Survivor Series (2005) was a
professional wrestlingProfessional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is an athletic performing art where matches are prearranged by the promotion's booking staff. It is a non-competitive sport which contains strong elements of theatre, mock combat, and catch wrestling. Wrestling's origins date to 19th-century carnival...
pay-per-viewPay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast of that event to their homes. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
(PPV) event produced by
World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly-traded, privately-controlled integrated media and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE). It took place on November 27, 2005 at the
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in
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. It was the 18th annual Survivor Series event and starred wrestlers from the
RawWWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name, which is sometimes stylized as RAW, is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform...
and SmackDown! brands.
Six
professional wrestling matchesMock combat involves the execution of combative actions without intent to harm. Participants can engage in such sparring for ritual, training, or performance reasons...
were scheduled on the event's
cardIn sports, a card comprises a listing of the matches taking place in a title-match combat-sport event. Organizers divide overall cards into a main-event match and the undercard, which encompasses the rest of the matches. One can also further subdivide the undercard into midcard and lower card,...
, which featured a
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, a scheduling of more than one
main eventMain Event is Australia's only pay-per-view channel. It transmits through Foxtel, Optus Television and Austar, which jointly own the channel...
. The first of the main events was an interpromotional 5-on-5 Survivor Series match, a type of elimination match, between Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio,
John "Bradshaw" LayfieldJohn Charles Layfield is a retired American professional wrestler and a current commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League...
(JBL), Bobby Lashley, and
Randy OrtonRandal "Randy" Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion...
) and Team Raw (
Shawn MichaelsMichael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. He performs for World Wrestling Entertainment , formerly the World Wrestling Federation, on its Raw brand...
, Kane,
The Big ShowPaul Donald Wight, Jr. , better known by his ring name, Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand where he is one half of the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions with Chris Jericho.In professional wrestling, Show is a...
,
CarlitoCarlos Edwin "Carly" Colón, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known internationally by his ring name Carlito. In his native Puerto Rico, he is known as both Carly and Carlito...
, and Chris Masters); which Team SmackDown won after Orton last eliminated Michaels, and become the sole survivor in his Survivor Series match for the third straight year. The other main event was a standard wrestling match between wrestlers from the Raw brand, in which
WWE ChampionThe World Wrestling Entertainment Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in World Wrestling Entertainment . It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of three in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship and ECW Championship. It was established...
John CenaJohn Felix Anthony Cena is an American actor, hip hop musician, and professional wrestler currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand....
defeated
Kurt AngleKurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, actor and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former three-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, as recognized by promotion.Angle was involved in amateur wrestling...
to retain his title. Another match was a Last Man Standing match—a match where the first person unable to respond to a ten count by the referee lost—between
Triple HPaul Michael Levesque is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley...
and
Ric FlairRichard Morgan Fliehr better known by his ring name, Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is one of the most well known professional wrestlers in the world....
. Triple H won the match after Flair failed to get to his feet before the referee counted to ten.
Background
Six
professional wrestling matchesMock combat involves the execution of combative actions without intent to harm. Participants can engage in such sparring for ritual, training, or performance reasons...
were featured on the event's
cardIn sports, a card comprises a listing of the matches taking place in a title-match combat-sport event. Organizers divide overall cards into a main-event match and the undercard, which encompasses the rest of the matches. One can also further subdivide the undercard into midcard and lower card,...
. Matches were planned with predetermined outcomes by WWE's creative staff and featured wrestlers playing characters for the entertainment of the audience. All wrestlers were from either
RawWWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name, which is sometimes stylized as RAW, is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform...
or SmackDown—the two
brand divisionsThe World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment Brand Extension was a process first used in 2002 by said professional wrestling promotion as a means of providing separate brands of wrestling through its two top shows, Raw and SmackDown!, with the addition of ECW in 2006.- Background :After acquiring...
to which WWE assigned its employees.
The main leading
rivalryA professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
scripted into the event was between the
RawWWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name, which is sometimes stylized as RAW, is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform...
and SmackDown! brands.
Eric BischoffEric Aaron Bischoff is an American entrepreneur and former professional wrestling booker, producer, and on-screen personality, most known for serving as Executive Producer and later President of World Championship Wrestling and later, the General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw brand...
and
Theodore LongTheodore R. "Teddy" Long is a former American professional wrestling referee and manager, who currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand as its General Manager....
, the authority figures of Raw and SmackDown! respectively, began an angle on the October 3 edition of
Raw, a special edition billed as "
WWE Homecoming." A special match featuring SmackDown! superstars was scheduled for the show; but as it began, Bischoff came out and ended the match by turning the lights off. Later in the show, Long came out and interrupted a Raw match in return, and as a result, the two brands started a brawl. The two brands interfered in the other's show before facing each other in a
tag teamIn professional wrestling, a tag team consists of two wrestlers who are working together as a team . Often, they are close partners and backstage friends who team with each other almost exclusively, while other times they are singles competitors who are booked together for just one match...
match at
Taboo TuesdayTaboo Tuesday was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on November 1, 2005 at the iPayOne Center in San Diego, California. It was the second annual Taboo Tuesday event in which the fans were given the chance to vote on...
, a month earlier. The two teams consisted of Rey Mysterio (Oscar Gutierrez) and
Matt HardyMatthew "Matt" Moore Hardy is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on their SmackDown brand....
(from SmackDown!) and Chris Masters (Chris Mordetzky) and Snitsky (
Gene SnitskyEugene Alan "Gene" Snisky is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Snitsky, who was best known for his time spent with World Wrestling Entertainment, wrestling on its Raw brand...
). Team SmackDown won the match. After Taboo Tuesday, Bischoff and Long decided on a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match, a type of elimination match, and a singles match (also known as a standard wrestling match) between the two at Survivor Series. The teams feuded on both shows, and Batista (Dave Bautista), the captain of the SmackDown! team, suffered an injury after being attacked several times.
Eddie GuerreroEduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family...
was originally scheduled to be on Team SmackDown!, but due to his death on November 13, 2005, he was replaced by
Randy OrtonRandal "Randy" Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion...
.
Another rivalry heading into the event was between
John CenaJohn Felix Anthony Cena is an American actor, hip hop musician, and professional wrestler currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand....
and
Kurt AngleKurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, actor and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former three-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, as recognized by promotion.Angle was involved in amateur wrestling...
, over the
WWE ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in World Wrestling Entertainment . It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of three in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship and ECW Championship. It was established...
. Their feud began in August, when Bischoff chose Angle as the number one contender to the WWE Championship. Angle failed to win the title at
UnforgivenUnforgiven was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It was the seventh annual Unforgiven event and took place on September 18, 2005 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
, due to Cena disquallifing himself. At Taboo Tuesday, Shawn Michaels was chosen by the fans as the third participant in their Triple Threat match, a standard wrestling match involving three wrestlers, however, Cena retained the title. On the November 7 edition of
Raw, Angle refused to compete due to the "you suck" chants from the audience. Angle finally agreed to compete when Bischoff
censoredCensorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the government or media organizations as determined by a censor.-Rationale:...
the crowd and let him have a special guest referee, whom Angle chose to be
DaivariShawn Daivari is an Iranian-American professional wrestler, best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as simply Daivari. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Sheik Abdul Bashir....
. Daivari's officiating was unfair and biased towards Angle's opponents.
Another staged rivalry was between Triple H (Paul Levesque) and
Ric FlairRichard Morgan Fliehr better known by his ring name, Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is one of the most well known professional wrestlers in the world....
. It began at
WWE Homecoming, when Triple H returned to WWE television after three months. The two had been aligned since 2002, as members of
EvolutionEvolution was a professional wrestling heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw brand between 2003 and 2005. At the height of its existence, the group consisted of Ric Flair, Randy Orton, Triple H, and Batista....
, and were partners in a tag team match on the show. After they won the match, Triple H turned on Flair, and attacked him with a
sledgehammerA sledgehammer is a tool consisting of a large, flat head attached to a lever . The head is typically made of metal. The sledgehammer can apply more impulse than other hammers, due to its large size. Along with the mallet, it shares the ability to distribute force over a wide area...
. The week after, Triple H explained his actions, saying that he realized Flair was no longer the legend he was, and he needed to stop Flair. Flair and Triple H met in a steel cage match at Taboo Tuesday, a match where two wrestlers fight in a cage with four sheets of mesh metal which Flair won. A Last Man Standing match was made between the two for Survivor Series.
Event
Other on-screen talent
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Joey StylesJoseph Carmine Bonsignore better known by his ring name Joey Styles, is an American former professional wrestling play-by-play commentator and former professional in the field of advertising sales...
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Jerry "The King" LawlerJerry O'Neil Lawler is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment , working and wrestling on its Raw brand as the color commentator...
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| Jonathan Coachman Jonathan William Coachman , also known as "The Coach", is a former professional wrestling color commentator. He is also a former college basketball player, and football play-by-play announcer...
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Michael ColeMichael Sean Coulthard , better known by his stage name Michael Cole, is a play-by-play announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment. He is best known for announcing WWE SmackDown for nine years, from its launch in 1999 until 2008...
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TazzPeter Senerchia is an American retired professional wrestler and current color commentator best known by his ring name Tazz, originally Tazmaniac and later shortened to simply Taz...
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Carlos CabreraFor the Colombian road cyclist see Carlos Humberto CabreraCarlos Rodrigo Cabrera is a former newsman and currently one half of the WWE Spanish announcing team in which he is the play-by-play announcer. His partner is the former Ecuadorian professional wrestler Hugo...
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| Hugo Savinovich Hugo Savinovich is a former Ecuadorian professional wrestler and currently one half of the WWE Spanish announce team; he is a color commentator and the partner of Carlos Cabrera and occasionally Marcelo Rodríguez. When he works with Rodriguez, he is the play-by-play announcer.He was married to the...
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Jim Korderas __FORCETOC__Jim "Jimmy" Korderas is a Canadian professional wrestling referee who worked for WWE for over 22 years.- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment 1987- 2009 :...
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Mike ChiodaMichael Joseph Chioda, is a senior referee who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. While not refereeing, Chioda, as well as the other referees in WWE, help set up the arena before shows, constructing the ring and stage areas.- World Wrestling Federation :As a young man, Chioda...
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Charles RobinsonCharles Shane Robinson is an American professional wrestling referee currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment.- Beginnings and World Championship Wrestling :...
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| Jack Doan John Michael "Jack" Doan is a veteran professional wrestling referee currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment.-Career:...
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Nick PatrickJoseph Nicholas Patrick Hamilton Jr. , better known by his ring name Nick Patrick, is a professional wrestling referee. He is a former referee for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment, refereeing on its SmackDown brand...
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| Chad Patton |
| Mickie Henson |
Vince McMahonVincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon is an American professional wrestler, promoter, in-ring announcer, play-by-play commentator and film producer. He currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment and is the majority shareholder of WWE. He is the creator...
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Lilian GarciaLilian Annette García, better known simply as Lilian Garcia, is an American singer. She is best known as the former ring announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw brand...
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Tony ChimelAnthony "Tony" Chimel is an American professional wrestling ring announcer, currently employed by the World Wrestling Entertainment working as the ring announcer for SmackDown brand.-World Wrestling Entertainment:...
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Before the event began and aired
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on
pay-per-viewPay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast of that event to their homes. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
, a dark match was contested between Juventud (
Juventud GuerreraEduardo Aníbal González Hernández , better known as Juventud Guerrera, is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for his work in many wrestling promotions worldwide, including all the major American wrestling promotions, such as World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship...
) defeated Simon Dean (
Mike BucciMichael "Mike" Bucci is an American retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean.- Career :After graduating in 1990 from Toms River High...
), which Juventud won. After the dark match, the pay-per-view event began with
Booker TBooker Tio Huffman , better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
(accompanied by Sharmell) facing off against
Chris BenoitChristopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler who was found by investigators and authorities to have murdered his wife and son before committing suicide...
in the first match of their "Best of 7 series" for the vacant
WWE United States ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It was originally a National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling championship, and is currently the secondary championship of the Raw...
. The match started with Booker T exiting the ring when Benoit gained a slight advantage. The match went back and forth for the first half before Booker T took control. The match saw interference by Sharmell, as she distracted Benoit, who was on the top ropes. Booker T won the match with a pin and using the ropes for leverage, after Benoit missed a free fall headbutt. Booker T took a 1-0 lead in the series.
The match that followed was between
Trish StratusPatricia Anne Stratigias , better known as Trish Stratus, is a former fitness model, former professional wrestler and television personality from Canada....
(accompanied by
Mickie JamesMickie Laree James , better known simply as Mickie James, is an American professional wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment appearing on its SmackDown brand....
) and Melina (
Melina PerezMelina Nava Perez , better known simply as Melina, is a Mexican American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw Brand. She is the reigning Divas Champion....
) (accompanied by Joey Mercury (
Adam BirchAdam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler. Birch is best known for his time on the independent circuit under the name Joey Matthews, and his time in World Wrestling Entertainment , where he competed as Joey Mercury.Birch was trained by fellow wrestler Jimmy Cicero and made his...
) and Johnny Nitro (
John HenniganJohn Randall Hennigan is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names John Morrison and Johnny Nitro...
) for the
WWE Women's ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is challenged by WWE Divas only and is exclusive to the SmackDown brand.-History:...
. The match started with Stratus immediately taken control until Melina fought back. Nitro and Mercury interfered during the title match, but the referee ejected them from ringside. Melina kept control over Stratus until she fought back with forearm shots. Stratus, however, executed a diving bulldog and pinning Melina to win and retain the title.
The third bout was a Last Man Standing match between
Triple HPaul Michael Levesque is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley...
and
Ric FlairRichard Morgan Fliehr better known by his ring name, Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is one of the most well known professional wrestlers in the world....
. Triple H attacked Flair on his way to the ring, and gained the early advantage. After attacking Flair's head with a
screwdriverThe screwdriver is a device specifically designed for the insertion and tightening of screws. The screwdriver is made up of a head or tip, which engages with a screw, a mechanism to apply torque by rotating the tip, and some way to position and support the screwdriver...
, Triple H continued using foreign objects throughout the match, including a
folding chairA folding chair is a light portable chair that can be stored in a stack, row or on a specially designed cart . They are usually used for seating large amounts of people in an arena where permanent seating is not possible or practical...
, a
sledgehammerA sledgehammer is a tool consisting of a large, flat head attached to a lever . The head is typically made of metal. The sledgehammer can apply more impulse than other hammers, due to its large size. Along with the mallet, it shares the ability to distribute force over a wide area...
, and the steel ring steps. The match saw back and forth action between Triple H and Flair. The match saw Triple H as he tried to attempt to tuck Flair's head between his knees and lift him up to slam his head to the mat, referred to as a Pedigree on the announce table, but Flair countered the Pedigree into a back body drop through another announce table. Triple H, however, performed the Pedigree three times on Flair, but Flair got up each time. Triple H then hit Flair in the back with a sledgehammer, and Flair did not get to his feet before the referee's ten count, and as a result, Triple H won the match. After the match, Edge and Lita came into the ring, and Edge announced that he would be hosting a new show on
Raw entitled "The Cutting Edge". Edge noted that
Dmitri YoungDmitri Dell Young is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Washington Nationals. Young is 6'2" and 300 pounds.-High school career:Dmitri Young attended Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California...
was in the audience, and proceeded to criticize the sports teams of
DetroitDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
. Young replied by insulting Edge and his lack of a world championship.
The fourth match saw
John CenaJohn Felix Anthony Cena is an American actor, hip hop musician, and professional wrestler currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand....
defending the
WWE ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in World Wrestling Entertainment . It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of three in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship and ECW Championship. It was established...
against
Kurt AngleKurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, actor and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former three-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, as recognized by promotion.Angle was involved in amateur wrestling...
with
DaivariShawn Daivari is an Iranian-American professional wrestler, best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as simply Daivari. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Sheik Abdul Bashir....
as the special guest referee. Early in the match, Angle was able to apply the Ankle lock on Cena. Cena reached the ropes, but Daivari kicked his hand off. An angered Cena slapped Daivari, who tried to disqualify him as a result. Angle, however, stopped him, and both men were knocked out of the ring by Cena. As Daivari was knocked down outside, a Raw referee came out soon after to officiate. After Cena gained the advantage, Angle knocked down the referee, and executed an illegal low blow. Angle called for another referee, but failed to get the win after executing an Olympic Slam and a superplex, a move where the attackers apply a front face lock to the opponent, sitting on the top rope, draping the opponent's arm over their shoulders, and the wrestler flips the opponent over them so they both land on the mat. After Angle missed a
moonsaultA moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...
attempt, Cena went for an FU (Fireman's carry takeover); however, Angle countered by holding onto the referee, which led to Angle knocking down the referee. As the other referee was knocked out, a SmackDown! referee came out, Cena then
hit a DDT on DaivariIn professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive a held opponent's head into the mat. The classic DDT is performed by putting the opponent in a front facelock and falling backwards so that the opponent is forced to dive forward onto his or her...
. Shortly after, Cena executed an FU on Angle, and pinned him to win the match and retain the title.
The fifth match was between Raw authority figure
Eric BischoffEric Aaron Bischoff is an American entrepreneur and former professional wrestling booker, producer, and on-screen personality, most known for serving as Executive Producer and later President of World Championship Wrestling and later, the General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw brand...
and SmackDown! authority figure
Theodore LongTheodore R. "Teddy" Long is a former American professional wrestling referee and manager, who currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand as its General Manager....
, who was accompanied by Palmer Cannon. A referee from both shows officiated the match. Long started the match by avoiding Bischoff's attacks. As Cannon climbed on the apron, and distracted the referees, Bischoff used his
obiis a sash for traditional Japanese dress, keikogi worn for Japanese martial arts, and a part of kimono outfits.The obi for men's kimono is rather narrow, wide at most, but a woman's formal obi can be wide and more than long. Nowadays, a woman's wide and decorative obi does not keep the kimono...
to choke Long. Bischoff continued to choke Long and applied the sleeper hold. Cannon distracted the referees again as Long hit Bischoff with his shoe. Bischoff then hit Long with a chop to the throat.
The BoogeymanMartin "Marty" Wright is an American professional wrestler and actor best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name The Boogeyman.-Tough Enough:...
's music played with Bischoff sending the referees up the ramp to stop him. The Boogeyman was behind Bischoff, however, and he performed pumphandle slam on Bischoff. Long took advantage of that and pinned Bischoff to win the match.
The final match was the Survivor Series match between Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio,
John "Bradshaw" LayfieldJohn Charles Layfield is a retired American professional wrestler and a current commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League...
, Bobby Lashley and
Randy OrtonRandal "Randy" Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion...
) and Team Raw (
Shawn MichaelsMichael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. He performs for World Wrestling Entertainment , formerly the World Wrestling Federation, on its Raw brand...
, Kane,
The Big ShowPaul Donald Wight, Jr. , better known by his ring name, Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand where he is one half of the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions with Chris Jericho.In professional wrestling, Show is a...
,
CarlitoCarlos Edwin "Carly" Colón, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known internationally by his ring name Carlito. In his native Puerto Rico, he is known as both Carly and Carlito...
and Chris Masters). The match started with both teams taking control. The first elimination occurred when Kane performed a
chokeslamA chokeslam, or in Japanese, a "nodowa otoshi", refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on...
on Lashley and Michaels pinning Lashley for the elimination. Kane was then eliminated by Batista after a Tiger Feint Kick from Mysterio and Batista lifting Kane up and slamming him to the mat. After that, Batista was eliminated after a double chokeslam by Big Show and Kane. Big Show was eliminated next after a Clothesline by JBL, a Tiger Feint Kick from Mysterio, a jumping cutter by Orton, another Clothesline by JBL and a seated senton by Mysterio. Mysterio then pinned him for the elimination. Carlito was then eliminated, after JBL performed a Clothesline. The next elimination was made by Mysterio, as he hit a Springboard Legdrop on Masters for the elimination. Michaels went onto eliminate both Mysterio and JBL, after he performed a
SuperkickA superkick is the name used when referring to a high side thrust kick attack in professional wrestling, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike an opponent's head or chin, usually preceded by a sidestep, often referred to as a crescent kick, or just a side kick.-History:Many...
. Orton and Michaels were the final two men left from their respective teams. JBL then distracted Michaels, which made Michaels superkick JBL. As Michaels turned around, Orton executed an RKO on Michaels and pinned Michaels to win the match for Team SmackDown!.
Following the match, SmackDown! superstars came to the ring to celebrate with Orton.
DruidA druid was a member of the priestly and learned class active in Gaul, and perhaps in Celtic culture more generally, during the final centuries BCE...
s then came out carrying a
casketA casket, or a jewelry box is a receptacle for trinkets and jewels. It may take a very modest form, covered in leather and lined with satin, or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for Marie Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor, and another at Versailles,...
. The casket was erected and struck by lightning before The Undertaker emerged from the flaming casket. He entered the ring and attacked several of the superstars while Orton and his father
"Cowboy" Bob OrtonRobert Keith Orton is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment...
escaped from being the ring, in process preventing the Undertaker's attack.
Aftermath
After losing the 5-on-5-Survivor Series match to the SmackDown! brand, Eric Bischoff was fired by
Vince McMahonVincent Kennedy "Vince" McMahon is an American professional wrestler, promoter, in-ring announcer, play-by-play commentator and film producer. He currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment and is the majority shareholder of WWE. He is the creator...
on the December 5 edition of
Raw. The rivalry between the brands ended, and McMahon took the spot as the temporary general manager of Raw. Before being fired by Vince McMahon, Bischoff proposed the idea for an
Elimination ChamberThe Elimination Chamber is a match type in professional wrestling, specifically seen in World Wrestling Entertainment.-Background:Former Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff was given on-screen credit for creating the match in the fall of 2002, stating it combines elements of WWE's Royal Rumble,...
match at
New Year's RevolutionNew Year's Revolution was the second annual New Year's Revolution pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment...
, and the participants feuded with each other in the weeks following. McMahon soon started to feud with
Shawn MichaelsMichael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. He performs for World Wrestling Entertainment , formerly the World Wrestling Federation, on its Raw brand...
when McMahon lauded Michaels for his part in the
Montreal ScrewjobThe Montreal Screwjob was the real life double-crossing of defending WWF Champion Bret Hart by Vince McMahon, the owner of the World Wrestling Federation , during the main event match of the professional wrestling pay-per-view event Survivor Series held on November 9, 1997 at the Molson Centre in...
, and Michaels told McMahon to move on.
After Survivor Series, John Cena and Kurt Angle continued their feud. On the December 12 edition of
Raw, Vince McMahon announced a series of five Elimination Chamber qualifying matches. The first qualifying match was won by Kurt Angle. The second qualifying match was won by
CarlitoCarlos Edwin "Carly" Colón, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known internationally by his ring name Carlito. In his native Puerto Rico, he is known as both Carly and Carlito...
, as he defeated
Shelton BenjaminShelton Benjamin is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its ECW brand....
. Shawn Michaels, Chris Masters, and Kane also won their respective matches, and as a result, they were eligible to participate in the Elimination Chamber. After the qualifying matches, Cena was scheduled to face Angle's
managerIn professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
, Daivari in a "You Can't See Me" match, as it would see Cena blindfolded during the match. The match was won by Cena, as he made Daivari submit to the STFU, a move in which the wrestler wraps his arm around the neck of the opponent in a sleeper hold instead of pulling back on the head of the opponent.
Randy Orton and The Undertaker continued their feud, and a Hell in a Cell match, a match that saw both men fight in a ring surrounded by a roofed steel cell, between them at
ArmageddonArmageddon was the sixth Armageddon professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on December 18, 2005 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and was a SmackDown! brand-exclusive event.The main event was a Hell in a Cell...
was made. Undertaker won the match, and their feud ended. Triple H moved on to feud with The Big Show, and Ric Flair feuded with Edge over the
WWE Intercontinental ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is the original secondary title of WWE...
. Chris Benoit continued to feud with Booker T throughout the rest of the year and into 2006, in which their "Best of Seven series" concluded in January. Randy Orton, who was Booker's replacement due to a
kayfabeIn professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real." That is, the portrayal of professional wrestling as being genuine or not worked...
injury, defeated Benoit in the seventh and final match. Booker won the WWE United States Championship as a result, but would lose it to Benoit the following month at
No Way OutNo Way Out was the eighth annual No Way Out professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on February 19, 2006 at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland and was a SmackDown! brand-exclusive event...
.
Results
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Results |
Stipulations |
Times |
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| Juventud Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández , better known as Juventud Guerrera, is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for his work in many wrestling promotions worldwide, including all the major American wrestling promotions, such as World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship...
defeated Simon DeanMichael "Mike" Bucci is an American retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean.- Career :After graduating in 1990 from Toms River High...
. |
Singles match |
04:10 |
| 1 |
Booker TBooker Tio Huffman , better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
(with Sharmell) defeated Chris BenoitChristopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler who was found by investigators and authorities to have murdered his wife and son before committing suicide...
. |
Match 1 in a "Best of 7" match series for the vacant WWE United States ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It was originally a National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling championship, and is currently the secondary championship of the Raw...
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14:39 |
| 2 |
Trish StratusPatricia Anne Stratigias , better known as Trish Stratus, is a former fitness model, former professional wrestler and television personality from Canada....
(c) (with Mickie JamesMickie Laree James , better known simply as Mickie James, is an American professional wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment appearing on its SmackDown brand....
) defeated MelinaMelina Nava Perez , better known simply as Melina, is a Mexican American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw Brand. She is the reigning Divas Champion....
(with Joey MercuryAdam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler. Birch is best known for his time on the independent circuit under the name Joey Matthews, and his time in World Wrestling Entertainment , where he competed as Joey Mercury.Birch was trained by fellow wrestler Jimmy Cicero and made his...
and Johnny NitroJohn Randall Hennigan is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names John Morrison and Johnny Nitro...
). |
Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship The World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is challenged by WWE Divas only and is exclusive to the SmackDown brand.-History:...
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06:30 |
| 3 |
Triple HPaul Michael Levesque is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley...
defeated Ric FlairRichard Morgan Fliehr better known by his ring name, Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Also known as "The Nature Boy," Flair is one of the most well known professional wrestlers in the world....
. |
Last Man Standing match |
27:01 |
| 4 |
John CenaJohn Felix Anthony Cena is an American actor, hip hop musician, and professional wrestler currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand....
(c) defeated Kurt AngleKurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, actor and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former three-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, as recognized by promotion.Angle was involved in amateur wrestling...
. |
Singles match for the WWE ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in World Wrestling Entertainment . It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of three in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship and ECW Championship. It was established...
with DaivariShawn Daivari is an Iranian-American professional wrestler, best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as simply Daivari. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Sheik Abdul Bashir....
as special guest referee |
13:56 |
| 5 |
Theodore LongTheodore R. "Teddy" Long is a former American professional wrestling referee and manager, who currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand as its General Manager....
(with Palmer Cannon'sheri magnusonBrian Mailhot is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter, better known for his short stint in World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand under the ring name of Palmer Canon....
) defeated Eric BischoffEric Aaron Bischoff is an American entrepreneur and former professional wrestling booker, producer, and on-screen personality, most known for serving as Executive Producer and later President of World Championship Wrestling and later, the General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw brand...
. |
Singles match |
05:23 |
| 6 |
Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" LayfieldJohn Charles Layfield is a retired American professional wrestler and a current commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League...
, Bobby Lashley and Randy OrtonRandal "Randy" Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its Raw brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion...
) (with Bob OrtonRobert Keith Orton is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment...
and Jillian HallJillian Faye Fletcher is an American professional wrestler who currently performs for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand under the ring name Jillian Hall, or better known as Jillian....
) defeated Team RawWWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name, which is sometimes stylized as RAW, is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform...
(Shawn MichaelsMichael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler. He performs for World Wrestling Entertainment , formerly the World Wrestling Federation, on its Raw brand...
, Kane, The Big ShowPaul Donald Wight, Jr. , better known by his ring name, Big Show, is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand where he is one half of the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions with Chris Jericho.In professional wrestling, Show is a...
, CarlitoCarlos Edwin "Carly" Colón, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known internationally by his ring name Carlito. In his native Puerto Rico, he is known as both Carly and Carlito...
and Chris Masters). |
| 24:01 |
| Survivor Series eliminations |
| Elimination # |
Wrestler |
Team |
Eliminated by |
Elimination move |
Time |
| 1 |
Bobby Lashley |
Team SmackDown! |
Shawn Michaels |
Pinfall after a chokeslamA chokeslam, or in Japanese, a "nodowa otoshi", refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on...
from Kane |
7:17 |
| 2 |
Kane |
Team Raw |
Batista |
Pinfall after a 619 from Rey Mysterio into a Spinebuster |
11:41 |
| 3 |
Batista |
Team SmackDown! |
The Big Show |
Pinfall after a double chokeslam with Kane |
12:27 |
| 4 |
The Big Show |
Team Raw |
Rey Mysterio |
Pinfall after a Clothesline From Hell, 619, RKOIn professional wrestling, a cutter is a common term which refers to the three-quarter facelock bulldog maneuver. The move is also described as an inverted neckbreaker, though it is not one, it only bears an inverted style to it...
, another Clothesline From Hell and a seated senton |
14:28 |
| 5 |
Carlito |
Team Raw |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield |
Pinfall after a Clothesline From Hell |
17:35 |
| 6 |
Chris Masters |
Team Raw |
Rey Mysterio |
Pinfall after a Droppin' The Dime |
19:12 |
| 7 |
Rey Mysterio |
Team SmackDown! |
Shawn Michaels |
Pinfall after Sweet Chin MusicA superkick is the name used when referring to a high side thrust kick attack in professional wrestling, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike an opponent's head or chin, usually preceded by a sidestep, often referred to as a crescent kick, or just a side kick.-History:Many...
|
20:30 |
| 8 |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield |
Team SmackDown! |
Shawn Michaels |
Pinfall after Sweet Chin MusicA superkick is the name used when referring to a high side thrust kick attack in professional wrestling, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike an opponent's head or chin, usually preceded by a sidestep, often referred to as a crescent kick, or just a side kick.-History:Many...
|
20:44 |
| 9 |
Shawn Michaels |
Team Raw |
Randy Orton |
Pinfall after an RKOIn professional wrestling, a cutter is a common term which refers to the three-quarter facelock bulldog maneuver. The move is also described as an inverted neckbreaker, though it is not one, it only bears an inverted style to it...
following a distraction by JBL |
24:01 |
| Survivor: |
Randy Orton (Team SmackDown!) |
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