2009 Survivor Series Predictions

Survivor Series 2009 arrives with all sorts of looming questions as two champions will be defending in Triple Threat matches. The interesting part of it is the other 2 opponents are tag team partners, so everyone is wondering, will they operate as a team, will they turn against each other, and will they still be tag teams after the event? In one match, it's Cena facing DX with the WWE Title on the line. In the other, The Undertaker faces Chris Jericho and Big Show, with his World Heavyweight title up for grabs. Meanwhile, a heated feud also makes it onto this card, as the recently changed Animal will take out his agression on former friend Rey Mysterio in the ring. And don't forget the time-honored Survivor Series tradition: three compelling traditional elimination matches which are always exciting to watch. Here's a look at the match-by-match predictions for this Sunday's huge Survivor Series PPV, starting at 8PM EST in Washington, D.C.!

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Team Miz vs. Team Morrison

It's always tough to predict the elimination matches, and in all reality these winners are only semi-meaningful. In this match we have the up and coming stars. Drew McIntyre could be the sole survivor, giving him more heat and bragging to do on Smackdown. Or the same could go for The Miz. I'll go with McIntyre, Swagger and Sheamus as the remaining competitors here. Swagger will cause Miz to get eliminated. All three are the newest stars who are on their current patches towards superstardom. McIntyre may be in the World Heavyweight title picture, with Sheamus competing for the WWE title very soon.

Prediction: Jack Swagger, Sheamus & Drew McIntyre are the last men left.

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Rey Mysterio vs. Batista

This is the battle between former friends. We've seen the same replayed footage for weeks, where it all began at Bragging Rights with The Animal calmly announcing "I'm gonna rip your head off". Mysterio has yet to get any shots in, but he will at Survivor Series. Now they could go with the always popular heel goes psycho angle and make it a Mysterio win by DQ, leading to some further stipulation matches (Last Man Standing, I Quit, etc), but I feel Mysterio steals a pinfall victory somehow to further enrage The Animal.

Prediction: Rey Mysterio pulls off a stunning opening round victory to continue this feud.

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Team Mickie vs. Team McCool

Bragging Rights gave us a divas match, so it's only right that we get one at Survivor Series. This time around its face divas versus heel divas. Team Mickie James with Eve, Melina, Gail Kim and Kelly Kelly takes on Team McCool with Michelle, Layla, Jillian, Beth Phoenix and Alicia Fox. I'm surprised at some of the divas who were included, for example why not Natalya or Katie Lea over Jillian? Anyhow, since I'm picking the other heel teams to win the traditional matches, I'll go with Mickie and Melina as the final survivors. Melina is current divas champ, while Mickie is vying for McCool's Womens Championship.

Prediction: Mickie James and Melina are the final competitors.

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Team Kingston vs. Team Orton

This is where Kofi Kingston will get to shine again, or get a royal beatdown. I have a feeling it will wind up being Legacy with Orton against Kingston in the last men for this one. They could either go with some sort of heinous triple team beatdown where Legacy gets the win, or they will have Kofi go over by defeating each man one-by-one, with Orton the final survivor. As much as I hate to waiver, I'm going to say Randy Orton will defeat Kingston in the final moments, after Kingston has just finished off Legacy. Orton needs something at this point to continue looking like the top heel he always has been.

Prediction: Randy Orton is the sole survivor in the match.

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Chris Jericho vs. Big Show vs. Undertaker
World Heavyweight Triple Threat

I think this will be the title we see moved at Survivor Series, due to constant nagging injuries the Undertaker has. Jericho will once again take advantage of Big Show hitting a knockout punch to collect the pinfall on Taker. That will lead to Jericho and Show having tension as the unified tag champs, ultimately feuding over the World Championship and losing their tag titles in the process.

Prediction: Jericho wins by pinfall on Undertaker after a Show KO punch.

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Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H vs. John Cena
WWE Title Triple Threat

It seems likely that one of the two Triple Threat matches is going to create friction between the tag team involved. Whether that will be DX or JeriShow is the question. It's possible we see Triple H go heel to reclaim the title, but for now I'm going with Cena to retain his WWE title. They still need a heel to contend with Cena for the WWE Title after this, so HHH or HBK might be turning soon. For now the title stays on Cena.

Prediction: John Cena retains the WWE Title by pinfall on Shawn Michaels.

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There you have it. This event along with Royal Rumble is always fun to predict, so feel free to leave your own predictions below!

The WWE's 2009 Survivor Series starts Sunday, November 27, 2009 at 8PM EST on Pay-Per-View! WWE Characters the Blog will present match updates and results starting after 8PM here at the blog site. Results will update throughout the PPV all the way until it's end at 11PM EST.