8. Team Sherri vs. Team Moolah – 1987
The first Survivor Series featured a groundbreaking all-women’s match between Team Sherri Martel and Team Fabulous Moolah. Sherri had just beaten Moolah for the WWF Women’s Title, ending a lengthy reign and thirty years of dominance in women’s wrestling, and Moolah was out for revenge.
After several minutes of fast-paced action, the match boiled down to the heel team of The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai) and the babyface Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki), who were feuding over the WWF Women’s Tag belts.
The Angels’ repertoire included spectacular aerial moves that had never been seen in North American wrestling. Many of these moves are commonplace today, but in 1987 this was cutting-edge stuff. The Angels won a pretty fantastic (and very underrated) match, and even heel announcer Jesse Ventura couldn’t help but praise their work.
