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Survivor Series (1990)

January 31, 2023

The 1990 Survivor Series was the fourth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on Thanksgiving Day on November 22, 1990, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one dark match before the live broadcast.

Survivor Series
Promotional poster
PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
DateNovember 22, 1990
CityHartford, Connecticut
VenueHartford Civic Center
Attendance16,000[1]
Tagline(s)The WWF Thanksgiving Night Tradition!
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This event is well known for the on-screen debut of The Undertaker who went on to become one of the most legendary figures within the company.[2] The Undertaker replaced Bad News Brown who had left the WWF after Vince McMahon failed to live up to his promise to make him the company's first black champion. In addition, Sgt. Slaughter, who then portrayed an Iraqi sympathizer, insulted servicemen stationed in Iraq for Thanksgiving during Operation Desert Shield. In an interview, Randy Savage challenged The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Haku replaced Rick Rude, who had left the WWF over a pay dispute. In the storyline, he was suspended by WWF President Jack Tunney for insulting the mother of the Big Boss Man. Boris Zhukov replaced Akeem who had left the WWF in October.

The Undertaker would wrestle for the WWF (renamed to WWE in 2002) for the next 30 years, setting a company record for longevity. He would become one of their most important and beloved stars, eventually reaching iconic status. His retirement ceremony took place at the 2020 Survivor Series, exactly 30 years later.

Production

Background

Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1987. In what has become the second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, which were dubbed the "Big Four".[3] Continuing the tradition of the previous years' events, the fourth event in the Survivor Series chronology only featured Survivor Series matches, which are tag team elimination matches. The event was scheduled to be held on Thanksgiving Day on November 22, 1990, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.[1]

Storylines

The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, in which wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWF's writers,[4][5] with storylines produced on their weekly television shows.

Aftermath

Crowd reaction to The Gobbledy Gooker was extremely negative, with fans loudly booing as the costumed Héctor Guerrero danced in the ring with announcer Gene Okerlund. Although the character made a handful of appearances in taped promos following the Survivor Series,[6] the Gobbledy Gooker soon disappeared and was not mentioned again until the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-Seven. Several years later, WrestleCrap used the name for its "Gooker Award", presented for the worst gimmicks, storylines, or events in wrestling.

Sgt. Slaughter and Randy Savage both challenged the Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Championship. Slaughter and his manager, General Adnan, also cut several anti-American, pro-Iraqi promos – all airing at a time when the United States was engaged in Operation Desert Shield, all to build up heat for his match against Warrior at the 1991 Royal Rumble, held two days after the start of the war against Iraq. Slaughter – with help from both Savage and his manager, Sensational Sherri – won the title from Warrior at the Royal Rumble. Warrior defeated Savage in a career-ending match at Wrestlemania VII after which Savage turned face and reunited with former manager Miss Elizabeth, ultimately winning back the belt a year later at Wrestlemania VIII. Savage and Warrior fought one more time for the title at SummerSlam (1992) in a match plagued by interference from Ric Flair and Mr Perfect.

Hogan went on to focus on wrapping up his feud with Earthquake with a series of stretcher matches, which Hogan won, before going on to challenge Slaughter for the WWF title.

Since the formation of Demolition in 1987, they had been compared to the Legion of Doom (LOD). The feud between the LOD and Demolition (which by now was Crush and Smash) continued to rage into the end of 1990, with LOD eventually proving decisively they were the better team. (In part, the feud had not had the anticipated intensity because of Ax's reduced role in the tag team due to health problems.) Demolition's last pay-per-view appearance was at WrestleMania VII, where the team lost to Genichiro Tenryu and Koji Kitao. LOD eventually became WWF Tag Team Champions.

The Undertaker quickly got over with fans as he easily handled lower-card competition during his first months in the WWF. He started his first main-event feud with The Ultimate Warrior shortly after WrestleMania VII. The Undertaker would wrestle for the WWF (renamed to WWE in 2002) for the next 30 years, setting a company record for longevity. He would become one of their most important and beloved stars, eventually reaching iconic status. His retirement ceremony took place at the 2020 Survivor Series, exactly 30 years later, and headlined the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2022.[7][8]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[1]
1D Shane Douglas defeated Buddy Rose[9] Singles match N/A
2 The Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, Hawk, Animal and The Texas Tornado) defeated The Perfect Team (Mr. Perfect, Ax, Smash and Crush) (with Bobby Heenan and Mr. Fuji) 4-on-4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 14:20
3 The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, The Undertaker, The Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine) (with Virgil, Brother Love and Jimmy Hart) defeated The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Koko B. Ware, Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)[a] 4-on-4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 13:54
4 The Visionaries (Rick Martel, The Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma) (with Slick) defeated The Vipers (Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) 4-on-4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 17:42
5 The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jim Duggan, Big Boss Man and Tugboat) defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Haku, Dino Bravo and The Barbarian) (with Jimmy Hart and Bobby Heenan) 4-on-4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 14:49
6 The Alliance (Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana, Luke and Butch) defeated The Mercenaries (Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zhukov, Sato and Tanaka) (with General Adnan and Mr. Fuji) 4-on-4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 10:52
7 Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana defeated Ted DiBiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma (with Virgil and Slick) 5-on-3 Survivor Series matchEliminations 9:07

Eliminations

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Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 Ax The Ultimate Warrior Pinfall 3:23
2 Smash N/A Disqualification 7:36
Crush
Hawk
Animal
6 The Texas Tornado Mr. Perfect Pinfall 11:02
7 Mr. Perfect The Ultimate Warrior Pinfall 14:20
Sole Survivor: The Ultimate Warrior

^2

^3

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 Marty Jannetty The Warlord Pinfall 5:03
2 Jimmy Snuka Rick Martel Pinfall 9:28
3 Shawn Michaels Paul Roma Pinfall 15:40
4 Jake Roberts N/A Countout 17:42
Survivors: Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel and The Warlord (Clean sweep)

^4

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 Haku Big Boss Man Pinfall 3:15
2 Jim Duggan N/A Disqualification 6:12
3 Dino Bravo Hulk Hogan Pinfall 7:59
4 Big Boss Man Earthquake Pinfall 9:08
5 Tugboat N/A Double countout 11:33
Earthquake
7 The Barbarian Hulk Hogan Pinfall 14:49
Sole Survivor: Hulk Hogan

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Other on-screen personnel

Notes

  1. ^ This match was dedicated to Bret Hart's brother Dean who died the day before.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Survivor Series 1990". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  2. ^ Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.177, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3
  3. ^ Ian Hamilton. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition (p. 160)
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  5. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the : "WWE Classics: Superstars Hang With The Gooker". YouTube.
  7. ^ Survivor Series to celebrate "30 Years of The Undertaker" (YouTube). WWE. October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Defelice, Robert (October 25, 2020). "Survivor Series 2020 To Celebrate Thirty Years Of The Undertaker". Fightful. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  9. ^ Survivor Series results, from TheHistoryOfWWE.com
  10. ^ Barrasso, Justin (2015-11-20). "Bret Hart discusses Triple H, Survivor Series and bad booking in WWE". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

Sources

  • "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling's historical cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. pp. 88–89.
  • Survivor Series '90 Review
  • hoffco-inc.com – Survivor Series '90 review
  • 1990 Survivor Series Results

External links

  • Official 1990 Survivor Series page at WWE.com

January 31, 2023
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The 1990 Survivor Series was the fourth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay per view PPV event produced by the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE It took place on Thanksgiving Day on November 22 1990 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford Connecticut Seven matches were contested at the event including one dark match before the live broadcast Survivor SeriesPromotional posterPromotionWorld Wrestling FederationDateNovember 22 1990CityHartford ConnecticutVenueHartford Civic CenterAttendance16 000 1 Tagline s The WWF Thanksgiving Night Tradition Pay per view chronology PreviousSummerSlam Next Royal RumbleSurvivor Series chronology Previous1989 Next 1991This event is well known for the on screen debut of The Undertaker who went on to become one of the most legendary figures within the company 2 The Undertaker replaced Bad News Brown who had left the WWF after Vince McMahon failed to live up to his promise to make him the company s first black champion In addition Sgt Slaughter who then portrayed an Iraqi sympathizer insulted servicemen stationed in Iraq for Thanksgiving during Operation Desert Shield In an interview Randy Savage challenged The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship Haku replaced Rick Rude who had left the WWF over a pay dispute In the storyline he was suspended by WWF President Jack Tunney for insulting the mother of the Big Boss Man Boris Zhukov replaced Akeem who had left the WWF in October The Undertaker would wrestle for the WWF renamed to WWE in 2002 for the next 30 years setting a company record for longevity He would become one of their most important and beloved stars eventually reaching iconic status His retirement ceremony took place at the 2020 Survivor Series exactly 30 years later Contents 1 Production 1 1 Background 1 2 Storylines 2 Aftermath 3 Results 3 1 Eliminations 4 Other on screen personnel 5 Notes 6 References 7 Sources 8 External linksProduction EditBackground Edit Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay per view PPV produced every November by the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE since 1987 In what has become the second longest running pay per view event in history behind WWE s WrestleMania it is one of the promotion s original four pay per views along with WrestleMania Royal Rumble and SummerSlam which were dubbed the Big Four 3 Continuing the tradition of the previous years events the fourth event in the Survivor Series chronology only featured Survivor Series matches which are tag team elimination matches The event was scheduled to be held on Thanksgiving Day on November 22 1990 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford Connecticut 1 Storylines Edit The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines in which wrestlers portrayed heroes villains or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches Results were predetermined by WWF s writers 4 5 with storylines produced on their weekly television shows Aftermath EditCrowd reaction to The Gobbledy Gooker was extremely negative with fans loudly booing as the costumed Hector Guerrero danced in the ring with announcer Gene Okerlund Although the character made a handful of appearances in taped promos following the Survivor Series 6 the Gobbledy Gooker soon disappeared and was not mentioned again until the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X Seven Several years later WrestleCrap used the name for its Gooker Award presented for the worst gimmicks storylines or events in wrestling Sgt Slaughter and Randy Savage both challenged the Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Championship Slaughter and his manager General Adnan also cut several anti American pro Iraqi promos all airing at a time when the United States was engaged in Operation Desert Shield all to build up heat for his match against Warrior at the 1991 Royal Rumble held two days after the start of the war against Iraq Slaughter with help from both Savage and his manager Sensational Sherri won the title from Warrior at the Royal Rumble Warrior defeated Savage in a career ending match at Wrestlemania VII after which Savage turned face and reunited with former manager Miss Elizabeth ultimately winning back the belt a year later at Wrestlemania VIII Savage and Warrior fought one more time for the title at SummerSlam 1992 in a match plagued by interference from Ric Flair and Mr Perfect Hogan went on to focus on wrapping up his feud with Earthquake with a series of stretcher matches which Hogan won before going on to challenge Slaughter for the WWF title Since the formation of Demolition in 1987 they had been compared to the Legion of Doom LOD The feud between the LOD and Demolition which by now was Crush and Smash continued to rage into the end of 1990 with LOD eventually proving decisively they were the better team In part the feud had not had the anticipated intensity because of Ax s reduced role in the tag team due to health problems Demolition s last pay per view appearance was at WrestleMania VII where the team lost to Genichiro Tenryu and Koji Kitao LOD eventually became WWF Tag Team Champions The Undertaker quickly got over with fans as he easily handled lower card competition during his first months in the WWF He started his first main event feud with The Ultimate Warrior shortly after WrestleMania VII The Undertaker would wrestle for the WWF renamed to WWE in 2002 for the next 30 years setting a company record for longevity He would become one of their most important and beloved stars eventually reaching iconic status His retirement ceremony took place at the 2020 Survivor Series exactly 30 years later and headlined the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2022 7 8 Results EditNo Results Stipulations Times 1 1D Shane Douglas defeated Buddy Rose 9 Singles match N A2 The Warriors The Ultimate Warrior Hawk Animal and The Texas Tornado defeated The Perfect Team Mr Perfect Ax Smash and Crush with Bobby Heenan and Mr Fuji 4 on 4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 14 203 The Million Dollar Team Ted DiBiase The Undertaker The Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine with Virgil Brother Love and Jimmy Hart defeated The Dream Team Dusty Rhodes Koko B Ware Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart a 4 on 4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 13 544 The Visionaries Rick Martel The Warlord Hercules and Paul Roma with Slick defeated The Vipers Jake Roberts Jimmy Snuka Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty 4 on 4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 17 425 The Hulkamaniacs Hulk Hogan Jim Duggan Big Boss Man and Tugboat defeated The Natural Disasters Earthquake Haku Dino Bravo and The Barbarian with Jimmy Hart and Bobby Heenan 4 on 4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 14 496 The Alliance Nikolai Volkoff Tito Santana Luke and Butch defeated The Mercenaries Sgt Slaughter Boris Zhukov Sato and Tanaka with General Adnan and Mr Fuji 4 on 4 Survivor Series matchEliminations 10 527 Hulk Hogan The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana defeated Ted DiBiase Rick Martel The Warlord Hercules and Paul Roma with Virgil and Slick 5 on 3 Survivor Series matchEliminations 9 07D indicates the match was a dark matchEliminations Edit 1 Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time1 Ax The Ultimate Warrior Pinfall 3 232 Smash N A Disqualification 7 36CrushHawkAnimal6 The Texas Tornado Mr Perfect Pinfall 11 027 Mr Perfect The Ultimate Warrior Pinfall 14 20Sole Survivor The Ultimate Warrior 2 Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time1 Koko B Ware The Undertaker Pinfall 1 392 The Honky Tonk Man Jim Neidhart Pinfall 4 163 Jim Neidhart Ted DiBiase Pinfall 5 494 Dusty Rhodes The Undertaker Pinfall 8 265 The Undertaker N A Countout 9 176 Greg Valentine Bret Hart Pinfall 9 577 Bret Hart Ted DiBiase Pinfall 13 54Sole Survivor Ted DiBiase 3 Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time1 Marty Jannetty The Warlord Pinfall 5 032 Jimmy Snuka Rick Martel Pinfall 9 283 Shawn Michaels Paul Roma Pinfall 15 404 Jake Roberts N A Countout 17 42Survivors Hercules Paul Roma Rick Martel and The Warlord Clean sweep 4 Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time1 Haku Big Boss Man Pinfall 3 152 Jim Duggan N A Disqualification 6 123 Dino Bravo Hulk Hogan Pinfall 7 594 Big Boss Man Earthquake Pinfall 9 085 Tugboat N A Double countout 11 33Earthquake7 The Barbarian Hulk Hogan Pinfall 14 49Sole Survivor Hulk Hogan 5 Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time1 Boris Zhukov Tito Santana Pinfall 0 482 Sato Bushwacker Butch Pinfall 1 463 Tanaka Tito Santana Pinfall 2 134 Nikolai Volkoff Sgt Slaughter Pinfall 5 255 Bushwacker Luke Sgt Slaughter Pinfall 6 306 Bushwacker Butch Sgt Slaughter Pinfall 6 537 Sgt Slaughter N A Disqualification 10 52Sole Survivor Tito Santana 6 Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time1 The Warlord Tito Santana Pinfall 0 282 Tito Santana Ted DiBiase Pinfall 1 513 Paul Roma Hulk Hogan Pinfall 5 574 Rick Martel N A Countout 7 175 Ted DiBiase Hulk Hogan Pinfall 8 306 Hercules The Ultimate Warrior Pinfall 9 07Survivors Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate WarriorOther on screen personnel EditCommentatorsGorilla Monsoon Rowdy Roddy PiperInterviewers Mean Gene Okerlund Sean MooneyRing announcerHoward Finkel RefereesEarl Hebner Mike Chioda Joey Marella Danny Davis Shane StevensNotes Edit This match was dedicated to Bret Hart s brother Dean who died the day before 10 References Edit a b c Survivor Series 1990 Pro Wrestling History Retrieved 2009 10 16 Ted DiBiase The Million Dollar Man p 177 Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo Pocket Books New York 2008 ISBN 978 1 4165 5890 3 Ian Hamilton Wrestling s Sinking Ship What Happens to an Industry Without Competition p 160 Grabianowski Ed 13 January 2006 How Pro Wrestling Works HowStuffWorks Discovery Communications Archived from the original on November 29 2013 Retrieved March 5 2012 Live amp Televised Entertainment WWE Archived from the original on February 18 2009 Retrieved March 21 2012 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine WWE Classics Superstars Hang With The Gooker YouTube Survivor Series to celebrate 30 Years of The Undertaker YouTube WWE October 25 2020 Retrieved October 27 2020 Defelice Robert October 25 2020 Survivor Series 2020 To Celebrate Thirty Years Of The Undertaker Fightful Retrieved October 27 2020 Survivor Series results from TheHistoryOfWWE com Barrasso Justin 2015 11 20 Bret Hart discusses Triple H Survivor Series and bad booking in WWE Sports Illustrated Retrieved 2016 02 26 Sources Edit 2007 Wrestling Almanac amp Book of Facts Wrestling s historical cards Kappa Publishing 2007 pp 88 89 Survivor Series 90 Review hoffco inc com Survivor Series 90 review 1990 Survivor Series ResultsExternal links EditOfficial 1990 Survivor Series page at WWE com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Survivor Series 1990 amp oldid 1120842057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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