Welcome to our live coverage of the 2013 WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view event. Our results coverage will begin with the "Kickoff Show" at 7:30 pm E.T. / 4:30pm P.T. and continue throughout the entire duration of the pay-per-view telecast. Make sure to refresh this page often to view the latest update.
WWE Survivor Series Kickoff Show
We start the kickoff show with a camera shot of us heading throughout the building as Josh Mathews talks about tonight's show. From there, we shoot to the Survivor Series expert panel, which features WWE Hall Of Famers Mick Foley, Booker T and Bret Hart.
Mathews introduces each guy on the panel and then asks them what they're looking forward to the most tonight. A loud "Foley, Foley" chant breaks out as Hart talks about his anticipation of the WWE Championship match tonight. Foley says he's got his eye on the WWE title more, even though he meant the World Heavyweight Title as he is talking about Cena and Del Rio. Booker says he's looking most forward to the traditional elimination matches on the show tonight.
We preview the Kickoff Match scheduled for tonight between The Miz and Kofi Kingston. We get a brief discussion about the history of their feud, as the expert panelists talk about Miz and Kingston, and Miz's recent heel turn. Foley refers to Miz as a "magnificent jerk." Hart agrees. Booker says Miz is doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
Josh Mathews introduces us to Renee Young, who is in the social media lounge. She talks about the Twitter and Facebook interaction during tonight's show. She talks about a dream-team poll. Basically, they're asking fans to compile a list of five guys who would make the perfect dream team for an elimination match at Survivor Series.
The expert panel breaks down the history of the John Cena and Alberto Del Rio feud. They talk about all of the matches on the card tonight of major note, introducing various video packages in between most of them.
Backstage Segment: The Usos, Goldust, Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio
Backstage we see The Usos talking with Goldust about face paint. Cody Rhodes comes in and says he didn't get a note about having war paint. Rey Mysterio enters the picture and asks if everybody is ready. Mysterio says the Rhodes brothers father is going to be proud of their performance tonight. Cody says tonight they go in the ring as a team that's destined to survive. They all shake hands and leave.
Josh Mathews informs us that the traditional elimination match featuring The Usos, Goldust, Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio vs. The Shield and The Real Americans will be the first match on the pay-per-view portion of tonight's Survivor Series show.
Backstage Segment: CM Punk & Daniel Bryan
Backstage, Renee Young is with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan. Punk is wearing a new "Best" t-shirt. The crowd can be heard in the arena chanting "Yes, Yes" as the two do their backstage interview. Bryan talks about being ruthless and violent and says he can be pretty unreasonable. He says Punk and himself both like challenges. Punk is making goofy faces while Bryan talks. Punk gets his turn on the mic. He says Bray Wyatt is a weird cat who has two goons that try to intimdate people. Punk says he and Bryan are not intimidated by people who wear Sheep Masks, etc. Punk says The Wyatt Family is in over their heads because tonight they step into the ring with the GOAT's -- Greatest of all teams. He says "The Best" and "The Beard" are going to get it done tonight.
Josh Mathews introduces tonight's Survivor Series announce team -- Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry Lawler. All three guys spend a few moments previewing some of the matches for tonight. Kofi Kingston's music hits and now it's time for our "Survivor Series Kickoff Show Match."
Kickoff Show Match
- The Miz vs. Kofi Kingston
The bell rings and Miz extends his hand, offering to shake Kofi Kingston's hand. Kingston thinks about it for a second and eventually does. Miz simply shakes his hand, he doesn't do anything "heelish" just yet. The two lock up and this match is officially underway. Miz knocks Kingston down early. Miz rolls Kingston up off the ropes early but only gets a count of two. Miz goes for a backbreaker but Kingston spins around Miz's body and rolls Miz up. Kingston reverses it into a pin of his own. Each guy is rolling around, countering each others pin attempts several times in a row. They literally just attempted about 10-20 pin attempts just now.
When the smoke clears, Miz is grabbing Kingston's leg and going for the Figure Four Leglock. Kingston escapes, returns to his feet and goes for the Trouble In Paradise kick. Miz avoids it but Kingston ends up sending Miz over the top and onto the floor with a clothesline. Kingston flies through the ropes, crashing onto Miz on the floor. We head to a mid-match commercial.
When we return from commercial, Kingston has Miz in a rear chinlock. The two work back to their feet and Kingston nails Miz with a flying cross-body for another near fall. Miz cuts off Kingston's momentum with a big kick to the face in the corner. Miz drags a lifeless Kingston into the middle of the ring and attempts to pin him. Kingston manages to kick out at two and a half.
Miz is starting to get frustrated now, and is getting a bit more intense with his offense. Miz locks Kingston into a choke as the crowd stomps their feet and claps their heads, trying to get Kingston back into the match. Kingston reverses a Miz pin attempt into a double jumping foot-stomp on Miz. Both guys are down now as the referee begins his double-count.
Both guys get back to their feet and Miz runs at Kingston. Kingston catches Miz coming in with a double-chop. And another. And another. Kingston calls for the Boom Drop as the crowd goes nuts. He hits it. Kingston is setting up now for the Trouble In Paradise. Miz ducks it but Kingston rolls Miz up. 1-2...Miz kicks out. Miz catches Kingston out of nowhere for the Skull Crushing Finale. Kingston avoids that and reverses it into the S.O.S. He hits it and attempts a pin. Miz still manages to kick out at two. Kingston misses a big move and Miz grabs Kingston's leg. He goes for the Figure Four again but Kingston reverses that into a pin attempt. Miz kicks out at two.
Kingston goes up to the top and comes flying off, crashing into Miz with a cross-body splash. Kingston tries pinning Miz again but again Miz kicks out at two. Kingston again nails Miz with the Trouble In Paradise. He nails another. Kingston goes for a third but Miz avoids it. He goes for the Skull Crushing Finale but Kingston reverses it into a roll-up pin attempt. Miz reverses that roll-up into a roll-up pin attempt of his own. 1-2-3. Miz wins. Kingston shakes his head but in a way where "yah, you got me." Miz stops and sees Kingston looking upset. He offers to shake Kingston's hand again. Instead of shaking Miz's hand, Kingston bitch-slaps Miz hard. The crowd seemed surprised by that. Did we just get a swerve and a Kingston heel turn? Hmm...
Winner: The Miz
The Kickoff Show is over, and we now switch gears to the live pay-per-view portion of tonight's WWE Survivor Series event from Boston, Mass.
WWE Survivor Series 2013
The show opens with Triple H's theme music hitting. HHH and Stephanie McMahon come out. They announce that in addition to the WWE Championship match, there will be no physical interference in any match on tonight's show. He says we're going to kick off Survivor Series with a bang, as the show will begin with a traditional five-on-five elimination match. He then does his old D-Generation X "are you ready" deal.
From there, we go to the typical bad-ass video package intro for a WWE pay-per-view event. The video showcases the history of the feuds going into the top matches on tonight's show.
Traditional Elimination Match
- The Usos, Goldust, Cody Rhodes & Rey Mysterio vs. The Shield & The Real Americans
Rey Mysterio comes out first, followed by The Usos. Finally, the WWE Tag-Team Champions make their way to the ring. Zeb Colter and The Real Americans come out first for the heel team, with Colter cutting a promo. He talks about the Boston Tea Party and twerking. He actually terks himself, and throws his back out in the process. As he continues to talk, Cody Rhodes cuts him off. He says no one paid to hear Colter talk and nobody wants to see him twerk. The Shield's music hits and they come out through the crowd. Michael Cole talks about it being the one-year anniversary of The Shield in WWE. Dean Ambrose and Cody Rhodes kick things off for their respective teams. Ambrose takes the early advantage, knocking Rhodes down to the mat. Rhodes quickly fights back and blasts Ambrose with punches. The crowd is already heavily into this match. Ambrose argues a bit with the ref, and Rhodes rolls him up from behind. 1-2-3. Dean Ambrose is already eliminated from the match.
Ambrose tries to cheap shot Goldust before leaving, but Goldust ends up decking him with a punch. The other Shield members hit the ring but The Usos come in and clean house. The Real Americans come in and The Usos knock them out to the floor as well. One Uso flies over the top and crashes onto the guys on the floor on one side of the ring. The other Uso does the same on the opposite side. Back in the ring, Rhodes and Seth Rollins continue the legal action in the ring. Rhodes tags in Goldust and the crowd explodes. Wow, huge pop for Goldust. Goldust picks up where his little brother left off, going to work on Rollins in the ring. Antonio Cesaro makes the blind tag on Rollins and hits the ropes. When he hits the opposite side of the ropes, Jack Swagger tags himself in. Swagger and Cesaro double-team Goldust and now the heels are in control for the first time in the match.
The guys continue to double-team Goldust for a while, tagging in and out with each other to keep a fresh guy on top of the attack on Goldust. Goldust finally hits a bit DDT to slow them down and hits a crazy looking powerbomb kinda move on Cesaro. Amazing move by Goldust. Goldust finally tags in Mysterio and the little guy is flying all over the place, beating up Swagger. Mysterio drops Swagger throat-first across the ropes and hits him with the 6-1-9. He tags in Uso, and the Usos hit their finishing move top-rope slpash on Swagger. 1-2-3. Swagger has been eliminated. It's now 5-on-3 in favor of the babyfaces.
Cesaro enters the ring and Uso immediately goes to work on him, but it doesn't last long as Cesaro blasts Uso with a huge uppercut to regain the heel control of the match. Cesaro locks Uso up for the giant swing and the crowd explodes. Cesaro twirled Uso around 15 times. Cesaro locks up the other Uso and does the giat swing to him, twirling him around about 20 times. Cesaro is dizzy. Rhodes tags in and quickly pins a disoriented Cesaro. 1-2-3. Cesaro is eliminated.
It's now just Rollins and Roman Reigns left on the heel team. The entire babyface team is still in the match. Reigns enters the ring and Rhodes uses his speed and quick-tags to keep fresh guys in to keep the offensive control over the big guy. Reigns' power ends up being too much and he blasts Uso, who tagged in, before tagging Rollins in to continue where he left off. Reigns and Rollins exchange quick tags back-and-forth and slowly pick apart Uso. Jimmy finally tags in Jey Uso and Uso hits a big Samoan drop on Reigns. The babyfaces are back in control of the match.
Uso goes for his top-rope splash on Reigns, but Reigns gets his knees up in time. Reigns hits Uso with a huge spear and Jimmy Uso has been eliminated. Rhodes quickly comes in to go to work on Reigns. Reigns tags Rollins back in. Rhodes and Rollins are scrambling all over the place. Eventually, Reigns spears Rhodes and pins him. Rhodes is eliminated. It's now 3-on-2 with Jey Uso, Rey Mysterio and Goldust still on their team and Reigns and Rollins left on theirs.
The action goes to the floor now as Uso and Reigns battle outside the ring. Back in the ring, Rollins eliminates Uso. It's now two on two. Mysterio and Goldust against Rollins and Reigns. Rollins and Mysterio are the legal men in the ring. Mysterio is using his speed to keep from being grounded by Rollins. Mysterio goes up to the top but Rollins knocks him down and hits him with a dropkick in the corner. Rollins tags Reigns back in. Reigns baseball slides Mysterio under the bottom rope and onto the floor. Goldust goes over to check on Mysterio as the referee begins his count. Mysterio just barely gets back into the ring before the count of ten. As soon as he does, Reigns charges at him with a spear, but Mysterio moves and Reigns nails the ring post. Reigns tags in Rollins and Rollins blasts Goldust so Mysterio can't make the tag. Mysterio rolls Rollins up out of nowhere and pins him. 1-2-3. Rollins is eliminated and Reigns is now by himself against Goldust and Mysterio.
Rollins hits some cheap shots on Mysterio before leaving. Reigns picks up where he left off and is blasting Mysterio with stomps on the ground. Reigns is overheard saying, "you came all the way back for this, just to get jobbed out?" to Mysterio while he continues beating on him in the corner. Mysterio finally lands a dropkick and drops the big guy. The crowd is clapping loudly now and Mysterio manages to make the tag to Goldust. Goldust comes in and hits a bunch of clotheslines on Reigns. Goldust hits a sidewalk slam on Reigns for a near fall. Goldust does the 10-punch count spot on top of Reigns in the corner. He powerslams Reigns and tries pinning him, but the big boy of The Shield manages to kick out at two and a half. Reigns muscles Goldust into the corner. Goldust hits Reigns with an elbow and climbs to the top backwards. Goldust turns in mid-air and nails Reigns with a cross body splash for another close near fall. The crowd is clapping like crazy again, rallying behind Goldust. Reigns blasts Goldust out of nowhere with a huge spear. 1-2-3. Goldust is eliminated.
We're down to just Reigns and Mysterio. The big boy of the heel side and the little guy of the babyface side are all that remains. Mysterio blasts Reigns and sets him up for the 6-1-9. Mysterio hits the ropes and is running quickly at Reigns for a 6-1-9. Before he can hit it, however, Reigns quickly pops up and spears Mysterio on his way in. 1-2-3. Roman Reigns eliminated Rey Mysterio. The team of The Shield and The Real Americans wins, with Reigns as the sole survivor for his team.
Winners: The Shield & The Real Americans (sole survivor: Roman Reigns)
Backstage Segment: Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Kane & Randy Orton
Backstage, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Kane are shown talking. Randy Orton comes in. Nobody acknowledges him so he does a sarcastic cough. He asks if after this past week "are we all on the same page still." Stephanie sarcastically says, "hi Randy, I didn't hear you come in or hear you knock, but it's good to see you." HHH asks if Orton is upset that he has no help tonight. HHH reminds Orton who he is. He's the viper. The apex predator and the face of the WWE. Stephanie McMahon says, "now...go prove it." Orton walks off.
WWE Intercontinental Title
- Big E. Langston (c) vs. Curtis Axel
Lilian Garcia informs us that the next match is for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Out comes the challenger, Curtis Axel. Out next is the current I-C champ, Big E. Langston. During Langston's ring-walk, we see highlights from RAW of Langston defeating Axel to become the I-C champion. Michael Cole talks about past I-C champions such as The British Bulldog and then says their thoughts go out to The Dynamite Kid, who suffered a stroke this week. The referee holds up the title and the bell sounds. Our I-C title match is now officially underway.
Axel slaps on a head lock on the big powerlifting I-C champ but Langston breaks loose. They lock-up and Axel goes to work on Langston's arm, pounding away at it before wrenching. Langston breaks Axel's grip and tosses him across the ring. Langston backs Axel up into the corner, and catches a right hand and a couple of chops when the ref breaks it up. Langston ducks a clothesline and hits a huge shoulder tackle before spearing Axel in the corner. Langston pops Axel up and lets him fall before hitting a big flying shoulder block. Axel bails to the outside and Langston follows, hitting a right hand to the gut before sending Axel back into the ring. Axel catches Langston with a big forearm, then spears him through the ropes out to the floor. Axel runs off the apron with a monster clothesline on Langston on the floor.
The action resumes in the ring and Axel is stomping a mud-hole into Langston. He hits the ropes and nails Langston with a seated snapmare just like his father, Mr. Perfect. Axel clamps on a rear chin lock, but Langston fights up to his feet quickly. Langston tosses Axel off, avoids a kick, and hits a couple of clotheslines and a belly to belly suplex. Langston hits a big splash to Axel's back, then pulls down the straps. Axel is able to connect with the perfect-plex, but Langston kicks out at two. Langston runs into an elbow in the corner, and catches Axel comes off the top, but Axel fights out. The finish comes when Axel goes for a big neckbreaker, but Langston shoves him off and hits the "Big Ending" for the 1-2-3. Langston retains.
Winner and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Big E. Langston
After The Match
Renee Young interviews Langston right after his win in the ring. Langston keeps mentioning Boston for cheap pops. He says when he won the I-C title it's just like when your Boston Red Sox became the World Series Champions. Wonder if that was an isolated promo, or if his gimmick will be to blatantly do multiple cheap pops everytime he talks. I hope that's not going to be his gimmick, he's better than that.
Backstage Segment: AJ Lee & Team AJ
Backstage, AJ Lee is talking about how she's often called a dark, psychotic champion. She says she didn't come this far to be taken down now. AJ says you should draw inspiration from her. AJ asks who's with her. Everyone on AJ's team is shown standing around her as the camera pans back. They ask if AJ thinks she's better than them, and question how any of them can trust her. They point out that AJ has made enemies with every single one of them. AJ says this isn't about them, it's about how Total Divas doesn't want any of them. She insults all of them one-by-one but then says Total Divas has new episodes airing on the E! network now and none of them are on any of them. She tells them to start their own show by stealing this one tonight. She hops away.
Traditional Elimination Match
- AJ Lee, Tamina Snuka, Alicia Fox, Summer Rae, Aksana, Kaitlyn and Rosa Mendes vs. The Bella Twins, The Funkadactyls, Natalya, Eva Marie and JoJo
The Total Divas ladies come to the ring first. They all smile and hug and blah blah blah. Out next, to AJ Lee's music, is the non-Total Diva team. Team AJ. Whatever you want to call them. Alicia Fox and Naomi kick things off for their teams. We get a lock up, and Alicia sends Naomi into the corner, driving her face into the turnbuckle. Fox hits a big tilt a whirl backbreaker for a one count. Fox picks up Naomi and throws her across the ring before hitting a running boot in the corner. Fox seats Naomi on the top turnbuckle, and heads up after her. Naomi fights out, then hits a split legged moonsault for three. Alicia Fox is eliminated Rosa comes in, and so is Cameron, and the Funkadactyls hit a double split leg-drop. Cameron takes Rosa into the corner and drivers her face into the top turnbuckle. Rosa sends Cameron into the corner, and apparently it's enough for three. Cameron is eliminated Nikki is in and she hits a face buster for a three count. Rosa is eliminated.
Summer Rae comes in next and she starts dancing around like a bafoon as the crowd explodes and starts chanting her name. Nikki responds by doing the worm just like Scotty 2 Hotty would do back in the day. Summer responds by dancing some more into a big split. Nikki hits the ropes and dropkicks Summer while Summer was still in the split position. She covers her, 1-2-3. Summer is eliminated. Kaitlyn and Eva Maria are in, and Kaitlyn drops her with a G2S like maneuver for three. Eva Maria is eliminated. Naomi is in and she gets dropped with the same G2S-lite over the knee, for another three count. Naomi is eliminated. Brie tosses Kaitlyn into the corner and hits a big missile dropkick for three. Kaitlyn is eliminated. AJ distracts Brie and allows Aksana to hit a big spinebuster for three. Brie is eliminated. Nikki is in a drops Aksana to the mat across her shoulders for three. Aksana is eliminated. Tamina comes in with a couple of big head butts to Nikki.
Tamina nails Nikki with a big suplex. Tamina throws Nikki into the corner. Nikki ends up tagging in JoJo, who the crowd was actually chanting the name of. The crowd explodes when JoJo is tagged in. We get a lock up, and Tamina tosses her away. Tamina picks Jojo up, then slams her back down to the mat before tossing her vest at Jojo. Tamina throws Jojo into the corner, but runs into two boots. Jojo heads to the middle rope, but is caught by Tamina. Jojo turns things around with a roll up, and Tamina comes right back, knocking her down to the mat. Tamina shoulders Jojo, and hits a Samoan drop. AJ tags in and gets the three count. JoJo has been eliminated. Tamina tags back in, and kicks Natalya in the gut. Tamina backs Natalya into the corner and stomps away at her, before running in with a hip bump. Tamina picks Natalya up and slams her down to the mat. Tamina heads to the apron, then to the top turnbuckle. Tamina goes for the big splash, but Natalya rolls out of the way and locks Tamina in the sharpshooter. AJ comes in to break it up as Tamina taps out. Tamina is eliminated. Natalya locks AJ in the Sharpshooter as the announcers put over Bret Hart being on the panel. AJ taps out. Natalya wins.
Winners: Team Total Divas (sole survivor: Natalya)
Backstage Segment: Randy Orton & Charles Robinson
Backstage, Randy Orton sees referee Charles Robinson. Orton says he just realized Robinson is the ref for his match tonight. He sucks up to Robinson a bit. He asks him to call it right down the middle tonight. Robinson says that's fine and begins to walk away. Orton stops him and says, "you get what I'm saying, right?" Robinson replies, "Randy...I'm gonna do what The Authority says." Orton seems disappointed.
Ryback's Open Challenge
The expert panel is introduced one-by-one, with Foley and Hart receiving huge pops. Before they can speak, Ryback's music hits. He says his favorite Survivor Series moment is the time when Ryback cut off those old hasbeens. Ryback ends up walking to the ring talking about how he's not a bully. He issues his open challenge. After a few moments of silence, Mark Henry's music hits. Henry comes out with his bald head and giant beard. The crowd explodes.
Ryback vs. Mark Henry
The announcers are putting over all kinds of facts about Henry's strongman competition days. Ryback is talking trash loudly to Henry, who walks around looking confident. The crowd is chanting all kinds of stuff right now, msot of which is hard to make out. Ryback knocks Henry down early and goes for a pin, but only gets two. The crowd starts a loud "Goldberg, Goldberg" chant. Ryback nails Henry with a big suplex. He goes to follow that up with a big spear but Henry moves and Ryback smacks shoulder-first into the post.
After a six count on the floor after hitting the post, Ryback finally gets back in the ring. At this point, Henry is firmly in control and is dominating the offense. Henry is crawling around on the floor around Ryback, blasting him with crawling-headbutts. Ryback with a cheap shot on Henry and is now attacking Henry's knees. Ryback slaps a rear-choke on a seated Henry as the crowd continues chanting all kinds of stuff. The announcers are still talking about all kinds of records Henry holds in strongman competitions and weight-lifting stuff. Both guys are back up now and Henry keeps knocking Ryback down with shoulder blocks. Henry nails Ryback with a running powerslam. 1-2....Ryback kicks out before the count of three.
Henry hoists Ryback up for the World's Strongest Slam but Ryback escapes and counters Henry with a huge spinebuster. Ryback pulls down his strap. He sets Henry up for the Meathook clothesline but Henry catches him coming in with a huge splash. That looked cool. Henry picks Ryback back up and this time successfully hits his World's Strongest Slam finisher. 1-2-3. Henry wins. The crowd seems really into Henry.
Winner: Mark Henry
Hall Of Fame Expert Panel
The expert panel puts over Mark Henry's return before changing focus to the next match coming up, which will be for the World Heavyweight Championship. The guys talk about Cena returning early, Del Rio's armbreaker and how it could damage Cena's surgically repaired arm, etc. They talk about Cena being in his hometown tonight.
World Heavyweight Title
- John Cena (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio
The challenger, Alberto Del Rio is out first, followed by the champion, John Cena. Cena gets his typical mixed-bag reaction, despite being in his hometown. The bell sounds to start the match and immediately we get a passionate "Let's go Cena, Cena sucks" dueling chant from the fans in Boston. Both guys circle each other and Cena slaps a head lock on Del Rio. Del Rio turns things around into a head lock of his own. Cena pushes Del Rio off, but eats a quick shoulder block. Another lock up, and another head lock from Cena. Cena hits a headlock takeover, but Del Rio fights right up to his feet and out of the hold. Cena hits a shoulder block, but gets caught with a hip toss from Del Rio. Del Rio puts Cena into a side headlock on the mat. Cena fights up to his feet, and out of the hold. Del Rio hits a shoulderblock, and catches Cena with a kick to the back of the knee before grinding his boot into Cena's face. Del Rio hits a snap suplex that's good for two. Del Rio traps Cena's arm in a keylock hold, but Cena fights up, shouldering Del Rio in the process. Del Rio drops down, then hits a big clothesline on Cena for another two count.
Del Rio blasts Cena with a kick. Del Rio is going back to work on the arm of the champ. Cena's in the ropes, so the ref breaks it up. Del Rio heads to the top rope, and leaps off with a really sloppy punch to the arm. Del Rio and Cena fight to the outside where Cena blocks his head from being driven into the ring steps, but ends up being whipped into them instead. Del Rio brings things back into the ring for another two count before pounding away at Cena's head. Del Rio stomps away at Cena before heading to the top rope again. Del Rio leaps off with a sloppy double axe handle for two. Del Rio traps Cena in an arm bar, but Cena fights out of it pretty quickly. Cena hits a series of rights, but charges across the ring and misses Del Rio, crashing into the turnbuckle. Del Rio again working over the arm of Cena, stomping away at it with a vengeance.
Cena starts fighting back finally. Cena nails Del Rio with a shoulder block. He goes for another but misses and flies out to the floor. Del Rio heads out after him and tosses Cena into the barricade. Del Rio climbs the stairs and mocks Cena before heading back into the ring. Cena gets back to the apron and snaps Del Rio's neck across the top rope, but on his way into the ring he's caught with a clothesline from Del Rio. Del Rio traps Cena in another keylock hold, wearing down the champ. Cena fights back up to his feet, shouldering Del Rio again. Del Rio grabs onto the ropes and fights out of it. Cena hits dual shoulder tackles, but Del Rio follows up with a backstabber out of nowhere for two. Del Rio climbs to the top, and mocks Cena once more, but he leaps off right into a dropkick from Cena. Cena hits the belly to back suplex, and tries for the five knuckle shuffle, but Del Rio counters with a kick to the head and a DDT for two. Del Rio puts Cena's arm around the ring post and pulls on it. Del Rio goes for a big move but Cena gets out of the way and Del Rio crashes onto the floor.
The referee begins his count with Del Rio laid out on the floor. He just makes it back into the ring after the count of nine. Cena nails Del Rio with a big suplex. Cena hits the five knuckle shuffle. Del Rio counters the AA into a bridging German suplex for two. Del Rio calls for Cena to stand, but he misses the enzugiri in the corner. Del Rio counters the STF, but Cena comes right back with a giant tornado DDT out of the corner for two. Cena goes to the apron and climbs to the top turnbuckle, but Del Rio catches him with the enzugiri for two. Del Rio comes in with a big clubbing blow to the back of Cena. Del Rio seats Cena on the top rope and pulls him back in the tree of woe, choking Cena with his boot. Del Rio runs in with a spear, but Cena sits up and Del Rio runs into the ring post. Cena stands on the top rope and leaps off with a huge rocker dropper for two.
Del Rio goes for the Cross Armbreaker, but Cena immediately reverses it into his STF. Del Rio slaps his Cross Armbreaker on Cena again and this time gets it. Del Rio wrenches back on it hard. Cena looks to be in extreme pain and is contemplating tapping out. Cena ends up rolling over and powering Del Rio up. He hoists Del Rio up in the arm and simply throws him off. Del Rio crashes down as if he was hit with a powerbomb. Moments later, Del Rio goes for the Cross Armbreaker yet again, but Cena reverses directly into an Attitude Adjustment. 1-2-3. Cena wins and retains in his hometown.
Winner and STILL World Heavyweight Champion: John Cena
Backstage Segment: Santino, R-Truth, Los Matadores (with El Torito), Fandango and John Laurinaitis
Backstage, Santino Marella and R-Truth are shown talking. They talk about Money In The Bank, etc. They say let's get this going. They turn around and there's a bunch of little action figures. Santino says he's going to be The Rock. Truth says he's going to be John Cena. In pops Los Matadores and El Torito. Up next walks Fandango. John Laurinaitis then walks in and says People Power. R-Truth and Santino play with the action figures as all the guys babble. We fade away and that ends one goofy ass segment.
CM Punk & Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan (with Bray Wyatt)
CM Punk's music hits and out comes "The Best In The World." He informs us that it's "clobbering time." Out next is Daniel Bryan. Yes, that's right -- Daniel Bryan. Get it? Yes? Anyways, the crowd in Boston is heavily into both guys. Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family appear on screen. Instead of just saying, "we're here," Bray cuts a mini-promo. He basically says he was told in his dreams that Bryan and Punk are tough, but pretty much told them they should run. Out comes The Wyatt Family. Bray sits down in his rocking chair and when he blows out the light and the arena lights come on, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan are already in the ring. Gotta love The Wyatt Family's entrance. Bryan and Harper start things off for their respective teams as the bell sounds to make this one official.
Rowan runs at Bryan looking for a clothesline, but Bryan ducks it and blasts Rowan with a kick to the knee. Rowan knocks Bryan down with a head butt, then backs him into the corner with another. Bryan ducks another clothesline and scores with a series of kicks to the knee before Punk tags in. Rowan tosses Punk away, but Punk comes back with a dropkick to the knee. Rowan hits a big clubbing blow to Punk's back, then tags in Harper. Harper hits a European uppercut, and grinds his forearm across Punk's face. Punk comes back with a cross body, and a big chop, but Harper comes up with a chop of his own. Rowan tags in and traps Punk in a bear hug, wearing down the straight edge superstar. Punk fights out of the hold, scores with a couple of kicks, and tries for a suplex Rowan counters, but Punk lands on his feet and tags Bryan. Punk and Bryan try for a double suplex, but Rowan suplexes both men at once. Rowan backs Bryan into the corner and tosses him across the ring, but Bryan hits a drop toe hold that sends him into the corner. Punk tags in and we get dueling kicks. fast tags and the series of kicks to Rowan continues. Punk and Bryan hit a double belly to back suplex.
Rowan recovers and tags Harper into the match. Punk tags Bryan into the match. Punk and Bryan hit a double dropkick, and Bryan hits a series of kicks to Harper's chest. Punk and Bryan hits a Hart attack on Harper, but Rowan breaks up the pin. Punk jaws with Rowan, and it leads to Harper hitting a giant boot to the face of Punk. Rowan tags in and gets a quick two count. Rowan wrenches Punk's head and neck. Punk is able to fight up to his feet, but Rowan puts him down with a big blow to the back. Rowan picks up Punk, and drops him down spine first across his knee. Harper tags in and stomps away at Punk.
Harper locks Punk in the gator roll, but Punk fights to his feet and out of it. Punk catches Harper with a couple of big chops, but Harper fights back with a modified Michinoku driver. Rowan tags in and drops an elbow across Punk's back for two. Rowan buries his knee in Punk's back and yanks back on his head and neck. Punk gets to his feet, and tries to make the tag to Bryan, but Rowan blocks it and shoves Punk into the corner. Punk is able to connect with a tornado DDT out of the corner. Both men make the tag and Bryan scores with a couple of kicks before backflipping over Harper and connecting with a flying clothesline. Bryan low-bridges Harper and leaps through the ropes, wiping out Harper. Harper looks to have hurt his knee. Bryan hits a missile dropkick from the top rope. Bryan hits Harper with a series of kicks to the chest, and follows it with a hurricanrana, and a running kick in the corner. Bryan sits Harper on the top and tries for a hurricanrana, but Harper counters with a top rope powerbomb. Punk comes in but Rowan throws him out to the floor.
Rowan hits Bryan with a splash but it's not enough for three. Bray is screaming at Bryan. Rowan picks Bryan up and slams him three times (which Harper tells him to do from the apron), but it's still not enough for a three count. Rowan catches Punk with a boot as he tries to get back to the apron. Harper tags in and hits a big running splash before catapulting Bryan throat first into the ropes for two. Harper picks Bryan up to his feet, and Bryan fights out of the hostile corner, only to eat a giant suplex from Harper. Harper runs toward Punk, but Punk catches him with a big kick and both men are down.
Out of nowhere, Bryan shows up and blasts Rowan with his running knee. Harper turns around and Punk hoists him right up for the GTS. Punk nails it and covers him. 1-2-3. The Best and The Beard get the win. Bray Wyatt is shown punching the guard rail padding out on the floor.
Winners: CM Punk & Daniel Bryan
After The Match
Bray is still pissed. He takes his hat and shirt off. He approaches the ring. Punk and Bryan are standing in the middle waiting for him. The crowd is doing the loud "Yes!" chant. Bray hops back off the apron and back onto the floor. He backs away. The Wyatt Family collectively decide not to do anything further and they all head up the ramp and backstage as Punk and Bryan celebrate in the ring to a chorus of "Yes!" chants from the fans in Boston.
Backstage Segment: John Cena, Randy Orton, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon & Kane
Backstage, John Cena is having his arm iced down by a trainer as Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Kane are standing around him. Randy Orton walks up with the WWE Title. Cena says "it looks like you got some stuff to do" and walks off. Orton, seeming jealous of the attention Cena is getting, and fearing his "face of WWE" status is in jeopardy, walks off angrily.
WWE Title
- Randy Orton (c) vs. Big Show
Big Show's music hits and out comes "The World's Largest Athlete." He looks excited and happy to be here, clapping hands with fans as he makes his way to the ring. The WWE Champion Randy Orton's music hits and out he comes, cautiously making his way to the ring. The announcers are putting over the fact that there is not allowed to be any interference in tonight's WWE Championship match. Rumors on the internet seem to indicate that there will be some sort of "screwjob" finish in this one. Let's see what happens.
The bell rings and Justin Roberts, who has been trading off with Lilian Garcia for ring announcing duties tonight (Tony Chimel as well I believe) does his official introductions for the main event. He introduces Big Show first, followed by the current WWE Champion Randy Orton. The crowd cheers Big Show and boo's Orton. Referee Charles Robinson holds the title up to show everyone what these two are fighting for. The bell rings again and now our 2013 Survivor Series main event begins.
As soon as the bell rings, Orton runs out to the floor. He rolls back in and kicks and punches Big Show, but Big Show just powers him into the corner. Big Show goes for a big chop but Orton ducks. He drops to the ground and goes to roll outside the ring again. This time, however, he gets caught up on the bottom rope. The crowd laughs at Orton for getting tripped up in the ropes. He eventually does roll out to the floor. This time when he comes back in, he catches Big Show off guard. He tries pounding away quickly at Big Show, but Big Show muscles his way back up and manhandles Orton. Big Show beats up Orton for a few seconds before Orton rolls to the floor again.
Big Show reaches over the top and tries grabbing Orton, but Orton grabs Big Show's arm and drops down to the floor, smashing it over the top rope. He rolls back in thinking he's got things under control finally, but Big Show again goes right back to work on Orton. The crowd starts chanting "Daniel Bryan, Daniel Bryan" out of nowhere. Big Show chops the hell out of Orton in the corner. And again. The crowd chants "one more time, one miore time." Big Show smiles and obliges. Orton nails Big Show with a dropkick out of nowhere as we see a closeup of the welts on Orton's chest from Big Show's chops. Orton finally has Big Show grounded and is laying the boots to the big man.
Orton tries a pin on Big Show but only gets two. Orton slaps a front facelock on Big Show to keep the giant down. Big Show ends up powering back to his feet anyways. Orton moves around to Big Show's back as Big Show stands up and he now has Big Show in a standing sleeper-hold. The crowd starts a loud "boring, boring" chant. Big Show drops to his back with Orton still on him to break the sleeper-hold. A loud "we want Bryan chant" breaks out. Big Show clotheslines Orton down. And again. Big Show whips Orton into the corner and splashes him. Big Show calls for the chokeslam. The crowd seems to be turning on Big Show, realizing the match quality isn't what they were hoping. Orton rolls out to the floor.
Out on the floor, Big Show whips Orton back-first into the ringside steps. And again. Big Show throws Orton back in the ring at the count of five. Big Show looks at the top rope. Big Show climbs to the top rope. Orton blasts Big Show with a kick while he's up there. Big Show is seated on the top rope now. Orton grabvs Big Show and nails him with his draping DDT spot off the top. For some reason, the crowd boo's anyways. Orton feeds into the boo's, throwing up a biceps pose. Orton drops down and beats the mat, signaling The Viper and calling for the RKO. Big Show gets up and instead of Orton hitting the RKO, Big Show catches him and nails him with the chokeslam, 1-2-...Orton kicks out.
Orton is laid on the gorund now. Big Show calls for the Knockout Punch. Orton sees it coming and rolls out to the floor. Big Show goes out to the floor after Orton. Big Show throws Orton back-first into the ring, but Orton is smashed into referee Charles Robinson instead. The ref is down now. Orton whips Big Show into the barricade. Orton sees the ref is down and goes under the ring for a chair. Orton goes to blast Big Show with a chair but Big Show swats it away like a gorilla. Big Show throws Orton over the barricade and into the ring. Big Show chases after Orton in the crowd. He chops the hell out of Orton in front of some excited fans. Orton recovers and almost nails Big Show with his draping DDT spot over the barricade, but Big Show avoids it. Big Show blasts Orton with the Knockout Punch. Orton is down on the floor now.
Big Show grabs Orton and drags his lifeless body back into the ring. Meanwhile, referee Charles Robinson has recovered. Big Show goes to step back into the ring and Triple H's music hits. Big Show turns to see what's going on and out comes Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Kane. They just stand there. Big Show turns around and Orton catches him with the RKO. The crowd starts chanting "Daniel Bryan" randomly once again. Big Show is down and Orton is still getting his barrings about him. Orton is now setting Big Show up for the punt. He runs and blasts Big Show with the punt. 1-2-3. Orton wins and retains the WWE Championship. The Authority are shown standing at the top of the ramp applauding Orton's victory.
Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Randy Orton
After The Match
The Authority walks to the ring still applauding Orton's win. The referee hands Orton the WWE title. Orton hugs the belt and stands up. We see some highlights via replay of the match as the announcers bitch and complain about The Authority distracting Big Show and costing him the WWE Championship. It's only 10:42 as I'm writing this, I don't think this is over quite yet. John Cena's music hits. Out comes Cena. Cena holds up the World Heavyweight Championship. Cena comes down holding his World Title proudly. He stops in between Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. He runs into the ring. Cena and Orton stare at each other holding their titles. Orton seems confused as to what's going on. So do the announcers. Both guys stand in front of each other holding their titles up. It's 10:43pm E.T. / 7:43pm P.T. and we go off the air on that note.
