Survivor Series Recap

* Team Miz v. Team Morrison (Traditional Survivor Series Match)

Miz and Dolph Ziggler come out first. Jack Swagger is out third. Drew McIntyre is fourth. Sheamus the Pale Celtic Warrior. The first to come out for Team Morrison is Evan Bourne. Finlay and Matt Hardy (VEE-ONE-AH) are second and third.

Shelton Benjamin is fourth. Morrison comes out last and pops all the ladies in the bar. Evan Bourne and Jack Swagger start things off for their respective teams after the opening bell. Bourne outquicks him for the first near fall before Swagger hits him with an overhead suplex and tags in Ziggles.

Beatdown for a minute or two and tag back to Swag to put him in an ab stretch. Bourne fights to escape but gets clubbered in the back. Bourne does a double knee press counter but Ziggles comes back in off a blind tag before Bourne can tag out and puts Bourne n a half crab. Bourne kicks him off and does a flip off the ropes into a head scissor before V1 tags in.

Matt and Bourne do a double AHHHH in the corner and hit double elbows. Side Effect! Hardy tags Bourne back in for the SSP AND ONE-TWO-THREE. Ziggles is out! DREW MCINTYRE WITH A DDT FOR 3. Bourne is out. Finlay is in! CELTIC CROSS. Boot to the head. McIntyre clubs him down and Sheamus tags in.

SHEAMUS WITH A BIG BOOT FOR 3. Hardy's back in! Sheamus counters everything and hits a big slam for 2. Team Captain Miz finally tags in and distracts the ref momentarily for some heel tactics in the corner, then applies a chinlock for Matt to fight out of. Miz hits a knee and drives Matt into the mat for a near fall. Matt finally breaks free but Miz tags Swag before Matt can reach his corner. Matt counters Swag and tags out to Big John.

Morrison immediately gets a two count and follows up with a knee in the corner. Swag whips him to the other corner and goes for a second rope splash but misses. Morrison clotheslines Miz off the apron to keep him fro interfering. Morrison shoves Swag into the turnbuckle, hits a headkick, both teams run in before a pin and it's a clusterfuck. Morrison blocks a gutwrench after the ring is cleared and hits STARSHIP PAIN FOR 3. Swag is out!

Miz comes in and starts laying into Morrison with kicks, then flies into the corner with a splash before going top rope for a double axe handle and a near fall. Miz applies a chinlock, Morrison gets out and gets close enough for Shelton to blind tag. Shelton nearly cradles Miz for 3. Miz ducks in the corner but can't get out of the way of a second splash and a bridge suplex for 2.

Boots in the corner and a suplex. Apparently we had a ref switch during the last clusterfucker because we are shown a replay. MIZ WITH A SKULLCRUSHING FINALE FOR 3. Hardy comes back in. Drew McIntyre does too. Matt with a trip into the second turnbuckle, a neckbreaker, and a flying legdrop for 2.9. Matt goes to the top again, Sheamus distracts him, Matt misses off the top and McIntyre hits a Kobashi DDT for 3. MATT IS OUT.

McIntyre and Morrison go at it and Mickey Drew is all over him. Sheamus tags in and we get a VERY EUROPEAN double teamin'. Miz tags in to get in Morrison's face for some trash talk. Morrison fights back with punches and kicks and hits a leg lariat that leaves both men down.

Miz tags out to Sheamus who immediately steamrolls Big John. Sheamus gets him in the corner for some double teaming. Miz tries to grab a handful of hair and Morrison kicks him off the ropes. Sheamus picks him up for a jackknife and makes the cover for three! WINNERS: TEAM MIZ. Look on the bright side - Miz is a better heel when he's got a reason to gloat. Armed servicemen who got in free are shown in the crowd.

Backstage Team Kingston surrounds Christian for a discussion of strategy. Christian says he feels a little out of place and MVP tells him that doesn't matter, you're out boy, and R-Truth says THAT'S THE TRUTH. Christian says no no, I feel different because I'M THE ONLY GUY FROM ECW. They say that's no big deal. He says he's from Canada. Truth says it doesn't matter where you're from.

Christian says Truth is a great rapper and he's not. "Team Kofi Kingston, lookin for a fight. Four of us are black, and one of us is white. WHASSUP!" That pops the whole bar. FIVE STAR MOMENT. They tell Christian that's no good, and he says he'll work on it, there's an awkward moment and then they all smile and give him dap. Very good segment to kill time. Highlights of the Rey Mysterio v. Batista feud follow.

* Rey Mysterio v. Dave Batista

BOO-YAKA BOO-YAKA, HERE COMES MYSTERIO. He gets a couple of minutes to meet and greet all the childrens before Big Dave comes out, looking to end Mysterio's life... or career... he'll settle for either one. Mysterio bails out but gets back in for the bell, starts trying to work the legs, Dave tries to pick him up, Rey counters and dropkicks the knee, Batista falls into the ropes, Rey goes for the 6-1-9, Dave bails out to the floor. Rey gives chase and Dave picks him up and rams him into the apron. Rey snaps his neck off the ropes but Dave hits a clothesline with authority. Dave stands over him gloating, tucks him for a Batista Bomb. Rey escapes, goes for a sunset flip, Dave just picks him up.

Rey escapes, chop blocks the leg, and hits a dropkick to the face for two. Dropkick to the back, Batista falls into the ropes, but he CATCHES Rey on the 619 and as Cole says the call was disconnected. Rey still manages to knock Batista to the floor though and hit a dropkick to send him reeling backwards into the barricade, and follows with a press to the floor.

Rey and Dave brawl on the outside. Dave pushes him into the apron with a hand around his throat and throws him back in. Rey cuts him off when he comes back in and hits a 6-1-9 to the back. Dave stumbles to the other ropes Rey hits a 6-1-9 to the front. Batista staggers across the ring and Rey hits one to the face! Rey presses him to the mat, climbs to the top, does an Eddie shimmy but Dave gets two knees up on the frogsplash. Dave spears him with authority and stands there gloating again, taking his time before pulling Rey back up for a spinebuster. Demon Bomb time? Yes.

Dave doesn't go for the cover though! He just stands there staring at Rey before taking off his elbow pads. He tucks Rey's head for another Batista Bomb and it connects! The ref may stop this. He tries to talk Dave out of hitting a third one, DAVE DOES IT ANYWAY and the ref calls for the bell. REY MYSTERIO CAN'T CONTINUE SO DAVE BATISTA WINS.

Officials hit the ring and Dave goes outside to get a chair. The officials bail when he comes in but instead of using it he folds it out and sits down over Rey to gloat for a little bit. He stands up, flattens the chair again, but tosses it over his head across the ring. Dave picks him up like a sack of potatoes, some in the bar think he's going to carry him out of the ring, YOU KNOW BETTER SPINEBUSTER ON THE STEEL CHAIR.

Are the fans chanting ONE MORE TIME? Or BA-TIS-TA? Either way nobody seems upset, except maybe the chill'uns. Officials hit the ring again to do the stretcher job. You had to suspect Big Dave might be over in Washington D.C. even if he went totally heel, but they'll edit out the audio for the hard sell when this replays on Smackdown. Rey is finally secured and taken out at 8:57 as we get one more replay of the beating.

Team Orton is backstage and Randy is giving a pep talk. He says he expected to be standing in a room full of champions. CM Punk: "Well Randy, we expected our team leader to lead by example, not get humiliated by Kofi Kingston in the middle of Madison Square Garden." BURRRN. Orton says all of their sins can be erased tonight with a team win. Promo for the Thanksgiving edition of Raw (three hours no less) tomorrow airs.

* Team Orton v. Team Kingston (Traditional Survivor Series Match)

CM Punk comes out first. Regal is out second. DiBiase and Rhodes are 3 and 4 coming out together, which leaves the team captain Randy to come out last. Orton gets a BABYFACE POP. There are a ton of RKO signs in the crowd too!

Kofi comes out first for his team. Kofi high-fives the fans as we get highlights from Raw in MSG. MVP is out next and gets a nice pop from the bar. His partner in red Mark Henry is out third. Christian gets a nice pop at DJ's Dugout too as he arrives with the ECW title around his waist. Truth comes out last and does his rap for the Washington, D.C. Punk tries to leave the ring to jump Truth and the ref holds him back. WASHINGTON D.C.!! WHAT'S UP?! (WHAT'S UP!!)

The ref divides the two teams and sends them to their respective corners. Starting off the battle tonight will be Mark Henry and Randy Orton! Orton tries to beat him down to no avail. Henry goes for a bear hug, Legacy runs in to interfere, and Orton hits the RKO! MARK HENRY IS ELIMINATED. Heels huddle up in the outside as the ref starts a ten count. Orton gets back in to work with MVP.

The heels exchange quick tags to all stomp him down. Punk finally snapmares him and applies a chinlock. MVP fights out and hits a deep arm drag. Truth tags in! He immediately socks Punk in the face, spins around and throws another right. Arm drag, WHASSUP, Punk whips him to the corner. Truth ducks him countering, but Rhodes provides a distraction and Punk hits the GO 2 SLEEP. Truth is dragged to the heel corner before he's covered. TRUTH IS, HE'S BEEN ELIMINATED.

Christian is in next to work with Punk and nearly rolls him up for a pin. DiBiase tags in for a double knee to the gut and a near fall. Snap slam for another near fall. Killswitch countered into a catapult. Christian with a sunset flip for three! DIBIASE ELIMINATED. Regal immediately comes in.

Christian hits a dropkic and tags out to Kofi. Regal is overwhelmed by the "controlled frenzy" as Cole likes to call it. Rhodes tags in to work him over a bit and then Regal comes back in to pick up the pieces. Kofi hits him with uppercuts until Regal clotheslines him down. MVP blind tags in, blasts Regal in the face and covers him for three. REGAL IS GONE. Rhodes tries to jump him and MVP rolls through for a near fall the whole bar counted along for!

Christian comes in and starts pounding on Rhodes, but Rhodes throws him across the ring with authority and covers him for 2, then applies a leg scissor around his midsection to squeeze the life out of him.

Christian bridges a pin for 2. Rhodes counters him and covers for 2.Orton tags himself in and hits a dropkick to the face for a near fall. Orton and the heels take turns stomping a mudhole in Christian and walking it dry. Rhodes misses with a knee lunge and MVP gets the hot tag. MVP knocks him down, poses, signals for BALLIN' and the blow connects. Orton distracts him, Rhodes hits his finisher and MVP IS ELIMINATED.

Kofi immediately rolls him up for a near fall, then tags to Christian so they can take turns working over his arm. Rhodes tries to bail out under the ropes and Kofi pulls him back in for a near fall then tags Christian again. CHRISTIAN HITS THE KILLSWITCH FOR 3! It's now Christian and Orton in the ring.

Orton trips him into the turnbuckle and Christian acts like his oxygen just got cut off. Flying knee by Orton. Cheapshot knocks Kofi off the apron. Orton turns around and Christian gets the inside cradle for 2.9!! Punk breaks it up. Christian gives chase, Orton nearly RKO's him when he turns around. Christian counters and hits the killswitch and Punk breaks it up! Orton hits the RKO and CHRISTIAN IS ELIMINATED.

Orton immediately tags out to Punk. Punk and Kingston exchange a long hard stare as Randy composes himself on the outside. Punk starts tapping his chest as if to say I'm the real star here, not you. Kofi is having none of it and starts overwhelming him with strikes. Punk tries to counter Kofi into a G2S but he gets out. Kofi tries to hit the leg lariat and Punk ducks! They stare at each other across the ring. Kofi hits an inverted flip DDT and Punk kicks out. Punk wears him down with knees and kicks and covers for 2 as Randy looks on.

Punk applies a leg triangle and the ref asks Kofi if he wants to tap out. Kofi fights and Randy looks on, hands on the apron. Kofi breaks free and gets up slowly, but he blocks a charge in the corner. Kofi charges him and winds up in a snap slam for a near fall. Kofi is put right back into a submission hold. Kofi fights out with elbows. Punk blocks a splash with double knees. He blows a sarcastic kiss to the fans picks Kofi up for a sam and gets another near fall.

Randy is perplexed Punk didn't get the three count. Punk hits the step up knee but the bulldog is countered into a neckbreaker. Kofi goes out to the ropes. Punk is about two-thirds of the way across the ring. Punk gets up before Kofi can get to the top, cuts him off, and climbs to the second rope. Kofi hits punches to the ribs and face but Punk gets right back up and hits him in the face. Kofi shoves him off a second time and hits the flying press for 2.99999!

Randy can't believe it was nearly his turn to come in. Kofi puts Punk down and gets fired up. Randy offers a distraction on the apron, Punk tries to roll him up, Kofi rolls through for a small package and PUNK IS ELIMINATED. Orton tries to RKO him and Kofi hits a THUNDER IN PARADISE FOR THE THREE COUNT! SOLE SURVIVOR: KOFI KINGSTON. We go to "Don't Try This at Home" and then Lawler, Cole and Striker preview the Smackdown triple threat.

* Undertaker {C} v. Big Show v. Chris Jericho (Triple Threat World Title Match)

Y2J is out first. Big Show is second of course because Undertaker's long ass entrance of pyro smoke and spooky purple lights has to go last. Some borderline intellectual at the bar screams LET'S GO BIG SHOW as Taker walks down through the fog. Taker has the title around his waist under the trenchcoat. Hat removed, eyes rolled back. Yeah we know you're demonic, let's get on with it.

Tony Chimel does the big match introductions introducing Big Show, Jericho and Taker in that order. JeriShow double team him in the corner as you would expect and Chris lays in a boot to the throat while SHow holds him down. Jericho sarcastically cups an ear like Hogan as Show whips Taker to the opposite corner and clotheslines him down. Jericho clotheslines him over the ropes and Taker drags him out of the ring, then lays in punches on the barricade. Show gives chase and eats a punch too. Taker charges Jericho, he ducks, and Taker crotches himself on the barricade.

Show climbs over the barricade to work on Taker. Jericho goes around the other side to clock him and pull him back to the apron to throw him in. Jericho stomps on Taker with boots inside the ring. Show stands on his chest and throat. Jericho puts him in a vice on the apron but Taker kicks him off. Show hits him with a headbutt as Jericho gets back in and the two punch him in the corner.

Taker keeps fending off the dastardly double team duo. Big Show gets thrown into a steel ringpost to put him out of action for a bit. Taker goes old school but Jericho clips a leg and Taker goes down into the ropes. Taker throws Jericho off as a fan in the crowd holds up a WHERE'S CARLITO? sign. Superplex by Jericho! Both men are down though and he can't make the cover. Jericho finally covers and Taker kicks out at 2.

Y2J hits a little ground and pound, stands up and puts his fist in the air, goes for the lionsault and gets blocked but immediately changes tack and goes for the Walls of Jericho. Y2J wants the ref to ASK HIM and keeps screaming C'MON REF as Taker slowly climbs to the ropes. Jericho drags him back to the center but Big Show comes back in and GOOZLES JERICHO for the chokeslam. He tries to do the same to to Taker but he counters it, DDT I guess, but it's kind of sloppy. All three men are down. Jericho covers Taker for 2.

Jericho covers Show for 2 and gets tossed out of the ring! Boo and YAY for Show and Taker punches. Jericho blocks them from doing a double chokeslam on each other but when Taker slams him down Y2J kicks out at two. Show is disposed of but Jericho's got the title. Taker picks him up for a Last Ride and Jericho blasts him in the face! Jericho slowly crawls over to hook the leg. One.. two.. NO! He tries again to no avail.

Show starts to get back in the ring. Jericho tries to tombstone Taker, Taker counters, Big Show hits the knockout punch and goes for the cover, Jericho kicks him in the head and goes for the cover, Big Show pulls him off. Jericho goes for a Codebreaker on Show and is caught and thrown aside. Knockout shot by Show on Jericho! Show smiles and pulls down the straps as Taker gets up.

Show goozles him and shakes his head at the Undertaker but Taker grabs an arm and immediately puts Big Show into Hell's Gate! BIG SHOW TAPS OUT AND TAKER RETAINS. Backstage Miz and his team gloat. Sheamus says it was almost too easy. Miz says that unlike other people his age living in their mom's basement working dead end jobs, he made something of himself. He caps it off as usual - I'M THE MIZ AND I'M AWESOME! Bathroom break time.

* Team McCool v. Team Melina (Traditional Survivor Series Match)

Layla eliminated first... I think. Gail Kim eliminated second. Jillian eliminated third. Eve eliminated fourth. Was that Eve? She looks like Maria. I don't know, WWE divas are so generic. At least in TNA you can tell them apart. Kelly Kelly eliminated fifth. Beth eliminated sixth. Alicia Fox out seventh. Ref starts a double ten count for Mickie and McCool. McCool cheapshots Melina off the apron. She tries to run in and the ref throws her out with a double shove to the chest.

Mickie finally kicks McCool off and tags Melina in who goes buckwild. Melina goes Matrix to duck a boot to the face. Melina STUNS MCCOOL BY SCREAMING and then counters into a roll-up for three. SOLE SURVIVORS: MELINA AND MICKIE. Replay of Big Dave's beating on Rey follows. Dave is interviewed backstage. "Rey Mysterio. He was embarassed tonight, wasn't he? Well, I was embarassed for him."

* John Cena {C} v. Triple H v. Shawn Michaels (Triple Threat WWE Title Match)

DX come out first as a unit. Good to see Cena has abandoned the John Deere look, now he's sporting a motif of orange and blue gear. Justin Roberts does the big match introductions for the main event. Game, Shawn and SOOPACENA are introduced in that order. Who in DX turns first? We're about to find out.

SHAWN SUPERKICKS HUNTER AT THE OPENING BELL! Well we didn't have to wait long for that one. Shawn and Cena get into it as Hunter is laid out on the floor. Shawn unloads on him with a chop and Cena staggers across the ring. Cena responds with a bulldog and a suplex. Cena tries to give HBK an Attitude Adjustment and he counters into a DDT for a near fall. CENA SUCKS chant. HBK puts on the figure four and the crowd goes WOOOOO. Cena reverses and Shawn breaks the hold.

BOO AND YAY and it's Cena getting the boo punches. Flying shoulder tackle gets another boo. Shawn sidesteps another blow and Cena throws himself out of the ring. Shawn launches himself over the ropes to wipe Cena out on the floor then begins to dismantle the announce table, tossing microphones and monitors aside as the announce team backs away. Cena picks him up for the Attitude Adjustment and Triple H breaks it up!

While Cena's down, Hunter gives him a SPINEBUSTER THROUGH THE TABLE. What goes around, comes around. That's why she drives the Benz, while you ride Greyhound. Trips throws Cena back in as Striker gets in his oblique Motorhead reference and calls Hunter THE ACE OF SPADES. Cole reminds us Hunter is trying to win his 14th world title as Trips makes a cover. Neckbreaker and another near fall follow.

Camera switches to a shot of HBK still laid out on top of a broken announce table. Meanwhile Cena recovers in the ring, but Triple H catches him and tries to lock in a Pedigree. Cena counters and catapults Hunter into the turnbuckle. Hunter responds with a clothesline. "What an impact" quoth Cole.

I'm surprised he didn't say VINTAGE HUNTER. We get BOO and YAY punches again. Cena slams him down and hits the YOU CAN'T SEE ME. Five knuckles miss by a mile and a half but whatever. Cena for the Attitude Adjustment and of course Shawn breaks it up and throws Cena into the steel ringpost. Shawn and Hunter stare each other down. Two atomic ddrops followed by chops from Shawn. Triple H with a high knee when HBK runs the ropes. Facebuster by Hunter. Clothesline ducked. Flying forearm by HBK! Hunter knocks him down, Shawn kips up INTO A SPINEBUSTER.

Triple H waits for him to stand up, boots him in the gut, but Shawn counters the Pedigree with a high back bodydrop! Shawn tries to go top rope, Cena cuts him off to a chorus of boos. Cena goes top rope but Hunter gets out of the way! Shawn jumps on Cena with a flying elbow. VINTAGE SHAWN. Hunter tosses HBK to the floor but Cena seizes the opportunity to sink in the STFU. As Hunter crawls for the ropes Shawn CROSSFACES CENA. Cena tries to counter into an Attitude Adjuster but si too weak. Shawn is tripped into the STFU! Shawn struggles and struggles and GETS THE ROPE BREAK.

Shawn gets up slowly, selling his left knee. Cena pulls himself up on the opposite side. Where's Hunter at? SUPERICK BY HBK. Hunter runs in. SUPERKICK ON HUNTER! HUNTER FALLS ON CENA FOR THE COVER 1.. 2.. NO!!!! Cena kicks out. Cena and Hunter both get up slow as Shawn is down outside from the effort of two straight kicks. Triple H tries to stagger to the corner but Cena picks him up for the Attitude Adjustment! Cena is gassed though and can't make the cover. Shawn crawls up the apron and rolls himself back in.

Both Cena and Shawn crawl towards Trips to pin him. They make a simultaneous cover, the ref is confused, he counts anyway and HUNTER KICKS OUT OF BOTH. Cena blocks a Superkick, Shawn tries to Pedigree Hunter, Cena catches him for the Attitude Adjustment, he gets out, Superkick on Hunter, Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment on HBK ONTO HUNTER then makes the cover for three! WINNER AND STILL WWE CHAMPION: JOHN CENA.

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