Ranking Every WWE Survivor Series Main Event From Worst To Best

26. Randy Orton Vs Wade Barrett (2010)

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Matt Striker infamously got the call wrong as the Randy Orton's victory over Wade Barrett brought another awful chapter of The Nexus angle to an ungainly halt, but one more beating wasn't going to render the horse any deader.

"CENA'S FREE" yelped Striker before Michael Cole solemnly corrected him. "Cena's Fired" was the line the ex-teacher had trampled over, but it spoke to how ludicrous the angle had become that 'The Champ's referee spot had stipulations even the announcers couldn't quite fathom.

Neither were wrong either - Cena was both free and fired on the following edition of Raw, and terrorised Wade and co into hiring him back anyway.

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