WWF Battle Royal at the Royal Albert Hall (10/3/91)

Royal Albert Hall

London, England

October 3, 1991

Commentators: Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon

Ring Announcer: Mel Phillips

In between Summerslam 91 and Survivor Series, the WWF had a ppv worthy card....for residents of the United Kingdom anyway. The Royal Albert Hall was a concert venue usually reserved for orchestras but for some reason the WWF made its way there. We have a bunch of cold matches but the storylines did carry over like Roddy Piper vs Ric Flair and the rise of The Undertaker. Plus the star of the show was naturally "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. After all the matches, everyone that worked will be in a battle royal to decide who wins the Samovar Trophy....which is just an oversized urn used to boil tea. Before we do anything we actually had a dark match strictly for the home crowd.

Dark Match:

Brian Maxine vs Steve Regal

Two World of Sport stars have a match for the local crowd. Maxine was 53 years old and played a flamboyant character in British wrestling in the 70's. Regal was the inspiration for Darren Matthews to become Lord Steven (later William) Regal. Regal won the match.

Winner: Steve Regal

We start off with Heenan and Monsoon greeting us, "Sir Robert of Heenan" or "Lord Brain". He says he should be treated with dignity and Monsoon says he'll be sitting on his dignity in a few minutes. This is going to be a LONG recap with nearly 3 hours of their commentary. Monsoon says let's get to our first match.

Match 1

The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) vs The Nasty Boys (Knobbs and Sags) with Jimmy Hart

Oh boy, a preview of Survivor Series next month. Heenan says it feels like they're in Madison Square Garden and Monsoon agrees. Monsoon says the venue is 120 years old and Heenan says so is Alfred Hays. Shawn swipes Sags' jacket at the bell and whips him with it to start before Knobbs gets in to take a beating as well. Marty puts the jacket on then blows his nose in it to get Sags totally irate. They stall to start for crowd reaction and Sags finally starts with Shawn. Shawn backs him in the corner but Sags reverses it and gets in some right hands. Sags misses a clothesline but Shawn gets caught in a bearhug. Shawn fights out of it and hits the superkick on both Sags. Knobbs runs in to eat a superkick and Marty flies off the top to take them both out. The heels regroup outside and Sags gets back in to tag in Knobbs. He calls Marty "buttface" and demands he get in. Shawn tags in Marty and Knobbs gets in a knee to the ribs. Knobbs hammers away in the corner but a charge eats boot. Marty hits a second turnbuckle facebuster and Shawn does one to an interfering Sags as well. The heels regroup outside a second time as Knobbs tells a fan to shut its face. The referee starts counting the Nasties out with the Rockers counting with Joey Marella. Marty somehow trips up Knobbs with a single leg takedown then gets in a side headlock. Knobbs heads for the ropes and blocks the O'Connor Roll but Marty sunset flips for two. Knobbs makes a hasty retreat to tags in Sags who eats a drop toe hold. Marty gets in a front headlock as Monsoon says the Rockers have taken the Nasties off their game. Sags backs Marty in the ropes but eats an armdrag. Marty stretches the left arm and Sags makes it to the ropes but Shawn pushes him off. Hart screeches and the faces pull a switcharoo with Shawn taking over on the arm. Isn't that a heel move? Marella asks the fans if they tagged and naturally they say yes. Knobbs gets in to protest and they do the switcharoo again as Hart gets even more irate outside. Knobbs gets in a third time and we get a third switcharoo. Hart screams to the camera the referee is stupid. Sags powers out of it and boots Shawn in the ribs. Sags charges in the corner but Shawn slides under him and pulls him nut first into the ringpost. Shawn hits a reverse atomic drop and goes off the ropes, but Brian pulls the top rope down too early and Shawn HAS to go over the top to the floor despite looking right at him from across the ring. Monsoon says he'd love to go down there and sucker punch Jimmy Hart as the heels bait Marty in the ring so Knobbs can clothesline Shawn on the floor. Sags taunts the fans from inside the ring and pulls Shawn to the apron, snapping him off the top rope. Knobbs tags in to drop and elbow and cover for 1...2...nope. Knobbs clubs away in the corner but Shawn tries to fight out of it. Knobbs grabs Shawn by the leg and Sags makes the tag. Shawn is whipped off into a bearhug and does the fade then revive routine. Shawn hits a bell ringer but goes for the scoop slam unsuccesfully. Sags tags Knobbs who drops an elbow to the back before locking in a chinlock. Heenan "I think I heard him give it up." Monsoon "From HERE? Will you stop." Shawn picks up Knobbs and slams him backwards then gets the hot tag to Marty....but wait, Marty had one foot on the rope so Marella won't let it count. Knobbs whips Sags in to the corner but Shawn ducks him and clotheslines Knobbs. With both Nasties down finally Marty gets in. Jannetty cleans house with dropkicks and right hands. Marty moves and Knobbs runs right into Sags, causing Marty to cover for a deuce. Marty rams their heads together as Shawn revives to whip the Nasties together. Marty covers Sags for 1...2...nope. The crowd cheers thinking its over and it even fools Monsoon. Heenan says its not over yet and Shawn throws Marty on top of Sags. The ref tells Shawn to beat it and Knobbs uses the distraction to waffle Marty with the megaphone. Sags covers Marty for 1..2...3 to win the match. Monsoon blames "the pipsqueak" as Heenan says no, "Shawn put his hands on Jimmy and the megaphone went flying and hit Shawn." Wasn't too formulaic and the Rockers always made any tag team match better. The third man outside made the difference as the Nasties win it.

Time of match: 16:21

Winner: Nasty Boys by pinfall

"Mean" Gene Okerlund is with "Nature Boy" Ric Flair in front of the tea boiling urn.....sorry, "coveted Samovar Trophy". Gene asks him about his match with Tito Santana and the battle royal. Flair says Santana is going to find out why Flair is the greatest and Roddy Piper can run but he can't hide in the battle royal. Wooooo!! On to the next match.

Match 2

Tito Santana vs "Nature Boy" Ric Flair

Even though Santana was in the process of becoming El Matador, he still comes out in the white trunks and standard theme song. Heenan "There's a rumor Flair will be prime minister." Monsoon "Will you stop?" Flair opens his robe to reveal the WCW Heavyweight Championship, in your face Jim Herd. Heenan stands up and Monsoon says he'll have him taken out of there. Heenan "Want some tea and trumpets?" Monsoon "Its crumpets!" They lock up to start and Flair gets the advantage in the corner, saying WOOOO. Tito drives him to the other corner and slaps him down. Referee Danny Davis admonishes Santana as Flair gets dropped with a shoulderblock. Monsoon says Flair has never won the WWF title as Ric gets in a wristlock. Santana and Flair trade momentum then Flair gets in an arm-bar. Flair continues to pull the hair much to Danny's dismay. Santana nips up and Flair begs off in the corner. Santana unloads with right hands and whips Flair into the corner. Santana hits a back drop and two dropkicks causing a Flair Flop. Flair bails outside but Santana comes out and rams him face first into the side of the ring. Santana rams Flair's head into the barricade but Ric chops Santana and rams Tito's head into the barricade. Heenan says he smells picante as Santana gets elbowed on the apron. Santana goes for the sunset flip for 1...2....nope. Santana goes for a drop-toe-hold but Flair falls on his back instead. Tito goes for a leglock as Heenan cheers on Flair. Monsoon tells him to go to the ring and do that as Flair makes it to the ropes. Santana pulls Flair into the center and drops an elbow on the knee. Santana works the left leg as Flair begs off in the corner. Santana fires away but Flair trips him up and goes for the Flair Pin for 1...2....nope, Davis catches him. Ironic how just 4 years earlier Santana and Danny Davis were against each other at Wrestlemania. Santana does six top rope punches but Flair counters with a reverse atomic drop. Ric kicks Santana in the ribs and drops the knee. Flair covers with his feet on the ropes and Davis catches him again. Ric shoves Danny as Heenan says "No no no no no" and Davis shoves him back. Heenan "Don't touch the referee." Ric chops Santana in the corner and punches away before whipping Tito into the other corner. Flair whips him in the opposite corner and delivers a snap mare. Ric covers with his feet on the ropes again for 1...2...and Danny Davis stops the count without Tito kicking out, so Flair on the fly gets up and starts yelling at someone in the crowd. Santana rallies with chops and 90% of the crowd are children judging by the cheers. Flair does a Flair Flip in the corner and Santana clotheslines him on the apron. Santana suplexes Ric back in the ring and Ric begs off. Santana turns a hiptoss attempt into a backslide for 1..2.....noooo. Flair gets a thumb to the eye and a headlocked punch. Flair chops Tito down and covers for a deuce before delivering a back suplex. Flair applies the figure four as Heenan says to just ring the bell. Flair holds on to the ropes for leverage but the crowd rallies around Tito to roll over and reverse the hold. Flair breaks the hold and a regular forearm causes a Flair Flop. Santana belts Flair over the top to the floor and scoops slams him. Ric pulls Tito out and chops him on the floor. They slug it out but Flair rolls Tito back inside. Flair goes up top but Santana catches him and slams him off the top. Santana covers for 1...2...nope. Heenan starts gagging and Monsoon says to take it easy. Flair whips Santana into the corner but Tito runs out and clotheslines him. He covers for 1...2...noooo. The camera pans to Heenan going nuts in the broadcast booth but Santana hits THE FLYING JALAPENO!! Tito covers for 1...2....foot on the rope. Santana goes for the O'Connor Roll in the corner for 1....2...Flair reverses it and hooks the tights for 1...2....3 to win the match. Santana has always been a great babyface and he works perfectly with Flair, Tito would have fit right in 5-6 years earlier in the NWA and vice versa in the WWF. Great match between the two.

Time of match: 16:14

Winner: Flair by pinfall

Back to Mean Gene who's with Big Bossman. Okerlund wants to go see Suburban Commando for his birthday....ugh. He says the sheriff is in town and Bossman says the law applies all over the world. He calls Earthquake a piece of trash and he's going to take it out. He's going to celebrate by winning the match then the battle royal. Mean Gene says we'll be right back and we cut to Okerlund now out in the arena for an interview with Earthquake and Jimmy Hart. Hart says London needs earthquake insurance. Earthquake says its a really long boat ride to England, which is why they flew in a plane...ha. Quake says he came a long way to win this match and he and Typhoon will win the battle royal. On to the match.

Match 4

Big Bossman vs Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart)

Big man match with two guys that can move, this should be good. Bossman sprints to the ring and the heels clear out instantly. Quake tells the camera he's not going in the ring until Bossman gets rid of the stick. Bossman puts it away and we begin with a tie up. Quake shoves Bossman into the ropes and then into the corner as Hart laughs maniacally. Bossman takes a walk on the apron before getting back in. Bossman punches Quake as Monsoon says that got his attention. Bossman lands an uppercut to stun the big man and the crowd cheers. Quake throws Bossman in the corner and scoop slams him. Quake goes for the big stomp but Bossman rolls out of the way. He rolls out of the way of an elbow drop and chases Jimmy Hart around the ring. Back inside Bossman punches away at Quake but gets whipped into the corner. A charge misses and Bossman schoolboys him for a deuce. Bossman gets in a headlock and works it for a full minute before getting shoulderblocked down. Quake misses the elbow drop and Bossman goes to the second rope. Bossman hits an axehandle and rams Quake's head into the buckle. Back to the second rope, a double axehandle by Bossman has the big man down on his ass. Bossman goes all the way to the top but Earthquake catches the crossbody attempt in mid-air. Quake powerslams Bossman and steps on him before posing for the crowd. Quake hits a forearm to the back and chokes him on the second rope. Quake shoulderblocks Bossman in the corner then whips him to the other corner. Earthquake smushes Bossman in the corner and he drops. Earthquake sits on him then slaps him. Bossman comes to life with right hands but a thumb to the eye stops the momentum. Quake again slams him against the corner then locks in a bearhug. Monsoons says the hold isn't applied well and Bossman escapes with a bell ringer. Quake lands a forearm to the back to drop Bossman then stomps on him. Quake locks in a chinlock as Monsoon asks who's bigger, Earthquake or Typhoon. Heenan says Quake by six pounds which causes Monsoon to crack up laughing. Bossman powers out of it and goes for shoulderblocks, but Quake goes nowhere. Bossman runs into a clothesline and Earthquake stomps on him. Quake chokes Bossman with his boot as Hart hams it up for the camera. Bossman rolls outside and gets on the apron but is kneed off. Earthquake sends Bossman into the steel steps and rolls inside. Bossman rolls inside and Quake covers for a 1 count as Bossman gets a foot on the ropes. Quake elbows Bossman twices and a clothesline sends Bossman off the ropes, but he doesn't go down. Bossman backs Quake in the corner and goes to town with a series of headbutts before he's whipped into the other corner. Quake hits the avalanche and chokes him with his boot. Bossman goes for a baseball slide but Earthquake trips on him. Bossman on the fly recovers to hit an enziguiri (!!!) to drop the big man. Monsoon "He kicked him in the external occipital pertuberance area" Heenan "He kicked him in the back of the neck!" Monsoon "That's what I said. Bossman covers for 1...2....noooo. Hart gets on the apron but is knocked off by Earthquake. Bossman rolls up Quake for 1....2...nope. Bossman hits a series of clotheslines as The Mountie comes down to help up Jimmy. Earthquake is tied up in ropes Andre style and Bossman crossbodies him. Mountie trips up Bossman and Earthquake drops the big elbow. He covers for 1...2...3 to win the match. Monsoon "Boy did that stink!" Both guys were out of gas at the end and that should have been better than it was. Bossman was about to feud with IRS on TV but Mountie gets the last word here.

Time of match: 15:47

Winner: Earthquake by pinfall

Bossman chases Mountie to the back after the match as Heenan yells at the director to follow them. We cut to Mean Gene with the trophy again. Okerlund gives the rules of the battle royal and "Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich walks in. Okerlund says he's a favorite to win and Kerry says this is the toughest match and the winner will be king of the mountain. He says he's going to win and Okerlund says he's got The Mountie up next. Von Erich says Mountie is real tough with the shock stick but he won't have it in their match. Okerlund says they'll be back shortly. When we come back, Mean Gene is in the arena for an interview with The Mountie and Jimmy Hart. Mountie's music hits and they come out. Hart says the organization sticks together and Tornado will suffer the same fate as Big Bossman. Mountie says "forget about Terry Von whatever" and he's the only royalty around here. After he beats KEVIN Von Erich, he'll win the trophy too. Mountie can't get the name right to save his life, good for heel heat. On to the next match.

Match 5

"Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich vs The Mountie

Before the match even starts we get Monsoon saying "Gorrilla Monsoon along with Bobby Heen...." he's cut off by Heenan who says "Sir Robert of Heenan!" There must be a malfunction with the sound speakers because The Mountie comes in and there is no music. After The Mountie protests, Monsoon says "He doesn't deserve any music anyway." Oh wait, the speakers are fine because we hear the Tornado's music and he makes it to the ring. Tornado gets in the ring and as Monsoon is shilling him Heenan says "He's in great condition, I'll have to agree with you." Monsoon replies "But I haven't said anything about his conditioning yet!" Heenan says "Don't worry you will, just keep looking." The bell rings and Heenan says the Tornado is in for a very shocking experience and Monsoon scoffs. Referee Danny Davis has a hard time removing the cattle prod from The Mountie before he gives in. They lock up and roll around the ropes as Heenan tells us The Mountie is going to be a guest speaker at Scotland Yard tomorrow. Monsoon then brings up his time in New York jail after his loss to the Big Bossman at Summerslam 91. Mountie stalls and then Tornado goes to hit him but Mountie counters with a boot to the ribs. Tornado staggers into the corner and Mountie taunts him until Tornado catches him with a right cross to the face. Mountie slides under the ropes and stalls. Mountie finally gets in the ring and stalls again until Von Erich puts Mountie in a wrist lock. After a while Mountie sends Tornado off the ropes and leapfrogs over him twice before Tornado catches him with a right hand to the head. Mountie retreats to the outside and stalls again until he gets back in the ring about a minute later. Heenan makes up for the stalling by rambling on how Mountie is given a bad rap. Mountie gets out of the ring again and stalls....BOOORING. Tornado has had enough and once Mountie gets in the ring, Tornado drives him into the corner with shots to the head. Mountie recovers and whips Tornado off the corner and into a sleeper. Heenan then says "The weather forecast is clearing up!" Tornado finally gets to his feet and breaks out of it, bounces off the ropes and runs right into another sleeper as Heenan jokes about Sherlock Holmes. Tornado does the "fade then revive" routine as Heenan tells the ref to ring the bell. Tornado runs into the corner and ducks down and Mountie gets rammed into the turnbuckle. Mountie recovers but Tornado sends him off the ropes into a sleeper of his own. Lots of stalling going on in this match. Mountie makes it to the ropes and Tornado breaks the hold. Von Erich then corners the Mountie with shots to the head and then whips Mountie into the other corner. Mountie gets out of the way of the charge and Tornado goes shoulder first into the ring post. Tornado staggers into the corner where Mountie puts the boots to him. Mountie hits a snapmare and drives a knee to the lower back. Tornado gets up but Mountie clotheslines him over the top rope to the outside. Heenan tells us The Mountie is ahead on points as Mountie rams Tornado's head into the steel steps. Monsoon scoffs at Heenan and says that after all these years of broadcasting together that something should have rubbed off by now, so Heenan says "Nah I don't have a rash!" Von Erich climbs to the ring apron but Mountie punches him back down to the floor. Monsoon says he wants some fish and chips and tells Heenan to get some so Heenan says "Hey! I'm sir Robert of Heenan, I'm no errand boy." Tornado trips up Mountie and pulls him to the outside, catches him with a few right hands and sends him face first into the steel steps. Tornado sets up Mountie against the ring but misses his tornado punch and catches the ring post. Tornado gets in the ring in agony and the Mountie takes advantage by ramming his hand from the ring apron into the ringpost. Mountie gets in the ring and pounds on Tornado in the corner and sends him off the ropes but Tornado counters with a clothesline. Tornado corners Mountie and tries a monkey flip but the Mountie blocks it, hooks the legs and puts his feet on the ropes as the ref counts to 3 to end the match. Heenan tries to say that it was an accident that Mountie put his feet on the rope but Monsoon says "WILL YOU SHUT UP! THAT'S A LIE, HE CHEATED!" The Mountie gets back in the ring as Danny Davis yells at him but Tornado comes back and nails Mountie. Tornado sends him off the ropes and hits a back body drop. Mountie retreats to the back as the crowd cheers The Tornado. Not the best match and Von Erich had no chemistry with Rougeau. Mountie was being groomed for a run with Bret Hart so he needed a win here against the ex-IC champ.

Time of match: 13:15

Winner: The Mountie by pinfall

When we come back from break its time for the Funeral Parlor with Paul Bearer and The Undertaker. Paul says all the royalty that's passed through the Royal Albert Hall are in the cemetery. Paul says Undertaker will beat Jim Duggan and win the battle royal. Undertaker says the sands in Duggan's hourglass are running out and there will be a mass burial in the battle royal. Bearer ends up saying "Rest In Peace" as some guy dressed as the Phantom Of The Opera plays The Undertaker's theme as he goes to the ring. On to the next match.

Match 6

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer)

Taker actually gets a nice cheer from the crowd even though Duggan gets the louder pop. Duggan bumrushes him but Taker catches him with strikes. A charge in the corner eats boot and Duggan goes on the offensive with big right hands. Duggan clotheslines him over the top to the floor but Taker lands on his feet. Duggan caters to the crowd and actually gets a USA chant from the London crowd. Monsoon acknowledges it but Taker stuns Duggan off the top rope. Bearer says "Its allllll overrrr" as Taker chokes Duggan inside the ring. Heenan "Taker gives a whole new meaning to "Jack The Ripper". Taker chokes Duggan on the middle rope as Bearer tells the crowd to shhh. Duggan tries to rally but Taker counters with another choke. The ref barely tries to stop Taker even with Duggan grabbing the ropes. Monsoon talks about what will happen later in the Battle Royal when Taker is in. Taker walks across the top rope and nails Duggan in the back. Monsoon yells at Heenan as Taker once again chokes Duggan in the corner again....and again....until Duggan catches him with an inverted atomic drop. Duggan then rallies with right hands into the corner and does 5 top rope punches. Duggan stops when he notices Paul Bearer running off with the 2X4 and goes outside to retrieve it. Taker stops him with a clothesline to the back before throwing him back inside. Taker hits the flying clothesline and calls for the urn. Duggan grabs the 2X4 and waffles Taker with it to earn the DQ....idiot. Duggan poses with the 2X4 but Taker doesn't sell it. Monsoon bitches that Taker should have been disqualified earlier for the choking as Duggan waffles Taker from behind with it, knocking him over the top rope. Duggan gets the babyface pop from the crowd but Taker walks out the victor. Bad match but Taker's original character was slow and methodical and Duggan was never the best worker, not much you can expect. Would have been nice for a decisive finish but oh well.

Time of match: 6:19

Winner: Undertaker by Disqualification

Monsoon sends us to Mean Gene who's with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to talk about the battle royal. Roddy says he's "prouder than punch" to be at the Royal Albert Hall and says if the place let Heenan in, he'd be okay. Piper says Heenan lies more than the government does and he's gonna slap him. Roddy Piper compares Ric Flair to "Boy George Jr" and calls him a "feather wearing faggot freak!" which even Okerlund looks stunned to hear. Good luck saying that these days. Piper says he's going to beat Flair, win the battle royal and party with the football players.

After a break we come back with Gene standing by the trophy with Typhoon and Jimmy Hart. Jimmy says they have 5 chances to win the battle royal with the Nasty Boys, Natural Disasters and The Mountie all in it. Typhoon says if it comes down to him and Earthquake, they'll handle it themselves. Typhoon and Jimmy leave as Power & Glory arrive. Paul Roma says the LOD have nowhere to hide now and Hercules says they've come halfway around the world to win the belts. Gene says if they fail, they may not get another shot for a long time. Roma says they won't fail and they leave.

After another break the LOD walk in for their interview. Animal calls Power & Glory "little geeks" and says they've beaten everyone that they've faced. Hawk babbles on and calls them Sour & Gory and their own mothers won't recognize them. Gene asks them about the battle royal and if they were the last two. Hawk says "AERRGGHHHHHHH WHAT A RUSHHHH" Animal says they're gonna beat Power & Glory and win the battle royal. Just like the Disasters, they don't have an answer either.

Back to Monsoon who shills the upcoming matches and sends it to Mel Phillips for our next match.

Match 7

Power & Glory (Hercules & Paul Roma) vs The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) for the WWF Tag Team Championships

LOD gets a big pop from the crowd as Monsoon calls the heels "Herc and Jerk". Hawk & Roma start and Hawk wants a test of strength. Roma stalls for some heat before slugging away at Hawk. Hawk counters with a dropkick then chases him around the ring. Back inside Hawk hits a neckbreaker and a snap mare before dropping the big fist. A cover gets two then Animal & Hercules tag in. Hercules and Animal shoulder block each other to no-avail but Hercules drops him with a clothesline. Animal counters with one of his own then tags Hawk in to work over the arm. Hawk chops Hercules in the corner but Hercules counters with an atomic drop. Hawk rams Herc's head into the turnbuckle 10 times and Heenan says that won't bother him. Hercules tags Roma back in and they doubleteam Hawk in the corner when Animal runs in. Roma hits a piledriver on Hawk who no-sells it. Hawk counters with a boot and an overhead press slam. He throws Roma into Hercules and Animal clotheslines Hercules out. Hawk scoop slams Roma then goes up top. Roma moves out of the way and Hawk flies across the ring to the outside. Hercules drops Hawk on the guardrail before getting in the ring. Roma drives Hawk back first into the ring apron before Hawk slides back in. Hercules punches and kicks Hawk before dropping him throat first off the top rope. Heenan "Where do they put the ice for the hockey here?" Monsoon "WILL YOU STOP??" Hercules throws Hawk chest first into the buckle and shoulderblocks him down. Heenan "Hawk got rear-ended". Herc then sells it himself and Hawk makes the tag as well as Roma. Animal beats up Roma then dropkicks Hercules. Animal hits a powerbomb on Roma but Hercules breaks up the count. Herc and Hawk brawl outside as Roma scoop slams Animal. Roma goes for a crossbody but Animal catches him mid-air and powerslams him. The cover gets 1..2....3 and its over. LOD wins it much to the crowd's delight. Roma claims Animal hooked the tights to no avail as Monsoon checks out the replay. A lot of people wondered why Power & Glory got a title shot after being virtually nothing since Wrestlemania 7, the answer is Vince didn't want to have another rematch with the Nasty Boys or start the Natural Disasters feud yet. It made sense that Power & Glory would be expendable in London. Ironically Roma would leave the company literally a week later on this same European tour in Paris. He's still in the battle royal though.

Time of Match: 9:07

Winners: LOD by pinfall (still champions)

Back to Mean Gene who's with the star of the show, hometown hero "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Davey is excited to be home and he says he smells victory over not only against The Barbarian then the battle royal. He says he's going to get both Earthquake & Typhoon in the Royal Albert Hall. We go to the ring where Mel Phillips introduces Lord Alfred Hays to introduce the next match.

Match 8

The Barbarian vs "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith

Heenan makes fun of Alfred as Barbarian makes his entrance. Alfred gets excited to announce Davey as the crowd pops for his entrance. Heenan claims there were more women cheering for Flair than the Beatles and Monsoon goes "Will you be serious?" Barbarian starts with a headlock and a shoulderblock spot goes nowhere. Another one does nothing so Barbarian puts the boots to him. Heenan "You know he's a disgrace to London, right?" Monsoon "Who??" Heenan "Davey" Monsoon "HE IS NOT!" Barbarian bails to the outside and shouts at the camera as the crowd chants for Davey. Davey locks in an armringer as Heenan says they're evenly matched.  Davey sunset flips Barbarian as Heenan tells Barbarian to just sit down. Barbarian punches nothing as Davey slides underneath the legs and arm drags him. Heenan talks about Grambling and Monsoon says "Will you stop??" Bulldog ducks a clothesline and walks right into a big boot. Monsoon says he thought Bulldog would put him away quick with the battle royal looming and Heenan said "Noooooo." Barbarian slams Davey up against the ringpost then rolls inside. Barbarian pounds on Davey's chest then locks in a chinlock. Heenan says Hays was here when the Royal Albert Hall first opened and Monsoon goes "Will you be serious?!" Bulldog does the fade then revive routine but walks into another big boot. Barbarian piledrives Davey and covers for 1..2....nope. Barbarian slams Davey but misses a second rope elbow drop. Davey rallies with right hands and clotheslines Barbarian over the top rope to the floor. Davey and Barbarian trade blows on the floor but Barbarian clotheslines the ringpost. Davey sends him off and drops him with a clothesline. Davey covers for 1..2....nope. Monsoon admonishes Davey for not hooking the leg but Davey nails the delayed suplex. Bulldog pounds Barbarian in the corner then gets sent off. Barbarian misses a charge and Davey hits the running powerslam and covers for 1...2...3 that's it. Davey wins it. The audio strangely cuts out as Bulldog celebrates in the ring. Finally Monsoon and Heenan go over the replay and how Davey won it. Remember Davey vs Warlord and how boring those matches were? This was only slightly better. Barbarian could move a bit better and it showed here. Still, not much you can expect from these two.

Time of Match: 10:04

Winner: British Bulldog by pinfall

We go back to Mean Gene who's with the Nasty Boys and Jimmy Hart. Saggs says there's been a plague or two here but never has the UK seen the Nasty Boys. Knobbs says they're gonna win the battle royal like they won the tag match earlier. Gene says the battle royal is up next. Alfred Hays joins Monsoon and Heenan on commentary as Mel Phillips handles the introductions.

Match 9

20 Man Battle Royal

The participants are "Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich, Earthquake, Typhoon, Tito Santana, The Mountie, Marty Jannetty, Shawn Michaels, The Barbarian, Big Bossman, Hercules, Paul Roma, Jim Duggan, Knobbs, Sags, Ric Flair, Hawk, Animal, British Bulldog, The Undertaker and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Double duty for almost everyone as everyone that worked is back, including Barbarian who Monsoon acknowledges was just out there. The only two who didn't were "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Typhoon of all people. Could have cut a few minutes off each match to have them two work but oh well. Piper comes out last to a huge ovation and goes right after Flair without even taking his shirt off. Bossman beats the crap out of Knobbs as The Rockers go after Sags. Alfred calls it a "tremendous tussle" as Piper and Flair run around the floor. Piper chokes Flair with an electrical chord as Bossman chases Mountie around. Roma clubs away at Animal as Heenan says the first man out is the first man who makes a mistake. The camera pans around the ring as Flair and Barbarian double team Piper. Jannetty saves Bossman from Earthquake and Bossman gets back in. HERCULES jumps over the top and eliminates himself then grabs a chair to attack Hawk with it. Referee Danny Davis tells Hercules to beat it as Knobbs ducks a discus punch to eliminate TEXAS TORNADO. Piper throws Knobbs over the top rope but he stays on the apron. KNOBBS swings and misses and Piper uses two fingers to push him out. Bulldog brings Sags over to Piper who kicks away at him. Typhoon picks up MARTY JANNETTY and drops him out. Heenan points out Undertaker has taken it easy so far and its good strategy. Tito Santana dumps THE BARBARIAN as Mountie bails to the outside for a breather. Earthquake grabs TITO SANTANA and throws him out. Flair chops at Piper as Hawk and Sags slug it out until Sags ducks a charge to eliminate HAWK. Duggan and Animal come over to dump SAGS out and Hawk dropkicks him outside for good measure. The only tag team still intact are the Natural Disasters as Undertaker chops Animal. SHAWN MICHAELS skins the cat only to be dumped by Mountie anyway. Earthquake misses the avalanche in the corner and Duggan tries to get rid of him. Hawk press slams Flair down as Earthquake tosses JIM DUGGAN. Duggan pulls a sore loser and waffles EARTHQUAKE out with the two by four with an assist to Animal. Piper and Flair brawl on the floor as even Alfred admonishes Duggan for cheating. Piper ducks a charge and RIC FLAIR is gone. Heenan goes speechless after Flair is tossed. Roma saves Mountie from Bossman danger as Bulldog has Typhoon halfway out. Piper crotches Taker but Taker headbutts him away. Bulldog ducks a charge and PAUL ROMA is out. Say goodbye to Roma as he had a match in Paris then left the company.  Animal hits a running clothesline on Undertaker but Taker ducks a second attempt to eliminate ANIMAL. We're down to six, make it 5 as Piper ducks a charge to eliminate THE UNDERTAKER. Uh oh, Taker pulls a sore loser and pulls RODDY PIPER out. The final four are Bulldog, Bossman, Mountie and Typhoon. Jimmy Hart's crew are in one corner with him with Bossman and Bulldog in the other. Bossman and Mountie square off with Davey and Typhoon. Bossman chases Mountie around while Typhoon drops the Bulldog. Bossman punches Typhoon away and drops Mountie with a big right hook. Bossman sets Mountie up on the second rope and jumps on him. He then slides outside and decks Jimmy Hart. Back inside Bossman charges, but Mountie then pulls the top rope down and BIG BOSSMAN flies out. Typhoon headbutts Davey in the corner and Mountie joins in for the double team. Mountie holds Bulldog in the corner and Typhoon charges, but the Bulldog moves which causes Typhoon to avalanche The Mountie instead. Davey Boy goes nuts and drives Typhoon into the corner with right hands and proceeds to pick up Typhoon by the legs as Alfred Hays shouts for Davey to get rid of him as Heenan tells Hays to shut up. Mountie nails Bulldog from behind and the crowd goes silent. Typhoon puts the boots to Davey and Mountie comes over and slaps him in the face. Monsoon and Hays observe it as a sign of dissention but Heenan correctly points out Mountie is just firing him up. Mountie and Typhoon put the boots to the Bulldog for a while then fire him off the ropes and nails him with a double clothesline. Heenan tells us the place is gonna go quiet once the Bulldog hits the floor. Monsoon says Bulldog was in a war just before the battle royal with The Barbarian. Mountie holds Bulldog while Typhoon comes off the ropes for a clothesline....but Davey ducks and Typhoon waffles THE MOUNTIE over the top rope to the floor, eliminating him. Alfred Hays cheers and tells Bulldog to get out of the ring and get some rest as Bobby Heenan tells Typhoon to sit down so Bulldog can't pick him up. Bulldog and Typhoon do the Force meeting Object routine until Typhoon misses a clothesline and Davey hits a dropkick. Bulldog gets Typhoon in the corner but Typhoon reverses a whip to the other corner and hits an avalanche as the crowd gasps. Davey staggers and Typhoon catches him with a clothesline. Heenan says the people are making their way to the exit signs as Monsoon says that they are NOT! Typhoon charges but Bulldog ducks and TYPHOON flies out of the ring as Hays creams his pants. Davey Boy wins it as the crowd goes wild. Typhoon gets back in as Earthquake runs back as well. The Natural Disasters double team Davey as Earthquake hits the powerslam. Hays cries foul as Quake calls for the aftershock. Davey slides out of the ring but the Disasters corner and avalanche him. All of a sudden Andre The Giant of all people comes out and rams the Disasters' heads together. Andre whacks both of them with the crutch and they retreat. That was short for a battle royal but they were at the end of the show. It served its purpose of sending the fans home happy.

Time of match: 14:37

Winner: "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith.

Mel Phillips announces Davey the winner as Andre shakes his hand after the match. Davey is presented the trophy as the announcers sign off. The matches ranged from great (Flair/Santana) to holy crap that was BAD (Tornado/Mountie). Its a wonder why Typhoon and Piper didn't wrestle as they were the only two who didn't have a match prior to the battle royal. The battle royal and show itself was just to get British Bulldog over, so mission accomplished. This was also one of the last times Andre The Giant would be seen as well. If you're wondering where everyone else on the roster was, while this show was going on a separate crew was in Miami for a house show. I'll see you there.

WWF 1987 Survivor Series (11/26/87)

Wrestlemania 3 was (and still is) the highest grossing pay-per-view of all time. Hogan vs Andre was responsible for the majority of the revenue gained from that event and this event was to be the "re-match" so to speak. The actual reason this pay-per-view came about wasn't really about Hogan vs Andre, it was to put the NWA out of business. Jim Crockett Promotions was pretty much bankrupt even though they were doing awesome business thanks to Crockett over spending on everything, so he banked his entire company on Starrcade 87 which was to be held Thanksgiving afternoon. Vince realizing that if Crockett failed, JCP would definitely go down the crapper so he planned to run his new invention, Survivor Series on Thanksgiving night with the provision that any cable company that airs Starrcade would not be allowed to air Wrestlemania 4 next March. Crockett was dead in the water but that also meant McMahon had to deliver as well....after all, if Survivor Series sucked people would be calling for Starrcade. The original Survivor Series concept was two teams of five wrestlers go at it and if someone is counted out, dq'd, pinned, etc then he is out but the match continues until the entire team is eliminated. The main event would feature Hogan and 4 allies against his rival Andre and 4 of his buddies so for example, it could come down to Andre's whole team against just Hogan. Other matches included every tag team on the roster going at it, the top Intercontinental title contenders against each other and a women's match. The show opens with Monsoon and Ventura shilling the action and what would be a dubious maneuver, Monsoon says three hours of action but on the Coliseum Video, Monsoon overdubbed saying "two" because cassettes at the time couldn't take three hours or something. That means half the matches and all the entrances will be heavily edited...which is important later on. Lets get to the action.

NOVEMBER 25, 1987

RICHFIELD COLLISEUM

CLEVELAND, OH

            

Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse "The Body" Ventura

Match 1

"The Outlaw" Ron Bass, "Dangerous" Danny Davis, Hercules, Harley Race and Honky Tonk Man (with Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart) vs Brutus Beefcake, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and "Macho Man" Randy Savage (with Elizabeth)

  The very first Survivor Series match in history centers around the top Intercontinental championship contenders of the time period. The feuds were Harley Race and Duggan, Steamboat and Hercules, Beefcake and Ron Bass and the others just didn't like Honky Tonk Man. Honky had beaten Roberts at Wrestlemania then went on to dethrone Steamboat for the IC title, then with a little assistance from the Hart Foundation attacked Savage and Elizabeth to set up this match. In the prematch interview, Honky says he's gonna beat up Elizabeth if she gets in the way and the team will get Steamboat, Beefcake and Duggan. Over to the face team, Savage says he's gonna get Honky while Steamboat does karate moves to the camera. It should be noted that Randy Savage either had or will eventually feud with everyone on his team at one point in time. At the bell, Hercules starts off with Beefcake and the tie up goes nowhere. Beefcake taunts Herc but they trade snap mares before a shoulderblock floors Hercules. Hercules ducks under a leapfrog right into a sleeper hold by Beefcake, who staggers to his corner to make the tag to Danny Davis. Davis and Ron Bass both get in and both get hiplocked for their troubles. He slams Davis then tags in Roberts who goes to town on Dangerous Danny. Roberts tags in Savage who rams Danny's head into Beefcake's boot then tags in Steamboat. Ricky goes upstairs and hits an axehandle smash off the top then a reverse thrust kick. Steamboat whips Davis into the corner but the charge eats knee. Davis tags in Harley Race who promptly delivers a shoulderbreaker then rams him into the corner. Steamboat runs into the corner then does a karate chop to the head of Race who falls backwards like a tree. Race throws Steamboat over the top but he skins the cat back in then throws Race over the top and out. Race gets back in and hooks Ricky in his finisher the belly to belly suplex. Race makes the cover 1...2.....nooooo, wow Steamboat kicked out of the finisher. Ricky finally makes the tag to Duggan who goes to work on Harley with fists and a clothesline over the top to the outside. Duggan and Race both brawl outside as the ref counts to 10 and both men are counted out, now its down to 4 on 4. Roberts and Ron Bass get in and Ron slams Jake but misses the elbow drop. Savage tags in and knees Bass into the corner then hits a back elbow smash. Ventura "When Macho's on his game there's nobody better" very astute observation there Jesse but I don't think Hogan will like that. After all, Steamboat and Savage had one of the greatest matches of all time so Vince rewards Steamboat by having him job the IC title to Honky Tonk Man who then bashes Savage in the head with a guitar and beats up Elizabeth, all for putting on a better match than Hogan. Back to live action Savage bodyslams Ron Bass then runs over to waffle Honky Tonk man for no reason. We get a massive tape edit and the next shot you see is Brutus Beefcake blind tagging in then hitting the high knee on Ron Bass then covers for 1....2....3 and Ron Bass is out, down to 4 against 3 in favor of Savage's team. Hercules runs in and Beefcake goes to town on him with boots to the side before tagging in Honky Tonk Man. Hony goes for the top wrist lock but Beefcake counters with an atomic drop. Brutus rams Honky into the corner and continues to fire away with fists but runs into a Danny Davis knee to the back. Honky takes advantage and executes Shake Rattle N Roll on Beefcake then covers for 1....2....3 and Beefcake's gone. Down to Savage, Steamboat and Roberts against Davis, Honky and Hercules. Savage chases Honky out of the ring who blinds tags in Hercules in the process. Hercules works over Savage before Dangerous Danny tags in and picks up where Herc left off. Honky tags in who eats a Savage elbow smash then tags in Jake The Snake. He goes for the DDT but Honky slides out of the way then a charge in the corner eats boot. Honky goes back to work on Jake as the 2 other heels help along the way. Hercules drops Jake with right hands and covers for 1...2...nope. Davis tags in who picks up where Hercules left off as Monsoon says Davis has no chance to beat Roberts. Ventura says don't count him out so soon but Jake rallies in the corner with jabs then does the short arm clothesline....the set up for the DDT. The crowd rises to their feet and chants DDT and sure enough Roberts catches Davis and WHAAAMMMMMMMM, executes the DDT and the crowd goes crazy. He rolls over Davis 1....2.....3 goodbye Dangerous Danny as Hercules runs in with a flying clothesline. Hercules drops a few elbows on Jake and covers for 1...2....nope, kicks out. Honky tags in and picks up where Jake lefts off then taunts Savage and Steamboat. Honky and Hercules make frequent tags to isolate Jaken and are successful for a while as Ventura makes note of it. Jake does the fade then revive routine then powers out of the chin lock, then tags in Steamboat to a huge ovation. Ricky goes to town on Hercules. Steamboat catches Honky with chops and taunts him before going upstairs. Steamboat hits a flying axehandle, scoop slams him then tags in Savage. Savage runs upstairs and delivers the flying elbow drop.....the cover.....1....2......3 and Hercules is out. Honky Tonk Man is all by himself against Savage, Jake and Steamboat. Savage charges but misses and Honky takes advantage of the situation. Savage tags in Steamboat who picks up where Savage lefts up before tagging in Roberts. Honky goes for a sunset flip but Roberts stomps on him for his troubles. Jake makes the tag to Savage who hits a second rope axehandle as Monsoon mentions how Honky shoved Elizabeth. Savage goes upstairs and hits a flying axehandle then atomic drops him over the top to the floor. Honky and Jimmy Hart take off for the showers as the ref counts him out and this match is over. Honky takes the cowards way out as the 3 faces celebrate in the ring. I think the edit job was a good thing for once because it kept the action moving from start to finish which made it an entertaining match, great way to start off Survivor Series.

Time of Match: An official 18:56 but its heavily edited

Survivors: Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat and Randy Savage

 Instead of going backstage we go to Monsoon and Ventura who discuss what we just saw and if Honky took a walk to save his title or if he's just a coward. Monsoon discusses the possibility of Jimmy Hart getting in his ear and saying let's get outta here or if Honky bailed on his own. Either way it was the sign of the times as Honky was the coward champion and ironically it was Beefcake who was being groomed to feud with him next. On to the next match without any backstage interviews, why do the ladies get the shaft? The Glamour Girls were the WWF Women's Tag Team Champions and Sherri was the Women's champ but on the other side Velvet and Moolah were the top contenders so lets see how this turns out.

Match 2

Dawn Marie Johnston, Donna Christianello, The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) and Sensational Sherri (with Jimmy Hart) vs Velvet McIntyre, Rockin' Robin, The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno) and Fabulous Moolah

  Now here's a special treat, the Jumping Bomb Angels had an amazing reputation in Japan, Rockin' Robin was Sam Houston's sister (and Jake Roberts half-sister), Velvet was a great worker, Moolah was a legend in the business and over on the other side we all know how great Leilani and Sherri were. Dawn Marie Johnston was known mostly in Japan where she actually feuded with the Bomb Angels while they were first starting out. Donna was actually trained by Moolah in the 1960's so she was an established veteran of the business by this time. Judy Martin was a good ring veteran as well so there is no dead weight here at all. First things first, I really can't tell the Bomb Angels apart so I'll just pick a girl and put a name on it and if I'm wrong then someone tell me.  I never really understood why Leilani Kai did the whole Glamour Girls gimmick and turned Moolah face in the process, but I never figured out why the women's division fizzled either so lets get on with this. Sherri runs across the ring and attacks Velvet as the bell rings then rams her into the corner. Sherri clotheslines Velvet but runs into a crossbody for a near fall before Moolah gets in the ring. Moolah goes to town on Sherri with stiff shots and a hairgrab takeover as Ventura says Monsoon and Moolah dated back in 1936. Moolah brings in her former trainee Donna Christianello in the hard way then slingshots her halfway across the ring. Moolah makes the tag to Tateno (She's wearing a red, white and black striped singlet so if that's not her then let me know) who springboard dropkicks (in 1987 no less) Donna down. Velvet tags back in who goes to work on Donna and hits a back elbow smash. Velvet does a standing dropkick and a bodyslam as Ventura says these ladies hit just as hard as the men.....I look at today's strippers, playboy models and assorted trash and I put them up against these ladies and lets just say Candace Michelle would have about 4 teeth left once Leilani and Sherri were done with her. Velvet hops up on Donna's shoulders and victory rolls her for 1....2...3 and Donna is gone. Leilani runs in and puts the boots to Velvet before McIntyre hits a hurracaranna (!!!) in the corner. Velvet does a standing dropkick then tags in Rockin Robin. Dawn Marie tags in and throws her face first down to the mat, sheesh. Judy Martin tags in and isolates Robin in the corner before Robin hits a crossbody on Judy for 1...2...nope. Monsoon says how Jimmy Hart has to rely on the Glamour Girls since the Hart Foundation lost to Strike Force. Judy tags in Sherri who hits a dropkick then tags in Dawn Marie. Marie shoulderblocks Rockin Robin but then runs right into a lariat as Ventura says his famous line "Win if you can, lose if you must but always cheat!" Robin hits a crossbody for 1...2....3 and Dawn's gone, Sherri's down 5 to 3 and needs a comeback. Judy throws Robin into her own corner where Yamazaki tags in for the first time. Martin slams her and covers but Itsuki bridges out then leapfrog sunset flips (!!!!) Martin for a near fall. Yamazaki turns a body scissors into a victory roll for another near-fall as its painfully obvious Judy can't keep up with her with these moves. Leilani tags in and she runs into a high knee and a crossbody for a nearfall before Tateno tags in with an off the top takeover. This is 1987 and these are moves that weren't customary in the states for another 8 years at least....damn did Vince drop the ball. Sherri tags in who runs into a back elbow smash and a double underhook suplex. Rockin Robin tags in as Monsoon and Ventura are impressed by the Bomb Angels. Sherri tags in Leilani who Robin botches a monkey flip attempt on. Sherri tags in, slams her down and suplexes her then covers for 1....2...3???? Wow, what a wimp, she got beat by a pedestrian suplex. Jake must be shaking his head at that performance, but anway its down to 4 on 3 as Tateno gets back in and cuts Sherri off. Noryo dropkicks her into the corner before Judy Martin tags in and throws her by the hair 3/4 across the ring....wow. Velvet tags in who TILT A WHIRL BODYPRESSES Judy Martin....damn this is awesome. Not even the male wrestlers were doing moves like this, no wonder Vince pretty much fired all these girls after this event, they are stealing the show and we know Hogan doesn't like that. Velvet brings in Leilani the hard way then slingshots her across the ring. Moolah tags in and goes to down on her old protege before slamming her into the corner. Moolah brings Judy Martin in the hard way but Judy rallies with a back elbow smash. Moolah 3/4 nelsons Martin for 1...2...nope. Itsuki tags in but Martin cuts her off as Ventura suggests someone should shave their head so there's no hair pulling.....unfortunately 16 years after this Vince ordered someone to do it. The Glamour Girls isolate Yamazaki in the corner before Leilani nails her with a flying clothesline. Sherri tags in and throws Itsuki down as Ventura notices there hasn't been one rest hold yet in the time of the match. Sherri tags in Judy Martin who heaves Yamazaki in her corner who tags in Moolah....no, Tateno gets in the ring by accident so Judy throws her through the ropes to the outside. Judy brings Moolah in the hard way but Moolah mule kicks her away. Moolah slams Judy Martin and does a headlock takeover, but on the outside Leilani holds hands with Judy then they lariat Moolah together. Judy makes the cover 1...2....3 and Moolah's gone to even the odds at 3 apiece. Tateno runs in but Judy cuts her off with a boot to the mid-section. Itsuki tags in and they go to work on the right leg as Ventura applauds the double team work. Velvet tags in and locks in a boston crab as Sherri screams at Judy to not give up. Velvet turns the crab into a grapevine then applies a back grapevine. Velvet dropkicks Judy into her corner then brings Sherri in the ring the hard way. Sherri drives her face first into the mat then snaps her off the top rope. Sherri drops the big leg then legitimately injures Velvet with a botched piledriver. Sherri can clearly be seen saying "Are you ok?" as Leilani tags in and throws Velvet into the corner where Tateno tags in. Velvet is noticably slumped in the corner so the Bomb Angels are going to have to pick up the slack so to speak. Leilani delivers a double underhook suplex and covers her for 1...2....nooo DING DING. For some reason the bell rings so referee Jimmy Korderas waves it off as Monsoon says there was no 3 count. Velvet tags back in so Sherri tags back in to complete their sequence from earlier. Velvet does a giant swing and she's noticably moving slower than she was earlier. Sherri chargers into the corner so Velvet hops up and locks in a victory roll for 1...2.....3!  Sensational Sherri is gone as Velvet gives her team the advantage 3 to 2, but she's really in a lot of pain and you can see it in her face. Judy runs in and stomps away at Velvet, then allows her to tag in Tateno who sunset flips Judy for a near-fall. Noriyo rolls and bull rushes Judy to the canvas but is unable to slam her despite numerous attempts. Judy and Leilani looked kinda beefy in those outfits so my eyes weren't deceiving me as Tateno couldn't lift her. Yamazaki tags in and goes for the double underhook but can't lift her either. She finally gets her over but Judy kicks out of the pinfall attempt. Leilani tags in but Itsuki locks in a body scissors with her huge thighs. Velvet tags in and delivers a back elbow smash but crumples to the mat in pain, someone get her out of there because she's in no condition to continue. Velvet catches Leilani in the same victory roll she pinned Donna and Sherri in for 1...2...nooooo, Kai kicks out just in time. Velvet tries another victory roll but Leilani hotshots her backwards off the top to the mat, then covers for 1....2....3 and Velvet's out. Down to the Bomb Angels against the Glamour Girls. All 4 ladies get in the ring so the Bomb Angels clean house with slams, dropkicks and a slingshot. Yamazaki gets isolated eventually by Leilani Kai but for some reason she goes upstairs, only to miss a splash. Yamazaki tags in Tateno who hits a crossbody off the top for 1...2....3 and Leilani's done. Judy Martin's by herself and she gets the early advantage with a fireman's carry drop, but misses a clothesline and gets dropped ass first by Tateno. Yamazaki tags in, goes upstairs and hits a knee drop from off the top. Yamazaki and Tateno double back body drop Martin as Jimmy Hart hops on the apron. Tateno dropkicks him off to a huge ovation as Itsuki goes upstairs and hits a flying lariat from off the top. The cover by Yamazaki gets 1...2....3. and its over. Wow....that was AWESOME.  There were none.....zip....nada...absolutely zero rest holds in this 20 minute match, that's impressive. Unfortunately this would be the last time Dawn Marie, Donna Christianello, Velvet McIntyre and the Bomb Angels would be on ppv for various reasons. Still though, for the time period this looked to be right up there with the mid 90's in terms of up tempo action so props to the 10 ladies for their efforts.

Time of match: 20:09

Survivors: The Jumping Bomb Angels

    We go to Monsoon and Ventura who discuss what we just saw. Ventura says the Glamour Girls are in big trouble because the Bomb Angels looked very impressive and a future tag match between the two teams should be very entertaining. A match was signed for the inaugeral Royal Rumble months later but for now the Bomb Angels looked to be the favorites. We go to Craig DeGeorge with The Hart Foundation and their 8 partners....make it 6 because the Bolsheviks aren't there. As usual its complete chaos with everyone shouting at once (its been a theme all night and would continue)

Match 3

The Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov and Nikolai Volkoff), Demolition (Ax and Smash), The Dream Team (Greg Vallentine and Dino Bravo), The Islanders (Haku and Tama) and The Hart Foundation (Bret "Hitman Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart (with Mr. Fuji, Johnny Valiant, Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart) vs The Young Stallions (Jim Powers and Paul Roma), The Killer Bees (Jim Brunzell and B Brian Blair), The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith), The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Jacques and Raymond) and Strike Force (Rick Martel and Tito Santana)

   Sheesh......5 teams per side, 10 men on each side....20 men total. Unlike the first two matches, once a wrestler is eliminated his partner is gone too. This is going to be one long match review so if you have a short attention span, better scroll down. Martel starts out with Nikolai Volkoff and Nikolai goes to work early with headbutts before Rick rolls out of a slam into a running roll up for a 2 count. Martel unloads with left hands as Ventura scoffs at the rules being broken (HA!) as Monsoon is in awe of the mass surrounding the ring.  Nikolai continues to work over Martel as Ventura says that if Rick is dragged into the corner the heels have a great crew to work him over. Volkoff scoop slams Rick then tags in Boris Zhukov who misses an elbow drop. Martel dropkicks Boris than executes a crossbody for a mere 1 count. Rick delivers a back bodydrop before making the tag to Tito Santana. Zhukov cuts him off with elbows to the back of the head and headbutts him. Zhukov sends him off the ropes but misses the clothesline and turns around into THE FLYING FOREARMMMMMM. Santana covers for 1...2....3 and The Bolsheviks are gone less than 2 minutes into the match (1:45). Ax wastes no time getting in the ring and unloads on Santana with axehandle smashes to the back. Ax continues to go to work and delivers a scoop slam, but misses the elbow drop. Santana makes the tag to Jacques Rougeau who unloads with fists and delivers his trademark flying back elbow smash. Ax tags out to Dino Bravo who gets met with a dropkick. Jacques tags out to Jim Brunzell who wrenches the arm then makes the tag to his partner, Brian Blair. Blair comes off the top with an axehandle to the arm before tagging in Davey Boy Smith. Bulldog headbutts Bravo down who staggers to his feet to tag in Smash. Davey Boy cuts him off with right hands but Smash counters with an arm ringer that's too close to the face team, so Santana tags himself in. Santana unloads on Smash before tagging in Dynamite Kid. Dynamite chops and punches but Smash still remains on his feet where he takes over. Smash rams Kid's head into Ax's boot and tags in Haku. Dynamite Kid and Haku...talk about a match made in heaven, two guys that could legitimately kill people going at it with chops and thrusts. Haku gains the upperhand with headbutts (never headbutt an Islander). Dynamite staggers and makes the tag to Brunzell who takes Haku down long enough for Blair to tag in for double team action. Blair kicks away at the leg before Haku tags out to Jim Niedhart who gets met with a drop-toe hold. Blair makes the tag to Paul Roma and they split Niedhart with a wishbone. Ventura shills Roma as a future star as Niedhart bodyslams him then tags out to Smash. Smash beats on Roma then tags in Ax to do the same. Haku tags in and levels Roma with a clothesline before tagging out to Tama. They trade blows in the middle before Roma staggers back to make the tag to Jim Powers. Tama retreats and tags in Smash who beats on Powers before tagging in Ax. Ax beats on Powers who scrambles into the corner to tag Jacques Rougeau. Ventura shills Demoltion's performance so far until Ax puts his head down and Jacques flips backward over him. Jacques rallies with right hands until Ax reverses an irish whip, sending Jacques into the turnbuckle. Jacques hops on the second rope but misses the flying bodypress. Ax pounces to make the cover for the 1..2....3 and The Rougeaus are gone without Raymond getting in the ring (5:48). Dynamite Kid comes in and delivers his trademark snap suplex to a stunned Ax. Ax makes the tag to Tama as Monsoon loses track of who's out there.  Tama unloads on Dynamite but Powers tags in only to be met with a clothesline in the corner. Niedhart tags in and picks Powers up in a Ventura style backbreaker then tag in Haku. Haku jumps off the top onto Powers (still held by Niedhart) for a nice spot but there's no suspense as Powers kicks out without even a 1 count. Haku throws Jimmy into his corner where Roma tags in. Haku misses a charge in the corner and tags in Ax. Ax trades blows with Roma but Paul's charge in the corner meets a foot to the face. Speaking of foot, Ax rams Roma's head into Vallentine's foot before tagging The Hammer in. First time Vallentine's in and we're 7 and a half minutes in. Vallentine delivers a shoulderbreaker but the cover only gets a 2 count. Vallentine does a standard suplex but the sloppy cover again gets 2.  Dino Bravo tags in as The New Dream Team finally makes their appearance. Bravo delivers a gut wrench suplex and covers for 1...2...nope. Smash tags in but so does Brian Blair. Smash misses a charge in the corner so Blair makes the tag to Dynamite. Dynamite executes a dangerous looking left lariat but the cover gets only 2. Smash kicks him in the face then throws him on the apron. Demolition pummels Dynamite until Smash elbows referee Dave Hebner down causing a disqualification. Ax and Smash are out along with Fuji (9:11) and Bret Hart makes his first appearance. Bret delivers an elbow to the back of the head followed up by a piledriver. Hart covers but Dynamite kicks out to the surprise of Ventura. Hart goes to work with european uppercuts in the corner as Ventura says Hart is one of the best wrestlers in the world. Hart misses a charge in the corner and Jim Powers tags in. Ventura notices neither Martel nor Santana has got in the ring yet as Hart scrambles to tag out to Tama. Tama reverses a whip into the corner and levels Powers with a flying lariat. Tama scoop slams Jimmy but misses a second rope Vader Bomb. Powers makes the tag to a fired up Rick Martel. Martel goes nuts in the ring before tossing Tama about 10 feet in the air with a backdrop. Martel boots Tama in the head and eventually applies the Boston Crab...only problem is Tama is too far into his own corner and Jim Niedhart tags in. Niedhart clotheslines Martel from behind and covers for 1...2...nope. Niedhart clubs away in the corner but a charge eats double boot. Martel ignores Brian Blair's extended hand right in front of his face in order to dive to tag his partner Tito Santana. Santana unloads with right hands before delivering THE FLYING FOREARMMMMM. The cover gets 1...2....noooooo, Hart came out of nowhere with an elbow to the back of Santana's head. Niedhart rolls him over and covers for 1...2....3?? Wow, the world tag team champions are eliminated 12 minutes in and both men were in the ring for a combined 1 minute 13 seconds. Ventura says this should vault the Foundation into the tag title picture which they didn't win for another 3 years. Roma enters and unloads on Niedhart before making the tag to Powers who misses a dropkick. We're 12 and a half minutes in and I've noticed the Stallions and Islanders have done most of the bumping so far. Haku tags in and delivers a dropkick as a bored Ventura talks about his pilgrim hat that was given to him by his great great great grandfather Ephram The Body Ventura that came over on the Mayflower as Valentine tags in. Greg delivers elbow smashes in the corner and wards off a sunset flip attempt before scoop slamming Powers. Valentine covers for a 2 count then tags in Niedhart. The lights in the Coliseum go dim for a few moments before Niedhart drops Powers throat first on the top turnbuckle. Haku tags in who executes a thrust kick followed by a back breaker. Valentine tags in and he and Haku execute a double chop together. Valentine covers for 2 then Powers reverses a suplex. This is where Coliseum Video fans would be disappointed because they edit out the next 7 minutes of action...but thanks to some internet pirating I've come across the missing 7 minutes. A stunned Valentine drags Powers into the corner where Bret tags in. Bret does a backbreaker and Tama comes off the top with a smash, impressive teamwork. Bret executes a snap suplex but Powers kicks out of the pinfall attempt much to Ventura's surprise. Powers gets to the corner where Roma tags in to rally with right hands. Bret stops the rally with a thumb to the eye as Ventura says that was his favorite move. Niedhart tags in to put a thumb to the eye himself before giving way to Valentine. Greg slams Roma then goes upstairs to deliver a forearm smash. Valentine shoots the half but the cover only gets a deuce. Powers tags in but Valentine cuts him off with chops. Bret tags in to fire away at Powers but misses a dropkick. Jimmy makes the tag to Dynamite. Dynamite sends Bret sternum first into the turnbuckle but the cover only gets 2. Dynamite delivers a back suplex as I just realized Davey Boy hasn't been in for the last 15 minutes or so. Roma tags in and delivers a back elbow smash. Bret tags out to Haku as Roma tags out to Blair. Blair rams Haku's head into Dynamite's head then tags in Davey, about time. Blair and Smith deliver a double back elbow smash before Smith headbutts Haku a few times. Powers tags in and rallies with right hands but Haku cuts him off to tag in Niedhart. Niedhart unloads then tags in Bret who allows Powers to tag in Davey Boy. Davey Boy delivers his gorilla press slam and covers for 1...2..nope. Davey Boy pounds Bret all the way into the rope where Haku tags himself in. Smith cuts him off and throws him into the ring. Davey picks him up and hits his trademark finisher the running powerslam. He covers for 1....2...thre...wait what? Haku actually kicked out (a miracle considering that move would put him away in Coliseum Video matches years later). Davey tags in Dynamite and they do a suplex/second rope headbutt combo but Dynamite appears more hurt than Haku. They both stagger to their feet where Haku delivers his thrust kick to the throat of Dynamite. He covers right in front of Davey who just stands there as the ref counts 1....2....3 and the Bulldogs are out 20 minutes in. Roma comes in and delivers two standing dropkicks but the cover only gets a one. Haku slams Roma then makes the tag to Bravo who promptly misses an elbow drop. Powers tags in and rallies with right hands but Bravo reverses a monkey flip into an inverted atomic drop. Bravo chops and kicks Powers as Ventura says if the Stallions are eliminated the Bees will take a walk like Honky did earlier. Monsoon scoffs as Valentine tags in who hammers Powers with elbows to the back of the head. Coliseum Video picks back up here to see Dino Bravo tagging in to unload on Powers. Bravo rams Powers' head into Niedhart's foot and when Jim tags in, they execute a double elbow smash. Bret tags in and he unloads on Powers as well. He ties Powers into the tree of woe as Ventura says Bret's father Stu was one of his favorite wrestlers. Bret kicks the helpless Powers until Jim Brunzell jumps in to save him. Valentine tags in to unload on Powers before giving way to Bravo again. Like I said, this is the Stallions coming out party because they've been in the ring a lot longer than most everyone else combined. Bravo executes a backdrop then drops Powers throat first on the top rope. Bravo delivers his side suplex but tags in Valentine instead of covering. Powers kicks out of the figure four then squirms over to tag Roma. Valentine doesn't see the tag and goes to apply the figure four to Powers when Roma comes off the top with a sunset flip for 1....2...3 and The New Dream Team along with Johnny V are out 17 minutes in (officially 24 minutes). We're down to the Stallions and Bees against the Harts and Islanders. Niedhart storms in but gets cut off by Roma who gives way to Brunzell. The Bee's work over Niedhart before Brunzell delivers a high knee but the cover only gets 2. Bret tags in as Ventura says the Islanders and Foundation have the advantage over the other side because of Heenan and Hart outside the ring. Normally that would be a factor but the managers haven't done any interfering so far.  The Bee's and Roma works over the legs of the Hitman before Bret rallies to tag in Tama who comes off the top with a smash. Monsoon brings up the youth of Tama (20 years old at the time) as Haku tags in for double team action. Ventura wants to see the thrust kick again but he misses a splash allowing Brunzell to tag in. Brunzell works Haku over with old school AWA tactics until Bret tags back in. Monsoon confuses Blair with Brunzell (one's got a porno stache, the other doesn't....wtf) as Roma tags in. Ventura finally notices the Stallions have been in the ring virtually the whole match as Roma scoop slams Bret. Roma delivers a fist drop to the throat but the cover only gets two. Bret rallies with a back suplex but only gets a near fall. Tama tags in to rake the face before tagging out to Haku. Haku misses a charge in the corner and Roma arm drags his way out. Haku delivers a standing dropkick then tags in Niedhart. Ventura applauds Haku's dropkick and Monsoon requests Niedhart do the same and right on cue Jimmy hits one on Roma, but the cover only gets a one. Niedhart delivers a powerslam  and covers for 1...2...nope.  Monsoon praises the Stallions performance as Roma scrambles over to tag in Brunzell. Bret begs off but Jim rallies with right hands until they run into each other. Brunzell goes for a scoop slam but Tama dropkicks Bret into a pinning position but it was too strong allowing Brunzell to roll back over for 1...2...here comes Haku...3!  Haku is too late so Bret, Niedhart and Jimmy Hart are all out of there officially 31 minutes in. Brunzell celebrates but Haku cuts him off allowing Tama to come off the top with a smash. Tama chokes Brunzell then applies a nerve hold before Jim powers out of it. Tama drops him then tags in Haku who delivers a shoulderbreaker. Haku covers for a nearfall then delivers the same kind of nerve hold Tama did. Brunzelll escapes but Tama tags back in to apply the same damn nerve hold. Brunzell begins crawling toward his corner but Tama throws him back into his corner where Haku tags in. Haku sends him off the ropes but Brunzell sunset flips over for 1...2..nope. Haku suplexes but the floatover cover only gets 2. Haku sends him off but gets booted in the face allowing Jim Powers to tag in. Powers rallies with a flurry of right hands before delivering a back drop. Ventura says the face side has the advantage with 3 guys to tag in while Haku only has Tama. Powers makes the tag to Roma who delivers a powerslam cover for 1....2..nope. Tama makes the save as Brian Blair jumps in to protest. Both Islanders double team Powers while the ref shoos Blair away. Haku apparently becomes the legal man but a charge in the corner misses. Roma crawls over and tags in Blair who walks into a thrust to the throat. Tama tags in and unloads on Blair before delivering a flying back-elbow smash. Tama scoop slams Blair but misses an elbow drop allowing Blair to tag in Brunzell. After all the time Brunzell was in the ring earlier, you wouldn't be able to tell because he unloads on Tama like he just tagged in for the first time. Brunzell beats up both Islanders then executes a double noggin knocker. Ironic how the Headshrinkers would never sell that move but the Islanders did. Brunzell executes his trademark dropkick (apparently nobody else besides Brunzell was doing dropkicks back in the AWA heyday) but Haku breaks up the pinfall. Brian Blair puts the mask on (the babyface Bees would pull the switcheroo yet the fans never minded) as the Stallions brawl with Haku to the outside. Brunzell goes for a sunset flip but Tama counters by hanging onto the ropes. Blair then sunset flips into a cover and the idiot ref falls for it 1.....2....3 and this one's over. Ventura says "That's a bunch of crap!" as even the normally face supporting Monsoon has to agree.  From an in ring standpoint this was as good as it gets for 1987 WWF action with anyone not named Savage, Steamboat, Roberts, Hogan, Orndorff or Rude involved. Of course with 20 guys involved SOMEONE'S got to work well right? I gotta give props to the Bees and Stallions and they were the weakest teams going in compared to the former tag team champions (Bulldogs and Hart Foundation), the current tag team champions (Strike Force) and the new kids on the block (Demolition and The Rougeaus). I guess the logic was the good teams eliminated each other but either way this should have been the Young Stallions breakout. They did most of the work the entire match but they never got the push. Still a great showing and an entertaining match.

Time of match: An official 37 minutes, but it was drastically edited for this tape.

Survivors:  Jim Powers, Paul Roma, Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair

    We go to Ventura who's still pissed at the ol switcheroo pulled off by the Bees before we are sent to Craig DeGeorge with Andre's team. Andre's team makes a lot of noise as Andre says he beat Hogan once (in reference to the long two count) and he'll do it again. Heenan chimes in with his two cents before Andre tells everyone to shut up then says "Hogan...I WILL BE DA SURVIVORRRRRR". We go over to Mean Gene Okerlund with Hogan's team who are completely fired up. They go crazy and Hogan shoves Bam Bam halfway across the room before giving his usual speech.

Match 4

"Ravishing" Rick Rude, King Kong Bundy, "The Natural" Butch Reed, One Man Gang and Andre the Giant (with Bobby Heenan and Slick) vs Ken Patera, "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, "The Rock" Don Muraco, Bam Bam Bigelow and Hulk Hogan (with Sir Oliver Humperdink)

    Before we get started, its noted that Don Muraco is the last second replacement for Superstar Billy Graham. As much as I like seeing Muraco on the team, I would have much rather seen Superstar Billy Graham, no matter what his condition was. Andre's team had the advantage in size with the monsters One Man Gang, Andre and Bundy but overall talent went to Hogan's team with Patera, Orndorff and Bam Bam ready to roll. Patera is wearing a brace on his right arm and I have no idea why, the announcers didn't explain it either. Ventura asks if Hogan can trust Orndorff....well gee, they feuded in 1985, were friends in early 86 then feuded again, now are friends again. In real life they didn't like each other so that may be a valid question by Governor Ventura. Hogan enters waving old glory as the crowd goes nuts. Muraco starts out with Rick Rude as Monsoon says Rude better not try to match power with him. Muraco and Rude trade blows in the corner before Muraco gets a knee to the gut. He brings Rude over to the corner where Bam Bam tags in....no wait, he doesn't. In a funny spot, Muraco was aiming for Orndorff and Paul goes upstairs meanwhile Bam Bam thinks he's tagged in and gets in the ring, but he quickly notices Orndorff is the legal man so he sheepishly steps back out on the apron. Orndorff comes off the top with an elbow then goes to work on the Ravishing one as Patera makes fun of Bam Bam outside. Paul rams Rude into Hogan's boot then tags the Hulkster in. Hogan punches Rude and clothesline him then drops a series of eblows. Hogan tags in Bam Bam who gets a huge pop from the crowd then scoop slams Rude, setting him up for a Bigelow running headbutt. Bigelow overhead press slams Rick then tags in Ken Patera. Patera slugs away at Rude who falls back into his own corner where Butch Reed tags in. Patera catches him with a clothesline, scoop slams him then cradles him up for a near fall. Muraco tags in and dropkicks Reed as Monsoon says Reed and Gang put Billy Graham on the shelf (in real life Graham had to retire because he never fully recovered from the hip replacement surgery). Muraco rams Reed into Orndorff's boot then tags him in where he delivers a series of dropkicks. Monsoon and Ventura make note that Hogan's team is making frequent tags and working together as Andre's team has done diddly squat. Orndorff runs over and slugs Bundy for no apparent reason then goes back to work on The Natural. Paul tags in Hogan and they execute a double clothesline on Butch. Hogan bounces off the ropes and delivers the big leg drop then covers as Muraco gets in the ring to make sure no one makes the save 1....2.....3 and Reed is the first one eliminated. In the funniest spot of the match, Hogan excessively celebrates in his corner by hugging and high fiving all 4 of his teammates as Andre sneaks up behind him. The crowd pops in excitement for the big rematch but dumbass referee Joey Morella says that Hogan tagged in Patera when its obvious all he did was high five him. The entire face team is telling Morella that he didn't actually tag Patera but he'll have none of it and orders Hogan out of the ring. Jesse goes nuts on commentary "He's saving Hogan again! I don't believe it!" Patera taunts Andre but he doesn't notice, he wants Hogan and taunts him. Hogan leaves so Andre throws his hand up and tags in Bundy to go one on one with Kenny. Patera goes to work on Bundy and throws him into the corner. Jesse says he can't believe how powerful the Hogan team is...well duh, Ken Patera was an Olympian in POWER LIFTING plus Muraco and Hogan had killer physiques and Bam Bam's a mobile big man. Patera throws Bundy off the ropes and delivers a clothesline, then tags in Orndorff. Bundy makes the tag to One Man Gang who delivers a series of forearms to the back of Paul.....the first offensive move delivered by Andre's team 5 minutes into the match. Gang pounds away on Orndorff in the corner but Paul rallies with lightning quick right hands. Paul whips Gang in the corner but a charge eats knee. Gang tags in Rude who picks up where Gang left off....until he's met with a clothesline. Orndorff scoop slams Rick then delivers his twisting elbow drop as Ventura says Rude has flat out sucked this match so far. Paul covers for a near fall then tags in The Rock, who delivers a clothesline of his own. Hogan punches Rude in the corner then sticks a finger in the eye, buying him enough time to tag in the Gang. They trade blows before Muraco ducks under a charge, sommersaults into the corner and tags in Patera. Ken goes crazy on Gang with right hands but an eye rake stops that, then he whips Ken off only to be countered with a crossbody for 1...negative, couldn't hold him down. Patera whips Gang in the corner and hits a running knee lift, then Gang gets a thumb to the eye as Ventura praises. Gang goes to work on Patera in the corner then isolates him on Andre's side. Gang distracts the ref as Bundy and Rude do a number on Patera until he turns around and all is well....wink wink. Gang gets a front facelock on Patera and Ken desperately tries to manuver his way over to his team but can't. Patera rakes the eyes and whips Gang off but he gets caught in a modified Bossman Slam....oh hell, all Gang did was fall on him for 1....2...3 and Patera's gone to even the sides at 4 apiece. Hogan gets in and unloads on Gang with punches, clotheslines and chops in the corner. Hogan tags in Bam Bam who gets a huge ovation, sheesh, he out popped Hogan...no wonder why he was jobbed out after this. Bam Bam and the jealous Hogan double big boot Gang. Ventura says Bam Bam's the only one on Hogan's team that can match size with Bundy and Gang but as soon as he says that, he and Gang collide and they both go down. Gang tags in Rude and Bam Bam tags in Orndorff, the two smallest guys remaining in the match. Orndorff hits a suplex then another twisty elbow drop as Ventura says Rude has done nothing in this match. Orndorff hits a backbody drop then calls for the piledriver, his finisher but wait.....Bundy runs in and cheapshots Orndorff. Paul's dazed and looks around which allows Rude to roll him up and hook the tights for 1.....2....3 and bye bye Orndorff, he'd never be on another WWF ppv again (until his induction into the hall of fame almost 20 years later). Rude poses but Muraco sneaks up behind and delivers an atomic crop and clothesline. Bam Bam tags in and delivers a crescent kick and a suplex of his own then tags in Hogan. Hogan whips Rick off and delivers a running high knee then tags in Muraco. Hogan whips Rude into Muraco who powerslams him and hooks the leg 1....2....3 and we're even at 3 apiece 10 minutes into the match. Bundy gets in and goes to work on The Rock but misses a knee drop. Muraco takes advantage and works over the leg as Ventura praises Muraco for getting the big man off his feet. Bundy gets a thumb to the eye then tags in Gang who works over Muraco in his corner. Ventura gets antsy and asks when Hogan and Andre are gonna go at it but suddenly Muraco tries to slam Gang but instead he falls on top for 1....2..nope, Muraco kicks out in time. Gang throws Don into Andre who headbutts him down, then Gang splashes Muraco and covers for 1...2....3 and Muraco is out of there 12 minutes into the match. The advantage is now with Andre's team and Ventura says if Bam Bam is the next to go, Hogan will run away like Honky Tonk Man did earlier in the night. Bam Bam tries a sunset flip so Gang just sits on him, ouch! Bundy tags in who clotheslines Bam Bam (who does 360 in the process) then covers for 1...2..nope, Hogan makes the save. Ventura scoffs and we get a tape edit....in the main event no less. Bundy whips Bam Bam off then delivers a knee to the gut, then Jesse says the best thing about Bundy and Bam Bam is that there will be no hair pulling. Gang tags in and works over Bam Bam as Ventura says Heenan's master plan is to save Hogan for last. Gang delivers a back elbow smash and tags Bundy back in who delivers more damage to Bigelow. Bundy misses an elbow drop as Ventura says if Bundy got a bunch of tatoos then he and Bam Bam could be a tag team. Bundy covers again for 1.....2...nope, Gang tags back in for about 3 seconds then tags in Andre for the first time all night. Andre goes for a big punch but Bam Bam sommersaults into his corner and tags in Hogan...HERE WE GO! Hulk and Andre go at it in the corner with chops, punches and chokes. They trade blows until he rams Andre's head into the turnbuckle near Bam Bam, then he runs over and knocks Bundy and One Man Gang off the apron. Hogan goes back to work on Andre and runs off the ropes...only to be pulled out by Bundy. On the outside Hogan is double teamed by Gang and Bundy until Hogan slams Gang. Hogan makes his way back to ringside but Bundy catches him only to be slammed for his troubles. The bell rings as Hogan gets in the ring which can mean only one thing.......HULK HOGAN HAS BEEN COUNTED OUT! Hogan gets back in the ring and baits Andre as Finkel says if Hulk doesn't leave then Bam Bam will be disqualified. Hogan throws a fit, grabs his title belt and walks to the back as Bam Bam is all alone is against 3 super heavyweights. Bam Bam has the crowd behind him and he goes to work on King Kong Bundy with elbow drops punches. Bigelow shoulderblocks Bundy and delivers a falling headbutt but the cover only gets 2. Bam Bam delivers a dropkoick then executes an elbow drop to the leg. Bundy whips Bigelow in the corner and goes for the avalanche but Bam Bam moves out of the way. Bundy crashes into the corner and falls backward then Bam Bam goes outside and SLINGSHOTS back in ontop of Bundy for 1.....2....3 and Bundy's out 19 minutes in. This was actually Bundy's last non-house show match in the WWF for 7 years for his contract had run out shortly after Survivor Series and he decided simply to retire. Gang comes in and pounds on the exhausted Bam Bam as Monsoon says he's got nothing left. Gang slows the match down considerably since he himself doesn't have much left in the tank but the cover off a move only gets a 2. Gang goes for a blatant choke as Ventura says that Bam Bam has no chance in hell to win the match then says how the Twins somehow won the World Series so maybe its possible Bam Bam could pull it out. The 1987 Twins had Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbeck, Gary Gaitti, Bert Blyleven, Frank Viola and Jeff Reardon so its not THAT farfetched they won it all, however Bam Bam is by himself against One Man Gang and Andre the Giant. Gang rams Bam Bam into Andre's boot then goes upstairs, what the hell is he thinking? Gang jumps off and hits nothing as Bam Bam rolls on top of him and we got 1.....2....3.  We're down to one on one. Ventura is shocked Bam Bam has made it this far but now looming over him is Andre the Giant. Giant hits a big punch on Bigelow and a headbutt as the crowd gets behind Bam Bam. Andre whips Bigelow but Bam Bam avoids the big boot and sommersaults away from Andre a few times. Bam Bam charges but Andre moves so Bigelow crashes into the corner. Andre shoulderblocks Bam Bam in the corner then does his trademark hiptoss. Andre covers and its all over folks 1....2....3. Andre makes good on his pre-match promise that he'll be the survivor. Andre and Heenan celebrate before Hogan runs back to the ring and waffles Andre with the title belt.....what a sore loser. Ventura goes nuclear on Hogan and scoffs like crazy as Hogan celebrates in the ring even though he lost. Sheesh, even when he loses he gets to end the show with his usual 20 minute posedown. That wasn't so bad, the face team actually set a pretty fast pace until the end where it was just the big men, then it got ugly. The feud between Hogan and Andre is far from over, but Andre wins the battle. It should be noted this would be the last time a heel would win the main event of a card in exactly 4 years.

Time of match: an unofficial 22 minutes

Survivor: Andre the Giant

  We go to Andre and Heenan who rant and rave to Mean Gene. They call Hogan a cheapshot artist and say that there will be a rematch between the two at a later date. Andre says that he is "da survivor" again as we go to Monsoon and Ventura who wrap up tonight's events. Ventura "I'm leaving Cleveland...I'm happy about that!" gotta love The Body folks.

    For a ppv designed just to piss off the competition, it was actually very entertaining and groundbreaking. The Survivor Series would be held annually after this year, moving from Thanksgiving Night to Thanksgiving Eve to eventually just another Sunday over the course of the next 10 years. The opening match was good, the women's match was phenomenal, the tag match kind of slowed near the end and the main event was average at best. In terms of storyline development it really didn't settle anything but it was sure nice to see everyone important (sans Junkyard Dog) getting some in-ring time. In terms of overall impact, Survivor Series was actually a better show than Starrcade but Crockett would get his revenge months later. The show itself did a 7.0 buyrate which means 7 MILLION people either at a bar or in someone's house had watched Survivor Series. You'll never see those numbers again in an era where there's a new ppv every month and 3 shows every week. Still, it was an innovative show and good things were on the horizon.