Team Cena vs. Team Authority (Survivor Series 2014)
The Authority, led by the egotistical pair of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, had tormented the locker room for months. A few weeks before Survivor Series 2014, John Cena decided to step up to the authoritative villains, vowing to assemble a star-studded team to take down The Authority’s henchmen.
Vince McMahon added the stipulation that the Authority would lose power if their team lost at Survivor Series. Thus, the pressure was on as the stakes couldn’t have been higher. Fans were expecting a “Super Cena” performance with The Champ powering through the opposition, and ridding WWE of The Authority.
Fans couldn’t have been more wrong. Cena was shockingly eliminated early in the bout as his teammate, The Big Show, knocked him out to save himself. Seth Rollins, Team Authority’s captain, pinned Cena as Show walked out to hand Team Authority a three-on-one advantage, with Dolph Ziggler the sole survivor on the babyface team.
The Showoff put on the performance of a lifetime, eliminating Kane and Luke Harper to level the playing field. A frustrated Triple H attacked Ziggler and nailed him with the Pedigree. Scott Armstrong was about to count to 3, but the Icon Sting made his stunning debut in the climax of the bout.
Stinger laid out Hunter with the Scorpion Death Drop, and put Ziggler on top of Rollins to send The Authority packing. Cena played a secondary role in this match, but he was instrumental in setting up the encounter and laying the foundation.
