| abstract | - Survivor Series 2011 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE that took place on November 20, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was the 25th annual Survivor Series event and the first one to take place in Madison Square Garden since the 2002 event. Seven matches took place at the event, six of which were broadcast live on pay-per-view. In the main event from the Raw brand, The Rock, in his first match since WrestleMania XX, teamed with John Cena and defeated The Miz and R-Truth. The main event from the SmackDown brand saw Big Show defeat World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry by disqualification. In another predominant match on the card, CM Punk was victorious over Alberto Del Rio by submission to win the WWE Championship. According to early estimates, the buyrate for the event was between 300,000 and 310,000, up from last year's event which received 244,000 buys.
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