At the WWE SmackDown tapings in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday night, it was announced that John Cena will defend the World Title against Alberto Del Rio at Survivor Series in Boston.
As noted late last night, Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship in the dark match following Tuesday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Just to recap, other matches taped Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina for this week’s WWE SmackDown broadcast included the following:
* CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel.
* The Uso Brothers & R-Truth vs. 3MB
* A.J. Lee and Tamina vs. Cameron & Naomi
* Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper
* Alberto Del Rio vs. The Great Khali
* John Cena vs. Ryback
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