Saturday 3 January 2009

WWF Survivor Series 1987


WWF Survivor Series - November 27th 1987 - Richmond, Ohio

Matches
Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Jake Roberts, Brutus Beefcake and Jim Duggan defeated Honky Tonk Man, Hercules, Danny Davies, Ron Bass and Harley Race (7/10)
The Fabolous Moolah, Velvet McIntyre, Rockin Robin and Jumping Bob Angels defeated Sensational Sherri, The Glamour Girls, Donna Christanello and Dawn Marie (4/10)
Strike Force, Young Stallions, Fabolous Rougeaus, Killer Bees and British Bulldogs defeated Hart Foundation, The Islanders, Demolition, Bolsheviks and The New Dream Team (6/10)

Andre The Giant, King Kong Bundy, One Man Gang, Butch Reed and Rick Rude defeated Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Bam Bam Bigelow (8/10)


Moments - Positives
As with all the Survivor Series cards the matches were lengthy and very much centered around individual feuds in a tag related match. The best part of the PPV was by far the main event and its ending with Andre The Giant picking up a victory and extending his feud with Hulk Hogan. The opening match was also very good with the first PPV outing for Randy Savage as a face as he continued his feud with the Honky Tonk Man.

Moments - Negatives
As with all the Survivor Series matches, the matches can be quite repetitive and tiresome. This PPV was pretty solid overall with some good feuds but the matches were not great (apart from maybe the opener and the main event). The women's match was better than say Wrestlemania III but still not up to the level of the men (or Women's wrestling today).

Overall Summary
Given that this was the first Survivor Series, the card and the event was actually ok. I am not a fan of Survivor Series events (until the concept was dropped as a stipulation of the event) so I will not give any of these PPVs a high score but overall it is a pretty good event and continues many of the Wrestlemania feuds.

SCORE = 6.0

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