LEW'S WRESTLING ARCHIVE:
1ST ANNUAL SURVIVOR SERIES

PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCERS:
GORILLA MONSOON
JESSE "THE BODY" VENTURA

NOTABLES:
THIS WAS THE FIRST ANNUAL SURVIVOR SERIES. IN ITS INAUGURAL EVENT, THERE WERE 5 MEMBERS TO EACH TEAM. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, THERE WERE ONLY 4 MEMBERS PER TEAM. THIS SURVIVOR SERIES ALSO INCLUDES A WOMEN'S ELIMINATION MATCH.

THE CARD:

HULK HOGAN'S TEAM VS. ANDRE THE GIANT'S TEAM

HULK HOGAN'S TEAM
HULK HOGAN TEAM CAPTAIN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, 303 lbs (eliminated 6th by count out)
KEN PATERA 267 lbs (eliminated 2nd by the One Man Gang)
"MR WONDERFUL" PAUL ORNDORFF 252 lbs (eliminated 3rd by Rick Rude)
DON "THE ROCK" MORACCO 275 lbs (eliminated 5th by One Man Gang)
BAM BAM BIGGOLO 393 lbs (eliminated 9th by Andre the Giant)

ANDRE THE GIANT'S TEAM
ANDRE THE GIANT TEAM CAPTAIN (Sole Survivor) w/Bobby Heenan
"THE NATURAL" BUTCH REED (eliminated 1st by HULK HOGAN) w/Slick
RICK RUDE 275 lbs (eliminated 4th by Don Moracco) w/Bobby Heenan
KING KONG BUNDY (eliminated 7th by Bam Bam Biggolo) w/Bobby Heenan
ONE MAN GANG 6'9" 483 lbs (eliminated 8th by Bam Bam Biggolo) w/Slick

ONLY SURVIVOR: ANDRE THE GIANT

OTHER MATCHES:

HONKY TONK MAN'S TEAM VS. MACHO MAN'S TEAM

MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE'S TEAM
MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE TEAM CAPTAIN (SURVIVOR) w/Miss Elizabeth
RICKY "THE DRAGON" STEAMBOAT (SURVIVOR)
JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS (SURVIVOR)
"HACKSAW" JIM DUGGAN (counted out with Harley Race eliminated 1st/2nd*)
BRUTUS "THE BARBER" BEEFCAKE (eliminated 4th by Honky Tonk Man)

HONKY TONK MAN'S TEAM
HONKY TONK MAN TEAM CAPTAIN Intercontinental Champion (eliminated 7th by count out **) w/Jimmy Hart
HARLEY RACE (counted out with Jim Duggan eliminated 1st/2nd*)
"THE OUTLAW" RON BASS (eliminated 3rd by Brutus Beefcake)
DANGEROUS DANNY DAVIS (eliminated 5th by Jake Roberts)
HERCULES (eliminated by Randy Savage) w/Bobby Heenan

SURVIVORS: (RANDY SAVAGE, RICKY STEAMBOAT, JAKE ROBERTS)
* Jim Duggan and Harley Race are both counted out at the same time, so they are both 1st/2nd persons eliminated.
** The Honky Tonk Man ran from the ring to the dressing room area in a deliberate attempt to get counted out.

HUGE TAG TEAM MATCH
NOTE: When one member of a tag team is eliminated, both members of the team are eliminated. In other words, each tag team functions as if they were one wrestler in one of the other matches. However, only one member can be in the ring at a time. For clarity, the teams will simply be called "GOOD GUYS" and "BAD GUYS".

"GOOD GUYS"
KILLER BEES (Jumping Jim Runzell & Brian Blair) SURVIVORS
YOUNG STALLIONS (Paul Roma & Jimmy Powers) SURVIVORS
FABULOUS ROUGEAU BROTHERS (Jaques & Ramon Rougeau) Eliminated 2nd
BRITISH BULLDOGS (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) Eliminated 4th
STRIKE FORCE (Tito Santana & Rick Martel TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS) Eliminated 5th

"BAD GUYS"
THE BOLCHEVIKS (Nikoli Volkoff & Borris Zukov) Eliminated 1st
DEMOLITION (Ax & Smash) Eliminated 3rd by Disqualification
THE NEW DREAM TEAM (Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo w/Johnny Valiant) Eliminated 6th
THE ISLANDERS (Haku aka Meng & Tama w/Bobby Heenan) Eliminated 8th

SURVIVORS: YOUNG STALLIONS (Paul Roma & Jimmy Powers) and KILLER BEES (Jim Runzell & Brian Blair)

WOMEN'S MATCH
NOTE: ONCE AGAIN, THESE TEAMS ARE DIVIDED INTO "GOOD GIRLS" AND "BAD GIRLS"

"GOOD GIRLS"
JUMPING BOMB ANGELS: SURVIVORS (combined weight 263 lbs)
ROCKIN' ROBIN 137 lbs (eliminated 3rd by Sensational Sherri)
FABULOUS MOOLAH 160 lbs (eliminated 4th by Judy Martin)
VELVET McINTYRE 139 lbs (eliminated 6th by Leilani Kai)

"BAD GIRLS"
DONNA CHRISTIANELLO 145 lbs (eliminated 1st by Velvet McIntyre)
DAWN MARIE 150 lbs (eliminated 2nd by ROCKIN' ROBIN) THE GLAMOUR GIRLS: (combined weight: 287 lbs)