The second ever Survivor Series, just like the first event, took place from The Richfield Coliseum. Teams of five combined to strive to survive. In its infancy, the WWE upped its ante, albeit slightly for the second event. There was more of a focus on storytelling during the matches, some of which led all the way to WrestleMania 5.

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The first event was one of the death nails in Jim Crockett Promotions, as soon as it was established that The Survivor Series was going to be a marquee event in the WWE for years to come. It serves as an event to build a bridge between SummerSlam and the Royal Rumble, on the way to WrestleMania. Here's what wrestling fans need to know about the second edition in 1988.

9 Owen Hart’s Injured Blue Blazer

The Blue Blazer Injured Survivor Series 1988

With The Hart Foundation already in the WWE, Vince didn’t want to add to that team, which meant putting Owen Hart under a mask when he debuted as The Blue Blazer. He was actually one of McMahon’s first attempts at having his “Mighty Mouse” character. During the opening match, Owen tried to leapfrog over Greg The Hammer Valentine. Unfortunately, Valentine’s head smashed into Owen’s little rockets, causing them to swell up for several days.

8 Bret Hart And Shawn Michaels In Tag Teams

Bret Hart Shawn Michaels Survivor Series 1988

While over the years, there have been several huge tag teams matches of survival, the second event's tag team match was filled with all sorts of crazy moments. The Powers Of Pain captained their team against Demolition’s team.

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On the Warlord and Barbarian’s team were The Rockers, The Hart Foundation, The British Bulldogs, and The Young Stallions. The event is unique in that it is the first and only time on PPV that Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart were on the same team.

7 The Last Ride Of The Dynamite Kid

Dynamite Kid Survivor Series 1988

After years of being heralded as one of the toughest men in the industry, The Dynamite Kid was reduced to a puppy dog after the rib gone wrong with The Fabulous Rougeaus. While he swore vengeance, McMahon paid for Billington’s dental work and demanded that the nonsense be over. He also stated if there was going to be any retaliation, The Bulldogs weren’t going to get their payoff. This match was Dynamite’s last big match in America, let alone the WWE.

6 Co-Captains

Co-Captains Survivor Series 1988

The event was also the only Survivor Series to date that had each team gave co-captains. The perceived reason for this was The Main Event match. The heels were headed up by The Twin Towers - Akeem and The Big Bossman taking on the team fronted by The Mega Powers. You wouldn’t want to break up either tag team and make one the captain over the other, especially between Hogan and Savage, who was the WWE Champion at the time.

5 PPVs Like Survivor Series Had Run Sheets

Andre The Giant Team Survivor Series 1988

Nowadays, practically every aspect of a wrestling show is plotted, planned, and scripted out. It’s an unfortunate side effect of having millionw of dollars in sponsorship, advertisers, and shareholders to answer to. But 30 years ago and more, the business was a lot more improved.

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Except on big shows like The Survivor Series, according to Bruce Prichard, during The Something To Wrestle With watch along for this event, explained as much that the company had run sheets and booking times to keep the action moving along.

4 No Saves Allowed

Randy Savage Survivor Series 1988

Another tidbit that came from Something To Wrestle With’s watch along of the event was that in order to keep the event on time, a no saves rule was implemented. It’s a natural instinct of wrestlers to want to save their partner from getting pinned. But when you’re trying to keep the action fast and furious, the best way to do it was to make sure that the wrestlers weren’t going to constantly be saving one another from getting eliminated.

3 The First Famous Double Turn

Demolition Vs The Powers Of Pain Survivor Series 1988

Over the years, the Bret Hart / Steve Austin double-turn At WrestleMania 13 has gone down as one of the greatest of all time. One of the first big double turns happened during the 1988 Survivor Series. During the humongous tag team match, Mr. Fuji seemingly, accidentally pulled the ropes down, causing his own man - Smash to head over the ropes to the floor. When the Demos questioned their manager about it, Fuji turned on them. The Powers Of Pain dropped to the floor to check on Mr. Fuji, and walked him over to their corner where he joined forces with them.

2 Bad News, Worse Teammate

Bad News Brown Survivor Series 1988

Bad News Brown, by the very definition of his character, meant he wasn’t going to be a model teammate at all.

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In his two Survivor Series appearances, Brown refused to play nice and be a team player. Rather than stay to get the winner’s purse, he stormed out on his team both in 1988 and in 1989.

1 Savage Coming Out Second

The Mega Powers Survivor Series 1988

In the main event, as the babyface team headed to the ring for battle, an interesting thing had happened. The WWE champion, Randy Savage came out second-to-last. Hulk Hogan was the one who had his own entrance. While this was done by design to give The Macho Man another storyline gripe against Hogan, the real Randy Savage was a little hot about it. According to Prichard, Savage didn’t understand why the WWE champion did not come out last. Ol’ Brother Love explained that this is all part of the Mega Powers Explode storyline.