IWE Survivor Series (2005)
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| Survivor Suries (2005) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring various The Undertaker | ||
| Tagline(s) | The Beginning of the End | |
| Theme song(s) | "Lights Out" by P.O.D. | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand(s) | Raw Smackdown! | |
| Date | November 27, 2005 | |
| Attendance | 15,000 | |
| Venue | Joe Louis Arena | |
| City | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Taboo Tuesday (2005) | Survivor Series (2005) | Armageddon (2005) |
| Survivor Series chronology | ||
| Survivor Series (2004) | Survivor Series (2005) | Survivor Series (2006) |
Survivor Series (2005) was the 19th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on November 27, 2005 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.
The main event was an interpromotional 5-on-5 Survivor Series match, a type of elimination match, between Team SmackDown! (Jesse Dern, Scott Wright, John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG), Bobby Ashley, and Kevin McAlmond) and Team Raw (Ryan Barnhart, Kane, The Big Marc, Michael, and James Masters); which Team SmackDown won after McAlmond last eliminated Barnhart, and become the sole survivor in his Survivor Series match for the third straight year. Another match was a standard wrestling match between wrestlers from the Raw brand, in which Dustin Simpson defeated Matt Borske for the IWE Championship to retain his title. Another match was a Last Man Standing match—a match where the first person unable to respond to a ten count by the referee lost—between Triple K and Ric Flair. Triple K won the match after Flair failed to get to his feet before the referee counted to ten.
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[edit] Background
Six professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. Matches were planned with predetermined outcomes by IWE's creative staff and featured wrestlers playing characters for the entertainment of the audience. All wrestlers were from either Raw or SmackDown—the two brand divisions to which IWE assigned its employees.
The main leading rivalry scripted into the event was between the Raw and SmackDown! brands as a whole, rather than individual wrestlers. Eric Bischoff and Theodore Long, the authority figures of Raw and SmackDown! respectively, began an angle on the October 3 episode of Raw, a special episode billed as "IWE Homecoming." A special match featuring SmackDown! superstars was scheduled for the show; but as it began, Bischoff came out and ended the match by turning the lights off. Later in the show, Long came out and interrupted a Raw match in return, and as a result, the two brands started a brawl. The two brands interfered in the other's show before facing each other in a tag team match at Taboo Tuesday, a month earlier. The two teams consisted of Scott Wright and Matt Hooper (from SmackDown!) and James Masters and Dominic. Team SmackDown won the match. After Taboo Tuesday, Bischoff and Long decided on a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match, a type of elimination match, and a singles match (also known as a standard wrestling match) between the two at Survivor Series. The teams feuded on both shows, and Batista (Jesse Dern), the captain of the SmackDown! team, suffered an injury after being attacked several times. Brian McAlmond was originally scheduled to be on Team SmackDown!, but due to his death on November 13, 2005, he was replaced by Kevin McAlmond.
Another rivalry heading into the event was between Dustin Simpson and Matt Borske, over the IWE Championship. Their feud began in August, when Bischoff chose Borske as the number one contender to the IWE Championship. Borske failed to win the title at Unforgiven, due to Simpson disqualifying himself. At Taboo Tuesday, Ryan Barnhart was chosen by the fans as the third participant in their Triple Threat match, a standard wrestling match involving three wrestlers, however, Simpson retained the title. On the November 7 edition of Raw, Borske refused to compete due to the "you suck" chants from the audience. Borske finally agreed to compete when Bischoff censored the crowd and let him have a special guest referee, whom Borske chose to be Daivari. Daivari's officiating was unfair and biased towards Borske's opponents.
Another staged rivalry was between Triple K and Ric Flair. It began at IWE Homecoming, when Triple K returned to IWE television after three months. The two had been aligned since 2002, as members of Evolution, and were partners in a tag team match on the show. After they won the match, Triple K turned on Flair, and attacked him with a sledgehammer. The week after, Triple K explained his actions, saying that he realized Flair was no longer the legend he was, and he needed to stop Flair. Flair and Triple K met in a steel cage match at Taboo Tuesday, a match where two wrestlers fight in a cage with four sheets of mesh metal which Flair won. A Last Man Standing match was made between the two for Survivor Series.
[edit] Event
Before the event began and aired live on pay-per-view, a dark match was contested between Juventud and Dean Simon, which Juventud won. After the dark match, the pay-per-view event began with Booker T (accompanied by Tia) facing off against Kevin Hunter in the first match of their "Best of 7 series" for the vacant IWE United States Championship. The match started with Booker T exiting the ring when Hunter gained a slight advantage. The match went back and forth for the first half before Booker T took control. The match saw interference by Tia, as she distracted Hunter, who was on the top ropes. Booker T won the match with a pin and using the ropes for leverage, after Hunter missed a free fall headbutt. Booker T took a 1–0 lead in the series.
The match that followed was between Bailey Dalton (accompanied by Sari Pasma) and Denise (accompanied by Joey Hayes and Johnny Linderman for the IWE Women's Championship. The match started with Dalton immediately taken control until Deinsie fought back. Linderman and Hayes interfered during the title match, but the referee ejected them from ringside. Denise kept control over Stratus until she fought back with forearm shots. Dalton, however, executed a diving bulldog and pinning Denise to win and retain the title.
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Joey Styles (Raw) |
| Jerry "The King" Lawler (Raw) | |
| Jonathan Coachman (Raw) | |
| Michael Cole (SmackDown!) | |
| Tazz (SmackDown!) | |
| Carlos Cabrera (Spanish) | |
| Hugo Savinovich (Spanish) | |
| Ring announcer | Lilian Garcia (Raw) |
| Tony Chimel (SmackDown!) | |
| Referee | Jim Korderas |
| Mike Chioda | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Jack Doan | |
| Nick Patrick | |
| Chad Patton | |
| Mickie Henson |
The third bout was a Last Man Standing match between Triple K and Ric Flair. Triple K attacked Flair on his way to the ring, and gained the early advantage. After attacking Flair's head with a screwdriver, Triple K 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 K and Flair. The match saw Triple K 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 K, however, performed the Pedigree three times on Flair, but Flair got up each time. Triple K 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 K 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 Dustin Simpson defending the IWE Championship against Matt Borske with Daivari as the special guest referee. Early in the match, Borske was able to apply the Ankle lock on Simpson. Simpson reached the ropes, but Daivari kicked his hand off. An angered Simpson slapped Daivari, who tried to disqualify him as a result. Borske, however, stopped him, and both men were knocked out of the ring by Simpson. As Daivari was knocked down outside, a Raw referee came out soon after to officiate. After Simpson gained the advantage, Borske knocked down the referee, and executed an illegal low blow. Borske called for another referee, but failed to get the win after executing an Olympic Slam and a superplex. After Borske missed a moonsault attempt, Simpson went for an FU; however, Borske countered by holding onto the referee, which led to Borske knocking down the referee. As the other referee was knocked out, a SmackDown! referee came out, Simpson then hit a DDT on Daivari. Shortly after, Simpson executed an FU on Borske, 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, Scott Wright, John "Bradshaw" Goff, Bobby Ashley and Kevin McAlmond) and Team Raw (Ryan Barnhart, Kane, The Big Show, Carlito and James Masters). The match started with both teams taking control. The first elimination occurred when Kane performed a chokeslam on Ashley and Barnhart pinning Ashley for the elimination. Kane was then eliminated by Batista after a 619 from Wright 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 JBG, a 619 from Wright, an RKO by McAlmond, another Clothesline by JBG and a seated senton by Wright. Wright then pinned him for the elimination. Carlito was then eliminated, after JBG performed a Clothesline From Hell. The next elimination was made by Wright, as he hit a Springboard Legdrop on Masters for the elimination. Barnhart went onto eliminate both Wright and JBG, after he performed Sweet Chin Music. McAlmond and Barnahart were the final two men left from their respective teams. JBG then distracted Barnhart, which made Barnhart superkick JBG. As Barnhart turned around, McAlmond executed an RKO on Barnhart and pinned Barnhart to win the match for Team SmackDown!.
Following the match, SmackDown! superstars came to the ring to celebrate with McAlmond. 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 McAlmond and his father "Cowboy" Bob McAlmond escaped from being the ring, in process preventing the Undertaker's attack.
[edit] Aftermath
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Juventud (with Psicosis and Super Crazy) defeated Dean Simon | Singles match |
| 1 | Booker T (with Tia) defeated Kevin Hunter | Match 1 in a "Best of 7" match series for the vacant IWE United States Championship |
| 2 | Bailey Dalton (c) (with Sari Pasma) defeated Denise (with Joey Hayes and Johnny Linderman) | Singles match for the IWE Women's Championship |
| 3 | Triple K defeated Ric Flair | Last Man Standing match |
| 4 | Dustin Simpson (c) defeated Matt Borske | Singles match for the IWE Championship with Daivari as special guest referee |
| 5 | Theodore Long (with Palmer Cannon) defeated Eric Bischoff | Singles match |
| 6 | Team SmackDown! (Batista, Scott Wright, John "Bradshaw" Goff, Bobby Ashley and Kevin McAlmond*) (with Bob McAlmond and Dixie Hooper) defeated Team Raw (Ryan Barnhart, Kane, The Big Show, Carlito and James Masters) | Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match1 |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | ||
* Brian McAlmond was supposed to participate in this match, but his death forced Kevin to take his place.
| Survivor Series eliminations 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination # | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | |
| 1 | Bobby Ashley | Team SmackDown! | Ryan Barnhart | Pinfall after a chokeslam from Kane | |
| 2 | Kane | Team Raw | Batista | Pinfall after a 619 from Scott Wright into a Spinebuster | |
| 3 | Batista | Team SmackDown! | The Big Show | Pinfall after a double chokeslam with Kane | |
| 4 | The Big Show | Team Raw | Scott Wright | Pinfall after a Clothesline From Hell, 619, RKO, another Clothesline From Hell and a seated senton | |
| 5 | Barnhart | Team Raw | John "Bradshaw" Goff | Pinfall after a Clothesline From Hell | |
| 6 | James Masters | Team Raw | Scott Wright | Pinfall after a Droppin' The Dime | |
| 7 | Scott Wright | Team SmackDown! | Ryan Barnhart | Pinfall after Sweet Chin Music | |
| 8 | John "Bradshaw" Goff | Team SmackDown! | Ryan Barnhart | Pinfall after Sweet Chin Music | |
| 9 | Ryan Barnhart | Team Raw | Kevin McAlmond | Pinfall after an RKO following a distraction by JBG | |
| Sole Survivor: | Kevin McAlmond (Team SmackDown!) | ||||
