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7/10
Good. v 👿 Evil
paudieconnolly10 November 2020
Survivor series opens with Vince Introduction the great names given to each team this year. The perfect team v Warriors to kick of the show Bobby the brain fugi outside the ring piper & gorilla on the mic . all the face paint all the carisma of 8 legends , on paper or a poster maybe the best looking lineup for a single survivor series match ever . Mean gene backstage interviewing with the ultimate warrior legion of doom & Texas tornado before facing mr perfect and Three members of demolition."he's up and down more than a toilet seat " piper on mr perfect 👌 . Million dollar 💵 team v dream team match two . million dollar man rhythm & blues and mystery partner. Take on dusty the hart foundation and Koko showing what a great lineup of characters the WWF had on its roster in 1990. The mystery partner will go on to have one of the longest and popular runs in wrestling ever becoming a true legend along the way. Money well spent by Ted diBiase . One eyed snake 🐍 superfly & Rockers v model power & Glory warlord match 3 the best inring story so far was in this match. Natural disasters team Earthquake the worlds strongest man Dino bravo Haku barbarian v you know something brother it's time for Hulk hacksaw Tugboat Big boss man . "This ain't no beauty contest " piper points out as these 8 large men fill the entire ring together. Someone must have liked the name as the tag team of the natural disasters where in competition against each other tugboat would become typhoon to complete the partnership with earthquake. The alliance v the mercenaries felt very random teaming and match but not as random as what would follow when mean gene cracked his 🥚 egg. This event good v bad guys could have done with Jesse the body commentary to support the bad guys. The winners of each match this year would team in a final match. It's like watching highlights from the very first pin it becomes clear this match is against the clock ⏰. The best and most fun survivor series to date . Timing was sometimes all over the place with some weird moments and quick pins and count outs . Not one to watch for great wrestling but a really fun night.
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6/10
An interesting twist on the Survivor Series concept
bh_tafe316 February 2009
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The Fourth Annual Survivor Series, and the third different Survivor Series format. The first two Survivor Series featured one twenty man tag team match each, and three five on five elimination tag matches. The next year featured five 4 on 4 elimination tag matches. This year all of the elimination tag matches are building up to the main event where all the good survivors will be put in a team and face off with the evil survivors, with the winners crowned the Ultimate Survivors.

The night started off with WWE Champion The Ultimate Warrior, the great NWA Tag Team the Road Warriors, now renamed the Legion of Doom Hawk and Animal and Intercontinental Champion Kerry Von Erich defeating Mr Perfect and Demolition Crush, Ax and Smash. It came down to Mr Perfect vs The Warrior and Kerry Von Erich. Perfect was able to pin Von Erich, but fell to the Ultimate Warrior. Earlier Demolition and the LOD had got in a brawl outside the ring and all of them had been disqualified.

WWE Legend The Undertaker made his debut in the next match, representing Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Team, consisting of DiBiase, Undertaker, and Rhythm and Blues Greg Valentine and the Honky Tonk Man as they defeated the Dream Team of Dusty Rhodes, Koko B Ware and the Hart Foundation Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart. It came down to Hart and DiBiase with DiBiase hitting a flying cross body to be the sole survivor. This match was part of the rivalry between Dusty Rhdes and Ted DiBiase. DiBiase had brought the services of Rhodes' woman Sapphire at Summerslam.

Next up saw the first shut out in Survivor Series history as the evil Visionaries Rick Martel, Warlord, and Power and Glory Paul Roma and Hercules defeated The Vipers Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka and the Rockers Shawn Micheals and Marty Janetty.

At the moment it looks like we'll be seeing the Ultimate Warrior taking on five men in the main event. But there are still two matches to come. Can some of the good guys stand up and even out the score?

Hulk Hogan went some of the way toward evening up the main event as he survived the next match. The Hulkamaiacs: Hulk Hogan, Jim Duggan, Tugboat and The Big Boss Man defeated the Natural Disasters Earthquake, Haku, Dino Bravo and the Barbarian. This was an even contest which ended with Hogan pinning Barbarian following a leg drop.

Our final qualifying match for the main event was won by the Alliance: Tito Santana, Nikolai Volkoff and Butch and Luke the Bushwackers, who defeated The Mercenaries Sgt Slaughter, Boris Zhukov and the Orient Express. Santana was the sole survivor after Slaughter's evil Iraqi friend Sgt Adnan hit Santana and Slaughter was disqualified. What's going on with this story? Why is the super patriotic Slaughter siding with Iraq and wrestling with foreigners? Someone needs to put him into his place.

So here comes our main event as the good guys Hulk Hogan, The Ulltimate Warrior and Tito Santana defeated the Bad Guys Ted DiBiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord, Paul Roma and Hercules with Hogan and the Warrior the survivors. This was a short match, ending after Hogan had pinned DiBiase following a leg drop and the Warrior pinned Hercules following a body splash.

An interesting idea that worked reasonably well here. Needed some sort of tie between the good teams and evil teams rather than simply being good and evil. A fun night, but really didn't leave us anticipating the next year's story lines as the previous three had.
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6/10
Best Remembered As The Undertaker's Debut And That Gobbledy Gooker
jeremycrimsonfox8 December 2020
The 1990 installment of WWF's Survivor Series has its own up and downs. Starting with the first match, a four-on-four Survivor Series match between The Warriors (Animal, Hawk, The Texas Tornado, and Ultimate Warrior) and The Perfect Team (Ax, Crush,Mr. Perfect, and Smash), the PPV event are basically wrestlers forming teams to compete in Survivor Series matches. The first match was a disaster, as it involved four wrestlers being disqualifed for brawling outside the ring (ending with a kick to the referee's groin) which basically proved to be a cheap writing and the fact that Ultimate Warrior no sells Mr. Perfect's finish and goes on to win the fight made that a lame opener.

However, the second match between The Million Dollar Team and The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, and Koko B. Ware) that is more memorible. After the first three members of the Million Dollar Team, Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man, and Greg Valentine, the Million Dollar Man would take over the announcer and announce the fourth member of his team (which until the match, has been kept secret). That moment is remembered by many as the debut of The Undertaker, a wrestler who sadly, in this match was eliminated by count out, even though he tagged out to another teammate and was no longer the legal man, which makes less sense when the reverse happened in the next match with Rick Martel, a member of the The Visionaries, when Jake "The Snake" Roberts was counted out to end the match he was in, proving whoever wrote these two matches still had a lot to learn about the rules of pro wrestling.

So, for the main event, the survivors of the team matches face each other to see who the sole survivor is, which ended up being a three-against-five, with Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, and Tito Santana taking on Ted DiBiase and the four other wrestlers who survived their matches, but not before we get a scene where Mean Gene Okerlund being forced to dance with the infamous Gobbledy Gooker (who made his debut here as WWF's attempt to create a mascot, but would be dropped in a month, and become infamous for being another one of those horrible wrestling gimmicks). Overall, it's okay, but it could have been better.
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TRULY A CLASSIC
Big Movie Fan30 April 2002
The 1990 Survivor Series was truly a classic event. So much happened at the event which was memorable.

For starters, we had the debut of The Undertaker who is still tearing up wrestlers today. The Undertaker was a lot younger and faster than he is today. He was truly invincible. At this event he was the surprise member of The Million Dollar Team and the opposing team just couldn't put a dent in him.

The great things about this and other Survivor Series events is that the writers of these shows put enemies against each other in teams of four. Okay, I know wrestling is just another branch of showbiz but we can at least pretend that the guys all hate each other.

Hulk Hogan captained a team against the Earthquake who was one of the most despicable heels of the time. Earthquake and Hogan had a lot of history and the energy during this match was great. There were four other great Survival matches on the card and then we got to see a Grand Finale where the Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan and Tito Santana faced the devastating Visionaries and the Million Dollar Man.

This video is perfect for wrestling fans who like to see such explosive battles in the ring!
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6/10
A missed opportunity for this Survivor Series event.
alexanderdavies-9938225 July 2017
This Fourth Survivor Series event is a big disappointment in my opinion. The matches suffer from being far too short and the way in which some of the wrestlers are eliminated, was rather lazy and unimaginative. The most stupid thing about this Survivor Series from 1990, is the appearance of some idiot dressed up as a feathered hen! I know it was the holiday of Thanks-giving but even so, it was ridiculous. The match of the Ultimate Warrior's team against Mr. Perfect's team, had some potential initially. The Legion of Doom - still one of the best tag teams in Wrestling history - were having a story angle with Demolition. The two teams were on opposing teams at the 1990 Survivor Series. What could have been a great match, resulted in there being an average one. Ax from Demolition was due to leave the WWE for various reasons and new member Crush took his place. Ax had little to do and was eliminated early. The fact that both members of Legion of Doom and Demolition were eliminated at the same time, was both thoroughly lazy and disappointing. It was left to the Ultimate Warrior to win the match. The next match is quite a bit better. We are introduced to a wrestler who would proceed to become one of the company's biggest names - The Undertaker. He was a last minute replacement for Bad News Brown who had left the WWE not long before the date of the Fourth Survivor Series. The Undertaker was on the team of the Millon Dollar Man Ted DiBiase. The match has some good action and the confrontation between DiBiase and Bret Hart is like poetry in motion. Next is the Hulk Hogan match where his team is pitted against his enemy, Earthquake and his team. The match is not bad and is at least entertaining. It's too brief though and should have been about 6 minutes longer. The match of the Vipers vs. The Visionaries is absolutely terrible. Of all the matches on the card, this one should have been shorter as it is too one-sided. The ending was rather stupid as well. The final match is also lamentable. The whole thing was woefully uneven in the way the wrestlers were eliminated. To conclude this Survivor Series event, all the survivors from the matches gathered to wrestle in a match to decide who would be the ultimate survivors. This match was passable without distinguishing itself. A few wrestlers were due to participate in the Fourth Survivor Series but had left before this could happen. Akeem the African Dream and Ravishing Rick Rude each were part of the official photos that were taken to show who the teams were going to be. Macho King Randy Savage didn't take part and I was disappointed.
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6/10
Mainly a disappointment.
alexanderdavies-9938226 December 2017
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The 4th Survivor Series event suffers from having matches that are far too brief. Usually with teams of four, you usually got about 20 minutes worth of action inside the squared circle. That certainly isn't the case here. Everyone seemed in a rush to get it all over with and that disappoints me. The way that some of the eliminations took place was also rather stupid. A few wrestlers were scheduled to appear in their respective teams but didn't for various reasons. Ravishing Rick Rude was selected for Earthquake's team against Hogan's mob but left not long after the official photo of all the Survivor Series teams were taken. Haku made for a very good replacement though. Bad News Brown was meant to have been part of The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase's team but he left due to contract issues I believe. His replacement would make himself known and for many years to come. Akeem had been chosen for Sgt. Slaughter's team but he left in October the same year. The opening match shows Legion of Doom squaring up to Demolition (all three members) on their respective teams. The Warriors vs The Perfect Team lasts for all of about 12 minutes - ridiculous! There wasn't enough variety of moves either. The remaining matches rate from being pretty good to lousy. There was a deciding match at the end of the event where all the survivors would battle it out to decide who the ultimate winners were. So much could have been achieved but it wasn't to be.
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10/10
Another one of the best WWF events ever
NukeIt214 February 2002
This event was great, and had some of the greatest gimmicks here. In the opening match we have Mr Perfect (with Bobby Heenan) and Demolition (Ax, Smash and Crush with Mr Fuji) vs. Ultimate Warrior, Texas Tornado, and Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal). This was during the time that Ax was on his way out and Crush was on his way in, when Demolition was a 3 man team. I thought that was pretty cool.

Then we have Dusty Rhodes, Hart Foundation and Koko B Ware vs Million Dollar Man (with Virgil), Rhythm and Blues (Honky Tonk Man and black-haired Greg Valentine with Jimmy Hart) and the Undertaker (with Brother Love). This is the event where the Undertaker was introduced to the WWF and this is his first match ever. Here, Brother Love is he chubby manager/boss, before Paul Bearer.

The next match is Jake the Snake, the Rockers and Jimmy Snuka vs. Rick Martel, Power and Glory (with Slick) and the Warlord (with Slick).

Then we have Hulk Hogan, Tugboat, Big Boss Man and Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart), Dino Bravo (with Jimmy Hart), Haku (with Bobby Heenan), and Barbarian (with Bobby Heenan). Rick Rude (who had a world title shot at Summerslam just 3 months earlier) was scheduled to be on Earthquake's team, but he quit the WWF before this event took place. He was replaced by Haku, another Heenan family member. This is during a period where the entire Heenan family was feuding with the Big Boss Man.

The next match is Nikolai Volkoff, Bushwackers and Tito Santana vs. Sgt Slaughter (with General Adnan), the Orient Express (Sato and Tanaka with Mr Fuji) and Boris Zukov (replacing Akeem). I am no sure why Slick's man Akeem did not appear at this event, he was a no show at last year's Survivor Series also. Boris Zukov replaces him (I didn't know Zukov was still in the WWF at this time!) Zukov was once managed by Slick, too, so I am not sure why Slick does not appear with him here.

We then have Mean Gene with the hatching of the Gobbledy Gooker (a gimmick played by Hector Guerrero) This was the only appearance of the Gobbledy Gooker until Wrestlemania X-7 in 2001.

The last match feature the the good guy survivors from the previous matches against all the bad guy survivors from the previous matches, so this match was Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana vs. Million Dollar Man, Rick Martel, Power and Glory and Warlord. 3 vs 5. In all, this event was one of the best WWF pay per views ever and I give it 10 out of 10
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9/10
how I could change this PPV to make it better if doing so was possible
technoviper7212 September 2008
This Survivor Series is a LOT better than the PRECEDING year's, even though THIS one could have been better than it ALREADY was.

I wish I could go back in time and (THIS is how this one could have been a lot better) help the Vipers win and make it to the Grand Finale (especially Jake Roberts who was outnumbered four to one) and, not only help Sergeant Slaughter of the Mercenaries become the last wrestler to make it to the finale, so that I could have Colonel Mustafa MANAGE him ALONGSIDE General Adnan.

Though I imagine a new WWF video game featuring all forty of these wrestlers including Mustafa and Adnan, as well as some of the wrestlers from the Survivor Series which was in three years time.

Warriors VS The Perfect Team Warrior pinned Ax, Smash and Crush were disqualified, Warrior pinned Perfect and was the survivor

The Million Dollar Team VS The Dream Team Undertaker pinned KoKo, DiBiase pinned Neidhart, Undertaker pinned Rhodes, DiBiase pinned Bret and was the survivor

Hulkamaniacs VS Natural Disasters Big Boss Man pinned Haku, Hulkster pinned Bravo, Earthquake was counted out, Hulkster pinned Barbarian and was the survivor

If I could go back in time and change the results of the latter two matches prior to the match of survival and even include Mustafa, it would possibly be the Hulkster, the Warrior and Jake Roberts against DiBiase and Slaughter managed by Mustafa and Adnan.

I omitted the REST of the results since they were the wrestlers I didn't WANT to see get eliminated (even though in my PERSONAL view, what matters is a wrestler's TEAM survives even if an actual WRESTLER becomes eliminated).
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9/10
A Thanksgiving Tradition that was the last of the genre
Playa997827 July 2001
When the WWF 4th Annual Survivor Series came out Thanksgiving night in 1990, I missed it by a fraction. Fortunately for me, I rented the video when it was still around(The event is out of print today). The debut of the Undertaker was a phenomenon for everyone that saw it. He was the surprise team member of the "Million Dollar Team" captained by Ted Dibiase. The music, the introduction and the crowd's reaction was an epic to behold. There were other great matches in the event like "The Hulkamaniacs" vs "The Natural Disasters", "The Warriors" vs "The Perfect Team" and the Grand Finale match of survival, which was pretty cool too.

The event lasted just over two hours, and had lots of excitement. I own this Survivor Series feature and a few others. I also own quite a few original copies of past "Wrestlemanias", "Summerslams" , and "Royal Rumbles"
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4/10
Could've been better
wwfhistoryguy7 April 2004
This one was marred by potentially great matches being cut very short.

The opening match was a waste of the Legion of Doom, but I guess the only way they could have been eliminated by Demolition was a double-DQ. Otherwise, Mr. Perfect would have had to put in overtime. Kerry von Erich, the I-C champ, was wasted here. And this was the third ppv in a row where Perfect jobbed. Remember, before that he never lost a match.

The second match was very good, possibly the best of the night. Ted DiBiase and the Undertaker were excellent, while the Jim Neidhart had one of his WWF highlights, pinning the Honky Tonk Man. Koko B. Ware continued his tradition of being the first to put over a new heel (remember the Big Bossman and Yokozuna?). This was a foreshadowing of Bret Hart's singles career, as he came back from two-on-one and almost survived the match. He and DiBiase put on a wrestling clinic, making us forget that the point of the match was DiBiase's boring feud with Dusty Rhodes.

Even though the Visionaries were the first team to have all of its members survive (and only the second since '87 to have four survivors), this match was not a squash. This was the longest match of the night, and Jake did a repeat of his '88 performance when he was left alone against four men and dominated. I think he could have actually pulled off an upset. These days, the match would have ended the other way around.

One of the shortest SS matches ever was also one of its most surprising. Possibly the most underrated wrestler ever, Tito Santana was the inspirational wrestler of the night, putting on war paint and pinning Boris Zukhov, Tanaka, and even the Warlord in the final survival match. It was so strange to see him put over so overwhelmingly, then go right back to his mediocre career. Sgt. Slaughter also did well, getting rid of Volkoff and the Bushwhackers, but that just wasn't a surprise. Tito was.

I think the only point of the survival match was to have Hogan and the Warrior win together at the end.

This show was boring and the matches were too short. The Undertaker's debut was cool, but Tito Santana is the reason I will remember this one.
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2/10
The Gobbledy Gooker Says It All
zkonedog26 February 2017
Towards the end of Survivor Series 1990, a giant egg (that had been percolating all night long) "hatches" to produce a man in a chicken suit who proceeds to dance around the ring with Mean Gene Okerlund. That should pretty much tell you all you need to know about this event.

Clearly, the WWF at this point has no idea in which direction it wants to go. There is absolutely no reason why guys like Texas Tornado, Greg Valentine, Koko B. Ware, Jimmy Snuka, Haku, and Dino Bravo should still be so involved. Perhaps they were great in their day, but they have gone completely stale by this time. Combine this with a complete lack of big star power (Warrior not getting the job done, Hogan stagnating a bit, etc.) and the WWF is a mess at this point.

Two positives (and hence the two stars):

-This event marks the debut of The Undertaker, one of the most iconic wrestlers of all-time. -The push for the Legion of Doom (Hawk & Animal), as they are a great tag team.

Overall, though, Survivor Series '90 is a mess all the way around. Can easily be skipped and you won't be missing much.
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5/10
classic moments but overall bad
dave7829 December 2005
the real problem with this time in wrestling was the lack of surprises we new hogan would survive and so would the warrior the WWF seemed only to care about these two characters when there was so much talent about. The debut of the Undertaker and a v good couple of minutes between Bret Hart and Ted DiBese make this match the best by far. I still enjoyed it because it was my first survivor series but looking back it was a waste. In a time when there was only four pay per views a year this is a real letdown. Worth watching to see some classic characters Mr.Perfect ,Demolition ,L.o.d and Kerry Von Erich all in one elimination match but the WWF commitment to trying to make certain people come of looking good ruins the quality of the match the event feels like just another stepping stone for certain wrestlers. If this eventually led to Wrestlemania 7 Hogan vs Warrior 2 and l.o.d vs Demolition it would have been good hype but the WWF seemed to lose its bottle
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Recap
Spawn Devil1 July 2002
Ultimate Warrior, Texas Tornado and Legion of Doom vs. Mr. Perfect and Demolition Survivor: Ultimate Warrior

Ted DiBiase, the Undertaker, Greg Valentine and Honky Tonk Man vs. Dusty Rhodes, Hart Foundation and Koko B. Ware Survivor: Ted DiBiase

The Model, the Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma vs. Jake Roberts, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty Survivors: Model, Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma

Hulk Hogan, Tugboat, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Big Boss Man vs. Earthquake, Dino Bravo, the Barbarian and Haku Survivor: Hulk Hogan

Tito Santana, Nikolai Volkoff and the Bushwackers vs. Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zukhov, Sato and Tanaka Survivor: Tito Santana

Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana vs. The Model, Paul Roma, Hercules, the Warlord and Ted DiBiase Survivor: Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan

Overall Mark: B
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5/10
One of the weakest and most pathetic SS
amanwhorocks28 June 2013
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1. Demolition/Mr.Perfect Vs. The Ultimate Idiot(WWF Champ) w. new mullet/Road Warriors/Texas Tornado(IC Champ) - I doesn't like when somebody's finisher move is kicked-out and when Warrior kicked-out from Henning-plex and then won - that's ultimate bad. 5/10

2. Hart Foundation/Piggy Rhodes/ Koko B. Ware Vs. Honky Tonk Man/Greg Valentine/Ted Dibiase/The Undertaker! - Taker has unbelievable charisma from first minute. I'm almost fell under table from laughter, when Taker nails and eliminates Piggy :) 7/10

3. Rick Martel/Power & Glory/The Warlord Vs. Jake Roberts/The Rockers/Superboring Snuka - Piper's commentary annoys like fly in the summer 6/10

4. Earthquake/Dino Bravo/Haku/The Barbarian Vs. Hulk Hogan/Hacksaw Jim Duggan/Tugboat/Big Stiff Man - Hulkamania running wild. Again. 5.5/10

5. Nikolai Volkoff/Tito Santana/ Greatest 2 idiots in WWF Vs. Slaughter/Orient Express/Boris Zhukov - Santana and Slaughter were good, but I can't stand match with the Woodcrackers... 4/10

"Schimme Gene dances and tries to be funny" sketch -5/10

6. Rick Martel/Power & Glory/The Warlord/Ted Dibiase Vs. Hulk Hogan/Warrior/Tito Santana - Undisputed pathetic ending 5/10
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Debut of the UNDERTAKER!!
romewdn29 December 2003
The 1990 Survivor Series is perhaps one of the best World Wrestling Entertainment (back then, the World Wrestling Federation) events of all time. The Man From the Dark Side, known as the Undertaker, who would later become the Phenom of WWE, made his spectacular introduction in this pay-per-view. And some other things had happened.
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A legend rises here. Sadly, that's it.
morantjavonte15 April 2023
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Survivor Series 1990 Thoughts

Survivor Series 1990 was the 4th annual Survivor Series PPV event produced by the WWF. It took place on November 22, 1990 at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Attendance was at 16,000 with a buy rate from home of 400,000 (the highest among the first 11 Survivor Series PPVs). This event is highly remembered for being the debut of Mark Calaway in the WWF as the Undertaker, who would become one of the most iconic superstar icons in pro wrestling history.

6 matches took place on the main card. A new (and to this day only time) concept was used for this night of where the WWF would have the traditional survivor series matches but the remaining survivors of the teams would battle it out in another Survivor Series match (of obvious respective teams of faces & heels). Some changes were made before the show of members of teams as Haku replaced Rick Rude who left company over pay dispute & unhappy booking. Bad News Brown was replaced by the Undertaker over failed promise made during contract signing. Finally an additional storyline was added up to this event of Sgt. Slaughter becoming an Iraqi sympathizer (a nod to the Gulf War at the time). Typical Vince idea.

The Good - I must say Undertaker's debut in retro view is just as iconic as ever. Cartoony characters that took about 6-7 more years for WWF to realize are stale made an excepcion for this night. Undertaker would become one of the most important and beloved stars, eventually becoming one of the greatest of all time. To this day he's among my top favorites ever. To be honest, I don't think I would even trade anyone for him. The match he was involved in was also a good match. He looked strong in the debut and was eliminated in a protected way. While the middle of the Dream Team vs. Million Dollar Team was a bit slow, it got really good it's last 5-10 minutes with Bret Hart battling Ted DiBiase.

The Meh - Hulkamaniacs/Natural Disasters was kind of boring and the ending with Barbarian vs. Hogan was clear from a mile away of what it was coming to. I must include this was near the end of Hulkamainia running wild with fans. Opening also was okay. I think Mr. Perfect was the highlight of the match.

The Bad - The Alliance vs. The Mercenaries was awful. There is no doubt one of the stars in the match, Nikolai Volkoff, was out of his prime to be in the ring. The ending wasn't executed very well for a way to protect Sgt. Slaughter for what they had planned for him in the future. The main event was also bad and predictable. Was clear they lost faith in Warrior to be on his own as he didn't have much time and barely did much. Warrior unfortunately couldn't work as the top guy. The Hogan ending we had was the way to go unfortunately. I almost forgot about Vince's big reveal of the Egg. Boy what an embarrassment. What were they thinking of hyping something this big?

Overall - Not good sadly. Great concept poorly used. I don't understand why they never done it again but oh well. I almost gave this a double thumbs down but I think they tried. One match show mostly because of a special someone.

Score - 4 out of 10: Boring

0 = Terrible : 1 = Bad/Lackluster : 2 = Decent : 3 = Good : 4 = Awesome : 5 = One of the Best of all Time

1. The Perfect Team (Ax, Crush, Mr. Perfect & Smash) vs. The Ultimate Warriors (Animal, Hawk, Texas Tornado & Ultimate Warrior) (Elimination Tag) - 2.5/5

2. The Dream Team (Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Neidhart & Koko B. Ware) vs. The Million Dollar Team (Greg Valentine, Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man & The Undertaker) (Elimination Tag) - 3/5

3. The Vipers (Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels) vs. The Visionaries (Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel & The Warlord) (Elimination Tag) - 2/5

4. The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jim Duggan, Big Boss Man & Tugboat) vs. The Natural Disasters (Dino Bravo, Earthquake, Haku & The Barbarian) (Elimination Tag) - 2/5

5. The Alliance (Butch, Luke, Nikolai Volkoff & Tito Santana) vs. The Mercenaries (Boris Zhukov, Sato, Sgt. Slaughter & Tanaka) (Elimination Tag) - 0.5/5

6. Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan & Tito Santana vs. Hercules, Paul Roma, Rick Martel, Ted DiBiase & Warlord (Elimination Tag) - 1/5

Best Match - The Dream Team vs. The Million Dollar Team

Worst Match - The Alliance vs. The Mercenaries

Most Memorable Moment - Undertaker's Entrance and Camera Close Up. That still scared me as a grown man.

Top 5 Performers

1. Bret Hart - Good Performance

2. Ted DiBiase - Good Performance

3. Hulk Hogan - Got the pop like usual

4. Ultimate Warrior - Good Opener

5. Undertaker - Good debut and Performance.
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