor and Martial Artist Chuck Norris would be the one to grace Survivor Series 1994 as the special guest referee in the main event.
The celebrity culture would continue throughout the years, with Mike Tyson’s appearance at Wrestlemania 14 being hailed as the greatest attempt by pro-wrestling to crossover to mainstream United States’ imagination.
On the flipside, WCW's decision to put their World title on actor David Arquette is still considered as the worst booking decisions in pro-wrestling history.
So what did Mr.Norris do at Survivor Series? And on a separate note, do Scott Hall and Chris Jericho want to remember the events that took place at 23rd November or not?
#1 Scott Hall wins World War 3 – 23rd November 1997
1997 was a solid year for WCW and the company presented its annual World War 3 PPV from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Each World War 3 PPV would be centred around a huge 3-ring, 60-man Battle Royal. When half of the wrestlers were eliminated, the final 30 would move into the centre ring and would continue the match.The winner would earn a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
The 1997 event would see the victory of Scott Hall as Kevin Nash – disguised as Sting – would eliminate the Giant to leave ‘The Bad Guy’ as the sole legal man left in the ring. Hall would lose his title shot to the new WCW Champion Sting at Uncensored 1998.
#2 Chris Jericho’s stopgap World title reign ends – 23rd November 2008
Chris Jericho was red-hot in 2008 with his gimmick change into a suit-wearing serious heel persona. Jericho would capture the World Heavyweight title in a Championship Scramble match and would go on to defend his title successfully against Shawn Michaels in a ladder match at the next PPV.
But WWE Creative would be reluctant to get behind Jericho and his title reign was not taken seriously. Jericho would lose the title to Batista in order to promote the Cyber Sunday PPV, even though he would quickly win it back on the 800th episode of Raw.
Any hope of a long title run for Jericho effectively ended when Shane McMahon announced that Jericho would defend the title at Survivor Series against a returning John Cena.
On 23 November 2008, Jericho would lose his title to Cena with the latter not having been on Raw even once to promote the match. Jericho would lose a rematch to Cena at the next Armageddon PPV and was out of the title picture for good.
#3 Chuck Norris at Survivor Series – 23rd November 1994
The mid-1990s would see numerous celebrity appearances in both WWE and WCW, including the likes of Mike Tyson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dennis Rodman.
The 1994 Survivor Series would have Hollywood Action hero Chuck Norris being brought in as special outside referee for the main event featuring the Undertaker and Yokozuna in a casket match.
Norris would have altercations with multiple WWE Superstars during the match including King Kong Bundy and Bam Bam Bigelow. He would deliver a superkick to the interfering Jeff Jarrett as well, enabling the Undertaker to deliver a DDT and Big boot to the Japanese behemoth, eventually rolling him into the casket and winning the match.
The PPV would also see Bob Backlund win the WWF Championship from Shawn Michaels only to lose it to Diesel three days later.
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