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| - | The first match of the event was a five-on-five [[IWE Survivor Series#Survivor Series matches|Survivor Series match]] between the team of [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental Champion]] [[The Warrior]], [[Edward Gleason|Brutus Beefcake]], [[Michael Houston|Sam Houston]], [[Owen Heart|The Blue Blazer]] (in his [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) debut), and [[Jimmy Brunzell|Jim Brunzell]]; and the team of [[Danny Wayne|The Honky Tonk Man]], [[Ronald Bass|Ron Bass]], [[Dan Davis|Danny Davis]], [[Nick Petrusha|Greg Valentine]], and [[Allen Cage|Bad News Brown]]; as such, this match was mainly among Intercontinental Championship contenders, and low- to mid-card wrestlers. [[Donald (McDonald's)|Don Muraco]] was originally scheduled to be a part of Warrior's team but left IWF, so he was replaced by Jim Brunzell. Beefcake scored the first victory of the night for Warrior's team, using a [[Sleeper Hold|sleeper hold]] to force Davis to submit at the 1:18 mark. Brown evened the odds for the heel team about four minutes later, hitting Brunzell with a [[Enzuigiri|Ghetto Blaster]], a type of kick to the back of the head. Not long thereafter, Valentine and Brown were setting Houston up for a double-team move when Houston dodged a running forearm club by Valentine, who instead struck Brown. Brown—playing up his character as an uncooperative loner—was angered and walked out of the match, getting himself counted out. Bass pinned Houston after a [[Powerslam#Front powerslam|running powerslam]], evening the sides at 3-apiece. The Blue Blazer used his speed to daze Valentine, but while attempting to finish the veteran Valentine off with a top-rope move, Honky ran over and pushed Blazer off the ropes; Valentine quickly applied a [[Figure Four Leglock|figure four leglock]] to force the submission. Beefcake then got the upper hand over Honky and locked on the sleeper hold, but Honky got to and slipped through the ropes, taking Beefcake with him; both men were ultimately counted out, leaving Warrior as the lone member of his team. Bass and Valentine worked over Warrior for awhile, but Warrior dodged a double-clothesline attempt and knocked both men down, quickly pinning both men back-to-back—first Bass, then Valentine—with [[Axe Handle|double axe handles]] to win the match and be the sole survivor.
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| - | The second Survivor Series match was a 10-on-10 variation of tag teams where if a wrestler from a [[Tag Team Match|tag team]] was eliminated, his partner was also eliminated. The match featured the [[Powers of Pain]] ([[Jim Weber|The Warlord]] and [[Ray Pancich|The Barbarian]]), [[The Rockers]] ([[Ryan Barnhart]] and [[Marty Jannetty|Russell Jensen]]), the [[American Bulldogs]] ([[Davey Boy Aldrich]] and [[Tommy Millington|Dynamite Kid]]), [[The Heart Foundation]] ([[Bret Heart]] and [[Jim Neidhart|Jim Furlong]]), and [[The Young Stallions]] (Paul Roma and Jim Powers) against [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Champions]] [[Demolition]] ([[Demolition Ax|Ax]] and [[Demolition Smash|Smash]]), the [[Brain Busters]] ([[Arn Anderson]] and [[Tully Blanchard]]), [[The Bolsheviks]] ([[Nick Volkoff|Nikolai Volkoff]] and [[Jim Zhukov|Boris Zhukov]]), [[The Fabulous Rougeaus]] (Jacques and Raymond) and [[Los Conquistadores]] (Uno and Dos). Heart pinned Raymond with a small package, eliminating The Fabulous Rougeaus from the match. Zhukov hit a [[Diving Crossbody|reverse diving crossbody]] on Powers and pinned him to eliminate The Young Stallions but shortly after, he was pinned by Jensen with a sunset flip, thus eliminating The Bolsheviks from the match. Heart hit a [[Suplex#German suplex|German suplex]] on Blanchard but the [[Referee|referee]] saw his shoulders down, so he counted the pinfall eliminating The Heart Foundation. The Rockers began brawling with Blanchard and his partner Anderson. The Rockers and the Brain Busters were both disqualified due to brawling in the ring and were eliminated. Dynamite hit Smash on the mat and went to the top rope. He tried to hit a [[Diving Headbutt|diving headbutt]] but Smash got up and [[Clothesline|clothesline]]d him and then pinned him to eliminate the British Bulldogs. Smash was unable to handle the powerful Barbarian of the Powers of Pain. When [[Harry Fuji|Mr. Fuji]] thought that his team could not beat the Powers of Pain, he opened the rope causing Smash to fall from the ring and get counted out, thus eliminating Demolition. Afterward, Ax confronted Fuji but when Ax turned his back, Fuji struck him with his cane. Demolition beat him and turned [[Face|babyfaces]]. The Powers of Pain turned [[Heel|heels]] after they placed him in their corner. Moments later, the Barbarian hit Uno with a diving headbutt and pinned him to eliminate Los Conquistadores, making the Powers of Pain the sole survivors. After the match, Demolition ran back to the ring and ran Warlord and Barbarian from the ring.
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| - | The third Survivor Series match featured [[André the Giant]], [[Rick Pembroke|Rick Rude]], Dino Bravo, [[Billy McAlmond|Mr. Perfect]], and [[Harley Ireland Race|Harley Race]] against [[Jim Duggan]], [[Erik Peterson|Jake Roberts]], Scott Casey, [[Kenneth Patera|Ken Patera]], and [[Liam Phillips|Tito Santana]]. [[Sylvester Right|Junkyard Dog]] was originally scheduled to be a part of Roberts' team but left IWF. [[Bryan Blair]] replaced JYD to be a part of the team but he also left IWF, so he was replaced by Scott Casey. Rude hit Patera with a [[Neckbreaker#Shoulder neckbreaker|Rude Awakening]] at 8:18 mark and pinned Patera to eliminate him, leaving Roberts' team with 4 members. A minute later, André's team member Bravo hit Casey with a [[Powerslam#Ura-nage|side suplex]] and pinned Casey to eliminate him. Roberts' team was left with only three members while André's team had still five members. However, Santana hit Race with a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Flying forearm smash|flying forearm smash]] and then pinned him to eliminate Race, leaving André's team with 4 members. Heel team captain André came in and quickly used his massive height and weight to crush and eventually pin Santana, leaving the heels with a 4–2 advantage. Later, Duggan used his 2×4 on Bravo, getting disqualified in the process. Roberts, the only member left on the face team, held his own and when Rude cockily attempted to tag one of his partners into the ring, he caught Rude from behind and hit with a DDT, eliminating him. André quickly got into the ring, applied a chokehold on Roberts and refused to release it, getting disqualified in the process. Before André left, he headbutted Roberts. Perfect took advantage and pinned Roberts to win the match. Perfect and Bravo became the sole survivors for their team. After the match, Roberts recovered, retrieved Damien and chased Andre, Perfect and Bravo from ringside.
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| - | The [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]] featured [[The Mega Powers]] ([[Hulk Hogan]] and [[IWE Championship|IWF Champion]] [[Randy Savage|Brady Savage]]), [[Ray Hernandez|Hercules]], [[Brandon McLeod|Koko B. Ware]], and ''Hillbilly Jim'' against The Twin Towers ([[George Brown|Akeem]] and [[Brandon (McDonald's)|The Big Boss Man]]), [[Kyle Johnson, Sr.|Kyle Johnson]], [[Tonga 'Uli'uli|Haku]], and [[Tyler Taylor Taylor|The Red Rooster]]. Savage hit a [[Diving Elbow Drop|Savage Elbow]] on Rooster to pin and eliminate him, giving the Mega Powers an early edge. The big Akeem quickly evened the two sides after overpowering Hillbilly Jim and striking him with a [[Splash|747 Splash]] for the pin. Akeem's partner Boss Man hit Koko with a [[Powerslam#Spinning side slam|Boss Man Slam]] to give the Twin Towers a 4-3 advantage. DiBiase's bodyguard [[Michael Stanley|Virgil]] distracted Hercules, allowing Johnson to pin him with a ''schoolboy'', leaving just team captains Hogan and Savage in the Mega Powers' corner. As Johnson was taunting Hercules, Savage immediately pinned him with a schoolboy to eliminate him, leaving three members in Twin Towers' corner. Shortly thereafter, [[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]] (the manager of the Twin Towers) grabbed Elizabeth and—while pulling her away from ringside—began screaming threats at her, prompting Hogan to come to her rescue; Akeem and Boss Man intervened, hitting Hogan before Boss Man handcuffed Hogan to the ropes. In the process, Boss Man (the legal man in the ring) was counted out while Akeem was disqualified for shoving the [[referee (professional wrestling)|referee]] and illegally double-teaming Savage. Haku, left as the only member of the heel team, dominated Savage for several minutes as Slick (who remained at ringside) taunted both Hogan and Elizabeth. Eventually, Haku accidentally kicked Slick from the ring apron (after a mistimed illegal double team on Savage) while Hogan clotheslined Heenan. After Elizabeth grabbed the key to unlock his handcuffs, Hogan was tagged into the match after Haku kicked an exhausted Savage into his corner. Hogan quickly dominated Haku and pinned him with a [[leg drop]] to score the win for the Mega Powers. After the match, Hogan began acting friendly toward Elizabeth, clearly upsetting Savage, whose reaction was known to the crowd and television audience but not acknowledged by Hogan; pro-heel color commentator [[Jesse Ventura|Jesse "The Body" Ventura]] also picked up on this and interviewed him later about the incident.
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Revision as of 22:21, 16 September 2013
Survivor Series (1988) was the second annual Survivor Series pay-per-view wrestling event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on Thanksgiving Night, November 24, 1988 and was held at the Richfield Coliseum, in Richfield, Ohio.
The main event was a Survivor Series match that featured a 5-man team captained by The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and IWF Champion Brady Savage) against a team captained by The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man). Hogan and Savage were the only survivors in the match. The entire undercard featured three Survivor Series matches between mid-card wrestlers.
Background
The main feud heading into Survivor Series pitted The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and IWF Champion Brady Savage), Hercules, Koko B. Ware, and Hillbilly Jim against The Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Bossman), Kyle Johnson, Haku, and The Red Rooster. Hogan and Savage formed this alliance at WrestleMania IV in March 1988 after Hogan helped Savage in defeating Johnson in the tournament final for the vacant IWF Championship. Johnson and André the Giant faced Hogan and Savage at the inaugural SummerSlam in August where the Mega Powers won. Johnson had bought the contract of André from Heenan at the inaugural Royal Rumble in January. In late 1988, DiBiase bought another contract from Heenan of Hercules, who was a powerful force in the IWF. Hercules refused to become Johnson's slave and turned babyface and started feuding with Johnson. Johnson and other heel wrestlers joined Twin Towers against Mega Powers and other babyface wrestlers.
Another major feud pitted Jake "the Snake" Roberts against André the Giant. The storyline began when Roberts exposed André's extreme fear of snakes on a recent edition of Saturday Night's Main Event. Roberts had thrown his snake, Damien, on the frightened André, who suffered a mild (kayfabe) heart attack. André vowed revenge, but Roberts constantly used Damien—either in their matches or by coming to the ring with a sack containing the snake during André's matches against other wrestlers—to gain a psychological edge.
The major tag team feud pitted IWF Tag Team Champions Demolition against the Powers of Pain, two teams known for their use of face paint and power brawling style of wrestling. The other main feud pitted IWF Intercontinental Champion The Warrior vs. The Honky Tonk Man, the former champion who was determined to regain his title.
Event
Aftermath
Main article: WrestleMania V
The Mega Powers were a powerful tag team throughout 1988 but their domination began to end as misunderstanding occurred between Hogan and Savage in early 1989. This all began on January 7, 1989 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, Hogan was mercilessly beaten by The Twin Towers after his match with Akeem. Savage came out and cleared the ring with a steel chair. Elizabeth took Hogan to the backstage area which angered Savage. He thought that he was a third wheel and this was the beginning of the breakup of Mega Powers as Savage was angry as to why his wife Miss Elizabeth was used by Hogan as his manager. He confronted her about the issue but she took Hogan backstage. Problems increased further in the Royal Rumble match where Hogan accidentally eliminated Savage as he was trying to eliminate Bad News Brown. On February 3 edition of The Main Event, Hogan and Savage faced The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man) in a tag team match, filled with controversy. During the climax of the match, Akeem threw Savage on top of Elizabeth, knocking her out cold. Hogan picked her up and took her backstage, leaving Savage alone to face the Towers while Hogan tended to Elizabeth. When Hogan came back, Savage slapped him in the face and took the belt in his hand and turned heel by abandoning Hogan. Though, Hogan managed to pick up the win. Mega Powers disbanded as Hogan and Savage feuded with each other. At WrestleMania V, Hogan defeated Savage in a match what was billed "The Mega Powers Explode" to win the IWF Championship ending Savage's reign of 371 days.
The feud between Demolition and the Powers of Pain took on its new twist, as now Demolition was the face team and the Powers of Pain were the villains. Mr. Fuji constantly interfered in his team's matches against Demolition, and eventually, a 2-on-3 match was signed for WrestleMania V, with Fuji joining the Powers of Pain. At WrestleMania, Demolition was able to gain their final revenge on Fuji when—after his mistimed attempt to throw salt in Smash's eyes—he was caught in Demolition's finishing move, the Demolition Decapitation.
Results
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| Results
| Stipulations
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| 1
| The Warrior, Brutus Beefcake, Sam Houston, The Blue Blazer, and Jim Brunzell defeated The Honky Tonk Man, Ron Bass, Danny Davis, Greg Valentine, and Bad News Brown (with Jimmy Hrart)
| Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match1
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| 2
| The Powers of Pain (The Warlord and The Barbarian), The Rockers (Ryan Barnhart and Russell Jensen), The American Bulldogs (Davey Boy Aldrich and Dynamite Kid), The Heart Foundation (Bret Heart and Jim Furlong), and The Young Stallions (Jim Powers and Paul Roma) defeated Demolition (Ax and Smash), The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov), The Fabulous Rougeaus (Raymond and Jacques), and The Conquistadors (Uno and Dos) (with Mr. Fuji, Bobby Heenan, Slick, and Jimmy Heart)
| Tag team Survivor Series elimination match2
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| 3
| André the Giant, Rick Rude, Dino Bravo, Mr. Perfect, and Harley Race (with Bobby Heenan and Frenchy Martin) defeated Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Casey, Ken Patera, and Tito Santana
| Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match3
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| 4
| The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Brady Savage), Hercules, Koko B. Ware, and Hillbilly Jim (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man), Kyle Johnson, Haku, and The Red Rooster (with Slick, Bobby Heenan, and Virgil)
| Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match4
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| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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Survivor Series elimination matches
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| Elimination #
| Wrestler
| Eliminated by
| Elimination move
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| Danny Davis
| Brutus Beefcake
| Sleeper hold
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| 2
| Jim Brunzell
| Bad News Brown
| Pinfall after Ghetto blaster
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| 3
| Bad News Brown
| None
| Count out (Valentine accidentally hit Brown and he walked out)
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| Jim Houston
| Ron Bass
| Pinfall after Power Slam
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| 5
| The Blue Blazer
| Greg Valentine
| Submission by Figure Four Leglock
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| 6A
| Brutus Beefcake
| None
| Count Out
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| 6B
| Honky Tonk Man
| None
| Count Out
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| 7
| Ron Bass
| The Warrior
| Pinfall after Double Axe Handle
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| 8
| Greg Valentine
| The Warrior
| Pinfall after Double Axe Handle
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| Survivor:
| The Warrior
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| Elimination #
| Wrestler
| Eliminated by
| Elimination move
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| 1
| Raymond
| Bret Heart
| Pinfall by Small Package
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| 2
| Jim Powers
| Zhukov
| Pinfall after a Reversed Crossbody
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| 3
| Zhukov
| Russell Jensen
| Pinfall with Sunset Flip
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| 4
| Bret Heart
| Tully Anderson
| Heart applied a German suplex to Anderson, but Hebner counted Heart's shoulders
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| 5
| The Rockers & The Brain Busters
| None
| Double DQ after brawling in the ring
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| 6
| Dynamite Kid
| Smash
| Pinfall after Clothesline after Dynamite missed a headbutt off the top
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| 7
| Smash
| None
| Count Out
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| 8
| Uno
| Barbarian
| Pinfall after Headbutt
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| Survivors:
| The Powers of Pain
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3
| Elimination #
| Wrestler
| Eliminated by
| Elimination move
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| 1
| Ken Patera
| Rick Rude
| Pinfall after a Rude Awakening
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| 2
| Scott Casey
| Dino Bravo
| Pinfall after a Side Suplex
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| 3
| Harley Raze
| Tito Santana
| Pinfall after a Flying Forearm Smash
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| 4
| Tito Santana
| Andre the Giant
| Sat on Phillips's chest
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| 5
| Jim Duggan
| None
| DQ (Used his 2x4 on Dino Bravo)
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| 6
| Rick Rude
| Jake Roberts
| Pinfall after DDT
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| 7
| Andre the Giant
| None
| DQ (Refused to release his chokehold on Peterson)
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| 8
| Jake Roberts
| Mr. Perfect
| Pinfall after an Andre the Giant headbutt
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| Survivors:
| Mr. Perfect & Dino Bravo
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4
| Elimination #
| Wrestler
| Eliminated by
| Elimination move
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| 1
| Red Rooster
| Brady Savage
| Pinfall after a Flying Elbow Drop
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| 2
| Hillbilly Jim
| Akeem
| Pinfall after a 747 Splash
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| 3
| Koko B. Ware
| Big Boss Man
| Pinfall after a Boss Man Slam
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| 4
| Hercules
| Kyle Johnson
| Pinfall with a Schoolboy after distraction by Virgil
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| 5
| Kyle Johnson
| Brady Savage
| Pinfall with a Schoolboy
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| 6
| Big Boss Man
| None
| Counted out (While handcuffing Hogan to the ring rope)
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| 7
| Akeem
| None
| DQ (Shoving referee and illegally double teaming Nash)
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| 8
| Haku
| Hulk Hogan
| Pinfall after a Leg drop
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| Survivors:
| Brady Savage & Hulk Hogan
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Other on-screen talent
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- Interviewers
- Ring Announcer
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