10 Worst WWE Survivor Series EVER - According To Dave Meltzer

7. Survivor Series 1993 (2.13)

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Survivor Series 1993 really is worthy of Dave Meltzer's time all over again.

The opener is rich in drama and action, with Randy Savage's surprise emergence as Razor Ramon's fourth man generating the sort of reaction that makes it only more absurd that Vince McMahon wanted him as an announcer rather than a wrestler ASAP. They f**king love him out there, even when his red hot rivalry with Crush results in early elimination.

Elsewhere, Shawn Michaels is the dictionary definition of 'best case scenario' in replacing rape-indicted Jerry Lawler at the very last minute for a match with masked men against the tacitly fragile Hart Family. And yes, Lex Luger and Yokozuna's jingoistic nonsense blights the main event a little, but gripping sequences with Yoko and The Undertaker suggested a feud wholly unlike the cartoonish disaster eventually served up.

Alright, so the card may contain perhaps the worst WWE match of the 1990s, maybe ever. Big deal!

It truly can't be ignored. Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger and The Headshrinkers Vs Four Doinks is a Vince McMahon fever dream that immediately doubles as a viewer nightmare. Fatu and Samu are somehow cast as even stupider savages than normal, Booger is...well, as gross and useless as always, but poor Bam Bam has to try and wrestle around the chaos of half-eaten turkeys, toy scooters, gimmicked balloons and a literal banana skin. Oh, and Men On A Mission and The Bushwhackers because Doink didn't even show!

Even the clown didn't want to be anywhere near this.

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