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Ryback recently recalled how WWE's creative team originally wanted him to be the sole survivor in the five-on-five elimination match at Survivor Series 2014.
The Big Guy joined forces with The Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, and John Cena in the main event. The babyfaces defeated Team Authority (Kane, Luke Harper, Mark Henry, Rusev, and Seth Rollins), costing Stephanie McMahon and Triple H their jobs as authority figures.
Ziggler pinned Rollins at the end of the 43-minute match following a surprise appearance from the debuting Sting. In his latest Ryback TV video, the former Intercontinental Champion said that he was supposed to win the match for Cena's team instead of The Showoff:
"If you remember, this is where Sting came back and Dolph Ziggler had the great showing that was originally designed for me on this, and that would have aligned with the push and the coming back," Ryback said. "But things were going too good once again, and WWE and Vince McMahon were gonna make sure that they cooled things off, and they did just that with this match once again." [2:20 – 2:39]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjJApczmj0
The 41-year-old only lasted seven minutes before being eliminated by Rusev. Almost a decade on, the match is widely regarded as one of the best Survivor Series elimination matches of all time.
Ryback recently recalled how WWE's creative team originally wanted him to be the sole survivor in the five-on-five elimination match at Survivor Series 2014.
The Big Guy joined forces with The Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, and John Cena in the main event. The babyfaces defeated Team Authority (Kane, Luke Harper, Mark Henry, Rusev, and Seth Rollins), costing Stephanie McMahon and Triple H their jobs as authority figures.
Ziggler pinned Rollins at the end of the 43-minute match following a surprise appearance from the debuting Sting. In his latest Ryback TV video, the former Intercontinental Champion said that he was supposed to win the match for Cena's team instead of The Showoff:
"If you remember, this is where Sting came back and Dolph Ziggler had the great showing that was originally designed for me on this, and that would have aligned with the push and the coming back," Ryback said. "But things were going too good once again, and WWE and Vince McMahon were gonna make sure that they cooled things off, and they did just that with this match once again." [2:20 – 2:39]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjJApczmj0
The 41-year-old only lasted seven minutes before being eliminated by Rusev. Almost a decade on, the match is widely regarded as one of the best Survivor Series elimination matches of all time.
