While Triple H and Shawn Michaels insisted that competing in a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship would do little to sever the deep bond between them, the allure of gold proved too much for the DX cohorts, who quickly turned on one another. As their alliance frayed, WWE Champion John Cena eagerly leveraged his opponents’ betrayal into an intensely fought victory.
Things started out amicably enough. The Game and HBK even greeted the crowd together as DX’s entrance music pervaded the arena. Seconds after the opening bell, however, Michaels unexpectedly lulled his associate to sleep with Sweet Chin Music. With Triple H prone on the canvas, HBK and The Champ exchanged strikes.
As any member of the WWE Universe can tell you, though, never count out Triple H. The King of Kings rallied and the three-man clash took on a different, and dangerous, dynamic as the action moved outside the ring. It was there that The Game smashed HBK through the announcers’ table with a spine buster, leaving Triple H to contend with the WWE Champion. While the match nearly ended with several two-counts, in the end a fatigued Cena refused to quit against his equally exhausted rivals and managed to pin Triple H to retain his title.
source: wwe.com
Detailed Report
November 22, 2009
Survivor Series: DX-ploited By The Champ
Stephanie McMahon and WWE Execs Make the List
McMahon is joined on the esteemed list by two additional WWE executives, Donna Goldsmith, Chief Operating Officer (left), and Michelle Wilson, Executive Vice President, Marketing.
source: wwe.com
Survivor Series Results
Dark Match:
Santino Marella defeated Chavo Guerrero
Team Morrison vs. Team Miz (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match):
Winners: Team Miz (Drew McIntyre, The Miz and Sheamus)
Batista vs. Rey Mysterio:
Winner: Batista
Team Kingston vs. Team Orton (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match):
Winners: Team Kingston (Kofi Kingston)
World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker vs. Big Show vs. Chris Jericho (Triple Threat Match):
Winner: The Undertaker
Team Mickie vs. Team Michelle (Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Match):
Winners: Team Mickie (Mickie James & Melina)
WWE Champion John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels (Triple Threat Match)
Winner: John Cena
Dangerous Head Games
As the Washington Redskins ran plays in preparation for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys, Clinton Portis, their Pro Bowl running back, wasn't even on the sideline of the practice field. Portis is still dealing with the headaches caused by bright lights, still squinting at the screen of his cellphone at night, still trying to overcome the aftereffects of the concussion he suffered Nov. 8 at Atlanta on a play he still doesn't remember.
The culture in the NFL regarding concussions is changing, players, coaches, league officials and outside experts say. But even cursory conversations with players show that the changes in attitude are gradual in a league in which every game is an event, every Sunday a chance for a career to be ended or extended...More?
source: washingtonpost.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Promoter Jess (Roderick) McMahon passes away at age 72.
November 22, 1954
The Undertaker makes his official WWF(E) debut at the Survivor Series with The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine).
November 22, 1990
Scott Hall was arrested for traffic infractions following a two-car accident and found to be legally intoxicated.
November 22, 2000
November 21, 2009
Lance Storm Comments on the Next Great Bookers of the Business
Lance Storm did an interview with The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network. He speaks on his views on bookers in professional wrestling:
"The Chairman Of The Board" asked Lance where he feels the next great bookers of the business will be coming from. "The problem is the industry isn't even looking for bookers. I hate the term 'writer,' I hate the term 'storyline.' And I think that the more people we have running the industry or the creative direction that didn't have wrestling background I think is bad. I think the next person who will probably step up & actually be a booker is Hunter (Triple H) once he retires. I have great hopes that once he retires & steps out of the ring, he will be an even bigger asset, because is a little bit more old-school I think. Anytime I had conversations with him or watched him (as far as his work), he seems to have a similar view on the business as I did: that still, at the end of the day, there needs to be some serious wrestling involved. He's been involved in some good angles that I think were largely directly by him. He obviously is someone that is going to end up in power, and can be very good at it. I think that the WWE could be/should be looking at perhaps finding people that worked in the business that had good minds (Tommy Dreamer) & giving them a developmental contract, where they go to Florida & book there (have two or three people down there/brainstorming & working on booking skills), so they have people to replace the people they have got now when the time comes. I think that is one of the biggest things th at is going to be missing...The more we have writers & people growing up on the 'Crash TV'/30-second skits of RAW & iMPACT, the less really-sound understanding minds that really understand the business (Paul Heyman/Jim Cornette) will be hard to come by."
"Hulkamania" Tour Results: Show #1 (11/21): Melbourne
Fan report from wrestlezone.com:
Eugene & godfather beat "rock of love"
Spartan 3000 beat Shannon Moore with an amazing shooting star press (move of the night)
Nasty boyz beat Gangrel and Black Pearl in a street fight
Brutus Beefcake beat Heidenrich with sleeper hold
Lacy Von Eric wins a bikini contest then tried to start a USA chant (bimbo!)
Mr. (don't call me kennedy) Anderson beat Val Venus with a mic check. He then announced that Kennedy was dead!
Rikishi & Brian Christopher beat Umaga and Orlando Jordan
Hogan went over Flair in a match that Ric carried, both guys bladed, Flair did his usual spots and Hulk nearly collapsed in the ring having to throw away the knee brace. He won after hitting Flair with the knuckle dusters that Flair had in his tights.Hulk posed for 10 minutes sending the fans home happy. The wrestlers came out using their real names which confused the crowd.
