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10 Things You Didn't Know About Survivor Series: photos
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At Survivor Series 2011, CM Punk fought out of Alberto Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker ...5 V8 N, K9 B/ R
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... and locked in his Anaconda Vise to capture the WWE Championship.
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- |, K" k6 |) H, D! L, eThe Straight Edge Superstar held on to the WWE Title for 434 days.5 X7 N' g* v9 o0 q
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Not a single Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match was featured at the 1998 edition.
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With a little help from Mr. McMahon, The Rock emerged from Survivor Series 1998 as WWE Champion.& ^: x! X8 p/ L- f& h& J1 [
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: U% k$ O. {+ R8 @After defeating Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1992, Bret "Hit Man" Hart received a little help in celebrating ...$ Q ~8 g7 I. X9 B
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Also at Survivor Series 1993, the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Titles were defended.5 ?6 }, w3 m8 R
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The Rock 'n' Roll Express put their titles on the line against Jim Cornette's Heavenly Bodies.7 @4 D$ n( @" u7 r; L5 U5 ^" x
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- G7 }! v, F% p3 ]) d2 P7 aIt was one of the rare occasions when a championship from another promotion was defended in WWE.
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A tennis racket strike from Jimmy Del Ray led to The Heavenly Bodies walking out with the SMW Tag Team Titles.$ |8 L' y! [6 j. l% \7 G
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Shawn Michaels and Diesel's friendship imploded at Survivor Series 1994.
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After demanding to tag into the match, Michaels accidentally kicked Diesel. A furious Big Daddy Cool chased HBK out of the ring, causing their entire team to be counted out.
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