WWE Survivor Series: The Opening Moments

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Dark Match Result:

Santino Marella beat Jinder Mahal in a dark match prior to tonight's WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

WWE Survivor Series Opener:

We open the show with a video package that highlights the main feuds heading into tonight, with a lot of time spent on the Cena/Rock vs. Awesome Truth match, of course.

The pyro hits and Michael Cole welcomes us to Survivor Series. The announcers hype some new kind of social network hub on WWE.com, and this leads directly into John Laurinaitis coming out. He lets the people know his exact title before saying tonight is his tenth anniversary here in WWE, on top of being the 25th anniversary of Survivor Series. This makes little sense as this leads us directly into the US Championship match. John Morrison is out first, getting a pretty weak reaction from the crowd.