Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for tonight’s show. Heenan is still wearing the Big Bossman’s hat.
Opening Contest: The Warlord (w/Slick) (18-0) defeats Jim Brunzell (1-8) after the running powerslam at 4:42:
Brunzell gets in a fair share of offense, doing some token leg work and then boxing the Warlord’s ears, allowing him to land a dropkick for a near-fall. However, Brunzell runs into a big boot from the Warlord and falls victim to a running powerslam. Rating: *
Gene Okerlund’s Update segment recaps the Jake Roberts-Rick Martel feud.
Ronnie Garvin (7-8-1) beats Bob Bradley with a roll up at 6:28 shown:
Since this match took place at Madison Square Garden on September 21, Bradley gets a lot of offense in against Garvin. Fans are not happy about this and their boos get louder when the older referee struggles to get into position or make an effective three count. After rolling on the mat for a while, Garvin traps Bradley in a sunset flip-like roll up and gets back to .500 on the year. This was awful and thankfully the WWF only showed half the match.
Okerlund does the Survivor Series Report.
A replay of the Bushwhackers-Rhythm & Blues match from Wrestling Challenge is shown.
Monsoon says that members of the armed forces in the Middle East will get to see Survivor Series for free on the Armed Forces Network.
Power & Glory (w/Slick) (14-0) defeat Scott Colton & Reno Riggins when Paul Roma pins Riggins after the Powerplex at 3:13:
In the split screen, Rick Martel and the Warlord say that their Survivor Series team name is the Visionaries because they do not lose sight of their goal and they are looking forward to the event. Roma takes Colton’s head off with a dropkick and Power & Glory work in a nice double team move where Roma atomic drops Colton into a Hercules clothesline. Riggins is finished off seconds after he tags in.
Promo time with Sean Mooney! The Natural Disasters put themselves over as the wildest team in WWF history.
A replay of the Dustin Rhodes-Ted DiBiase ten-minute challenge match from Superstars airs. Heenan complains afterwards that Rhodes was unconscious for the last ninety seconds of the match so he did not make the time limit. Monsoon counters that Heenan will soon be unconscious when he faces the Big Bossman.
A replay of Heenan’s appearance on the Brother Love Show on Superstars is shown. Monsoon chides Heenan for being insincere.
The Barbarian (w/Bobby Heenan) (20-0) beats Tito Santana (16-7-1) after rolling through a flying body press and holding the tights at 7:24 shown:
This was another bout from the September 21 Madison Square Garden card and is a rematch of WrestleMania VI. It is also Santana’s first televised match in more than a month. Prior to the commercial break each man gives the other a breather by causing them to flee or throwing them to the floor. After the break things are much better as Santana claps the Barbarian’s ears to escape a bearhug and avoids a second rope elbow drop. The Barbarian blocks a figure-four effort and stun guns his way out of the flying forearm, but Santana gets his foot on the ropes to break the count. He also ducks the Barbarian’s flying clothesline. However, when Santana goes to the top rope and does a flying body press, the Barbarian rolls through it and holds the tights to remain undefeated. Matches like this show that the Barbarian needed to get a faster push up the card. Rating: **½
More promos with Mooney! The Mercenaries say that they will be ready to rip the Alliance apart at Survivor Series. Considering that one of Slaughter’s complaints is that Nikolai Volkoff is an old “pink communist,” Slaughter seems to have no qualms teaming with the genuine article in Boris Zhukov. The Dream Team tell the Million Dollar Team that they will be their worst nightmare.
Shane Douglas (5-1-1) pins Black Bart after a flying body press at 4:56:
Douglas throws a nice pair of dropkicks and headscissors but it takes some time for him to finish Bart because he is getting a rookie push where he struggles against men occupying the lower shelf of the card. A Bart blind charge creates space for a Douglas comeback, which culminates in a body slam and flying body press.
Okerlund’s interview with the Perfect Team on Wrestling Challenge airs.
Dino Bravo’s squash from Wrestling Challenge is shown.
The Last Word: The Tito Santana-Barbarian feature match was good but does not mean much in the long run as both men are just bit pieces on their respective Survivor Series squads. Shane Douglas taking a long time to beat Black Bart is a sign that the WWF is undecided on how strong they want to push him so he is treading water in the lower midcard, but at least he is winning whereas another act like Koko B. Ware only wins those matches to lose big ones later.
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