10 best Traditional Survivor Series matches

#6 Survivor Series 1988 — Team Hogan vs. Team Dibiase

The beginning of the end.

After the success of the Hogan and Andre feud from 1987/88, which saw the two men form separate teams at the inaugural Survivor Series event, Hogan's next feud was beginning to brew, this time with the then WWF Champion, Macho Man Randy Savage.

After foiling the attempts of The Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiase to keep Savage and Hogan away from the championship in the run-up to Wrestlemania 4; the pair formed the 'Mega Powers', perhaps one of the greatest and most star-studded tag teams in the history of professional wrestling.

The Mega Powers feuded with Dibiase for most of 1988, a rivalry which included the first ever Summerslam main event also involving Andre. Come Survivor Series and the pair once again found themselves across the ring from Dibiase, this time as part of the traditional 5 on 5 elimination match.

Towards the end of the match, Hogan found himself handcuffed to the ropes after trying to rescue Miss Elizabeth from the opposing team. In the end, the Mega Powers ended up being the sole survivors but further problems were beginning to brew between the three of them.

With Hogan being overly concerned with the health and wellbeing of Elizabeth, the crowd and the commentators began to notice that Savage's reaction wasn't exactly appreciative. The sight of his tag team partner showing more concern for his manager/love interest than he was lit a flame of jealousy inside the WWF Champion.

Come the new year and this initial resentment would grow into an outright feud, with the Mega Powers finally imploding at Wrestlemania 5, a match in which Hogan not only came out on top but succeeded in taking Savage's championship away from him.