Survivor Series 1999 Survivor Series 1999 was the thirteenth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on November 14 , 1999 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , Michigan . The main event was a Triple Threat match – a non - elimination match involving three wrestlers against each other ; for the WWF Championship between Triple H , The Big Show and The Rock . The Big Show won the title . He was a replacement for Stone Cold Steve Austin , who had been run down by a car earlier in the night ( it was an angle for Austin to take time to recover from his injuries ) . The undercard featured New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) versus Al Snow and Mankind for the WWF Tag Team Championship , Edge and Christian and Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) versus Too Cool ( Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty ) and The Hollys ( Hardcore and Crash ) in a four - on - four Survivor Series elimination match , Chyna versus Chris Jericho for the WWF Intercontinental Championship , The Big Show versus The Big Boss Man , Prince Albert , Mideon and Viscera in a one - on - four Survivor Series elimination match , Kane versus X - Pac , Mae Young , The Fabulous Moolah , Tori and Debra versus Ivory , Luna , Jacqueline and Terri Runnels in an eight - woman tag team match , Val Venis , Mark Henry , Gangrel and Steve Blackman versus The British Bulldog and Mean Street Posse ( Rodney , Pete Gas and Joey Abs ) in a four - on - one Survivor Series elimination match , Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle in his WWF in - ring debut against Shawn Stasiak and The Godfather , D ' Lo Brown and The Headbangers ( Mosh and Thrasher ) versus Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) and Acolytes Protection Agency ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) in a four - on - four Survivor Series elimination tag team match . Background . Survivor Series featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre - existing feuds , plots , and storylines that were played out on " Raw is War " and " SmackDown " — World Wrestling Federation ' s ( WWF ) television programs . Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension , and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches . The main rivalry heading into the event was between Triple H , Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock over the WWF Championship . At No Mercy , Rock defeated British Bulldog in a standard wrestling match . Later that night , Rock challenged the winner of the WWF Championship Anything Goes match between Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin for the title . After issuing the challenge , Rock was attacked by Triple H through a sledgehammer . Later that night , Triple H defeated Austin to retain the title . On October 18 , 1999 episode of " Raw is War " , Rock challenged Triple H to a match for the title at Survivor Series , because Rock was angered at the previous night ' s attack . Austin also issued a challenge and claimed that he deserved a title shot instead of Rock . The WWF Chairman Vince McMahon solved the situation by making a Triple Threat match between Triple H , Austin and Rock for the WWF Championship . Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between New Age Outlaws ( Mr . Ass and Road Dogg ) and Al Snow and Mankind for the WWF Tag Team Championship . On October 18 episode of " Raw is War " , Mick Foley gave his Rock ' n ' Sock Connection partner Rock , a copy of his book " " " " . However , later that night , the same copy was discovered by Al Snow in a trashcan . He informed Foley about it . Foley confronted Rock about it . Rock denied doing so but Foley broke up the Rock ' n ' Sock Connection . Later that night , Foley cost Rock and himself , the Tag Team Championship against The Hollys ( Hardcore and Crash ) by coming out for the match without wearing Mankind gear and leaving Rock to wrestle on his own . This allowed Hollys to defeat Rock and win the titles . On October 21 episode of " SmackDown " , Mankind and Rock had a match which ended in a disqualification when Val Venis interfered and attacked Mankind with his book . On October 25 episode of " Raw is War " , Mankind wrestled Triple H for the WWF Championship . Triple H was disqualified when Venis assaulted Mankind again , earning Mankind , a disqualification win . However , Al Snow came out to rescue Mankind from the assault . On October 28 episode of " SmackDown " , Mankind defeated Venis after distraction from Snow . As a result , Mankind and Snow formed a tag team . On November 4 episode of " SmackDown " , Mankind and Snow defeated The Hollys to win the Tag Team Championship . On November 8 episode of " Raw is War " , New Age Outlaws defeated Mankind and Snow for the Tag Team Championship . This led to a title match between New Age Outlaws and Mankind and Snow for the Tag Team Championship . At No Mercy , Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett in a Good Housekeeping match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship . On October 18 episode of " Raw is War " , Chyna issued an open challenge to any wrestler for the Intercontinental Championship . Chris Jericho answered the challenge and insulted Chyna , prompting Chyna to attack him . After weeks of involvement by Stevie Richards in Chyna and Jericho ' s rivalry , it was announced by Jericho on November 8 episode of " Raw is War " that he would wrestle Chyna for the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Series . On the October 18 episode of " Raw is War " , Big Boss Man challenged The Big Show to a match and agreed to defend the WWF Hardcore Championship . The Big Show accepted the challenge . However , before the match occurred , The Big Show was told by a police officer that his father had died ( in storyline ) . As a result , The Big Show left the arena to check on his father . It was later revealed to be a plan of Boss Man and the police officer . On the October 21 episode of " SmackDown " , an enraged The Big Show attempted to attack Boss Man but Boss Man escaped . The Big Show then assaulted the police officer . On the October 25 episode of " Raw is War " , Boss Man distracted The Big Show during his match with Prince Albert . Albert attacked The Big Show from behind and Boss Man broke The Big Show ' s father ' s watch with a hammer . As a result , Boss Man and Albert formed a new alliance . On the October 28 episode of " SmackDown " , Al Snow had a match with Boss Man . However , Boss Man ' s ally , Albert continuously interfered in the match and the two attacked Snow , leading him to challenge both men to a Hardcore match in the parking lot . Later that night , Boss Man and Albert went to the parking lot to wrestle Snow but instead of Snow , The Big Show appeared . He trapped Boss Man and Albert in a car and smashed it into pieces and pushed a dumpster on the top of the car . On the November 1 episode of " Raw is War " , Boss Man and Albert interrupted an interview of The Big Show and attacked him . On the November 8 episode of " Raw is War " , a tribute was paid to The Big Show ' s father on his death . Boss Man came out and insulted The Big Show and his father . On the November 11 episode of " SmackDown " , a footage was shown of The Big Show ' s father ' s funeral , in which Boss Man interrupted the funeral and ruined it by attacking The Big Show and ruining his father ' s grave . This led to a Survivor Series match between a team captained by The Big Show and a team captained by Boss Man . The Big Show ' s team consisted of Kai En Tai ( Funaki and Taka Michinoku ) and Blue Meanie and Boss Man ' s team consisted of Prince Albert , Viscera and Mideon . On the November 14 episode of " Sunday Night Heat " , The Big Show attacked all of his team members and was the only remaining member of his team , making it a 4 - on - 1 Survivor Series match . At No Mercy , the New Brood ( Matt and Jeff Hardy ) defeated Edge and Christian in a Ladder match , which was the final round match of a tournament , in which the winning team earned the managerial services of Terri Runnels and received $ 100 , 000 . However , on the October 18 episode of " Raw is War " , New Brood announced that they were no longer part of Gangrel ' s faction and turn ed into fan favorites . They reverted their tag team name back to Hardy Boyz . Edge and Christian ended their rivalry with Hardy Boyz by showing them respect and formed an alliance with Hardy Boyz . On the October 21 episode of " SmackDown " , The Hollys defeated Hardy Boyz to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship . On the October 25 episode of " Raw is War " , Hollys defended the Tag Team Championship against Edge and Christian . Edge and Christian had almost won the match until Too Cool ( Grand Master Sexay and Scotty Too Hotty ) returned and interfered in the match , costing Edge and Christian , their title shot . Hardy Boyz came out to rescue Edge and Christian and the four wrestlers cleared the ring of Too Cool and Hollys . This led to the formation of a villainous alliance of Too Cool and Hollys . As a result , the teams of Edge and Christian and Hardy Boyz began a rivalry with Too Cool and Hollys , as the four teams battled each other in several tag team matches and standard wrestling matches , leading to a Survivor Series match at Survivor Series . On the October 18 episode of " Raw is War " , The Headbangers ( Mosh and Thrasher ) distracted Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) during their match against X - Pac and Kane , costing Dudley Boyz , the match . On the October 25 episode of " Raw is War " , Dudley Boyz made fun of The Godfather ' s hos for being attacked by Viscera , after Viscera defeated Godfather in a " Winner Takes Hos " match . The following week on " Raw is War " , The Headbangers defeated Dudley Boyz in a tag team match . On the November 11 episode of " SmackDown " , Dudley Boyz defeated Godfather and D ' Lo Brown . It led to a Survivor Series match pitting Dudley Boyz and Acolytes Protection Agency ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) against Headbangers , Godfather and Brown . At No Mercy , X - Pac defeated Kane , Faarooq and Bradshaw in a Four Corners Elimination match . As a result of losing to X - Pac , Kane started showing jealousy towards X - Pac and their team started to breakup . On the October 28 episode of " SmackDown " , X - Pac betrayed Kane during a tag team match against Dudley Boyz by low blowing Kane and allowing Dudley Boyz to pin Kane for the win . After the match , X - Pac proclaimed that Kane did not deserve to be a member of D - Generation X , a faction that X - Pac was a part of during that time . On the November 1 episode of " Raw is War " , the entirety of DX attacked Kane during a match between Kane and X - Pac . This led to a match between Kane and X - Pac at Survivor Series . At No Mercy , Mae Young helped her friend The Fabulous Moolah in defeating Ivory to win the WWF Women ' s Championship . On the October 21 episode of " SmackDown " , Moolah defended the Women ' s Championship against Young , but Ivory interfered in the match and attacked both Moolah and Young . Jacqueline and Luna joined Ivory in the assault and Tori came out and joined Young and Moolah . On the October 25 episode of " Raw is War " , Moolah decided to vacate her title and retire from professional wrestling . However , Ivory reminded Moolah of her rematch clause and easily defeated Moolah for the Women ' s Championship . On the November 11 episode of " SmackDown " , it was announced that the team of Ivory , Jacqueline , Luna and Terri Runnels would wrestle the team of Moolah , Young , Tori and Debra at Survivor Series . Throughout November 1999 , vignettes aired that hyped the WWF debut of Kurt Angle who represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling . It was announced that Angle would make his WWF debut at Survivor Series . Event . Preliminary matches . The first match that aired live on the pay - per - view was a Four - on - four Survivor Series elimination match pitting Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) and Acolytes Protection Agency ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) against The Godfather , D ' Lo Brown and The Headbangers ( Mosh and Thrasher ) . Godfather ' s team suffered the first elimination when Bradshaw pin ned Thrasher after performing a Clothesline from Hell . Mosh was eliminated next when Dudley Boyz performed a 3D . APA and Dudley Boyz suffered their first elimination when Bradshaw was disqualified for hitting Brown with a steel chair . D - Von took advantage and tried to pin Brown but Faarooq broke up the pin because he wanted to make the pinfall himself . As a result , Faarooq and D - Von started brawling outside the ring and were counted - out . Bubba Ray was the remaining member of APA and Dudley Boyz and was double - teamed when Godfather performed a Ho Train , followed by Brown performing a Lo Down on Bubba Ray for the victory . As a result , Godfather and Brown became the survivors of their team . The second match was a standard wrestling match between Kurt Angle and Shawn Stasiak . This match was Angle ' s in - ring debut in WWF . Stasiak dominated much of the earlier match until Angle escaped the ring and insulted the fans by telling them not to insult an Olympic Gold Medalist . However , Stasiak beat on Angle and then climbed the top rope to perform a Diving Splash but Angle got up and caught a flying Stasiak by performing an Olympic Slam for the victory . The third match was a Survivor Series elimination match , in which British Bulldog and Mean Street Posse ( Rodney , Pete Gas , and Joey Abs ) competed against Val Venis , Mark Henry , Gangrel , and Steve Blackman . Blackman made the first elimination by performing a Martial Arts Kick on Pete Gas . Gangrel then eliminated Rodney by performing The Impaler . Mean Street Posse was totally eliminated when Henry performed a Big Splash on Joey Abs . As a result , Bulldog was the only member on his team . He started dominating the match and eliminated Gangrel by performing a Superplex . Bulldog next eliminated Blackman by performing a Fisherman Suplex . Venis and Henry started double - teaming Bulldog as Henry splashed Bulldog and Venis performed a Money Shot , on Bulldog for the victory . As a result , Venis and Henry were the survivors on their team . The fourth match was an eight - woman tag team match pitting Ivory , Luna , Jacqueline and Terri Runnels against Mae Young , The Fabulous Moolah Tori and Debra . The match went back and forth with both female teams fighting each other . The match came to its end when Moolah performed a Scoop Slam on Ivory and splashed her to win the match . The fifth match was a standard wrestling match between Kane and X - Pac . When Kane entered the ring and his entrance pyros were going off , X - Pac did not wait for him and quickly attacked him but Kane easily started dominating the match . Kane climbed the top rope but X - Pac dropkick ed him outside the ring . The action quickly returned to the ring where X - Pac performed three consecutive Spinning Heel Kicks on Kane and then attempted to perform a Bronco Buster on Kane in the ropes but Kane avoided it . Kane then climbed the top rope and performed a Flying Clothesline on X - Pac before following it by performing a Chokeslam and attempted to pin X - Pac , but X - Pac ' s D - Generation X teammate Road Dogg interfered in the match by pulling Kane ' s foot . Kane , however , rolled into the ring where X - Pac performed a X - Factor on Kane and started attacking him , but Kane threw X - Pac away . Kane eventually attempted to perform a Tombstone Piledriver , but Triple H interfered and hit Kane in the face with a belt . Kane was then placed in the corner as Tori ran to the ring to stop X - Pac ' s Bronco Buster . She was kicked in the face as Kane fought off all of the DX members to rescue her . After the match , The Rock was trying to give an interview but Triple H interrupted the interview and attacked Rock . As a result , Rock and Triple H started brawling until they were separated by several WWF officials . The next match was a Handicap Survivor Series match pitting Big Boss Man , Prince Albert , Mideon , and Viscera against The Big Show . The Big Show was the only member on his team because he had attacked all of his teammates prior to the event . However , he single - handedly dominated the match when he chokeslam med Mideon at the 18 - second mark for the first elimination . The Big Show next eliminated Prince Albert by performing a Chokeslam at the 30 - second mark . Viscera was next eliminated by The Big Show at the 55 - second mark . Due to The Big Show having eliminated all of Big Boss Man ' s teammates within a minute , Boss Man chose not to wrestle The Big Show and left the ring and ran to the backstage . He got counted - out . As a result , The Big Show won the match and ran after Boss Man to the backstage . After the match , Stone Cold Steve Austin was being interviewed but Triple H also interrupted this interview , like he had done to Rock , moments ago . Austin started chasing Triple H in the backstage area until a car drove up and ran down Austin at high speed . The WWF Chairman Vince McMahon confronted Triple H , D - Generation X , and WWF ' s head of security , Jim Dawson but Triple H claimed that he was not to be blamed because he did not do such thing . WWF officials loaded Austin into the ambulance and Austin was removed from the WWF Championship match against Triple H and Rock . Main event matches . The sixth match was a standard wrestling match between Chyna and Chris Jericho for the WWF Intercontinental Championship . Chyna and Jericho immediately started attacking each other when Jericho shoved down Chyna ' s manager Miss Kitty . Both women then kicked Jericho to the outside of the ring as Chyna jumped out and threw Jericho into the stairs . Jericho taunted and teased Miss Kitty throughout the match and even kissed her on one occasion . Kitty started fighting Jericho as Chyna fought back by performing a Spear on Jericho and then whipped him into the ring post . However , Jericho quickly gained momentum and brought Chyna to the ring to perform a Powerbomb to get a near - fall . Jericho then attempted to perform a Lionsault on Chyna , but Chyna avoided the move and started attacking Jericho . She then performed a DDT on Jericho and accidentally attacked the referee . Jericho took advantage and nailed Chyna with the Intercontinental Championship belt to get a near - fall . Chyna performed a Pedigree on Jericho , but got a near - fall . Chyna then attempted to perform a Hurricanrana on Jericho , but Jericho countered it into an Walls of Jericho . Chyna eventually reached the ropes and held them . Jericho then placed Chyna on the top rope . Miss Kitty distracted the referee as Chyna performed a Low Blow on Jericho and hit him with a Pedigree from the top turnbuckle to win the match and thus retained the Intercontinental Championship . The seventh match was a Survivor Series match pitting Edge and Christian and Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) against Too Cool ( Scotty Too Hotty and Grand Master Sexay ) and The Hollys ( Hardcore and Crash ) . Hardcore made the first elimination , as he pinned Edge with a Schoolboy . Matt was next eliminated when Scotty performed a Tornado DDT on Matt . Jeff and Christian started dominating the match as they were the remaining members on their team . Hollys and Too Cool suffered their first elimination when Jeff eliminated Scotty by performing a 450° Splash . Grand Master Sexay then eliminated Jeff by performing a Tennessee Jam . As a result , Christian was the only remaining member on his team . He started dominating the match as he eliminated Grand Master Sexay by performing a Diving Reverse DDT . Christian proceeded to continue his domination in the match by eliminating Crash , as he performed an Impaler on Crash . Hardcore quickly pinned Christian with a Victory Roll to win the match and thus became the sole survivor on Hollys and Too Cool ' s team . The final match on the undercard was a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship . New Age Outlaws ( Billy Gunn and Road Dogg ) defended the titles against Mankind and Al Snow . Mankind and Gunn started exchanging blows on each other until the action spilled outside the ring . When the match returned to the ring , Snow and Road Dogg were tagged in . Gunn and Road Dogg constantly tagged in each other as they hurt Snow outside the ring . After being dominated , Snow performed a Clothesline on Road Dogg . Snow tagged in Mankind and Road Dogg tagged in Gunn . Mankind started dominating Gunn and Road Dogg . Gunn then performed a Fameouser on Mankind while Road Dogg attempted to pin Mankind but got a near - fall . Road Dogg then attempted to perform a Pumphandle Drop on Mankind but Snow performed a Snow Plow on Road Dogg . Gunn then threw Al Snow into the steps and performed a Texas Piledriver on Mankind to win the match and thus New Age Outlaws retained the Tag Team Championship . The main event was a scheduled Triple Threat match between Triple H , The Rock and a replacement for the injured and hospitalized Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship . The Big Show was revealed to be Austin ' s substitution . Triple H and Rock started double - teaming The Big Show but he clotheslined both of them and started dominating them . The three battled each other until their battle reached to the ringside . The action returned to the ringside , where Rock eventually performed an People ' s Elbow on The Big Show . However , Triple H attacked Rock . The Big Show then performed a Sidewalk Slam on Rock and threw Triple H to the outside and fought with him all the way to the entrance way . The three men continued to battle each other in the ringside , until Triple H and Rock suplexed The Big Show onto the Spanish announce table . The action returned to the ring where Rock and Triple H battled each other , until the referee was knocked out . Rock then threw Triple H into the top turnbuckle and performed a Rock Bottom on Triple H and attempted to pin Triple H , but there was no referee to count the pinfall . Finally , Shane McMahon ran into the ring as a replacement referee counted a fast pinfall but Triple H kicked out at 2 . Rock eventually performed another Rock Bottom . McMahon was pulled out of the ring by The Big Show . Rock was then attacked on the announce table as The Big Show returned to the ring and stomp ed on Triple H . Triple H hit McMahon with a Pedigree in the ring as and Rock also attacked McMahon . The Big Show performed an Elbow Drop and a Legdrop on Triple H until D - Generation X interfered in the match to help Triple H . Vince McMahon then ran into the ring with the WWF Championship belt and hit Triple H with it . The Big Show took advantage and chokeslammed Triple H to win the match and thus became the new WWF Champion . This was also the fifth Survivor Series in a row that the WWE Championship changed hands . Aftermath . After The Big Show won the WWF Championship at Survivor Series , he continued his rivalry with The Big Boss Man . The next night on " Raw is War " , Boss Man defeated The Rock in a Hardcore match , with help from Prince Albert , to become the number one contender for the WWF Championship . At the new December pay - per - view , Armageddon , The Big Show defeated Boss Man to retain the title . Since Stone Cold Steve Austin was hit with a car , the WWF Chairman Vince McMahon continuously blamed Triple H and D - Generation X for the attack . On the November 18 episode of " SmackDown " , DX assaulted McMahon ' s Corporate Stooges ( Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco ) . Sgt . Slaughter informed McMahon of the attack and told McMahon that Triple H had invited him to DX locker room . McMahon went to the locker room , where Triple H warned McMahon , not to make this personal . Later in the night , Triple H came down to the ring and blamed McMahon for his title loss at Survivor Series and then challenged McMahon to a match at Armageddon . Shortly after , a footage was shown of backstage where the McMahon family had fallen down the stairs . On the November 22 episode of " Raw is War " , Vince destroyed a limousine carrying DX using his car . Although DX retreated , the limousine was destroyed . Later that night , the police officers arrested Vince for assaulting DX , and Triple H attacked him while he was handcuffed . Later that night , Triple H came down to the ring and accused Vince of attacking Austin at Survivor Series , but Shane McMahon interrupted to defend his father and informed Triple H that Vince would accept Triple H ' s challenge at Armageddon . On the November 29 episode of " Raw is War " , a storyline wedding was scheduled to occur between Vince ' s daughter Stephanie McMahon and Test . The ceremony was interrupted by Triple H , who showed a video in which he and a drunk Stephanie had gotten married . On the December 2 episode of " SmackDown " , Triple H announced that his match against Vince at Armagaddon would be a No Holds Barred match , and on the following episode of " Raw is War " a further stipulation was added to the match . If Vince won the match , Triple H and Stephanie ' s marriage would be annulled but if Triple H won , he would be granted a WWF Championship match . At Armageddon , Triple H defeated Vince in a No Holds Barred match , after Stephanie betrayed Vince and helped Triple H in finishing Vince with a sledgehammer .