The 30th annual WWE Survivor Series, the second-longest-running pay-per-view event in WWE history, takes place Sunday at Torontos Air Canada Centre. The event traditionally features 4-on-4 or 5-on-5 elimination tag team matches, and this years event will see the men, women and tag teams from Raw and SmackDown Live compete against each other in three traditional Survivor Series matches.The first Survivor Series took place in 1987 in Richfield, Ohio. The main event saw Andre the Giants team defeat Hulk Hogans team in a 5-on-5 elimination tag team match where Andre was the sole survivor. This years main event features Brock Lesnar against Goldberg, who returns to a WWE ring for the first time in 12 years.Survivor Series will be the fifth WWE pay-per-view event to take place in Toronto and the first since Unforgiven in 2006. This is the first time Survivor Series has emanated from Canada since 1997, an event infamous for the Montreal Screwjob involving Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon.Brock Lesnar vs. GoldbergSurvivor Series will be a rematch of the WrestleMania XX bout in 2004 where Goldberg defeated Lesnar. That match was the final appearance for both men in their initial WWE runs. Lesnar would leave WWE to pursue a career in the NFL, and Goldberg also chose not to sign a new contract with WWE.Sunday will be Lesnars first Survivor Series match since 2003 and the only one of the Big 4 pay-per-view events in which he has never won a match. It was at Survivor Series in 2002 where Lesnar was pinned for the first time in his career, losing the WWE World Championship to the Big Show. Then in 2003, Team Angle defeated Team Lesnar in a 5-on-5 traditional Survivor Series match.Lesnar has won six of his past seven 1-on-1 pay-per-view matches, including each of the past four. The lone loss in that span came to The Undertaker?at SummerSlam last year, a controversial bout where the referee did not see The Undertaker tapping out to Lesnars kimura lock. Lesnar has not been pinned at a pay-per-view event since losing to Triple H at WrestleMania 29 in April 2013.Goldberg is one of two WWE superstars that Lesnar has faced in a 1-on-1 pay-per-view match but never defeated (also 0-1 versus Eddie Guerrero). Goldberg also looks to join John Cena as the only WWE superstars to hold multiple 1-on-1 pay-per-view victories against Lesnar (Cena is 2-2 against Lesnar).Survivor Series will be Goldbergs ninth career WWE pay-per-view match. Assuming this match closes the show, it will be the seventh time he has main-evented a pay-per-view event. Only Hogan had more main event matches within his first 10 WWE pay-per-view appearances (8).Mens 5-on-5 elimination match: Raw vs. SmackDown LiveRosters: Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman for Raw; AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt and Shane McMahon for SmackDown.?This will not be the first time that the Raw and SmackDown brands battle in a traditional Survivor Series match. In 2005, Team SmackDown defeated Team Raw in a match where Orton was the sole survivor for SmackDown.While Team SmackDown Live has won more combined world titles (led by Ortons 12), Team Raw has won more overall championships in WWE. The members of Team Raw are a combined 5-1 in traditional Survivor Series matches, while the members of Team SmackDown Live are a combined 5-4.Jericho is 3-0 in traditional Survivor Series matches. If Team Raw wins on Sunday, Jericho will tie Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior and Cena for the most such matches without a loss in WWE history (all 4-0).Reigns is 3-1 at Survivor Series, including 1-0 in traditional Survivor Series matches. Reigns lone loss at Survivor Series occurred last year when Sheamus cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Reigns for the WWE World Championship.This will be Ortons ninth career traditional Survivor Series match, tying Kane for second-most in WWE history (Shawn Michaels - 11).Orton has been a survivor for the winning team four times, tied with Hogan and Ultimate Warrior for the most in WWE history.Orton and Ultimate Warrior are the only superstars in WWE history that have been the sole survivor for the winning team on three separate occasions. Orton did so in each of his first three career Survivor Series matches in 2003-05.This will be the first traditional Survivor Series match for Owens, Strowman, Styles, Wyatt and Corbin. Styles, Corbin and Strowman are also making their Survivor Series debuts.Womens 5-on-5 elimination match: Raw vs. SmackDown LiveRosters: Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Nia Jax and Alicia Fox for Raw; Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella and Naomi for SmackDown.?Sunday will not be the first time that the women from the Raw and SmackDown brands battle in a traditional Survivor Series match. In 2008, Team Raw defeated Team SmackDown in a match where Beth Phoenix was the sole survivor for Raw.The five members of Team Raw have won a combined six womens championships, led by Charlottes three title reigns. Team SmackDown has won a combined three womens titles.While Charlotte is a perfect 13-0 in pay-per-view title matches, she is just 2-2 in tag team matches at pay-per-view events.Fox is the only member of Team Raw that has previously competed in a traditional Survivor Series match. She is 1-2 in such matches, most recently in 2014 when Team Fox defeated Team Paige in a clean sweep.Bella is 2-0 at Survivor Series, including a victory in a 7-on-7 traditional Survivor Series match in 2013 where she was one of three survivors for Team Total Divas. Naomi is also 2-0 at Survivor Series, with both wins coming in traditional Survivor Series matches in 2013-14.Banks, Bayley, Jax, Lynch, Bliss and Carmella are all making their Survivor Series debuts.Banks has lost each of her past three pay-per-view matches, the longest losing streak of her career. All three matches were for the Raw womens championship.Survivor Series will be Lynchs first pay-per-view appearance since becoming the inaugural SmackDown Live womens champion at Backlash in September. She seeks to win consecutive pay-per-view matches for the first time in her career.10-on-10 elimination tag team match: Raw vs. SmackDown LiveRosters: The New Day, Cesaro & Sheamus, Gallows & Anderson, Enzo Amore & Big Cass and The Shining Stars for Raw; Heath Slater & Rhyno, The Hype Bros, American Alpha, The Usos and Breezango for SmackDown.?This will be the third 10-on-10 traditional Survivor Series match in WWE history and the first since 1988. Each of the first two Survivor Series events in 1987-88 featured such a match, pitting teams of five tag team duos against each other.At Survivor Series, The New Day will have been Raw Tag Team Champions for 455 days, the second-longest tag title reign in WWE history. Only Demolition (Ax and Smash) have held a tag team championship longer.This will be Kingstons seventh career traditional Survivor Series match, more than any other superstar in this match.Sheamus is 3-3 all time at Survivor Series, and Sunday will be his fourth career traditional Survivor Series matches. However, his most memorable Survivor Series moment occurred last year when he cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase to defeat Reigns for the WWE World Championship.The Usos are the only members of Team SmackDown Live that have previously competed in a traditional Survivor Series match (1-1).Heath Slater is 2-1 all time at Survivor Series, the only WWE pay-per-view event in which he has multiple victories. He is a combined 3-14 at all other pay-per-view events.Gallows & Anderson, Enzo Amore & Big Cass, American Alpha, Rhyno and Mojo Rawley are all making their Survivor Series debuts.American Alpha is 2-0 at WWE pay-per-view events, both of which were multi-tag team bouts. They won a 12-man tag team match at SummerSlam, and won an 8-man tag team match at No Mercy.WWE Intercontinental championship: The Miz (c) vs. Sami ZaynThis will be the seventh time that the Intercontinental championship has been defended at Survivor Series and the first time since 2013. A new champion was crowned in two of the previous six matches: Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart for the belt in 1997 while Edge defeated Test in 2001 to unify the Intercontinental and United States titles.On SmackDown Live on Tuesday, The Miz defeated Dolph Ziggler to win the Intercontinental title, which may be a good thing for Zayn. He is 3-0 all time against The Miz in 1-on-1 matches, most recently defeating him on the May 9 episode of Raw.The Miz is now a 6-time Intercontinental Champion, tied for second-most in WWE history.Survivor Series will be The Mizs ninth pay-per-view match of 2016. All nine have been championship matches, with each of the past eight for the Intercontinental title.Zayn looks to become the first superstar in WWE history to win the Intercontinental championship in his Survivor Series debut. Zayn is previously 0-2 in Intercontinental title matches, most recently losing a Fatal 4-Way match to The Miz at Extreme Rules in May.WWE cruiserweight championship: Brian Kendrick (c) vs. KalistoSurvivor Series will be the first-ever meeting between Kendrick and Kalisto. If Kalisto wins the Cruiserweight championship, SmackDown Live will gain possession of the entire WWE cruiserweight division.After defeating TJ Perkins for the title in October, Kendrick now seeks to win consecutive pay-per-view singles matches for the first time in his career.Survivor Series will be Kalistos first pay-per-view appearance since Money in the Bank in June. 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After all, it was at roughly this stage of the cycle four years ago that Australias juggernaut last began to slide off the road. Another home series loss to South Africa was followed, in the spring, by their calamitous 4-0 whitewash in India, and there were few signs of a revival when Michael Clarkes men were muscled out of the big moments of the 2013 series in England.But then, back on home soil and reeking of vengeance, Australia seized a violent 5-0 whitewash, with the twin forces of nature, Mitchell Johnson and David Warner, storming to the fore. It just goes to show, a year is a long time in cricket, particularly if - as the former Australia captain, Ricky Ponting, has implored - his fellow countrymen use their current problems as a cue to get their act together before it is too late.Id like to think theyve got one eye on the Ashes already, in what is going to be a very tough series, says Ponting, who will be commentating on the series for BT Sport next year. If you look at Englands team and Australias team right now, youd probably say that Englands team is more settled - Kevin Pietersen was calling for nine changes after the Perth Test - but itll be interesting to see who starts favourites when the Ashes come around.Michael Vaughan, Pontings opposing captain in the 2005 Ashes, has been sitting alongside him in the BT Sport studios watching Australias fortunes over the past few weeks - including their capitulation from a dominant position at Perth, and their collapse to 85 all out in the first innings at Hobart - and he is unequivocal in his current assessment of the two teams merits.My scouting report is that England have got nothing to fear, Vaughan says. But with Australia you know that, 12 months down the line, they cant be any worse than this. I look at their batting line-up and it hasnt improved at all since 2015. As soon as the ball moves laterally, theyve got hard hands technically. One or two are strong but the rest are very vulnerable, but in 12 months time, Im sure theyll be much better.Whether Australias projected improvement can atone for their current weaknesses, only time will tell. But both former captains are in agreement that Australias chopping and changing must stop if they are to give their players a chance of being ready for the most scrutinised contest in the Test calendar.The number of players that Australia have churned through in recent times is startling - 23 in the 16 Tests since Steve Smith inherited the captaincy from Michael Clarke. That may be some way short of Englands dark days in the 1989 and 1993 Ashes when they ploughed through 29 and 24 players respectively, but it is distinctly un-Australian in approach nonetheless. By way of contrast, Ponting and his precedessor, Steve Waugh, used just 58 players between them in a combined total of 134 matches in charge.Weve had such a bad run with injuries, Ponting says in mitigation. I know that sounds like a bit of an excuse, but weve lost [Peter] Siddle, [James] Pattinson, [Pat] Cummins, [Nathan] Coulter Nile ... even Shaun Marsh broke a finger last week. A lot of the changes have been forced, but then there was the situation in Sri Lanka, where [Usman] Khawaja and [Joe] Burns were dropped after two Tests, then picked again straightaway. It seems they are forever trying to find a better formula.Defeat in next weeks third Test at Adelaide would be Australias sixth in a row - theyve only twice lost that many on the bounce since the start of the 20th Century - and while their current form brings with it some inevitable pressure on Smiths captaincy, Ponting doesnt seriously believe there are any other candidates to lead Australia into next winters Ashes. Its the identity of the team-mates that is the biggest single issue.I dont think the wolves are circling, Ponting says. Up until the start of the Sri Lanka series, hed won seven out of 11 Tests and not lost a game. Theres no doubt in my mind that Steve Smith is the right man for the job.But they are throwing things around to find the right combination from series to series. If we take a view for the Ashes, and prioritise that, then lets start picking guys that we think, with 12 months cricket under their belt, might be ready for that series. It might mean a little bit of pain along the way, but they are getting that at the moment anyway.The bigger captaincy question mark, in fact, hovers over the more settled of the two Ashes teams. While Alastair Cook would surely love to exact revenge for Englands humiliation in the 2013-14 campaign, he hinted recently that the time might be nigh for him to take a step back into the ranks.With a draining tour of India currently underway, followed by a natural seven-month break from Test cricket as England switch to one-day cricket ahead of the Champions Trophy in June, it is not out of the question that Cooks heir apparent, Joe Root, could be at the helm for South Africas tour of England in July.Alastair has had this question thrown at him for the last seven series, says Vaughan.dddddddddddd Two years ago [after losing to Sri Lanka in 2014], I thought he was gone, but he keeps springing up. But I do think hes the type of character who could fit back into the team. Ive played with many captains who couldnt cope with having someone else direct them. I cant think of a better person to be that father figure in the corner, standing at first slip, giving the new captain plenty of advice.And if there is any doubt about Cooks hunger to carry on in the role, then Ponting believes that the handover should come sooner rather than later.The longer that Joe Root, if he is to be the captain, can have leading into the next Ashes series would be absolutely beneficial, he says. For all the obvious reasons, everything that comes around in an Ashes series - whether its the pressure on the players or in the media - everything is magnified ten times on every other Test series. You dont want to have someone going into an Ashes series who isnt ready for everything that comes with it.We all look forward to that time when you dont have that extra responsibility, Ponting adds. The thing with the captaincy is, it does really wear you down because you almost have to find a way to reinvent yourself as a leader every series. England have maintained a solid group for a long time, so your messaging to those players - finding a way to make it new and fresh and different - gets harder and harder by the series, and therefore by the year. That might be the stage that he is at.That apparent desire for a quieter life does not, however, mean that Cook is remotely close to calling time on a remarkable career in which he has played in 133 consecutive Tests since 2006, and last week scored his 30th Test century to go past the tally of the great Sir Donald Bradman.Hes remarkable, says Vaughan. When you look at what hes gone through, for three-quarters of Alastairs career, batting has been very difficult. Hes had to scrap for every one of his 10,000 runs, and there have been periods of play when hes looked like hes batting with a toothpick, but hes eked every ounce of runs out of his ability.Hes not just great but hes so strong mentally. Hes worked out the opposition and kept to a simple method, and the three or four shots he does have, he sticks to them. He never goes out of his bubble. He has his sheep on the [family] farm that chill him out and get him out of the pressure zone, and he goes back and bats every other week. Its a remarkable story.A return to the ranks ahead of a return to the scene of his most prolific series - the 2010-11 Ashes, in which he made 766 runs to set up a historic 3-1 victory - could be, in Vaughans opinion, the start of a prolific final chapter to a record-breaking career, and the chance to pass his experience onto his opening partner, Haseeb Hameed, a player who looked, in making 82 on debut in Rajkot last week, accomplished beyond his 19 years.He came into the side with no game for three weeks, but it just proves the mental side is key, says Vaughan. Hes got a mechanism in his mind that makes him a good player. Hes 19, hes going to make mistakes, but hes obsessed with the game and hell learn quickly. He looks controlled against the seamers, very controlled against spin, and he has that cheeky chappy character. Hell be just fine.They had to go with a kid, says Vaughan, after nine inconclusive attempts to find a long-term successor to Cooks former opening partner, Andrew Strauss. All our great players start as kids. Gower, Cook, Botham, Anderson, Broad, Flintoff ... Compton was 19. If you want to be a great player you start young, because you dont have time to become a great player if you start at 24-25.And if Cook has three years left, if he can have three years opening with Haseeb Hameed for 30-40 Tests before retiring, Haseeb can take over Alastairs mantle. It will give Alastair a spring in his step to know he is guiding a young lad through the ranks.All things being equal, Hameed and Cook will have had 12 Tests in harness by the time the 2017-18 Ashes gets get underway, and by then, the strength of Australias challenge should be far more apparent. In particular, nobody foresaw quite how savage their pace attack would turn out to be on Englands last visit in 2013-14, and though the gaps in their ranks have been telling against South Africa, Ponting is adamant that a potent line-up is not so far away.Australia have two very good up-and-coming fast bowlers in [Josh] Hazlewood and [Mitchell] Starc, and hopefully by then theyll have Pattinson and Cummins back and fit. When you start talking about those four guys, suddenly the Australia attack looks pretty formidable.England have been a bit like Australia in recent months, he adds. Theyve had some serious batting collapses when the ball has moved or turned. And thats what makes the next Ashes so intriguing. Who is going to handle the conditions better, who will bowl the best?The one thing about Englands guys is theyve been there and done it before. [Stuart] Broad and [Jimmy] Anderson continue to get the job done more often than not. But youd like to think that the Australian players will have a better handle on the conditions than the English.BT Sport is your new home for Australias home international matches and Big Bash League, including the 2017-18 Ashes series. For more info please visit sport.bt.com/cricket ' ' '