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WWE Survivor Series Results
November 23, 2008
By Raj Giri, WrestlingInc.com Staff
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The opening video for the show featured a lengthy promo for Jericho - Cena. No other matches were featured in the opening video.

Jim Ross and Tazz opened the show talking about Jeff Hardy being found unconscious and how AOL and TMZ reported on it. Suckers. They said that Hardy is here in the building but aren't sure if he'll perform tonight.

Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team Michaels (Shawn Michaels, Rey Mysterio, The Great Khali & Cryme Tyme) vs. Team JBL (JBL, Kane, MVP, The Miz & John Morrison)

Jim Ross noted that this is the 17th Survivor Series for Shawn Michaels, more than any other WWE superstar in history. All the announce teams for the 3 brands are doing commentary, which may be a clusterf***.

Mysterio started the match with MVP. Shortly after, MVP scored the first fall by pinning JTG. Khali got in the ring and chopped MVP to eliminate him. Kane got in the ring next and went toe to toe with Khali with Khali getting the better of Kane. The crowd started a loud "Khali" chant, which is something I never heard before. Khali tagged Mysterio, who stood on Khali's shoulders and splashed Kane to eliminate the Big Red Machine.

So far the announcing has been good considering the number of people involved. The Miz got the next elimination hitting the reality check on Shad Gaspard. I'd suspect that Cryme Tyme is in the doghouse right now, but I'm not certain on that. We'll try to have more on that this week.

Shawn Michaels then got in the ring for the first time with The Miz. Michaels stayed in the ring for awhile before tagging in Mysterio. Mysterio hit a 619 and a splash from the top on the Miz to pin and eliminate him.

JBL was in next and worked over Mysterio with a shoulderblock and some big elbows, but Mysterio kicked out. Loud "You Can't Wrestle" chants for JBL, which are usually reserved for Khali. JBL and Morrison continued to punish Mysterio, wit Mysterio playing Ricky Morton before tagging in HBK. He brawled with JBL and the two hought outside the ring and HBK got back in right before the 10 count, so JBL is eliminated. Morrison was in the ring waiting for HBK with a superkick, but Michaels ducked and hit his own to pin Morrison and win the match for his team.

Winners: Team HBK (Shawn Michaels, The Great Khali and Rey Mysterio)

After the match The Great Khali put Mysterio on his shoulders as the three celebrated. Michaels and Mysterio stood on the ropes while raising their arms with Khali so they were trying to stay level.

Eve interviewed Triple H backstage and was asked about the Jeff Hardy situation Triple H hinted at Hardy's past as the reason he was found unconscious (classy) and said that he and Vladimir Kozlov were going to face each other one on one. Triple H got a mixed reaction. He finished the interview by saying he would give Koslov his first defeat.

Divas Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team SmackDown (Michelle McCool, Maria, Maryse, Victoria & Natalya) vs. Team Raw (Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle & Jillian)

Michelle McCool and Beth Phoenix started the match. At one point Maryse shoved McCool, who was on her own team and they started brawling before being separated.

Kelly Kelly got the first fall by pinning Victoria with a rollup. Maryse quickly followed by pinning Kelly.

Shortly after, Mickie James and Michelle McCool traded a bunch of holds and counters, which wasn't bad albeit a little sloppy. James got distracted by Maria and James his McCool with a DDT to eliminate McCool.

Maryse got in and schoolboyed James for a three count to eliminate James. It was sloppy since James looked like she kicked out before the three count.

Natalya was the next to go after a spear and a pin from Candice. Jillian was the next to go after being pinned by Maria. Candice then pinned Maria almost immediately after, so it's down to Candice and Phoenix vs. Maryse. Maryse somehow eliminated Candice, I missed that though. Beth Phoenix then pinned Maryse with the grand slam to win the match and be the sole survivor. Sloppy stuff.

Winner and sole survivor: Beth Phoenix

After the match, Santino Marella celebrated with Phoenix.

Todd Grisham interviewed Matt Hardy asking about what happened with Jeff Hardy. Matt Hardy said that he initially thought the worst, but that it turned out that Jeff was hit in the back of the head with a blunt object. He doesn't know how it happened. For some reason I'm having flashbacks of the "Vince McMahon Death Angle" - which quickly backfired a week later. With WWE's track record, they should be careful with storylines like these.

A promo for the Big Show - Undertaker casket match aired. Jim Ross then noted that this was the 18th anniversary of the Undertaker. Technically, Taker debuted a few weeks earlier, but Survivor Series 1990 was his first televised appearance.

Casket Match
Undertaker vs. Big Show

Druids came out and brought a casket to ringside in that creepy blue light with that chanting they've used for some of Taker's entrances in the past.

Big Show worked Taker over early with body shots, and they quickly went to the outside. Show continued to hammer away with body shots and he started positioning a table for a table spot. He tossed the announcer's chairs out of the way and Taker nailed Show with a botched monitor shot before following up with a second monitor shot that connected. Show was face down in the table and Taker did a flying leg drop onto the back of Show's head from the other announce table, taking Show through the table. Taker then put Show back in the ring and followed.

While the match is still somewhat young, there is a surprising lack of heat, which seems to be common for Taker PPV matches lately. Show regained the advantage and was able to get Taker in the casket and walked to the middle of the ring. The referee's yelled at Show, telling him he would have to close the lid himself. Show was hesitant in wanting to close the lid, then finally went to but Taker was able to get out.

Big Show then went to start climbing the ropes, but Taker got his feet and grabbed Show by the throat when Show had gotten to the second rope, and hit him with a chokeslam. He then kicked Show in the head, which caused him to roll outside into the casket. Taker went to close the lid, but Show was able to block.

Show quickly recuperated and hit Taker with a chokeslam in the ring. He then went outside the ring and knocked the casket over, and proceeded to turn it completely over. Someone needs to explain the rules to show. Show then started to walk away smiling and Taker chased after him. Before Show could get to the back, flames went off on the stage, stopping him. He started attacking the Undertaker and then the creepy music was back on and druids brought out another casket to the top of the stage. Show stood the casket up and drover Taker head first into it, knocking the casket down. He stood it back up and opened it. They traded blows and Taker started getting the better of it and tossed him into the casket, which fell over with Show in it and closed on its own to win the match.

Winner: The Undertaker

A promo for Armageddon aired with Triple H dressed like Conan The Barbarian, like he was at WrestleMania 22.

The Colon's were backstage with the Brie twins and were then joined by the Gobbleyd Gooker. The Colon's thought it was Haas, but Haas then joined them. The mask came off and it was the Boogeyman.

Team Orton was interviewed backstage and Orton insinuated that Cody Rhodes was the weak link. Rhodes and Orton almost got into it before the other members of the team broke them up.

Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team Batista (Batista, R-Truth, Matt Hardy, CM Punk & Kofi Kingston) vs. Team Orton (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, William Regal, Shelton Benjamin & Mark Henry )

CM Punk started the match off quick hitting the GTS on William Regal right off the bat to eliminate the Intercontinental Champion. Layla responded by throwing a shoe at Punk from the outside, which seemed like an Austin Powers reference.

After several minutes of action, Shelton Benjamin eliminated R-Truth after hitting paydirt. Orton scored the next elimination, pinning Kofi Kingston after a DDT.

Punk got in quickly and squared off against Orton. Punk briefly got the better of Orton before he was able to tag out to Rhodes. Punk was working over Rhodes and went to the top rope, but Manu distracted him. Rhodes was able to throw Punk off the top and hit a DDT to pin and eliminate Punk so it's now four against two. Make that four against one as Mark Henry eliminated Hardy with the world's strongest slam.

Batista quickly entered the ring and hit a spear on Mark Henry and eliminated the World's Strongest Man. Moments later he hit a Batista bomb on Shelton Benjamin to eliminate him. Moments later, Batista went for the Batista bomb but Rhodes made a blind tag to Orton while he was in the air. Batista hit the Batista bomb on Rhodes and went for the cover but the referee wouldn't count it since Orton was now the legal man. Orton snuck behind Batista and hit the RKO to win the match.

Winners: Team Orton (Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes)

Eve interviewed Vladimir Koslov and asked that if Jeff Hardy doesn't compete tonight, if that changes his gameplan. Koslov esentially said "no".

Jim Ross said that Jeff Hardy would not be competing in tonight's match as a promo for the WWE Title match aired which mainly featured Hardy.

WWE Championship Match
Triple H (c) vs. Vladimir Kozlov

Fans chanted "USA" early. Koslov took HHH down early and The Game was able to reverse it into a side headlock. Some fans already chanting "Boring". Koslov was able to toss HHH off.

Loud chants of "We want Hardy". Koslov and HHH continued to trade restholds. Fans are back to chanting "Boring". You can't really say they've turned on this match as they were never into it to begin with. We'll see if Triple H can turn this match around, but this is the worst reception so far that I've seen for a HHH PPV match in recent memory. Fans are even booing HHH's offense.

Triple H hit a spinebuster on Koslov to some mild applause. He went for a pedigree but Koslov reversed it and hit the battering ram which knocked them both down. Fans are pissed, more because that means this match continues. I think it's safe to say that fans don't want Koslov in main events, no matter how hard the WWE shoves him down their throats.

Koslov started to beat on HHH outside the ring and hit a fall away slam on the Game for a 2 count. Absolutely no heat right now. Some "TNA" chants. Koslov continued to work The Game over with some power moves. He hit a couple of back breakers for a two count.

The "boring" chants are getting louder. This is almost reminiscent of the Buff Bagwell - Booker T match that killed the rebirth of WCW in July of 2001. Koslov continues to dominate and Tazz predicts that Koslov will win the title tonight. Almost immediately after, HHH hits the pedigree on Koslov. Vickie Guerrerro gets on the stage and says, as promised, it will be a triple threat match and "He's Here!". Cue Edge's music and the crowd is shocked! As reported earlier, Edge has a big beard and looks like a relative of Mike Knox.

Edge hits the ring and spears Triple H. As he goes for the cover, Jeff Hardy hits the ring and starts wailing Edge. He grabs a chair and goes to nail Edge, but hits Triple H instead. Hardy nails Koslov as well, before getting speared by Edge. Edge then covers Triple H and scores the pin. Terrible match saved by a great ending.

Winner and new WWE Champion: Edge

After the match, Edge and Vickie embrace on the ramp.

World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Jericho (c) vs. John Cena

Jericho enters the ring first and there is a long pause after his music ends. Cue Cena's music to a huge pop. Cena's wearning a new "Hustle Loyalty Respects" that's a takeoff on the old AWA logo which is kinda cool for fans who remember the AWA.

Cena started the match going for the FU early and Jericho retreated to the outside of the ring. The scar on Cena's neck is pretty nasty from the surgery. Bask in the ring, Jericho locks in a headlock and was obviously whispering instructions while having him in the hold. He then threw Cena into the ropes and shoulderblocked him outside of the ring. Cena spent a minute outside regrouping before charging into the ring and attacking Jericho. Cena worked over Jericho for a bit before going for the STFU, which led to Jericho scuttling away and getting back his feet.

At one point, Cena climbed to the top rope and thought better of it, and climbed back down. Jerry Lawler noted that Cena seems apprehensive and Michael Cole pointed out that it was Cena's move from the top rope onto Batista at SummerSlam that caused the injury. Jericho regained the advantage and worked over Cena for the next several minutes.

Cena was finally able to regain the advantage to a mixed reaction from the crowd. He went for the five knuckle shuffle, but Jericho was able to reverse it into a half crab, it wasn't quite the Walls Of Jericho, but close. Shortly after he was able to fully get on the Walls Of Jericho. He held onto it for awhile but Cena made the ropes. Jericho then charged Cena, but Cena was able to get Jericho up and hit the FU and both men are down. Cena inched his way over the Jericho and was only able to get a two count.

Jericho regained the advantage and positioned Cena at at the top of the corner. Cena was able to push Jericho off and this time was on the top rope and jumped off, hitting a leg drop on Jericho. He was then going to go for an FU again, but Jericho was able to hit the codebreaker for a two count. There is a surprising lack of heat in this match except for the hot spots.

Jericho was back in the dominant position and nailed Cena with a clothesline that kept Cena down for awhile. As Cena got up, Jericho nailed Cena with another clothesline. As Cena started to get back up, Jericho went for another clothesline but Cena was able to turn it into the STFU. Jericho went for the ropes, but Cena grabbed him and pulled him back to the center. Jericho kicked Cena in the head, but Cena grabbed him and nailed the FU to get the three count and win the Wold Heavyweight Championship.

Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: John Cena

After the match, Cena climbed over the barricade and hugged his father and other family and friends. Lawler noted that it was the first time in Survivor Series history that two world championships have changed hands.

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