WWE Survivor Series: Key stats and info to know before WarGames

John Cena’s WWE career farewell tour takes another step forward Saturday with his final appearance in a premium live event (PLE) at Survivor Series: WarGames at Petco Park in San Diego (7 p.m. ET on ESPN Unlimited). WWE’s second-oldest event behind WrestleMania (41 consecutive years) will make its 39th annual appearance in a city where the promotion hasn’t held a PLE since One Night Stand in 2008.

Survivor Series is known as a launching pad for many iconic careers, including the 1990 WWE debut of The Undertaker, who would become the most successful Survivor Series wrestler of all time with 13 victories. Superstars such as The Rock (1996), Kurt Angle (1999), The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose) (2012), and Sting (2014) have also made their PLE debut at Survivor Series. Even the Elimination Chamber match format debuted at Survivor Series in 2002.

As has been the case since 2022, this year’s show will feature women’s and men’s WarGames matches with star-studded teams consisting of five wrestlers each. Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso and Roman Reigns will join forces to take on Bronson Reed, Bron Breakker, Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre and Brock Lesnar on the men’s side, while Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and AJ Lee will take on Nia Jax, Lash Legend, Kairi Sane, Asuka and Becky Lynch on the women’s side. Cena’s defense of the Intercontinental Championship against Dominik Mysterio and a Women’s World Championship match between Stephanie Vaquer and Nikki Bella are also on the schedule.

As the show approaches, let’s look back at some notes and stats for each match.

Men’s WarGames match

With a win, Roman Reigns would move into second place on the Survivor Series wins list, tied with Randy Orton with 10. Reigns is looking for his seventh straight Survivor Series victory. He hasn’t lost at the event since 2016. If the men’s match closes the show, history will be in Reigns’ team’s favor as Reigns has never lost a main event match at Survivor Series. He is 5-0, with his most recent victory coming in the main event of last year’s WarGames.

The only two performers in this bout who have never competed in a WarGames match are Logan Paul and Brock Lesnar. The participant with the most WarGames experience is Jey Uso, who participated in three of these matches (2022, 2023 and 2024). He is undefeated in WarGames format.

Drew McIntyre looks to avoid his sixth straight Survivor Series loss. His last victory was in 2018 as part of Team Raw, which defeated Team SmackDown in an elimination match.

Women’s WarGames match

Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky are the only participants in this match who took part in the first women’s WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames in 2019. Ripley and Sky were on opposing teams, with Team Ripley securing the victory.

Sky has competed in all seven women’s WarGames matches, making her the only woman to do so.

Ripley, Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax each have four Survivor Series victories. Whoever gets another win will be tied with Mickie James and Bianca Belair in the women’s division.

Becky Lynch is looking for her fourth straight Survivor Series victory. His last two matches took place in WarGames matches (2022, 2023).

Intercontinental Championship: John Cena vs. Dominik Mysterio

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The Intercontinental Championship has not changed hands at Survivor Series since 2001, when Edge defeated Test to unify the United States and Intercontinental Championships. Since then, the Intercontinental title has been successfully defended at this event six times, including last year.

This will be Cena’s first Survivor Series match in eight years. He last appeared at the event in 2017 as part of Team SmackDown in a traditional five-on-five elimination match.

Mysterio is looking for his fifth straight PLE victory. His most recent PLE victory came against AJ Styles at SummerSlam in August. Cena’s most recent PLE victory also came against Styles, at Crown Jewel in October.

Women’s World Championship: Stéphanie Vaquer vs. Nikki Bella

This will be Vaquer’s first Survivor Series match. Bella has competed twice and won both times, even though it has been 11 years since she appeared at Survivor Series. She defeated AJ Lee in 2014 to win the Divas Championship.

Bella will be looking for her first PLE victory in over seven years. Her most recent occurred at Super Show-Down in 2018 when she, her sister Brie and Ronda Rousey defeated The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan).