Survivor Series (1990)

This event is famous for seeing the on-screen debut of The Undertaker,^[2] who went on to become the WWF World Heavyweight 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. Randy Savage challenged The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Rick Rude was replaced by Haku after being suspended by WWF President Jack Tunney for insulting the mother of the Big Boss Man; in reality, the suspension explained Rude's departure from the WWF over a dispute.

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 would use the name for its "Gooker Award", presented for the worst gimmicks, storylines or events in wrestling.

Sgt. Slaughter and Randy Savage both received matches against the Ultimate Warrior for the World Heavyweight Championship. Warrior was initially successful in answering both foes' challenges. Meanwhile, Slaughter and his manager, General Adnan, cut several anti-American 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. Slaughter – with help from both Savage and Savage's manager, Sensational Sherri – won the World title from Warrior at the Royal Rumble, with the event taking place two days after the start of the Persian Gulf War.

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 World Heavyweight title.

Since the formation of Demolition in 1987, they had been compared to the Legion of Doom as to who the best power-brawling tag team was. The feud between Demolition (which by now was Brian Adams and Barry Darsow as Crush and Smash, respectively) and LOD continued to rage into the end of 1990, with LOD eventually proving decisively they were the best team. (In part, the feud had not had the anticipated intensity because of Bill Eadie's reduced role in the tag team; he had competed as Ax, due to health problems and his focus on gaining an office role.) As such, Demolition began losing their push, Mr. Fuji was phased back in as their manager (after dramatically splitting from them two years earlier) and their last major tag team appearance at a United States pay-per-view event was at WrestleMania VII, where the team lost to Genichiro Tenryu and Koji Kitao. LOD, meanwhile, would eventually become World Tag Team Champions.

The Undertaker would quickly become over with fans as he easily handled lower-card competition during his first months in the WWF. He quickly earned his first main-event feud with the Ultimate Warrior, with that feud starting shortly after WrestleMania VII and kick-starting a career with WWF/WWE that has lasted for more than 25 years.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[1]
1^D	Shane Douglas defeated Buddy Rose^[4]	Singles match	Unknown
2	The Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal), and The Texas Tornado) defeated The Perfect Team (Mr. Perfect and Demolition (Ax, Smash and Crush)) (with Bobby Heenan and Mr. Fuji)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match^Eliminations	14:20
3	The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, The Undertaker, and Rhythm and Blues (The Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine)) (with Virgil, Jimmy Hart and Brother Love) defeated The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Koko B. Ware and The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart))	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match^Eliminations	13:54
4	The Visionaries (Rick Martel, The Warlord and Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma)) (with Slick) defeated The Vipers (Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka and The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty))	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match^Eliminations	17:42
5	The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jim Duggan, Big Boss Man, and Tugboat) defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Haku, Dino Bravo, and The Barbarian) (with Jimmy Hart and Bobby Heenan)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match^Eliminations	14:49
6	The Alliance (Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana, and The Bushwhackers (Luke WIlliams and Butch Miller) defeated The Mercenaries (Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zhukov, and The Orient Express (Sato and Tanaka) (with Mr. Fuji and General Adnan)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match^Eliminations	10:52
7	Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, and Tito Santana defeated Ted DiBiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord, and Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) (with Virgil and Slick)	Match Of Survival 3-on-5 Survivor Series elimination match^Eliminations	09:07
D – indicates the match was a dark match

Survivor Series elimination matches

Elimination no.	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Ax	Perfect Team	The Ultimate Warrior	Pinfall after a Warrior Splash	03:23
2	Smash, Crush and LOD	Perfect Team and Warriors	N/A	Disqualification for brawling inside the ring	07:36
3	Texas Tornado	Warriors	Mr. Perfect	Pinfall by Perfect Plex	11:02
4	Mr. Perfect	Perfect Team	The Ultimate Warrior	Pinfall after a Warrior Splash	14:20
Survivor:	The Ultimate Warrior (The Warriors)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Howard Finkel

Referees

References

1 2 "Survivor Series 1990". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
↑ Ted DiBiase: The Million Dollar Man, p.177, Ted DiBiase with Tom Caiazzo, Pocket Books, New York, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-5890-3
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARbSiRJXsU
↑ Survivor Series results, from TheHistoryOfWWE.com

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

External links

Official 1990 Survivor Series website

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