WWF Survivor Series

Survivor series opens with Vince Introduction the great names given to each team this year. The perfect team v Warriors to kick of the show Bobby the brain fugi outside the ring piper & gorilla on the mic . all the face paint all the carisma of 8 legends , on paper or a poster maybe the best looking lineup for a single survivor series match ever . Mean gene backstage interviewing with the ultimate warrior legion of doom & Texas tornado before facing mr perfect and Three members of demolition."he's up and down more than a toilet seat " piper on mr perfect 👌 . Million dollar 💵 team v dream team match two . million dollar man rhythm & blues and mystery partner. Take on dusty the hart foundation and Koko showing what a great lineup of characters the WWF had on its roster in 1990. The mystery partner will go on to have one of the longest and popular runs in wrestling ever becoming a true legend along the way. Money well spent by Ted diBiase . One eyed snake 🐍 superfly & Rockers v model power & Glory warlord match 3 the best inring story so far was in this match. Natural disasters team Earthquake the worlds strongest man Dino bravo Haku barbarian v you know something brother it's time for Hulk hacksaw Tugboat Big boss man . "This ain't no beauty contest " piper points out as these 8 large men fill the entire ring together. Someone must have liked the name as the tag team of the natural disasters where in competition against each other tugboat would become typhoon to complete the partnership with earthquake. The alliance v the mercenaries felt very random teaming and match but not as random as what would follow when mean gene cracked his 🥚 egg. This event good v bad guys could have done with Jesse the body commentary to support the bad guys. The winners of each match this year would team in a final match. It's like watching highlights from the very first pin it becomes clear this match is against the clock ⏰. The best and most fun survivor series to date . Timing was sometimes all over the place with some weird moments and quick pins and count outs . Not one to watch for great wrestling but a really fun night.

The 1990 installment of WWF's Survivor Series has its own up and downs. Starting with the first match, a four-on-four Survivor Series match between The Warriors (Animal, Hawk, The Texas Tornado, and Ultimate Warrior) and The Perfect Team (Ax, Crush,Mr. Perfect, and Smash), the PPV event are basically wrestlers forming teams to compete in Survivor Series matches. The first match was a disaster, as it involved four wrestlers being disqualifed for brawling outside the ring (ending with a kick to the referee's groin) which basically proved to be a cheap writing and the fact that Ultimate Warrior no sells Mr. Perfect's finish and goes on to win the fight made that a lame opener.

However, the second match between The Million Dollar Team and The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, and Koko B. Ware) that is more memorible. After the first three members of the Million Dollar Team, Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man, and Greg Valentine, the Million Dollar Man would take over the announcer and announce the fourth member of his team (which until the match, has been kept secret). That moment is remembered by many as the debut of The Undertaker, a wrestler who sadly, in this match was eliminated by count out, even though he tagged out to another teammate and was no longer the legal man, which makes less sense when the reverse happened in the next match with Rick Martel, a member of the The Visionaries, when Jake "The Snake" Roberts was counted out to end the match he was in, proving whoever wrote these two matches still had a lot to learn about the rules of pro wrestling.

So, for the main event, the survivors of the team matches face each other to see who the sole survivor is, which ended up being a three-against-five, with Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, and Tito Santana taking on Ted DiBiase and the four other wrestlers who survived their matches, but not before we get a scene where Mean Gene Okerlund being forced to dance with the infamous Gobbledy Gooker (who made his debut here as WWF's attempt to create a mascot, but would be dropped in a month, and become infamous for being another one of those horrible wrestling gimmicks). Overall, it's okay, but it could have been better.

Ultimate Warrior, Texas Tornado and Legion of Doom vs. Mr. Perfect and Demolition Survivor: Ultimate Warrior

Ted DiBiase, the Undertaker, Greg Valentine and Honky Tonk Man vs. Dusty Rhodes, Hart Foundation and Koko B. Ware Survivor: Ted DiBiase

The Model, the Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma vs. Jake Roberts, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty Survivors: Model, Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma

Hulk Hogan, Tugboat, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Big Boss Man vs. Earthquake, Dino Bravo, the Barbarian and Haku Survivor: Hulk Hogan

Tito Santana, Nikolai Volkoff and the Bushwackers vs. Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zukhov, Sato and Tanaka Survivor: Tito Santana

Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana vs. The Model, Paul Roma, Hercules, the Warlord and Ted DiBiase Survivor: Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan

Overall Mark: B

the real problem with this time in wrestling was the lack of surprises we new hogan would survive and so would the warrior the WWF seemed only to care about these two characters when there was so much talent about. The debut of the Undertaker and a v good couple of minutes between Bret Hart and Ted DiBese make this match the best by far. I still enjoyed it because it was my first survivor series but looking back it was a waste. In a time when there was only four pay per views a year this is a real letdown. Worth watching to see some classic characters Mr.Perfect ,Demolition ,L.o.d and Kerry Von Erich all in one elimination match but the WWF commitment to trying to make certain people come of looking good ruins the quality of the match the event feels like just another stepping stone for certain wrestlers. If this eventually led to Wrestlemania 7 Hogan vs Warrior 2 and l.o.d vs Demolition it would have been good hype but the WWF seemed to lose its bottle

What many fans today don't often understand is back in the 80's and early 90's, watching wrestling was about spectacle. We didn't care so much if we were watching a five star match, we just enjoyed the show. This ppv is a classic example.

The matches meant nothing, no titles on the line and some of the wrestlers were arbitrarily thrown on teams. However, it was pretty damn awesome as a kid to see the Ultimate Warrior team with LOD and Kerry Von Erich in a match. Even if we knew the probable outcome.

Same with the Gooker and final match. They meant nothing but 30+ years later I still have fond memories of watching this event Thanksgiving night with my cousins.