Since the inaugural event, Survivor Series has been characterized for featuring Survivor Series matches, typically pitting teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. Although there was a women's Survivor Series match in 1987, the second such contest did not occur until the 2008 event. There has been only two instances in which a Survivor Series match did not occur at the titular event—the 1998 event and the 2002 event. Both events, however, instead had a different type of elimination match; 1998 had an entire 14-man single elimination tournament, while 2002 saw the first-ever Elimination Chamber match in addition to an elimination tables match and a triple threat elimination tag team match. Since the 2016 event, Survivor Series is now based on competition between WWE's brands.