Survivor Series 2012

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Survivor Series 2012
Information
Promotion	WWE
Date	November 18, 2012
Venue	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
City	Indianapolis, Indiana
Last Event	Hell in a Cell
Next Event	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs

Survivor Series 2012 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE that will take place on November 18, 2012 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It will be the 26th annual Survivor Series event and the first one held in Indiana.

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Background

See also: Professional wrestling

Survivor Series will feature professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that develop on WWE's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

It was revealed on the October 29, 2012 edition of Raw that a team formed by Mick Foley will 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 PPV 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 favour 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 is yet to be announced.

The event will also feature 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 will also feature a triple threat match for the WWE Championship, in which CM Punk will defend his title against Ryback and John Cena. The story lines over the past two months were played on to hype this match as it 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 does not need to defend his title and can hide behind several partners.

Matches

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Team Ziggler (Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow) and Alberto Del Rio) (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) vs. Team Foley (The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Team Hell No (Kane & Daniel Bryan) and Randy Orton) (w/ Mick Foley) in a Traditional 5-On-5 WWE Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match

• The Big Show (c) vs. Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship

• CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena vs. Ryback for the WWE Championship

• Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. R-Truth for the United States Championship

• Eve (c) vs. Kaitlyn for the Diva's Championship
• 3MB ( Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater, & Jinder Mahal) vs. Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd

Survivor Series elimination matches

• Team Ziggler vs. Team Foley

Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
Survivors:

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Interviewers

Ring announcer Referees

Also See

• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• WWE Event History
• Survivor Series
• Event gallery

DVD release

• [ Survivor Series 2012 on DVD]

External links

• Survivor Series 2012 official website
• Survivor Series 2012 at CAGEMATCH.net
• [ Survivor Series 2012 at Online World of Wrestling]