Survivor Series 1989 Survivor Series 1989 was the third annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay - per - view professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on Thanksgiving Day , November 23 , 1989 at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont , Illinois . This was the first Survivor Series event to feature team names . It was also the first Survivor Series to feature 4 on 4 tag matches instead of 5 on 5 . The main event was a 4 - on - 4 Survivor Series match where The Ultimate Warrior s ( WWF Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior , The Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ) and Jim Neidhart ) defeated The Heenan Family ( Bobby Heenan , Colossal Connection ( André the Giant and Haku ) and Arn Anderson ) . The undercard also featured Survivor Series matches . Background . The main feud heading into Survivor Series was between The Ultimate Warriors ( WWF Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior , The Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ) and Jim Neidhart ) and The Heenan Family ( Colossal Connection ( André the Giant and Haku ) and Brain Busters ( Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard ) ) . Bobby Heenan was a very popular Heel Manager , who led many heel wrestlers to championship victories in WWF and his clients Feud ed with all Babyface wrestlers . Ultimate Warrior had been placed in a feud with Heenan ' s client Rick Rude which began at Royal Rumble when Warrior won by fan reaction over Rude in a posedown . Rude followed by attacking him . They feuded with each other until the summer of the year , in which they exchanged the Intercontinental Championship with each other . The Rockers were in a feud with Brain Busters , that had also begun since the beginning of the year . The feud began on January 30 , 1989 edition of " Prime Time Wrestling " where Brain Busters faced The Rockers . In the match , Brain Busters narrowly defeated the Rockers as Anderson held down Marty Jannetty ' s leg as Blanchard pinned him . Rockers and Brain Busters faced each other in a rematch on March 11 which resulted in a double countout . They were added to the main event of Survivor Series in opposing teams . The Honky Tonk Man began a feud with Dusty Rhodes in mid - 1989 , which culminated at SummerSlam where Dusty won . Rhodes and Honky continued their rivalry with each other , leading to a match at Survivor Series . Rhodes was scheduled to captain Dream Team while Honky became a part of The Enforcers . Akeem , one half of The Twin Towers defeated Brutus Beefcake in a King of the Ring 1989 qualifying match on October 14 , leading to a feud between Beefcake and the Twin Towers . Beefcake joined Dusty ' s Dream Team while Twin Towers became scheduled captains of Enforcers . Tito Santana and Rick Martel , former Strike Force teammates had been Feud ing with each other since WrestleMania V , where Martel turned Heel by abandoning Santana during their match against Brain Busters ( Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard ) . At SummerSlam , Martel and The Fabulous Rougeaus ( Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau ) defeated Santana and The Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ) . Martel became a member of The Enforcers while Santana and The Red Rooster were added to The Dream Team . Randy Savage turned heel in early 1989 , breaking up the The Mega Powers . He defeated Jim Duggan later that same year to win the title of " King of Wrestling " , beginning a feud between Duggan and himself . Greg Valentine and Ron Garvin had been feuding since a match on December 30 , 1988 in Madison Square Garden ( MSG ) which Valentine won by grabbing the tights for leverage . On April 22 , 1989 episode of " Superstars " , Garvin defeated Valentine in a match . On the following edition of " Superstars " , they both faced each other in a retirement match where the loser could not wrestle anymore in WWF . Valentine won the match , sending Garvin into retirement . Garvin became a referee for WWF . During this time , he punched several wrestlers who physically provoked him , including Valentine in the course of his match against Jimmy Snuka , and he was suspended after the match . Valentine was also involved in a feud with Hercules , which culminated at SummerSlam 1989 where Valentine defeated Hercules by pinning him using the ropes for leverage . Garvin was the guest ring announcer for the match , and not only did he verbally shot Valentine during the introduction , but he also announced Hercules as the winner by disqualification . Valentine was so irate that he demanded for Garvin to be re - instated as a professional wrestler and his request was accepted . Garvin and Hercules were included as members of 4x4 ' s at Survivor Series and Valentine was added as a member of King ' s Court . Dino Bravo was involved in a feud with Bret Hart . At Royal Rumble 1989 , Jim Duggan , Hart and Jim Neidhart defeated Bravo and The Fabulous Rougeaus in a two out of three falls match , so Bravo became a member of King ' s Court at Survivor Series and Hart became a member of 4x4 ' s . Hulk Hogan starred in a WWF financed professional wrestling movie " No Holds Barred " as the protagonist , Rip . Tom Lister , Jr . portrayed Rip ' s arch rival Zeus in the movie , who is defeated by Rip . It turned out into a rivalry that took place in the WWF . Lister was billed as Zeus , who wanted to take revenge of the movie from Hogan in real - life . He debuted on May 27 , 1989 before Hogan ' s WWF Championship title defense against Big Boss Man in a Steel Cage match . Boss Man ' s Manager Slick introduced him . Zeus attacked Hogan during Hogan ' s entrance . The feud culminated at SummerSlam 1989 where Hogan and Brutus Beefcake defeated Randy Savage and Zeus . Zeus was scheduled to become a part of Million $ Team against Hogan ' s Hulkamaniacs team at Survivor Series . At WrestleMania V , Ted DiBiase attempted to steal Jake Roberts ' snake Damien during Roberts ' match against André the Giant beginning a rivalry between Roberts and DiBiase . Roberts defeated DiBiase ' s manager Virgil on " Superstars " but after the match , DiBiase injured him and sidelined him for months . Roberts returned in late 1989 and signed to become a part of Hogan ' s Hulkamaniacs team against DiBiase ' s Million $ Team . Demolition ( Ax and Smash ) were Pushed as a heel tag team in the WWF in 1988 under the tutelage of Mr . Fuji . A stronger and powerful babyface tag team Powers of Pain ( The Warlord and The Barbarian ) debuted in the summer of 1988 and challenged Demolition for the WWF Tag Team Championship . At Survivor Series 1988 , Fuji caused Demolition to get eliminated in a Survivor Series match resulting in a double turn as Powers of Pain turned heels and Demolition turned babyfaces . At WrestleMania V , Demolition defeated Powers of Pain and Mr . Fuji in a handicap match to retain the tag titles , culminating in Demolition joining Hulkamaniacs at Survivor Series and Powers of Pain joining Million $ Team in Survivor Series . At SummerSlam 1988 , Roddy Piper interfered in Rick Rude ' s WWF Intercontinental Championship title defense against Ultimate Warrior and distracted Rude , causing Rude to lose the title to Warrior . This led to Rude and Piper captaining teams against each other at Survivor Series . Rude ' s team was dubbed " Rude Brood " and Piper ' s team was dubbed " Roddy ' s Rowdies " . Jimmy Snuka became a part of Rowdy ' s Rowdies and Mr . Perfect became a part of Rude Brood . The Bushwhackers ( Butch and Luke ) feuded with The Fabulous Rougeaus ( Jacques and Raymond ) in early 1989 . This led to their WrestleMania V encounter where Bushwhackers won , leading to Bushwhackers joining Roddy ' s Rowdies and Rougeaus joining Rude Brood . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view , Boris Zhukov defeated Paul Roma in a Dark match . The first Survivor Series match that aired on pay - per - view was the first - ever Survivor Series match to feature team name and the first to have 4 participants in each team . It was between The Dream Team ( Dusty Rhodes , Brutus Beefcake , The Red Rooster and Tito Santana ) and The Enforcers ( Big Boss Man , Bad News Brown , Rick Martel and The Honky Tonk Man ) . Originally , Boss Man ' s tag team Twin Towers partner Akeem was scheduled to be a part of The Enforcers but was replaced by Brown . Rick Martel and Tito Santana , two former Strike Force partners and current rivals began the match . Martel pinned Santana with a roll - up , eliminating Santana , leaving Dream Team with 3 members . Like the previous year , Bad News Brown walked out on his team after arguing with team captain Big Boss Man and getting counted - out . Enforcers had also 3 members . Now both teams were having equal members until Brutus Beefcake pinned Honky Tonk Man after a high knee , eliminating Honky and leaving Enforcers with only 2 members - Boss Man and Martel . Martel entered but failed to eliminate Beefcake . Instead , Beefcake pinned Martel with a roll - up , eliminating him and leaving Enforcers ' captain Boss Man as the remaining member . He managed to pin Red Rooster after a Boss Man Slam . He fought the opposing Dream Team ' s captain Dusty Rhodes . The two captains had a battle with each other , which Rhodes won after he pinned Boss Man with a flying crossbody . Dream Team won with Rhodes and Beefcake as the sole survivors . The second Survivor Series match was between The King ' s Court ( " Macho King " Randy Savage , Canadian Earthquake , Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine ) and 4x4 ' s ( Jim Duggan , Bret Hart , Ronnie Garvin and Hercules ) . Canadian Earthquake was a replacement for The Widowmaker . Hercules and Earthquake began the match . Earthquake hit Hercules an Earthquake Splash and pinned Hercules to eliminate him , leaving 4x4 ' s with 3 members . Greg Valentine came next against 4x4 ' s team captain Jim Duggan . Duggan used his bigger size on Valentine and hit him with a three - point stance charging clothesline and pinned Valentine to eliminate him , leaving King ' s Court with 3 members too . Dino Bravo brawled with Ronnie Garvin . Bravo hit Garvin a side slam and pinned Garvin to eliminate him , leaving 4x4 ' s with 2 members - Duggan and Bret Hart . Hart used his high - flying ability but fell victim to a Savage Elbow by opposing team King ' s Court captain Randy Savage . Savage followed by pinning Hart and eliminating him , leaving 4x4 ' s with their captain Duggan . Duggan was able to fend himself against King ' s Court , who were all 3 . However , Savage ' s valet Queen Sherri interfered which distracted Duggan . Duggan went to the outside to chase her and got counted - out . King ' s Court won the match with Savage , Earthquake and Bravo as the sole survivors . The third Survivor Series match was between The Hulkamaniacs ( WWF Champion Hulk Hogan , WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition ( Ax and Smash ) and Jake Roberts ) and Million $ Team ( Ted DiBiase , Powers of Pain ( The Warlord and The Barbarian ) and Zeus ) . Zeus shoved the referee at 3 : 21 minute mark , so he was disqualified and got eliminated , leaving Million $ Team with 3 members . Ax and Warlord battled each other . Ax dominated Warlord until Powers of Pain ' s manager Mr . Fuji distracted him . Warlord took advantage and pinned Ax to eliminate him , leaving Hulkamaniacs with 3 members to even the score . Ax ' s Demolition partner Smash entered the match and Warlord ' s Powers of Pain partner Barbarian battled it out . Smash tried to take revenge of Ax ' s elimination from Barbarian but was pinned after a flying clothesline , getting eliminated and leaving Hulkamaniacs with 2 members - Jake Roberts and Hulk Hogan himself . Warlord and Barbarian double - teamed Hogan , so they were disqualified and eliminated , leaving opposing team Million $ Team ' s captain Ted DiBiase as the only member from his team remaining in the match . Roberts got the upper hand on DiBiase until DiBiase ' s manager Virgil distracted Roberts . DiBiase pinned Roberts and put his feet on the ropes for leverage . Hulkamaniacs ' captain Hogan was the remaining member of his team . Both captains were now left to battle against each other where Hogan hit a leg drop on DiBiase and pinned him to win the match and becoming the sole survivor for his team . The fourth Survivor Series match was between The Rude Brood ( Rick Rude , Mr . Perfect and The Fabulous Rougeaus ( Jacques and Raymond ) ) and Roddy ' s Rowdies ( Roddy Piper , Jimmy Snuka and The Bushwhackers ( Butch and Luke ) ) . The high - flying Jimmy Snuka and Jacques Rougeau began the battle where Snuka hit Jacques with a Superfly Splash and pinned him to eliminate Jacques , leaving Rude Brood with 3 members . Jacques ' brother and Fabulous Rougeaus partner Raymond battled opposing team Roddy ' s Rowdies ' captain Roddy Piper . Piper hit Raymond with a piledriver and pinned Raymond to eliminate him , leaving Rude Brood with only 2 members - Mr . Perfect and the captain Rick Rude . Perfect had been pushed as an undefeated wrestler since joining WWF in 1988 . He pinned Bushwhacker Butch with a roll - up to eliminate Butch , leaving Rowdy ' s Rowdies with 3 members . Butch ' s Bushwhackers partner Bushwhacker Luke battled Rude but unluckily , he was hit with a Rude Awakening and got pinned , getting eliminated and leaving Rowdy ' s Rowdies with 2 members . Both teams were having 2 members . Both captains , Rude and Piper battled each other and the captains themselves were counted - out , leaving it to Perfect from Rude Brood and Snuka from Roddy ' s Rowdies . Snuka used his high - flying techniques on Perfect but was unable to pin him . Perfect hit Snuka a Perfectplex and pinned him to win the match and becoming the sole survivor for Rude Brood . The main event was a Survivor Series match between The Ultimate Warriors ( WWF Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior , The Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ) and Jim Neidhart and The Heenan Family ( Bobby Heenan , Colossal Connection ( André the Giant and Haku ) and Arn Anderson ) . Arn Anderson ' s Brain Busters partner Tully Blanchard was originally scheduled to be a part of The Heenan Family but he was fired from the WWF on the day of the PPV for failing a drug test , so Bobby Heenan replaced him . André the Giant and opposing team Ultimate Warriors ' captain Ultimate Warrior began the match . The powerhouse Warrior dominated the taller André and shockingly clotheslined him over the top rope . André was counted - out and got eliminated , leaving Heenan Family with 3 members . André ' s Colossal Connection partner Haku fought with Jim Neidhart . He hit Neidhart a thrust kick and pinned Neidhart to eliminate him , evening the score as Ultimate Warriors also had 3 members . Heenan , the manager of his team also wrestled . He was able to eliminate Marty Jannetty by pinning him after a knee drop , leaving Ultimate Warriors with 2 members - Shawn Michaels and captain Ultimate Warrior while Heenan Family had still 3 members . Michaels evened the score after he pinned Haku with a flying crossbody , eliminating him and leaving both teams with 2 members . Arn Anderson began arguing with Heenan but he managed to eliminate Michaels after hitting him an Anderson Drop and pinning him , leaving the captain Warrior as the only member of his team . He dominated Anderson with a gorilla press drop and a big splash combination and pinned Anderson to eliminate him . This left Warrior and Heenan . Warrior easily destroyed Heenan with a big splash and pinned Heenan to eliminate him to win the match and become the sole survivor for his team .