WWE Survivor Series 2011 Predictions

Hello friends! Tomorrow night WWE will present the 25th anniversary of 1 of their big 4 events Survivor Series live from the World's most famous arena Madison Square Garden in New York City! As of now only 6 matches are on the card so let's get to it shall we?

WWE United States Championship Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. John Morrison

For the 2nd straight PPV Dolph Ziggler will be pulling double duty as he will be working this match here and also the Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match with Team Orton and Team Barrett which I will get to in a bit. Anyways Morrison scored a fall on Ziggler a couple of weeks ago on Raw in England which pretty much cemented his status as #1 contender. However there is a wildcard here in the form of The Long Island Iced Z Zack Ryder as he has been petitioning his fans to sign a petition for him to get a shot at the U.S. gold. Now according to the storyline Interim Raw GM John Laurianitis said that Ryder needed at least 15,000 signatures to get his U.S. title opportunity. Mission accomplished according to my partner in crime Mike Flecha so with that Ryder should get his shot sometime soon and who knows maybe as soon as this event as he could be added to this match to make it a Triple Threat but I digress. If this match remains as is Ziggler will most likely go over but if Ryder gets added then Ryder wins the belt! But in my honest opinion this match should remain as is and with that Ziggler goes over here and then drops the belt to Ryder next month at the TLC PPV in what I think will be a ladder match but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Winner: Dolph Ziggler

Lumberjill Match for the WWE Divas Championship: Beth Phoenix vs. Eve Torres

In all honesty I really thought that WWE was going to book the Divas in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match based on how the angles had been going on TV but to no avail we're stuck with another ho hum PPV Diva fight. Expect this to be the worst fight of the night and also expect Beth to retain after a trainwreck of a match.

Winner: Beth Phoenix

Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team Barrett (Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico, & Dolph Ziggler) vs. Team Orton (Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston, & Sin Cara)

Of course what would Survivor Series be without at least 1 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match right? Anyways this 1 has potential to be 1 of the all time great Survivor Series Elimination Matches of all time given the talent involved! 1 quick note before I get to my pick and that is Dolph Ziggler is an injury replacement for Christian who injured his ankle during the tour of Europe last weekend. Now to my pick! Of course the safe pick would be to go with Team Orton and originally I was going to go with Team Orton with Orton and Sheamus emerging as the Sole Survivors. But after watching last night's Smackdown I now have reason to believe that Team Barrett actually may go over here and let's face it friends they really need the win more than Team Orton does! Now of course no 1 has been on more of a roll in these types of matches than Randy Orton has especially that stretch of 3 straight years of being the Sole Survivor from 2003-2005 and add to that another such win in 2008! Should be 1 of the top fights of the night hands down as these matches are always so fun to watch and this 1 will be no different! Really tough to call as my gut tells me to go with Team Orton while my heart tells me to go with Team Barrett. So who wins? Well I'm going to take a chance here and listen to my heart and go with Team Barrett as Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes will be the Sole Survivors and perhaps this could be the start of a big time push for both men heading into 2012!

Winners: Team Barrett (Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes)

World Heavyweight Championship Match: Mark Henry vs. The Big Show

Last month at the Vengeance PPV these 2 recreated 1 of the most awe inspiring moments when Henry superplexed The Big Show which caused the ring to collapse! Not expecting that to happen again here but what I do expect to happen is Henry retaining in a hard fought physical match which may have the potential to be 1 of the better big man matches in recent memory! Also if Henry does retain then perhaps WWE could start planting the seeds for a future World title program with Mark Henry and Daniel Bryan which could result in those 2 throwing down at WrestleMania 28 in a David vs. Goliath type match!

Winner: Mark Henry

WWE Championship Match: Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk

Honestly I'm looking more forward to this World title match than the Henry/Show fight but anyways! Should be for me anyways the 2nd best fight of the night as these 2 can work and work quite well. Got a feeling that this 1 won't end clean though as I expect Punk to win via DQ after interference from Ricardo Rodriguez which will then lead to a rematch with these 2 next month at the TLC PPV and if that should happen look for it to be a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match oh my!

Winner: CM Punk via Disqulification

The Miz and R-Truth vs. John Cena and The Rock

Of course this marks The Rock's 1st match in 7 years and this is the main reason why people are even buying this PPV in the 1st place! To me this has the feel of the 92 Survivor Series when Randy Macho Man Savage and Mr. Perfect teamed up to face Ric Flair and Razor Ramon because of the fact that you have Cena and The Rock teaming up and many people questioning if they can co exist as a team. Should be a Raw TV main event at best and while many people expect Rock and Cena to win this 1 others are expecting Cena to perhaps finally turn heel here and turn on Rock which would most likely lead to an Awesome Truth win here. Of course the safe pick here would be to go with Cena and Rock to win it which I was originally going to do but after thinking long and hard about it and if WWE wants to start planting the seeds for their epic battle in Miami next April then Cena would have to turn on Rock thus costing them the match and giving Miz and Truth perhaps the biggest win of their careers and do you know what? I'm actually going to go that route!

Winners: The Miz and R-Truth

Overall it looks like it could be a very good PPV even though I was hoping we would have at least 1 or 2 more Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Matches on this card but alas. In all honesty all of these matches except for the Divas title Lumberjill match should be good to great and if that's the case then this PPV could be a 7 or 8 out of 10 easy!

OK those are my predictions for Survivor Series thanks so much for reading along and be sure to join me on my Tony Rants blogsite tomorrow night after the PPV as I will have a complete recap of Survivor Series and also be sure to join my longtime friend and colleague Derek Ferreira on his YouTube channel (slb200809) tomorrow night after the PPV as he will have a complete video recap of Survivor Series and then from there be sure to join me back here on this blogsite on Saturday December 10th as I will preview the final TNA PPV of 2011 Final Resolution so until then you know the routine everybody! Thumbs up talk to you later! YEAH!!! Bye for now!