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10 Things You Didn't Know About Survivor Series: photos
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At Survivor Series 2011, CM Punk fought out of Alberto Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker ..., L! }8 x2 s2 }4 \" I5 U
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... and locked in his Anaconda Vise to capture the WWE Championship.
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. y9 X2 p8 i! J$ ?The Straight Edge Superstar held on to the WWE Title for 434 days.
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6 n- E' a% T& e* {5 jNot a single Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match was featured at the 1998 edition." x% p" A' ^2 q
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Instead, there was a one-night tournament to crown a new WWE Champion.
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With a little help from Mr. McMahon, The Rock emerged from Survivor Series 1998 as WWE Champion." K& s) N3 m1 y
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" T- d3 n# v- B: P/ YAfter defeating Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1992, Bret "Hit Man" Hart received a little help in celebrating ...$ i8 [ H% r% t
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, k1 O# C, U, C6 V/ ?; J... from Santa Claus!
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. b) F4 }3 \0 G+ DAlso at Survivor Series 1993, the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Titles were defended.
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" \ i( i7 F* m2 H2 u( p @8 LThe Rock 'n' Roll Express put their titles on the line against Jim Cornette's Heavenly Bodies.: y, c, y# R3 D: `: A3 `( H
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. A' O- O, o: `; v% W% fIt was one of the rare occasions when a championship from another promotion was defended in WWE.* _) i# h7 b; ]$ z9 m
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A tennis racket strike from Jimmy Del Ray led to The Heavenly Bodies walking out with the SMW Tag Team Titles.
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7 e3 y; E: L: o, L2 GShawn Michaels and Diesel's friendship imploded at Survivor Series 1994.: L' p$ _/ H4 _6 f" d# D+ L3 {* a
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After demanding to tag into the match, Michaels accidentally kicked Diesel. A furious Big Daddy Cool chased HBK out of the ring, causing their entire team to be counted out.7 n( G5 v% ]. H. ^
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9 e2 i; o, X3 T# S; o5 t4 |Along with New York, Boston and Detroit, Richfield, Ohio has hosted three Survivor Series events.2 L+ t! j: Y3 s
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- B( {1 [( A) ]5 x9 ~' jDoink played a big trick on Bam Bam Bigelow's team at Survivor Series 1993.
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+ X, @& L, y1 r9 ]' OHe dressed The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission like clowns. The Four Doinks went on to sweep Bigelow's team.
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1 i8 R( e, a. V6 z$ V0 V( ?0 BSurvivor Series 1990 was contested as a mini-tournament, with the winners of each match moving on to a final bout to determine the ultimate survivor.& U& F, w7 D, u7 s) g
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. c; Q5 c8 S6 g! pHulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior battled back from seemingly improbable odds to defeat The Million Dollar Man, Rick Martel, Power & Glory and The Warlord." v0 K; y; q9 z8 `+ f
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