The WWE Championship scene came full circle in 1995 with Bret Hart and Diesel, the same men who contested the title at the Royal Rumble, meeting for the title at Survivor Series. This night returned to the traditional Survivor Series format with 4 four on four elimination matches and only two singles matches.
The night started off with the Body Donnas (Skip, Rad Radford, Ton Prichard and the recently heel turned 1-2-3 Kid accompanied by Sunny and Ted DiBiase) defeated the UNderdogs (Marty Janetty, Bob Holly, Barry Horowitz and the recently face turned Hakushi). Prichard was the first man eliminated following a flying cross body from Bob Holly, who was himself eliminated seconds later when he was rolled up by Skip. Hakushi was pinned by Rad Radford following a spinning heel kick from The Kid. Radford was eliminated a fair while later, rolled up by Horowitz. Horowitz then fell to a a snap leg drop from The Kid. Leaving Janetty against the Kid and Skip. Janetty was able to superbomb Skip form the top rope to even the match up, and looked the likely winner until a returning Psycho Sid interfered, taking out Janetty and leaving The 1-2-3 Kid as the sole survivor of a good opening match.
The next match was the first all women's match at Survivor Series since 1987 and was not a great spectacle. The heel team of Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe, and Lioness Asuka (with Harvey Wippleman) defeated the Face team of Alundra Blayze, Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa, and Chaparita Asari. It came down to Blayze and Aja Kong, with Kong proving too strong and getting the win.
The next match saw Goldust defeat Bam Bam Bigelow. A face turn earlier in the year really hadn't done much to help the career of Bigelow and was beaten by the usual homo erotic tricks from "The Bizarre one." Not a very good match.
Well the next match proved to be very one sided as The Darkside (The Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu and Henry Godwinn) defeated The Royals (Jerry Lawler, Isaac Yankem, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Mabel) without losing single man. Mabel was the last man left for his team, and he had the good sense to run to the back and get counted out instead of getting slaughtered by four men. Bad match.
The next match wasn't much less decisive as Team Michaels (Shawn Micheals, Psycho Sid, the British Bulldog and Ahmed Johnson {in his first WWE PPV}) defeated Team Razor (Dean Douglas, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon and Yokozuna) with Sid their only casualty. Johnson took care of Yokozuna who was the last man standing for Team Razor. Strange mix of faces and heels here, with Cornette actually in both team's corner as he managed the British Bulldog and Owen Hart/ Yokozuna. Average match.
Finally it was time for the Main Event where rank under dog Bret Hart had agreed to a no DQ match to try and win WWE the title from Diesel who'd been champion for almost a full year. The match was a classic, following the template of a big man vs little man match. Hart was thrown through announce tables and all over the place. Diesel was tied to the ring post at one stage as Hart dished out some punishment. Eventually Hart won it, playing possum and then beating Diesel with an inside cradle to win the WWE Title for a third time. It was now that Diesel, never far from the dark side in the later months of his reign, finally snapped and destroyed Hart, officially turning heel.
So there you have Survivor Series 1995 an event with a lot of filler, but an outstanding main event.
The night started off with the Body Donnas (Skip, Rad Radford, Ton Prichard and the recently heel turned 1-2-3 Kid accompanied by Sunny and Ted DiBiase) defeated the UNderdogs (Marty Janetty, Bob Holly, Barry Horowitz and the recently face turned Hakushi). Prichard was the first man eliminated following a flying cross body from Bob Holly, who was himself eliminated seconds later when he was rolled up by Skip. Hakushi was pinned by Rad Radford following a spinning heel kick from The Kid. Radford was eliminated a fair while later, rolled up by Horowitz. Horowitz then fell to a a snap leg drop from The Kid. Leaving Janetty against the Kid and Skip. Janetty was able to superbomb Skip form the top rope to even the match up, and looked the likely winner until a returning Psycho Sid interfered, taking out Janetty and leaving The 1-2-3 Kid as the sole survivor of a good opening match.
The next match was the first all women's match at Survivor Series since 1987 and was not a great spectacle. The heel team of Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe, and Lioness Asuka (with Harvey Wippleman) defeated the Face team of Alundra Blayze, Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa, and Chaparita Asari. It came down to Blayze and Aja Kong, with Kong proving too strong and getting the win.
The next match saw Goldust defeat Bam Bam Bigelow. A face turn earlier in the year really hadn't done much to help the career of Bigelow and was beaten by the usual homo erotic tricks from "The Bizarre one." Not a very good match.
Well the next match proved to be very one sided as The Darkside (The Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu and Henry Godwinn) defeated The Royals (Jerry Lawler, Isaac Yankem, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Mabel) without losing single man. Mabel was the last man left for his team, and he had the good sense to run to the back and get counted out instead of getting slaughtered by four men. Bad match.
The next match wasn't much less decisive as Team Michaels (Shawn Micheals, Psycho Sid, the British Bulldog and Ahmed Johnson {in his first WWE PPV}) defeated Team Razor (Dean Douglas, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon and Yokozuna) with Sid their only casualty. Johnson took care of Yokozuna who was the last man standing for Team Razor. Strange mix of faces and heels here, with Cornette actually in both team's corner as he managed the British Bulldog and Owen Hart/ Yokozuna. Average match.
Finally it was time for the Main Event where rank under dog Bret Hart had agreed to a no DQ match to try and win WWE the title from Diesel who'd been champion for almost a full year. The match was a classic, following the template of a big man vs little man match. Hart was thrown through announce tables and all over the place. Diesel was tied to the ring post at one stage as Hart dished out some punishment. Eventually Hart won it, playing possum and then beating Diesel with an inside cradle to win the WWE Title for a third time. It was now that Diesel, never far from the dark side in the later months of his reign, finally snapped and destroyed Hart, officially turning heel.
So there you have Survivor Series 1995 an event with a lot of filler, but an outstanding main event.