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WWE Survivor Series 2009 Preview

By Eric Cohen, About.com

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© 2009 World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Nov 7 2009

WWE presents Survivor Series live on PPV on Sunday, November 22 at 8 PM ET. This event will be broadcast live from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. If you do not have PPV capability, you can order the show on WWE.com or watch it at a WWE Blast Area.

Matches Announced For This Show (Keep checking back for more updates)

WWE Championship: Champion John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
Events leading to this match: This match was made by RAW co-hosts Joey Logano and Kyle Busch. Triple H and Shawn Michaels are part of the incredibly popular and successful group D-Generation X. John Cena has beaten both of his opponents in prior WrestleMania main events.

World Heavyweight Championship: Champion The Undertaker vs. Big Show vs. Chris Jericho
Events leading to this match: Big Show got this title shot as part of a deal with SmackDown GM Teddy Long for betraying the RAW team at Bragging Rights. Jericho got into this match by beating Kane, his Bragging Rights co-captain of Team SmackDown, during a recent edition of Friday Night SmackDown. To add further intrigue to this match, Big Show and Jericho are the current Unified Tag Team Champions.

Batista vs. Rey Mysterio
Events leading to this match: Batista and Rey have been the best of friends ever since their mutual friend Eddie Guerrero died four years ago. Their friendship ended last month at Bragging Rights. During a four-way match for the World Heavyweight Championship, Rey broke up a pin attempt by Batista. This infuriated Batista who took exception to his friend trying to win the match. After the match, Batista beat up Rey.

Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team Michelle McCool vs. Team Mickie James
Rules of the match: This will be an elimination tag team match. A person can be eliminated from the match by pin fall, submission, dq, or count out. The match continues until one team has no one left on it.
Events leading to this match: Ever Mickie James was traded to SmackDown, there have been issues between her and the Women's Champion. The members of their teams have yet to be announced.

Results of the Previous 3 WWE PPV Events
Bragging Rights 2009 – Mellon Arena; Pittsburgh, PA 10/25/09
- Non-title: US Champion The Miz beat Intercontinental Champion John Morrison
- SmackDown Divas (Michelle McCool, Melina, & Natalya) beat RAW Divas (Kelly Kelly, Melina, & Gail Kim)
- World Heavyweight Championship: Champion Undertaker beat Batista, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio
- Team SmackDown (Chris Jericho, Kane, Matt Hardy, Finlay, R-Truth, David Hart Smith, & Tyson Kidd) beat Team RAW (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, & Mark Henry)
- Anything Goes 60-Minute Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship: John Cena beat Randy Orton 6-5 to win the title

Hell in a Cell 2009 – Prudential Center; Newark, NJ 10/4/09
- Hell in a Cell Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker beat CM Punk to win the title
- Intercontinental Championship: Champion John Morrison beat Dolph Ziggler
- Divas Championship: Champion Mickie James beat Alicia Fox
- Unified Tag Team Championship: Champions Big Show & Chris Jericho beat Batista & Rey Mysterio
- Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship: Randy Orton beat John Cena to win the title
- Drew McIntyre beat R-Truth
- US Championship: Champion Kofi Kingston beat The Miz and Jack Swagger
- Hell in a Cell: D-Generation X beat Legacy

Breaking Point 2009 – Bell Centre; Montreal, Quebec 9/13/09
- Unified Tag Team Championship: Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show beat MVP and Mark Henry
- US Championship: Champion Kofi Kingston beat The Miz
- Submissions Count Anywhere: Legacy beat D-Generation X
- Singapore Cane Match: Kane beat The Great Khali
- ECW Championship: Champion Christian beat William Regal
- I Quit Match for the WWE Championship: John Cena beat Randy Orton to win the title
- Submission Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk beat the Undertaker

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