Vincent Michaels
My weapon of choice? A green onion.
Before their 5 pn 5 Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match this sunday, leaders Wade Barrett and Randy Orton team up with their respective partners Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes and Sheamus!
Will Mark Henry and The Big Show have anymore confrontation before their World Heavyweight Championship match this Sunday?
Will there be any new member(s) entering THE HALL OF PAIN?
Will Christian continue to appear on SmackDown despite being legitimately injured and being replaced on his Survivor Series team?
ONE MORE MATCH! ONE MORE MATCH! ONE MORE MATCH!
Will Sin Cara attempt to get redemption on the new stable of Epico, Hunico, & Primo?
Will this show be plagued by non-stop RAW Replays!?
Well there's only one way to to find out(unless you read the spoilers), by tuning into The SyFy Network tonight at 8pm to watch WWE Friday Night SmackDown!
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Last Week on SmackDown:
LIVERPOOL, England – Just nine nights before Survivor Series, SmackDown aired from Liverpool, England for the first time ever, as "The Barrett Barrage" moved across the pond and right over WWE's Apex Predator.
•Survivor Series Team Captains Randy Orton and Wade Barrett faced off
•Sheamus def. Christian
•Ted DiBiase def. Jinder Mahal
•World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry def. Daniel Bryan
•Big Show def. three local athletes (3-on-1 Handicap Match)
•Alicia Fox def. Tamina
•Hunico & Epico def. The Usos
•Wade Barrett def. Randy Orton
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World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry vs. Big Show
At Survivor Series, World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry will once again lock horns with Big Show for the World Title. But, whether or not their “giant” rivalry is too big to be contained in the squared circle remains to be seen. The last time the two goliath competitors squared off at Vengeance, they made history – literally collapsing the ring with an earth-shattering superplex that left both their intense hatred for each other and the World Title question unresolved. Five days later, The World’s Strongest Man returned to SmackDown to declare that he would not give his massive adversary a rematch. However, following an explosive altercation one week later, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long decided that another colossal clash at WWE’s second longest-running pay-pay-view was absolutely necessary. Even before he captured the World Heavyweight Championship from Randy Orton at Night of Champions, Mark Henry’s uncontrollable rage ignited a vicious tirade of pure destruction, in which he obliterated everyone in his path. However, that all changed with the reemergence of Big Show. Just months after being sent to Henry’s Hall of Pain, the irate World’s Largest Athlete stormed back into action, chokeslaming the World Heavyweight Champion through a table. In the past, Survivor Series has proven very lucrative for Big Show where World Titles are concerned. At Survivor Series '99, he captured his first WWE Championship by defeating both Triple H and The Rock. Three years later, he overcame Brock Lesnar to claim the WWE Title all over again. Despite his impressive record, there is no denying that Mark Henry waited 15 years to reach the top of the WWE mountain and will not be knocked off very easily – even if the mountain crumbles beneath his feet. Which of WWE’s resident titans will emerge from the carnage with the World Heavyweight Title in their giant grasp?
Team Orton vs. Team Barrett (5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Match)
Announced exclusively on WWE.com, WWE’s second longest-running pay-per-view event will feature one of its signature bouts when Team Orton takes on Team Barrett inside the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, on Sunday, Nov. 20. Orton will lead Sheamus, Mason Ryan, WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston and Sin Cara into battle, while Barrett brings Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes, Christian, Jack Swagger and Hunico. The bout harkens back to last year’s Survivor Series showdown between Orton and Barrett, when The Viper defeated Barrett in a brutal contest to retain his WWE Championship - even though doing so temporarily forced John Cena out of WWE. Since then, outside of a three-month reign as Intercontinental Champion in 2011, Barrett has been looking for his chance to shine. WWE’s fall classic could be the very opportunity he has been waiting for. Clearly, Barrett knows how to lead. As head of the renegade group Nexus (formed in 2010), he orchestrated countless, brutal attacks on a host of Superstars. When things broke down within Nexus, Barrett found a new role within The Corre in early 2011. Although its members denied they had any leader, clearly Barrett was the driving force behind the group's actions before it disbanded. Then, when a slew of Superstars expressed their grievances about how Triple H was managing Raw last month, it was Barrett who was elected to speak first on the night they all walked out on Raw. However, Barrett has his work cut out for him if he thinks his team can simply overcome those guided by WWE’s Apex Predator, who also has shown he has what it takes to lead. As head of The Legacy, The Viper guided and brought Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes into prominence in WWE. Now bitter rivals – with recent cutthroat matches – Rhodes and Orton will certainly be looking to lock horns in the ring at Survivor Series. Perhaps even more valuable than his leadership skills, Orton brings direct Survivor Series experience to the table. The Viper led a Survivor Series team to victory in 2004, and competed on winning teams in 2003 and 2005. Furthermore, even though his team lost in 2009 when The Viper was pinned by Kingston, he now has Kofi as part of his arsenal when he goes to war this time. In addition to Kingston, Orton brings more weaponry to the fight with the ruthless Sheamus, powerhouse Mason Ryan and the high-flying Sin Cara. On the other side of the battle line, Barrett brings the confidence of the Intercontinental Champion, the veteran skills of former World Heavyweight Champion Christian, the tenacity of former World Champion Jack Swagger and a high-flyer of his own in Hunico. Find out which group of ring warriors will claim victory at one of WWE's most exciting events of the year.
Catch Survivor Series Sunday, Nov. 20, live at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT, only on pay-per-view.
