14/02/2022
LITTLE DATABASE RETROGRADE:
WWF SURVIVIOR SERIES 1998
November 15, 1998
1. HEAT MATCH: Bob Holly & Scorpio defeated Animal & Droz (*1/2) - With Hawk injured or something like that, Animal found his old six man tag partner Droz to team with him on Heat against the weird team of Bob Holly & Scorpio. This was Bad, Scorpio is getting ''2 Cold'' and needs to leave, Bob Holly is just...Bad.. and Droz is botchy.
2. HEAT MATCH: Al Snow defeated Tiger Ali Singh (3/4*) - I can only imagine what Vince was telling Creative when he needed matches for heat.. ''WE NEED SOMEONE TO LOSE TO AL SNOW IN 3 MINUTES ON HEAT PAL!" 'Okay..What do we do?" 'FUNNY YOU ASK PAL! TIGER ALI SINGH!! Probably that is how it went, This was so bad that it was funny, Im actually starting to like Al Snow, He needs to not face Tiger Ali Singh though..
3. HEAT MATCH: Gangrel defeated Steve Blackman (***) - This was Short and sweet, i actually liked this alot, Gangrel looks like a complete badbutt. (BadButt), Anyway Blackmans push is completely dead now and Gangrel looks like he is the next star. I dont ever say this but, Watch this match if you have The Heat DVDS like my dad does..
WWF TITLE TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND MATCHES:
4. Mankind defeated Guane Gill (1/2*) - This was weird, Mankind hosts a Open challenge to anyone in the first round, And Guane gill came out. mankind squashes him in just a little bit over 30 seconds with the Double underhook DDT, This was actually half Decent as Mankind is now in the second Round.
5. Al Snow defeated Jeff Jarrett (**1/4) - This was awesome, MY BOY Al Snow wins in the First round, Sure, Im not happy Jarrett is out of the Tournament already, But i am very happy that Al Snow is in the second round, Im a big Al Snow fan now.
6. Steve Austin defeated Big Boss Man by disqualification (**) - I dont get this, We dont need a DQ Here, Austin couldve easily just Stunnered Boss man 5 minutes here and picked up the quick win to get into the Second round..But no, Boss man got himself Diaqualifified..Alright. Kinda weird, Austin deserves to get pinfall victories.
7. Steven Regal fought X-Pac to a double countout (*1/2) - Hey look, A double countout in a tournament, Ive never seen that before!!! shake my head, Every Tournament in the WWF Has to have a Double finish, So that someone gets a BYE, This was just dumb, Nobody in the match deserved it, As id be happy with Steven Regal getting more far in the tournament but, Its vince mcmahon, What will you do..
8. Ken Shamrock defeated Goldust (**1/4) - YES! YES! YES! Ken Shamrock Gets a win in the First round!! lets have him win the darn thing!! I mean..sure, Im mad with Goldust losing again, But my boy Ken Shamrock moves on, This makes me very happy, He will face the Winner of the final first round match in the final Second round match..That sounds like gibberish..Lol.
9. The Rock defeated Big Boss Man (*3/4) - Vinny O'Mac Let big boss Man get another shot in the tournament against The Rock..and LOST in 3:54 seconds..Even Though i dont want Rock and Shamrock again..Im happy to find out the end result..
WWF TITLE TOURNAMENT QUARTER FINAL MATCHES:
10. The Undertaker defeated Kane (***1/4) - Alright ill let yall know What happend here, They didnt have enough Pay per pew time for 8 first round matches, Or people really.. so they Announced that taker and kane gets a BYE to the quarter finals.. and Taker wins to move on the semi finals to face who knows Lol, Anyway Kane deserved this here, I want Kane and shamrock in the Finals.
11. Mankind defeated Al Snow (**1/2) - I am mad/happy about this, Im mad because Al Snow shouldve gone to The Semi finals and got squashed by Undertaker i think. Mankind will go to the Semi Finals to face Austin, Thats the reason im happy, This was a decent match with some highflying spots but nothing much to be excited about.
12. The Rock defeated Ken Shamrock (***) - This was a pretty good contest with back and forth and the Rock moves on to face the Undertaker in the semi finals, By this part of the night the fans are tired and want the show to end and I dont really blame them, This should have been spread around Episodes of RAW, and the quarters, semis and finals tonight..But instead we get all of these matches.
13. WWF WOMENS TITLE MATCH WITH SHANE MCMAHON AS SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: Sable defeated Jacqueline (c) to win the title (*) - This was flat out Garbage, Sable ruined it all, Jacqueline was trying to Depreatly to carry the match, But nobody can carry Sable, And its even more madness that SHE WON THE DARN TITLE! Skip this match.
WWF TITLE TOURNAMENT SEMI FINAL MATCHES:
14. Mankind defeated Steve Austin (**3/4) - I didnt mention with the double countout, Steve austin got a BYE to the semi finals, And im so happy he lost, Im very happy that we will get Mankind in the finals, This was a really good match and i am really happy That steve austin can Go back to the midcard for a bit, Dont get me wrong, I like austin, But he needs to chill for a little bit.
15. The Rock defeated The Undertaker by disqualification (*) - This was garbage, and thats Really bad to say Figuring that These two are mega stars, But they just didnt try, I mean rock as already competed 2 times tonight so this is 3rd time wrestling, And Taker tried too hard To slow him down because of that, and it was garbage, And i do not want Rock vs Mankind in the finals but thats what were gonna get.
16. TRIPLE THREAT WWF TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The New Age Outlaws (c) defeated Mark Henry & D-Lo Brown and The Headbangers (*1/2) - Nothing much to say here, This was a thrown together 3 way tag title match to fit in between the semis and the finals. Quick retain for new age outlaws, nothing much to say here, Terrible thrown together match that meant nothing.
17. WWF TITLE TOURNAMENT FINALS: The Rock defeated Mankind to win the title (***1/2) - Originally i thought this would be terrible, But now I kinda loved it, The match would good, 17 minute Really good match, The ending was the Montreal screwjob 2. as Vince ringed the bell when rock put on a sharp shooter on Mankind. A great way to end the show. When The rock turns heel and aligns with the McMahons.
FINAL VERDICT: WAYY too many matches, This show is remembered for the tournament, but it’s not good. There are only two matches that I’d consider enjoyable (Mankind/Austin, Mankind/Rock and Rock/Shamrock). Everything else is either flat out bad, like the Tag Team or Women’s Title matches, or was just used to further advance angles. It was kind of exactly what you’d expect from the Attitude Era. The in-ring stuff mostly lacked, but the storylines were advanced and there was a swerve.