Survivor Series (1996)

Survivor Series (1996)
	Promotional poster featuring Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Sycho Sid, and Stone Cold Steve Austin
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	November 17, 1996
City	New York, New York
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	18,647[1]
Tagline(s)	Back to Attack
Sponsor(s)	Milton Bradley
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Survivor Series (1996) was the tenth annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was presented by Milton Bradley's Karate Fighters, and took place on November 17, 1996 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The event is notable for seeing the in-ring debut of Dwayne Johnson, who wrestled under the name of Rocky Maivia in this event.

The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels defended the title against Sycho Sid. Sid won the title by pinning Michaels after hitting him with a television camera and performing a Powerbomb.^[2]

The undercard featured Faarooq, Vader, Razor Ramon, and Diesel versus Flash Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Savio Vega, and Yokozuna in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, Bret Hart versus Stone Cold Steve Austin in a standard wrestling match to determine the number one contender to the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, Marc Mero, Rocky Maivia, Jake Roberts, and The Stalker versus Crush, Jerry Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Goldust in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, The Undertaker versus Mankind in a standard wrestling match and The Godwinns, Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon versus The New Rockers, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog.^[3]

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[1]
1^F	Aldo Montoya, Bart Gunn, Bob Holly and Jesse James defeated Billy Gunn, Justin Bradshaw, Salvatore Sincere and The Sultan (with The Iron Sheik and Uncle Zebekiah)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match¹	10:46
2	Doug Furnas, Henry O. Godwinn, Phil Lafon and Phineas I. Godwinn (with Hillbilly Jim) defeated The British Bulldog, Leif Cassidy, Marty Jannetty and Owen Hart (with Clarence Mason)	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match²	20:41
3	The Undertaker defeated Mankind (with Paul Bearer)	Singles match	14:52
4	Jake Roberts, Marc Mero (with Sable), Rocky Maivia, and The Stalker defeated Crush, Goldust (with Marlena), Jerry Lawler and Hunter Hearst Helmsley	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match³	23:44
5	Bret Hart defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin	Singles match to determine the #1 contender to the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	24:41
6	Diesel, Faarooq, Razor Ramon and Vader (with Clarence Mason and Jim Cornette) vs. Flash Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Savio Vega and Yokozuna ended in a no contest	4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match⁴	09:48
7	Sycho Sid defeated Shawn Michaels (c) (with José Lothario)	Singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship	20:02
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match F – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Free for All

Survivor Series elimination matches

^1

Elimination no.	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time^[1]
1	Aldo Montoya	Team #1	The Sultan	Submission by Camel Clutch	03:55
2	Salvatore Sincere	Team #2	Bart Gunn	Pinfall after side slam	06:55
3	Bob Holly	Team #1	Justin Bradshaw	Pinfall after clothesline	08:35
4	Justin Bradshaw	Team #2	Jesse James	Pinfall by schoolboy	08:46
5	The Sultan	Team #2	Jesse James	Pinfall by small package	09:44
6	Jesse James	Team #1	Billy Gunn	Pinfall after a Famouser	09:59
7	Billy Gunn	Team #2	Bart Gunn	Pinfall after a Flying Forearm Smash	10:46
Survivor:	Bart Gunn (Team #1)^[1]

^2

Elimination no.	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time^[1]
1	Marty Jannetty	Team #2	Henry Godwinn	Pinfall after a Slop Drop	08:12
2	Henry Godwinn	Team #1	Owen Hart	Pinfall after a spinning heel kick	08:18
3	Phineas Godwinn	Team #1	The British Bulldog	Pinfall after running powerslam	09:04
4	Leif Cassidy	Team #2	Phil Lafon	Pinfall after inverted superplex from second rope	13:43
5	The British Bulldog	Team #2	Phil Lafon	Pinfall by schoolboy	17:22
6	Owen Hart	Team #2	Doug Furnas	Pinfall after a release German suplex	20:41
Survivors:	Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon (Team #1)^[1]

^3

Elimination no.	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time^[1]
1	Jerry Lawler	Team #2	Jake Roberts	Pinfall after DDT	10:01
2	The Stalker	Team #1	Goldust	Pinfall after Curtain Call	12:44
3	Hunter Hearst Helmsley	Team #2	Marc Mero	Pinfall after Merosault	19:20
4	Marc Mero	Team #1	Crush	Pinfall after heart punch	20:36
5	Jake Roberts	Team #1	Crush	Pinfall after heart punch	20:54
6	Crush	Team #2	Rocky Maivia	Pinfall after flying bodypress	23:12
7	Goldust	Team #2	Rocky Maivia	Pinfall after shoulderbreaker	23:44
Survivor:	Rocky Maivia (Team #1)^[1]

^4

Elimination no.	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Savio Vega	Team #2	Diesel	Pinfall after Jackknife Powerbomb	08:39
2	Razor Ramon	Team #1	Jimmy Snuka	Pinfall after Superfly Splash	09:28
3	Faarooq, Vader & Diesel	Team #1 & Team #2	N/A	Disqualified for brawling in the ring	09:48
3	Flash Funk, Jimmy Snuka & Yokozuna	Team #1 & Team #2	N/A	Disqualified for brawling in the ring	09:48
Survivors:	None^[1]

Other on-screen talent

Commentators

Interviewers

Ring announcer

Howard Finkel

Referees

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Survivor Series 1996". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ "WWE Championship Match: Sid def. Shawn Michaels to become new WWE Champion". World Wrestling Entertainment. November 17, 1996. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
↑ "Survivor Series 1996 official results". World Wrestling Entertainment. November 17, 1996. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

Sources

"2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. pp. 96–97.
hoffco-inc.com - Survivor Series '96 review
1996 Survivor Series Results

External links

Official 1996 Survivor Series website

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[PWH-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Survivor Series 1996". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

[MainEvent-2] "WWE Championship Match: Sid def. Shawn Michaels to become new WWE Champion". World Wrestling Entertainment. November 17, 1996. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

[WWE_Results-3] "Survivor Series 1996 official results". World Wrestling Entertainment. November 17, 1996. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

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