WWE Survivor Series: Team Orton Vs. Team Batista
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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)