Survivor Series 1996

1. Doug Furnas, Phil Lafon, Henry Godwinn, & Phineas Godwinn defeated Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Leif Cassidy, & Marty Jannetty by pinfall

This match was very, very sloppy at the beginning. Marty especially looked bad here. Once it got towards the end, this match got going a little bit. A solid debut for Furnas & Lafon, even if they never really got a chance to shine in their WWF run.

Survivors: Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon

Rating: 1.75 (out of 5)

2. Undertaker defeated Mankind by pinfall

I am a big fan of this feud, but this is probably the weakest of all of their pay-per-view efforts. The ending was out of nowhere and there really was no story told here.

Rating: 2.25

3. Marc Mero, Rocky Maivia, The Stalker, & Jake Roberts defeated Jerry Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Goldust, & Crush by pinfall

This was Rocky's debut and he was thrown in this hodge podge of a match. These Survivor Series matches really showed how thin the WWF was at this time period. Luckily for them, the talent they did have went on to pay big dividends.

Survivor: Rocky Maivia

Rating: 1

4. Bret Hart defeated Steve Austin by pinfall

***Match Of The Night***

This is an absolute classic that is completely different from their most memorable encounter at WrestleMania 13. WrestleMania 13 may have been the night where Austin became a star, but Survivor Series is where he showed everyone that he was a great performer.

Rating: 4.75

5. Flash Funk, Yokozuna, Jimmy Snuka, & Savio Vega fought Vader, Faarooq, (Fake) Razor Ramon, & (Fake) Diesel to a no contest

This was actually going pretty well until the lame finish. They seemed to be running low on time and pretty much let them fight long enough for Snuka to do a splash off the top rope. Flash Funk was great here and it's too bad he was misused. Speaking of misused, it still makes me mad that Vader wasn't given a long heel championship run. I consider him to be Vince's biggest mistake of this era.

Rating: 1.25

6. Sid defeated Shawn Michaels by pinfall to win the WWF Championship

This may be Sid's best one-on-one match (at least that I can think of off the top of my head). They had a great flow for the first half of the match. The whole Jose Lothario angle hurt the match a little bit and they seemed to lose their momentum. Still, a good main event.

Rating: 3.5

I don't like this show as much as a lot of people do. I absolutely love the Austin/Bret match and Sid/Shawn is good, but the rest is kind of blah. However, one fantastic match and a good main event usually means the show is worth watching, and that is the case here. It's just not one you'll have to re-watch over and over.

Overall Rating: 75%