Survivor Series 2011 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 . Background . Survivor Series featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre - existing scripted feuds , plots , and storylines that develop on WWE ' s television programs . Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches . The main event involves WrestleMania XXVIII opponents John Cena and The Rock teaming up against The Miz and R - Truth , otherwise known as the Awesome Truth . After losing to Alberto Del Rio last month at Vengeance due to interference by The Miz and R - Truth , Cena decided to face the both of them head on with Zack Ryder . However , before the match Ryder was ambushed by the two and Cena was beaten down by them in the middle of the match . Interim General Manager John Laurinaitis booked Cena with a match against Miz and Truth at Survivor Series with a partner of his choosing deciding to choose his Wrestlemania XXVIII opponent The Rock as his partner . Billed as the most charismatic team in the world , The Rock accepted his offer the following week . Another main event from " Raw " involves WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio against CM Punk for the WWE Championship . Three months ago at Summerslam , Alberto Del Rio cashed in his Money in the Bank against CM Punk to become WWE Champion . While he did get his rematch at Hell in a Cell , Cena was the champion going into Hell in a Cell and it was a Triple Threat match , thus he expressed his desire to have his official one - on - one rematch for the Championship , which Del Rio firmly objected to . After locking him into an Anaconda Vise after a match , Del Rio agreed to give CM Punk his title shot at Survivor Series . The main event from " SmackDown " involves the World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry against The Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship . Last month at Vengeance , Henry attempted to do a suplex to The Big Show from the second turnbuckle , only for the ring to collapse and both men unable to continue . Continuing their feud , another match was booked involving both men at Survivor Series with a reinforced ring so that it would not buckle and collapse . As a tradition to the Survivor Series pay - per - view , there is a 10 man tag - team elimination match , this year involving Team Orton , consisting of Randy Orton , Sheamus , Sin Cara , Mason Ryan , and Kofi Kingston , against Team Barrett , consisting of Wade Barrett , Cody Rhodes , Dolph Ziggler , Jack Swagger and Hunico . Originally , Christian was a member of Team Barrett , but an injury precluded him from participating in the event . Event . Dolph Ziggler defeated John Morrison in the opening match after a Zig Zag . After the match Zack Ryder attacked Ziggler and hit him with his finishing move , the Rough Ryder . Beth Phoenix defeated Eve Torres in a Lumberjill match for the Divas championship after a Glam Slam from the top rope . Team Wade Barrett consisting of Wade Barrett , Cody Rhodes , Hunico , Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler ( who appeared in his second match on the card ) , defeated Team Randy Orton , consisting of Randy Orton , Sheamus , Kofi Kingston , Mason Ryan and Sin Cara . The match started of with Kingston and Ziggler facing off . Ziggler was the first man eliminated after a RKO . Sin Cara was eliminated after sustaining a legitimate injury . Mason Ryan was then eliminated after Cross Rhodes by Cody Rhodes and Kofi Kingston was eliminated by Wasteland by Wade Barrett . Sheamus was disqualifed after not breaking the referees 5 count near the ropes . In frustration , Sheamus Brogue Kicked Jack Swagger who was then pinned by Randy Orton . Hunico was next eliminated after Randy Orton hit a RKO in mid - air to him . Following a distraction by Rhodes , Randy Orton was pinned by Wade Barrett , giving Team Barrett the win and leaving Rhodes and Barrett the sole survivors . The Big Show defeated Mark Henry , but as it was by disqualification , the title stayed with Henry . During the match , Henry tackled Big Show through the barricade , but Big Show got into the ring before the 10 - count . Big Show then performed a diving elbow drop to Henry . Big Show then went for his finisher , the WMD ( a knockout punch ) but Henry performed a low blow to Big Show causing the disqualification . After the match Big Show placed a steel chair over the leg of Henry and gave him a leg drop onto the leg . CM Punk defeated Alberto Del Rio to become the new WWE Champion . Former WWE ring announcer , Howard Finkel was CM Punk ' s guest ring announcer for this match to match Alberto Del Rio ' s Ricardo Rodiguez . During the match , there were many reversals and counters to the two men ' s various finishers and submission holds . The match results into CM Punk winning via submission with Alberto Del Rio tapping out to the Anaconda Vise . Punk celebrated with the crowd after the match . The main event was a tag team match consisting of John Cena and the Rock defeating The Miz and R - Truth . Throughout the match , Cena was targeted and was almost pinned many times . After R - Truth and John Cena took each other out of the match , the Rock performed a spinebuster followed by the Peoples Elbow to pin the Miz . After the match the Rock performed the Rock Bottom on Cena .