Survivor Series (1990) was the fourth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on Thanksgiving Day , November 22, 1990, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut .
This event is known for the on-screen debut of The Undertaker ,[ 2] who went on to become the WWF Champion at the next Survivor Series , and the appearance of the Gobbledy Gooker . In addition, Sgt. Slaughter , who then portrayed an Iraqi sympathizer, insulted servicemen stationed in Iraq for Thanksgiving during Operation Desert Shield . In an interview, Randy Savage challenged The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF World Championship. Haku replaced Rick Rude , who had left the WWF over a dispute. In the storyline, he was suspended by WWF President Jack Tunney for insulting the mother of the Big Boss Man .
Aftermath
Crowd reaction to the Gobbledy Gooker was extremely negative, with fans loudly booing as the costumed Héctor Guerrero danced in the ring with announcer Gene Okerlund . Although the character made a handful of appearances in taped promos following the Survivor Series,[ 3] the Gobbledy Gooker soon disappeared and was not mentioned again until the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-Seven . Several years later, WrestleCrap used the name for its "Gooker Award", presented for the worst gimmicks, storylines or events in wrestling.
Sgt. Slaughter and Randy Savage both challenged the Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Championship. Slaughter and his manager, General Adnan , also cut several anti-American, pro-Iraqi promos – all airing at a time when the United States was engaged in Operation Desert Shield , all to build up heat for his match against Warrior at the 1991 Royal Rumble , held two days after the start of the war against Iraq. Slaughter – with help from both Savage and his manager, Sensational Sherri – won the title from Warrior at the Royal Rumble. Warrior defeated Savage in a career-ending match at Wrestlemania VII after which Savage turned face and reunited with former manager Miss Elizabeth , ultimately winning back the belt a year later at Wrestlemania VIII . Savage and Warrior fought one more time for the title at SummerSlam (1992) in a match plagued by interference from Ric Flair and Mr Perfect .
Hogan went on to focus on wrapping up his feud with Earthquake with a series of stretcher matches, which Hogan won, before going on to challenge Slaughter for the WWF title.
Since the formation of Demolition in 1987, they had been compared to the Legion of Doom (LOD). The feud between the LOD and Demolition (which by now was Crush and Smash ) continued to rage into the end of 1990, with LOD eventually proving decisively they were the better team. (In part, the feud had not had the anticipated intensity because of Ax 's reduced role in the tag team due to health problems.) Demolition's last pay-per-view appearance was at WrestleMania VII , where the team lost to Genichiro Tenryu and Koji Kitao . LOD eventually became WWF Tag Team Champions.
The Undertaker quickly got over with fans as he easily handled lower-card competition during his first months in the WWF. He started his first main event feud with The Ultimate Warrior shortly after WrestleMania VII.
Results No. Results Stipulations Times[ 1] 1 Shane Douglas defeated Buddy Rose [ 4] Singles match — 2 The Warriors (Animal , Hawk , The Texas Tornado and The Ultimate Warrior ) defeated The Perfect Team (Ax , Crush , Mr. Perfect and Smash ) (with Bobby Heenan and Mr. Fuji ) 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination matchEliminations 14:20 3 The Million Dollar Team (The Honky Tonk Man , Greg Valentine , Ted DiBiase and The Undertaker ) (with Brother Love , Jimmy Hart and Virgil ) defeated The Dream Team (Bret Hart , Dusty Rhodes , Koko B. Ware and Jim Neidhart )[ a] 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination matchEliminations 13:54 4 The Visionaries (Hercules , Paul Roma , Rick Martel and The Warlord ) (with Slick ) defeated The Vipers (Jake Roberts , Jimmy Snuka , Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels ) 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination matchEliminations 17:42 5 The Hulkamaniacs (Big Boss Man , Hulk Hogan , Jim Duggan and Tugboat ) defeated The Natural Disasters (The Barbarian , Dino Bravo , Earthquake and Haku ) (with Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart ) 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination matchEliminations 14:49 6 The Alliance (Butch , Luke , Nikolai Volkoff and Tito Santana ) defeated The Mercenaries (Boris Zhukov , Sgt. Slaughter , Sato and Tanaka ) (with Mr. Fuji and General Adnan ) 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination matchEliminations 10:52 7 Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana and The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel, Ted DiBiase and The Warlord (with Virgil and Slick) 3-on-5 Survivor Series elimination matchEliminations 09:07
Survivor Series elimination matches
^1
Elimination no.
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time
1
Ax
The Perfect Team
The Ultimate Warrior
Pinfall after a Warrior Splash
03:23
2
Smash, Crush, Hawk and Animal
The Perfect Team and The Warriors
N/A
Disqualification for brawling inside the ring
07:36
3
The Texas Tornado
The Warriors
Mr. Perfect
Pinfall by Perfect Plex
11:02
4
Mr. Perfect
The Perfect Team
The Ultimate Warrior
Pinfall after a Warrior Splash
14:20
Survivor:
The Ultimate Warrior (The Warriors)
^2
Elimination no.
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time
1
Koko B. Ware
Dream Team
The Undertaker
Pinfall after a Tombstone Piledriver
01:39
2
The Honky Tonk Man
Million Dollar Team
Jim Neidhart
Pinfall after a Powerslam
04:16
3
Jim Neidhart
Dream Team
Ted DiBiase
Pinfall after outside assistance from Virgil
05:49
4
Dusty Rhodes
Dream Team
The Undertaker
Pinfall after Double axe handle off the top rope
08:26
5
The Undertaker
Million Dollar Team
N/A
Counted out after going after Rhodes
09:17
6
Greg Valentine
Million Dollar Team
Bret Hart
Figure four Leg lock attempt countered into a small package
09:57
7
Bret Hart
Dream Team
Ted DiBiase
Reversed a flying bodypress
13:54
Survivor:
Ted DiBiase (Million Dollar Team)
^3
Elimination no.
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time
1
Marty Jannetty
The Vipers
The Warlord
Pinfall after a Powerslam
05:03
2
Jimmy Snuka
The Vipers
Rick Martel
Pinfall with an inside cradle
09:28
3
Shawn Michaels
The Vipers
Paul Roma
Pinfall after a Powerplex (Superplex /Splash )
15:40
4
Jake Roberts
The Vipers
N/A
Counted out going after Martel
17:42
Survivors:
The Visionaries (clean sweep)
^4
Elimination no.
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time
1
Haku
The Natural Disasters
Big Boss Man
Pinfall after a Boss Man Slam
03:15
2
Jim Duggan
Hulkamaniacs
N/A
Disqualified after hitting Earthquake with 2x4
06:12
3
Dino Bravo
The Natural Disasters
Hulk Hogan
Pinfall with a small package
07:59
4
Big Boss Man
Hulkamaniacs
Earthquake
Pinfall after an elbow drop
09:08
5
Tugboat & Earthquake
Hulkamaniacs & The Natural Disasters
N/A
Double countout
11:33
6
The Barbarian
The Natural Disasters
Hulk Hogan
Pinfall after a leg drop
14:49
Survivor:
Hulk Hogan (Hulkamaniacs)
^5
Elimination no.
Wrestler
Team
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time
1
Boris Zhukov
The Mercenaries
Tito Santana
Pinfall after a Flying Forearm
0:48
2
Sato
The Mercenaries
Butch
Pinfall after a Battering Ram
1:46
3
Tanaka
The Mercenaries
Tito Santana
Pinfall after a Flying Forearm
2:13
4
Nikolai Volkoff
The Alliance
Sgt. Slaughter
Pinfall after an elbow drop
5:25
5
Luke
The Alliance
Sgt. Slaughter
Pinfall after a Gutbuster
6:30
6
Butch
The Alliance
Sgt. Slaughter
Pinfall after a Clothesline
6:53
7
Sgt. Slaughter
The Mercenaries
N/A
Disqualification after Adnan hit Santana with an Iraqi flag.
10:52
Survivor:
Tito Santana (The Alliance)
^6
Elimination no.
Wrestler
Eliminated by
Elimination move
Time
1
The Warlord
Tito Santana
Pinfall after a Flying Forearm
0:28
2
Tito Santana
Ted DiBiase
Pinfall after a hotshot
1:51
3
Paul Roma
Hulk Hogan
Pinfall after a clothesline
5:57
4
Rick Martel
N/A
Counted out when he deserted his team
7:17
5
Ted DiBiase
Hulk Hogan
Pinfall after a leg drop
8:30
6
Hercules
The Ultimate Warrior
Pinfall after a Warrior Splash
9:07
Survivors:
Hulk Hogan & The Ultimate Warrior
Other on-screen talent
Commentators
Interviewers
Ring Announcer
Referees
Notes
^ This match was dedicated to Bret Hart's brother Dean who died the day before.[ 5]
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