1. Survivor Series 1988
Amazingly the WWF managed to top the near-perfect 1987 Survivor Series with an EVEN BETTER show in 1988.
They crammed 50 wrestlers on the show and presented four huge elimination matches once again. Because of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage being presented as co-faces of the company, each team this year had two captains instead of one. From the opening contest pitting Team Warrior/Beefcake vs. Team Honky Tonk/Ron Bass to the surprisingly good Jake Roberts/Jim Duggan vs. Andre/Dino Bravo undercard match, to the dramatic MegaPowers vs. Twin Towers main event, this show was already quite memorable.
But what put this PPV over the top was the spectacular 10-team elimination match, with The Powers of Pain, the Hart Foundation, the British Bulldogs, the Rockers and the Young Stallions facing Demolition, the Brain Busters, the Rougeaus, the Bolsheviks and the Conquistadors. This blazing 40-minute epic perfectly showcased the company’s amazing tag division and featured a double-turn, as Demolition and The Powers of Pain switched places to continue their feud.
Survivor Series 1988 is still the best edition of them all, in my opinion. All four matches were loads of fun, and one of them was a true classic of the genre.
The show featured an absolutely stacked card that measured up brilliantly against the original. I’m not sure any Survivor Series card will ever outshine this one.
