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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 ...2 ^' |% k, ?9 B2 ~+ ?- V" a; D( z8 P9 Y
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, x$ s7 Y r4 U1 l) S; A1 r v... and locked in his Anaconda Vise to capture the WWE Championship.5 n0 T3 m6 O. a4 Z5 E B# Y! ?
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The Straight Edge Superstar held on to the WWE Title for 434 days.8 x4 I' }. A( J6 } S8 V" f
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Not a single Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match was featured at the 1998 edition.
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Instead, there was a one-night tournament to crown a new WWE Champion.* b" q" {+ l8 C- m+ T( f
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With a little help from Mr. McMahon, The Rock emerged from Survivor Series 1998 as WWE Champion." e4 f9 D, h0 C' c6 X( \
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/ |/ _/ E3 p- Y6 w4 dAfter defeating Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1992, Bret "Hit Man" Hart received a little help in celebrating ...
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... from Santa Claus!9 _- P, G6 F$ s+ g, K
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9 ^- }) u- B8 f5 ]0 B5 lAlso at Survivor Series 1993, the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Titles were defended.5 R% o6 h! M( h3 z
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7 D. t, e" q$ h; J' N: IThe Rock 'n' Roll Express put their titles on the line against Jim Cornette's Heavenly Bodies.1 l* }2 O T: f7 I
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& k& N8 |2 r( e* z. CIt was one of the rare occasions when a championship from another promotion was defended in WWE.( b6 J- C9 \5 V; P" ~8 r2 w+ j
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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.- f# y8 `3 M1 k3 R6 l
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Shawn Michaels and Diesel's friendship imploded at Survivor Series 1994.
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$ Q7 N! @6 S; w# c8 m" bAfter 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.
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7 Q! y) Z9 r/ xAlong with New York, Boston and Detroit, Richfield, Ohio has hosted three Survivor Series events.; n! M, U3 w1 W& v8 @" [
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Doink played a big trick on Bam Bam Bigelow's team at Survivor Series 1993.( q/ z* o7 h- L. D; J8 W+ |
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He dressed The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission like clowns. The Four Doinks went on to sweep Bigelow's team.3 K' m. J1 w2 `! a/ |- V& G
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% p: g* H9 j7 W& {& E: f2 }Survivor 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.- F7 \, J# x3 J& P
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Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior battled back from seemingly improbable odds to defeat The Million Dollar Man, Rick Martel, Power & Glory and The Warlord.3 g6 ?1 G0 o2 S+ ^8 `" Y' D* S2 N# O
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