WWF Survivor Series - November 25, 1992
by MichaelPowers
This is the first Survivor Series where most of the card was not Survivor Series Elimination matches. In fact, there's only one on this show. Commentators Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan opened up the show by running down the card.
1. High Energy vs. Headshrinkers (w/Afa)
Match started out good with lots of fast-paced action from Owen Hart
and Koko B. Ware. Headshrinkers got the heat on Koko after Afa hit him
with a cane, after which he calmly went back to eating the food he
brought to ringside. Match got kind of boring at this point with the
heat on Koko for way too long. Koko finally got the hot tag after a
missed splash in the corner. Owen hit a whole bunch of dropkicks,
laying out both guys. He went for a pin attempt after a crossbody, but
it was broken up. Fatu then hit a splash off the top for the pin.
Beginning and tail-end of the match wasn't bad, but it suffered from a
weak middle. Post match, Heenan used the "Brain Scan" to draw a
turkey. (*)
In a COLISEUM HOME VIDEO EXCLUSIVE~! Lord Alfred Hayes interviewed Big Bossman in a bathroom. What a fantastic location. Bossman basically said that Nailz deserved his prison sentence and that justice would be served in the Nightstick Match.
Sean Mooney is in the locker room and warns us to use discretion before deciding to watch the Nightstick Match. At least he gave us fair warning that the match would be horrible. Nailz cut a horrible promo.
Mean Gene interviewed Big Bossman, who said the same stuff he said earlier. Way to get that "exclusive" interview, Coliseum.
2. Nightstick Match: Nailz vs. Big Bossman
Sean Mooney was right. This was just awful, and Nailz is completely to
blame since he barely did anything besides chokes and chinlocks.
Obviously, real tough prison guys go for chinlocks instead of just
fighting the guy. They were both making numerous attempts to get the
nightstick down, but they were doing it at a snail's pace, as was
everything else in the match. Nailz at one point even failed at
crotching himself on the top rope, but he sold it anyway. Bossman
finally got the nightstick down while Nailz just kind of stood there.
After a few shots, Nailz got the nightstick and got in a couple shots
of his own. Bossman ducked a shot and hit the Bossman slam to
mercifully end this. (DUD)
Sean Mooney had a not-so-exclusive interview with Naliz. All he said was that this was an injustice. These interviewers really get the inside scoop.
Lord Alfred Hayes interviewed "Tertanker" (his way of pronouncing it). He wants his eagle feathers back, which Rick Martel has stolen.
Clips aired from Primetime Wrestling where Randy Savage announced his partner for his match against Ric Flair and Razor Ramon. Even though he said he had the "perfect" partner, McMahon had no idea who it was until Savage said Mr. Perfect. Heenan told Perfect that there was no way he would be in the match, but Perfect accepted, flipped out on Heenan, and then poured water on him. Very good angle.
Flair cut a good promo. Flair said that Perfect had everything he could have ever wanted when he was in his shadow, but now he had thrown it all away. Ramon just said that he was the only person who oozes machismo.
3. Rick Martel vs. Tatanka
Martel wore the feathers to the ring. Match was fine at first, but
then it got incredibly boring when the match just turned into resthold
after resthold. At one point, everyone in the crowd just stopped
watching and turned their attention to something off camera.
Eventually the camera showed that it was Doink (who was just called a
clown) making balloon animals. At this point the match was just a
backdrop for showing Doink, so they continued to do absolutely nothing
except restholds. Tatanka finally got the win after a samoan drop and
then took the feathers back. This kept his undefeated streak alive.
Post match, Doink popped all the balloons that he gave to the kids.
(1/2*)
Sean Mooney interviewed Perfect and Savage. Good promo, with the message in the end being that they don't necessarily like each other, but they know that they are the perfect tag team.
4. Ric Flair & Razor Ramon vs. Randy Savage & Mr. Perfect
Perfect and Ramon started it out in a pretty evenly matched exchange.
Perfect then started dominating both Ramon and Flair, eventually
tagging in Savage to do the same. Heenan was great on commentary
building up this match not only here but in the matches prior as well.
Flair and Ramon finally got control after Ramon hit Savage with a knee
to the back from the apron. Perfect kept coming in the ring, allowing
Ramon to get leverage from Flair while he had Savage in an abdominal
stretch, as well other double team spots. At one point, Perfect
started to walk to the back, but changed his mind and went back to the
ring. Savage got the hot tag after throwing Flair off the top rope.
Perfect ran wild on Ramon while Flair and Savage fought on the floor.
Flair hit Savage with a very gentle chairshot to the head and went
after Perfect, but he got sent out with a clothesline. Ref went down
after Perfect accidentally knocked him out of the ring. Perfect had
visual pins on both Flair and Ramon with the Perfectplex, with the ref
that was knocked down and a second ref counting the pins after several
seconds. Flair and Ramon were DQed after not the leaving the ring.
Ramon tried to lay out both guys with chair shots after the match, but
him and Flair got chased out. Savage and Perfect then exchanged a
DOUBLE HIGH FIVE~! Good old school tag match, but the finish was bad.
(**3/4)
Flair cut an angry promo and Ramon said he'd only been double crossed once and that guy paid for it.
Time for another exclusive with Lord Alfred, taped earlier in the day. He was in Yokozuna's locker room, where he was getting a massage from Geisha girls. Mr. Fuji offered Alfred a massage. This massage consisted of him getting his neck rubbed for about two seconds before Fuji yelled "That's it! Get out!" Alfred was disappointed, as he commented that he was beginning to like it. This was actually pretty funny stuff.
5. Yokozuna vs. Virgil
This was a typical squash match. Virgil tried to get Yokozuna down
with shoulderblocks and dropkicks, but failed and got thrown around
the ring a lot. He attempted a school boy, but Yokozuna just landed on
him and hit the Banzai Drop for the pin. This time on the Brain Scan,
Yokozuna's leg was a drum stick and Virgil was mashed potatoes.(1/2*)
Sean Mooney interviewed Perfect and Savage. Perfect had a turkey for Flair and Ramon and a tiny chicken for Heenan.
6. Survivor Series Elimination Match: Beverly Brothers and Money Inc.
vs. Natural Disasters and Nasty Boys
The old rules in which when one member of a tag team was eliminated,
the whole team had to leave was used here. Blake (I only know because
McMahon said it) and Typhoon started the match. Both of Disasters
squashed Blake (literally) before the Nasty Boys got to do the same.
Dibiase's team finally got the heat on Saggs after double team
maneuvers. The match at this point was really boring. Earthquake was
tagged in and then all eight guys got in the ring. This awoke the
crowd. Once the ring was cleared, Blake tried a crucifix, but got
squashed and was hit with the Earthquake splash for the pin. This gave
the faces the 4-2 advantage since the whole team had to leave. This
time the heat was on Earthquake after more double teaming. Crowd got
more into here with loud "Irwin" chants. Still, the match was boring.
Typhoon got the tag and laid out both guys. After Dibiase was sent out
of the ring, he swiped Typhoon's legs out from under him and got IRS
got the pin. Saggs immediately rolled up IRS for the pin, leaving the
Nasty Boys as the sole survivors. Probably one of the worse Survivor
Series Elimination matches I've seen. (DUD)
Lord Alfred interviewed the hurt Virgil, asking him about the "shellacking" (his words) that he received. Virgil told Bret Hart to watch out because he was "a menace to society".
Clips aired from the Kamala/Undertaker match from Summerslam. Kamala hit a splash, but Undertaker sat up. Next it was clips from Superstars three weeks later. Bearer brought out a coffin, so Kamala ran away. Same thing happened in the clip from Wrestling Challenge.
In some workshop, Bearer said that Undertaker has been working on a coffin for Kamala for a long time. He even showed us blueprints.
7. Coffin Match: Kamala (w/ Harvey Wippleman and Kim Chee) vs.
Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer)
Bearer came out with a HUGE coffin that had stars and moons painted on
it. Kamala nearly ran out before the match started but his handlers
were able to calm him down. It would have been best for all of us if
he did just leave. Undertaker no sold all of Kamala's offense early
(which was only chops) and laid in a beating. Kamala was able to get
offense in after more chops and a chair shot, but Undertaker no sold
just about everything else he did. Kim Chee knocked Bearer down, which
made him drop the urn. Kamala kept dropping the urn because he was
afraid of it, so Undertaker hit him with it and got the pin.
Apparently, the rules were that you had to get a pin and then put him
in the coffin. Undertaker did just that and nailed the coffin shut.
This was bad, but was short enough to save it from being worse. (1/2*)
Sean Mooney interviewed Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels. Michaels said that since he beat British Bulldog "quite easily" and Bulldog beat Bret Hart, that means he'll win the title.
Kim Chee opened up the coffin backstage to find a freaked out Kamala.
Mean Gene interviewed Bret Hart. Hart said he had a lot of respect for Michaels. I'm pretty sure Bret's opinion has changed since then.
8. WWF Title Match: Bret Hart (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Lots of mat-based wrestling early on with Hart working on Michaels'
arm. Michaels made several attempts early on to take control of the
match, but Hart continued to quickly regain control and go back to the
arm. Michaels got full control of the match for the first time after
he moved out of the way of Hart, causing him to ram shoulder-first
into the ring post. At this point the roles became reversed as
Michaels kept going back to a side headlock. Hart came close to making
a comeback several times, but Michaels was consistently able to cut
off his offense and regain control. Hart finally hit a big move by
slingshotting Michaels into the post and made his comeback. Hart used
the elbow off the middle rope for a nearfall, followed by a superplex
for another. Match then went out to the floor with Michaels dishing
out punishment, breaking the count, and continuing. Hart got another
nearfall with a roll up. Michaels followed it up with a superkick, but
didn't go for a cover. Instead, he hit the dreaded BACK SUPLEX~! but
Hart kicked out. Michaels came off the top, but Hart caught his legs
and locked in the Sharpshooter for the submission victory. Really good
match. (***1/2)
Post match, Santa Claus came down, celebrated with Hart, and it began to snow.
Final Thoughts: Aside from one good and one great match, this show was pretty boring and uneventful. That being said, the show is worth checking out just for the main event.
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