Survivor Series (2009)

Survivor Series (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on November 22, 2009, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the 23rd annual Survivor Series event and featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.

The main event featured a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship between John Cena, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels. Other notable matches included a World Heavyweight Championship match between The Undertaker and Chris Jericho, and two traditional Survivor Series elimination matches.

The event’s storylines were scripted and predetermined by WWE writers. Feuds between wrestlers were built up on WWE's weekly television shows, Raw, SmackDown, and ECW. These storylines often involved confrontations, interviews, and matches leading up to the Survivor Series event.

The main storylines heading into the event involved the ongoing rivalry between John Cena, Triple H and Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship and the continued dominance of The Undertaker as World Heavyweight Champion. Also prominent was the rivalry between Randy Orton and Kofi Kingston. The event card featured several other matches designed to advance other storylines within the WWE.