Survivor Series 2002 Survivor Series 2002 was the sixteenth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on November 17 , 2002 from Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York and featured talent from both the Raw and SmackDown ! brands . The official theme song was " Always " by Saliva , who performed the song and Chris Jericho ' s entrance music live from The World . The main match on the Raw brand was the first ever Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship involving reigning champion Triple H , Shawn Michaels , Chris Jericho , Booker T , Rob Van Dam and Kane . Michaels won the match after last eliminating Triple H , pinning him after executing Sweet Chin Music . The predominant match on the SmackDown ! brand was Brock Lesnar versus The Big Show for the WWE Championship , which Big Show won by pinfall after chokeslam ming Lesnar on a steel chair . The featured matches on the undercard was a Triple Threat Elimination match for the WWE Tag Team Championship involving Edge and Rey Mysterio , Los Guerreros ( Eddie and Chavo Guerrero ) , and Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit . Los Guerreros won the match and became WWE Tag Team Champions after last eliminating Edge and Mysterio . Background . The main feud heading into Survivor Series on the Raw brand was between Triple H , Rob Van Dam , Booker T , Kane , Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels over the World Heavyweight Championship . The feud started on the September 2 edition of " Raw " when Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff awarded Triple H the World Heavyweight Championship in the form of the old WCW Championship belt . Later on that edition , Triple H successfully defended the World title over Ric Flair but lost in a tag team match to both Ric Flair and Rob Van Dam towards the end of the show . On the September 9 edition of " Raw " , Rob Van Dam became the number one contender to the World Championship by defeating Chris Jericho , Jeff Hardy , and The Big Show in a fatal four - way elimination match . The following week on " Raw " , Van Dam lost the WWE Intercontinental Championship to Chris Jericho after interference by Triple H . At Unforgiven , Van Dam faced Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship . Van Dam lost the title match after Ric Flair nailed him with the sledgehammer , allowing Triple H to finish him off with the pedigree , thus retaining the title . On the September 30 edition of " Raw " , Triple H defeated Bubba Ray dudley to retain the World title . Then later that night , Kane won the Intercontinental Championship from Jericho despite interference from Triple H and Ric Flair . The match was made between Triple H and Kane for No Mercy on October 20 in which both Kane ' s Intercontinental Championship and Triple H ' s World Heavyweight Championship were at stake . On the October 7 edition of " Raw " , Kane successfully singlehandedly defended the World Tag Team Championship ( that he had won on September 23 ) in a four team Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match as The Hurricane had been attacked earlier that evening ( by Triple H and Ric Flair ) and was thus unable to compete . The following week on " Raw " , Kane and The Hurricane lost the tag titles to Christian and Jericho . Later that night , Triple H defeated RVD in Canadian lumberjack strap match after Ric Flair nailed Van Dam from behind with the World title belt while the referee was distracted . At No Mercy , Triple H went on to defeat Kane in title unification match which Triple won the IC Title and unified with his World Title . On the October 21 edition of " Raw " , Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff announced that the first ever Elimination Chamber would take place at Survivor Series . Bischoff did this , as he wanted the Elimination Chamber match to be better than SmackDown ! ' s Hell in a Cell main event at No Mercy . On the October 28 edition of " Raw " , Bischoff stated that the Elimination Chamber would be combination of WWE ' s Royal Rumble , Survivor Series , and WCW ' s War Games matches , in that a countdown timer comes from the Rumble and War Games , the enclosed cage format from War Games , and the elimination process from the Rumble and Series . Bischoff also added that the match will involve six superstars . This led to Bischoff revealing the six participants for the contest ; Triple H , Chris Jericho , Booker T , Rob Van Dam , Kane and Shawn Michaels . Later on that edition , when World Champion Triple H took on Kane in a Casket match , Shawn Michaels ( who Triple H put out of action after their Unsanctioned Street Fight at SummerSlam ) emerged from the casket and assaulted Triple H . To gain further payback , Michaels then nailed him with the Sweet Chin Music , allowing Kane to put Triple H in the casket and closed the lid to win the match . On the November 4 edition of " Raw " , Booker T and Kane defeated World Champion Triple H and Jericho in a tag team match after Michaels interfered again . Afterwords , Michaels accepted the offer of being part of the 1st ever Elimination Chamber for the World title at Survivor Series . The main feud on the SmackDown ! brand was between Brock Lesnar and The Big Show over the WWE Championship . Lesnar won the title three months prior at SummerSlam by defeating then - champion The Rock . Two months later at No Mercy , Lesnar defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the title , pinning him after an F - 5 . On the October 24 edition of " SmackDown ! " , after claiming nobody on SmackDown ! could defeat him , Big Show was traded to SmackDown ! , immediately issuing a challenge to WWE Champion Brock Lesnar , who accepted later that night . Later that night , after Lesnar and Undertaker cut promos to one another , the Big Show threw Undertaker off the stage , thus injuring his neck . The next week on " SmackDown ! " , Lesnar faced off against Rey Mysterio , which ended in a no - contest after Big Show interfered and tossed Mysterio into the crowd . Shortly after the match ended , Big Show slammed Lesnar through the announce table . On the November 8 edition of " SmackDown ! " , after Lesnar defeated Eddie Guerrero in a non - title match , Big Show attacked Lesnar and slammed him off the stage . The following week on " SmackDown ! " , Lesnar ' s manager Paul Heyman was convinced more than anyone that Lesnar could not win , trying to talk him out of defending the title . Lesnar refused and decided to challenge The Big Show to the ring . As Big Show came out , Lesnar drove him through the Steel steps . Moments later , Lesnar took out Big Show with five chair shots then nailed him with the Championship belt , proving a point that Lesnar can beat The Big Show when they face off at Survivor Series . The other main feud on the card was between three tag team s , Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit , Edge and Rey Mysterio , and Los Guerreros ( Eddie and Chavo Guerrero ) , over the WWE Tag Team Championship s . On the October 3 edition of " SmackDown ! " , General Manager , Stephanie McMahon announced an eight team tournament to determine the new WWE tag team champions for the previous pay - per - view , No Mercy . On that edition , Los Guerreros defeated Rikishi and Mark Henry in the first Quarter Final round . The following week on " SmackDown " , in the second Quarter Final round , Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated John Cena and Billy Kidman while Edge and Rey Mysterio defeated WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Tajiri to advance to the Semi - Finals tournament the following week . On the October 17 edition of " SmackDown " , Edge and Mysterio defeated Reverend D - Von and Ron Simmons to advance to the tournament . Later on that edition , Angle and Benoit advanced to the tournament by defeating Los Guerreros . At No Mercy , Angle and Benoit defeated Edge and Mysterio in the finals of a tournament to determine the first WWE Tag Team Champions . On the October 24 edition of " SmackDown " , Edge and Rey Mysterio defeated Los Guerreros in a number one contenders tag match to earn a shot at the tag titles . Later that night , the WWE Tag Team Champions , Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit fought each other in a Unforgiven return match , which Benoit won after interference from Los Guerreros . The following week on " SmackDown " , both Benoit and Angle cost one another their matches . Angle helped Edge defeat Benoit then later that night , Benoit returned the favor by helping Eddie Guerrero defeat Angle . Afterwords , Angle and Benoit brawled at the halloween party , ending with Angle delivering an Angle slam and Benoit bashing the bottle into Angle ' s head at the same time , knocking each other down . On the November 7 edition of " SmackDown " , Angle and Benoit lost the WWE Tag team titles to Edge and Mysterio in the best 2 out of 3 falls match after Edge pinned Angle in the third and final fall . Another feud coming from the Raw brand was between Victoria and Trish Stratus for the WWE Women ' s Championship . At Unforgiven , Trish Stratus had captured her third Women ' s Championship from Victoria ' s mentor Molly Holly ( who Trish lost the title to at King of the Ring on June 23 ) . On September 23 on " Raw " , Stratus successfully defended the Women ' s title against both Molly Holly and Victoria in a Triple Threat match then on the following week ' s edition of " Raw " , Victoria challenged Stratus for the Women ' s title in a one - on - one contest but got Disqualified after hitting Stratus with a steel chair . On the October 7 edition of " Raw " , after Women ' s Champion , Trish Stratus , defeated Stacy Keibler in a Bra and Panties / Paddle on a Pole match , Victoria attacked Stratus and performed a Moonsault on her . Victoria claimed in the interview that back in their days as fitness models , WWE wanted both of them but Trish stole her spot . The two fought again for the Women ' s Championship at No Mercy with Stratus retaining . For the following four weeks , the two would have many clashes on Raw including on the November 11 edition of " Raw " , when Stratus ambushed Victoria following Victoria ' s attack on Terri Runnels . It was announced that the title would be put on the line in a hardcore rules match .