In the final match on the card, Bret Hart retained his WWF Championship against Shawn Michaels.

Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1987.

[4] In early 1992, Nailz appeared in introductory vignettes to talk about his hatred of the Big Boss Man.

[11] The WWF planned for Savage to team with The Ultimate Warrior in a match against Flair and Ramon at Survivor Series, but Bobby Heenan announced at the end of Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI that he had been informed either Savage or Warrior was going to have a new tag team partner.

[15] The WWF was forced to change the plan and decided to turn Perfect into a babyface (fan favorite) from a heel.

To help facilitate the facet turn, Perfect and Flair began having conflicts while teaming together, and eventually Perfect accepted Savage's offer on the November 16 episode of WWF Prime Time Wrestling to team with him at Survivor Series.

[20] However, when The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags), also managed by Hart, were scheduled to face The Natural Disasters for the title on October 13, Hart replaced The Nasty Boys at the last minute with Money, Inc., who went on to regain the championship with help from The Headshrinkers.

[19] Harvey Wippleman, Kamala's manager wanted revenge, so a rematch was scheduled for Survivor Series.

[21] The WWF released Smith due to steroid allegations, however,[14][26] and he was made to drop the title belt to Shawn Michaels on the November 14 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI.

[30][31] In the first televised match, High Energy (Owen Hart and Koko B. Ware) faced The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu).

Ware entered the match and gained the advantage over both opponents until he attempted to knock The Headshrinkers' heads against each other.

Nailz choked Boss Man before making another unsuccessful attempt to climb the pole and obtain the nightstick.

Boss Man regained control but missed a splash, which gave Nailz another chance to retrieve the nightstick.

While the match was in progress, a clown stood in the aisle and made balloon animals before popping them to upset the children in the audience.

[28][32] In the next contest, promoted beforehand as the main event of the evening, Ric Flair and Razor Ramon wrestled against Mr.

Flair escaped the pin attempt, and he and Ramon attacked Perfect until the referees were unable to keep the match under control.

The Undertaker pinned Kamala to win the match, placed him in a coffin, and nailed the lid shut.

[28][32] In the last match of the card, Bret Hart defended his WWF World Heavyweight Championship against Shawn Michaels.

[33][34][35][36][37][38][39] Hart controlled the beginning of the match by repeatedly executing armdrags and armbars but Michaels gained the advantage when "The Hitman" missed a charge into the corner and collided shoulder-first with the ring post.

Hart was able to avoid Michaels' first attempt at his finisher, the modified back suplex, and rallied with his trademark moves including an elbow from the second rope, running bulldog and a superplex.

On a five-star scale, he rated only the aforementioned tag team match and Hart vs. Michaels higher than one star.

He stated that the event is "recommended, but not required", although the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match was a "must-see".

He enjoyed the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match, although he was disappointed by its lack of buildup prior to the event.

[32] Brian Hoops of Pro Wrestling Torch agreed, stating that the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match was the highlight and that the Flair/Ramon vs. Savage/Perfect bout was also enjoyable: he recommended fast-forwarding through the rest of the show.

[45] A DVD version is also available in the United Kingdom; it was packaged together with Survivor Series 1991 as part of the WWE Tagged Classics line and released on November 7, 2005.

Perfect continued their feud, although Flair legitimately requested to be released from his WWF contract in order to return to World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

The two men faced each other at WrestleMania IX, where Gonzalez was disqualified for attacking The Undertaker with a rag soaked in chloroform.

Upset about his pay from SummerSlam 1992, he confronted WWF owner Vince McMahon and reportedly attacked him physically.

Wacholz' statements have been reported as having a harmful effect on the prosecution's case because his anger at McMahon overshadowed his testimony.

[56] Michaels defeated Jannetty at Royal Rumble 1993, but the two traded the Intercontinental Championship back and forth in subsequent rematches.