Survivor Series (2005) - Event

Event

Before the event began and aired live on pay-per-view, a dark match was contested between Juventud and Simon Dean, which Juventud won. After the dark match, the pay-per-view event began with Booker T (accompanied by Sharmell) facing off against Chris Benoit in the first match of their "Best of 7 series" for the vacant WWE United States Championship. The match started with Booker T exiting the ring when Benoit gained a slight advantage. The match went back and forth for the first half before Booker T took control. The match saw interference by Sharmell, as she distracted Benoit, who was on the top ropes. Booker T won the match with a pin and using the ropes for leverage, after Benoit missed a free fall headbutt. Booker T took a 1–0 lead in the series.

The match that followed was between Trish Stratus (accompanied by Mickie James) and Melina (accompanied by Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro for the WWE Women's Championship. The match started with Stratus immediately taken control until Melina fought back. Nitro and Mercury interfered during the title match, but the referee ejected them from ringside. Melina kept control over Stratus until she fought back with forearm shots. Stratus, however, executed a diving bulldog and pinning Melina to win and retain the title.

The third bout was a Last Man Standing match between Triple H and Ric Flair. Triple H attacked Flair on his way to the ring, and gained the early advantage. After attacking Flair's head with a screwdriver, Triple H continued using foreign objects throughout the match, including a folding chair, a sledgehammer, and the steel ring steps. The match saw back and forth action between Triple H and Flair. The match saw Triple H attempt to hit Flair with a Pedigree on the announce table, but Flair countered the Pedigree into a back body drop through another announce table. Triple H, however, performed the Pedigree three times on Flair, but Flair got up each time. Triple H then hit Flair in the back with a sledgehammer, and Flair did not get to his feet before the referee's ten count, and as a result, Triple H won the match. After the match, Edge and Lita came into the ring, and Edge announced that he would be hosting a new show on Raw entitled "The Cutting Edge". Edge noted that Dmitri Young was in the audience, and proceeded to criticize the sports teams of Detroit. Young replied by insulting Edge and his lack of a world championship.

The fourth match saw John Cena defending the WWE Championship against Kurt Angle with Daivari as the special guest referee. Early in the match, Angle was able to apply the Ankle lock on Cena. Cena reached the ropes, but Daivari kicked his hand off. An angered Cena slapped Daivari, who tried to disqualify him as a result. Angle, however, stopped him, and both men were knocked out of the ring by Cena. As Daivari was knocked down outside, a Raw referee came out soon after to officiate. After Cena gained the advantage, Angle knocked down the referee, and executed an illegal low blow. Angle called for another referee, but failed to get the win after executing an Olympic Slam and a superplex. After Angle missed a moonsault attempt, Cena went for an FU; however, Angle countered by holding onto the referee, which led to Angle knocking down the referee. As the other referee was knocked out, a SmackDown! referee came out, Cena then hit a DDT on Daivari. Shortly after, Cena executed an FU on Angle, and pinned him to win the match and retain the title.

The fifth match was between Raw authority figure Eric Bischoff and SmackDown! authority figure Theodore Long, who was accompanied by Palmer Cannon. A referee from both shows officiated the match. Long started the match by avoiding Bischoff's attacks. As Cannon climbed on the apron, and distracted the referees, Bischoff used his obi to choke Long. Bischoff continued to choke Long and applied the sleeper hold. Cannon distracted the referees again as Long hit Bischoff with his shoe. Bischoff then hit Long with a chop to the throat. The Boogeyman's music played with Bischoff sending the referees up the ramp to stop him. The Boogeyman was behind Bischoff, however, and he performed pumphandle slam on Bischoff. Long took advantage of that and pinned Bischoff to win the match.

The final match was the Survivor Series match between Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton) and Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, Carlito and Chris Masters). The match started with both teams taking control. The first elimination occurred when Kane performed a chokeslam on Lashley and Michaels pinning Lashley for the elimination. Kane was then eliminated by Batista after a 619 from Mysterio and a spinebuster from Batista. After that, Batista was eliminated after a double chokeslam by Big Show and Kane. Big Show was eliminated next after a Clothesline From Hell by JBL, a 619 from Mysterio, an RKO by Orton, another Clothesline by JBL and a seated senton by Mysterio. Mysterio then pinned him for the elimination. Carlito was then eliminated, after JBL performed a Clothesline From Hell. The next elimination was made by Mysterio, as he hit a Springboard Legdrop on Masters for the elimination. Michaels went onto eliminate both Mysterio and JBL, after he performed Sweet Chin Music. Orton and Michaels were the final two men left from their respective teams. JBL then distracted Michaels, which made Michaels superkick JBL. As Michaels turned around, Orton executed an RKO on Michaels and pinned Michaels to win the match for Team SmackDown!.

Following the match, SmackDown! superstars came to the ring to celebrate with Orton. Druids then came out carrying a casket. The casket was erected and struck by lightning before The Undertaker emerged from the flaming casket. He entered the ring and attacked several of the superstars while Orton and his father "Cowboy" Bob Orton escaped from being the ring, in process preventing the Undertaker's attack.