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Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown! | ||
Date | November 27, 2005 | ||
City | Detroit, Michigan | ||
Venue | Joe Louis Arena[1] | ||
Attendance | 15,000[2] | ||
Buy rate | 400,000[3] | ||
Tagline(s) | The Beginning of the End | ||
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The 2005 Survivor Series was the 19th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The event took place on November 27, 2005, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan and consisted of six professional wrestling matches. This is the third event to take place in Detroit since the events in 1991 and 1999.
In the first of two main event matches, WWE Champion John Cena defeated Kurt Angle to retain his title. The second main event was an interpromotional 5-on-5 Survivor Series match, in which Team SmackDown! (Batista, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), Bobby Lashley, and Randy Orton) defeated Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, Carlito, and Chris Masters) after Orton last eliminated Michaels. In another match, Triple H defeated Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing match.