Survivor Series 2011 Review

Survivor Series 2011 Review : Never Before . Never Again


This was a fun event so i'm looking forward to watching it again . Like i've said in the past : you've gotta love the MSG crowd .

The video package is cool showing a bit from past Survivor Series events and then the unlikely pairing of Cena and Rock .

John Laurinaitis comes out to say its his tenth anniversary in the WWE .

John Morrison vs Dolph Ziggler
US Title on the line here . Poor John , being bombarded with ' we want Ryder ' chants . This crowd will not let the fact that Ryder isn't in the match go . The match is still good though . Vickie is ejected from ringside and this is a great match . Dolph wins after a zig zag . ***1/2 Dolph tells the audience to shut up after the match and the crowd blows the roof off after Zack enters to attack Dolph . If only the WWE hadn't ruined him 2 months later .

Eve vs Beth Phoenix : Lumberjill Match
Obviously Beth gets the biggest reaction from the crowd . Beth wins with a glam slam from the top rope ! Holy crap that move was awesome . *

CM Punk is backstage talking with David Otunga .

The Rock gives us another classic promo to remember backstage . This was a great part of the show . It showed Rock still had the best promo skills .

Wade Barrett , Jack Swagger , Dolph Ziggler , Hunico & Cody Rhodes vs Sheamus , Sin Cara , Kofi Kingston , Mason Ryan & Randy Orton : Elimination Tag Match
Big match here . Cody and Randy get the biggest crowd reactions . Ziggler eliminated after an RKO . Sin Cara dives over the top but catches his leg on the rope . This eliminates him from the match and brings the match to a halt . The injury lasted around 7 months . The match goes at a slower pace now . Mason gets a 'Batista' chant . Rhodes eliminates Mason after a crossrhodes . Barrett eliminates Kofi with a wasteland . Sheamus is out with a DQ . Swagger is out next . Hunico out after a super RKO ! Orton pinned after a wastleland and the heel team wins ! I'll give the whole thing *** .

Del Rio is backstage with the Bellas and Big Johnny .

Mark Henry vs The Big Show
These two had been putting on surprisingly good matches in 2011 with the exception of the chairs match . This match has been really slow to start . The crowd even starts a ' boring '  chant . A ' Daniel Bryan ' chant starts . Mark drives Show through the barricade on the outside . Big Show goes to the top rope and hits a massive elbow drop !! Holy Shit ! That was awesome . Mark Henry kicks out ! A ' thank you Savage ' chant breaks out . Henry DQ's himself by hitting a low blow on Show . ** . After the match Henry attempts to break Show's leg again but misses . Instead , Big Show breaks Henry's leg .

CM Punk vs Alberto Del Rio 
This should be great . I thought it was great when Punk had Howard Finkel as his personal ring announcer . Some nice technical wrestling to start . Del Rio kicks out after the Savage elbow ! Another ' thank you Savage ' chant . Del Rio locks in the crossarm-breaker but Punk makes it to the rope . Anaconda vice locked in ! Del Rio taps ! New champ ! Punk is still the champ today . What a great match . ***3/4

John Cena & The Rock vs R-Truth & The Miz
Never Before . Never Again . The video package was great . This is Rock's first match in almost 8 years . Needless to say , this was huge . Straight away there are ' Cena sucks ' chants. And here's Rocky . The Rock has still got it . Any doubts that Rock had ring rust were taken away on this night . A ' don't tag Cena ' chant starts . Inventive . The Rock tags Cena . The fans do not approve . The Miz and Truth start to wear Cena down . It becomes pretty boring at this point . Rock is finally tagged back in and lays the smackdown . Sharpshooter to Miz ! Spinebuster ! People's Elbow ! The Rock picks up the win . I'll give it ***1/2 . After the match , Rock gives Cena a rock bottom to end the show .

8.5/10 . A great show here and it was fun the whole way through . Every match is worth watching for one reason and The Rock's return was tremendous .