Preview:Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Though individual personal rivalries will be at the forefront when Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Rey Mysterio & Kane face Umaga, Mr. Kennedy, MVP, Finlay & Big Daddy V, the hodgepodge of Superstars will have to work together to survive a tri-branded Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match.
This encounter is the only Traditional Elimination Match this year at the 21st annual Survivor Series. A Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match is a fight for survival. Long before Survivor on CBS, WWE Superstars were battling for survival in this unique match. Members of individual teams are weeded out by pinfall, count-out or submission until one group is eliminated entirely, and another is left standing alone in the ring. The battle could be entirely give-and-take, or could lead to an advantage as steep as 5-on-1 for one team.
The team consisting of Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Mysterio & Kane may have a slight advantage in chemistry simply because it has two brothers. The six-time World Tag Team Champion Hardys will be reunited for Survivor Series. Although both have been consumed with their own rivalries (Jeff with Kennedy and Matt with his odd couple relationship with WWE Tag Team partner MVP), nothing can break the bond of two brothers.
Meanwhile, team leader Triple H has been hell-bent on getting the upper hand in his career-threatening blood war with opposing leader Umaga while Mysterio and Finlay have had a physical rivalry on SmackDown. However, a team that includes both Big Daddy V and Mr. Kennedy cannot be ignored.
While U.S. Champion MVP may be reticent to stoke the fires on his rivalry with Matt Hardy over his title, Mr. Kennedy is most likely chomping at the bit to show the world he is the future of sports-entertainment against Jeff Hardy. Kennedy and the “Rainbow-haired Warrior” have been battling for bragging rights and perhaps a future opportunity at the WWE Championship for weeks. The loudmouth from Green Bay, Wis., could also want to put the various members of Jeff’s team on notice as well. Kennedy could put his money where his big mouth is with an impressive showing at Survivor Series.
Meanwhile, with Big Daddy V, in previous showdowns with Kane, he has been determined to prove that he is truly The Dominating Force in WWE. No one has been able to stop the mammoth man from Harlem. At Survivor Series, Big Daddy V could make a gigantic statement by taking out the Big Red Machine and his team.
The battle lines have been drawn. Which team will face total elimination? Who will survive in this Traditional Survivor Series showdown? Catch Survivor Series, live on pay-per-view on Nov. 18 and find out.