1998 Survivor Series Review

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Tournament First Round: Mankind defeated Duane Gill (0:30)
Mankind pinned Gill.
DUD
MOTY! Oh wait it was shit.

Tournament First Round: Al Snow (w/Head) defeated Jeff Jarrett (w/Debra) (3:31)
Snow pinned Jarrett after hitting him with "Head".
¾*
More shit.

Tournament First Round: Steve Austin defeated The Big Boss Man (3:20)
Boss Man was disqualified after attacking Austin with a nightstick.
½*
More shit.

Tournament First Round: X-Pac fought Steven Regal to a no-contest (8:10)
Both men were counted-out, thus both were eliminated from the tournament.
*1/2
More...you guessed it...shit.

Tournament First Round: Ken Shamrock defeated Goldust (5:56)
Shamrock made Goldust submit with the Ankle Lock.
*
This is like a RAW with a lot of matches.

Tournament First Round: The Rock defeated The Big Boss Man (0:04)
Rock pinned Boss Man with a small package.
Boss Man was a replacement for Triple H who was still out with a knee injury.
This was the shortest match in WWF/E history, beating the previous record of 6 seconds(Diesel vs. Bob Backlund from November 1994).
DUD
4 seconds? On a PPV? *SIGH*

Tournament Quarter-Final: The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Kane (7:16)
Undertaker pinned Kane after a Tombstone Piledriver.
¾*
Hey we almost reached a star.

Tournament Quarter-Final: Mankind defeated Al Snow (w/Head) (3:55)
Mankind pinned Snow.
*1/4
So...many...matches...

Tournament Quarter-Final: The Rock defeated Ken Shamrock (8:20)
Rock pinned Shamrock after hitting him with The Big Boss Man's nightstick.
*3/4
*Gasp* a match over *!

Steve Austin received a bye in his Quarter-Final match to qualify to the Semi-Finals.

Sable defeated Jacqueline (w/Marc Mero) to win the WWF Women's Championship (3:14)
Sable pinned Jacqueline after a Sablebomb.
¼*
Who cares?

Tournament Semi-Final: Mankind defeated Steve Austin (10:27)
Mankind pinned Austin after a chairshot from Pat Patterson and Shane McMahon made the three count.
**3/4
MOTN. At **3/4.

Tournament Semi-Final: The Rock defeated The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) (8:23)
Undertaker was disqualified after Kane interfered and nailed The Rock with a Chokeslam.
¾*
I numb to it all by now.

The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) defeated D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry and The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (10:10)
Gunn pinned Mosh.
*
Uh huh...yeah...OK...whatever...

Tournament Final: The Rock defeated Mankind to win the vacant WWF Championship (17:10)
Rock forced Mankind to submit with the Sharpshooter.
The ending to this match was a reference to the 1997 Survivor Series with Vince McMahon ordering for the bell to be rung, despite the fact that Mankind did not submit.
**3/4
Finally the finals. Match was almost good too!

Tournament PPVs never have any great matches in them because guys are forced to wrestle in up to 4 matches. This one is no different. This show was awful.