WWF Survivor Series

TV Special
1993
3h

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

336

YOUR RATING

Chris Chavis, Larry Pfohl, Rick Steiner, and Scott Steiner in WWF Survivor Series (1993)

Action Sport

Lex Luger, The Undertaker and The Steiner Brothers vs. Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga, Crush and Quebecer Jacques, Marty Jannetty, The 1-2-3 Kid, Razor Ramon and Randy Savage vs. Irwin R. Schyster, ... Read allLex Luger, The Undertaker and The Steiner Brothers vs. Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga, Crush and Quebecer Jacques, Marty Jannetty, The 1-2-3 Kid, Razor Ramon and Randy Savage vs. Irwin R. Schyster, Diesel, Rick Martel and Adam Bomb, Bret, Owen, Bruce and Keith Hart vs. Shawn Michaels and... Read allLex Luger, The Undertaker and The Steiner Brothers vs. Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga, Crush and Quebecer Jacques, Marty Jannetty, The 1-2-3 Kid, Razor Ramon and Randy Savage vs. Irwin R. Schyster, Diesel, Rick Martel and Adam Bomb, Bret, Owen, Bruce and Keith Hart vs. Shawn Michaels and His 3 Knights, Doinks on a Mission and The DoinkWackers vs. Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastian Boog... Read all

Writer
- Steven Anderson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

336

YOUR RATING

Writer
- Steven Anderson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
In 2018, Bruce Pritchard, would recall on his podcast that he shot the 30 second opening scene with Lex Luger and his family wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. The segment was filmed at Luger's home in suburban Atlanta, Georgia the day before the pay per view and took almost five hours to shoot. Atlanta had experienced a heat wave that day, with temperature around 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius) with sunny and clear skies. Despite the weather they had to get a fire burning in the fireplace to add atmosphere. To make matters worse Pritchard recalled that they had to turn off the air conditioning in the house so it would not be heard in the background. This is while the family was wearing holiday sweaters during the shoot. Pritchard said everyone was dripping with sweat when the shoot was over.

Goofs
Yokozuna's music is accidentally played for several seconds when Crush enters the arena.

Alternate versions
The Coliseum Video/Silver Vision release contained five extra segments:
An alternate opening featuring Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan backstage, with Heenan keeping his eyes open for Gorilla Monsoon, and Vince quipping that he smells bananas.
Right after he's been eliminated from the Team Razor Ramon vs. Team Irwin R. Schyster match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage runs backstage and searches for Crush, with background cameos from Bruce Prichard and James J. Dillon.
Just after Shawn Michaels' interview, Marty Jannetty and The 1-2-3 Kid meet up with Razor Ramon in the locker room, before they head off to find Savage.
Men on a Mission and The Bushwhackers are seen celebrating in the locker room with Doink the Clown after their victory over Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger, and The Headshrinkers.
After the PPV ends, Todd Pettengill interviews Lex Luger while he's still celebrating with Santa Claus.

Connections
Featured in WWE Monday Night RAW: The 1993 WWF Superstar Of The Year (1993)

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Review

Featured review

This one was rearranged too much

First off, the main event was supposed to be Lex Luger, the Steiners and TATANKA vs. Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga, Jacques and PIERRE. For reasons that I don't know, Tataka was "injured" and replaced by the Undertaker, and Pierre was taken out to make room for Crush. I am guessing that the reason is that the Undertaker was one of the biggest superstars in the WWF and they needed to put him somewhere (sort of a setup for the 1994 Royal Rumble match: Undertaker vs. Yokozuna), while they possibly put Crush in to try to get him to become more of a "bad guy" (he had just turned heel after being a face).

The first match was supposed to be Razor Ramon, Mr Perfect, Marty Jannetty, and the 123 Kid vs. IRS, Diesel, Adam Bomb and Rick Martel, but due to injuries, Mr. Perfect was replaced by Macho Man Randy Savage. The WWF did not make this clear until just before the match began.

The whole family feud began when Jerry the King Lawler insulted the Harts and this set the match between Lawler and his Knights vs. 4 Hart brothers, but weeks before the Survivor Series Lawler took some time away from the WWF and they used Shawn Michaels in his place, and acted as if Lawler never existed!

Another funny thing about this match is that only 3 of the 8 participents were WWF superstars at the time! Keith and Bruce Hart had a 1 time deal, and the 3 Knights (Greg Valentine, Barry Horowitz and Jeff Gaylord) only did this one time with the gimmicks to my knowledge.

Funny thing about the match advertised as 4 Doinks vs. Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastian Booger and Headshrinkers is the fact that no Doink was involved. The Bushwackers and Men on a Mission fought this match wearing Doink masks and make up!

I'm not going to spoil the results for you, but I will say that I don't think that this was the greatest Survivor Series. But, hell, this IS a WWF Survivor Series, and i give it a 9 out of 10!