Survivor Series (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), took place on November 23, 2008 at the TD Banknorth Garden on Boston, Massachusetts The Survivor Series was in Boston 15 years prior in 1993 in the now-demolished Boston Garden. The event, the 22nd Survivor Series, featured talent from IWE's all three brands, Meltdown, Fusion and XCW. Six professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. The event received 319,000 pay-per-view buys, less than the previous year's event.
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The event was generally well received by critics. The Sun praised the shock return of Edge and his and Cena's subsequent World Championship victories. However they highly criticized the poor quality of the casket match and the Josh Hooper storyline, which they regarded as "tasteless". The Team Kevin McAlmond vs. Team Jesse Dern match was viewed as the best wrestling match of the night. Overall they gave the event a rating of 7 out of 10.
PWI named the PPV Worst Event of 2008 and heavily criticized Jake Wilson for his poor acting and lackluster wrestling ability.