Survivor Series (1993)

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Survivor Series
Promotion
World Wrestling Federation
DateNovember 24, 1993
CityBoston, Massachusetts
VenueBoston Garden
Attendance15,509
Buy rate180,000[1]
Tagline(s)"The Thanksgiving Tradition All Americans/Foreign Fanatics Wait For!"
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The 1993 Survivor Series was the seventh annual

dark match before the live
broadcast.

The event consisted of four tag-team elimination matches and a bout for the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Championship. The main event match saw the All-Americans, a team of face wrestlers from the United States, competing against the Foreign Fanatics, a team of heels that represented other countries. The All-Americans won the match when Lex Luger was the last man remaining. In an undercard match, four members of the Hart family competed against Shawn Michaels and a group of masked men. The original plan was for the Harts to face Jerry Lawler, with whom they were feuding, but Lawler was not able to appear at the event having been fired after being indicted for raping a 13-year-old girl.[2][3][4] The Harts won the match, but a confrontation between Bret Hart and Owen Hart after the match led to Owen turning against the family the following year.

The majority of the feuds remained unresolved and carried on to future events.

WWF Intercontinental Championship against Schyster at the Royal Rumble. This event also marked the beginning of The Undertaker's feud with Yokozuna, and Yokozuna defended his WWF World Heavyweight Championship
against The Undertaker at the 1994 Royal Rumble.

Production

Background

tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 1993 event was the seventh event in the Survivor Series chronology and was scheduled to be held on Thanksgiving Eve on November 24, 1993, at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.[7]

Storylines

Harvey Wippleman caused problems between Rick Martel and Adam Bomb
.

Several

Harvey Wippleman, was at ringside to help Martel in a match against Ramon. Wippleman was standing in the way of the match, and Martel ran in to him. While Martel was distracted, Ramon pinned him to win the match. Martel then yelled at Wippleman and pushed him. Bomb came to the ring to defend his manager, and an argument ensued until Diesel and Schyster came to the ring to calm their teammates.[12]

WWF World Heavyweight Championship against Michaels.[22]

Bam Bam Bigelow feuded with Doink the Clown prior to Survivor Series.

The

The Heavenly Bodies over the title for over a year.[24] The rivalry had been violent at times, including a barbed wire cage match and a Texas deathmatch.[25]

Samu and Fatu), a team of Samoans who were portrayed as savages,[29] to face four Doinks. To promote the match, Doink appeared on the video wall that was part of the set during Bigelow's matches leading up to the event. The wall used a split screen to show multiple Doinks talking and laughing at the same time.[12]

In the

Mr. Fuji, claiming that they sympathized with Crush's sense of betrayal by Savage. Savage tried to make amends with Crush, who then attacked Savage and announced that he had turned against Savage and the United States and was aligning himself with Yokozuna, Fuji, and Japan.[12]

Event

Other on-screen personnel[7]
Role: Name:
Commentator Vince McMahon
Bobby Heenan
Jim Ross (Radio WWF)
Gorilla Monsoon (Radio WWF)
Ray Combs
Interviewer Todd Pettengill
Ring announcer Howard Finkel
Referee Dave Hebner
Danny Davis
Joey Marella
Tim White
Razor Ramon
from the opening match.

Prior to the televised broadcast,

The Brooklyn Brawler in a dark match.[36] The first match on the pay-per-view event saw Razor Ramon, Randy Savage, the 1–2–3 Kid, and Marty Jannetty face Diesel, Irwin R. Schyster, Rick Martel, and Adam Bomb. Prior to the match, Ramon announced that Savage was taking the place of Perfect, who was unable to appear.[37] Martel and Ramon began the match in the ring, but Martel soon tagged out to bring Bomb into the match. Ramon performed a suplex on Bomb and attempted to pin his opponent. Martel tried to rescue his partner but ended up hitting Bomb instead and causing an argument. The 1–2–3 Kid entered the match but was overpowered by Bomb and Diesel. After the Kid tagged out, Savage performed a diving elbow drop on Diesel before getting the pinfall to eliminate Diesel from the match. Ramon was attacked by his opponents but eventually tagged Savage back into the match. Savage got distracted when Crush appeared in the aisle, however, which allowed Schyster to eliminate him from the match. Ramon then performed a Razor's Edge on Schyster and pinned him. Ramon attempted the same move on Martel, but Schyster snuck back into the ring and hit Ramon with a briefcase. Ramon fell out of the ring and was counted out of the match. The remaining four wrestlers fought back and forth, but the 1–2–3 Kid eventually pinned Martel after a sunset flip. Almost immediately, Jannetty performed a sunset flip on Bomb to win the match for his team.[38][39]

Owen Hart confronted his brother Bret after their match.

The next bout was the "Family Feud" match that saw the Hart brothers (Bret, Owen, Bruce, and Keith) facing Shawn Michaels and His Knights. The knights wore masks to hide their identities, but it has been revealed that Jeff Gaylord was the Black Knight, Greg Valentine was the Blue Knight, and Barry Horowitz was the Red Knight.[40] Ray Combs, then host of Family Feud, told jokes to insult Shawn Michaels prior to the bout and later served as guest commentator for the match.[7] Michaels began the match by wrestling Bruce Hart. Although Michaels was able to go on the offensive against the Hart brothers, the knights were unable to achieve much success against the Harts. At one point, all four wrestlers brawled in the ring, but Owen was able to eliminate the Black Knight after performing a missile dropkick. Michaels and the knights regained control of the match, but Bret turned things around by eliminating the Red Knight via submission to the Sharpshooter. Bret sustained a kayfabe injury after being thrown out of the ring and sat out of the match for a few minutes. Meanwhile, Michaels provoked Stu Hart into punching him. Inside the ring, Owen forced the Blue Knight to submit to the Sharpshooter, which left Michaels by himself. While Bret was standing on the ring apron, however, Owen ran in to him and got distracted. This allowed Michaels to pin Owen and eliminate him from the match. Bret dominated the rest of the match against Michaels until Michaels walked back to the locker room. As a result, Michaels was counted out, and the Harts won the match.[38][39] After the match, Owen returned to the ring and yelled at Bret, blaming Bret for causing him to be eliminated from the match.[19]

All four men began the SMW Tag Team Championship match in the ring. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) controlled most of the opening of the match with aerial maneuvers against The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray and Tom Prichard). Del Ray tried to help his partner but

superkicked him instead. The Heavenly Bodies gained the advantage after Prichard performed a powerbomb on Morton, which Del Ray followed with a moonsault. Del Ray and Morton fought back and forth, with Del Ray performing another moonsault and Morton executing a hurricanrana. After all four wrestlers brawled in the ring once more, Del Ray hit Gibson in the back with a tennis racquet. Prichard then pinned Gibson to win the belts for The Heavenly Bodies.[38][39]

The next match pitted Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger and The Headshrinkers (accompanied by

splash on him, and the referee counted the pin as the other three Doinks piled on. After the match, the real Doink the Clown appeared on the video screen to taunt Bigelow.[38][39]

In the final match of the evening, The All-Americans, consisting of Lex Luger, The Undertaker, and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner), competed against the Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga, Quebecer Jacques, and Crush). Scott Steiner and Jacques began the match, but Scott soon tagged in his brother Rick. Rick knocked Yokozuna out of the ring, but he was unable to perform much offense against Borga. Rick attempted a

running forearm smash and pinned Borga to win the match. After the match, Santa Claus came to the ring to celebrate with Luger.[38][39]

Reception

The attendance for the event was 15,509, which generated $180,000 in ticket sales.[36] This was the lowest attendance for a Survivor Series event since 1989.[36] The pay-per-view buyrate was 0.82, down from 1.4 the previous year, and was the lowest buyrate in Survivor Series history to that point.[36]

The event has been rated by several sources. Adam Gutschmidt, writing for Online Onslaught, stated that "many of the substitutions hurt the matches" and that "the main event was bland".[38] The Other Arena opined that the Four Doinks match was the worst on the card and that the confrontation between Lex Luger and Ludvig Borga was boring.[39] Scott Criscuolo and Justin Rozzero reviewed the event for The History of WWE. Both writers gave Survivor Series 1993 a "C" rating and viewed the Family Feud match as the worst on the card.[42] Matt Peddycord, writing for 411mania.com, gave the event a 5.5 out of 10 rating. He pointed to the crowd's chant of "We want Doink!" as evidence that fans were upset by the Four Doinks match.[43]

Survivor Series 1993 was released on VHS by Coliseum Video on December 15, 1993, in North America.[44] It was released in the United Kingdom by Silver Vision; the VHS version was released on March 14, 1994,[45] and the DVD was released as part of the WWE Tagged Classics line (packaged together with Survivor Series 1994) on September 4, 2006.[46]

Aftermath

Razor Ramon
over the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Razor Ramon continued with two of his feuds after Survivor Series. Irwin R. Schyster stole Ramon's gold chains, which set up a match for the Intercontinental Championship at Royal Rumble 1994.[47][48] Despite interference from Shawn Michaels, Ramon pinned Schyster to retain the title.[49] Michaels and Ramon then faced each other at WrestleMania X. Diesel got involved, but Ramon won the match.[50] Ramon then defended his title against Diesel on April 13, 1994. Diesel won the match and became the new WWF Intercontinental Champion.[51] Ramon regained the belt in a rematch at SummerSlam 1994, however.[52] Meanwhile, the 1–2–3 Kid and Marty Jannetty continued with their push from the promotion and won the WWF Tag Team Championship on January 10, 1994.[53]

Owen Hart challenged Bret Hart to a match after Survivor Series, but Bret refused to fight his brother. The two reunited to face The Quebecers for the Tag Team Championship at Royal Rumble 1994. Bret sustained a kayfabe injury during the match, which forced the referee to stop the match. Owen blamed Bret for the loss and attacked him after the match.[19] They faced each other at WrestleMania X, where Owen defeated Bret.[54] The rivalry continued, however, and the brothers feuded throughout 1994 and into 1995.[55][56][57][58] Bret's feud with Lawler remained, but the two did not face each other again until In Your House 1 in May 1995.[59] The feud was reignited at that time, and they feuded at several pay-per-view events in 1995.[19]

Bam Bam Bigelow's feud with Doink the Clown remained unresolved for several months. They were in the ring at the same time during the main event of the 1994 Royal Rumble, which was a battle royal-style match. Bigelow attacked Doink and eliminated him from the match.[49] The blow off match came at WrestleMania X, where Doink and his midget sidekick Dink faced Bigelow and his girlfriend Luna Vachon in a mixed tag team match. Bigelow and Vachon won the match to settle the feud.[54]

The Steiner Brothers continued to challenge The Quebecers, but they were unable to regain the Tag Team Championship.

Mr. Fuji, Yokozuna's manager, recruited several heel wrestlers to help Yokozuna win the match. The Undertaker supposedly died and disappeared from the WWF for several months, although, in reality, he was simply recovering from injuries.[60] He resumed the feud with Yokozuna upon his return, however, and defeated Yokozuna in a casket match at Survivor Series 1994.[61] Luger also continued his rivalry with Yokozuna. As a co-winner of the 1994 Royal Rumble match, Luger was granted a shot at Yokozuna's WWF World Heavyweight Championship.[19] Mr. Perfect, who had returned to the WWF, was the referee for the match and turned heel by disqualifying Luger during the match.[62]

Ludvig Borga was scheduled to continue his feud with Tatanka in a match at Royal Rumble 1994. Borga sustained a

legitimate ankle injury, however, and never returned to the WWF. WWF writers had also planned to have Borga feud with Luger, but they were forced to drop the storyline because of Borga's departure.[63]

Crush and Randy Savage also continued their feud. They fought each other during the battle royal at Royal Rumble 1994 until Crush eliminated Savage.[49] To end the rivalry, they faced each other in a Falls Count Anywhere match at WrestleMania X, which Savage won.[54]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1D
dark match

Survivor Series elimination matches

^1

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1
Diesel
 Randy Savage
Pinfall
 10:20
2 Randy Savage
Irwin R. Schyster
Pinfall
 16:47
3
Irwin R. Schyster
Razor Ramon
Pinfall
 20:32
4
Razor Ramon
 N/A
Countout
 20:42
5 Rick Martel
The 1-2-3 Kid
Pinfall
 25:49
6
Adam Bomb
 Marty Jannetty
Pinfall
 26:58
Survivors:
The 1-2-3 Kid and Marty Jannetty
(Team Razor)

^2

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 The Black Knight Owen Hart
Pinfall
 10:49
2 The Red Knight Bret Hart
Submission
 18:06
3 The Blue Knight Owen Hart
Submission
 23:55
4 Owen Hart Shawn Michaels
Pinfall
 27:26
5 Shawn Michaels N/A
Countout
 30:57
Survivors: Bret Hart, Bruce Hart and Keith Hart (The Hart Family)

^3

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 Samu Bushwhacker Luke
Pinfall
 3:02
2
Bastion Booger
 Mabel
Pinfall
 6:02
3
Fatu
 Bushwhacker Butch
Pinfall
 8:33
4 Bam Bam Bigelow Mabel
Pinfall
 10:58
Survivors: The Bushwackers (Luke and Butch) and Men on a Mission (Mabel and Mo) (The Four Doinks) (clean sweep)

^4

Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 Rick Steiner
Ludvig Borga
Pinfall
 5:05
2
Crush
 N/A
Countout
 11:36
3
Jacques
 Lex Luger
Pinfall
 14:04
4 Scott Steiner Yokozuna
Pinfall
 16:57
5 The Undertaker N/A
Double countout
 22:26
6 Yokozuna
7
Ludvig Borga
 Lex Luger
Pinfall
 28:02
Sole Survivor: Lex Luger (All Americans)

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