10 Fascinating WWE Survivor Series 1987 Facts

10. It Was Meant To Screw With Starrcade

Throughout the 1980s, Vince McMahon's aggressive expansion of his WWE empire led to the demise of many a wrestling territory. By 1987, the remaining competition consisted of wounded ducks like Bill Watts' UWF and Verne Gagne's AWA, as well as a formidable superpower in Jim Crockett, who promoted under the NWA banner.

Starrcade was one of Crockett's flagship events, and took place every year on Thanksgiving, from 1983 to 1987. The 1987 edition was to be the first to air on pay-per-view, and that's when McMahon smelled blood.

By September 1987, it was announced that McMahon would be running his own Thanksgiving Day pay-per-view entitled Survivor Series, his way of muscling up to his chief competitor. With two pay-per-views taking place the same day, how would the situation play out?