There were 20 guys out there, most of them standing around the ring, and so you couldn’t use traditional camera angles.
Scott Keith: Holy crap, switch out the Conquistadors for the Islanders and this is 80s tag team wrestling nirvana!īruce Prichard: We shot this one better than the tag team match in 1987. So the Demos thus decide to end their business relationship with Fuji by slamming him on the floor, and the Powers pick him up and dust him off, adopting him as their new manager, before finishing off the Conquistadors to win the match at 42:21. So this leaves the Powers of Pain alone against Demolition and the Conquistadors, and Fuj the Stooge pulls the rope down as Smash bumps to the floor and gets counted out at 39:47. The surviving teams keep going at it, and Kid gets the snap suplex and goes up with the diving headbutt, but that misses and Smash clotheslines him for the pin at 36:18. Dynamite gives Tully a tombstone piledriver while Bret argues with the refs and that gets two, and then the Rockers and Brainbusters are BREAKING LOOSE IN TULSA and both teams are DQ’d at 28:44. Tully got his shoulder up, so the Hart Foundation is gone at 27:00. After some more action, Bret enters and hits Tully with the backbreaker and inverted atomic drop before slugging away in the corner and getting a german suplex in the corner for the pin. A bit later, Shawn comes in and hits Zhukov in the gut, and Marty flips in with a sunset flip for the pin at 18:25. (You’ll notice that Pat Patterson made sure to book the match so that the Bulldogs were in the ring for a long time afterward.) The match continues rolling, with Jim Powers eventually getting a hot tag and hitting a crossbody on Zhukov, but Boris rolls through for the pin at 15:45. Powers of Pain, Young Stallions, Hart Foundation, Rockers & British BulldogsĮveryone runs through their basic stuff before Bret gets a small package on Raymond for the pin at 5:35, and the Rougeaus get the heck out of Dodge because Dynamite Kid was threatening to kill them after the match for a rib gone wrong. Rock Star Gary: Warrior was held back for the most part until the finish which is smart booking.ĭemolition, Conquistadors, Bolsheviks, Brainbusters & Fabulous Rougeaus v. Welcome to simpler times.īrian Bayless: The match did what it needed to do, making the Ultimate Warrior look strong. Scott Keith: We get the music of the team captain, and otherwise everyone just comes out at the same time and we’re underway two minutes into the runtime of the show, and it’s literally all action. That leaves Hammer one-on-one with him, and another sledge finishes at 17:50. Warrior comes back and clotheslines both guys and hits Bass with a double sledge for the pin at 17:28. This leaves Warrior alone with Bass and Valentine and they go work on him, but Warrior no-sells Hammer’s stuff until getting run into Bass’s boot in the corner. Not long after, Honky and Beefer are in the ring, but Honky bails to the floor to escape and Beefcake follows for the double-countout at 15:45. After some tags, Blue Blazer hits a crossbody on Honky for two, but Honky wisely tags out to Valentine, and the figure-four ends Blazer’s night at 12:18. Ron Bass comes in and powerslams Houston out of the corner for the pin at 10:12. Sam Houston is up next, and Brown beats the hell out of him, but Valentine accidentally hits Bad News, and that ends Brown’s foray into tag team wrestling, as he walks out of the match at 7:45. A few minutes later, Brunzell misses a blind charge on Bad News and the ghetto blaster sends Jumpin’ Jim jumpin’ back to the dressing room at 5:20. Davis comes in and attacks Beefcake, but a sleeper puts his lights out at 1:20. Hammer slugs it out with Beefcake to start as Gorilla astutely notes that Valentine shouldn’t start because it takes 20 minutes for him to warm up. Honky Tonk Man, Danny Davis, Greg Valentine, Ron Bass & Bad News Brown Ultimate Warrior, Brutus Beefcake, Blue Blazer, Sam Houston & Jim Brunzell v. The Survivor Series: November 24, 1988įrom the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, with Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura before a crowd of 13,500: Let’s do a deep dive, courtesy of Scott Keith’s reviews, a panel of experts, and some comments from those involved with the shows themselves. As 1988 came to a close, wrestling fans were treated to three pay-per-views in 32 days featuring the top talent from every major promotion in the United States.
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