The 12th annual Survivor Series PPV, Deadly Game themed with the tattooed skulls logo at the Kiel Center in St.Louis, Missouri, was a highly anticipated event. The Rock was the peoples choice to win the tournament for the men. The women’s match for the night had the crowds attention as well. The red hot Sable and the new flame of Marc Mero, Jacqueline were going to lock it up again and show who the head female in WWE was. Who was going to leave with that reinstated championship gold that Jacqueline won two months ago. Sable comes out to the ring beyond pissed, that’s more than likely due to Jaqueline attacking her before the match during a promo on Sunday night heat. Jacqueline comes out wearing the biggest smile with the women’s title around her waist and a big chunk of Sable’s hair that she cut off on a past episode of Raw.
Jacqueline was definitely in Sable’s head. It doesn’t help that ex husband, Marc Mero, keeps interfering in the matches. Jacqueline plays by ringside pretending to get into the ring, meanwhile Marc Mero is climbing on the other side of the ring to take the referee’s attention away, so that Jacqueline could attack Sable from behind. This doesn’t take out Sable for too long as she pulls out some impressive kicks and a TKO that should’ve given Sable the win.
However, Marc Mero pulls Sable out of the ring and Sable counters and gives Marc Mero a sable bomb on the hard floor. This really gets the fans going and takes the wind out of Marc.
When Shane McMahon as the referee restores order and gets the action back in the ring Jacqueline takes over and delivers some brutal kicks to Sable’s midsection in the corner.
Jacqueline goes for her signature tornado DDT, but Sable throws her off, and hits the Sable bomb to get the win. The crowd goes. Insane with no one left in their seats.
All of the harassment from Marc Mero and Jacqueline over the past months didn’t kill the spirit of Sable and she took a fight to both of them to leave Survivor Series as champ. Not a long match, but a proper pay off and slot on the card to prove that WWE was trying to rebuild their women’s division. This crowd’s reaction and electric energy throughout the entire match proved how marketable women’s wrestling was in 1998.
