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10 Things You Didn't Know About Survivor Series: photos' j6 x2 t, I0 U* J+ b' A' L6 O
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At Survivor Series 2011, CM Punk fought out of Alberto Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker ...
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5 x8 U: {- i; w/ G... and locked in his Anaconda Vise to capture the WWE Championship." H- H# V3 }% v/ W1 H. N; h
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" e3 Q" Z6 a7 A( z; TThe Straight Edge Superstar held on to the WWE Title for 434 days.
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Not a single Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match was featured at the 1998 edition.9 D! ~" |' V: e! }
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With a little help from Mr. McMahon, The Rock emerged from Survivor Series 1998 as WWE Champion.# [/ M' ~/ f% J1 F! F; J
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After defeating Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1992, Bret "Hit Man" Hart received a little help in celebrating .../ O6 j& ]- m! b5 d J6 c |
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Also at Survivor Series 1993, the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Titles were defended.; T& h& ]# I. e/ L
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% q, ~# t! B, r$ XThe Rock 'n' Roll Express put their titles on the line against Jim Cornette's Heavenly Bodies.4 p7 n( _/ D k& @1 Z
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" o) l/ x+ `8 k- b; M2 R qIt 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.: h9 x" ]+ B" e7 W1 e
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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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7 b% q0 Q1 [3 } F) g2 jSurvivor Series 1990 was contested as a mini-tournament, with the winners of each match moving on to a final bout to determine the ultimate survivor.: l# \# l' A$ j3 n) }( e0 p
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