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WWE Survivor Series match card previews: Featuring Randy Orton vs. Big Show, John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio and more!

Breaking down the 2013 edition of "Survivor Series", with complete previews for every advertised match on the card. The show will feature Randy Orton vs. The Big Show, The Wyatt Family vs. CM Punk & Daniel Bryan, Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena, two team elimination matches and more!

Don't miss WWE's twenty-seventh annual Survivor Series pay-per-view (PPV)! Live from TD Gardens in Boston, MA the show features two of the event's signature matches - The Shield and The Real Americans against tag team champs Goldust and Cody Rhodes alongside The Usos and Rey Mysterio, and a seven-on-seven Divas match pitting the cast of Total Divas on E! against the women of the main roster. This year's show also features John Cena defending his World Heavyweight Champion (WHC) from Alberto Del Rio, WWE champion Randy Orton standing up to a rampaging Big Show and much more.

The action starts Sunday, November 24 with a free streaming pre-show at 7:30PM ET/4:30PM PT, while the PPV broadcast will begin at 8PM ET/5PM PT.

For all the ways to watch this annual event, consult your cable or satellite directory, or WWE.com.

The show features

No one has posed a bigger threat to the forces of HHH and Stephanie McMahon than The Big Show. Not too long ago, The Authority thought they had The Giant in the palm of their hand. But they pushed him too far and he snapped back legally and physically. Forced to not only reinstate him in their company, but also to give him a title match against their handpicked champion Randy Orton, The Game and The Billion Dollar Princess may be regretting their actions. Or they may just be hedging their bets. Who will leave the pay-per-view (PPV) holding the WWE championship?

The co-main event(s)

John Cena was triumphant in his latest miraculously speedy recovery from injury when he took the WHC from Alberto Del Rio at Hell in a Cell last month. Since then, he and the Essence of Excellence have battled to get the upper hand, or should we say upper arm, heading into their rematch in Cena's hometown in Boston. Will The Champ's reattached muscles withstand another cross armbreaker, or will he disappoint his collected family and friends as the Mexican legend predicts?

Until recently, Daniel Bryan was the thorn in The Authority's side, while CM Punk was single-mindly pursuing revenge against his former mentor, Paul Heyman and his new charges. But that all changed when they were targeted by The Wyatt Family. Bray Wyatt and his followers goals are unclear, but we know that they are passionate enough about them to do any vicious thing they can think of to fulfill them. The Best and The Beard will try to stop them when they face Luke Harper and Erick Rowan.

In other action

WWE's fall classic is known for memorable debuts and team elimination challenges. While we won't know if the 2013 edition will include one of the former until Sunday night, we do know that there will be two of the latter. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, along with fellow Hound Dean Ambrose, are still upset about losing the tag team gold to the Rhodes Brothers. They'll get another shot at a measure of retribution when they're joined by Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger to try and take down the champs and their allies Jimmy and Jey Uso and the recently returned Master of the 6-1-9.

And issues between the women of WWE have been simmering since AJ Lee took a microphone to the ring to run down Brie and Nikki Bella and all of the Divas who have been getting their name in the media for a reality show rather than their wrestling. Those issues will be laid bare in Boston when the cast of Total Divas faces AJ and six other female sports entertainers in a seven-on-seven team elimination match!

Big E Langston just defeated Curtis Axel for his first major singles title last week on Raw. Axel gets his chance to win back the Intercontinental belt at Survivor Series. And The Miz walked away from Kodi Kingston and the fans last Monday night - will we get an explanation, or will the high flier get his revenge, on the free streaming Kickoff show?

In this StoryStream, we'll have previews of each and every match on the card. Stay tuned!

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