Only the eighth WWE pay-per-view in which no championships were defended. The others were: Survivor Series 1987, Survivor Series 1988, Survivor Series 1989, Royal Rumble 1990, Survivor Series 1990, King of the Ring 1995 and In Your House 9: International Incident. All champions competed in non-title matches.
This was the first WWE pay per view to not have any championship matches on the main card since In Your House 9: International Incident in July 1996.
This was the first Survivor Series that Triple H competed at since 2009 and the first traditional Survivor Series elimination match he competed in since 2007.
This was the first Survivor Series that Kurt Angle competed at since 2005 and the first traditional Survivor Series elimination match he competed in since 2004.
This is the first time AJ Styles and Brock Lesnar had a one-on-one match.