-Backstage with Scott Stanford and John Cena. Stanford asks Cena if he'll be able to put recent tensions with The Rock aside to help their Survivor Series team coexist tonight. Cena recaps his role in last year's Survivor Series where he was up against a wall between giving the title to Wade Barrett or getting fired. Cena tells Stanford that he'll do as he did last year and do the right thing for the greater good. Typical Cena fodder here.
-Back to the ring with Justin Roberts who introduces Michael Cole's replacement at the broadcast desk, New York City's own Matt Striker. Striker returns to the broadcast desk to a respectable hometown ovation and emphasizes his excitement to return to calling the action.
-The United States Champion enters, understandably without Vickie Guerrero and explains that due in large part to his actions earlier this evening and by order of Interim RAW GM John Laurinaitis that the match with Zack Ryder has now been changed into a No Disqualification Match. Ziggler says that this is fine with him and that the stipulation plays to his advantage given Ryder's current condition. Ziggler gives Ryder sixty seconds to answer his challenge, knowing full well that Ryder won’t make it to the ring in time. A cascade of boos rains down from the crowd and deafening chants of “We Want Ryder” fill the Manhattan arena. Ziggler begins to count down from ten and Ryder’s music cues up at 2. A visibly wounded Ryder limps down to ringside behind INCREDIBLE fan support.
Dolph Ziggler v. Zack Ryder-No DQ Match for the United States Championship
Ziggler continues his beatdown before the bell as Ryder attempts to crawl into the ring. Ryder whipped to the turnbuckle with force as Dolph continues showing off. Ziggler mocks Ryder with his “L.I.” hand signal as he waits for him to get back to his feet. Ziggler blasts Ryder with a Superkick. Ryder is clearly beaten, but the champion isn’t satisfied with just beating his opponent on this night.
Dolph slaps on the Sleeper. Ryder refuses to quit, eventually fighting out of the hold, sending Ziggler crashing into the turnpost. A groggy Ryder throws a Broski Boot, knocking Ziggler senseless, but the effort takes too much out of Ryder and he can’t capitalize with a cover. The champion eventually regains his bearings and resumes his assault on the challenger.
Ziggler hits a Neck Snap and follows up with a Leaping Elbow Drop for a two count. Ziggler locks the downed Ryder into a side headlock and executes a headstand bridge for extra torque. The champion releases the hold when he decides that he’s still not satisfied.
The champion helps Ryder back to his feet and promptly drops him with a Fame Asser but only gets two. Somehow Ryder still has something left in the tank. Ryder struggles back to his feet, and Ziggler attempts the ZigZag but Ryder grabs the top rope for leverage and responds with the Rough Ryder. Ziggler kicks out at two, and the challenger is stunned.
At a loss, Ryder quickly falls victim to the ZigZag. An infuriated Ziggler wants to finish Ryder for good, so the champion retreats to the outside and grabs a steel chair. Ziggler proceeds to strike Ryder no fewer than a dozen times before throwing the chair down in disgust. Ziggler grabs another chair and prepares to swing, but the chair is caught in the backswing by Randy Orton. Orton takes the chair away and jams the chair three times into Ziggler’s midsection before blasting him over the head with it. With Ziggler down, Orton unfolds the chair and sets it down in the middle of the ring. The viper helps the champion back to his feet before dropping his face through the seat of the chair with a catastrophic RKO. Orton helps Ryder back to his feet and helps direct traffic. Zack connects with The Zack Attack to Ziggler’s injured neck and picks up the three.
Winner and NEW United States Champion: Zack Ryder
-Orton walks back up the entrance ramp, stopping to look over his shoulder to admire his retribution. A battered Ryder celebrates with the New York City faithful and several “Broskis” who helped sign his Twittition.
-Backstage with Theodore Long and Aksana in what looks to be another wasted segment until Mark Henry enters the room and tells Aksana to get lost. Henry tells Long that he’ll agree to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against The Big Show on the condition that it be The World’s Largest Athlete’s last chance at the gold. Teddy Long tells Mark that if he has it in him to put The Big Show away decisively tonight, he won’t have to worry about him challenging again anyway. Mark Henry tells Long to count on it, then leaves the office shaking his head.
-Alberto Del Rio backstage with Christian discussing the main event tonight and officially calling truce to the business that they had with each other earlier in the year. Edge disrupts the conversation and tells Christian that since he had a hard time getting the title back from Orton and got utterly crushed in his attempt to take the title from Mark Henry, that trying to take the title from the Big Show will be next to impossible. The Rated-R Superstar tells Christian to please, for the sake of everyone, STOP ASKING FOR ONE MORE MATCH and closes by acknowledging Del Rio with an “Oh, Hey Champ” before slapping the taste out of his mouth and walking off.
-Back in the ring with Hunico, Epico and Primo who have issued an impromptu challenge to Sin Cara to find two tag team partners to compete in an elimination match tonight. Sin Cara shows up on the entrance ramp and waits as ALEX RILEY’s theme music hits to an huge ovation. The ramp bursts into flames as KANE makes his return to the ring as well. The trio in the ring quickly realize that they may have stepped into something.
Elimination Tag Match: Sin Cara, Alex Riley, and Kane v. Los Aviadores
Realizing they have nothing to lose, all three attack Kane with a combination Codebreaker, Backstabber and Swanton Bomb but can only come up with a two count. Kane gets back to his feet and cleans house on all three before tagging to Riley.
Epico charges in and connects with a Tilt-A-Whirl DDT but only logs two. Epico sets up for another Codebreaker, but Riley catches Epico on the fly and counters into a resounding spinebuster. A-Ry connects with a Riley Elevation DDT and drops Epico with the A-Bomb before tagging to Sin Cara. The luchador leaps into the ring with a springboard senton bomb before rebounding with a lionsault and collecting the three count.
Primo rushes in to follow up throwing a flurry of mounted punches to a downed Sin Cara and grabbing a leg to prevent a tag. Cara responds with an enziguri and quickly tags to Kane. Primo tries to back out quickly, but Kane captures and Chokeslams him through the canvas. Kane helps Primo back to his feet and appears to set up for another chokeslam, but instead lifts Primo to the top turnbuckle and tags to Sin Cara. Cara leapfrogs to the top rope and drops Primo with a Moonsault Side Slam from the top rope for the three count.
All alone, Hunico goes for broke and charges Sin Cara but instantly falls victim to a La Mistica Fujiwara Armbar and is forced to tap out.
Survivors: Sin Cara, Alex Riley and Kane
Wade Barrett backstage with Jack Korpela. Barrett comments on his earlier victory saying that tonight begins a changing of the guard and that the winds of change are blowing in WWE. He says the Barrett Barrage will not stop until the World Heavyweight Championship falls into his hands, but that for the time being, all of that is secondary. Barrett alludes that he has it on good authority based on loud locker room chatter that a certain superstar involved in tonight’s main event is working as a double agent and intends to sabotage their team before the night is over. Barrett insists that he has no idea who the culprit is, but says he’s certain that they’ll display their true colors tonight.
A promo is run for next month’s TLC Pay-Per-View
A mysterious promo is run that features only the phrase "It Begins--January 2."
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