# Survivor Series (1996)

The 1996 Survivor Series was the 10th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was presented by Milton Bradley's Karate Fighters, and took place on November 17, 1996, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The event is notable for seeing the debut of Dwayne Johnson, who wrestled under the name of Rocky Maivia in this event, and would later become known as The Rock.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Championship. Shawn Michaels defended the title against Sycho Sid. Sid won the title by pinning Michaels after hitting him with a television camera and performing a Powerbomb.
The undercard featured Faarooq, Vader, Razor Ramon, and Diesel versus Flash Funk, Savio Vega, Yokozuna, and Jimmy Snuka, who had been inducted into the WWF Hall Of Fame the night before, in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, Bret Hart versus Stone Cold Steve Austin in a standard wrestling match to determine the number one contender to the WWF Championship, Marc Mero, Rocky Maivia, Jake Roberts, and The Stalker versus Crush, Jerry Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Goldust in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, The Undertaker versus Mankind in a standard wrestling match and The Godwinns, Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon versus The New Rockers, Owen Hart and The British Bulldog.

## Production
### Background

Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1987. In what has become the second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Royal Rumble, and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring. The event is traditionally characterized by having Survivor Series matches, which are tag team elimination matches that typically pits teams of four or five wrestlers against each other. The 1996 event was the 10th event in the Survivor Series chronology and was scheduled to be held on November 17, 1996, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.

### Storylines

Survivor Series consisted of professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on Monday Night Raw — WWF's primary television program. Wrestlers portrayed a hero or a villain as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Results

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1$^F$ | Aldo Montoya, Bart Gunn, Bob Holly and Jesse James defeated Billy Gunn, Justin Bradshaw, Salvatore Sincere and The Sultan (with The Iron Sheik and Uncle Zebekiah) | 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match | 10:46 |
| 2 | Doug Furnas, Henry O. Godwinn, Phil Lafon and Phineas I. Godwinn (with Hillbilly Jim) defeated The British Bulldog, Leif Cassidy, Marty Jannetty and Owen Hart (with Clarence Mason) | 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match | 20:41 |
| 3 | The Undertaker defeated Mankind by pinfall | Singles match Paul Bearer was suspended above the ring in a shark cage. | 14:54 |
| 4 | Jake Roberts, Marc Mero, Rocky Maivia and The Stalker (with Sable) defeated Crush, Goldust, Jerry Lawler and Hunter Hearst Helmsley (with Marlena) | 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match | 23:44 |
| 5 | Bret Hart defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin by pinfall | Singles match to determine the #1 contender to the WWF Championship | 28:36 |
| 6 | Fake Diesel, Faarooq, Fake Razor Ramon and Vader (with Clarence Mason and Jim Cornette) vs. Flash Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Savio Vega and Yokozuna ended in a no contest | 4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match | 9:48 |
| 7 | Sycho Sid defeated Shawn Michaels (c) (with José Lothario) by pinfall | Singles match for the WWF Championship | 20:02 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the matchF – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Free for All ||||

### Survivor Series elimination matches

^1
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method | Time |
| 1 | Aldo Montoya | The Sultan | Submission | 3:55 |
| 2 | Salvatore Sincere | Bart Gunn | Pinfall | 6:55 |
| 3 | Bob Holly | Justin Bradshaw | Pinfall | 8:35 |
| 4 | Justin Bradshaw | Jesse James | Pinfall | 8:46 |
| 5 | The Sultan | Jesse James | Pinfall | 9:44 |
| 6 | Jesse James | Billy Gunn | Pinfall | 9:59 |
| 7 | Billy Gunn | Bart Gunn | Pinfall | 10:46 |
| Sole Survivor: | Bart Gunn | Bart Gunn | Bart Gunn | Bart Gunn |
^2
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method | Time |
| 1 | Marty Jannetty | Henry O. Godwinn | Pinfall | 8:12 |
| 2 | Henry O. Godwinn | Owen Hart | Pinfall | 8:18 |
| 3 | Phineas I. Godwinn | The British Bulldog | Pinfall | 9:04 |
| 4 | Leif Cassidy | Phil Lafon | Pinfall | 13:43 |
| 5 | The British Bulldog | Phil Lafon | Pinfall | 17:22 |
| 6 | Owen Hart | Doug Furnas | Pinfall | 20:41 |
| Survivors: | Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon | Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon | Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon | Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon |
^3
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method | Time |
| 1 | Jerry Lawler | Jake Roberts | Pinfall | 10:01 |
| 2 | The Stalker | Goldust | Pinfall | 12:44 |
| 3 | Hunter Hearst Helmsley | Marc Mero | Pinfall | 19:20 |
| 4 | Marc Mero | Crush | Pinfall | 20:36 |
| 5 | Jake Roberts | Crush | Pinfall | 20:54 |
| 6 | Crush | Rocky Maivia | Pinfall | 23:12 |
| 7 | Goldust | Rocky Maivia | Pinfall | 23:44 |
| Sole Survivor: | Rocky Maivia | Rocky Maivia | Rocky Maivia | Rocky Maivia |
^4
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Method | Time |
| 1 | Savio Vega | Fake Diesel | Pinfall | 8:39 |
| 2 | Fake Razor Ramon | Jimmy Snuka | Pinfall | 9:28 |
| 3 | Faarooq | N/A | Disqualification | 9:48 |
| 4 | Vader | N/A | Disqualification | 9:48 |
| 5 | Fake Diesel | N/A | Disqualification | 9:48 |
| 6 | Flash Funk | N/A | Disqualification | 9:48 |
| 7 | Jimmy Snuka | N/A | Disqualification | 9:48 |
| 8 | Yokozuna | N/A | Disqualification | 9:48 |
| Survivors: | None | None | None | None |

## Other on-screen personnel

| Commentators Vince McMahon Jim Ross Jerry Lawler Sunny Jim Cornette Carlos Cabrera Hugo Savinovich Interviewers Kevin Kelly Dok Hendrix Todd Pettengill | Ring announcer Howard Finkel Referees Earl Hebner Tim White Jack Doan Harvey Wippleman Mike Chioda |