Survivor Series (2014)
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Promotional poster featuring Seth Rollins.
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| Theme song(s) | "Edge of a Revolution" byNickelback | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | WWE | |||
| Sponsor | Kmart Mattel Mountain Dew Kickstart | |||
| Date | November 23, 2014 | |||
| Attendance | 12,000 | |||
| Venue | Scottrade Center | |||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
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| Survivor Series chronology | ||||
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Survivor Series (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on November 23, 2014 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] It was the twenty-eighth annual Survivor Series. WWE offered the event free to new subscribers of the WWE Network.[2]
The show was notable for the first appearance of former WCW and TNA wrestler Sting on WWE, who had a long hold out on signing with the company. Eight matches took place at the event. The main event saw Team Cena defeat Team Authority in a 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series elimination match, with Dolph Ziggler being the lone survivor.
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[hide]Background
See also: Professional wrestling
Survivor Series featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, andstorylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3][4]
On the October 27 episode of Raw, after John Cena, the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, rejected an offer to join the Authority, Triple H announced a Traditional Survivor Series tag team elimination match, with a team representing the Authority facing a team captained by Cena. Later that night, it was hinted that Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler had joined Team Cena; both Cena and Ziggler saved each other from post-match attacks.[5] On the November 3 episode of Raw, Vince McMahonannounced that if Team Authority loses at Survivor Series, the Authority will be ousted from power. Seth Rollins, Kane and Randy Ortonjoined Team Authority with Rollins as captain, while Ziggler joined Team Cena. Later that night, Orton was ejected from Team Authority after he attacked the rest of the Authority.[6] On the November 10 episode of Raw, Rusev joined Team Authority after the Authority helped him retain his United States Championship against Sheamus. So, Sheamus joined Team Cena along with Jack Swagger and Big Show, while Mark Henry and Ryback joined Team Authority. However, by the end of the episode, Swagger dropped out of Team Cena after being injured by Rollins, while Ryback attacked and left Team Authority after Kane interfered in his main-event match against Cena. Luke Harper applied to join Team Authority by attacking Ziggler.[7] On the November 17 episode of Raw, Harper was confirmed as the final member of Team Authority. While Cena was scouting Ryback to fill out his team, the rest of Team Cena all suffered attacks from Team Authority, which played a part in Ziggler losing his Intercontinental Championship to Harper, and Sheamus dropping out of Team Cena due to injury. Later that night, Erick Rowan and Ryback joined Team Cena.[8]On the November 21 episode of Smackdown, in response to comments made by Cena stating that he felt responsible for his team, Triple H announced that if Team Cena lost, all of Team Cena, except Cena himself, would be fired. Later that night, with Cena absent, the rest of Team Cena were attacked by Team Authority and a chair-wielding Triple H.[9]
On the October 31 episode of SmackDown, Nikki Bella became the number one contender for the WWE Divas Championship by winning a battle royal.[10] On November 10, it was announced on WWE.com that AJ Lee would defend the title against Nikki at Survivor Series.
At Hell in a Cell, Bray Wyatt attacked Dean Ambrose during his Hell in a Cell match against Rollins. On the November 10 episode of Raw, it was announced that Ambrose would face Wyatt at Survivor Series.[7]
On November 17, it was announced on WWE.com that WWE Tag Team Champions Gold and Stardust would defend the titles against The Miz and Damien Mizdow, The Usos, andLos Matadores in a Fatal 4-Way tag team match at Survivor Series.
On November 17, it was announced on WWE.com that the Survivor Series kickoff show would feature the return of Bad News Barrett from injury and Fandango, accompanied byRosa Mendes, against an unknown opponent.[11]
On November 18, it was announced on WWE.com that Alicia Fox, Emma, Naomi and Natalya would face Paige, Cameron, Layla and Summer Rae in a Divas Traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match at Survivor Series.
Event
| Role | Name |
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| Commentators | John "Bradshaw" Layfield[12] |
| Michael Cole[12] | |
| Jerry Lawler[12] | |
| Carlos Cabrera (Spanish)[citation needed] | |
| Marcelo Rodríguez (Spanish)[citation needed] | |
| Interviewers | Byron Saxton (Pre-show)[citation needed] |
| Tom Phillips[citation needed] | |
| Ring announcers | Lilian Garcia[12] |
| Eden Stiles[12] | |
| Pre Show Panel | Alex Riley |
| Booker T | |
| Paul Heyman | |
| Renee Young |
Miscellaneous
The English commentators were Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and John "Bradshaw" Layfield while there also Spanish commentators ringside. Lillian Garcia and Eden Stiles handled ring introductions. The analysis team was hosted by Renee Young and consisted of Alex Riley, Booker T and special guest Paul Heyman.
Pre-show
Prior to the PPV, Fandango (with Rosa Mendes) defeated Justin Gabriel after a top rope leg drop. The second match on the Pre Show was Jack Swagger vs Cesaro, which Swagger won by submission after applying the Ankle Lock.
Main card
To start of the night, Vince McMahon called The Authority and John Cena to ring. He added the stipulation, that should Team Authority lose, the only person who can bring The Authority back to power is Cena himself. Cena responded by saying there is "no way in hell" he will bring The Authority back to power.
The first match of the main card to open the show was Los Matadores vs The Miz and Damien Mizdow vs The Usos vsGold and Stardust for the WWE Tag Team Championship. Damien Mizdow and The Miz claimed the victory and the titles after Goldust was incapacitated by an Usos splash, to which Mizdow stole the pin.
The second match of the night was a 4-on-4 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination tag team elimination match between Team Fox (Alicia Fox, Emma, Naomi, and Natalya) and Team Paige (Paige, Cameron, Layla, and Summer Rae). Cameron was the first person to be eliminated by Naomi after Naomi performed a bridging rolling reverse cradle pin. Next was Layla, who was eliminated by Alicia Fox after a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. The third person to be eliminated was Summer Rae after she submitted to the Emma Lock by Emma. The last person was Paige, who was eliminated after Naomi performed a headscissors DDT, thus Team Fox won in a clean sweep.
The third match of the night was Dean Ambrose vs Bray Wyatt. Near the end of the match, Ambrose rolled to the outside and Wyatt planted him on the ring steps. Wyatt took a mic and told Ambrose it didn't have to be like this. He then threw a couple of chairs into the ring. Ambrose grabbed the chair and drilled Wyatt in the midsection with it, causing a DQ. After that, Ambrose hit his Dirty Deeds on Wyatt to the chair. He brought a table in and set it up, put Wyatt on it and sent him crashing through the table from the top rope.
The fourth match was a Tag Team match between Adam Rose and The Bunny vs Slator Gator (Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil). The match only lasted for about 2 minutes, as The Bunny pinned Slater after a dropkick.
Next, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield interviewed Roman Reigns via satellite, with Reigns announcing that he will be returning in late December.
The fifth and final match of the main card was a WWE Divas Championship match between Nikki Bella (with Brie Bella) and AJ Lee. The match started with Brie Bella kissing AJ. Nikki pinned AJ after a Rack Attack to become the new Divas Champion.
Main Event
The main event of the night was a 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match between Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan, andRyback), and Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev and Luke Harper) (with Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Jamie Noble, Joey Mercury and Lana). Big Show knocked out Mark Henry with the first move of the match, eliminating him. Seth Rollins Curb Stomped and Rusev superkicked Ryback to eliminate him. Rusev tried to put Dolph Ziggler through the announce table with a splash, but missed and injured himself, leading to a count-out elimination. Luke Harper eliminated Erick Rowan with a lariat. Big Show turned on Cena, knocking him out. Rollins pinned Cena for the elimination. Show walked out, eliminating himself. Dolph Ziggler eliminated Kane with a Zig Zag. He also eliminated Harper with a rollup. That left Ziggler and Rollins as the final members of their teams. Ziggler had Rollins beaten with a Zig Zag, but Triple H pulled referee Chad Patton out of the ring. The Authority attacked Ziggler, but he fought them off and hit Rollins with a second Zig Zag and another referee came out to the ring. Triple H attacked that referee, too, then attacked and pedigree’d Ziggler. He called out Scott Armstrong to count the pin, but it was interrupted by Sting, making his official WWE debut. Sting knocked out Armstrong and had a staredown with Triple H. Sting then dropped Triple H with a Scorpion Death Drop and pulled Ziggler onto Rollins for the pin.
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[12] |
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| 1P | Fandango (with Rosa Mendes) defeated Justin Gabriel | Singles match[11] | 3:18 |
| 2P | Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) defeated Cesaro by submission | Singles match | 5:34 |
| 3 | The Miz and Damien Mizdow defeated Gold and Stardust (c), The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) and Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito) | Fatal 4-Way tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[13] | 15:25 |
| 4 | Team Fox (Alicia Fox, Emma, Naomi and Natalya) (with Tyson Kidd) defeated Team Paige (Paige, Cameron and The Slayers (Layla and Summer Rae)1 | 4-on-4 Divas Traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match[14] | 14:34 |
| 5 | Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose by disqualification | Singles match[15] | 13:59 |
| 6 | Adam Rose and The Bunny defeated Slater Gator (Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil) | Tag team match | 2:36 |
| 7 | Nikki Bella (with Brie Bella) defeated AJ Lee (c) | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[16] | 0:35 |
| 8 | Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan and Ryback) defeated Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev and Luke Harper) (with Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Jamie Noble, Joey Mercury and Lana) 2 | 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match; Since Team Authority lost, they were removed from power. Had Team Cena lost, all the rest of Team Cena except Cena would have been terminated.[17] | 43:06 |
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