Survivor Series 2012 2012-11-18

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Survivor Series 2012

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Sun 18th November 2012 (UTC)
Sun 18th November 2012 (Local)

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2012

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Survivor Series (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE and presented by Kmart that took place on November 18, 2012 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It was the twenty-sixth annual Survivor Series event and the first one held in Indiana. The event received 212,000 pay-per-view buys, down from 281,000 buys the previous year.

It was revealed on the October 29, 2012 edition of Raw that a team formed by Mick Foley would take on a team formed by CM Punk in a traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match. Later that night, the teams were announced. For Team Punk - team captain CM Punk, The Miz, Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow), and Alberto Del Rio. For Team Foley - Kofi Kingston, Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan), Randy Orton, and Ryback, with Foley serving as ringside captain. At Hell in a Cell, all 10 participants had matches. First Del Rio lost to Orton in a singles match. Rhodes and Sandow defeated Team Hell No via disqualification, but did not win the WWE Tag Team Championship. The Miz unsuccessfully challenged Kingston for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The match at Survivor Series was originally centered on the feud between the WWE Champion CM Punk and Ryback. At the pay-per-view, Ryback lost after the referee Brad Maddox low-blowed him, followed by a fast count to give Punk the pinfall victory. Ryback then took out his frustration on Punk and Maddox, first press-slamming Maddox out of the ring into the side of the cell, then chasing Punk to the top of the cell, where Ryback caught him and hit his finishing move, Shell Shocked. On the November 5 episode of Raw the match was changed, as The Miz quit the team due to Punk abandoning his team in an attack by Team Foley and Vickie Guerrero was forced to remove Punk and Ryback in favor of making another match involving them, team captain, CM Punk, was replaced by Dolph Ziggler by Vickie (with the team also being renamed Team Ziggler) and The Miz was replaced by Wade Barrett after being recruited by Paul Heyman before Punk was removed from the match, Ryback's replacement however was left up to the WWE Universe with a RAWactive poll with the choices being The Miz, Santino Marella, and Zack Ryder. Rhodes was replaced by David Otunga at the event due to an injury sustained in the lead up to the event.

The event also featured a rematch from Hell in a Cell between Sheamus and Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship, with former champion Sheamus invoking his rematch clause.

The event also featured a triple threat match for the WWE Championship, in which CM Punk would defend his title against Ryback and John Cena. The storyline over the past two months was focused on the fact that Ryback was screwed out of his match with Punk at Hell in a Cell and Punk fought Cena to a draw at Night of Champions. The match was announced after WWE Chairman Vince McMahon questioned Vickie Guerrero's decision to place Punk in a match in which he did not need to defend his title and could hide behind several partners.

Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd were initially scheduled to face 3MB in the pre-show available free on YouTube, but were replaced with Team Co-Bro (Santino Marella and Zack Ryder) due to being placed in a different match at the event.

The Divas feud heading into Survivor Series was between Eve Torres and Kaitlyn over the WWE Divas Championship. At Night of Champions, Kaitlyn was attacked by an unknown woman moments before she was set to face off against Layla for the Divas Championship, which led to Eve replacing Kaitlyn and winning the title. In the weeks that followed, the evil Aksana was eventually revealed as Kaitlyn's attacker, doing so under Eve's orders. As a result, a Triple Threat Match took place at Hell In A Cell, with Eve defeating Layla and Kaitlyn to retain the title. On the November 12 edition of Raw, Kaitlyn defeated Layla to earn a Divas Championship match at Survivor Series.

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Result List

Result Description
Ten Man Tag Team Elimination Match
Brodus Clay, Justin Gabriel, Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara & Tyson Kidd (w/Cameron & Naomi) defeated Epico, Primo, The Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O'Neil) & Tensai (w/Rosa Mendes) (18:27)
- Tensai eliminated Brodus Clay
- Justin Gabriel eliminated Tensai
- Tyson Kidd eliminated Titus O'Neil
- Tyson Kidd eliminated Epico
- Rey Mysterio eliminated Primo
- Rey Mysterio eliminated Darren Young
Survivors: Justin Gabriel, Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara & Tyson Kidd

WWE Divas Title Match
Eve Torres (c) defeated Kaitlyn (7:02)

WWE United States Title Match
Antonio Cesaro (c) defeated R-Truth (6:58)

World Heavyweight Title Match
Sheamus defeated The Big Show (c) via DQ (14:44)

Ten Man Tag Team Elimination Match
Team Ziggler (Alberto Del Rio, Damien Sandow, David Otunga, Dolph Ziggler & Wade Barrett) defeated Team Foley (Daniel Bryan, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton & The Miz) (23:41)
- Kane eliminated Damien Sandow
- Dolph Ziggler eliminated Kane
- Daniel Bryan eliminated David Otunga
- Wade Barrett eliminated Kofi Kingston
- Alberto Del Rio eliminated Daniel Bryan
- The Miz eliminated Wade Barrett
- Alberto Del Rio eliminated The Miz
- Randy Orton eliminated Alberto Del Rio
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Randy Orton
Survivor: Dolph Ziggler

WWE Heavyweight Title Triple Threat Match
CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) (c) defeated John Cena und Ryback (17:57)

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