Survivor Series (2012)

Survivor Series (2012)
Survivor Series (2012)
Information
Promotion	WWE
Date	November 18, 2012
Venue	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
City	Indianapolis, Indiana
Pay-per-view chronology
Survivor Series chronology

Survivor Series (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by WWE. It took place on November 18, 2012 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 26th Survivor Series event held by WWE.

In the main event, CM Punk defeated John Cena and Ryback in a Triple Threat match to keep his WWE Championship. It is also famous for the main roster debut of The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins), who beat up Ryback and helped Punk win the match. Other title matches saw Big Show keep his World Heavyweight Championship against Sheamus via disualification, Eve Torres keep her Divas Championship against Kaitlyn, and Antonio Cesaro keep his United States Championship against R-Truth.

Matches

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1^P	3MB (Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal) (with Drew McIntyre) defeated Team Co-Bro (Santino Marella and Zack Ryder)^[1]	Tag team match	6:11
2	Team Clay (Brodus Clay, Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio) (with Cameron and Naomi) defeated Team Tensai (Tensai, Primo, Epico and The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil)) (with Rosa Mendes)^[2]	Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination tag team match¹	18:27
3	Eve Torres (c) defeated Kaitlyn^[3]	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship	7:01
4	Antonio Cesaro (c) defeated R-Truth^[4]	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship	6:57
5	Sheamus defeated Big Show (c) by disqualification^[5]	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	14:44
6	Team Ziggler (Dolph Ziggler, Damien Sandow, David Otunga, Wade Barrett, and Alberto Del Rio) (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Team Foley (The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan), and Randy Orton) (with Mick Foley)^[6]	Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination tag team match²	13:43
7	CM Punk (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Ryback and John Cena^[7]	Triple threat match for the WWE Championship	17:58
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match P – This match took place on the pre-show

Survivor Series elimination matches

^1

Eliminated	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Method	Times
1	Brodus Clay	Tensai	Pinfall	8:25
2	Tensai	Justin Gabriel		10:23
3	Titus O'Neil	Tyson Kidd		13:51
4	Epico	Tyson Kidd	Submission	15:02
5	Primo	Rey Mysterio	Pinfall	17:32
6	Darren Young	Rey Mysterio	Pinfall	18:27
Survivors:	Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara, Justin Gabriel, and Tyson Kidd			18:27

^2

Eliminated	Wrestler	Eliminated by	Method	Time
1	Damien Sandow	Kane	Pinfall	03:08
2	Kane	Dolph Ziggler	Pinfall	03:47
3	David Otunga	Daniel Bryan	Submission	07:11
4	Kofi Kingston	Wade Barrett	Pinfall	09:43
5	Daniel Bryan	Alberto Del Rio	Submission	12:40
6	Wade Barrett	The Miz	Pinfall	16:05
7	The Miz	Alberto Del Rio		17:14
8	Alberto Del Rio	Randy Orton		21:00
9	Randy Orton	Dolph Ziggler		23:43
Survivor:	Dolph Ziggler (Team Ziggler)			23:43

References

↑ "3MB def. Team Co-Bro". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
↑ "Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara, Brodus Clay, Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd def. The Prime Time Players, Tensai, Primo & Epico (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
↑ "Divas Champion Eve def. Kaitlyn". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
↑ "United States Champion Antonio Cesaro def. R-Truth". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
↑ "Sheamus def. World Heavyweight Champion Big Show by disqualification". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
↑ "Team Ziggler (Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett, Damien Sandow & David Otunga) def. Team Foley (Randy Orton, WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No, The Miz & Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston)". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
↑ "WWE Champion CM Punk def. John Cena and Ryback (Triple Threat Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

Other websites

Official Survivor Series 2012 website

[1] "3MB def. Team Co-Bro". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

[2] "Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara, Brodus Clay, Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd def. The Prime Time Players, Tensai, Primo & Epico (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

[3] "Divas Champion Eve def. Kaitlyn". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

[4] "United States Champion Antonio Cesaro def. R-Truth". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

[5] "Sheamus def. World Heavyweight Champion Big Show by disqualification". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

[6] "Team Ziggler (Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett, Damien Sandow & David Otunga) def. Team Foley (Randy Orton, WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No, The Miz & Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston)". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

[7] "WWE Champion CM Punk def. John Cena and Ryback (Triple Threat Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-06.

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