Survivor Series: WarGames (2025)
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Get ready for the ultimate clash! The 2025 Survivor Series: WarGames, also known as Survivor Series: WarGames San Diego, is coming your way! This isn't just any wrestling event; it's the 39th annual Survivor Series, a spectacle of skill and fury, set to explode on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at the iconic Petco Park in San Diego, California. Prepare for the best of Raw and SmackDown to collide in a battle like no other.
This year marks a monumental shift as Survivor Series embraces the brutal WarGames match for the fourth consecutive time. Imagine a roofless steel cage, two rings side-by-side, and teams of warriors ready to unleash chaos.
But that's not all! This Survivor Series breaks new ground: it's the very first to take place outdoors, the first ever in a stadium, and the first to be held in a Major League Baseball venue. California welcomes back Survivor Series after the unforgettable 2018 event in Los Angeles. And for the first time since July 1988, the electrifying WarGames match will return to a stadium setting, a legacy reignited from World Championship Wrestling!
And for the global audience, get ready for a new era: this is the first Survivor Series to broadcast internationally on Netflix, and in the United States, it's coming to ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service.
And brace yourselves for an emotional farewell. This event will feature the final appearance of the legendary John Cena at Survivor Series and on pay-per-view as an in-ring performer, as he hangs up his boots at the close of 2025. Don't miss history in the making!
Survivor Series has been a cornerstone of professional wrestling since 1987, a November tradition held around Thanksgiving. It's the second longest-running pay-per-view event in history, right behind WrestleMania, and a vital part of WWE's "Big Five" signature events. For years, it was defined by the classic Survivor Series elimination matches, but since 2022, it's been synonymous with the intense WarGames match. WWE's NXT brand honed this brutal format from 2017 to 2021, and now it's the main event for the entire WWE Universe.
Announced on April 21, 2025, this 39th Survivor Series is set for November 29th at Petco Park, promising an outdoor stadium experience unlike any other, featuring the stars of Raw and SmackDown. And yes, the WarGames matches are confirmed to return!
Beyond traditional pay-per-view, catch all the action live on ESPN's streaming service in the US, Netflix across most international markets, and the WWE Network where needed. This historic broadcast on Netflix follows the WWE Network's integration in January 2025, and the move to ESPN marks a new chapter after WWE's contract with Peacock concluded.
The drama unfolds through compelling storylines, meticulously crafted by WWE's writing teams for Raw and SmackDown, brought to life on your screens every week. Get ready for the drama, the intensity, and the unforgettable moments that only Survivor Series can deliver!
The 2025 Survivor Series: WarGames, also promoted as Survivor Series: WarGames San Diego, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be the 39th annual Survivor Series and will take place on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California, and will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the fourth annual Survivor Series based around the WarGames match, a team-based steel cage match where the roofless cage surrounds two rings placed side by side.
This will be the first Survivor Series to take place in an outdoor venue, the first to take place in a stadium, the first to be held in a Major League Baseball venue, and the second event to be held in the U.S. state of California, after the 2018 event in Los Angeles. It will also feature the first WarGames match to take place inside a stadium since July 1988, which was held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). This will also be the first Survivor Series to broadcast on Netflix internationally and on ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States. The event will also feature John Cena's last appearance at both Survivor Series and on PPV as an in-ring performer due to his retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025.
== Production ==
=== Background ===
Survivor Series is an annual professional wrestling event produced every November by WWE since 1987, generally held the week of Thanksgiving. The second longest running pay-per-view (PPV) event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". From 1987 to 2021, the event was characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which were tag team elimination matches that typically featured teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. In 2022, the event was rebranded as "Survivor Series: WarGames" and instead of Survivor Series matches, the annual event became based around the WarGames match, a type of steel cage match where two teams face each other in a roofless cage that surrounds two rings placed side by side and the teams typically feature four to five wrestlers each but is decided by one fall instead of eliminating all opponents. WWE's developmental brand NXT previously held an annual WarGames event from 2017 to 2021 before the match became a part of Survivor Series.
Announced on April 21, 2025, the 39th Survivor Series was scheduled for Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California. It will be the first Survivor Series event to be held in an outside venue and the first to be held in a stadium. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. On June 30, it was revealed that it would once again feature the WarGames matches.
In addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide, the event will also be available to livestream on ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, and the WWE Network in any remaining countries that have not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marks the first Survivor Series to livestream on Netflix following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas, and to livestream on ESPN in the United States, as WWE's contract with Peacock to air main roster PPV and livestreaming events expired at the conclusion of Clash in Paris in August.
=== Storylines ===
The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
== References ==
== External links ==
Survivor Series official website
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