Survivor Series (2007)

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Survivor Series (2007)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown! ECW
Date	November 18, 2007
Venue	AmericanAirlines Arena
City	Miami, Florida
Attendance	12,000[1]
Pay-per-view chronology
Cyber Sunday (2007)	Survivor Series (2007)	Armageddon (2007)
Survivor Series chronology
Survivor Series (2006)	Survivor Series (2007)	Survivor Series (2008)

Survivor Series (2007) was the twenty-first annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on November 18, 2007 at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida and starred talent from all three brands: Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW.^[2][3] The official theme song was "Tick Tick Boom" by The Hives.^[4] This event took place ten years after the Montreal Screwjob, which occurred in Montreal, Canada.^[5][6]

The main match on the SmackDown! brand was a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Batista and The Undertaker, which Batista won after Edge interfered.^[7] The predominant match on the Raw brand was Randy Orton versus Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship, which Orton won by pinfall after executing an RKO.^[8] The primary match on the ECW brand was a Triple Threat match for the ECW Championship involving champion CM Punk, John Morrison, and The Miz. CM Punk won the match and retained the title by pinning The Miz.^[9]

The main matches on the undercard included a 5-on-4 Survivor Series match between Team Triple H (Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio and Kane) and Team Umaga (Umaga, Mr. Kennedy, Montel Vontavious Porter, Finlay and Big Daddy V), and Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch versus Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes for the World Tag Team Championship.^[10][11]

Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Event 1.3 Aftermath 2 Results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Report

[edit] Background

The main feud heading into Survivor Series was on the Smackdown brand, was between Batista and The Undertaker continuing their rivalry over the World Heavyweight Championship, which began after the Undertaker won the 2007 Royal Rumble match and challenged Batista for the title at WrestleMania 23. At that pay-per-view, Undertaker defeated Batista for the championship, extending his WrestleMania winning streak to 15-0.^[12] The two faced each other at Backlash in a Last Man Standing match, which became a draw after no man answered the 10 count and on the May 11, 2007 episode of SmackDown! in a Steel Cage match, which ended in a draw also.^[13][14] Undertaker lost the title to Edge after the Steel Cage match by pinfall after executing a Spear but then lost the title to The Great Khali in July.^[15][16] Batista won the title back at Unforgiven defeating Khali and Rey Mysterio in a Triple Threat match.^[17] Batista and Undertaker then faced each other at Cyber Sunday, with the World Heavyweight Championship on the line. Batista won the contest after executing two Batista Bombs on The Undertaker to retain the title.^[18] On the November 2 edition of Smackdown!, The Undertaker asked for a rematch with Batista, who accepted. The Undertaker then revealed that the match would take place inside a Hell in a Cell.^[19] On the November 9 edition of Smackdown!, Undertaker defeated Khali in a No Holds Barred match,^[20] and the week after Batista defeated Mark Henry in a No Disqualification match. After the match, Undertaker appeared on the TitanTron and stared down Batista.

The main feud on the Raw brand was between Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels, with the two battling over the WWE Championship. At the previous pay-per-view, Cyber Sunday, Michaels was chosen by the WWE fans via online voting to face Orton for the title, but Orton retained his title by getting himself disqualified.^[21] The next night, on the October 29, 2007 edition of Raw, Michaels was granted his request for a rematch against Orton at Survivor Series. Later in the night, the feud between Triple H and Vince McMahon continued with McMahon putting Triple H in a Handicap match against Umaga and Orton. Michaels interfered to help Triple H, attacking Umaga and Orton.^[22] Michaels and Triple H teamed up on the November 5, 2007 edition of Raw, reuniting as D-Generation X for one night only against Umaga and Orton. DX won the contest after Michaels performed a Sweet Chin Music to Orton.^[23] The two met in a "Face to Face Confrontation" on the November 12, 2007 edition of Raw, with McMahon being the enforcer. During the confrontation, Orton attacked Michaels and attempted to boot him in the head, only to be stopped in his tracks by McMahon. Orton then delivered Michaels an RKO.

The main feud on the ECW brand was between John Morrison, The Miz and CM Punk, with the three battling over the ECW Championship. The feud between Morrison and Punk began at Vengeance: Night of Champions in June, when Morrison (then known as Johnny Nitro) defeated Punk to win the vacant ECW Championship.^[24] The two faced each other again at The Great American Bash and SummerSlam, with Morrison winning both matches.^[25][26] Morrison dropped the title to Punk on the September 4, 2007 edition of ECW on Sci-fi, with Punk winning via pinfall.^[27] The Miz joined the feud in the weeks leading into Cyber Sunday,^[28][29] as one of the three choices the fans could vote for via WWE's official website, along with Morrison and Big Daddy V to face Punk for his ECW Championship.^[30] Punk retained the title at Cyber Sunday against The Miz, who won the fans' vote.^[31] Morrison defeated The Miz on the October 30, 2007 edition of ECW and in the process won an opportunity to face Punk the following week with the ECW Championship on the line.^[32] Miz interfered in the title match, costing Morrison the contest. Morrison and Miz headed into Survivor Series as WWE Tag Team Champions, as they won the titles the Friday before.

[edit] Event

The first match that aired was the encounter of John Morrison, The Miz, and CM Punk for the ECW Championship.^[9][33] In a back and forth match between the three combatants, Punk retained his ECW Championship after delivering a GTS (Go To Sleep) on The Miz and pinning him for the win.^[1][3][34]The next match was an interpromotional 10-diva tag team match between the team of Kelly Kelly, Torrie Wilson, Mickie James, Maria, and Michelle McCool against the team of Victoria, Beth Phoenix, Melina, Layla, and Jillian Hall.^[33] Phoenix's team controlled the match until James was tagged in and performed a Kiss of Death on Melina, giving her team the win in under five minutes.^[35][36]

The third match was a tag team bout for the World Tag Team Championship between the champions, Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch and the team of Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes.^[11][33] There was back and forth action between the two teams in the start of the match, until Rhodes tagged himself into the match and got control over Murdoch. Holly then clotheslined Cade and both men fell to the outside of the ring. This left Rhodes by himself, allowing Cade to then perform a sun set flip powerbomb and pin Rhodes and retain the World Tag Team Championship for his team.^[3][35]

Next was Survivor Series match with Team Triple H (Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio and Kane) against Team Umaga (Umaga, Mr. Kennedy, Montel Vontavious Porter, Finlay and Big Daddy V).^[37] Team Triple H was at a 5-on-4 disadvantage, as Matt Hardy was unable to compete due to injury. Kane was the first superstar eliminated, after Big Daddy V performed an elbow drop on Kane. Rey Mysterio was then eliminated by Umaga after a Samoan Spike. MVP was then eliminated after a Twist of Fate by Jeff Hardy. Mr. Kennedy was eliminated next after Big Daddy V accidentally hit an elbow drop on Kennedy, allowing Triple H to cover him for the elimination. Big Daddy V was the third eliminated member of Team Umaga, after Hardy and Triple H performed a Double DDT on Big Daddy V. Finlay was the next member eliminated off Team Umaga, after a Pedigree from Triple H. Umaga, the captain, was the final member eliminated from his team, after a Pedigree from Triple H and a Swanton Bomb from Hardy, both of whom won the match for Team Triple H.^[33][34]

The fifth match was a bout between The Great Khali and Hornswoggle in a David vs Goliath match.^[38] Before Hornswoggle wrestled Khali, he attacked Khali's translator, Runjin Singh. Hornswoggle then tried to attack Khali with a shillelagh, but was slapped down to the ring mat. Afterwards, when Khali attempted to lock a vise grip on Hornswoggle, Finlay emerged and attacked Khali with his own shillelagh, disqualifying Hornswoggle and giving the win to Khali.^[33][34]

Next was the encounter between Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship.^[39] In this stipulated match, Michaels was banned from using his signature move, Sweet Chin Music, while Orton was unable to get disqualified, and if either men broke those stipulations they would have lost the WWE Championship match.^[39] As Michaels was unable to use his signature move, he attempted many submission moves, such as the Sharpshooter, Cripper crossface and the Ankle lock. Michaels, however went to hit Orton with a Sweet Chin Music, but stopped, which then allowed Orton to hit Michaels with an RKO, and then pinning Michaels to retain his WWE Championship.^[3][34] After the match, Orton pleaded Michaels to say that Orton was the future of WWE, but Michaels superkicked Orton instead.^[40]

The main event was the encounter of Batista and The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship in a Hell in a Cell match.^[41] Batista gained control over Undertaker by delivering him a Batista Bomb through a table and delivering a Spinebuster to him onto the steel steps. Undertaker fought back into the match, eventually delivering a Tombstone Piledriver, which Batista kicked out of. Undertaker then delivered a second Tombstone, this time onto the steel steps. As the referee made the count for the pin, Edge, dressed as a cameraman, pulled the referee out of the ring. After hitting Undertaker with a camera, Edge then delivered a con-chair-to to Undertaker with a steel chair onto the steel steps and dragged Batista onto Undertaker for the pin, as the referee regained consciousness, allowing Batista to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.^[33][35]

[edit] Aftermath

The following night on Raw, Randy Orton proclaimed that he defeated "all there is to beat," referring to victories over John Cena, Triple H and Shawn Michaels, and that it was time for the torch to be passed to him.^[42] Chris Jericho, however, returned to WWE after a two year hiatus, interrupting Orton during his orchestrated "passing of the torch" ceremony. Jericho revealed his intentions to reclaim the WWE Championship in order to "save" WWE from Orton. Jericho then laid a challenge to Orton with the WWE Championship on the line, which Orton did not accept.^[42] The following week on Raw, Jericho cost Orton a match against Ric Flair to further convince him to accept the challenge.^[43] After Raw went off the air, Orton accepted the challenge.^[44] At Armageddon, Orton defended his WWE Championship against Jericho. Jericho won the match via disquallification after JBL interfered. After the event, Jericho started a fued with JBL which lasted until the Royal Rumble.^[45]

On the November 23 edition of SmackDown!, General Manager, Vickie Guerrero, "punished" Edge for his interference in the World Heavyweight Championship match between Batista and The Undertaker at Survivor Series by making him the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, before revealing she had begun a romantic relationship with Edge and had facilitated his "plan" to regain the title.^[42] Later in the night, as she and Edge were in the ring, The Undertaker Tombstoned Vickie after Edge ran out of the ring.^[42] At Armageddon, Edge defeated champion at the time Batista and The Undertaker in a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship by pinning Batista after a Tombstone Piledriver from The Undertaker.

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• CM Punk defeated John Morrison and The Miz in a Triple Threat Match to retain the ECW Championship (7:56)^[9]
  • Punk pinned Miz after a GTS (Go To Sleep).
• Mickie James, Maria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool and Kelly Kelly defeated Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, Melina, Victoria and Layla (4:38)^[36]
  • James pinned Melina after a Kiss of Death.
• Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch defeated Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes to retain the World Tag Team Championship (7:56)^[11]
  • Murdoch pinned Rhodes after a Sunset flip powerbomb.
• (5 on 4) Survivor Series match: Team Triple H (Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio and Kane) defeated Team Umaga (Umaga, Mr. Kennedy, Montel Vontavious Porter, Finlay and Big Daddy V) (w/Matt Striker) (22:16)^[37]
  • Matt Hardy was originally supposed to compete as a member of Team Triple H, but was removed following a knee injury.

Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Kane	Team Triple H	Big Daddy V	Elbow Drop	5:25
2	Rey Mysterio	Team Triple H	Umaga	Samoan Spike	9:14
3	MVP	Team Umaga	Jeff Hardy	Twist of Fate	12:49
4	Mr. Kennedy	Team Umaga	Triple H	Elbow drop by Big Daddy V	14:20
5	Big Daddy V	Team Umaga	Triple H	Double DDT with Jeff Hardy	15:24
6	Finlay	Team Umaga	Triple H	Pedigree	21:14
7	Umaga	Team Umaga	Jeff Hardy	Pedigree by Triple H and a Swanton Bomb	22:16
Survivors:	Triple H and Jeff Hardy (Team Triple H)

• The Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh) defeated Hornswoggle by disqualification (3:16)^[38]
  • Hornswoggle was disqualified after Finlay interfered and attacked Khali with a shillelagh.
• Randy Orton defeated Shawn Michaels to retain the WWE Championship (17:47)^[39]
  • Orton pinned Michaels after an RKO.
  • If Michaels attempted to use his Sweet Chin Music, he would have been disqualified and would not receive another title shot as long as Orton is champion. If Orton attempted to get disqualified, he would have lost the title.^[46]
• Batista defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (21:23)^[41]
  • Batista pinned Undertaker after Edge, who was disguised as a camera man at ringside, interfered and attacked Undertaker with a camera, which was then followed by a Con-chair-to on the steel stairs.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Survivor Series website