Survivor Series (1989)

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Survivor Series 1989
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	November 23, 1989
Venue	Rosemont Horizon
City	Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance	15,294
Pay-per-view chronology
SummerSlam 1989	Survivor Series 1989	Royal Rumble 1990

Survivor Series 1989 was the third annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event for the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1989 at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois.

This was the first Survivor Series event to feature team names. It was also the first Survivor Series to feature 4 on 4 tag matches instead of 5 on 5.

Contents 1 Results 2 Other on-screen talent 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Results

• (4 on 4) Survivor Series match: The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Brutus Beefcake, The Red Rooster and Tito Santana) defeated The Enforcers (The Big Boss Man, Bad News Brown, Rick Martel and The Honky Tonk Man) (w/Jimmy Hart and Slick) (22:02)

Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Tito Santana	The Dream Team	Rick Martel	Pin by a rollup	9:15
2	Bad News Brown	The Enforcers	None	Count Out after arguing with Big Boss Man and walking out on his team	15:26
3	Honky Tonk Man	The Enforcers	Brutus Beefcake	Pin after a high knee	17:24
4	Rick Martel	The Enforcers	Brutus Beefcake	Pin after a rollup	20:13
5	The Red Rooster	The Dream Team	Big Bossman	Pin after a Bossman Slam	21:00
6	Big Bossman	The Enforcers	Dusty Rhodes	Pin after a flying bodypress	22:02
Sole Survivors: Rhodes and Beefcake

• (4 on 4) Survivor Series match: The King's Court (Randy Savage, Canadian Earthquake, Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine) (w/ Jimmy Hart and Queen Sherri) defeated The 4x4's: (Jim Duggan, Bret Hart, Ronnie Garvin and Hercules) (23:25)

Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Hercules	The 4x4's	Earthquake	Pin after an Earthquake vertical splash	3:57
2	Greg Valentine	The King's Court	Jim Duggan	Pin after charging clothsline	7:32
3	Ronnie Garvin	The 4x4's	Dino Bravo	Pin after side slam	11:17
4	Bret Hart	The 4x4's	Randy Savage	Pin after flying elbow drop	19:06
5	Jim Duggam	The 4x4's	None	Count Out after outside interference from Sensational Queen Sherri	23:25
Sole Survivors: Savage, Earthquake, and Bravo

• (4 on 4) Survivor Series match: The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Demolition (Ax and Smash) and Jake Roberts) defeated The Million $ Team (Ted DiBiase, Powers of Pain (The Warlord and The Barbarian) and Zeus) (w/ Virgil and Mr. Fuji) (27:32)

Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Zeus	The Million $ Team	None	DQ for shoving down the ref	3:21
2	Ax	The Hulkamaiacs	The Warlord	Pin after outside interference from Mr. Fuji	9:50
3	Smash	The Hulkamaniacs	The Barbarian	Pin after clothsline from second rope	13:42
4	The Powers of Pain (Warlord and Barbarian)	The Million $ Team	None	DQ for double teaming Hogan	19:51
5	Jake Roberts	The Hulkamaniacs	Ted DiBiase	Pin with outside interfernece from Virgil	23:51
6	Ted DiBiase	The Million $ Team	Hulk Hogan	Pin after legdrop	27:32
Sole Survivor: Hogan

• (4 on 4) Survivor Series match : The Rude Brood (Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond)) (w/ The Genius and Jimmy Hart)defeated Roddy's Rowdies (Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and The Bushwackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams)) (21:27)

Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Jacques Rougeau	The Rude Brood	Jimmy Snuka	Pin after Superfly Splash	4:01
2	Raymond Rougeau	The Rude Brood	Roddy Piper	Pin after piledriver	7:30
3	Butch	Roddy's Rowdies	Mr. Perfect	Pin after a rollup	10:46
4	Luke	Roddy's Rowdies	Rick Rude	Pin after Rude Awakening	12:14
5	Rick Rude and Roddy Piper	Rude Brood and Roddy's Rowdies	None	Double Count Out	18:35
6	Jimmy Snuka	Roddy's Rowdies	Mr. Perfect	Pin after PerfectPlex	21:27
Sole Survivor: Mr. Perfect

• (4 on 4) Survivor Series match: The Ultimate Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Jim Neidhart) defeated The Heenan Family (Bobby Heenan, André the Giant, Haku and Arn Anderson) (20:28)

Elimination #	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Andre The Giant	The Heenan Family		Count Out after being knocked out of the ring by Ultimate Warrior	0:27
2	Jim Neidhart	The Ultimate Warriors	Haku	Pin after Thrust Kick	3:32
3	Marty Jannetty	The Ultimate Warriors	Bobby Heenan	Pin	8:53
4	Haku	The Heenan Family	Shawn Michaels	Pin	12:54
5	Shawn Michaels	The Ultimate Warriors	Arn Anderson	Pin after Anderson Drop	15:47
6	Arn Anderson	The Heenan Family	The Ultimate Warrior	Pin after Gorllia Press Slam / splash combo	18:19
7	Bobby Heenan	The Heenan Family	The Ultimate Warrior	Pin after Gorllia Press Splash	20:28
Sole Survivor: Ultimate Warrior

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators Gorilla Monsoon Jesse Ventura Interviewers Gene Okerlund Sean Mooney Ring Announcer Howard Finkel

Referees Earl Hebner Joey Marella Tim White Mike Chioda John Binella Rene Goulet

[edit] Trivia

• Bad News Brown replaced Akeem, who had been advertised as being part of the Enforcers vs. Dream Team match.
• Earthquake replaced Barry Windham, who had been advertised as being part of the King's Court vs. 4x4's match.
• Heenan replaced Tully Blanchard, who had been advertised as being part of the Heenan Family vs. Ultimate Warriors match. Tully Blanchard was fired from the WWF the day of the PPV for "failing a drug test" (kayfabe).

[edit] References

• hoofco-inc.com - Survivor Series '89 review
• Survivor Series '89 Review
• 1989 Survivor Series Results

[edit] External links

• Official 1989 Survivor Series website

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