The 2014 Survivor Series was the 28th annual
Survivor Series professional wrestling
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and
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event
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produced by
WWE
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. It took place on November 23, 2014, at the
Scottrade Center
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in
St. Louis,
Missouri
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, and was the first Survivor Series event to air on the
WWE Network, which launched in February. The event was notable for the WWE debut appearance of former
World Championship Wrestling
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(WCW) wrestler
Sting
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* Sting (Middle-eart ...
and also the first Survivor Series since
2001
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to not feature a world championship match.
Eight matches were contested at the event, including two on the Kickoff pre-show. The main event saw Team Cena (
John Cena,
Dolph Ziggler,
Erick Rowan,
Big Show
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, and
Ryback
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One of the eight finalists on WWE's '' Tough Enough 4'', Reeves l ...
) defeat
Team Authority (
Seth Rollins,
Kane,
Luke Harper
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,
Mark Henry, and
Rusev) in a 5-on-5
Survivor Series elimination match
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, with Ziggler emerging the lone survivor. Ziggler was the second wrestler to survive a 3-on-1 situation in a Survivor Series elimination match, eliminating Kane, Harper, and Rollins. The only other person to survive a 3-on-1 situation was
Ric Flair
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at the
2006 event. The event had 100,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the previous year's 177,000 buys.
Production
Background
Survivor Series is an annual
gimmick
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pay-per-view
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(PPV), produced every November by
WWE
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since 1987. The second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE's
WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania,
Royal Rumble, and
SummerSlam, referred to as the "Big Four". The event is traditionally characterized by having
Survivor Series matches, which are
tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 2014 event was the 28th event in the Survivor Series chronology and was scheduled to be held on November 23, 2014, at the
Scottrade Center
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in
St. Louis,
Missouri
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. In addition to airing on traditional PPV, the event was available through WWE's online streaming service, the
WWE Network, which launched in February, which made it the first Survivor Series to air on the WWE Network.
Storylines
The card consisted of eight matches, including two on the Kickoff pre-show. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
heroes
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* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
,
villains
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, or
less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers.
Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs, ''
Raw
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'' and ''
SmackDown''.
![HHH and Stephanie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/HHH_and_Stephanie.jpg)
On the October 27 episode of Raw, after
John Cena, the #1 contender for the
WWE World Heavyweight Championship, rejected an offer to join
The Authority,
Triple H
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scheduled a traditional
Survivor Series tag team elimination match, with a team representing The Authority facing a team captained by Cena. Later that night, it was hinted that
Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler had joined Team Cena; both Cena and Ziggler saved each other from post-match attacks.
The next week on ''Raw'',
Vince McMahon
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announced that if Team Authority loses at Survivor Series, The Authority will be out of power (Triple H will be fired as COO; Kane will be fired as Director of Operations and Stephanie McMahon would no longer be a Principal Owner of WWE).
Seth Rollins,
Kane and
Randy Orton
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joined Team Authority with Rollins as captain, while Ziggler joined Team Cena. Later that night, Orton was ejected by The Authority after he attacked members of The Authority, and turned face in the process for the first time since 2013.
The next week on ''Raw'',
Rusev joined Team Authority after The Authority helped him retain the
United States Championship from
Sheamus. Sheamus joined Team Cena along with
Big Show
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and
Jack Swagger, while
Mark Henry and
Ryback
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One of the eight finalists on WWE's '' Tough Enough 4'', Reeves l ...
joined Team Authority. But, by the end of the night, Swagger dropped out of Team Cena after Rollins injured him, while Ryback attacked and left Team Authority after Kane interfered in his main-event match against Cena.
Luke Harper
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applied to join Team Authority by attacking Ziggler.
The next week on ''Raw'', Harper was confirmed as the final member of Team Authority. While Cena was scouting Ryback to fill out his team, team Authority attacked the rest of Team Cena, which played a part in Ziggler losing his Intercontinental Championship to Harper, and Sheamus dropping out of Team Cena after Mark Henry injured him. Later that night,
Erick Rowan and Ryback joined Team Cena.
On the November 21 episode of ''Smackdown'', in response to comments made by Cena stating that he felt responsible for his team, Triple H announced that if Team Cena lost, all of Team Cena, except Cena himself, would be fired. Later that night, with Cena absent, Team Authority and a chair-wielding Triple H attacked the rest of Team Cena.
On the October 31 episode of SmackDown,
Nikki Bella
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In 2007, Bella signed with WWE an ...
won a
Battle Royal to face
AJ Lee for the
WWE Divas Championship.
On November 10, WWE.com announced that AJ Lee would defend the title against Nikki at Survivor Series.
At
Hell in a Cell,
Bray Wyatt attacked
Dean Ambrose during his
Hell in a Cell match against Rollins. On the November 10 episode of Raw, it was announced that Ambrose would face Wyatt at Survivor Series.
On November 17, it was announced on WWE.com that
WWE Tag Team Champions
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Gold and Stardust would defend the titles against
The Miz and
Damien Mizdow,
The Usos, and
Los Matadores
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in a
Fatal 4-Way tag team match at Survivor Series.
On November 17, it was announced on WWE.com that the Survivor Series kickoff show would feature the return of
Bad News Barrett
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from injury and
Fandango, accompanied by
Rosa Mendes
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, against an unknown opponent.
On November 18, it was announced on WWE.com that
Alicia Fox,
Natalya,
Emma
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* Emma (given name)
Film
* Emma (1932 film), ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown
* Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow
* Emma (1996 TV film), '' ...
and
Naomi would face
Paige,
Cameron
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* Clan Cameron, a Scottish clan
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* Cameron (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
;Mononym
* Cam'ron (born 197 ...
,
Layla
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and
Summer Rae
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in a
Survivor Series elimination tag team match at Survivor Series.
Event
Pre-show
The analysis team was hosted by
Renee Young and consisted of
Alex Riley,
Booker T Booker T or Booker T. may refer to
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** List of things named after Booker T. Washington, some nicknamed "Booker T."
* Booker T. Jones (born 1944) ...
, and special guest
Paul Heyman.
During the Survivor Series Kickoff
pre-show,
Fandango faced
Justin Gabriel. Fandango executed a
"The Last Dance" to win the match.
Later,
Jack Swagger faced
Cesaro. Swagger forced Cesaro to submit to the
"Patriot Lock" to win the match.
Preliminary matches
The event began with
Mr. McMahon
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calling
The Authority and
John Cena to the ring. He added the stipulation, that should Team Authority lose, the only person who can bring The Authority back to power would be Cena himself. Cena then responded by saying "there is no chance in hell" he would bring The Authority back to power.
The first match saw
Gold and Stardust defend the
Tag Team Championship
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against The Miz and Damien Mizdow,
The Usos and
Los Matadores
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. After Goldust was incapacitated by a
"Samoan Splash" from an Uso, Mizdow stole the pin to win the titles for his team.
Next, Team Natalya (
Alicia Fox,
Emma
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* Emma (given name)
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* Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow
* Emma (1996 TV film), '' ...
,
Naomi, and
Natalya) faced Team Paige (
Paige,
Cameron
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;Mononym
* Cam'ron (born 197 ...
,
Layla
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, and
Summer Rae
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) in a traditional 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination tag team match. Cameron was eliminated by Naomi after Naomi pinned her with a
bridging rolling reverse cradle pin. Layla was eliminated by Fox after a
tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Summer Rae was eliminated after Emma forced her to submit to the
"Emma Lock". Paige was eliminated by Naomi after a
handstand
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modified headscissors driver.
After that,
Dean Ambrose faced
Bray Wyatt. Ambrose was disqualified after he hit Wyatt with a chair. After the match, Ambrose attacked Wyatt with
"Dirty Deeds" on the chair, a
diving elbow drop
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through a table and buried Wyatt underneath a table and chairs and climbed a ladder.
In the fourth match,
Adam Rose and
The Bunny faced Slator Gator (
Heath Slater and
Titus O'Neil
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). The Bunny executed a
missile dropkick
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on Slater to win the match.
Next, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield interviewed
Roman Reigns via satellite, who announced he would return in late December.
In the fifth match,
AJ Lee defended the
Divas Championship
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against
Nikki Bella
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In 2007, Bella signed with WWE an ...
. After
Brie Bella kissed AJ, Nikki executed the
"Rack Attack" on AJ to win the title.
Main event
![Sting March 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Sting_March_2015.jpg)
In the main event, Team Cena (
John Cena,
Dolph Ziggler,
Big Show
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,
Erick Rowan, and
Ryback
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One of the eight finalists on WWE's '' Tough Enough 4'', Reeves l ...
) faced Team Authority (
Seth Rollins,
Kane,
Mark Henry,
Rusev, and
Luke Harper
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) (with
Triple H
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,
Stephanie McMahon,
Jamie Noble,
Joey Mercury, and
Lana
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*Lana (given name)
*Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631–1687), Italian Jesuit priest and scientist
*Lana (wrestler), professional wrestler and pro wrestling manager
*'' Wild Energy. Lana'', a 2006 Ukrainian fantasy novel
Sciences
* ...
) in a traditional
5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination tag team match. Henry was the first man eliminated by Big Show after a
"KO Punch". Ryback was eliminated by Rusev after a
Curb Stomp
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from Rollins and a
jumping savate kick. Rusev tried to put Ziggler through a broadcast table with a
splash
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but missed, fell through the table and was counted out. Rowan was eliminated by Harper after a
discus clothesline. Cena was eliminated by Rollins after a KO Punch from Big Show, who betrayed Cena. Big Show shook Triple H's hand and walked out on the match, eliminating himself by countout and turning heel. Ziggler eliminated Kane with a
"Zig Zag" and Harper with a
schoolboy
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In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementary ...
. Ziggler executed a Zig Zag on Rollins but Triple H pulled the referee out of the ring. The Authority attacked Ziggler, but he fought them off and executed a second Zig Zag on Rollins as another referee came out to the ring. Triple H attacked the other referee and attacked Ziggler, executing a
"Pedigree" on him. He called out
Scott Armstrong to count the pin, but
WCW
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wrestler
Sting
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* Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
Fictional characters and entities
* Sting (Middle-eart ...
appeared, making his WWE debut. Sting knocked out Armstrong and had a staredown with Triple H. Sting then executed a
"Scorpion Death Drop" on Triple H and pulled Ziggler on top of Rollins for the pin and win. In the orders of the stipulation, Triple H was fired as the COO, Stephanie was no longer a principal owner of WWE and Kane lost his role as the Director of Operations (The Authority was removed from power). The show ended with Triple H and Stephanie heartbroken that they lost their power, and they realized that they were nothing better than the people that clean the floors and they realized that since they were fired from power, they lost the privilege to fly on the corporate jet to WWE events, and they can only work at WWE headquarters and no longer influence the careers and lives of the superstars. The fans chanted “Yes, Yes, Yes” and “You got fired!” Stephanie would throw a tantrum and not accept the results as she would cry as the event went off the air.
Reception
Survivor Series received generally positive reviews, with particular praise going toward the main event. Speaking of the Ambrose-Wyatt match, Larry Csonka of 411mania said "The match was good, and they set up next month so I really don’t have a lot of complaints with this." He gave the match ***3/4 (out of *****). He gave the main event ****, calling it "a very good main event presentation." He gave the entire event a score of 7 out of 10. The main event received the
Slammy Award for match of the year 2014.
Aftermath
On the November 24 episode of ''Raw'',
Triple H
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and
Stephanie McMahon bid farewell to the WWE Universe, but were interrupted by
Daniel Bryan Daniel Bryan may refer to:
* Bryan Danielson (born 1981), American professional wrestler who formerly used the ring name "Daniel Bryan"
* Dan Bryan (1900–1985), Irish soldier
* Daniel Bryan (Big Brother), contestant on the British reality televi ...
, who returned and served as the general manager for both ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown'' that week, putting members of Team Authority in unfavorable situations. Mark Henry was put in a match against Ryback, which he lost quickly. Luke Harper defended his Intercontinental Championship against Dean Ambrose, which ended in a disqualification due to interference from Bray Wyatt. Kane was put into concessions for the night as Concessions Kane. Rusev and Lana were forced to speak out the Pledge of Allegiance or defend the United States Championship in a Battle Royal, which Rusev did successfully on ''SmackDown''. Seth Rollins lost a 3-on-2 handicap match against John Cena and Dolph Ziggler, with Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury chosen as his partners by fans poll. At the end of the show, it was announced that the
Anonymous Raw General Manager
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would be returning the following week.
On the December 29 episode of ''Raw'', after threatening to Curb Stomp guest host
Edge (who had to retire due to multiple neck injuries that could leave him paralyzed), Rollins coaxed Cena into bringing back The Authority after just over a month of exile. The following week on ''Raw'', The Authority rewarded Rollins by placing him in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at the
Royal Rumble also involving Cena and defending champion
Brock Lesnar
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. In the same show, the Authority had also gave out the pre-match stipulated consequences to Team Cena, firing
Dolph Ziggler,
Erick Rowan and
Ryback
Ryback Allen Reeves (né Ryan; born November 10, 1981) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring name Ryback.
One of the eight finalists on WWE's '' Tough Enough 4'', Reeves l ...
. Later on January 19, 2015, on Raw,
John Cena defeated
Seth Rollins,
Big Show
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and
Kane in a 3-on-1 handicap match (with his #1 contendership on the line) with the help of
Sting
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* Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
Fictional characters and entities
* Sting (Middle-eart ...
, and thus Ziggler, Rowan and Ryback managed to get their jobs back. On January 22, 2015, on ''SmackDown'', Daniel Bryan welcomed Dolph Ziggler,
Erick Rowan and
Ryback
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One of the eight finalists on WWE's '' Tough Enough 4'', Reeves l ...
to celebrate their return to the WWE. Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, and Ryback would continue to team as a faction well into 2015 before going separate ways just before
WrestleMania 31.
Results
Survivor Series elimination matches
References
External links
Official website
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