Backstage: Sean Mooney is in the interview area with The Hulkamaniacs, Hulk Hogan speaking about surviving the treacherous WWF waters for a number of years. He talks about assembling the best team of Hulkamaniacs he could find. Big Boss Man talks about being a survivor all his life, he wonders if Bobby Heenan can survive. Tugboat claims he’s like the battleship Missouri, Hacksaw vows to not let any of his teammates down. Hogan says they fight tonight for the men and women in the Middle East, offering their services to fight after they finish off The Natural Disasters.

Match #4 – Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Dino Bravo, Haku & The Barbarian) w/’Mouth Of The South’ Jimmy Hart & Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan vs. The Hulkamaniacs (Tugboat, ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan, Big Boss Man & Hulk Hogan)
Hacksaw gets the start for his squad against Haku, gets the “USA” chants going, collar & elbow and they exchange shots. Haku backs Duggan into the corner, whips him across, Hacksaw reverses and ducks to avoid Haku springing off the 2nd rope for a crossbody. Duggan with multiple clotheslines, shoots Haku into the ropes for a back elbow, whips him in once more for another clothesline, missing a follow-up elbow drop. Bravo gets the tag in, splits Hacksaw with an inverted atomic drop, then brings The Barbarian in.

He delivers a couple of chops, tag back to Haku who sends Duggan to the ropes for a back elbow, Hacksaw falls backwards and Boss Man tags himself into the match. Boss Man firing away with stiff right hands, Haku reverses a whip into the ropes and hits a dropkick for a count of 2. He attempts to shoot Boss Man into the ropes, it’s reversed and Haku gets planted with a Boss Man Slam for a 1-2-3. Haku has been eliminated. Boss Man goes after Dino on the apron, Barbarian enters the ring from behind and hammers away. Irish whip to the ropes, Boss Man reverses and nails a big boot, hits the ropes for momentum and drops Barbarian with a back elbow.

Heenan gets on the apron and Boss Man makes him pay with a right hand, turns and fires off a flurry to Barbarian. He sends him into the ropes for a hip toss, Barbarian blocks it and connects with a vertical suplex, slams Boss Man to the mat and misses a 2nd rope elbow drop. Hacksaw tags in, reverses a whip into the ropes, misses a right hand, but follows with a back body drop. Barbarian rolls to the corner and tags The Canadian Strongman, he connects with rights and tags Quake for a double clothesline. Earthquake drives Duggan into the turnbuckles, squashes him with his body weight, Hacksaw slips out for a slam attempt and can’t lift the 400 pounder.

Quake shoots Hacksaw into the ropes, Duggan ducks a right and delivers a forearm shot that staggers the big man. Hacksaw with another getting the same result, goes into the ropes once more and Jimmy Hart pulls the top rope, sending Duggan spilling to the floor. Hacksaw chases Hart around ringside, grabs his 2×4 and they slide into the ring. Duggan drives the 2×4 into the breadbasket of Earthquake, connects with another shot to the back and he’s disqualified. ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan has been eliminated. The Hulkster hits the ring and unloads with heavy rights, Dino and Barbarian come in and get served some as well, followed by consecutive slams. Hogan clears the ring and slams Earthquake, sends him to the corner and follows in with a clothesline.

He reigns down right hands from the 2nd rope, Quake powers his way out of the corner and plants Hulk with a powerslam. The Canadian Strongman back in for multiple elbow drops, has a quick word in the corner, looks to bring Hogan to his feet and is caught in a small package for the pinfall. Dino Bravo has been eliminated. Quake comes back in as Boss Man gets the tag, he buries fists to the midsection in the corner, Earthquake reverses a whip across, tries for the corner splash and Boss Man avoids it. He heads to the top rope for a crossbody, Quake catches him in the air, Hogan steps in and pushes them over, Boss Man falling on top for a near fall.

Big Boss Man hits the ropes for a shoulder block, it merely staggers Earthquake, Boss Man to the ropes again and Barbarian drives a knee to the kidneys from the apron. Quake with consecutive big elbow drops, hooks the leg and gets the elimination. Big Boss Man has been eliminated. Hulk jumps in after the 3 count, shoots Quake into the ropes for a big boot, drops Barbarian off the apron with a right, staggers Earthquake with a clothesline and tries another slam. Quake blocks it, then another and lands on top of Hogan. Earthquake looks for a splash, Hulkster rolls out of the way, crawls to tag Tugboat and he hits the ring with clubbing shots to Quake and Barbarian.

He whips Earthquake into the ropes for a shoulder tackle, hits another and Hogan drags Quake to the outside. Tugboat follows out and the brawl is on, Hulk getting sent spine-first into the ring post in the process, the referee’s count continues and neither man makes it in before a 10 count. Tugboat & Earthquake have been eliminated. We’re down to 1 on 1, Barbarian hops to the floor to take advantage of the situation, sending Hulk into the ring and pounding away at the lower back. He buries right hands into the breadbasket in the corner, spikes Hulk with a piledriver and gets a count of 2.

Irish whip into the ropes, both guys are thinking clothesline and they double down on the canvas. They struggle to their feet, Barbarian drops Hogan with a big boot, then scales the turnbuckle for a top rope clothesline and a near fall. Hogan with an authoritative kick-out and he’s Hulking Up, delivers heavy right hands, sends Barbarian in for the big boot and follows with the leg drop for the victory.
Winner & Sole Survivor: Hulk Hogan

• After The Bell: Bobby Heenan gets a little too close to Hogan and pays for it, getting tossed over the top rope for his troubles. The Hulkster with his signature poses for the crowd in celebration.
• EA’s Take: A little sloppy here, but not as much as our opening contest. Pretty predictable with Hogan being the only survivor and Warrior being the lone babyface to advance to tonight’s main event. Much of the rivalries for the participants in this contest were coming to a close, namely Hogan/Earthquake and Duggan/Bravo. Big Boss Man’s issues with The Heenan Family would continue on, but other than that it’s fresh starts for everyone else going into the new year.

In The Arena: ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund welcomes his guest ‘Macho King’ Randy Savage, asking him about being a spectator at this year’s Survivor Series. Savage calls himself the future WWF Champion, calling out Warrior for a title shot. Gene reminds him that he had Queen Sherri do his dirty work previously by insulting the champion, Macho bringing up Sherri slapping Warrior and getting no response for his challenges. Okerlund brings up Warrior searching for Savage on those occasions, but never finding him. Macho King says the champion was looking in the wrong places and after he proves he’s the best, he might just retire.

Match #5 – Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match: The Alliance (Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana & The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) vs. The Mercenaries (Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zhukov & The Orient Express (Sato & Tanaka) w/General Adnan & Mr. Fuji
Zhukov & Butch lead the way here, Butch with lefts and rights to the breadbasket, backing Boris into his corner. Luke with a shot to the eyes from the apron, steps in and The Bushwhackers team up for a double clothesline. Santana gets the tag, Boris reverses an irish whip, ducks a clothesline and gets caught with the flying forearm for a quick 3 count. Boris Zhukov has been eliminated.

Sato ambushes Tito after the fall, hammering Santana into the canvas with chops and boots. Standing side kick from Sato, Tanaka gets the tag and looks for one of his own, Tito ducks out of the way and Sato gets clocked. Butch re-enters the match with a shoulder block for Sato, hits the ropes for another and follows with a clothesline. Luke steps in and they score with the Battering Ram to Sato, Butch makes the cover and Sato’s night is finished. Sato has been eliminated. Tanaka creeps up from behind, lays Butch out and attempts a follow-up headbutt, but misses. Tito tags and connects with the flying forearm, quickly covers and gets the 1-2-3. Tanaka has been eliminated.

Slaughter steps in and Volkoff immediately hops in and fires away, the ref forces him back out and he gets the tag anyways. He shoots Sarge into the ropes, delivers a boot to the midsection, a couple more kicks and Slaughter drops. Back into the ropes we go, Nikolai goes for the same kick to the ribs, Slaughter catches the foot and decapitates Volkoff with a clothesline. He follows with numerous elbow drops, sends Nikolai to the ropes and buries a back elbow to the midsection. Slaughter hammers Volkoff on the ropes, Nikolai tries to fight back, but Sarge goes to the eyes, then drives him skull-first into the turnbuckle.

Sarge in total control, continuing the punishment and scoring with a dropkick out of the irish whip, snapmares Nikolai over, drops another elbow and gets a count of 3. Nikolai Volkoff has been eliminated. Butch comes in with a flurry of shots to the ribs, hits the ropes for a forearm that staggers Slaughter, Luke hits the ring and they plant Sarge with a double slam. They level Slaughter with a double clothesline, Luke covers and only gets 2. Luke hits the ropes for a flying back elbow, ascends to the top rope for a splash and Slaughter gets the knees up, following with a gutbuster and a pinfall. Luke has been eliminated.

Butch attempts to avenge his partner, burying fists to the midsection, Sarge reverses a whip into the corner and Butch hits sternum-first. Slaughter lays him out with a clothesline, makes the cover and that’s it. Butch has been eliminated. It’s 1 on 1 now as Tito hits Slaughter with a dropkick to the back, shoots Sarge into the corner and flips him with a back body drop off the rebound. Santana to the top, scores with a crossbody for a near fall, whips him into the corner for a monkey flip, but Slaughter hangs onto the ropes. Sarge plants Tito with a swinging neckbreaker for a count of 2, Slaughter with a backbreaker and again only gets 2.

Tito fires up, Slaughter thwarts the momentum by going to the eyes, hits a delayed vertical suplex and Santana kicks out at 2. Sarge misses a knee drop, Tito to the side headlock, Slaughter pushes him off and the ref gets leveled. Slaughter keeps the pressure on Santana, shoots him into the ropes and Tito hits the flying forearm. Adnan hits the ring and drives his flagstaff into Tito’s back, Slaughter hooks in the Camel Clutch and the referee stops the match. The outside official saw the interference and Slaughter is disqualified.
Winner & Sole Survivor: Tito Santana

• EA’s Take: This is where tonight’s format seems to screw with the storylines a little bit. It makes no sense in any context of the storyline for Slaughter to lose to Tito here. Sarge was in the midst of a big push as the company’s top heel and seemed to only lose because another babyface was needed for the main event. Regardless, a lot of quick falls in this one involving a lot of the lower card talent. The deck is stacked against the babyfaces in the Grand Finale Match Of Survival At Survivor Series Where You Must Survive or whatever it is they’re calling it.

Backstage: Sean Mooney is in the locker room with all the heels in tonight’s Grand Finale. Rick Martel talks about his entire team surviving due to unity and teamwork. Ted DiBiase says that in addition to that, he’s given a lot of incentive money to his partners to get the job done tonight. He speaks about the bad blood between Hogan & Warrior, while Tito just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

In The Arena: ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund is standing by the giant egg which will crack tonight, finally revealing what’s inside after weeks of anticipation. The egg starts to the crack and someone in a giant turkey suit pops out. Okerlund wonders what is going on, the turkey reveals himself as The Gobbledy Gooker, drags Gene to the ring and they proceed to dance.

• EA’s Take: Good lord, this is just all sorts of bad and one of the most infamous moments in WWE history. It’s such a shame that a great worker like Hector Guerrero would only ever be known to WWF fans as The Gobbledy Gooker. The real backstory here is that ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair had been in discussions with Vince McMahon about jumping ship and was originally supposed to be revealed as what was inside the egg. When Flair ended up staying in WCW, another plan had to be put into place and thus, you get this disaster.

Backstage: Joining Sean Mooney is Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior & Tito Santana who have the odds against them in tonight’s Grand Finale. Hogan says they aren’t worried about the odds because they have millions of Hulkamaniacs watching their backs. Tito speaks about being here only to survive, while Warrior raves about walking with all their fans at their side.

Match #7 – Grand Finale Match Of Survival: ‘The Model’ Rick Martel, Power & Glory (Paul Roma & Hercules), The Warlord & ‘The Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase w/Virgil & Slick vs. Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana & WWF Champion The Ultimate Warrior
Warlord & Tito to kick us off, Warlord sends Santana into the ropes and is dropped right off the bat with a flying forearm, Tito covers and Warlord’s gone. The Warlord has been eliminated. Roma steps in and beats down Santana, shoots him into the ropes and plants him with a powerslam. DiBiase tags in, drops a knee and follows with a vertical suplex for a 2 count.

The MDM sends Tito into the ropes for a clothesline, Santana ducks and scores with one of his own, whips DiBiase into the corner and hits a back body drop off the rebound. He calls for the flying forearm, hits the ropes and MDM ducks it. DiBiase sends Santana back in, avoids a clothesline and drops Tito on the ropes with a hot shot for a count of 3. Tito Santana has been eliminated. The Hulkster takes the ring and DiBiase attempts to beg off to no avail, Hogan sends him into the corner and follows in with a clothesline.

Irish whip and Hulk looks for a back body drop, DiBiase sees it coming and connects with a kick before tagging out to Hercules. He hammers away at the lower back, lays Hogan out with a clothesline and makes the tag to Roma for a double axe from the top that gets 2. Roma keeps the pressure on with shots to the back, The Model gets the tag and continues to punish the kidney area. Hercules back in with the heavy artillery, works Hogan over in the corner and rams him head-first into the top turnbuckle. The MDM back in with a double axe from the 2nd rope, follows with a knee drop and gets a count of 2.

DiBiase with his patented fist drops for another count of 2, The Mighty Hercules comes in and unloads with lefts and right, then props Hulk on the top turnbuckle. Roma tags and they connect with the Power-Plex, Roma makes the cover and Hogan kicks at 2. Roma can’t believe it, Hulk gets to his feet and flattens him with a clothesline, covers and gets the 1-2-3. Paul Roma has been eliminated. The Model jumps The Hulkster after the 3 count, shoots him in for a back body drop, Hogan has it scouted and counters with a kick, tagging out to the champion.

Warrior with a flurry of kicks in the corner, sends Martel across and flips him with a back body drop, turning his attention to Herc & DiBiase on the apron. Martel tries to take advantage, but his punches are having no affect, the champion scoring with multiple slams and a facebuster. Hulk tags in and drops The Model with a big boot out of the ropes, clotheslines him out to the floor and Martel walks away, indicating he’s had enough as the referee counts to 10. ‘The Model’ Rick Martel has been eliminated.

DiBiase is hot at Martel for walking out, he locks up with Hogan, backs him into the corner and fires off lefts and rights. Hulk reverses a whip across, charges in with a corner clothesline and drops Hercules on the apron with a right hand. Hulkster lays The MDM out with the big boot, drops the big leg and picks up a 3 count. ‘The Million Dollar Man’ Ted DiBiase has been eliminated. Hercules hits the ring and runs into a powerslam from The Hulkster, the champion tags and builds momentum with multiple clotheslines. He hits the ropes for a shoulder tackle, squashes Herc with the splash and gets the win.
Winners & Sole Survivors: Hulk Hogan & The Ultimate Warrior

• After The Bell: Warrior & Hogan get their hands on Slick and toss him over the top rope before exchanging signs of respect towards one another and celebrating to end the show.
• EA’s Take: As is the case with all WWF PPVs of this era, the babyfaces walk away with the big win to finish off the night. There wasn’t much need for the added match here, but I applaud that the company realized that Survivor Series format had been getting repetitive and unexciting. They just haven’t found the cure for it at this point.

EA’s Finisher: While it was a good effort in trying to make the Survivor Series format feel fresh, there’s still work to be done with it. 4 on 4 teams is a good concept, but with all the winners advancing to a ‘Grand Finale’ it really takes away from the unpredictability factor. Slaughter losing while undergoing a big push made no sense if it not for tonight’s format and inevitably we end with Hogan & Warrior celebrating in the ring. It’s still very hard to showcase talent in these big tag matches and often times it doesn’t seem like it should start or end a rivalry, but be a continuation of one. Additionally, you had the complete flop known as The Gobbledy Gooker. ‘Nuff said.

Top Three To Watch
1 – The Dream Team vs. The Million Dollar Team
2 – The Visionaries vs. The Vipers
3 – The Hulkamaniacs vs. The Natural Disasters

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