One of the most iconic match types in pro wrestling history makes its WWE main-roster debut as Survivor Series takes place this Saturday night.
Thirty-five years after first being introduced in Jim Crockett Promotions, WarGames will be the theme of this year’s Survivor Series. It replaces the previous Raw vs. SmackDown format for the pay-per-view, which had become stale in recent years.
Bringing WarGames to the main roster is one of the first significant moves that Paul “Triple H” Levesque made after taking over as WWE’s new head of creative. Levesque, who is a fan of old-school NWA wrestling, had used WarGames as a yearly NXT event since 2017. Now it has the chance to become an annual tradition for one of WWE’s signature PPVs. Everyone involved in the men’s and women’s WarGames matches will be motivated to make sure that WarGames lives up to its legacy.
