Survivor Series (2007)

This is a good article. Click here for more information.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Survivor Series
American Airlines Arena
Attendance12,500[1]
Buy rate341,000
Tagline(s)Edge Is Back. And He's Just A Little Bitter.[2]
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous
Cyber Sunday 		Next →
Armageddon
Survivor Series chronology
← Previous
2006 		Next →
2008

The 2007 Survivor Series was the 21st annual

American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida
.

The show's seven matches showcased prominent WWE wrestlers, who acted out the franchise's stories in and out of the ring. The

Finlay, and Big Daddy V) in an inter-brand five-on-four Survivor Series elimination tag team match
.

Survivor Series helped WWE increase its pay-per-view revenue by $1.2 million, through ticket sales and pay-per-view buys. It received mixed critical reviews by various independent sources, including

Canadian Online Explorer and the Pro Wrestling Torch. After its release on DVD, the event peaked at number five on Billboard
's Video Sales chart, before it fell off the chart after ten weeks.

Production

Background

American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.[4][5]

Storylines

Survivor Series was the culmination of various

ECW—to create feuds between various wrestlers, casting them as heroes and villains.[6][7]

The main narrative for Survivor Series from the SmackDown! brand continued the events that unfolded at

legitimately injured and vacated the championship, and The Great Khali won the vacant championship in a Battle Royal.[10] At Unforgiven, Batista won the World Heavyweight Championship from Khali, and Undertaker returned from his injury.[11] Afterwards, the original feud between the two wrestlers was restarted and culminated into a singles match for the title at Cyber Sunday; Batista won this match and retained his title.[12] On the November 2 episode of SmackDown!, a rematch was booked in a Hell in a Cell match at Survivor Series.[13]

The prime rivalry from the Raw brand continued a storyline that extended from Cyber Sunday, between WWE Champion Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels over Orton's title. At Cyber Sunday, Michaels was chosen by the WWE fans, via online voting, to face Orton for the title, though, Orton retained his title via disqualification.[14] A rematch was promoted for Survivor Series on the October 29 edition of Raw, in which Michaels would face Orton for his title.[15] Afterwards, Michaels and Orton fought in different match types over the weeks leading to Survivor Series.[16] On the episode of Raw before Survivor Series, Michaels and Orton met "Face to Face", in which Orton attacked Michaels.[17]

The prime storyline on the ECW brand featured

The Miz. Morrison and Punk's rivalry revolved over the outcome of their match at Vengeance: Night of Champions, in which Morrison (then known as Johnny Nitro) defeated Punk to win the vacant title.[18] Punk sought revenge, but Morrison defeated Punk in two championship matches at The Great American Bash and SummerSlam;[19][20] however, Punk won the title from Morrison on the September 4 episode of ECW.[21] At Cyber Sunday, Miz was voted online by fans to challenge Punk for the ECW Championship, though, Punk defeated Miz to retain his title.[22] A Triple Threat match was announced for Survivor Series on the November 13 episode of ECW, in which Punk would defend his title against Morrison and Miz, and the first wrestler to gain a pinfall or submission would win the match and the title.[23]

In a narrative extending to the September 10 episode of Raw, in which

Mr. Kennedy).[27][26]

Event

Other on-screen personnel[28]
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Jim Ross (Raw)
Jerry Lawler (Raw)
Michael Cole (Smackdown!)
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
(Smackdown!)
Joey Styles (ECW)
Tazz
(ECW)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Interviewers
 Todd Grisham
Anastasia Rose
Ring announcers Lilian Garcia (Raw)
Justin Roberts (SmackDown)
Tony Chimel (ECW)
Referees Scott Armstrong (ECW)
Mike Chioda (Raw)
John Cone (Raw)
Marty Elias (Raw)
Mickie Henson (SmackDown)
Jim Korderas
(SmackDown!)
Chad Patton (Raw)
Charles Robinson (SmackDown!)

Preliminary matches

The pay-per-view began with the

Go To Sleep on Miz to retain the ECW Championship.[5][29]

The next scheduled match was an inter-brand 10-

Clothesline and a Long Kiss Goodnight to Melina to earn the victory for her team.[30][31]

Next was a tag team match for the

Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes.[32] At one point, Holly performed a Clothesline on Cade, and sent Cade and himself onto ringside. In the ring, Murdoch performed the "Ace of Spades" on Rhodes to retain the World Tag Team Championship for his team.[5][30]

The fourth match was the five-on-four Survivor Series Elimination Tag team match between Team Triple H (

Samoan Spike. MVP was eliminated by Hardy after a Twist of Fate. Kennedy was eliminated by Triple H after Big Daddy V accidentally performed an elbow drop on Kennedy. Big Daddy V was eliminated after Hardy and Triple H performed a Double DDT. Finlay and Umaga were then eliminated after a "Pedigree" to Finlay, and a "Swanton" to Umaga. As a result, Team Triple H won.[27][33]

shillelagh, but Khali slapped Hornswoggle down to the mat. The match ended via disqualification, after Finlay, Hornswoggle's original caretaker, entered the ring and hit Khali in the head with his own shillelagh and Finlay turned face.[34]

Main event matches

The sixth match was

Sweet Chin Music", while Orton was unable to get disqualified, and if either man broke those stipulations they would have lost the match. If Shawn Michaels used his finishing move, he would’ve never been allowed to challenge for the WWE championship again no matter who held the championship following this match. [35] Michaels attempted various submission moves, such as the Sharpshooter, Crossface, and ankle lock. Eventually, Michaels attempted to perform Sweet Chin Music but to prevent himself from losing the match, he stopped, which then allowed Orton to perform an RKO to retain the WWE Championship.[5][35]

The main event was

Hell in a Cell match. At one point, Batista performed a Batista Bomb through a table on Undertaker for a near-fall. The Undertaker then performed a Tombstone Piledriver on Batista for a near-fall. The Undertaker then performed another Tombstone Piledriver on top of the steel steps and pinned Batista, but as the referee counted the pin, Edge, dressed as a cameraman, pulled the referee out of the ring, and hit The Undertaker with the camera he was holding and then positioned Undertaker's head on top of the steel steps. Edge then slammed a folding chair onto The Undertaker's head. While the referee re-entered the ring, Edge dragged Batista onto The Undertaker, and as a result, Batista pinned The Undertaker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Edge came back into the ring and hit The Undertaker with a chair as he was sitting up.[36][30]

Reception

The

American Airlines Arena usually has a capacity of 19,600, which was reduced for Survivor Series due to production purposes.[37] From an approximate attendance of 12,000 and 341,000 pay-per-view buys, Survivor Series helped WWE earn $19.9 million in pay-per-view revenue versus $18.7 million the previous year; this was confirmed by WWE in its 2007 fourth quarter financial report.[38] Although Survivor Series helped WWE's revenue, it earned 42,000 less buys than the previous year's Survivor Series.[38]

In addition, the pay-per-view received mixed reviews. Dale Plummer and Nick Tylwalk of

Canadian Online Explorer's SLAM! Sports – Wrestling rated the entire event 7.5 out of 10 points. They also rated Raw and SmackDown's main event an 8 out of 10 points.[5] J.D. Dunn of 411Mania stated that the event was "The best WWE PPV since Backlash."[39] Wade Keller of the Pro Wrestling Torch, a professional wrestling newsletter operated since 1987, reported that the main event was "disappointing" and that "WWE set expectations too high for the Cell." He rated the Raw main event 3 out of 5 points, while rating the SmackDown main event 2.25 out of 5 points.[30] Survivor Series was released on DVD on December 26, 2007, by WWE Home Video, and it was distributed by Genius Products.[40] The DVD debuted on Billboard's Video Sales chart on January 19, 2008, at number five.[41] It spent nine more weeks on the chart, before it fell off the chart at number 20.[42]

Aftermath

After Survivor Series, Randy Orton was scripted into a feud with Chris Jericho, who made his return to WWE after a two-year hiatus. The following night on Raw, the evolving feud culminated into a match being promoted for Armageddon, WWE's December pay-per-view.[43] At Armageddon, Orton retained his WWE Title.[44] After Batista retained his World Heavyweight Championship, Edge was scripted into a rivalry with him over his title. Eventually, The Undertaker was also placed in the feud, which led to the advertising of a Triple Threat match at Armageddon for the title.[45][46] At Armageddon, Edge won the World Heavyweight Championship.[47] Due to the events that occurred at Survivor Series, a match was announced between Finlay and The Great Khali for Armageddon.[48] Finlay prevailed at Armageddon via pinning The Great Khali. After surviving their Elimination tag team match, Triple H and Jeff Hardy were promoted into a match for Armageddon, in which the winner would win the opportunity to challenge for the WWE Championship.[49] At Armageddon, Hardy defeated Triple H.[50] Because Beth Phoenix and Mickie James were the leaders of their teams at Survivor Series, a feud evolved from this, which culminated into a match at Armageddon over Phoenix's WWE Women's Championship.[48] Phoenix retained her title at Armageddon.[51]

This was the last Survivor Series PPV to air in 4:3 format until January 2008 when all WWE shows went in high definition.

Results

No.Results
Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship
21:24
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Survivor Series elimination match

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 Kane
Big Daddy V
Pinfall
 05:25
2 Rey Mysterio Umaga
Pinfall
 09:14
3
MVP
 Jeff Hardy
Pinfall
 12:49
4
Mr. Kennedy
 Triple H
Pinfall
 14:20
5
Big Daddy V
 Triple H
Pinfall
 15:24
6
Finlay
 Triple H
Pinfall
 21:14
7 Umaga Jeff Hardy
Pinfall
 22:08
Survivor(s): Jeff Hardy and Triple H (Team Triple H)

Other on-screen personnel

Commentators
Interviewers
Ring announcer
Referees

References

  1. ^ "Survivor Series 2007 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  2. ^ Canton, John. "WWE Survivor Series 2007 Review". TJR Wrestling. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ Ian Hamilton. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition (p. 160)
  4. World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original
    on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  5. ^
    Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved 2007-12-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  6. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Archived from the original on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  7. ^ "WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands". Archived from the original on 2010-04-17.
  8. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  9. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  10. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  11. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved 2008-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  12. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  13. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  14. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  15. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-06.
  16. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  17. ^ Keller, Wade (2007-11-12). "Keller's WWE Raw report 11/12 (hour two): Michael-Orton debate, Hunter vs. Umaga lumberjack match". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  18. World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original
    on October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  19. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  20. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  21. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  22. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  23. ^ Caldwell, James (2007-11-13). "Caldwell's ECW TV report 11/13: Ongoing coverage of Sci-Fi show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  24. ^ Golden, Hunter (2007-09-10). "Raw Results – 9/10/07 – Green Bay, WI (Vince's son revealed, more)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  25. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . WrestleView. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  26. ^ a b Dee, Louie (2007-11-07). "Ten the hard way". WWE. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  27. ^
    World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  28. ^ a b "Survivor Series Facts". Hoffco-inc. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  29. ^
    World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  30. ^ a b c d Caldwell, James (2007-11-18). "Caldwell's WWE Survivor Series Report 11/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  31. ^
    World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  32. ^
    World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  33. ^ Martin, Adam (2007-11-18). "Survivor Series PPV Results: 11/18 – Miami, FL (Batista/Undertaker)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  34. ^
    World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  35. ^
    World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  36. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  37. ^ "American Airlines Arena at Ballparks.com". Ballparks.com. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  38. ^
    World Wrestling Entertainment. 2008-02-12. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  39. ^ Dunn, J.D. (2007-11-25). "The Survivor Series 2007 Breakdown". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  40. For Your Entertainment. Archived from the original
    on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  41. ^ "Survivor Series 2007 at Billboard.com (Week 1)". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-12-22. [dead link]
  42. ^ "Survivor Series 2007 at Billboard.com (Week 10)". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-12-22. [dead link]
  43. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  44. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  45. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . WrestleView. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  46. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . WrestleView. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  47. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  48. ^ a b Keller, Wade (2007-11-26). "Keller's WWE Raw Report 11/26: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live USA Network show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  49. ^ Golden, Hunter (2007-11-26). "Raw Results – 11/26/07 – Charlotte, NC (Ric Flair's career on the line)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  50. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  51. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  52. World Wrestling Entertainment
    . 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2007-11-06.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Survivor_Series_(2007)&oldid=1208869905"