[5.0] "With its skillfully presented Wild West Texas theme, the 1994 Survivor Series at least has a certain stylish appeal. Otherwise, though, this colorful event struggles to rise above mediocrity. The opener starts off incredibly promising but is then, unfortunately, sacrificed to the feud between Michaels and Diesel. Even if HBK hadn't had a hand injury and could have actively participated in the action, I fear the outcome wouldn't have been much different. The Clowns and the Kings remain the infuriating, total disaster that you could have anticipated even beforehand, while the title match in the middle of the card delivers a more than surprising result. To me, though, the whole thing feels a bit overdramatized to really convince me, even though Owen once again draws massive heat. While The Undertaker ultimately gets his expected rematch and the match quality remains limited, the second elimination match between Luger's crew and the MDC is clearly the MOTN, even if it doesn't really shine--with some slow spots and a palpable sense of tension, this match is the most entertaining. What the show completely lacks, however, is a tangible 'wow' moment, so one really can't speak of high quality here, even if it rarely gets boring aside from the Midgets."

[4.0] "Really this was an ok PPV. There were a lot of opportunities to make this a much better PPV, with the main complaint that most of the matches went on too long or had long boring parts that could have been more exciting if the ideas were executed better. First match, bad guys vs worse guys. Man, this started off great really. The intros were awesome, seeing all of these superstars walk to the ring was exciting. But, I think the amount of superstars in this match alone is what killed it because at this time, during this era, Vince and WWF seemed obsessed with protecting their stars so that none of them got pinned. Even a non-clean pin would be appreciated here, but fuckin the amount of DQ finishes in PPVs, with major guys in major feuds during the last few years is so fucking annoying. The match started off fine too with a lot of good action, but nobody got pinned in the first 13 minutes? Having Diesel eliminate 3 guys in like 2 minutes was quite the decision. I'm not sure it was a bad decision. I think it could have worked if the rest of the match made sense, but after this is where it really lost me. Bulldog comes in and then gets a count out DQ almost immediately after he gets some action. Leaving Razor by himself. Then a bunch of strange shit happens, Diesel gets super kicked and has had enough, starts turning on his team. Razor ends up winning by DQ count out because the entire team got counted out at the same time somehow lol. Aren't the guys who aren't in the ring SUPPOSED to be outside of the ring? lolllll What a shit show. I feel like they could have had a couple guys eliminated quicker and then left the main three alone (Diesel, Razor, HBK) as the last 3 (after the others got pinned, not counted out wtf), and had the same, but actually more effective, result. They could have done it in the same amount of time if done right and better thought through. Whatever. Next match is the clowns vs kings match and this really wasn't that bad for what it was. I'm not saying it was a 5 star match, but an argument can be made that there were bigger crowd pops at points in this match than there were in the previous match. These little guys were pretty entertaining and the crowd really enjoyed most of it. I also think I'm probably biased since I've been to midget wrestling shows and they're a ton of fun. I think this match would have been more appreciated if 1) it weren't so fucking long, 2) doink wasn't eliminated so quickly, and 3) this match was placed a little later in the card like as a bathroom break before the last match. Ultimately it just went on way too long and didn't deliver on expectations that there would be some story building (or ending) between lawler and doink. Shit like this makes me just smh. A really creepy/scary version of heel doink could have been so legit in the attitude era, just like mankind was initially, but WWF just couldn't help themselves. ok here we go, for some reason the championship match is third on the card and wow tbh it was very enjoyable. I saw it was only a 2 star match so I had low expectations, and fully expected bret to win. But as the match is going along, I'm really entertained by it. Backlund is doing great and this is all reminding me of 96-97 era with the patriot. Basically a guy coming out of nowhere and then putting on a pretty good title match. I had no idea he'd actually win though lol. So a few thoughts here. First off, this match may have been 4-5 star if 1) the final 10 minutes was sped up to about 2-3 minutes, 2) the hart family (including owen) had any acting skills at all and 3) if there was more than a month build up to this with backlund actually wrestling legit matches before hand. So, I understand the 2 star at the end of the day, but it was very entertaining at times and it really missed out on the potential of what this could have been.This really could have been a classic very easily with a few tweaks. The wrestling was strong. The next match, which was the last survivor series type match of the night, was team Luger vs Tatanka and money inc. I'm torn here because due to the lack of good wrestlers, they all look decent. Nobody exists here to make another one look bad. This would have been a fine opener to the show just to get things going. I also enjoy a regular ass finish. Luger getting murdered immediately after his long battle with tatanka was over was very strange but it should probably put the nail in the coffin of any Luger push, despite him being one of the most over babyfaces at this point. This is another match that had less crowd interaction than the midget match, and it's because it was boring and too long. Final match for some reason is undertaker vs yokozuna, which absolutely nobody was asking for. This "rematch" is a rematch from something that happened 10 months ago and even back then, there was no real explanation as to why all of the heels chose to gang up on undertaker and have yokozuna's back. At least back then, it sort of made sense since yokozuna was the champ but between then and 10 months later, the viewers are still not sure why all these guys need to interfere so bad, especially with no title on the line. Chuck Norris barely does anything and undertaker finally gets yokozuna in a casket, along with a broken-in-half japan flag. For whatever reason, the crowd loves this shit, which just goes to show you can do anything with undertaker in this era and the crowd will love it. I still don't think it made sense for this to be the final match of the night. So yeah this was ultimately not a very good PPV overall, but there was a lot to like and made it not bad either. One strong match in the championship which got ruined for most of us by the way-too-long ending, and everything else was just meh. With that said, two of the matches could have been remembered as classics with a few tweaks, as mentioned above, and the others could have been better received with storyline tweaks."

[3.0] "My rating for Survivor Series 1994 it's a 3/10. Taking out the Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund and the trick of Owen to turn face, there's nothing I save or I say was acceptable. The matches were all mid of what I could expect from this era, even with a match that can be consider by someone like the worst of it's year, it's a clear sign. 3/10"

[3.0] "This was a very silly show and one of the weakest of the New Gen era. While there were some positives such as a fun opener (bad finish aside) and a gripping (if too long) world title match between Bret and Backlund. Sadly, that match was not the main event. Instead, it was the goofy Taker/Yoko casket match which was surprisingly boring given the shenanigans you'd expect from these two in this slot. I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention the utter stupid insanity that is the Clowns R'US and the Royal Family bout which is certainly... something."

[3.0] "This might very well be the worst Survivor Series in company history. At the very least one of the very least while I was still a fan of the product. Nothing from the start of the broadcast to the end was above average. Most of it was quite bad. This was really the show that you could start seeing the company start to take a downswing that it'd take Austin to truly kick out of years later. Not that there weren't any good shows or matches in between, of course, but there was a reason wrestling slid for years. This is a show I never want to watch again. Even on a match by match basis, there probably is nothing anyone really needs to revisit from this show."

[2.0] "Such a terrible show, the royal family vs Clowns 'R us goes on for 16 MINUTES, baffling decision, it honestly feels like 45, painfully unfunny, the Bob Backlund Bret Hart submission match is agonizingly slow at 35 minutes and the main event is a nothing match, first real horror show of the New Gen Era."

[3.0] "Really terrible show. Of the five matches on this show, three are awful. The opener and the WWF Title match are the only two matches worth watching, and even those aren't what they could be. The WWF Title match falls off a cliff after starting out great, so it ends up as a massive disappointment despite the first 75% being great."

[4.0] "Another decent Survivor Series let down but one particularly terrible match. Match 1: 6/10 Match 2: 1/10 Match 3: 6/10 Match 4: 5/10 Match 5: 5/10 Overall Total: 4.60/10"

[3.0] "This was not enjoyable at all. The WWF at this point was stripped clean of any "face of the company". Bret Hart was the closest thing they had and they didn't seem to want to pull the trigger on him at all times. the Bret/Backlund match was just a hugely long chicken wing segment with Owen pulling off a scam anyone with a brain should have seen coming. I just did not enjoy the product during this era very much at all."

[2.0] "This isn't a great show and it peaks with the decent opener but dramatically falls downhill from there on in my opinon with everything else being very dissapointing in terms of the matches but easily the worst ppv from 1994 from the WWF perspective imo"

[6.0] "There was enough here that I liked for me to consider it a 'good' PPV, but it definitely was not without flaw. Even the matches that I enjoyed all had their drawbacks and things that definitely could have been done better, but despite this I still thought Bret vs. Backlund was well worth watching, and both the opener and main event were pretty good in their own right as well. The Royal Family vs. Clowns 'R Us match was ridiculous, but I honestly expected worse. My main issue was the pacing of the show - a lot of the matches were very long (definitely longer than they needed to be), and I felt a bit burned out after the emotional match between Bret and Backlund. There's enough good here for the show to be worth checking out, but with the caveat that I suspect fans of a more modern style of wrestling will find the show very inaccessible and challenging to sit through."

[5.0] "Another mid PPV with some great stuff and some not very good. The opener was very enjoyable as this match was packed with talent which resulted in a flawless action and some of the best wrestling you could see. Then Doink vs Lawler bollocks happened which was the kind of bollocks that you could enjoy because of its absurdity, although I'd prefer if it didn't make the card in the end. The WWF Championship match was fantastic where the 45-year old Backlund showed everybody how to work the holds and keep the crowd engaged, while making it feel like a real fight. Then it went downhill with a mid Elimination Match with loads of midcarders and another Casket Match with Taker and Yoko which I don't think that anybody asked for and in the end it didn't deliver. All in all the show was worth watching mainly for the one of a kind match with Bob and Bret, but it's still a better idea to just find this match on the internet instead of watching the whole thing."

[4.0] "Opener is a good collection of talent and probably has the best workrate of the whole show, but it gets ruined a bit by the Count Out ending (6/10) The Doink/Lawler match is just as awful as the previous years four Doinks match (0/10) Bull Nakano cut a promo in Japanese making me wish they gave her and Blayze those 16 minutes for the Womens belt instead. Bret/Backlund has a lot of solid technical wrestling but drags for way too long at the end (5/10) the last survivor series match is perfectly fine, with mostly good work, but once again, starts dragging a bit by the end once its down to just Luger vs the heels (6/10) The Main Event is passable with a good start and finish but Taker and YOko couldn't be consistently fun for 15 minutes together so its just mid (5/10)"

[5.0] "The Bad Guys vs The Teamsters - 6/10 Clowns 'R Us vs The Royal Family - DUD Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund - 5/10 Guts and Glory vs Million Dollar Team - 3/10 The Undertaker vs Yokozuna - 5/10 Final rating: 5/10"

[6.0] "Solid overall. But could have had some minor tweaks. The positions on the card could have been adjusted slightly. I know everyone isn't necessarily a fan of Gorilla Monsoon as a commentator, and although it was not as good as when he was paired with Bobby Heenan, I think commentary wise it was still solid. Some of the matches dragged on a little longer than necessary."

[5.0] "The midget tag match was atrocious and a strong challenger to the previous years Doink debacle. Watch this show for the world title match and the opening elimination tag. Everything else is filler."

[6.0] "This was a solid event. The elimination tag opener was very fun minus the baffling finish, and the MDC/Luger tag was solid too. Bret/Backlund towel match was an underrated classic, definitely one of my favorite matches of the year. UT/Yoko was a decent main event, a little better than their Rumble bout even if that's not saying a lot. Subtract the Doink shitfest, and you may get yourselves a pretty great show."

[3.0] "Razor Ramon, 1-2-3 Kid, British Bulldog, and the Headshrinkers vs. Shawn Michaels and Diesel, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Neidhart, and Owen Hart. Though Shawn was technically considered the captain, they came out to Diesel? s theme. Commentary made a note of how Shawn stepped in front of Diesel? s spotlight. Before the absolutely cheap finish, this was quite good. They booked Diesel like a god, as he was literally the cause of every elimination. Good action and interactions, just a lame ending. *** Doink, Dink, Pink, and Wink vs. Jerry Lawler, Cheesy, Queasy, and Sleazy. Oh, god. Cheesy was the right name for the Royal Family member, because this match was just that. Often, when this company tries comedy, it goes very wrong. Dumb comedy stuff that went far too long. The rules were stupid, the jokes weren? t funny, and the wrestling was bad. 0 stars. Bret Hart vs. Bob Backlund. Bob believed he never lost the title in the 80s, since he didn? t submit. Apparently, the only way to win was for your second to throw in the towel for your opponent. This was kind of the definition of an ? old school? style match. Both men played this the way you should for a submission match. They went for a bunch of them, knowing it was how to win. This was long and it mostly felt that way towards the end. The drama in the end mostly worked because of Owen and not the guys in the ring. If you cut that final Crossface Chicken Wing segment in half or so, I think everything ties together better. Still, for being the style it was, this they told a great story and had the crowd engaged for the most part. ***. Lex Luger, Adam Bomb, Mabel, and The Smoking Gunns vs. Tatanka, Bam Bam Bigelow, The Heavenly Bodies, and King Kong Bundy. Following a feud where Tatanka suspected Luger of joining the Million Dollar Corporation, only to join the group himself, they both captained teams here. The match was better than it had any right to be. Only Bomb, Bigelow, and the Bodies were guys I found relatively enjoyable. However, they worked a match that moved along nicely, never felt long, and had some smart moments. **œ The Undertaker vs. Yokozuna. Casket match time. Chuck Norris was the troubleshooting official. He was there to prevent another Royal Rumble 1994 debacle. Trust me, Chuck, nobody wants to see that again. It wasn? t the travesty that was their Royal Rumble match. However, I still wouldn? t really call it any good. Also, 15 minutes is way too long for Yoko. *Œ. One of the lesser Survivor Series events ever, as they? re usually fun shows. The opening tag is solid and the only other match that was good was a very polarizing old school Bret Hart/Bob Backlund match. The Million Dollar team tag was decent, while the main event wasn? t good and the Lawler match was dire."

[5.0] "A bit of a hit-and-miss Survivor Series. The best match easily was Hart vs. Backlund, which succeeded in capturing a very old-school feel in its focus on mat wrestling and the long crossface chickenwing by Backlund as Owen tried and finally succeeded in getting Helen Hart to throw in the towel; a great story to continue the brother-vs. -brother feud. The Taker-Yoko main event was OK, and the Million Dollar Team vs. Guts & Glory Survivor Series match was pretty fun and had some good interactions. On the other hand, the end of the first Survivor Series match was a bit puzzling with Diesel's entire team getting counted out at once (by the rules, shouldn't they have been counted out one at a time? ), and while it did have a genuine laugh or two, the Lawler vs. Doink Survivor Series match earned its spot on WrestleCrap."

[6.0] "Not a perfect edition of Survivor Series howewer it had some good moments. Opener is okay, second match is awful. I enjoyed Backlund vs Hart but it's not a match for everybody. Last elimination match is descent. Main event is simply okay."

[5.0] "I did not enjoy this edition of Survivor Series, the first elimination match is good enough, the other two aren't interesting and miss a solid story. The Undertaker vs Yokozuna is a bit better than their first Casket match but still a bad match. Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund is a solid title match, I don't understand why they put it in the middle of the event. The split of Shawn Michaels and Diesel starts here."

[1.0] "I hate Survivor Series '94. Every match is trash. Well, I guess Bob Backlund vs. Bret Hart was fairly entertaining in its own way. And I guess I'll up may rating from a 0 to a 1. Congratulations, Survivor Series '94. You are a 1 out of 10. May I never see Lawler, Cheesy, Queasy, and Sleazy vs. Doink, Dink, Pink, and Wink ever again. God. I hate myself."