Survivor Series (2012)

The 2012 Survivor Series was the 26th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on November 18, 2012, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, which was the first Survivor Series held in Indiana. The event received 212,000 pay-per-view buys, down from 281,000 buys the previous year.

The event was originally planned to be held at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but the WWE relocated the event to Indianapolis as it was conflicted with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens Sunday Night Football game of the 2012 NFL season. The WWE would later give Pittsburgh its infamous and controversial Royal Rumble pay-per-view event that was held in 2014.

Seven matches took place at the event, including one on the pre-show. In the main event, CM Punk defeated John Cena and Ryback to retain the WWE Championship. In other prominent matches, Eve Torres retained the Divas Championship against Kaitlyn, and Antonio Cesaro retained the United States Championship against R-Truth.

The event is best known for the onscreen main roster debut of Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins, who would collectively be known as The Shield. All three men would go on to serve as prolific figures in WWE and in the wider professional wrestling industry over the following decade.