Pulse Wrestling’s Survivor Series Report
Live from Boston, Massachusetts
11/23/2008
Announcers are Jim Ross, Tazz, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Michael Cole, Matt Striker

HBK’s Team (“Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels, Cryme Tyme’s Shad and JTG, The Great Khali with Ranjn Singh and Rey Mysterio) vs. JBL’s Team (John Bradshaw Layfield, Montel Vontavious Porter, John Morrison,The Miz, and Kane)

In the first elimination match of the evening, MVP faces Mysterio in the center of the ring. Porter comes out punching, Mysterio comes out flying and Mysterio gets the first cover, Montel kicks out and Rey tags in JTG. Porter delivers a kick and gets the three count eliminating JTG, but Khali enters the ring, delivers a chop and MVP is eliminated. Kane enters the match and it’s big guy against big guy with the fans loudly behind The Punjabi Playboy. Khali delivers a chop and tags in Mysterio who does a frog splash off Khali’s shoulders and Kane is eliminated. Morrison is next in the ring but he takes a nasty rib hit against the turnbuckle and Rey tags in the remaining member of Cryme Tyme, John tags in Miz and Miz immediately tags Morrison back in. Shad body slams Miz to the mat,, gets distracted my Morrison, Reality Check and Shad is eliminated. HBK enters the match, Miz pounds on Michaels and tags in John, John immediately tags in JBL. Layfield gets a cover getting two, he tags in Miz who covers and gets two. Miz tags in John, Miz gets involved and distracts Shawn, Morrison comes off the top with an elbow and it’s a miss! HBK tags in Mysterio, Miz gets the tag from John, Rey hits the 619, frog splash and Miz is eliminated. Morrison enters the ring, JBL gets a blind tag, pounds on Mysterio, tags in John, he works on Rey and tags in Layfield. The camera pans Michaels and he has a cut on his eye, he’s bleeding. JBL tries to take Mysterio off the top but he fights back and comes off with a moonsault, both men are down. Layfield’s lip is bleeding and Rey tags in HBK. Michaels body slams Layfield to the mat but gets distracted and can’t come off the top into the ring, JBL rolls out and Shawn goes over the top rope, JBL gets counted out and is eliminated. Morrison is in and misses a superkick, Michaels nails the superkick and wins the match.

Winning Team: HBK, Mysterio and Khali

HHH is backstage and he praises Jeff Hardy and says that the match should probably have been himself versus Vladimir Kozlov for the Championship tonight.

Smackdown vs. Raw Diva’s Tag Team Match: Michelle McCool, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria and Maria representing Smackdown vs. The Glamazon Beth Phoenix with Santino Marella, Mickie James, Jillian Hall, Candice Michelle, and Kelly Kelly, representing Raw

Phoenix and McCool begin the match as the referee calls for the bell, a little push and shove and Maryse gets the tag, with Maryse shoving Michelle off the apron. Maria tags herself in, Kelly tags herself in and goes for the cover, then a backslide but only gets one. Victoria tags herself in, Kelly delivers a roll up and Victoria is eliminated. Maryse is back in, backbreaker, and Kelly is eliminated. Mickie is in the ring, McCool gets the tag, James goes for the cover and Maria breaks it up, hitting McCool instead, Mickie delivers a DDT and McCool is eliminated. Maryse enters the ring, goes for a roll up and James is eliminated. Natalya is in the ring with Candice, Natalya locks in the sharpshooter, Jillian breaks it up, Michelle delivers a spear and a bridge and Natalya is eliminated. Michelle is in the ring with Hall, tags in Maria, roll up by Maria and Jillian is eliminated. Candice enters the ring, bridge cover and Maria is eliminated. Maryse enters the ring, delivers a leg submission hold and Michelle is eliminated. Beth and Maryse are the only two left in the match, Phoenix face plants Maryse and gets the win.

Winner: Raw’s Beth Phoenix

Matt Hardy is backstage with Todd Grisham and talks about Jeff and what happened last night. Matt says the doctors told him Jeff was hit in the back of the head, behind the ear with a blunt object. Matt says he doesn’t know how it happened. We see a video promo of The Undertaker/Big Show feud.

Casket Match, No Count Outs, No Disqualifications: The Undertaker vs. The Big Show

Taker spends the first few seconds of the match trying to scare Show by having the lid of the casket opened. Show is on the attack but almost goes over the top rope and into said casket. The match has moved to the floor with The Dead Man being sent into the guardrail, face first into Ross’s announcers table. Show scares Striker away from his table, tosses chairs out of the way and gets nailed by a monitor courtesy of Taker. Undertaker comes off the middle table and delivers a leg drop that sends Show through Striker’s table. Show rolls back into the ring, Taker tries to go old school but is blocked by Show, both men are down, Big Show rolls Taker into the casket and tells the refs to close the lid but Show has to close the lid, he tries but The Dead Man gets a boot out and is back in the ring. Taker delivers a choke slam off the second rope and kicks Show into the casket., Show blocks the closing of the lid. Show delivers a choke slam , climbs out of the ring, turns the casket on its side and then rolls it over on its top before backing up the entrance ramp to the jeers of the fans. The Dead Man sits up in the ring and heads up the ramp with a wall of fire preventing Show from leaving. Another casket is brought to the top of the entrance ramp, Show stands the casket up on end and slams Taker’s head into it., Show stands it up again and opens it before going back to work on The Dead Man. Taker comes back, sends Show into the casket and the lid closes.

Winner: The Undertaker

The Bella Twins are backstage with Carlito and Primo, Charlie Haas and The Boogeyman with a mouth full of worms. Orton is backstage with his team to give orders to his team since he is the captain but he and Cody Rhodes get into a confrontation.

Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Match: Team Batista (Batista, R-Truth, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston and Matt Hardy) vs. Team Orton (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes with Manu, “The Gold Standard” Shelton Benjamin, William Regal with Layla and “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry with Tony Atlas)

The opening bell rings with Punk facing Regal, delivers a high kick, covers and Regal is eliminated. Layla throws a shoe, hitting Punk, Benjamin enters the ring and goes for a roll up but Punk kicks out. Kingston gets the tag and Henry gets the tag, Henry pounds on Kofi and tags in Rhodes. Kingston tags in Matt who goes for a cover getting one, Truth gets the tag, goes for the cover and gets two. Batista gets the tag and Cody rolls out, rolls back in and tags in Shelton. Batista delivers a suplex and gets two, tags in Hardy, Benjamin tags in Orton. Matt delivers a bulldog and gets two, goes for a moonsault off the top and misses, Henry gets the tag. Mark covers but Hardy gets a foot on the ropes, Rhodes gets the tag. Truth gets the tag as Shelton gets the tag, Truth goes for a roll up for two. Shelton delivers the Pay Dirt and Truth is eliminated. Kofi enters off the top and goes for a quick cover, getting two. Benjamin tags in Mark, he pounds on Kingston and tags in Orton with Batista looking worried on the outside. Randy misses a knee drop, delivers a DDT, and Kingston is eliminated. Punk is in the ring taking on Orton, high kick, cover and only two. Randy tags in Cody, Punk goes for two quick covers, Rhodes kicks out, Punk delivers a high knee, a bulldog, covers and gets two. Punk goes to the top, gets distracted by Manu, Rhodes delivers a DDT, goes for the cover and Punk is eliminated. Matt is in the ring, Cody tags in Henry, Hardy delivers the side effect, comes off the top, gets caught, body slam and Matt is eliminated. Batista enters with a spear to Henry, gets the cover and Henry is eliminated. Benjamin is in, Batista delivers a spine buster, unleashes the animal, delivers the Batista bomb and Shelton is eliminated. Cody is in the ring, catches a boot to the face, a clothesline off the top, receives a power slam, delivers a blow to Manu, Batista bomb but Orton got a blind tag, delivers the RKO and Batista is eliminated.

Winners: Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes

WWE Championship Match: “The Moscow Mauler” Vladimir Kozlov vs. “The Game” Triple H ©

Kozlov starts off the match with a waist lock take down, HHH takes him down with a side headlock and we are seeing mat wrestling that we don’t normally see from either worker. The Mauler moves to use forearm shots and the “Harley Race type knee” (not my description JR’s description) as Trips comes off the ropes, face buster, followed up by a DDT. The Game delivers a hard right, covers and gets two. The Game delivers a spine buster, goes for the pedigree but Vlad blocks it. Trips is sent over the top and The Mauler goes outside with the ref counting. The Game off the ropes, gets caught, Vlad delivers a fall away slam and gets two. Kozlov delivers head butts to the chest, running power slam, cover and two. Vlad delivers a backbreaker and gets two, a second backbreaker, another cover and another two. The audience may be yelling “boring” but I’m not sure. Power slam by Kozlov, cover and two and we are back to mat wrestling. Kozlov is doing a great job, showing his wrestling talent and Trips isn’t doing a bad job either. Vlad delivers a belly-to-belly suplex but misses a charge to the corner, Trips delivers the pedigree but can’t cover and Vickie Guerrero shows up to tell everyone that it will be Triple Threat Match and says “he’s here” and it’s “The Rated R Superstar” Edge who enters the ring and waits for someone to get to their feet. HHH gets the spear, he covers but Jeff Hardy charges in and goes after Edge, outside for a chair, nails The Game when Edge gets out of the way, nails Kozlov with the chair and catches a spear from Edge. Edge covers HHH and he’s the winner. And what started out as a great match went to shall we say “hell” quickly.

Winner and new WWE Champion: Edge

We see a video of WWE World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho and then a video of the challenger for that title, John Cena.

WWE Heavyweight Championship Match: Y2J Chris Jericho © vs. John Cena

Cena is a hit in Boston and even more so when he takes off his shirt and the camera pans in on the scar on his throat. The bell rings and as the circle, Jericho trash talks, John goes for the FU and Chris bails out to the apron. Jericho drops Cena with a shoulder block off the ropes and John bails out. Cena comes back in swinging, back body drop, cover and one. Cena comes off the rope with an elbow drop, covers and Jericho kicks out. Cena delivers a throwback, goes to the top then changes his mind. Chris nails him with a DDT, covers and gets two. Jericho goes outside to deliver a boot to the head, the ref is outside to check on John, makes Chris get back in the ring and starts the count. Cena is back out on the floor, Jericho comes off with a drop off the apron, sends John into the steel steps, hard enough to send the steps spilling over sideways, back in the ring, cover and two. John misses off the ropes, Chris covers, gets two and goes back to work on Cena’s neck with a full nelson. John powers out again, Jericho misses the bulldog and Chris is down. Jericho off the ropes and Cena is down, misses the lionsault, John slams Jericho to the canvas and the audience is on their feet. Chris back to his feet, catching Cena in the Walls of Jericho but John powers out again. Jericho again applies the Walls of Jericho in the middle of the ring. John works his way to the ropes and makes it. Cena delivers the FU but can’t cover, both men are down. John makes it to cover but Jericho kicks out at two. Chris climbs up to the second rope and the two battle it out with Chris being sent back into the ring. John’s on the top and he comes off with a leg drop to the back of the head, Jericho to his feet, FU, but Chris uses an elbow and then a gut buster, covers and gets two. Chris has a cut on his forehead, John gets to his feet and drops him with a clothesline. Cena back to his feet and Jericho drops him with another clothesline. John has the FU (according to the announcer’s, looked like a crippler cross face) locked in, Jericho goes for a small package, Cena picks Jericho up and delivers the FU, covers and gets the three and the win.

Winner and New WWE World Heavyweight Champion: John Cena

HBK’s Team vs. JBL’s team was a good match and I actually enjoyed most of it. The Diva’s match was an embarrassment to female wrestlers but the audience seemed to enjoy it. I was not overly impressed with the casket match, not that it was terrible, but it wasn’t great. Batista’s Team vs. Orton’s Team had more interference from almost as many people outside as were actually in the match. This match was definitely not one of my favorites even though CM Punk and Cody Rhodes looked great. I was impressed that Trips remembered any actual wrestling holds but if JR doesn’t stop comparing to everyone who has ever been in the ring to all of Triple H’s moves, I’m going to scream. The match between HHH and Kozlov was a decent match until the pitiful ending. Jericho vs. Cena was a good match and although I wasn’t ready for Jericho to lose the title, it was a nice closer for this pay per view.

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