2007 Survivor Series Review

Finally a good show...

CM Punk defeated John Morrison and The Miz to retain the ECW Championship (7:58)
Punk pinned Miz following a Go to Sleep.
***
Short and sweet. Wish it would have had more time but this is all ECW gets. The question now is, who does Punk face next?

Mickie James, Maria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, and Kelly Kelly defeated Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, Melina, Victoria, and Layla (4:40)
Mickie pinned Melina after a Long Kiss Goodnight.
*1/2
This was fine for the time given.

Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch defeated Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes to retain the World Tag Team Championship (7:18)
Murdoch pinned Rhodes following a Sunset flip powerbomb.
*1/2
Really dull. Should have gotten the same length as the Women's match.

Team Triple H (Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, and Kane) defeated Team Umaga (Umaga, Mr. Kennedy, Montel Vontavious Porter, Finlay, and Big Daddy V) (w/Matt Striker) in a (4 on 5) Survivor Series match (22:09)
Matt Hardy was originally supposed to compete as a member of Team Triple H, but was removed following a kayfabe injury.
***1/4

Elimination #
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time

1
Kane
Team Triple H
Big Daddy V
Elbow Drop

2
Rey Mysterio
Team Triple H
Umaga
Samoan Spike

3
MVP
Team Umaga
Jeff Hardy
Twist of Fate

4
Mr. Kennedy
Team Umaga
Triple H
Elbow Drop (by BDV)

5
Big Daddy V
Team Umaga
Triple H
Double DDT (w/Jeff Hardy)

6
Finlay
Team Umaga
Triple H
Pedigree

7
Umaga
Team Umaga
Jeff Hardy
Swanton Bomb

Survivors: Jeff Hardy and Triple H (Team Triple H)
While this was good, I feel they could have done a little better.

The Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh) defeated Hornswoggle via disqualification (3:15)
Finlay interfered and attacked Khali with a shillelagh.
-*
The reason I gave this negative stars is because it didn't belong on PPV. If they wanted to do this on RAW or Smackdown I would have rolled my eyes and moved on. They shouldn't make people who paid $40 sit through this.

Randy Orton defeated Shawn Michaels to retain the WWE Championship (17:48)
If Michaels attempted to use his Sweet Chin Music, he would have been disqualified and would not receive another title shot as long as Orton is champion. If Orton attempted to get disqualified, he would have lost the title.
Orton pinned Michaels when Michaels hesitated on the Super Kickand Orton hit the RKO.
Michaels used Sweet Chin Music after the match was over.
****1/4
Woah, did not see that coming. Michaels played this match perfectly with the moves he did. I was shocked to see him do the Crippler Crossface. I also really liked the ending.

Batista defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (21:25)
Edge, who was disguised as a cameraman at ringside, returned from injury and interfered by attacking the Undertaker with a steel chair, followed by pulling Batista over the Undertaker allowing him to get the pinfall.
***3/4
I would have been dissapointed if this match didn't hit ****. It almost did, but I was expecting more. It moved a little slow at the beginning for my taste. Once they got it kicking though they got a good match.

Overall the best show since Backlash. It had some crap but the crap was all relatively short.