Survivor Series
Promotional poster featuringThe Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan,Luke Harper, andBray Wyatt)
Promotion	WWE
Date	November 24, 2013
City	Boston,Massachusetts
Venue	TD Garden
Attendance	13,500[1]
Buy rate	179,000[2]
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The 2013Survivor Series was the 27th annualSurvivor Seriesprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byWWE. It took place on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at theTD Garden inBoston,Massachusetts. Eight matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show.

The main event sawRandy Orton defeatBig Show to retain theWWE Championship. In other prominent matches,John Cena defeatedAlberto Del Rio to retain theWorld Heavyweight Championship andCM Punk andDaniel Bryan defeatedThe Wyatt Family'sLuke Harper andErick Rowan.

The pay-per-view was the worst-selling edition of Survivor Series since the event's inception in 1987; this was attributed to a weak buildup.^[3] It received 179,000 buys, down from 212,000 for theprevious year's event; and attracted more than 100,000 fewer orders than the2011 event, which generated 281,000 buys.

Survivor Series is an annualgimmickpay-per-view (PPV) produced every November byWWE since 1987. The second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE'sWrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania,Royal Rumble, andSummerSlam, referred to as the "Big Four".^[4] The event is traditionally characterized by havingSurvivor Series matches, which aretag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 2013 event was the 27th Survivor Series and was scheduled to be held on November 24, 2013, at theTD Garden inBoston,Massachusetts. Tickets went on sale on September 7 viaTicketmaster.^[5]

The event comprised eight matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows,Raw andSmackDown.^[6][7]

The mainfeud heading into Survivor Series featuredRandy Orton andBig Show over the former'sWWE Championship. Since returning from an injury in mid-August, Big Show had been speaking out against COO and the on-screen regime ofTriple H andStephanie McMahon and their mistreatment of severalSuperstars, especiallyDaniel Bryan. This put him at odds with "The Authority", and as a result, Big Show was continuously humiliated by Triple H and McMahon throughout September, and was obliged toknock out several other rebellious wrestlers, owing to a threat of being fired. AtBattleground on October 6, Big Show interfered in a match between Orton and Bryan for the vacant WWE Championship, and knocked both competitors out, ruling out the match a no contest. The next night onRaw, he was fired from WWE by McMahon in storyline, but returned later that night to knock out Triple H in defiance. Big Show continued to "illegally" appear over the next several weeks onRaw, assisting Bryan, knocking outRawgeneral managerBrad Maddox, and costingThe Shield'sSeth Rollins andRoman Reigns theirWWE Tag Team Championship. On the October 21 episode ofRaw, Big Show announced he was filing a lawsuit against WWE for wrongful termination from his contract, and two weeks later won an "out-of-court negotiation" with Triple H and Stephanie over his lawsuit, and was rehired by WWE on the condition he promised not to sue them further and received a match against Orton for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series.

The event included two traditional Survivor Series elimination matches, the first of which saw the five-man team of The Shield (United States ChampionDean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) and The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro andJack Swagger with managerZeb Colter) face off againstWWE Tag Team ChampionsCody Rhodes and Goldust,The Usos (Jey Uso andJimmy Uso), andRey Mysterio, who made a surprise return on the November 18 episode ofRaw. The second elimination match pittedNatalya,The Bella Twins (Nikki Bella andBrie Bella),The Funkadactyls (Naomi andCameron),Eva Marie, andJoJo againstDivas ChampionAJ Lee,Tamina Snuka,Kaitlyn,Alicia Fox,Rosa Mendes,Aksana, andSummer Rae. This match stems from AJ insulting Natalya and the rest for taking part in theTotal Divas reality show.

The otherworld title in the company was also on the line at Survivor Series, asJohn Cena defended hisWorld Heavyweight Championship againstAlberto Del Rio. After suffering an elbow injury in August, Cena was to be sidelined from action for a minimum of four months. Despite this, SmackDown general managerVickie Guerrero surprised then-World Heavyweight Champion Del Rio on the October 7 episode ofRaw, by naming Cena as his opponent at theHell in a Cell pay-per-view. At the event, Cena defeated Del Rio to win histhird World Heavyweight title, and his fourteenth World title overall. A rematch between the pair was announced for Survivor Series in early November.

Another major rivalry pittedCM Punk andDaniel Bryan againstThe Wyatt Family, an enigmaticbackwoodscult composed ofLuke Harper andErick Rowan, led by the faction's namesake,Bray Wyatt. Since their debut in July, The Wyatt Family had been targeting and attacking several wrestlers, includingKane,Kofi Kingston, andThe Miz, all in cause of Bray Wyatt exalting his character's preachings and ideals. On the October 28 episode ofRaw, the Wyatt Family attacked Bryan backstage, and later attacked Punk in the ring. With Punk and Bryan aiding each other and showing resistance, their altercations with The Wyatts continued over the next several weeks onRaw andSmackDown, until an official match between the teams was announced for Survivor Series.

Also confirmed prior to the event was a match betweenKofi Kingston andThe Miz for the Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show. On the November 18 episode ofRaw, during a match with The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger), The Miz turned against his tag team partner, Kofi Kingston, and walked out of the match. This action allowed Swagger to apply the Ankle Lock on Kingston which he tapped out of giving the win to the Real Americans.

Also on the November 18 episode ofRaw,Big E Langston defeatedCurtis Axel to win theIntercontinental Championship, and a rematch was later confirmed for the pay-per-view.

The Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show included the panel ofJosh Mathews,Bret Hart,Booker T, andMick Foley previewing the matches. Also on the pre-show,The Miz defeatedKofi Kingston after aRoll-up.

The pay-per-view began withTriple H andStephanie McMahon coming to the stage, with the two declaring they were allowing no interference in any match tonight.

In the first match,Cody Rhodes,Goldust,The Usos (Jey Uso andJimmy Uso) andRey Mysterio facedThe Shield (Dean Ambrose,Roman Reigns, andSeth Rollins) and The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro andJack Swagger) in a traditional Survivor Series elimination match. Ambrose was eliminated by Rhodes with a roll up. Swagger was eliminated by Jey after a 619 by Mysterio, a Superkick by Jimmy and a Samoan Splash by Jey. Cesaro was eliminated by Rhodes with a roll up. Jimmy was eliminated by Reigns after a Spear. Rhodes was eliminated by Reigns after a Spear. Jey was eliminated by Rollins after a Curb Stomp. Rollins was eliminated by Mysterio with a Roll Up. Goldust was eliminated by Reigns after a Spear. Mysterio was eliminated by Reigns after a Spear, leaving Reigns as the sole survivor.

Next,Big E Langston defended theWWE Intercontinental Championship againstCurtis Axel. Big E pinned Axel after aBig Ending to retain the title.

After that, Team Total Divas (Natalya,Nikki Bella,Brie Bella,Cameron,Naomi,JoJo, andEva Marie) faced Team True Divas (AJ Lee,Tamina Snuka,Kaitlyn,Alicia Fox,Aksana,Rosa Mendes, andSummer Rae) in a traditional Survivor Series elimination match. Fox was eliminated by Naomi after a Split-Legged Moonsault. Cameron was eliminated by Mendes after Mendes tripped Cameron into a Turnbuckle. Mendes was eliminated by Nikki after a Bella Buster. Rae was eliminated by Nikki after a Running Single Leg Dropkick. Marie was eliminated by Kaitlyn after a Fireman's Carry Gutbuster. Naomi was eliminated by Kaitlyn after a Fireman's Carry Gutbuster. Kaitlyn was eliminated by Brie after a Missile Dropkick. Brie was eliminated by Aksana after a Divo Drop. Aksana was eliminated by Nikki after a Rack Attack. JoJo was eliminated by AJ after a Samoan Drop by Tamina. Tamina was eliminated by Natalya after submitting to the Sharpshooter. AJ was eliminated by Natalya after submitting to the Sharpshooter, leaving Natalya and Nikki as the survivors. Despite this, it was announced that Natalya was the sole survivor after commentator JBL said that Nikki had been eliminated.

Ryback came to the ring issuing an open-challenge, withMark Henry answering the challenge. Henry pinned Ryback after a World's Strongest Slam to win the match.

In the fifth match,John Cena defended theWorld Heavyweight Championship againstAlberto Del Rio. During the match, Cena attempted a Five Knuckle Shuffle on Del Rio but Del Rio performed a DDT on Cena for a near-fall. Cena attempted an Attitude Adjustment on Del Rio but Del Rio countered the move and performed a Bridging German Suplex on Cena for a near-fall. The match ended when Del Rio applied the Cross Armbreaker on Cena but Cena escaped the hold and pinned Del Rio after an Attitude Adjustment to retain the title.

After that,CM Punk andDaniel Bryan facedLuke Harper andErick Rowan. During the match, Punk and Bryan performed a double Belly to Back Suplex on Rowan for a near-fall. Punk and Bryan performed a Hart Attack on Harper for a nearfall. Rowan performed a Running Splash on Bryan for a nearfall. Punk performed a Diving Elbow Drop on Harper for a nearfall. In the end, Bryan performed a Running Knee on Rowan and Punk pinned Harper after a GTS to win the match.

In the main event,Randy Orton defended theWWE Championship againstBig Show. During the match, Orton attempted an RKO but Big Show countered and performed a Chokeslam on Orton for a nearfall. After the referee was knocked down, Big Show performed a KO Punch on Orton.The Authority distracted Big Show, allowing Orton to perform an RKO on Big Show. Orton pinned Big Show after a Punt Kick to retain the title. After the match, John Cena confronted Orton. Cena raised the World Heavyweight Championship whilst Orton raised the WWE Championship as the event ended.

The following night onRaw, WWE Champion Randy Orton came out to talk to The Authority (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) about causing a distraction in his title defense against Big Show when he was interrupted by World Heavyweight Champion John Cena, who proposed a match against Orton to unify both world titles to determine the undisputed WWE world champion. Triple H agreed and made it aTables, Ladders and Chairs match atTLC. Orton won the match and became the first WWE World Heavyweight Champion, which kept the lineage of the WWE Championship while the World Heavyweight Championship was retired.

Also later that night, The Shield (United States Champion Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) faced three members of the opposing survivor series team members in Rey Mysterio and the WWE Tag Team Champions The Rhodes Brothers and were victorious after Ambrose pinned Cody Rhodes. Later that night, The Shield attacked CM Punk after Punk and Daniel Bryan won a match by disqualification against all three members of The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan), who would drag Bryan off before Punk was attacked by The Shield. As a result, two 3-on-1 handicap matches were set at TLC. Punk defeated The Shield while Bryan lost to The Wyatt Family.

On the December 2 episode ofRaw, Natalya pinned AJ Lee, to secure a victory for her team in a six-Diva tag team match. After this string of non-title wins, Natalya was officially announced to challenge Lee for the Divas Championship at the TLC event.

Another rematch was the 7-on-7 Divas Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match would happen.

The 2013 Survivor Series was the last Survivor Series to include the World Heavyweight Championship, as at the following month's TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, the title was unified with the WWE Championship, which was renamed to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.^[8]

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