This Day In History - November 19th

November 19th

On this day in history in ....

1906 - Clarence Weber defeats Buttan Singh for the Australian Heavyweight Title in Melbourne, Australia.

1951 - Danny McShain defeats Verne Gagne in Memphis, Tennessee to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title.

1954 - Polo Torres defeats The Sheik for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.

1956 - Otto Lenz and Jack O'Reilly defeat Enrique Romero and Black Hawk to win the Western States Tag Team Title in Phoenix, Arizona.

1958 - Billy Wicks defeats Gorgeous George to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama, beginning his second reign.

1960 - Johnny Valentine & Buddy Rogers defeat The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan) for the United States Tag Team Title (the forerunner to the WWE World Tag Team Title).

1964 - Martino Angelo defeats Danny Ferraza to win the Wolverine Wrestling Midwest Heavyweight Title in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

1966 - Mad Dog Vachon defeats Dick the Bruiser for the AWA World Heavyweight Title in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning his fifth reign.

1966 - Ray Stevens and Art Nelson defeat George and Sandy Scott to win the International Wrestling Alliance (Australia) Tag Team Title in Melbourne, Australia.

1970 - Dory Funk, Sr. defeats Thunderbolt Patterson for the Southwest Brass Knuckles Title in Amarillo, Texas, beginning his second reign and ending Patterson's fourth.

1970 - Larry Hennig and Bob Windham (Blackjack Mulligan) defeat Thunder Sugiyama and Great Kusatsu for the International Wrestling Alliance (Japan) Tag Team Title in Ashikaga, Japan.

1971 - Kinji Shibuya and Masa Saito win their second NWA Americas Tag Team Title, defeating Pantera Negra and Salvador Lothario.

1974 - Jack Donovan ends the sixth NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title reign of Ken Lucas in Mobile, Alabama.

1975 - Jackie Fargo and Jerry Lawler defeats Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey for the Mid-America version of the NWA United States Tag Team Title in Nashville, Tennessee.

1976 - Chavo Guerrero, Sr. defeats Ken Mantell to win his fifth NWA Americas Heavyweight Title.

1976 - Thunderbolt Patterson defeats The Sheik for the Toronto version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Title in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This ended The Sheik's second reign.

1976 - Bob Kelly defeats The Wrestling Pro for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title in Dothan, Alabama, ending The Pro's fifth reign.

1977 - Sangre Chicana defeats Jose Luis Mendieta to win the Mexican National Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.

1979 - Steve Regal and Hector Guerrero defeat The Blond Bombers (Larry Latham and Wayne Farris) for the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending The Bombers' third reign.

1981 - Tommy Martin defeats Bob Sweetan to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in Kansas City, Kansas, ending Sweetan's fourth reign.

1982 - Leo Burke and Bret Hart defeat Duke Myers and The Dynamite Kid for the Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

1984 - Jacques Rougeau, Jr. wins the vacant NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

1985 - Lex Luger defeats Wahoo McDaniel to win the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Tampa, Florida, ending McDaniel's second reign.

1988 - Brian Lee defeats Mike Miller in a tournament final for the Championship Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

1988 - Jason the Terrible defeats TNT (Juan Rivera) for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title in Carolina, Puerto Rico.

1989 - Bill Dundee defeats Tony Anthony for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee, the first of four reigns for Dundee.

1990 - Curt Hennig defeats Kerry Von Erich for the WWF Intercontinental title in Rochester, New York, beginning his second run with the title.

1991 - WCW Clash of the Champions XVII was held at the Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. Here are the results of the show, which was aired live on TBS:
- Big Josh defeated Thomas Rich in a Lumberjack match.
- Bobby Eaton defeated Firebreaker Chip.
- Tom Zenk defeated The Diamond Stud (Scott Hall) in less than two minutes.
- WCW Television Champion Steve Austin defeated PN News.
- Cactus Jack defeated Van Hammer.
- Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko to win the WCW World Tag Team Title when Steamboat pinned Anderson.
- WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman defeated Johnny B. Badd.
- Rick Rude defeated Sting to win the WCW United States Title.
- WCW World Champion Lex Luger defeated Rick Steiner.

1994 - ECW ran the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here are the results:
- JT Smith & Stevie Richards defeated Hack Meyers & Chad Austin.
- The Pitbulls defeated Ian & Axl Rotten in a Double Dog Collar match.
- Tommy Dreamer defeated The Sandman.
- Sabu & Taz defeated Joe & Dean Malenko.
- ECW World Tag Team Champions Public Enemy vs. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan ended in a no-contest when Sullivan turned on Cactus.
- Ron Simmons & 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Shane Douglas & Brian Pillman when Sherri Martel "accidentally" hit Shane with her shoe. It was then revealed that she was wearing a Ric Flair shirt under her sweater, prompting Douglas to piledrive her..

1994 - A tournament was held to determine a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The previous champion Shane Douglas had thrown done the belt after his tournament win to become the first ECW World Heavyweight Champion in the angle that turned Eastern Championship Wrestling into Extreme Championship Wrestling. Here are the results of the tournament:
First Round:
- Tracey Smothers defeated Devon Storm.
- Eddie Gilbert defeated Johnny Gunn.
- Chris Candido defeated Al Snow.
- Tony Anthony defeated Jerry Lawler.
- Osamu Nishimura vs. Lou Perez ended in a draw.
Semifinals:
- Tracey Smothers defeated Eddie Gilbert.
- Chris Candido defeated Tony Anthony.
Finals:
- Chris Candido defeated Tracey Smothers to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title.

1995 - WWE Survivor Series was held at the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland. The show was headlined by Bret Hart defeating Diesel to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, and also marked the first time the Spanish announce table was destroyed during a WWF Pay-per-view. For a full report on the show, go to Page 2!

1995 - Lola Gonzales defeats Bison Kimura in a tournament final to become the first Trans-World Wrestling Federation Women's Champion.

1996 - Oficial, Vigilante and Guardian defeat Los Villanos (III, IV and V) for the AAA Americas Trios Title in Naucalpan, Mexico.

1999 - Joey Venture defeats Mr. Showtime for the vacant NWA Mid-South Junior Heavyweight Title in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The title had been vacated earlier in the night due to champion Pokerface being injured five days prior. Also, Naughty by Nature (Rude and Tully) defeat The Missouri Bad Boys (Mark Southern and Ricky Bryant) for the NWA Mid-South Tag Team Title.

1999 - Lupus defeats Twiggy Ramirez for the NWA 2000 Heavyweight Title in Iselin, New Jersey.

2000 - Adam Flash defeats Jimmy Cicero to win the Maryland Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Odenton, Maryland. Also that night, Qenaan Creed defeats Chad Bowman for the MCW Cruiserweight Title.

2000 - Bombero Infernal defeats Black Dragon to win the Grupo International Wrestling Revolution Group Intercontinental Middleweight Title in Naucalpan, Mexico.

2000 - WWF Survivor Series was held at the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida. The show was headlined by Steve Austin vs. Triple H in a no-disqualification match that ended when Austin used a crane to lift a car, with Triple H inside, 100 feet off the ground, then let it drop. Seriously. For a full report, go to Page 3!

2001 - WWF's RAW in Charlotte, North Carolina features the founding of the "Vince McMahon Kiss My Ass Club" with first member, former Alliance commissioner William Regal. Also, Ric Flair makes his shocking return to the WWF after a nine-year absence, revealed to be the new "50% owner" of the WWF, having "bought" Shane and Stephanie McMahon's company stock, which they sold to a "consortium" in order to have the money to purchase and become the respective owners of WCW and ECW.

2004 - Trevor Rhodes defeats Rick Steiner for the World League Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Columbus, Nebraska.

2004 - El Bronco defeats Eddie Colón for the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, beginning Bronco's second reign and ending Colón's fifth.

2004 - Duke Durrango and Karnage defeat Harry Smith and Kirk Melnick for the Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2004 - Paddy Morrow defeats Adam Abz to win the NWA Ireland Heavyweight Title in Dublin, Ireland.

2004 - Shouichi Ichimiya defeats Danshoku Dino in Kanagawa, Japan to win the Dramatic Dream Team Ironman Heavymetalweight Title. This began Ichimiya's 14th reign and ended Dino's 11th.

2004 - The Rough Ryders (Nyxx and Devin Raines) defeat The Elite (Sonny Roselli and Larry Huntley) and Mark Moment and Paulie Gilmore in a three-way match to win the NWA New England Tag Team Title.

2004 - Billy Bax and Rob Eckos defeat Handsome Johnny and Psycho to win the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Title in Lowell, Massachusetts.

2004 - Pierre Vachon defeats Shane Williams to become the first NWA Green Mountain Television Champion.

2005 - The NWA Cyberspace Heavyweight Title changes hands twice in the same night in Wayne, New Jersey. Chris Harris defeats Jeff Jarrett for the title, then loses it to Abyss.

SURVIVOR SERIES 1995
by Matt Shalk

November 19, 1995

Location: Landover, Maryland

Arena: USAir Arena

Attendance: 14, 500

RESULTS:

► The Bodydonnas: Skip, Tom Pritchard, Rad Radford, & The 1-2-3 Kid defeated The Underdogs: Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly, Marty Jannetty, Barry Horowitz, & Hakushi in a team elimination match.

Sunny accompanied Skip to ringside. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase accompanied The 1-2-3 Kid.

Eliminations: Bob Holly pinned Tom Pritchard following a flying body press. Skip entered the match and quickly rolled up Holly for the pin. The 1-2-3 Kid kicked Hakushi in the head, allowing Rad Radford to make the pin. Barry Horowitz pinned Rad Radford. The 1-2-3 Kid eliminated Barry Horowitz following a leg drop. Marty Jannetty pinned Skip following a power bomb off the top rope. Ted DiBiase distracted the referee, and Sid interfered in the match, dropping Jannetty across the top rope. The 1-2-3 Kid pinned Marty Jannetty to win the match for his team.

Survivor: The 1-2-3 Kid

► Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe, & Lioness Aska defeated WWF Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze, Kyoko Inoue, Chapparita Asari, & Sakie Hasegawa in a team elimination match.

Harvey Whippleman accompanied Bertha Faye to ringside.

Eliminations: Alundra Blayze pinned Lioness Aska following a German suplex. Aja Kong hit a devastating suplex on Sakie Hasegawa and made the pin. Kong pinned Chapparita Asari following a splash from the second rope, and then pinned Kyoko Inoue by sitting on her when Inoue attempted a sunset flip. Alundra Blayze rebounded, and eliminated Tomoko Watanabe following a piledriver and Bertha Faye following a German suplex. Aja Kong hit Alundra Blayze with a spinning back hand and pinned her to win the match for her team.

Survivor: Aja Kong

This was Alundra Blayze’s last WWF television appearance, as she would soon leave the WWF for WCW. Her next television appearance (as Madusa) was on WCW Monday Nitro, where she shocked the wrestling world by throwing the WWF Women’s Championship into a trash can.

Following the match, Todd Pettingill interviewed "President Clinton" in the audience, but the interview was cut short when Bam Bam Bigelow’s ring pyro startled the "President," causing the "Secret Service" to tackle Pettingill.

► Goldust made his Survivor Series debut, pinning Bam Bam Bigelow following a running bulldog.

Following the match, we returned to Todd Pettingill and "President Clinton" in the audience, now joined by Mr. Bob Backlund. Backlund and the "President" debated politics as the segment died a painful death.

► The Dark Side: Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu, & Henry Godwinn defeated The Royals: King Mabel, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Isaac Yankem D.D.S., & Hunter Hearst Helmsley in a team elimination match.

Paul Bearer accompanied Undertaker to ringside. Sir Mo accompanied King Mabel.

Leading to the match, the Undertaker was looking for revenge against King Mabel for crushing his orbital socket six weeks earlier on Monday Night Raw. This was the return of the Undertaker following the injury, and the debut of his grey protective mask.

Eliminations: The Undertaker eliminated Jerry Lawler following a tombstone piledriver. Isaac Yankem was also pinned following a tombstone. The Undertaker next eliminated Hunter Hearst Helmsley, this time following a chokeslam. Mabel hit the Undertaker with a leg drop, the same move that injured the Undertaker’s face weeks earlier, but the Undertaker sat up, and a scared King Mabel walked out on the match and was counted out, giving the victory to the Dark Side.

Survivors: The Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu, & Henry Godwinn

► Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, Sid, & "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon, Owen Hart, Dean Douglas, & Yokozuna in a team elimination match.

Jim Cornette accompanied "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith to ringside. Mr. Fuji accompanied Yokozuna. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase accompanied Sid.

This was a "Wild Card Match" ordered by WWF President Gorilla Monsoon, in which heels and faces were forced to team together. Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, and Razor Ramon were all faces at the time; the rest of the participants were heels.

Eliminations: Razor Ramon hit teammate Dean Douglas with a right hand, allowing Shawn Michaels to roll up the stunned Douglas for the pin. Shawn Michaels accidentally hit Sid with Sweet Chin Music, allowing Razor Ramon to make the pin. Ahmed Johnson pinned Owen Hart following the Pearl River Plunge. The 1-2-3 Kid came to ringside and distracted Razor Ramon, allowing the British Bulldog to hit a running powerslam and pin Ramon. Shawn Michaels hit Yokozuna with Sweet Chin Music, and Ahmed Johnson followed up with a big splash and the pin to win the match for his team.

Survivors: Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, & "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith

Following the match, we once again returned to Todd Pettingill and "President Clinton," this time joined by Sunny. Nothing to see here. Except Sunny. Back when she was still hot.

► Bret "Hitman" Hart defeated WWF Champion Diesel with a small package in a no disqualification match to win the WWF Championship.

This match marked the end of Diesel’s year-long championship run, and was the first time (but certainly not the last time) the Spanish announce table was destroyed in a pay-per-view main event.

CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE: Jean Pierre Lafitte was originally scheduled to compete as a member of the Bodydonnas, but was replaced on the team by The 1-2-3 Kid. The 1-2-3 Kid had recently turned heel and joined the "Million Dollar Corporation," and the WWF explained the substitution by stating that "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase had bought The 1-2-3 Kid a spot on the team. In reality, Jean Pierre Lafitte required time off to have a hernia operation....Avatar was originally scheduled to compete as a member of the Underdogs, but was replaced on the team by Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly.

NOTES: Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Mr. Perfect, making a surprise return to the WWF, did commentary for the event. Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich did Spanish commentary. Todd Pettingill handled interviews. Bill Dunn was the ring announcer....WWF Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) in a non-televised match prior to the pay-per-view....Promotional materials for Survivor Series 1995 featured Shawn Michaels & Diesel....This was the first Survivor Series pay-per-view held on a Sunday night. Previous events were either held on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving Eve.

Buck Woodward: Honestly, all I remember from this show was Undertaker's team (all wearing Undertaker shirts) pretty much standing on the apron cheering while Undertaker blew through everyone. ... I also remember thinking that the Wild Card match was pretty dumb, especially when Ramon turned on Douglas. It was like "What's the point?"

Mike Johnson: I was actually at this show, which was the final in a weekend where I attended four shows in three days....This was the historic show where Bret "ECW is like Pornography" Hart flew off the ring apron and crashed through a table. To Hart's credit, he actually got a good match out of Kevin Nash....I liked the whole Wild Card deal and remember that being a fun match....The match with the Japanese women, which was why I attended the show, was a huge letdown....The Public Enemy dark match was hysterical to me personally as the night before, while talking to Ted Petty (who was a great guy), he told me that they weren't going anywhere. 12 hours later, I was watching them walk to the ring for a WWF show. Too funny....I also recall running into Axl Rotten in the building, which I thought was weird because here was an ECW guy going to a WWF show. It just totally seemed out of place.

Here is Tim Whitehead's original report on the Survivor Series 2000.

WWF's Survivor Series (11/19 from the Tampa Ice Palace) was a mix of good and bad. The workrate in most of the matches was strong. Crowd heat was good during the thumb's up matches (poor during the weaker segments). The Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker bout was better than it had any right to be, given Undertaker's physical limitations. Rock vs. Rikishi was solid. And the Steve Austin vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley main event was very good until....well, until the unbelievably horrible ending. Seriously, it was one of those endings so bad that it nearly overrode any positives on the show. It crossed the line from suspension of disbelief to suspension of intellect, and shows the danger in trying to be either too cute or too hardcore, especially trying to be both at the same time. The ending to the Angle vs. Undertaker match was also stupid, reminiscent of 80's WWF kiddie angles that are looked back upon today as a joke. Another danger currently brewing in the WWF is that the alliances being formed make increasingly little sense. HHH allied with Chris Benoit and the Radicalz? They really need to start thinking some of these things through a little more before they start making some of the same mistakes that sent WCW into a tailspin.

CRASH HOLLY & MOLLY HOLLY & STEVE BLACKMAN defeated TEST & ALBERT & TRISH STRATUS in 5:03. A standard opener. Trish kept trying to avoid Molly (formerly Mona in WCW). Crash got manhandled in the wrong corner. Test nearly kicked his head off in one spot. The four guys ended up brawling on the floor. Trish managed to get the upper hand on Molly for a few seconds, but Molly came back and pinned Trish with a sunset flip. Recently wed Jerry Lawler was lusting after the gals big time on commentary, obviously not of the Bob Caudle school of broadcasting.

Backstage, Kurt Angle boasted to Edge & Christian that he wouldn't need their help in his match against Undertaker since he had it all under control.

Tiger Ali Singh & Lo Down (D-Lo Brown & Chaz) tried to get into the backstage area but the guard wouldn't let them in without credentials. Tiger Jeet Singh would have just used his sword to clear a path through the arena.

THE RADICALZ beat ROAD DOGG & CHYNA & BILLY GUNN & K. KWIK in a Survivor Series elimination match in 12:39. Terri was with the Radicalz, and Lawler lusted after her, too. Notice how the Radicalz spell their name with a "z"? Lots of teams substitute a "z" for an "s" to appear non-conformist, but the problem is that so many do so that it's become conformist. Perry Saturn started off against Billy Gunn, who is no longer Mr. Ass. Damn! I won't get to write "ass" a ton of times during my reports anymore. Chyna came in and kicked Saturn and did her handspring elbow. Saturn caught her but she kicked him near the crotch (she actually missed by quite a bit) to escape. The crowd was into Chyna but she got pinned and eliminated at 2:30 after Eddie Guerrero hit her with his IC belt. The Radz did a four-on-one on Gunn until he rallied and pinned Guerrero at 6:00. Kwik made his PPV debut and popped the crowd with some cool moves, including a spinning headscissors, before being pinned by Chris Benoit with a German suplex at 7:16. Saturn suplexed Dogg for the pin at 8:47. At 10:56 Gunn pinned Dean Malenko with the Famouser after Benoit and Saturn got crossed up on the floor. But Benoit scored the final pin at 12:39 when he fell on Gunn (who was going for a suplex) and Saturn held Gunn's leg from outside the ring and Gunn was pinned. Mostly an okay match.

Lilian Garcia tried to interview Rock but he wouldn't speak.

KANE defeated CHRIS JERICHO in 12:33. Jericho went after Kane and dropkicked him from the ring. Jericho did a plancha and could have been seriously hurt when his boot caught the top rope going over but Kane was close enough in to catch him. They brawled some on the floor. Jericho hit a springboard dropkick. Kane dominated for a while with power moves and did a spot when he hung Jericho over his back by holding onto his throat. The announcers kept putting over that Kane was trying to maim Jericho's face, since his own face is maimed. Kane hurled Jericho from the ring with one arm. Kane came off the top but Jericho dropkicked him in mid-air. The crowd started to really get into the match at this point. Jericho hit a missile kick and scored some near falls. Jericho hooked the Walls hold but Kane made the ropes. Jericho went for the lionsault but Kane caught him by the throat, which was a neat spot, and chokeslammed him for the pin. The match was pretty good considering the style clash.

Terri told the Radicalz that HHH was in the arena and would meet with them shortly. Benoit and the others laughed with glee. Jeez, what a weird alliance given that Benoit recently walloped Stephanie.

WILLIAM REGAL defeated HARDCORE HOLLY by DQ in 5:47 to retain the European Title. Regal worked on Holly's bad arm (the one that was broken) while the crowd snoozed. Holly then hit Regal with the belt for the cheap DQ. Very lame.

Trish flirted with Angle, but he didn't get the message. In fact, there were two huge messages staring him in the face and he missed both of them. Trish hinted a willingness to help him in his match but Angle thought she was offering for Test & Albert to help and said it was unnecessary since he had the match in the bag.

ROCK beat RIKISHI in 11:17. Rock charged the ring and was about to use a chair on Rikishi but the ref took it from him. Rock then pounded Rikishi with his fists. Rikishi came back and kept hitting and kicking Rock in the chest, with Rock selling the injury he received there on RAW when Rikishi hit him in the chest with a sledgehammer. Rikishi kept stomping Rock. It was strange seeing Rock in a mid-card match, and the crowd must have thought so as well since they were kind of quiet at first, but then started getting into the match. Rikishi got another sledgehammer but Rock nailed him with a Rock Bottom before he could use it. The ref had been bumped so Rock only scored a two count. Rikishi hit a Samoan drop and actually rubbed his ass in Rock's face. It was really weird seeing a babyface star like Rock take that move. Rock came back and hit a killer lariat which sent Rikishi on a spin bump. Rock hit a spinebuster and a People's Elbow to a huge pop. He was slow covering Rikishi (still selling the chest injury) but got the three count. Afterward, Rikishi laid Rock out and did four Banzai drops on him. Pretty good match.

Raven was shown standing around, looking weird, at WWF New York.

HHH was hanging around with the Radicalz backstage when Mick Foley arrived. Foley said he was making the HHH vs. Austin match a no-DQ bout and banned the Radz from ringside. HHH smirked that Austin would be leaving the arena without the use of his legs.

IVORY defeated LITA in 4:51 to retain the WWF Women's Title. Lita is the most over female wrestler in this country since Wendi Richter's brief run on top in the mid-80's. Lita hurled Ivory around. Ivory then caught Lita hardway with a fist just above the eye and legit busted her open. She juiced big time. Female bloodbaths are not uncommon in Japan but over here it's very rare to see the ladies bleed, though of course it was an accident in this case. Lita hit a spinning headscissors and did a plancha onto both Ivory and Steven Richards. Lita went for a moonsault but Richards pulled Ivory clear. Lita suplexed Ivory and went for another moonsault but Ivory held up the title belt and Lita landed on it and was pinned. The cut above her eye looked really sick and given the amount of blood it no doubt required stitches.

Jonathan Coachman reported that Rock was coughing up blood in his locker room.

Chris Jericho attacked Kane backstage and destroyed with with a chair and a 2x4.

KURT ANGLE beat UNDERTAKER in 16:15 to retain the WWF World Title. This was way better than the poor match these two had a few months ago. Angle didn't have Stephanie in his corner since she still has the "flu". He kept stalling and didn't want to get in the ring with Undertaker. UT finally gave Angle a chair to coax him into fighting. Angle used it on UT. Basically they brawled, each scoring some twos, but it was mostly pretty good with UT moving faster than usual. UT bumped out but he caught Angle when he came off the apron and posted him. Angle kept working on UT's leg. There were huge "Angle sucks" chants throughout the match. UT put Angle in an armbar submission and he tapped but the ref didn't see it since Edge & Christian ran out and distracted him. UT attacked Edge & Christian. He returned to the ring and chokeslammed Angle but the ref was slow getting back to the ring and Angle kicked out. UT got several more two counts with Angle kicking out and Jim Ross put Angle over as being tough, which was a good idea since they've overdone the idea that he's a pansy to the point that a lot of fans don't take him seriously. Angle locked the figure four on UT, and also hooked it around the ring post a la Bret Hart. Angle escaped from a tombstone piledriver attempt. Angle crawled under the ring but UT dragged him out and gave him the Last Ride for the attempted pin (actually it was two Last Rides as the first one didn't quite come off) but after counting two, referee Earl Hebner stopped the count because he noticed that the guy being pinned wasn't Angle. Instead, it was some guy who looked like Angle and was dressed like him. Boy, I'll bet that was deja vu for Hebner. Anyway, Angle then came up from the other side of the ring and surprised UT with a schoolboy and got the pin using the tights. A silly ending. Angle fled from the arena and drove off in his car at high speed. This broke the streak of six Survivor Series PPV's where the WWF Title had changed hands, including the famous Montreal title change.

THE HARDYS & THE DUDLEYS beat GOODFATHER & BULL BUCHANAN & EDGE & CHRISTIAN in a Survivor Series elimination match in 10:04. There was very little heat despite the talent involved. They did one spot where the Hardys & Dudleys did a quadruple DDT on their foes. Edge pinned Matt Hardy with a move Lawler called the Edge-A-Matic at 3:58 after interference from Val Venis. Christian pinned D-Von with a tomokaze at 5:07. Buh Buh Ray cleaned house and pinned Buchanan after Edge accidentally speared him at 7:31. Christian then accidentally splashed Edge and he was pinned by Buh Buh at 7:58. At 8:39 Goodfather pinned Buh Buh with a Death Valley Driver. At 9:38 Jeff Hardy pinned Christian with a swanton. The heat finally picked up. Jeff won the match at 10:04, pinning Goodfather when Val accidentally lariated him. A lot of heel incompetence in this match. They tried to make up for it by attacking Jeff afterward and Val did the Money Shot on him but the faces all made the save and both Val and Steven Richards were put through tables.

STEVE AUSTIN (presumably) defeated HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY in a no-DQ match in 25:00. Austin flipped HHH off and the match was on. It was a solid brawl throughout. Austin pounded HHH and worked on his back. HHH bailed out and Austin followed. They brawled up the aisle and around a tech area in the back. They fought back to ringside and Austin took a bump on the Spanish announcers' table. Austin hit HHH with a monitor and he juiced a gusher. Austin had a beer and then hit HHH with the cooler and the empty beer can. Water got all over the mat and Austin nearly slipped in it. He told JR to clean it up. Back in the ring, HHH blocked a stunner and hit a neckbreaker. The heat was very strong by this point. They went back out and HHH was about to Pedigree Austin on the stairs but Austin backdropped him through the main announcers' desk. Once again returning to the ring, Austin gave HHH a stunner. He placed HHH's leg through a chair and was going to stomp it (JR mentioned the time he did that to Brian Pillman) but instead he switched it to HHH's neck. JR freaked out that this could break HHH's neck but the ref got rid of the chair before Austin could carry out his plan. HHH revived and brawled with Austin up the aisle and backstage where (surprise!) the Radicalz attacked Austin since Foley had banned them from ringside but said nothing about interfering backstage. As a bunch of refs tried to pull the Radz off Austin, HHH staggered out to the parking lot and got in his car. Benoit then tried to lure Austin out, where HHH planned to run him over again. But Austin instead got in a forklift and unexpectedly came up on HHH's car from the side. He lifted the car high as HHH pleaded with him to stop, and then dropped the car, which flipped over and landed upside down, totally smashing the roof of the car in. In real life this would have killed anyone in the car, and was thus as moronic as the incident where Paul Wight fell off the roof of the arena a few years ago, or where one of the Road Warriors fell off the Titantron, or where the dumpster was dropped on Big Bossman's car. In other words, it was an idiotic angle, so hardcore that it was childish. The match and show simply ended, with no winner officially declared, though I guess with HHH smashed up in an upside down crushed vehicle, Austin won.


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