Survivor Series
New York City, New York
November 22, 2002

This was an elimination match for the WWE Tag Team Championships

Originally reviewed here.

The infamous Smackdown Six were brought together for the same match for the tag team titles. This match has been historically labeled a disappointment, but I always go into it with the intention of figuring out if that is really fair. It pains me to say though that tjos most recent viewing of the the match has caused me to feel it deserves to be a disappointment and then some.

It starts off okay with everyone going back and forth. Then they decide to do a lengthy beatdown of Rey Mysterio that really does not lead anywhere. By the time the match breaks down, Rey gets back into the thick of it quickly enough. The breakdown in the match at least picks up a lot, and it is clearly the highlight of the match. If they had managed to make the match more about sequences like that, we would probably have had a great match to look back on.

That leads to a sequence where Chavo uses one of the belts to cause a breakdown in the powder keg that was the Benoit/Angle relationship. That makes Benoit easy prey for the spear, and the dream team is eliminated. The match foolishly slows to a crawl again for a heat segment on Edge. That was just the last thing the match needed after making a full recovery. This caused to lose the momentum for good, and it only led to an unsatisfying hot tag that ended with a belt shot/submission combo from Los Guerreros on Rey. This was no good overall despite plenty of good moments. (**1/2)