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  1. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    Royal Rumble 1989 Date: 15 January 1989 Location: The Summit; Houston, TX Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura With the Royal Rumble television special of 1988, which was arguably little more than a middle finger to Crockett and his Bunkhouse Stampede PPV, the WWF stumbled upon one of...
  2. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    Just referencing a slight change in direction for this thread, as the new title suggests. I'm about halfway through my 1994 re-watch (just past KOTR), so will be progressing to 1995 before the end of the summer. I really want to do a full review thread for 1995 (i.e. RAWs and PPVs) and...
  3. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    Survivor Series 1988 Date: 24 November 1988 Location: Richfield Coliseum; Richfield Township, OH Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura Now an established part of the WWF PPV calendar, Survivor Series continued its legacy in 1988, once again pitting teams of five against one another in a...
  4. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    SummerSlam 1988 Date: 29 August 1988 Location: Madison Square Garden; New York, NY Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Superstar Billy Graham For the very first time, WWF hosted their annual end-of-summer PPV, capitalising on the molten-hot success of the company around this time. This is actually a...
  5. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    WrestleMania IV Date: 27 March 1988 Location: Trump Plaza; Atlantic City, NJ Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura The WWF's golden era was in full swing at this point, as Vince continued to stack his roster and put the boot into his competitors. That doesn't mean, of course, every PPV...
  6. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    Royal Rumble 1988 Date: 24 January 1988 Location: Copps Coliseum; Hamilton, ON, Canada Commentary: Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura First things first: I’m well aware this wasn’t a PPV event. After Survivor Series 1987, when WWF went head-to-head with NWA Starrcade, Vince decided to screw with...
  7. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    Survivor Series 1987 Date: 26 November 1987 Location: Richfield Coliseum; Richfield Township, OH Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura In 1987, a Thanksgiving tradition was born with the advent of the Survivor Series, a new team-based format that would be the foundation of WWE's...
  8. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    WrestleMania III Date: 29 March 1987 Location: Pontiac Silverdome; Pontiac, MI Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura By 1987, WWF had begun to shed much of the old-school wrasslin' presentation, modernising the product into the cartoonish, Saturday-morning style most would associate...
  9. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    Legend, thank you! I'll fix this right away :)
  10. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    WrestleMania 2 Date: 7 April 1986 Locations: Nassau Coliseum; Uniondale, NY / Rosemont Horizon; Rosemont, IL / LA Memorial Sports Arena; Los Angeles, CA Commentary: Vince McMahon & Susan St. James / Gorilla Monsoon, Gene Okerlund & Cathy Lee Crosby / Jesse Ventura, Alfred Hayes & Elvira Okay...
  11. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    The Wrestling Classic Date: 7 November 1985 Location: Rosemont Horizon; Rosemont, IL Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura There's a lot of stopping between matches so that Vince, Alfred and a deer-in-headlights female celebrity can check the tournament chart and waffle, so you'll...
  12. ChristianCaged

    The Fed Zone: Reviewing WWF PPVs 1985-1994

    WrestleMania Date: 31 March 1985 Location: Madison Square Garden; New York City, NY Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura Gene Okerlund kicks us off with a spirited (but let's face it, crap) rendition of Star Spangled Banner. Vince would quickly drop that for future WMs, as he decided...
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