World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
The 1996 Survivor Series was the 10th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). 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 debut of Dwayne Johnson , who wrestled under the name of Rocky Maivia in this event, and would later become known as The Rock.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF 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 .
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 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 .
Production [ ]
Background [ ]
Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1987. In what has become the second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania ), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania , SummerSlam , and Survivor Series ,[2] and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring .[3] The event is traditionally characterized by having Survivor Series matches , which are tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 1996 event was the 10th event in the Survivor Series chronology and was scheduled to be held on November 17, 1996, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York .[4]
Storylines [ ]
Survivor Series consisted of professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on Monday Night Raw — WWF's primary television program. Wrestlers portrayed a hero or a villain as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
Results [ ]
No.
Results
Stipulations
Times[1]
1F
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 match 1
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 match 2
20:41
3
The Undertaker defeated Mankind (with Paul Bearer in a shark cage )
Singles match
14:54
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 match 3
23:44
5
Bret Hart defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin
Singles match to determine the #1 contender to the WWF Championship
28:36
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 match 4
9:48
7
Sycho Sid defeated Shawn Michaels (c) (with José Lothario )
Singles match for the WWF Championship [6]
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
Eliminated
Wrestler
Eliminated by
Method
Time[1]
1
Aldo Montoya
The Sultan
Submission
3:55
2
Salvatore Sincere
Bart Gunn
Pinfall
6:55
3
Bob Holly
Justin Bradshaw
Pinfall
8:35
4
Justin Bradshaw
Jesse James
Pinfall
8:46
5
The Sultan
Jesse James
Pinfall
9:44
6
Jesse James
Billy Gunn
Pinfall
9:59
7
Billy Gunn
Bart Gunn
Pinfall
10:46
Survivor(s):
Bart Gunn
^2
^3
Eliminated
Wrestler
Eliminated by
Method
Time[1]
1
Jerry Lawler
Jake Roberts
Pinfall
10:01
2
The Stalker
Goldust
Pinfall
12:44
3
Hunter Hearst-Helmsley
Marc Mero
Pinfall
19:20
4
Marc Mero
Crush
Pinfall
20:36
5
Jake Roberts
Crush
Pinfall
20:54
6
Crush
Rocky Maivia
Pinfall
23:12
7
Goldust
Rocky Maivia
Pinfall
23:44
Survivor(s):
Rocky Maivia
^4
Other on-screen personnel [ ]
Commentators
Interviewers
Ring announcer
Referees
References [ ]
^ a b c d e f "Survivor Series 1996" . Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
^ Ian Hamilton. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition (p. 160)
^ Sullivan, Kevin (November 23, 2010). The WWE Championship: A Look Back at the Rich History of the WWE Championship . Gallery Books . p. 124. ISBN 9781439193211 . At the time, SummerSlam was one of WWE's "big five" Pay-Per-Views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, King of the Ring, and Survivor Series were the others), ...
^ "Survivor Series 1996 official results" . World Wrestling Entertainment . November 17, 1996. Retrieved 2011-01-04 .
^ "Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment" . World Wrestling Entertainment . Retrieved 2010-12-05 .
^ "WWE Championship Match: Sid def. Shawn Michaels to become new WWE Champion" . World Wrestling Entertainment . November 17, 1996. Retrieved 2011-01-04 .
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