Survivor Series - 11/21/10

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1) No count out or disqualification match for the WWE Championship:

Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett

John Cena is the special guest referee

If Barrett wins the championship, Cena is free from the Nexus but if Orton retains, Cena will be fired

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2) World Heavyweight Championship match:

Kane (c) vs. Edge

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3) Classic 5 on 5 Survivor Series Elimination match:

Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston/MVP/Chris Masters/Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio/Jack Swagger/Drew McIntyre/Cody Rhodes/Tyler Reks

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4) Intercontinental Championship match:

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Kaval

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5) United States Championship match:

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Ted DiBiase

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6) Unified Tag Team Championship match:

Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater (c) vs. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov

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7) Singles match:

Sheamus vs. John Morrison

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8) 2-on-1 Handicap match for the WWE Divas Championship:

Lay-Cool (Layla & Michelle McCool) (c) vs. Natalya

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We're eight days away from the event and there are only three matches booked for this so far. Lame!

I'm hoping we'll also get an IC title and/or a US title match. Ziggler has a mini-feud with MVP going but I can't think of a good opponent for Bryan right now. A tag team title match between Gabriel/Slater and the Hart Dynasty would be pretty sweet too.

Also, an old fashioned 4 on 4 or 5 on 5 classic Survivor Series match would be cool too. Perhaps the Nexus against some of faces of the WWE. Of course that would cancel out the tag team championship match, so I would settle for a classic faces vs. heels match instead.

The possibilities are endless, but they damn sure waited until the last minute to book this thing...

[blues4life74]

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They have a hard time building up for PPV's nowadays, especially for their mid-card and lower-card talent. The fact they only have 3 matches booked so far isn't surprising to me. They'll have impromptu IC title and Tag Title matches for sure but I don't think they're going to have a Survivor Series style match. I read somewhere that they're not doing that this year..

[HealyMonster]

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Is there like a specific "event" around survivor series like is it a tourney? Like whats the gimmick behind survivor series? Ive never seen one, Im going to watch this one hopefully seeing Miz finally cash in, we will see there, but Im wondering what the survivor series actually is, like what are they surviving?

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Is there like a specific "event" around survivor series like is it a tourney? Like whats the gimmick behind survivor series? Ive never seen one, Im going to watch this one hopefully seeing Miz finally cash in, we will see there, but Im wondering what the survivor series actually is, like what are they surviving?

The original concept for the Survivor Series was to have an annual pay-per-view event that focused on tag team wrestling. Another contributing factor to the birth of the Survivor Series was to capitalize on the big time feud between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant, who wrestled each other at WrestleMania III.

It was originally created to be a "Thanksgiving tradition" as the first four Survivor Series events took place on Thanksgiving Day in November. After four years of taking place on Thanksgiving Eve following that, Survivor Series moved to a more-traditional Sunday PPV date.

The event is usually characterized by having five on five (or sometimes four on four) tag-team elimination matches. These matches are generally referred to simply as "Survivor Series matches".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series

[HealyMonster]

Re: Survivor Series - 11/21/10

The original concept for the Survivor Series was to have an annual pay-per-view event that focused on tag team wrestling. Another contributing factor to the birth of the Survivor Series was to capitalize on the big time feud between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant, who wrestled each other at WrestleMania III.

It was originally created to be a "Thanksgiving tradition" as the first four Survivor Series events took place on Thanksgiving Day in November. After four years of taking place on Thanksgiving Eve following that, Survivor Series moved to a more-traditional Sunday PPV date.

The event is usually characterized by having five on five (or sometimes four on four) tag-team elimination matches. These matches are generally referred to simply as "Survivor Series matches".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series

wow, thanks for the link, seems like wwe has been loving them some 5 on 5 matches lately, surprised the Orton-Barret match doesn't have more ppl in it.

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I don't really know what goes through the minds of the higher ups at the WWE. It seems like they think people are going to drop 50 bucks no matter what on a ppv regardless of the card or the build up to the event.

I remember last year after the Survivor Series reading about Vince wanting to ax it because it did so poorly in buy rates. They had a big time main event with Cena/hbk/hhh and did nothing to build it. If i remember correcty the nascar drivers booked the match and their was some skit with Hornswoggle and the week before their was some kind of in ring scuffle and that was it. The blame was put on the Survivor Series having run its course not the crappy booking. They could've teased a DX split over the belt, had Cena planting seeds of doubt in DX, making DX look like a force that Cena couldn't stop, but they just threw them out there with no build and no one cared, great match though.

I think the emotional aspect of wrestling is extremely undervalued and underutilized presently. There needs to be more focus on getting people emotionally tied to the storylines and fueds, actually caring about who is winning and losing.

Sorry kind of went off topic but last years Survivor Series just sticks out to me as on being terribly under built at least the main event.

[goh]

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Lay-Cool (Layla & Michelle McCool) (c) vs. Natalya
I'm suprised this match is happening. I guess Nattie will finally win?

Kane (c) vs. Edge
I think Edge will beat Kane for the title,just don't think it'll be here.

Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett
Barrett will kick out of the RKO.
Orton will kick out of the Wasteland.
Barrett will do a few more moves and go for another Wasteland. It will be reversed into a RKO.
Cena will count 2,pick up Orton,give him an AA and drag Barrett on top of him then count 3.

I said there were 3 possibilities but they're all after the match. I believe that much will happen. Then Barrett will extend his hand to Cena and say good job at which point Cena...

1. Slugs him. Predictable and safe. Yawn.
2. Shakes it and sticks with Nexus on his own accord. Wonderful and suprising.
3. Takes it,gives him a AA and Miz cashes in.

A 4th possibility has occured to me and that's that the match doesn't even happen.
Orton loses the title to START the show when Cena beats him all over the arena,drags him to the ring,Miz comes out to cash in and Cena makes the count as he has refs powers. He explains to Barrett it's much easier to beat Miz than Orton. Only to screw Barrett in the actual match and help Miz win. He's fired but Miz signs him to a personal contract like Riley has so Cena picks the lesser of 2 evils.

[TheMatrix31]

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Ugh. They have all these stupid gimmick PPVs, and yet, for one of the best ones, they can't even cobble up proper matches for it.

C'mon man, Survivor Series used to be the freakin' best.

[savoie2006]

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Lay-Cool (Layla & Michelle McCool) (c) vs. Natalya
I'm suprised this match is happening. I guess Nattie will finally win?

Kane (c) vs. Edge
I think Edge will beat Kane for the title,just don't think it'll be here.

Randy Orton (c) vs. Wade Barrett
Barrett will kick out of the RKO.
Orton will kick out of the Wasteland.
Barrett will do a few more moves and go for another Wasteland. It will be reversed into a RKO.
Cena will count 2,pick up Orton,give him an AA and drag Barrett on top of him then count 3.

I said there were 3 possibilities but they're all after the match. I believe that much will happen. Then Barrett will extend his hand to Cena and say good job at which point Cena...

1. Slugs him. Predictable and safe. Yawn.
2. Shakes it and sticks with Nexus on his own accord. Wonderful and suprising.
3. Takes it,gives him a AA and Miz cashes in.

A 4th possibility has occured to me and that's that the match doesn't even happen.
Orton loses the title to START the show when Cena beats him all over the arena,drags him to the ring,Miz comes out to cash in and Cena makes the count as he has refs powers. He explains to Barrett it's much easier to beat Miz than Orton. Only to screw Barrett in the actual match and help Miz win. He's fired but Miz signs him to a personal contract like Riley has so Cena picks the lesser of 2 evils.

No possibility that Triple H comes back to attack Barrett or do you think this happens at Rumble?

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Triple H still has a score to settle with Sheamus.

[Streets]

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Sorry kind of went off topic but last years Survivor Series just sticks out to me as on being terribly under built at least the main event.

Smackdown's main event could be done better, but it's not bad. Kane is riding high off of his total domination of his brother. Edge is riding high off of his new(ish) gimmick, face turn, and move to Smackdown. Both guys have pushes independent of eachother that have people interested (Can Kane be stopped? What is Edge's master plan?). The problem is the rivalry hasn't been personal yet. However, they started to implement it on Friday with Edge kidnapping Bearer. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and see where they go with this. I would by no means say it's been poorly built though.

Raw's main event on the other hand has been phenomenally booked. From the moment Nexus was formed, they have been plotting to get to this point. Piece by piece, from acquiring Cena, winning the battle Royal to be number one contender, Cena screwing Barrett by DQing him, and now, finally, he has no outs.

The real genius of the booking has been the side stories. The Raw locker room vs. Cena- How will they react to Cena's reffing? They seem to have already vilified him before he's even donned the ref stripes. Barrett vs. Otunga- As Otunga's jealousy grows, how much will Barrett put up with? Will he affect the main event? Orton vs. the Miz- Miz has already screwed him once, will he finally cash in amidst the chaos? More importantly, will he make his greatest enemy be the one to count the three? Finally, will Cena turn heel, or go off on the Nexus? This has been built up so good that I may order this PPV for this match alone. Seriously.

The only argument that could be made is that the Orton-Barrett rivalry isn't personal enough, but I think that's the point. Orton is simply a victim of Barret's forcing Cena's hand. It doesn't matter who's in front of the Nexus, they will implement their plans to perfection.

[vernond]

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Smackdown's main event could be done better, but it's not bad. Kane is riding high off of his total domination of his brother. Edge is riding high off of his new(ish) gimmick, face turn, and move to Smackdown. Both guys have pushes independent of eachother that have people interested (Can Kane be stopped? What is Edge's master plan?). The problem is the rivalry hasn't been personal yet. However, they started to implement it on Friday with Edge kidnapping Bearer. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and see where they go with this. I would by no means say it's been poorly built though.

Raw's main event on the other hand has been phenomenally booked. From the moment Nexus was formed, they have been plotting to get to this point. Piece by piece, from acquiring Cena, winning the battle Royal to be number one contender, Cena screwing Barrett by DQing him, and now, finally, he has no outs.

The real genius of the booking has been the side stories. The Raw locker room vs. Cena- How will they react to Cena's reffing? They seem to have already vilified him before he's even donned the ref stripes. Barrett vs. Otunga- As Otunga's jealousy grows, how much will Barrett put up with? Will he affect the main event? Orton vs. the Miz- Miz has already screwed him once, will he finally cash in amidst the chaos? More importantly, will he make his greatest enemy be the one to count the three? Finally, will Cena turn heel, or go off on the Nexus? This has been built up so good that I may order this PPV for this match alone. Seriously.

The only argument that could be made is that the Orton-Barrett rivalry isn't personal enough, but I think that's the point. Orton is simply a victim of Barret's forcing Cena's hand. It doesn't matter who's in front of the Nexus, they will implement their plans to perfection.

I do agree this years looks better, other than only having the title matches one week out.

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Also, an old fashioned 4 on 4 or 5 on 5 classic Survivor Series match would be cool too. Perhaps the Nexus against some of faces of the WWE. Of course that would cancel out the tag team championship match, so I would settle for a classic faces vs. heels match instead.

Nailed it.

Three matches added to the card tonight. Among them are both a tag title match and a 5 on 5 match.

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The only other matches they could possibly add at this point are both matches involving Raw superstars. All of the SmackDown guys are either involved in the 5 on 5 match or the WHC match. I'd love to see Ziggler in action, but the only possible guys that deserve an IC title shot are already booked in matches that night.

That only leaves two more possibilities:

1) Daniel Bryan vs. Ted DiBiase

2) Tyson Kidd vs. David Hart Smith

Unless, of course, The Miz cashes in at some point which will obviously be another "match" I guess.