WWE Survivor Series 1991 | WORST Wrestling Shows Ever

[@jackchew6021]

It’s sad that for the main event, only IRS and Typhoon are the literal survivors right now. Doubly sad that IRS had to live through the death of his son Windham Rotunda.

[@TheShockninja]

Agreed. No one should ever have to outlive their own child. RIP Bray Wyatt

[@OikPoinFive]

Rip bray wyatt

[@optimus2008]

​@muhglenschlop2770 How the heck was he a jobber? Bruh, ppl dont even understand wrestling terms anymore. And atleast show some respect to the man if not the character, I've called the Fiend character a joke, but I didn't insult Wyatt when he died. Grow up.

[@OikPoinFive]

​@@optimus2008how dare u mock the friend I mean the fiend.

[@OikPoinFive]

​@@optimus2008ok u right but he lost alot especially on ppv

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Hulk Hogan falsely claimed that Undeetaker being unsafe worker was hilarious . Another reaaon why Hogan is the king of lies

[@kanthakathewhite1012]

Whatcha mean brother ? That doesn't work for me !

[@justinmartin1831]

Hogan was notorious at being insecure about his spot. He knew Undertaker was young and already hugely popular even as a heel. Hogan was getting even booed in the match. He pulled a power play.

[@noyb12345]

Which is sad because we would've been treated to an epic feud.

[@JUVI9596]

Telling the truth doesn’t work for him, brother

[@barettcote4232]

C’mon did you see it?! That vicious unsafe tombstone is pry what cost him the Metallica gig brother!

[@MikeHughey728]

As much of a carboard cutout as Tunney was, one thing I really liked about this era of WWF was that when a world title match ended in controversy or a wrestler openly cheating, kayfabe required that everybody pretend they actually expect someone to, you know, DO SOMETHING about it. If the same thing happened now Michael Cole would prolapse for about 45 seconds, then the entire company would just sort of collectively shrug and say "oh well, what can ya do?"

[@timothygraham4304]

I mean, punches and kicks, aren't wrestling, professional or otherwise. If amateur wrestling was exciting, that's what we would be watching. This is a show. Granted, they should still be playing by the rules of their world, and it does annoy me when they don't, I'm fine with it overall.

[@MikeHughey728]

I guess if you want to obsess over the specific word "wrestling," sure. But pro wrestling has always been presented as a combat sport, more like martial arts or boxing than true wrestling. And if a world title bout in WBA, UFC or Bellator ended with somebody not involved in the match charging down and assaulting one of the combatants with an improvised weapon in full view of a packed house and a dozen TV cameras, you can be damn sure that *even if the result of the match were somehow allowed to stand in the moment* management would involve themselves immediately to try to remedy the situation after the fact. I mean, yes, fine, wrestling is silly and over-the-top and they need to make the show interesting, but I still liked that back in the day, there was at least an attempt being made to present an internal logic of "we should probably address this issue instead of just allowing our sports league to devolve into total anarchy." Even during the Monday Night Wars the chaos in both companies was partially explained as "the guy in charge *could* do something, but he's so power-mad and/or corrupt and/or wrapped up in his own stuff that he's *choosing* not to take the necessary steps to maintain control of the company as a whole anymore and that's why everything is so crazy right now."

[@MarvelMTs]

Hey, let’s not overlook the fact that Piper and Flair, two of the best talkers in wrestling history, shared a WWF ring together

[@vxrdrummer]

Their couple of mins together at RR92 was just genius. Flair reacted to Roddy coming out and then sold for Piper perfectly. Amazing. Flair was the best in the world based on that performance at the Rumble alone.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@vxrdrummer at that time, nobody thought that Flair would win, leading up to the Rumble match

[@MikeyP1983]

We refer to it as "That Tuesday In Texas" now

[@martyswild]

The reason survivor series, 1991 Took place on a Wednesday was because the Detroit Lions play host to the traditional afternoon Thanksgiving football match.

[@jamalwest7658]

People WITH illegal cable boxes , still couldn't bring themselves to watch wcw pay per views in 2000

[@rickylee1615]

Once again I disagree with this, I can still watch survivor series 1991 & enjoy it

[@anonamatron]

I loved the traditional elimination matches. The one where the face and heel survivors came back for a final elimination match was really fun.

[@rubenarriaga3029]

1990

[@Soyuz2578]

Shame they didn't keep it going

[@charlieparks2015]

It is like the royal rumble without the battle royal

[@AndreNDP]

I mean, if we're being honest, Mania is McCartney (commercially successful but occasionally bad and/or annoying), Summerslam is Lennon (occasionally great, often experimental), Rumble is Harrison (great, but it lives to set up more important things), and Survivor Series is Starr (is there. Definitely....there.).

[@lexkanyima2195]

Nice

[@nintendoswitchonlineisabad9491]

Well put 😊😊

[@andycain4351]

Imagine if Undertaker had come out of the egg but had still gone onto achieve the same level as success. 'Wow, you had the most incredible career ........ but you did come out of an egg'.

[@OikPoinFive]

His birth (egg] vs death gimmick

[@lebutzki]

@3:27, They might have put the PPV on a Wednesday because on every Thanksgiving the Detroit Lions play a home game, which at the time in 1991 the Pontiac Silverdome was about 40 minutes north of Detroit and the WWE was probably concerned about attendance.

[@lexkanyima2195]

How many people did watch the Lion's ?

[@lebutzki]

@@lexkanyima2195 91 was the year they went to the NFC Championship game and the Silverdome was usually packed. Detroit is also the team that invented the Thanksgiving football game in America so it's a massive deal here, even when the team is bad.

[@georgemartinez8405]

Survivor Series 91 was awesome. I liked it! The last match was the best, LOD, & Big Boss Man, vs Natural Disasters & IRS. The worst match was still good, bushwhackers and the rockers vs nasty boys and Beverly Brothers.

[@jeyDsixx18]

Definitely not one of the worst wrestling shows…not even one of the worst survivor series…I look back on it fondly and every year around survivor series time it’s one of the few past ss that I go back and watch

[@kevinlee9929]

Agreed. There are WAAAAAY worse shows than this.

[@optimus2008]

​@kevinlee9929 I guess Fraser doesn't want to talk about WCW, HIAC 2019 and 21st century Vince. I won't and can't blame him.

[@riskybitness]

Hot take: They should bring back the survivor series format with the 4 vs 4 elimination matches and put it on regular TV on Thanksgiving. I would watch it.

[@soiherdyoulikemudkip]

Fraser, there is no such thing as a Southwest Connecticut Facial Hair Authority. There was a Connecticut Facial Hair Club around 2017, but they now fall under the Greater Hartford Beard and Moustache Club. LEARN YOUR BEARDING HISTORY.

[@bigtombowski]

This has a special place in my heart as the first ppv i was allowed to watch as a 10 year old.

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

I'll never not laugh at Hogan saying that Piledriver from Taker injured his neck. 😂

[@Methodius93]

I know right? 😂

[@glenndallas7171]

"Scissors, Spikes, and Stolen Caskets" -- Fraser, you have no chill.

[@JJA1987]

Definitely not one of the worst wrestling shows ever

[@jeffreypridemore100]

RIP The Joe. One of Detroit’s greatest icons

[@Wezbomb]

no way. I loved this show as a kid!

[@kevinlee9929]

AGREED

[@burritoboy2751]

Little known fact: After Undertaker injured Hogan, Hogan went on to win an Olympic gold medal with a broken freaking neck! 😂

[@javiernovoa8756]

Personally, I'd love to see some more 5v5 elimination matches. A couple title defenses, a fued match, one traditional Survivor Series match and two War Games mstches sounds like a stacked card.

[@cannonbod581]

The opening match is my favourite survivor series match of all time (with the 20 man tag from 88 coming in a close second). Having Flair be the sole survivor (back when they knew what that meant) at this point, and through shady reasoning, was the perfect call. Guaranteed heat going into the show. Everybody had a good go in the ring, they all looked strong, even Virgil; and the only eliminations came by interference/shenanigans. If you ask me, this is one of those occasions where you can have a DQ finish and have it be a great option. These matches have no real stakes other than kudos, no titles on the line; so to have the new big heel get a crafty win without the popular faces doing the job... works for me.

[@Evilkingus]

I love the way you mixed the Bossman's mother and Jake the Snake's snakebite. You know your stuff!

[@OikPoinFive]

Bossman, his mom vs buff & Judy Bagwell in wcw in let's say 1997

[@pablo77bar60]

We can list tons and tons WWE PPVs worse than this

[@jamesbonnen]

12:27 I didn't pay for it I watched on the squiggly line channel

[@simonmarshall19]

I was glad and happy that Physcho Sid & Jim Niedhart return at the 1992 Royal Rumble .

[@TeganCantEven]

This was the first PPV I attended as a little kid. In hindsight it’s cool to be able to say that I was at Ric Flair’s first WWE PPV, and Undertaker’s first title win. But yeah,… fairly disappointing show.

[@RealGBStudios]

This event will always hold a special place to me, as it was the very first wrestling PPV I saw alongside the DLC that was This Tuesday in Texas

[@DezarasPrime]

If Von Wagner starts promoting Come Tuesday In Texas I might renew my network sub.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Fitting given his dad was involved 😂

[@andycain4351]

'Mum, can you buy me a pay per view' 'I just bought you a pay per view' 'Yeah but muuuuuuuum'

[@johnepants]

All they needed to do was put macho in the last match and tease a confrontation with Jake and it would have made it a better ppv

[@daschwah]

ohhh you got me brother Funniest goddamned Hoganism ever.

[@1000bip]

Survivor Series takes too much crap! I like it. Leave it alone

[@spartanisland9977]

Hope u guys know I’m always waiting for the next doc style vid, true story, war story, behind the match, etc. These too if they count. Some of the most interesting stuff to me and y’all do it the best

[@bobbycashshow]

There is absolutely no way this show is one of the worst ever. The opening match is full of star power and has a creative finish to avoid multiple eliminations, the WWF title match, whilst full of interference, was a shocking ending, the rockers breakup angle begins and the main event is a feel good house show main event as they didn’t want hogan on last. Incredible promos from Jake, Macho, Flair, Perfect and Piper. Real stretch to be in the worst category.

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

I’d go as far as saying this was one of my favorite Survivor Series shows actually, especially of the early ones.

[@heisensaul5538]

Like I said, I can't in good faith call this the worst anything. Sure, it might have seemed like This Tuesday in Texas was the bigger show and they promoted the hell of it, but when Hogan ruined WrestleMania IX by backstage politicking and NWO Sold out, ,which wasn't very good to begin with, had a god damn beauty pageant in the middle of it, where most of the women were older biker women pushing 50, yeah, I don't agree this was that bad. I'd rather watch this show than the other two mentioned.

[@kevinlee9929]

AGREED

[@mangrove]

Hogan took the paralyzation angle from visting Mike Utley of the Detroit Lions. Utley had been paralyzed a few weeks prior, and actually had been given last rites Thanksgiving evening. Heenan even mentioned Utley as Hogan was laying on the mat.

[@mrknopick]

OK Fraser, Love your content as always (along with ALL the Cultaholic crew), but don't drag my home state into this (Rec Center in Iowa) :) !

[@Phoenix512100]

5 men except Ric Flair getting DQ for brawling sounds like WCW in the 2000s.

[@danc3488]

Randy Savage...I will never forget the campaign they had going. "REINSTATE, THAT'S THE PLAN. REINSTATE THE MACHO MAN!!!"

[@earlofdrumer1851]

I loved this show. Easily one of the better SS shows. Some amazing wrestlers on the card. The Jake Roberts storyline with Savage still etched in my memory - the King Cobra incident is still one of the best moments in WWF history. The Flair angle of being "the real Worlds Champion" and using the WCW belt on a WAR show, albeit blurred on TV. Again, another key moment surely. And Undertaker winning the belt over Hogan was huuuuuge. A side note, you see the on screen start of Shawn Michaels heel turn.

[@anthonyp6823]

I love this show so much, no matter what. All because of the nostalgia of the VHS cover sitting in my local Blockbuster, and how well done the Hogan/Taker and Savage/Roberts stories were. All time storylines.

[@Justin_North]

I never watched this Tuesday in Texas, can we have it as a mini episode of worst shows ever?

[@diabeticman2194]

Woah woah Fraser, I will not let anyone disrespect the absolute banger that is Yellow Submarine, that’s the best Beetles tune hands down no cap. Clearly, this is the arrogance of youth

[@hipstereagle6050]

Alan Klein is in the afterlife laughing that Yoko gets the blame for the Beatles splitting lol

[@Myers369]

I think a mark from Weforums wrote this.

[@World_Championship_CAWs]

Lie, cheat and gobble. Think that was my ex's motto

[@Mu1ty]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this is my first wrestling show I remember. I remember being 5 and balling over Hogan

[@aznluvr7]

Me too, even though my dad had "smartened" me up when I was 5 (I was 9 when I saw this), I was really broken up about it. My dad kept saying "you know he's going to win it back anyway".

[@salamandersam69]

This event always has a soft spot in my heart. It was one of the only wrestling vhs tapes I had as a kid and watched it so many times.

[@NYGiantsfan1029]

The scissors spikes and stolen caskets line was good but you made my night with the They live on bizarre breadsticks go to hell Goldberg line. Lmao

[@vgcancino]

I'm not defending Meltzer and his ratings however you have to take into account that he gave these ratings at the time of the event and not retroactively so there was no high flying super technical wrestling of today to compare and contrast it with and watching an old pay-per-view does not give you the sense that people would have had at the time of the event for who was over and who was not so that rating may have seemed reasonable at the time for that match versus watching it in hindsight

[@Sevenigma777]

When you are so early the video doesn't even show up on the channel"s page lol

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

The Joe Louis arena - home to another worst PPV of all time - Halloween Havoc ‘95

[@aznluvr7]

The hell you say, I thoroughly enjoyed it, maybe for all the wrong reasons. But I did legitimately enjoy the Giant/Hogan Feud.

[@thebranchise]

I think they thought everyone would buy the next ppv due to the sunk cost fallacy.

[@_Pauper_]

Nice to hear & see Young Mr. Porter.

[@htt232101]

1990 has one of the best matches on any SS card in The Vipers v The Visionaries...and one of the best 1 on 1 ends to any SS match in Bret Hart v Ted Dibiase....Gooker aside....90 was the hottest SS Card they ever had.

[@derekrichardson9105]

I think that my ex had a "Lie, Cheat, and Gobble" shirt.

[@TheCoates1980]

I watched it at the time and enjoyed it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TheRealAhoy]

Yeah this is retroactive brainwashing, this community is all about that.

[@nicolemerrill9167]

Godzilla kidney failure lmao that's a lot of the juice

[@dmm250678]

Survivor Series 1991 was good but depends on what you compare it to. If you watched it back then you'd appreciate it more.

[@Cyber_Zombie]

The rockers & Bushwackers team name should of been "Rocking Down Under"

[@ofallmyintention9496]

Vince McMahon was like Mac from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, when he offers to rub tanning oil on the body builders and then help them stretch.

[@gestaltdude]

LORD PALMERSTON!!!!! While Hogan's "fall from grace" may have started at this event, his biggest crime was forcing us to watching him as that decline rapidly accelerated over the next 15 years, with match after match drastically reducing in quality to the point they became as watchable as the last season of Game of Thrones. This, ladies, gentlemen, and others, is why it is vitally important to not buy into your own hype when you become a professional wrestler. At least Flair had money trouble forcing him to continue, instead of pure ego.

[@PuppyandGiraffeyGO]

Change your name to CultofMeltzer.

[@apri1979]

I miss the good old SS elimination matches. Now we get the Wargames, what isn‘t that bad. But it‘s not the same. And it could be an other gimmick ppv as well.

[@cjq23]

Fraser Porter is my goat 🐐

[@jerryjanik480]

This was the first ever WWF pay-per-view I ever watched used to work for the cable company in Buffalo and that was the first year this was the first year that I started watching wrestling

[@calebbonds4632]

Yo “go to hell Goldberg” has me crying!😂😂 Also this is fraziers reminder to do beach blast 1993.

[@mjdf122]

On the road to Hulkamania/Hoganmania VIII

[@ryanmathis80]

Video is a W automatically because right as I refreshed youtube for something to watch this video dropped

[@Vhailor619]

LORD PALMERSTON

[@_Pauper_]

30$ then is $67.77 today. No wonder my folks always made me wait until they came out on VHS at the corner video store. We were SPAM eating poor. (Also) I have no doubt Detroit cheered The Undertaker. We morbid.

[@PBRSUPERSTAR]

I was at that show Joe Louis arena

[@91josh]

Fraser’s about a decade younger than me but if he tried to teach me maths I’d probably listen to him

[@fraserporter98]

I’m shite at math, blame my teacher Mr McMath

[@91josh]

@@fraserporter98you could fight him

[@nicolemerrill9167]

You held me so good it felt like you hurt me know what I mean brother no, no one knows what your saying brother lmao

[@AnthonyParrilloRI]

I always found that survivor series was more grandeur than summer slam

[@dmspw]

Man, I miss when all the presenters on this channel had charisma.

[@SheriffOutlaw]

RR 91 is the most Vince Russo type of nonsense we know and hate lol who books a ple to promote another ple heavily?

[@jamietipton1]

Survivor series 91 is a lot better then the Sh.... we are getting this year :)

[@midwestmind691]

Called Jake Roberts, "Jack" a few times.

[@vxrdrummer]

I watched this PPV 4 days ago and I enjoyed it all except watching Duggan. He was always so terrible to watch in the ring and the patriotic thing is boring as its all he does. Luckily he could talk as Duggan was the worst.

[@Alan-f2q]

I don't get it, I'm a southern American and I understand him just fine, Plus wouldn't we be the ones that have the accents not them.

[@andrethegiant3035]

In a main event that could headline any rec center got a good laugh out of me. 😂

[@seantaylor424]

Considering Survivor Series was originally made just to disincentivize cable companies from running Starcade, I guess it "did the honors" of promoting Tuesday in Texas in 1991. Like a true company-man, however, Survivor Series stuck around longer and has come to be appreciated as an asset.

[@PrinceVegeta95]

If the Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, Summerslam and Survivor Series were the Beatles then was King of the Ring Pete Best?

[@MrPineapple045]

The Wrestling Classic is Pete Best

[@nicholasbozec2828]

We need the rise and fall of Jim Crockett Promotions

[@talkingstraightwithnate]

14:19 No, that’s the Jake the Snake version of Bill Cosby sweater

[@waqaskaash7319]

Worst Survivor Series are 2011 Onwards are all shit up till now as i dont watch the current pg trash.

[@citizenstrife]

"Two stars higher than normal". So...Dave Meltzer today

[@Dim4323]

Undertaker winning the title Was the sign of him has a future champion.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Jack Tunney would’ve fined Christian Cage a lot and often 😂

[@christopherharing9883]

This is funny, I was 7 and this was my first PPV and I was HOOKED

[@ultracosmicwildberryjam]

in the lead ups to PLE's today, WWE could use a coupe of NXT guys and girls for those jobber/filler matches, and give a short breather between, name wrestler vs name wrestler, establishing more 'first time ever' matches and allowing some superstars to build a little bit of a winning streak. Apollo Crews, Austin Theory, and Dragon Lee for example get 2-3 weeks of enhancement talent wins before resetting for a new feud - all 3 men seeking to challenge US Champion Andrade.

[@pbp2]

A lot of over analysis about this show, it’s easy to criticise in the future if you know all the background about it, but as a fan in the time this all we had we didn’t have Google, fine if matches where shit no problem with that and oh damn a wrestling promoter trying to promote another show because that doesn’t happen now 😂

[@josephedrictiamson]

Thank God that the last two survivor series are pretty good to watch.

[@GrimReader]

I've never rated the Beatles pretty lame in comparison to other groups and artists at the time twee accessible pop, their best contribution was giving Harrison a launchpad but he'd probably have joined the Yardbirds at some point. But the Ringo slander is old, Ringo never went about beating the shit out of his wife and in the case of Paul never demeaned or was rude about recording songs that he and John didn't write.

[@bobbydelacroix1515]

Out of the big four, I consider Summer Slam the weak link only cause Survivor Series usually has better matches that set up the Royal Rumble

[@fireshot006]

With all due respect Fraiser, Ringo is a lot more valuable than Survivor Series