Survivor Series (1987)

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Survivor Series 1987 was the third Survivor Series event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 8th November 1987

## Background

The main match heading into the show is G1 Winner Ted Dibiase vs WWF Champion Sting, both men debuted in May of 1987 and have made a quick mark on WWF, Ted Dibiase beating Hulk Hogan in 2 occasions and teaming up with Andre The Giant while Sting became WWF Champion in just 2 months of being in the company, both men haven't met before and didn't have any segment with each other leading up to this but it's still a hyped match between 2 rookies.

Ricky Steamboat defeated Hulk Hogan at SNME May 1987 to end his WWF Championship reign in 28 days, they teamed up against Ted Dibiase and Andre The Giant but then parted ways for a while, Steamboat would turn heel after losing the WWF Championship and at King of the Ring 1987 he took out Hulk Hogan before his NO1 Contendership Match and took his spot, Hogan didn't believe that Steamboat did this on his own believing that he was bribed by Ted Dibiase, Steamboat got angry that Hogan didn't believe he had the guts to do what he did so he targeted him after losing against WWF Champion Sting at Summerslam 1987, their match ended in a countout draw at SNME September 1987, Steamboat decided to gather a team as he recruited Butch Reed and Harley Race, Ted Dibiase put Virgil on Steamboat's team as Steamboat said he respected Dibiase. On Hogan's side, Hogan recruited Ultimate Warrior, Koko B.Ware after him beating Hogan in a singles match and jobber Barry Horowitz who asked for a chance.

At SNME June 1985, Hart Foundation were attacked by 2 Invisible Men, Bret Hart went on a hunt to figure out who these men were, they were revealed to have been Adrian Adonis and Bob Orton Jr. at Superstars 52 but they had a third man pulling the strings and making them invisible who they refused to reveal, Bret Hart would soon forget about this man as he won the Intercontinental Championship at Summerslam 1986, he resurfaced a year later at Superstars 92 as Bret Hart was attacked backstage, this Invisible Man also took the 24/7 Championship from Bret at SNME September 1987, at Superstars 113 out of nowhere Honky Tonk Man revealed he was the Invisible Man and wanted to take the Intercontinental Championship from Bret who had now held it for more than a year, Bret accepted with fury against this man as he wanted an I Quit match.

One Man Gang is the NO1 Contender to the Intercontinental Championship and he defeated Hart Foundation in a handicap match at Superstars 116 after Bret was distracted by HTM, Neidhart was furious that their team was now losing handicap matches and beat up One Man Gang, Jack Tunney decided to make this match

The Islanders defeated Snake's Pit in a non title match at Superstars 113 and are now getting a title shot.

## Results

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## Survivor Series Eliminations

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## Details

* After Bret Hart beats the crap out of Honky Tonk Man, he reveals he was just paid to say that he's the Invisible Man and is not actually the true one, Bret doesn't stop with the sharpshooter even after HTM says "i quit" as he demands to know who is the Invisible Man, refs and security break this out
* One Man Gang squashed Neidhart
* The ref did a fast count and Dibiase won this way

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