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Ritzfield Coliseum for the second annual edition of the Survivor Series in front of a capacity

crowd. Through the course of this program, backstage interviews exclusively for Coliseum

Video by Sean Moody. Right now, stand by for the action of the Survivor Series.

Introducing first, with their manager, Mr. Fuji, the co-captains, World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions,

Accent Smash, Double the Sun!

Introducing, what's called, Kistador!

With their manager, Slick, the Booge of it!

With their manager, Bobby the Brain Healer!

The Green Busters!

And with their manager, the mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart!

The fabulous Rujo Brothers!

Rujo's with the Little American Flakes are kind of disgusting, just...

Ha ha ha!

Well, you know, it's very shortly the Rujos are supposed to be moving to the United States guerrilla

Somewhere near Beverly Hills, I don't know nothing's leaked out yet. Uh-oh

Opposition about to make its way down here

Introducing their opponents first of all the cool captain

I'll tell you what guerrilla look it into that sea of humanity. I'm even glad to be sitting next to you right now

Referee trying to sort things out here

Now once the team members eliminated his partner's got to go right when any guy of any team is beaten both of them

Gotta leave we got to make that real clear

beaten in any way shape or form

whether it be pitfall, count out

submission or disqualification

once a team member's eliminated

his partner must leave as well

a little cheer in the corner here

led by the Hitman

as Mr. Fuji plants some strategy

with a brain and with a funnel

talked about devious people

you know there's a lot of managers on that one side

I wonder how that's going to work out

You know, the demolition side, each tag team is represented by a manager, isn't it?

Absolutely.

Well, we got a bulldog and a conquistador in the ring.

Oh, conquistador lost that battle.

Baby boy at a powerhouse in there.

just one of the most powerful guys that I know.

You know, if I was involved in this match,

Guerrilla, I'd use my head.

I'd stay out of the ring.

Stay out of the ring.

Get lost in the shuffle till the end.

Wow.

You got to use your head, too, Guerrilla.

Oh, look at this! Look!

Rougeau's got caught over make the tag quickly

to big Nikolai.

And Shawn Michaels are the rockers.

And now this is big trouble getting caught in your wrong corner in a match like this.

Long corner down.

Oh, but they let him out of there. That could be a big mistake.

Miss Boris now going to work on Sean.

Iris will fit in the corner now.

Look at that 360.

Oh, it's not for athletic ability.

Well, I'll tell you, it's flashy and it worked, Guerrilla.

But if you make a mistake, you're in big trouble doing stuff like that.

and struggling to get back to this corner.

He made the tag to Axe there, I think.

And Janetti was smart enough to spin out of there

and get back to the neutral part of the ring.

Boy, get in a hurry.

Here's where the Rockers I've always sent in

are going to have a problem when they get in there

with somebody like Demolition.

Axe saying, give me the foot.

And he rams him right in.

Anderson, to me this guy's a wrestler's wrestler, Garela.

Oh, nice reversal by Jenedi, look out.

All on receiving end of that back drop, and a nice drop kick.

And he walks out of there, packs his own partner.

Tully Blanchard, oh my god.

Whose record speaks for itself.

Look at him exchanging option rights here.

Oh, he missed one, look out.

that ring, and tag Jacques Ramon, I should say Jacques Rousseau.

Is that Jacques Arayman now?

No, that's Jacques.

That's Jacques, okay.

I get those two confused, Arayman.

This guy's just what his name says.

He's a bundle of high-knights.

That's shoot-lights!

these Bulldogs and Rujos.

Well, you know it's the French and the English.

It goes back along.

He's got that big knee and he gets clobbered again and now he's really in trouble.

And the Rujos are excellent at double t-

Whoa!

Small cut!

before these young stallions are probably...

So it's still very dangerous!

Look at that, dripped in their own corner, Guerrilla.

This can hit from every angle over there.

There's a referee on the outside. Where is he?

Press here by Nikolai into a backbreaker.

Michaels needs to really make a tag desperately here.

Michaels is in.

some of his shots.

Wow!

What a move by Aaron Anderson right there, beautiful.

That could put anybody away, but no,

Michael's comes out the back door.

And Anderson can't believe it.

Is he upset?

Yes.

Makes a tag to look up Kistador.

Boy, he's got to get on the other side of the ring there

where some of his team members are.

The pace is so fast, Jets.

I'll tell you, Gorilla.

Can you imagine what it's like in that break?

Ha!

I said here go take your partners.

This man

We're not in condition to forget about it.

We're going to get maimed out there.

We're having a good time right now.

Devolution is.

This attack's maimed out, Madison.

And look at how Axe made sure he didn't get caught into his corner.

Hey, that's good tag team wrestling, Gorilla.

He's got a five.

It's starting to smash, Davey Boy.

Boy, we're starting to.

Pressure being applied.

Keastador

Put his head down.

Tesla's in there right now.

on the inside, no, went to the top, 360 with nobody home.

You know that redance who looks vacant now, Uribella.

Sure does.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

The other conquista, how do you tell the difference, Guerrilla?

Which one's won and which one's two?

Survivor Series is full of surprises.

Who to bet the conquistadors would still be in there at this point in the match?

They can't get some of my money, I'll tell you that.

What odds would you have given to that?

Oh, maybe 40 to 1.

40 to 1?

As we look over the show.

even size up right there.

That's Smashback, Smashback you can't teeth right now.

Nice close run by Dynamite.

He needs to make a tag and he's rolling towards his corner.

What a tremendous matchup this has been.

Davey Boy ducks underneath, oh look at this.

Beautiful press slam, and he ain't movin'.

Not too many guys get up for that one.

Power slam comin' up, Jess.

Davey Boy Smith.

Oh, he got him.

Why does he cover it?

He wants to inflict a little bit more punishment here.

They've tried so many times.

They take out these companies to doors, they're going to put some moves together.

And look at this, that was all corner and a tag.

Big mistake there, Guerrilla.

They should have definitely went for some type of pinning combination there, don't you agree?

Well, that's the second time that the Hours of Pain made that move.

see demolition in the powers of

pain.

Sooner or later it's going to

boil down to that.

And he throws him out once again

and goes right out after him.

No, changes mind.

Give me some odds, Guerrilla.

What's the odds from this point

forward of the conquistadors

winning the whole thing?

Highly unlikely.

The fires are coming.

A hundred to one in my book,

jazz.

You were wrong earlier.

I ain't listening to you anymore.

Okay.

I've got keys to go on!

times in the heat of battle, strange things happen.

Oh, stop making excuses.

You know what it's like in the heat of battle.

Kankistador knows what it's like right now.

into the steel post and I'd say the way.

That's what surprised me, Jess.

Would you buy a car from Fuji?

Absolutely not.

Or anything else, but that matter.

Hours of pain, in a lot of trouble, and in a lot of pain.

As they've really gone to work,

but I left arm and shoulder.

Well, the warlord did it to himself

when he charged that buckle,

and the conquistador moved out of the way,

and he shouldered himself on the Iron Coast.

What message is Fuji trying to get across out there?

He wants to get a shot at somebody with that steel cane in his arm too.

If he asked me, he's distracting his own team.

He's still up on the apron.

Almost got knocked out.

right here in the finals, and I heard you made some choral...

Poochie Screamin'

And watch now, here look at Fuji opens up the ropes, and Smash goes flying through the ropes out to the floor.

There you got it, right on Phil, Fuji did that on purpose.

Absolutely, and that was deliberate.

Here's Fuji, starting to hit Axe, Axe pushes it back.

Look at that, didn't even face him.

Major problem right here, Fuji wham with the cave right to the back.

He doesn't drop it, but little does Moosie know here comes Spass.

Right by the seat of the pants.

He's gonna get slammed right on the concrete here.

No wonder he got the nickname Goobius.

Wow.

Obvious to me, Jesse, that this just didn't happen overnight.

I don't believe so either, Goobius.

Like you said, something's stuck here tonight.

I mean, the strong are going to survive.

He's going to take the Huckbar Run Fast!

Bob Bass with a whole lot of scores to see.

And the Bad News Run!

What a nasty individual on Bad News Day.

Well, this is your need because you know,

I have a hard time seeing bad news teaming up with anyone.

He's sort of a loner.

But then again, I've been surprised before too.

He made work out very well.

In fact, I've never seen him in any kind of tag team

competition, yes.

I haven't either, to my knowledge, Guerrilla.

Bell is gone.

This one's underway.

Hanging from the Raptors here at the Richfield Coliseum,

just outside of Cleveland.

survive indeed it's going to be tough to survive and we're starting off with

Valentine and beef cake and beef cake backed into the corner immediately

well this is an elbow in there

Rudi is ready for this one. Big Ron House nails him.

You know I think it's kind of a disadvantage I have the hammer started off.

He doesn't get ready till about 15 or 20 minutes into the cut.

I'll say one thing I'm glad about, I don't think Brutus is gonna have time to cut anybody's hair tonight.

I thought that very much.

Or is anything gonna happen?

Brunzel trying to go for a tag, but he's caught get center in the ring. He's fighting back though.

Well, that'll stop anybody. He's stopped right in the eye.

Reached out, but nowhere near the corner.

Well, you can bet bad news has been thumbed in the eyes plenty of times in Harlem.

You can count it out, you can get disqualified, all the rules apply.

That's right, once you're defeated, you're out of it.

You're sent immediately back to the dressing room.

It could end up five on one, Guerrilla.

Oh, there it is.

The ghetto blaster.

The ghetto blaster, forget about it.

And it's evened up now, Bad News Brown has evened it up,

pinning, jumping, Jim Brunsel with the-

and he still did not go to the corner to tag.

Sam Houston is making a critical mistake here, Guerrilla.

Well, first time he's ever been involved, I'm sure.

And it might be his last.

This is not the tube.

Ergo dropped right there.

One, two.

No, and he still gets that right shoulder out of there.

Now you got it.

Come on, Ben.

Come on, baby.

Had a lot of opportunities to put this youngster away.

Look at this.

Houston go for a tag.

Inexperienced, Jess.

Try the monkey flip out of the corner, got caught.

Power slap.

Turn the lights off, forget it.

Got red suplex.

Classic style, and the dude performed it beautifully.

a tough customer, you're gonna have to do more than that to eliminate him.

That'll take someone to start shot him with that backdrop.

The pace has been tremendous.

Power body slam right there.

He's going up to the top, Gorilla.

He does all kinds of strange things in that top court buckle.

We've seen him all, 360s.

Oh, look at that.

Hockey went over and pushed him off.

And he landed on both knees on the mat,

He'll hook the figure four right now, I think he's gonna.

I think Bass just told him.

He's slapping it on.

If he hooks it, forget about it.

He's got it.

It's all over for Blue Blazer.

But that's not gonna do any good, it's gonna get them both talented.

get so pumped up sometimes he's just impervious to pay I don't see the ultimate

warrior shaking any ropes right now

Thank you Jean joining me now bad news brown and bad news during your time here in the world wrestling Federation

You have pretty much become a loner and you prove that very much tonight. I've been a loner all my life

I was raised on the streets of Harlem you depend on nobody but yourself and it was obvious tonight when you saw my own teammate

Hit me the man is stupid idiot. I don't need nobody like that and as far as surviving goals. I survived on the streets of Harlem

for many, many years.

And that's not important to me.

The only thing that's important to me

is getting my hands on that so-called cheese champ

who calls them saying Randy Macho Man Savage.

That's all that's important to me.

Well, there you have it from Bad News Brown.

He wants to be the next World Wrestling Federation champion.

Back to you, Gene.

All right, I thank you so much, giving you some very helpful insight into what's transpiring

in the Survivor Series here at the Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, in suburban Cleveland.

By the way, I think you could describe the attitude of bad news brown as simply being

bad.

The man has got a horrible attitude, man has got a terrific attitude, is the Intercontinental

Champion.

Standing by once again for this exclusive Coliseum home video interview, Sean Mone with the Ultimate Warrior.

Thank you, chief brother. There must be a problem here because it seems to me that you can still breathe properly

Well, the ultimate warrior can't and either can all the warriors out there because the power got shoved down our throat

So far they're having a hard time

But my team of five you see they were without food

They were without sleep they were without all the luxuries that normal mortals are used to having because my team didn't care

They didn't want to show any mercy, and they knew that the Ultimate Warrior would stand

through all the thick and thin with them.

Every member on my team was a winner.

Every member gave all they had, and when the done was done, we were all over.

The sole survivor and the Intercontinental Champion, the Ultimate Warrior, but he will

say it was a team effort.

Let's go back to the ring.

Two by four to put the lights out for the big guy, Andre.

What's there to be proud of that?

Gorilla, he hit him with a two by four.

Nobody else ever did it.

You're pretty important to that co-captain, Kino!

the first Jesse the body award.

He's shortly dead.

And along with manager Pully the brain lead-in,

co-captain Andre Hudson.

Andre the Giant, what a piece of humanity.

You know, I wouldn't want to be a Jake the Snake shoes.

Condominium with peace.

And David can't go everywhere, and snakes don't move that fast, Guerrilla, not when they're that big.

Woo, and Ravishing Rick don't like it when you hit him in that pretty face.

Nice takeover into that pretty combination, but not able to hold a r-

about a step slow on it, Chris.

He telegraphed that move.

Oh, look at that.

Whoa, the Root Awakening.

The Root Awakening delivered to Batalla.

Forget about it.

It's over.

Nobody gets up from that one.

Well, he came in, trying to surprise Rymus.

He wrecked that, didn't happen.

That was a dumb move by Scott Casey right there.

He should have kept things in neutral territory.

and now sends him in for the ride drop kick right on the money race got all

those tattoos just I don't know maybe it was in the maybe you got any tattoos

Not gonna get Dino Bravo's, it was a beautiful move but you gotta hurt Bravo in opinion like that.

Bravo, hell on to the top rope, nice move.

Look out, this side super.

Whoa, this could be it for Casey.

Forget about it for Scotty.

Wow.

Yeah, but close only counts of horseshoes and hand grenades.

they can tag into that ring.

They're going to always keep a fresh man in their gorilla.

Piledriver, what a former king.

Very nonchalant cover though.

You're not going to beat Santana though.

Well, Ray's apparently thought the Piledriver was enough

to do it without hooking a leg.

Since Tina went for the ride, he didn't

get that low where he wanted it but still took Santana down.

Just like a rag doll treating Santana.

And Santana's in a whirl.

look at those hands Gorilla kind

of a one way street right now.

And look how smart Andre is

breaking right before the

disqualification count.

Tino might just slip underneath

that bottom rope and get out of

there just take a breather.

No such luck.

Tino.

against two.

outside the ring as an automatic disqualification in my book

I need to go over and make a tag.

A bear, huh?

Yeah, but look at Jake's got nothing left.

Sort of out of it.

Why doesn't Jake just roll out of the ring and hit the dressing room?

Oh, that's disgusting.

Look at that.

We've got Cheryl's watching on pay-per-view right now.

I'm sure she is.

Now he's going over to tag somebody.

But I'm sure it'll be big for Jake The Snake Roberts knowing he did a number on Ravish in red.

And look at the vengeance of the giant.

He's biting him.

He's biting him.

I've never seen Andre so vicious.

He's choking the life out of him, Gorilla.

He's gonna survive this, I can't see how!

I'm sure it's over.

Andre did what he had to do to relapse.

Mr. Perfect along with Bravo, the winners.

Here are the sole survivors.

Mr. Perfect, Kurt Hiddick and

Canada's strongest man, Dino Bravo.

What a beating, Jake the Snake,

There wasn't that big of a giant, the giant sacrificed himself for the win, you remember?

Oh, look at this!

Jake, only moments ago, reaching under that ring for that ominous green belt.

What a valiant effort by this gentleman.

Garela, would you stop praising the loser?

Well, hey.

Why don't you talk about Mr. Perfect and how he covered Jake the Snake perfectly.

And we're on a match.

And we're on a match.

Hey, it's team time.

Let's go back and take a look at some of the action that went down only moments ago.

You see Andre choking out Jake, the snake in the corner.

This is right at the point where Andre got disqualified.

One of the exciting things going on for Brother Insight.

Let's go to our host, B.G.

Oakland.

All right, it's gonna be the most exciting competition

I've had an opportunity to cover in the many years

that I have covered World Wrestling Federation action.

And of course, I'm talking about what we are currently

collectively viewing the 1988 second annual edition

of the Survivor Series, where teams of five

strive to survive.

And we've seen so many interesting things thus far.

Right now with another exclusive Coliseum video,

Let's go down to Sean Mooney with a very big and special guest.

Thank you, Gene. Joining me now, Bobby the Brainheed and the manager of Andre the Giant

and Andre the Giant. Now, Andre, you promised before this matchup that your team would indeed

win this Survivor Series match, but I have to question the means by what you did.

I promised you I would take my team to victory, and I did, right?

I never lied yet.

What a good family we are.

The best family.

I love to see that miserable Jake Roberts in that corner choking and gagging you see without that miserable serpent

He's gotten his hands. He's not so tough. Is he he couldn't do nothing against this man

Well, let's let's talk about Damien a bit. I mean, is there a phobia involved here? I mean just what are you talking about phobia?

Well, are you afraid of no? I'm afraid of what?

nothing

I'm not afraid of anything

I'm not afraid of anybody and Jake I just show you today. I'm not afraid of you and even you Frito Santana

Jake, I know you mine any time

Co-captain Andre the Giant and his team of five victorious here at the Survivor Series. Let's go back to you Jean

I do not envy Mr. Monee, quite obvious to me,

Andre the Giant, a very tough customer,

not only in the ring, but also on the spot for an interview.

Obviously, we have witnessed a phobia.

Andre the Giant, no doubt about it, is afraid of snakes.

The fear is so evident to all that have seen it.

Right now, standing by,

with Jake the Snake Roberts.

Once again, let's go to Sean Moody.

Well, thank you, Gene.

We just witnessed a spectacular matchup here,

involving the team co-captain by Jake the Snake Roberts.

And Jake, you suffered an incredible beating here.

First of all, I want to talk about the fact

that you DDT'd, ravishing Rick Groode

after suffering an incredible beating.

I didn't do too bad, Joe, when it's 4-0-1.

I fought back a little bit, you know?

I'll tell you something, brother.

I ain't no crybaby.

No, sir, you want to send 4-0-1, that's fine here.

Slapped me around like a little punk, huh?

Treat me like a little baby walking around

with my hands and feet man crying.

No sir, I ain't gonna cry.

This is a business and I take care of business.

Damien takes care of business.

And if you think that was something,

survival series brother, you got a year.

You got a year, you got what you wanted to tonight.

But in the next year, my man,

I'll get every little bit I want

from each and every one of you.

And giant, my big Johnny friend,

You won't be smiling.

No, you choked the life out of somebody, brother,

but you're gonna find out this is one snake

that does survive.

Okay, this one is far from over

with Jake the Snake Robertson.

Andre the Giant, Jake, let's talk quickly

about the choking that you received

from Andre the Giant,

which put you out of the Survivor Series.

What can you do, man?

The guy's hands fit completely around your neck.

It's like a vice squeezing the life out of you.

All I heard was a referee counting.

One, two, three, four.

The man doesn't break.

Man, there are rules, but you know something, if you'll just tell me what yours are,

I'll be glad to play by them.

And if you don't want rules, Giant, give me what you got, big man, because I got something special for you.

What a showing here by Jake the Snake Roberts. Let's go back to the ring.

The Buster of Style, but co-pastor of T.

You're a guy so bold, you're always lying to your friends.

You're a guy so bold, a guy so bold, you never get nothing to do.

Well, well, we're not 400 pounds hard.

You know, brother, I'd like to see you with some fun work right now.

There's a hand full, right there.

There's a hand full, right there.

There's a hand full, right there.

There's a hand full, right there.

There's a hand full.

There's a hand full, right there.

Let's build Coliseum.

Look, he's got the James Brown hair style.

I saw that, I saw that.

Dry dive, lay to the side.

I mean I'm sure the million

dollar man to take care of him

real well with all of his money

gorilla sold him down the river

the brain sold him down the river

just I suppose you condone that

we live in a capitalist society

we buy and sell and trade every

day up on Wall Street Elizabeth

with a concerned look on her face

well schooled and wrestling and

he's got that money gorilla.

He's championship material.

No question about that.

Watch over too quick for him

to move out of the corner.

Sends him in for the ride.

Look out.

Is she the brain high-tailed out of there?

What do you expect?

The brain's not a wrestler, he's a manager.

Well, he thinks he's a wrestler.

Wow, what a beautiful move by the red rooster.

You know, this guy is showing such improvement since Hena took him under his wing.

Hena claims he could take it to the top, even though he didn't have it.

A great deal of ability.

use in that power and look how

smart the rooster is.

Reverse night bench catches Coco right under the chin.

You know, the boss man team is being very smart.

They're doing quick tags.

times Hillbilly washes both side.

What do they call them kind of farmer pants?

Bip overalls.

Bip overalls.

Hawkins in there now lowering the boom on Hillbilly.

Sends him over to the Red Rooster, makes the tag.

I think he missed the boat there.

Lower to win.

Should have tagged the boss man.

Rooster ain't going to slam the Hillbilly,

but Hillbilly's certainly going to slam him.

makes a tie to Coco, two speedsters in there right now.

Power Slayer, he lost him, he didn't hold on to the end there.

He might have had a three-cut.

He very well could have, but like you said, Guerrilla, he lost him.

right there, Jess.

Hulkster and the Rooster.

Oh, leveled up with a big roundhouse right.

Rooster for the run.

he'll have a few words with a

rooster really you know you

wear shades now is that because

you want to be like me because I

want to see just he didn't give

it to the Red Rooster looking at

outside.

The only advantage is now with the Hogan-Macho man, Megapower team.

Megapower's looking good right now, five to four.

Don't drop the hat!

I mean, it's interrogation.

They're shaking those keys.

Down backstage in the locker room area to talk with the World Wrestling Federation champion macho man Randy Savage

I certainly hope mr.

Ventura is not the deletory in this particular assignment

You know we can share so many things that we've seen here in the second annual survivor series in suburban Cleveland, Ohio

What a fantastic card it has been tonight

is our broadcast colleague, the usually outspoken Jesse Lopatevin.

Mean Jean, I'm here in the dressing room with undisputed World Wrestling Federation champion Randy Macho Man Savage.

Macho Man, I got a question for you.

When you won the Survivor Series and you were standing in the middle of the ring with Elizabeth between you and Hulk Hogan raising both your hands in victory,

I saw Hogan peering out to the crowds like he always does. I saw Elizabeth enjoying the adulation.

But Macho Man, I saw something a little different in your eyes.

What was going on, Macho?

All you saw, Jesse Ventura, was the eyes of determination, yeah.

And I'm possibly the eyes of victory, yeah.

The eyes of victory and the eyes of determination

is what was happening at that particular moment.

Yeah.

You got nothing on me, man.

No, uh-uh, won the match, yeah.

I understand victory.

understand determination macho but I saw something else when that match was

over and the lovely Elizabeth was up in that ring with Hulk Hogan and Hogan had

the 24 inch pythons wrapped around her macho man I don't want to know what was

in your eyes

I want to know what was going through your mind at that moment.

I was going through my mind that that moment was to be the sole survivor which I was.

One man was the sole survivor and that was the macho man Randy Savage.

World Wrestling Federation champion.

Yeah.

That's what I am now.

And that's what I am now.

Yeah.

Now.

Yeah.

That's okay man.

Not right now.

I'm going to attend to some of my new business right now.

You understand that?

I'm done here man.

I'm done here.

Yeah, I'm the sole survivor, yeah.

New business?

I think there's a little bit more to all of this.

Back to you, Mean Jean.

Ha, ha, ha, ha.

Well, I've got to tell you, ladies and gentlemen,

I'm just about all hung out after experiencing

the excitement, the pandemonium, the peddling,

if you will, of the Survivor Series.

There is nothing quite like it in all of professional sport.

I'm looking very much forward to doing this one again.

the third annual Survivor Series.

For Sean Moody, who of course gave us those great exclusive backstage interviews,

this has been Gene Oakland saying so long.

From suburban Cleveland at the Richfield Coliseum, the 1988 Survivor Series.

So long everybody.

How do you learn to fall off a 20-foot ladder?

He may have been broken in half.

I thought Shane might have been knocked out.

Dislocated my right shoulder.

I think I broke my tailbone.

Necks broken.

I ruptured a disc which fragmented into my spinal column.

Careers ended in an instant.

Yes, this is entertainment, but the hazards are real.

How's even it with a stand?

Traders, EMTs, referees down.