Survivor Series 1994 Survivor Series 1994 was the eighth annual Survivor Series pay - per - view professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on Thanksgiving Eve , November 23 , 1994 at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio , Texas . It was also the last Survivor Series to take place on the traditional Thanksgiving / Thanksgiving Eve date the show had always occupied since its inception ; the following Survivor Series and all subsequent shows have taken place on Sunday nights . Two main event matches were held ; in the first , Bob Backlund won the WWF Championship from Bret Hart in a submission match after Bret ' s brother Owen convinced their mother to throw in a towel to end the match . In the other main event , The Undertaker defeated Yokozuna in a casket match . The event also featured three elimination matches and two singles matches . Razor Ramon led The Bad Guys against Diesel ' s team of The Teamsters . Ramon won the match for his team after all members of the other team were counted out . Doink the Clown teamed with three midgets to form Clowns R ' Us in a match against The Royal Family , composed of Jerry Lawler and three midgets . The Royal Family won the match , but all seven other competitors attacked Lawler after the match . Lex Luger led Guts and Glory against the Million Dollar Corporation team , which was managed by Ted DiBiase . DiBiase ' s team won after Luger , the last wrestler from his team , was pinned . Shawn Michaels and Diesel , the WWF Tag Team Champions going in to the event , began feuding after Michaels accidentally kicked Diesel during the match . They vacated their title and began a feud that led to a match at WrestleMania XI . Three days after Survivor Series , Diesel won the WWF Championship by defeating Backlund . The rivalry between Backlund and Bret Hart continued , and they also faced each other at WrestleMania XI . Background . Several storylines formed the background for the opening match , which saw the fan favorite team of The Bad Guys ( Razor Ramon , the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid , Davey Boy Smith and The Headshrinkers ) square off against the villainous team of The Teamsters ( Shawn Michaels , Diesel , Jeff Jarrett , Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart ) . Razor Ramon had been feuding with Shawn Michaels since September 1993 when Ramon won the WWF Intercontinental Championship . Michaels , the former champion , had been stripped of the belt . WWF President Jack Tunney scheduled a battle royal , in which Ramon and Rick Martel were the final participants remaining . They faced each other on Monday Night Raw , and Ramon won the match and was awarded the title . Michaels claimed that he was the rightful holder of the belt and refused to acknowledge Ramon as the champion . Diesel was serving as Michaels ' bodyguard but soon became an active wrestler and carried on Michaels ' feud with Ramon . In the months leading up to Survivor Series , Ramon had also developed a feud with Jeff Jarrett , and the two faced each other several times with the Intercontinental Championship on the line . Ramon ' s friend , the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid , took Ramon ' s side in these feuds , and the two formed an occasional tag team . The Headshrinkers had also been feuding with Michaels and Diesel since dropping the WWF Tag Team Championship to them on August 28 . The Headshrinkers had several rematches but were unable to regain the belts . Finally , Davey Boy Smith was involved in a feud with his real - life brother - in - law Owen Hart and Hart ' s other brother - in - law , Jim Neidhart . Owen Hart had turned on his brother Bret at the 1994 Royal Rumble , after which Smith got involved on Bret ' s side and Neidhart took Owen ' s side . Although Jerry Lawler and Doink the Clown had a storyline rivalry that dated back to when Doink turned on Lawler by dumping a bucket of water on him following SummerSlam 1993 , the feud had rarely been mentioned since then . On the September 10 , 1994 episode of " WWF Superstars of Wrestling " , however , Lawler provoked Doink by popping balloons carried by Doink ' s midget sidekick Dink . The rivalry soon led to Lawler introducing a midget named Queasy , who dressed like Lawler . Doink and Lawler then introduced several more midgets over the following weeks . An elimination match was booked for Survivor Series , with Lawler , Queasy , Sleazy and Cheesy facing Doink , Dink , Wink and Pink . Bret Hart ' s feud with Bob Backlund dated back to the July 30 , 1994 episode of " WWF Superstars of Wrestling " . Backlund believed that he had won the match and the WWF Championship by defeating Hart . The match had not ended , however , and Hart pinned Backlund . When Hart tried to shake Backlund ' s hand after the match , Backlund turned on him and performed the crossface chickenwing on Hart . Following the match , Backlund acted quite differently than he had when he portrayed a face . He claimed that he had never truly been beaten for the WWF Championship on December 26 , 1983 , as the match ended when his manager , Arnold Skaaland , threw a towel into the ring rather than allowing Backlund to submit to the Iron Sheik ' s camel clutch . A submission match was booked between Hart and Backlund for Survivor Series with the stipulation that the match could only end when a wrestler ' s cornerman threw a towel in to the ring . Hart ' s cornerman was his real - life brother - in - law Davey Boy Smith . Backlund ' s cornerman was Bret ' s brother Owen Hart , who had a long rivalry with Bret since turning on him during a tag team match at the 1994 Royal Rumble . The central feud in the match between Guts & Glory and The Million Dollar Team was between Lex Luger and Ted DiBiase ' s Million Dollar Corporation . During 1994 , DiBiase had " purchased " the contracts of several wrestlers to form a heel stable . Among the members to join were Bam Bam Bigelow and King Kong Bundy . Prior to SummerSlam 1994 , DiBiase claimed to have added Luger to the group . Luger denied having joined , despite Tatanka claiming that he had evidence that Luger had " sold out " to DiBiase . Luger and Tatanka faced each other at SummerSlam , where it was revealed that the storyline was a swerve , as Tatanka turned on Luger to join the Million Dollar Corporation . Bigelow and Adam Bomb had also been feuding since the September 10 , 1994 episode of " Superstars of Wrestling " . Bigelow attacked his opponent , a jobber , before the match . DiBiase then claimed that the company was not providing suitable competition , and he challenged any wrestler to face Bigelow . Bomb responded , and the two brawled briefly . Leading up to Survivor Series , Bomb and Bigelow faced each other at several house shows . The Heavenly Bodies were not members of DiBiase ' s stable , but they competed on behalf of the group . At the time , they were involved in a feud with The Smokin ' Gunns as a result of a match on the September 3 episode of " Superstars of Wrestling " . The Heavenly Bodies attacked the Gunns prior to the match and stole the Gunns ' cowboy hats . They put on the hats to mock the Gunns and then threw them on the ground and stomped on them . To get revenge , the Gunns stole The Heavenly Bodies ' ring robes and tore the wings off them . The feud between The Undertaker and Yokozuna began at Survivor Series 1993 . During an elimination match , Yokozuna was unable to injure The Undertaker , despite slamming The Undertaker ' s head into the ring steps and performing the Banzai drop on him . A match was booked for Royal Rumble 1994 , in which The Undertaker would challenge WWF Champion Yokozuna for the title in a Casket match . During the match , which featured a no - disqualification clause , Mr . Fuji , Yokozuna ' s manager , hired nine other wrestlers to interfere on Yokozuna ' s behalf . Yokozuna won the match after opening The Undertaker ' s urn , which , according to the storyline , contained the secret to The Undertaker ' s powers . After the match , The Undertaker appeared on the video screen and vowed to return to the World Wrestling Federation one day . He was not seen for several months , although , in reality , he was taking time off wrestling to allow injuries to heal . The Undertaker returned at SummerSlam 1994 , defeating an impostor pretending to be The Undertaker . A rematch against Yokozuna was scheduled for Survivor Series . This was also to be a Casket match , but Chuck Norris was brought in as a special outside referee to prevent interference .