Survivor Series 2013 Survivor Series 2013 was an professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by WWE that took place on November 24 , 2013 at the TD Garden in Boston , Massachusetts . It was the 27th annual Survivor Series event . Background . Survivor Series featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre - existing feuds , plots , and storylines that played out on WWE ' s primary television programs . Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches . The main feud heading into Survivor Series featured Randy Orton and Big Show over the former ' s WWE Championship . Since returning from an injury in mid - August , Big Show had been speaking out against the on - screen regime of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon and their mistreatment of several Superstars , especially Daniel Bryan . This put him at odds with The Authority , and as a result , Big Show was continuously humiliated by Triple H and McMahon throughout September , and was obliged to knock out several other rebellious wrestlers , owing to a threat of being fired . At Battleground on October 6 , Big Show interfered in a match between Orton and Bryan for the vacant WWE Championship , and knocked both competitors out , ruling out the match a no contest . The next night on " Raw " , he was ( kayfabe ) fired from WWE by McMahon in storyline , but returned later that night to knock out Triple H in defiance . Big Show continued to " illegally " appear over the next several weeks on Raw , assisting Bryan , knocking out Raw general manager Brad Maddox , and costing The Shield ' s Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns their WWE Tag Team Championship . On the October 21 episode of " Raw " , Big Show announced he was filing a lawsuit against WWE for wrongful termination from his contract , and two weeks later won an " out - of - court negotiation " with Triple H and Stephanie over his lawsuit , and was rehired by WWE on the condition he promised not to sue them further and received a match against Orton for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series . The other world title in the company was also on the line at Survivor Series , as John Cena defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio . After suffering an elbow injury in August , Cena was to be sidelined from action for a minimum of four months . Despite this , SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero surprised then - World Heavyweight Champion Del Rio on the October 7 episode of " Raw " , by naming Cena as his opponent at the Hell in a Cell pay - per - view . At the event , Cena defeated Del Rio to win his third World Heavyweight title , and his fourteenth World title overall . A rematch between the pair was announced for Survivor Series in early November . Another major rivalry pitted CM Punk and Daniel Bryan against The Wyatt Family , an enigmatic backwoods cult composed of Luke Harper and Erick Rowan , led by the faction ' s namesake , Bray Wyatt . Since their debut in July , the Wyatt Family had been targeting and attacking several wrestlers , including Kane , Kofi Kingston and The Miz , all in cause of Bray Wyatt exalting his character ' s preachings and ideals . On the October 28 episode of " Raw " , the Wyatt Family attacked Bryan backstage , and later attacked Punk in the ring . With Punk and Bryan aiding each other and showing resistance , their altercations with the Wyatts continued over the next several weeks on Raw and SmackDown , until an official match between the teams was announced for Survivor Series . As is tradition , the PPV featured elimination tag team matches , the first of which saw the five man team of The Shield ( U . S . Champion Dean Ambrose , Seth Rollins , and Roman Reigns ) and The Real Americans ( Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro with manager Zeb Colter ) faced off against WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Goldust , The Usos ( Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso ) , and Rey Mysterio , who made a surprise return on the November 18 episode of " Raw " . The second announced elimination match pitted Natalya , The Bella Twins ( Brie Bella and Nikki Bella ) , The Funkadactyls ( Naomi and Cameron ) , Eva Marie , and JoJo against Divas Champion AJ Lee , Tamina Snuka , Kaitlyn , Alicia Fox , Rosa Mendes , Aksana , and Summer Rae . This match stems from Lee insulting Natalya and the rest for taking part in the Total Divas reality show . Also confirmed prior to the event was a match between Kofi Kingston and The Miz for the " Survivor Series Kickoff " . On the November 18 episode of " Raw " , during a match with The Real Americans ( Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro ) , The Miz turned against his tag team partner , Kofi Kingston , and walked out of the match resulting in a heel turn . This action allowed Swagger to apply the Patriot Lock on Kingston which he tapped out , giving the win to the Real Americans . Also on the November 18 , 2013 , episode of " Raw " , Big E . Langston defeated Curtis Axel to win the Intercontinental Championship and a rematch was later confirmed for the pay - per - view .