Triple Threat Match for The World Heavyweight Championship: (C) The Undertaker vs. The Big Show vs. Chris Jericho. As I have mentioned before, Show has no fear of The Undertaker seeing as they were once tag team partners during the Attitude Era; also, it's easy to be fearless when you are the World's Largest Athlete. Chris Jericho, on the other hand, has been acting out against his partner, because Show has been constantly undermining his chances in the match. Instead of working together as the Unified Tag Team that they are, they fell a part at the seams. At the final moments of the match, Jericho locked Taker in the Walls of Jericho, which was broken by Big Show. Then Taker attempted to Tombstone Jericho, but was attacked by Show, who was soon locked in Hell's Gates. With the Big Show tapping out to Hell's Gate, who in the locker room will be man enough to challenge the Deadman?Grudge Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Batista. In this feud, Batista blames Mysterio for costing him the World Heavyweight Title at Bragging Rights (you see how it comes full circle?). And after a vicious onslaught by Batista following the Fatal Four-Way, Mysterio chose to embarrass Batista in the final weeks leading up to Survivor Series. I say, if you know that you are going to die at the hands of the Papa Pump Wannabe, then you might as well get some laughs along the way. Yet, only the anti-Mysterio fans found something to laugh about as Batista dealt a spear, a spine buster, and 3 Batista Bombs before the referee chose to call for the bell, because Mysterio was unable to compete. But, because Mysterio signed the Hold Harmless Agreement, Batista added a spine buster over a steel chair as a complimentary 'Screw You.' Mysterio was carried out on a stretcher, while Batista has now been Unleashed.
Triple Threat Match for The WWE Championship: (C) John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels. This match had the worst build up because, for the past month, all these three competitors did was joke around. DX was more concerned over Hornswoggle than the WWE Title. DX even stated that they would not let this title match divide them. Are you kidding me? This is the most coveted prize in all of Sports Entertainment. At least in the WHT Triple Threat, Jericho and Show actually threw together a hell of a promo, which escalated last SmackDown, with Jericho grabbing hold of the title while his opponents were laying in the ring. But what was great about the whole DX angle is what happened at the very start of the match, a superkick to Triple H. This set the whole tone for the match, because play time was over, and Michaels was dead set on becoming the WWE Champion. Shawn Michaels has not been the WWE Champion since the infamous Montreal Screw Job, or has been the World Heavyweight Champion since the 1st ever Elimination Chamber in 2002. It would have been nice to have Shawn Michaels win the WWE Championship at the Survivor Series, to wash away the controversy of that Montreal night, twelve years ago. The match was one for the ages, but with a typical John Cena ending; seeing as he is notorious for pulling a win out of thin air, especially when everyone else does all the work. Not even The Game, Triple H, who pinned Cena the RAW before Bragging Rights was able to overcome The Champ. HBK struck H with the super kick once again; but, in turn, Cena adjusted Shawn’s attitude onto the fallen Cerebral Assassin. Finally, with both men down, Cena chose to cover Triple H and retained his title.
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match #1: Team John Morrison vs. Team The Miz. The captains, both intermediate champions, each successfully defended their titles just days before the pay-per-view. But in what condition would these former team mates be in, especially since Morrison suffered immense damage from his 2 out of 3 falls match with Dolph Ziggler? The action was faced paced with Evan Bourne eliminating Morrison's foe with the Shooting Star Press and then being quickly taken out by SmackDown's newest Scotsman, Drew McIntyre. The playing field evened out with each team losing a player. Then the Celtic Warrior found himself against Finlay, an interesting confrontation as they are both Irishman; one following the stereotypical 'lucky charms' irish lore against the ruthless warrior of ancient Ireland. Sheamus proved the better with a boot to the face that eliminated Finlay right out of the match. Followed by Shelton Benjamin and Matt Hardy, the rest of Morrison's team was eliminated, leaving Morrison as the last remaining superstar against Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, and The Miz. John Morrison put up a valient effort, but was eliminated by Sheamus. This marks the second consecutive pay-per-view, in which The Miz out did his former WWE and World Tag Team partner.
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match #3: Team Kofi Kingston vs. Team Randy Orton. Legacy proved victorious over The World's Strongest Tag Team, with Orton repeating his take down of Mark Henry, and Rhodes, redeeming his loss on WWE Superstars, by pinning MVP. It was solely up to the ECW Champion, Christian, to eliminate both Rhodes and DiBiase of Legacy, only to be taken out by their leader. It was dissapointing to see R-Truth eliminated so quickly by Punk, seeing as he was given a push on SmackDown. WWE decided to sacrifice that push in order to focus of Kingston's push in recent weeks. Kofi Kingston is no stranger of facing a large group by himself, since he has been a part of numerous Fatal Four-Ways, Triple Threats, and even a 6-Pack Challenge during his United States Title reign; hence, why it was no surprise to see Kofi alone against CM Punk and Randy Orton. Now, don't forget, Kofi and Punk were once World Tag Team Champions over on RAW, so they know how the other thinks, but Kofi found a way to eliminate The Only Straight-Edge in the WWE. The two captains remained, Kofi often getting the better of Orton, would look to win tonight. This feud started because Orton claims that Kofi cost him the WWE Championship at Bragging Rights (sound familiar?), and it escalated to MSG where Kofi broke Orton in half through a table with the Boom Drop. Within seconds, Kofi struck with Lost in Paradise to be, what WWE has dubbed him as the, 'Soul' Survivor, having eliminated two former World Champions.
