Dirt Sheet Report on why Survivor Series Main Event changed..

[The Great One]

As seen Monday on Raw, WWE overhauled its plans for Survivor Series on November 18, 2012.

On the show, Vince McMahon mandated that CM Punk will defend his WWE Championship in a Triple Threat Match against Ryback and John Cena at the pay-per-view event. With this turn of events, Team Punk is now known as Team Ziggler, while Team Foley has an empty fifth slot. Prior to the change, The Miz quit the group in protest of Punk's leadership, and was replaced by Wade Barrett after Paul Heyman aggressively sought him.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE changed their plans for multiple reasons. Among them was the belief that the originally scheduled main event, Team Punk vs. Team Foley in Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match, would draw dismal pay-per-view buy numbers. With rare exceptions, tag team matches as main events are generally mediocre earners on pay-per-view. The entire Bragging Rights concept was dropped for that very reason.

What also swayed plans for Survivor Series were the pay-per-view buy figures for Hell in a Cell on DirecTV being "surprisingly strong." Privately, McMahon credited Ryback for the result and felt placing him in a ten-man tag team match, even though he would likely be left standing, would not be beneficial to him. McMahon feels they need to capitalize on Ryback's momentum, which would require the muscle-bound grappler to challenge for the WWE Championship in the main event.

Ryback boosting buyrates

 

[g-ice]

Ryback real good :feedmemore:

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Privately, McMahon credited Ryback for the result

 

[Bob Loblaw]

 

[Jmare007]

Ryback getting that belt :cokeboy:

 

[Popi]

I give more credit to NO ONE being interested in anything Mick Foley.

I respect his legend, he's underrated for his role in the attitude era, and has a ton of great matches on his resume.

But it's time to stick to the Legends of Wrestling roundtable and the kids section in Barnes and Noble.

 

[Jmare007]

It's also the fact that there's no interest in a Survival tag in today's WWE. Nothing important is on the line and we see the guys in each team face each other every fukking week. There's no novelty nor importance to that kind of match, having it as your main event and main selling point is just retarded.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

WWE really is stealing from TNA these days. #fukkery


Sooo.... Is Ziggler feuding with Foley now or something or what?

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Cena doin that job at Survivor Series

 

[Bob-omb]

They should have had Rock as Team Foleys last member

@ Ryback bringing in the money. Vince needs to hang it up already

 

[Swiggy]

Oh nikkas, the #fukkery era is going to be long remembered in lore, right up there with the Attitude era

King Vince been on some good yay that been making his high delusional and shyt. With the money Linda throwing away to play politician, he gonna have to have Ryback, The Rock, Austin, and whatever's left of Triple H to get on that team

If you deny the fukkery Era's rightful place in history, you never were a fan to begin with

 

[So UnThotful]

punk knowing he aint working with foley anymore

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

A man who only says three words being considered the big draw in his first main event match? This fukkery era will be historic

 

[MenacingMonk]

Punk.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Lol punk has to feel like an utter embarrassment