Donnie watches WWF 1985

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
May 18th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Bruno is back on the call, sadly.

Match#1 Ken Patera & Big John Studd w/Bobby Heenan vs Jose Luis Rivera & Paul Roma
Another perfectly fine squash for Bobby's kids. He really needs a proper tag team in the ranks, and the fact i think it takes another few months before that happens really sucks. Ken wins with the swinging full nelson on Roma.
*3/4

On the stage, Vince is standing by with the Family. Heenan open his briefcase and says there is 25 grand for anyone who brings him the head of Paul Orndorff!! He doesn't care who takes it, as long as it gets done. Fuck yeah bounty hunters.

WWF Update-
-Sheiky and Nik are the champions who never defend the titles, and the WWF want that to change.

Match#2 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Aldo Marino
Great shit from Don as always. He targets the leg this week and has some brutal stuff, and Bruno says he's an unpredictable man in terms of what he may do. Spike Tombstone ends it.
**

Mean Gene-
-Boston Garden hype
-Piper & Ace walk on and Piper says he can't be there tonight, so he's made a deal with Fuji to replace himself with DON MURACO. They walk on and laugh about having the chance to hurt Hogan and Snuka. Don says he's always happy to enlist in a war and he loves this war because he gets to end them. Ace says they're the best team ever and they'll show it.
-Not sure why Piper is being replaced, but this is the start of a really great tag team, so it's cool with me.

Mean Gene-
-Gene confirms the tag match is now offical for tonight.
-Jimmy Hart & Valentine. JYD wanted this, and now he's got it. Hammer cuts another really gross promo about black people and dogs, and i can't man.

Match#3 Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs Rick McGraw & Jim Young
The fellas put on another display of a killer squash for a few minutes. Rick gets some offence and has a fun fight with Bret, but then he's shut down. Young gets in and they beat the fuck out of him with some brutal stuff, and Anvil really stands out as a complete madman hurling him around. Nasty Hart Attack does the job.
**

They replay Piper's Pit from SNME

Match#4 Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs Sal Gee & Mario Mancini
Really shit again, and i hate that i now don't want to see Sheiky do his thing thanks to this idiot. Clutch at least ends it.
Poooppppppppopppp

Mean Gene-
-Tito Santana is here and promotes his match with Beefcake. He's going to make him pay for sticking his nose into his business. Fruitcake is going down. ARIBA
-Hogan & Snuka are up next. There's been a lot of wars in Boston, dude and this is just another one. They had a plan of attack in place thanks to feeling the pain and fury of Jimmy's heart. They tried to change the picture, but now they're going to run the dues on them and make them pay for Piper's sins. Snuka stumbles over his words and ends it by saying "Fire"

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF Boston-18/5/85

This is our first taped Boston show and it will now become a staple of the house show circuit until the end of them being major events in 89.

Tito Santana vs Brutus Beefcake w/Johnny Valiant
Tito guides Brother Bruti through a fun opening flurry with his normal great shots and tight matwork. Brutus does ok for himself and to his credit doesn't look out of his depth, so good for him. It turns into a slugfest and Brutus hits a spinebuster (that Gorilla calls a reverse atomic drop) to take over. Good basic control seg with lots of stomps and slams, and Tito sells his ass off for it all. Goes on a little too long before Tito comes back, but the comeback is awesome and makes up for it. They fight on the outside and Tito gets back in at the second to win via countout.
**1/2

Greg Valentine (c) w/Jimmy Hart vs Junkyard Dog (WWF Intercontiental Championship)
Same level as Mania with Hammer working his ass off for two thanks to JYD being pure trash and not giving a shit. Hammer's control work is good as he works the arm, but JYD sells none of it and makes it a big waste of time. Fuck this dude. JYD comes back and does some lame ass work with stomps and choking, and i want to thump my skull right now. Hammer counters Thump into a rollup while grabbing the tights to steal it.
*3/4

Hulk Hogan & Jimmy Snuka vs Don Muraco & Bob Orton w/Mr Fuji
All breaks loose right away and the super team batters them in amazing fashion. Snuka is the worst, but he's working really hard here to keep up with the other 3. Hogan targets poor injured Bob again and slams his arm into the post, and even spits on Don. What a bastard man. The heels double team Hogan to isolate him, and we get a fun control seg lead by Don beating his ass. He really shows he can hang with Hogan as he keeps him down for a good while, and Hogan sells like death. Hogan makes his comeback while selling his ass off to really make it. Snuka has a good hot tag showing some fire and killer intent when he gets the chance to fight the heels. Fuji distracts the ref and Orton brains Snuka with the cast to bust him open!! He knocks Hogan down to the mat to get rid of him, and he goes back to work on Snuka. BOB SHOWS OFF THE BLOODY CAST TO THE CAMERA. FUCK YEAH ACE. Sick control seg on Snuka with loads of gross shots to the brain and the like. Hiogan gets the tag but Orton smacks him with the cast for the DQ.
**3/4

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF Madison Square Garden-20/5

Hulk Hogan (c) vs Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji (WWF World Championship)
Hell yeah, here we go. Don jumps him and beats him down and it's an angry mean beating, and the crowd wants him deader than dead. Hogan fires back and chokes Don with his shirt and cheats like a motherfucker, but at least this time it feels earned and correct. Hogan throws sick punches to the face and really messes Don up, and it's the best pissed off fight he's been in thus far. Don is busted open and bleeds a ton, so Hogan smashes his face into the post to make it even worse. HOGAN BITES THE CUT AND WE GET A SHOT OF ALL THE BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN DON'S FACE. Hogan kills him with the legdrop across the face, but Fuji puts Don's leg on the ropes!! Hogan thinks he's won and doesn't see Don get some salt from Fuji, and he throws it into Hogan's face for the DQ. Sick as hell.
**3/4

Bret Hart vs Rick McGraw
Bret gets a singles match at MSG, and it's sooooo cool to see, Never been in the camp of Bret's the best ever, but watching his entire run (and WCW when the time comes) might change my mind. Hayes talks about Bret's dad being a crazy man who hurts men for fun, and Gorilla says he never did that to his kids hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha. Gorilla than doubles down when he says Bret's career is now over with Jimmy as his manager. Please stop talking. This is a good back and forth for 8 minutes. Rick is super strong and is able to throw Bret around and make him earn everything he gets, and it's a cool thing to see. Bret throws some cool uppercuts and goes for the eyes and nose, and he gets far with it, and Rick sells well. McGraw fights back and beats Bret down with punches to the head. Bret catches him with a gross stungun to the corner and then hits an elbow to the chest to win.
**

Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (c) vs US Express (WWF World Tag Team Championships)
This is the champs first defence as further proof they suck shit and the change shouldn't have been a thing. Still, opening rules as always thanks to Sheik taking massive bumps for them, and doing everything in power to make up for his shit of a partner. SHEIK MISSES A FUCKING SUMMERSAULT ATTEMPT. AMAZING. Nik gets in and the fellas do a good job of carrying him and working on his arm. Barry gets isolated and Sheik thankfully gets back and whips his ass and it's so much fun watching him bounce a big dude like Barry all over the place with ease. Dude is a freak. Mike has a good hot tag before Nik punches him in the back of the head to cut him off, but at the same time Barry smashes Sheik's face into the post to bust him open. It all breaks down as it tends to and Barry goes for the cut with amazing punches. All 4 dudes won't stop fighting so the ref throws it out.
**1/2

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
May 25th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Tito Santana & Junkyard Dog vs Matt Borne & Steve Lombardi
WWF finally allows Tito to work the entire match to make sure it's good, so this is fun for the 2 minutes it gets. Forearm does it
*3/4

Post match, they dance with the fans and Jesse says it feels like gang fever out there.

WWF Update-
-David Sammartinio is a future champion according to the WWF.
-Well, not everything can work out.

Match#2 Greg Valentine w/Jimmy Hart vs Jim Landos
Good Hammer squash as always. Really sick elbows and knees as always, before he smokes him with the Figure Four.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Gene is hyping Boston this week.
-Hulk walks on and says he and the brother superfly were in a war, and he's never going to forget that night and what it taught him. He knows this dude Studd says he's never been slammed and that's he the real giant, but he's got the Boston maniacs behind him and he'll do it brother jack. YOU CAN SAY AMEN WHEN HE COLLECTS THAT 15 GRAND AFTER HE SLAMS THAT GIANT. AMEN BROTHER.

Match#4 Pedro Morales vs Mr X
4 horrible minutes for this old bastard. Bad crab wins it
Poop

Mean Gene-
-Iron Sheik, Nik and Blassie are up. They'll beat up those American punks and shows them which countries are better.

Match#5 Ken Patera w/Bobby Heenan vs Garry Starr
Ken does much better in short singles squashes when he can just throw dudes around and uses his muscles, rather than having Studd shit the bed every other week. Full Nelson does the deed.
**

Piper's Pit with Piper and Orton. He says Cyndi slapped him in the face and upset him, but he was a gentlemen about it. He says he got calls from Spielberg to make a movie, so he called his pal Freddie Blassie (who walks on) to help him navigate Hollywood. They then spend the next few minutes talking shit about him and Cyndi. Ok then.

Clips air of the 6 man from SNME and the aftermath.

Match#6 Jimmy Snuka vs AJ Pertruzi
Brother Superfly gives the jobber far too much and this sucks as a result. He fires back and beats him with the Splash.
1/2*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF All Star Wrestling
May 25th, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

Match#1 US Express w/Lou Albano vs AJ Pertruzi & Goldie Rodgers
Same US showcase that's beyond tired at this point. It's good and all, but a change is needed and it's never coming, sadly. Bulldog does the deed.
*3/4

Match#2 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Ronnie Dee
Awesome showing from Don as always. Dude is mean and brutal as hell as he turfs the jobber all over and beats his ass. Spike Tombstone does it.
**

Interviews-
-Tito Santana is ready to fight Muraco one more time if it means he stops him from hurting anyone else, and if it means he can stop him once and for all.

Match#3 Ricky Steamboat vs Steve Lombardi
Hell yeah. Sick few minutes of Ricky doing all his cool stuff and Lombardi being a wonderful punching bag for it all. Crossbody ends it.
**

Interviews-
-Johnny V & Brutus are facing the Sammartino's in a tag match.
-A new low for everyone.

Match#4 Tito Santana & Junkyard Dog vs Mario Mancini & Terry Gibbs
Thump is in for most of this so it sucks again. THUMP ends it
1/2*

The Body Shop with Mr Wonderful. Paul gives him shit right away and asks if he wants tip on how to lift real weights. Jesse asks why he couldn't hold Hogan for Orton, and Paul says he's the worlds champion and the heat of the battle and he couldn't hold for that long. Jesse says he likes him and won't pick a side, but he needs to know what's going on with Heenan. Paul says Bobby was having meetings behind his back and he couldn't trust him, so Jesse warns him to never turn his back on anyone.

Match#5 Dream Team vs Rick McGraw & Gary Starr
Good showcase for the DT again thanks to Hammer being the lynchpin for it, and Brutus not having the chance to fuck much up. Figure Four does it.
*3/4

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
June 1st, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

To start the show, Hillbilly Jim makes his return on crutches and gets a huge reaction, and he can't help but smile at it.

Match#1 US Express w/Lou Albano vs The Axe & Johnny Rodz
Sadly, not that Axe, just a lame in a mask. Only 70 seconds this week before Barry wins with the Bulldog
BORN IN THE USA

WWF Update-
-Mr Wonderful has had a bad 3 months.

Match#2 Greg Valentine w/Jimmy Hart vs Mario Mancini
Hammer really pounds the shit out of Mario with the elbows and knees, and it's crazy anyone ever thought of him as boring. Figure Four ends it.
**

Interviews-
-CAN HULK HOGAN HOLD ON AGAINST STUDD, MAN. HE HAS BEEN THROUGH IT ALL BROTHER, AND NOW HE'S GOING TO SLAM THAT STINKY GIANT AND BREAK HIS BONES
HE IS GOING TO TAKE EVERY CHEAP SHOT BEFORE STUDD CAN. GOD BLESS MAN.

Match#3 Tony Atlas & George Wells vs Doc Butler & Terry Gibbs
Not saying Tony deserved(s) a push, but he's better than just teaming with another black wrestler because Vince is a demented sack of shit. Not very good at all as he's bad and Wells isn't much at all. Tony wins with the press/splash combo
1/2*

Interviews-
-Bobby Heenan is here. He says there are no normal people in Boston to be found. Larry Bird will be forgotten after Studd wins the title and retires Hogan like he did to Andre. Studd comes on and brags about having Andre's hair and career, and he's really not adding anything new.

Match#4 Paul Orndorff vs Barry O
Paul is SO fucking over, my God. This rules as he beats the shit out him with all his anger for the last few months. Heenan watching from the aisle way, and once Paul sees him he snaps and murders O some more. Nasty Piledriver does the deed.
**

Post match, Paul stands on the top rope and dares Heenan to get in, but Bobby backs off and leaves.

Piper's Pit with Jesse Ventura. Piper says he's the real rock star of the WWF and he's proud to have him here. Jesse says he's a real man not like those $3 bill fakes like Prince and Elvis. Jesse brings up Mania and says Piper beat down T and Hogan, and he should be champion. Piper blames it on Wonderful and says now that idiot has 25 grand on his head, and Jesse says that sounds very interesting to him. Piper asks if they want to see Ordnorff's favourite hold, AND HE FALLS DOWN ON THE GROUND AND HAS ACE PIN HIM AS JESSE COUNTS THE 3. AMAZING.

Match#5 Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs SD Jones & Joe Mirto
Fuck yeah, another killer one for the our boys. They single out Mirto and beat the fuck out of him with gross double teams, and Anvil really stands out hurting a massive jobber. Hart Attack does it.
**

Match#6 Hulk Hogan vs Ken Patera w/Bobby Heenan & Big John Studd
Fuck yeah, Hogan on TV for a super rare and cool as shit moment. Kenny jumps him with some great strikes and really beats him down. Best he's looked since he debuted, and it helps that Hogan sells like hell for him. Hulk fights back and kicks his ass until Studd attacks for the DQ.
**3/4

Post match, the Family beat the shit out of him and go to cut his hair, BUT MR WONDERFUL MAKES THE SAVE AND CLEANS HOUSE AND HOLDS THE RING. FUCK YES. Hogan gets back up and hugs Paul. Awesome stuff.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF All Star Wrestling
June 1st, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

Match#1 The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs Paul Roma & Ron Hutchison
WOOOOOOOOOOOO. Two HF squashes on the same day kicks ass. This is a major reason i watch all the shows as to see the full picture of what the WWF (and all the other companies) were doing at the time. HF beat the dog shit out of rat boy and the other guy, and it's another super fun one. Hart Attack gets another victory.
**

Match#2 George Steele vs
NO

Freddie Miller-
-Paul Orndorff will be teaming with Steamboat in Boston. OH MY GOD YES
-Paul walks on and says this will be a fight not a wrestling match, so he got himself a pal he can trust to watch his back. All hell will break loose when this happens, and if he needs a chair or a little old lady to get it done, then it will be done. No one leaves Wonderful laying and gets away with it. He likes to have the kids cheer for him as that feeling is nice, and he wants it to stay.

Match#3 SD Jones & George Wells vs Barry O & Terry Grizzly
Ewwwwww brother. Really bad as you'd expect from 4 bad wrestlers getting a match on TV. SD going on a run of offence makes me question if i should ever finish this project and life itself, so that's notable. Wells and SD win with a flying shoulderblock/press combo.
poop

Fredde Miller-
-I miss Mean Gene
-Ace Orton is here and says he is the main event in every possible way. He loves to have a good time and knocking out Orndorff felt SO good. He and Don Muraco are buddies who lay on beaches and think about evil deeds, daddy. They play with 53 cards and they aren't normal in any way.

Match#4 Bob Orton vs Bob Markum
Awesome showcase for our injured hero. He beats the shit out of this jobber with strikes and the cast itself, and even Jesse thinks he's going to far in a great moment. Superplex does it.
*3/4

Body Shop with Bobby Heenan & Ken Patera. Jesse asks if the price of the bounty is true, and Heenan confirms it's true after he fired him. He made him who he is, and now he's gotta pay. He lists off all the top faces who have sided with Paul, and he says he's going to put bounties on them if they keep getting involved. Jesse asks if he can have the money if he takes him out, and Bobby says he'll get the cash before he even gets the sweat off his head. Jesse shouts he's going to get the money.

Match#5 Tony Atlas vs Frank Marconi
Another bad outing for Tony. Can't wait for his sick WWECW run to make me forget how much he stinks. Press ends it
1/2*

Match#6 Iron Sheik & Nikola Volkoff w/Freddie Blassie vs Brian Macknee & Ron Dee
I forgot these idiots were even champs as they've done nothing since winning them to make me care. Another bad showcase for them as they suck a ton. Clutch ends it
Poop

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
June 8th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Iron Sheik & Nikolai Vokoff vs Sal Gee & Jose Luis Rivera
Oh fuck you.

WWF Update-
-Jimmy Hart is making moves and buying wrestlers left and right. A real trend setter who has the world by the balls.

Match#2 George Steel w/Lou Albano vs Mike Powers
Really awful stuff that i watched as i felt like a dick for skipping him twice. He's old and washed and by all accounts was a massive stooge for Vince, so fuck him. Bad Hammerlock ends it.
shit

Mean Gene-
-Lou Albano walks on and promotes his terrible stable of dorks and nerds, and i hate babyface Albano so much. He says Steele has had shock treatment to help him be a better person and the like, and it's working very well. George says "Lou says relax" ok then.

Match#3 The Spoiler w/Johnny Valiant vs Joe Mirto
Hell yeah he's back for hell to pay. Good stuff with him using the ropes to fuck the jobber up in between hitting him real hard. He wins with a claw.
*

Mean Gene-
-Sheik, Volkoff, and Blassie come on. Nikolai asks how many times they have to beat these kids before they get up, and says they only had one shot, but they've had way more. Sheik says comrade Volkoff had it right, and that fat short slob Lou Albano needs to be HUMBLED.

Piper's Pit with Bobby Heenan filling in for Piper for the night. He has Tito on the show as his guest. Bobby brings up the bounty and says maybe Tito could use the change now that he's not the champ. Tito says he's not interested in the money at all as Bobby is scum for doing this. It'll be a cold day in hell for anyone trying to collect it. Bobby says he thinks like a loser and he might put a bounty on him. Tito says he might team with Paul and go after Bobby's hide. Heenan says he has the family as the segment ends.

Match#4 The Missing Link w/Bobby Heenan vs Aldo Marino
FUCK YEAH MISSING LINK JONES
.

He does nothing but amazing headbutts and kills the jobber over and over, and even busts himself open as a result. God Bless man. He wins with a sick flying headbutt.
**

Match#5 Ricky Steamboat vs Mr X
Hell yeah. Ricky gets 4 minutes to play and absolutely kills it with a ton of sick offence and some cool selling when he lets the jobber get some token offence in. Crossbody does it.
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF All-Star Wrestling
June 8th, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

Match#1 Tito Santana & Junkyard Dog vs AJ Pertruzi & Moondog Spot
Same old stuff from this horrible "superteam" JYD sucks shit and Tito cleans it up. Figure Four does it.
1/2*

Match#2 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Mario Mancini
Don murders Mario for the 100th time this year and it's awesome, but i feel bad for this kid having to die over and over. Don breaks out some sick knees to the head and body this week to mix it up, and bless him for it. Spike Tombstone does it.
**

Mean Gene-
-David Sammartino says words about how he doesn't suck.

Match#3 Ivan Putski
NO FUCK NO

Mean Gene-
Ricky Steamboat hypes the tag match with Orndorff. He says he stands on the other side of the volcano than Don Muraco does, and he's standing by Orndorff's side for that reason. They have to come through his head to take the bounty. Pau walks on and shakes Ricky's hand and calls him his new man and friend. They'll do whatever it takes to win and get a piece of Orton and Don.

Match#4 Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs Swede Hansen & Rick McGraw
Yeah!!! Swede doesn't get in as he's a fat old turd, so Rick gets his ass kicked and makes for a far better squash. Hart Attack ends it in about 120 seconds.
*3/4

Body Shop with The Dream Team. They say they would love to go after the bounty after already taking out Hillbilly Jim. V says he's now selling hotdogs at the baseball, and Jesse quickly moves on after such a terrible line. They want the tag titles and they want to take out Tito next. Horrible stuff.

Match#5 Rocky Johnson vs Ted Grizzly
Rocky is gone at this point, so this squash is burning off the bad stuff he left us. He wins with his bad sunset flip.
Poop

Match#6 US Express w/Lou Albano vs Rene Goulet & Barry O
Same good ass basic squash from the Express. A real the view never changes type deal from them, but it's good. Airplane spin does it.
*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
June 15th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Tito Santana vs Dave Barbie
Tito gets another killer singles squash away from turds, and hey it rocks a lot. Forearm does it.
**

WWF Update-
-Update on Jesse Ventura talking shit to Bruno a few weeks ago.

Match#2 B Brian Blair vs Steve Lombardi
FUCK YEAH BEE MAN IS BACK FOR THE HONEYPOT. Sweet showcase with him on the mat dominating Brawler and taking him to school. Bruno loves Blair for being talented and a nice young man, which is super fucking lame. BBB wins with a flying Hammerfist.
**

Jack Reynolds-
JYD talks about coke and being fat and bad,

Match#3 Ricky Steamboat vs Rene Goulet
Damn, what a trio of squashes tonight. Ricky runs through this old goober is awesome fashion and makes it 3 for 3. He lets Rene have some offence and it's ok enough. Rick fights back and murders him with ease. Crossbody ends another one.
**

Post match, Rene attacks from behind like a cunt, so Ricky drops him and runs him off.

Interviews-
-Freddie Blassie cuts a terrible promo about the US Express being losers who don't deserve a rematch. He then shits on the other babyfaces to close it.

Piper's Pit with Bobby still hosting. Missing Link walks all over the place as Ace looks worried about him. Ace says he got a new rolex from Piper because he did a good job holding down the fort. Heenan says not to worry about where Link comes from, just worry about what he might do Hogan or Santana. He says he might make 25 grand if he's a good boy, and everyone needs to take a good look at him. He's going to put the so called tough guys on the shelf.

Match#4 Paul Orndorff vs AJ Pertruzi
Another good one for Paul. Dude is now throwing gross knees and elbows and fucking up jobbers who he fears might take him out, and it rocks so much. Piledriver does it.
**

Match#5 The Dream Team vs Paul Roma & Mario Mancini
Really fun stuff thanks to Hammer being Hammer as always, and Brutus doing limited ok musclehead stuff. Figure Four does the job.
**

Interviews-
-Jimmy Hart promises a big surprise for that filthy dog JYD.
-Heenan again says Boston sucks and Studd is the only winner the town will ever know. Studd walks on with the fucking hair again, and whatever man.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF Madison Square Garden-21/6

Randy Savage vs Rick McGraw
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAH, CAN YOU DIG IT THE MACHO MAN IS HERE TO SHOW WHO THE CREAM OF THE CROP TRULY IS. He's wearing a gorgeous purple robe and says the world will never see anything like this. He stalls a ton and keeps screaming about being the best and how he's going to show the world, and it's so fucking cool. HE PICKS UP A CHAIR AND A FAN CHUCKS A DRINK ON HIM AND RANDY GOES AFTER THE FAN. He calms down and murders McGraw for being alive and it's wonderful as hell watching him cook for the first time. Randy throws him out to the floor and jumps off with the double axehandle for the first time, and Gorilla and Gene freak out at how crazy he is. Savage then suplexs him onto the floor. Fuck yes. Rick fights back and beats Randy's ass, and Savage takes some sick bumps for a few minutes. He fires back with a closeline and kills him with the Elbow Drop to win.
**3/4

Greg Valentine (c) w/Jimmy Hart vs Ricky Steamboat (WWF Intercontiental Championship)
Ahhhh here we go. Amazing Karate from Ricky to start, and Jimmy screams that Karate is not allowed in wrestling matches. Ricky dominates him and Hammer is thrown off for the first time in a long time as he can't answer to chops and uppercuts coming out of nowhere. Ricky then fucks with him more by using his speed and hitting a sick running crossbody right across the head and neck. Hammer eventually snaps and punches him in the face to turn into a proper fight he can win, and then he gets his knees up on a splash to take over. Really fun control seg with a million nasty shots, and sick Ricky selling in his first huge singles match. Hammer focuses on the legs and uses lots of knees to the thighs and hamstrings in a cool little thing not many people do. Ricky gets knocked to the floor AND HE FUCKING HULKS UP AND GOES NUTS ON HAMMER WITH HIS KARATE SHOTS AND HE FUCKS HAMMER UP. It turns into a killer fight with both men selling like death and getting closer and closer to having nothing left. Ricky kicks him in the face and knocks him to the floor and Hammer loses via countout.
***1/4

Hulk Hogan (c) vs Don Muraco (WWF World Championship. Steel Cage)
Killer sprint as they waste no time going for it and busting each other open with the cage, as well as throwing a million killer strikes with a white hot crowd. Don takes over with some knees and bashes the hell out of him, so we get some more great Hogan selling. Hogan fights back and pinballs Don over and over into the cage and further fucks him up and really cuts him open. Hogan punches at the cut and sells his hand after each punch in a sick moment. They fight on top and Hogan rams his had into the top of the cage and bites the cut like a true madman. They fight back on the mat and Hogan boots him into the ropes and Don gets stuck head first into like Mick Foley will later make famous, and Hogan jumps out the door to win.
***

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
June 22nd, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Before the opening match, Matt Borne grabs the mic and says Heenan better be good for the money because he's about to have 25 grand in his pocket.

Match#1 Paul Orndoff vs Matt Borne
Borne jumps him and has some sweet roughouse type offence before Paul fights back and beats the dog shit out of him. Awesome knees and elbows again, and Matt sells it all really well. Piledriver does it.
**

Post match, Heenan walks out and points at Paul in anger. Paul gets the mic and demands he bring one of his men down here and get a piece of him. Make his day, brother. Heenan shouts he's done for.

WWF Update-
-TERRY FUCKING FUNK IS HERE AND HE'S RIDING A HORSE. HE SAYS A GUY TOLD HIM HOGAN, SNUKA AND STEAMBOAT'S ARMS WERE BIGGER THAN HIS, BUT HE HAS AN EXTRA LARGE HEART AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS IN SPORTS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM HOTTER AND HOTTER. HE'S SO HOT HE'S JUCIY. GOD YES.

Match#2 Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs Jim Powers & Tony Garea
Fuck yeah, HF murder two of the worst and most crumby jobbers possible. Great stuff once again as they have everything down pact and it works as well as it should. Bret gives Power some offence before he shitcans him and beats his ass. Nasty Hart Attack does it.
**

Interviews-
-Hogan says he's a little busted up from the cage in New York City, but if the people can dig it, so can he, and he's gonna slam Big John Studd tonight, brother, and he's gonna be the first man to get the job done, dude. What the fuck? Did you not see Andre do it at Mania? No wonder he turned on you, you horrible friend.

Match#3 The Missing Link w/Bobby Heenan vs Gary Starr
Another fun crazy dude squash with a million headbutts and wildman stuff. Flying headbutt does it
*3/4

Interviews-
-Big John Studd says he's the uncrowned champion since Hogan can't beat him, and has never been able to beat him. He says he got rid of Andre and took a trophy in his hair, and now he's gonna get rid of the other giant, Hulk Hogan, and he's gonna take his title as a trophy

Match#4 Tony Atlas & Ivan Putski vs Doc Butler & AJ Pertruzi
EWWWWWWW BROTHER. WHAT IS THAT, BROTHER. Really terrible squash with so many bad musclehead moments as neither man is talented enough to actually do them. Hammer ends it.
poop


Piper's Pit with Bobby Heenan is up now. His guest is Big John Studd, and they basically say the same things as in the local pre tape. Not the best use of this amazing show, fellas.

Match#5 Ricky Steamboat vs Johnny Rodz
Good shit from Dick Blood as always, and bless him man. He breaks out the karate and beats the hell out of Rodz for a while, and then he nukes him with the crossbody to win.
**

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Match#6 Iron Sheik vs Mike Rotundo
Ah man, give me Barry in a singles match. Still, really fun 4 minutes as they let loose and do some cool shit. Sheik throws him around and beats him down, and IRS takes good bumps and stuff. Mike makes a comeback and gets the spin, but Nik runs out and attacks him for the DQ.
*3/4

Post match, they kick his ass until George Steele makes the save with a steel chair.

After the break, Mike storms the stage and swears they'll win the tag titles when they get a chance.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF All-Star Wrestling
June 22nd, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

Match#1 Tito Santana & Junkyard Dog vs Mr X & Barry O
Really bad again. Just leave Tito the fuck alone, man. THUMP FUCK ends it
THUMP YA MUM

Match#2 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Gary Starr
Another killer squash from Don. Jesse dubs him "The Rock" which is rad as fuck and something that will stick forever. Tombstone does it.
**

Match#3 George Steele vs AJ Pertruzi
nah

Mean Gene-
-Brutus & V walk on and give thoughts to Hillbilly Jim's family now that he's dead, and Gene loses it and says he's very much alive. AMAZING. They promise to break all his bones if ever comes back.

Match#4 Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs George Wells & Mario Mancini
Love to see them on two shows a day, and i hope this will continue for years and years. Sweet stuff as always, and i adore how much they changed the game for the better and forced everyone else to step up. Hart Attack does the job
**

Body Shop with Ricky Steamboat. Jesse refuses to stand up and makes him sit on a workout bench like a real dick. He asks about his last name, and Ricky says it comes from his father and he's keeping the tradition. Ricky says his grandfather was on top of a volcano and when he saw a steamboat and that's where the name comes from. Jesse says the karate offence is illegal, and Ricky says he read the rule book and he uses an open hand not a fist like Jesse. Ventura says he doesn't believe a word and ends the show.

Match#4 B Brian Blair vs Ted Grizzly
Bee beats bear in wrestling. Bee uses more power spots and sick strikes this week, and he's really good at it and it's a lot of fun as a result. He wins with a fancy rollup
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
June 29th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

TONIGHT TERRY FUNK DEBUTS. THE KILLER BEES DEBUT AS WELL.

Match#1 Tito Santana & Junkyard Dog vs Ricky Hunter & AJ Pertruzi
This shit is going to cost Tito WOTY, and it's a fucking war crime and then some. Tito at least rules and does the work and gets a point, but fucking JYD is the worst. THUMP FUCK SHIT does it
*

WWF Update-
-Recap of the bounty on Wonderful's head.

Match#2 Terry Funk vs Jose Luis Rivera
After the bell rings, he hands his jacket and hat to the attendant, but when he smiles, FUNK PULLS HIM INTO THE RING AND STARTS BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF HIM! AMAZING. HE MURDERS JOSE AS WELL AND THEN KICKS THE POOR FUCK IN THE HEAD AS VINCE FREAKS OUT. TERRY THROWS HIM TO THE FLOOR. He finally calms down as the attendant is carried out, and then he goes back to beating the living shit out of Jose for being alive. He wins with the sick spinning toe hold. MY GOD
**3/4

Mean Gene-
-Hulk Hogan will be facing Volkoff on house shows
-Hogan walks on and says Nik is everything wrong with the world and he'll make him suffer for the USA. His main man Sly is on his side and he'll do it for him as well.

Match#3 The Killer Bees vs Dave Barbie & Steve Lombardi
Sadly, they don't have the amazingly bad bee tights or the masks, but they rock at least. Killer mat work and strikes from both, and they mesh really well together, Jumping Jim wins with a sleeper because it's still 1975, i guess.
**

Mean Gene-
-He's promoting the first ever King of the Ring. It's not taped, sadly.
-JYD will be king.

Match#4 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Rick McGraw
Woooo. Way better than that super awful match on ASW a few months ago as Don takes some sick bump for Rick, before shutting his lights out and beating some ass. Gross spike Tombstone does it
**

Piper's Pit is back with Piper in charge again. Hillbilly Jim walks on and has a brace on his knee, and Piper says he should be man enough to take it off and wrestle again. Or, is he a liar and a coward. Jim says he has someone he wants Piper to meet, and Roddy is none to pleased about it. UNCLE ELMER MAKES HIS DEBUT WOOOOOO. Piper tries to make friends, but Elmer screams at him.

Match#5 Ricky Steamboat vs The Axe
Ricky's amazing streak continues with another fantastic squash. Sick karate stuff and high flying on top of it, and it's everything you could want from one of the best to ever do it. Crossbody gets another one.
**

Match#6 US Express w/Lou Albano vs Terry Gibbs & Rene Goulet
Really sick squash from USA for the first time in a long ass time. They throw some sick punches and hurl the jobbers around, and really fight like hell after last weeks beating. Airplane spin does it.
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-31/3/85
WWF Women's Champion: Wendi Richter-31/3/85

WWF All-Star Wrestling
June 29th, 1985
Hamilton Ontario

Match#1 Hart Foundation vs Luc Poirier & Ricky Dee
Bret takes a sick backdrop for Luc to start and gets his ass handed to him, so he drags Dee in and murders him in a great little shithead moment. Anvil joins in the fun and fucks Dee up, and it's so much fun watching him laugh his beard off as he kills a kid. Bret misses the closeline on the Hart Attack, so he calls a new play and kills him with a shoulderbreker and a hammerfist off Bret's rope.
**

Match#2 Ricky Steamboat vs Mike Roar
Roar is a big fucker, so Ricky chops down the tree so he can have a chance. He takes some big slams for him and sells like hell, before he chops him in the guts over and over and fucks him up in classic style. Wicked crossbody does it.
**

Match#4 Brutus Beefcake w/Johnny Valiant vs Mario Mancini
Brutus weirdly uses a lot of stomps to the ribs and then does some neck work, and it feels like he can't work out the squash he wants to do. He wins with the knee, which i guess you can say the neck work helped if you don't think about it too hard.
1/2*

Match#5 George Wells vs Gino Carabello
Wells does armdrags and headlock takeovers and it's fucking weird and sort of cool. HE THEN SKINS THE FUCKING CAT AND TURNS IT INTO A RANA WHAT THE FUCK MAN. AND THEN HE HITS ANOTHER TWO SICK ONES AND THEN THE SHOULDERBLOCK TO WIN. FUCK YEAH
*3/4

Body Shop with Tito Santana. Tito says he's not going to be a former champion for much longer!! Jesse says fans keeps asking him why he can't win the big one, and Tito says it's because Greg either runs or cheats every time. He wants the next one in his kind of match where he knows he'll win. Jesse says Hammer is a wrestling champion, and he's never ran away from anyone or needed help. Tito says the world has seen him run, my man. He is ready to get the title back, my man. Fuck yeah.

Match#6 Bee Brian Blair vs The Axe
This was taped months ago as the commentators act like he just came back as a singles guy. Awesome takedowns and the like, and Jesse calls him a "pretty boy with a styled haircut" during it like a real prick. Bee works the arm and it's super fun stuff as he's always doing something mean or cool to it. Bee hits a gross lariat and then follows up with a really tight sleeper to win.
**

Match#7 Paul Orndorff vs Steve Lombardi
Wonderful is mad as hell as he suspects Lombardi wants the cash, and Jesse says every man wants it and Orndorff is in a horrible spot. Awesome knees and arm work for a while, and Paul like Bee, is always doing something to it and it's great stuff. Steve fights back and actually gets him down with a backbreaker and he has some fun token offence with good rights and lefts. Wonderful gets even madder and murders him with a suplex on the fucking floor!!! He throws him back in and kills him with the Piledriver to win.
**