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: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF Championship Wrestling
January 5th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 US Express vs Charlie Fulton & Rusty Brooks
JIP, but i assume we haven't missed too much. Good outing for the new top babyface team for 3 minutes and change. Fulton sucks shit as always, but Brooks takes some fun fat guy bumps and really makes it fun. Barry wins with the sick Running Bulldog on Brooks.
**

Post match, they replay it with "BORN IN THE USA" playing over the top as some people never worked out it's not a pro American song.

In a pre-tape, Albano presents Lauper with an award and thanks them for what they've done for his MS Charity.


AMAZING

Mean Gene-
-Gene promotes a Boston show happening tonight, but we don't have footage so no dice.

Match#2 Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff r/Freddie Blassie vs Mario Mancini & Steve Lombardi
Standard bad squash from them as Sheik can only do so much, and his parter is a massive piece of filth. Backbreaker ends it.
1/2*

Mean Gene-
-Blackjack Mulligan will be facing David Schultz. He says Doc needs an attitude adjustment, but he's a man like him and he can help change. This fight might start in the parking lot, or the hotel and it'll be a big old fight. It might not end until 2am, and he'll do anything it takes to win.

Match#3 North-South Connection vs Paul Roma & Salvatore Bellomo
Oh no, Roma is here to ruin things. A complete shithead hack that needs his ratface punched in at all times. Awesome killer squash from NSC as they beat the holy hell out of him and Sal, and it warms my heart. Dick Murdoch punching Paul Roma really fucking hard in the face is the apex of wrestling. Death Sentence ends it.
**1/2

Piper's Pit with the Heenan Family. Piper says Bobby made a complete idiot of Andre and has made history in the process. Bobby says this was all planned from the start so they could embarrass and ruin him. Patera says he didn't realise how easy it was going to be to knock him out and take his hair, and he's a little disappointed. Studd takes out the bag of hair and gives Piper a lock of it, and Piper is gleeful as hell as he takes some of it for himself.

Match#3 David Schultz vs Jim Young
Fuck yeah he's still here as this was taped before he did the deed and slapped the reporter. Wonderful beating and mat work for a few minutes, and it's a wonderful blast of a thing. Doc wins with the Elbow.
**

We go to Don Muraco on the beach with 3 ladies. He says he could be like Hulk Hogan and pay $500 for the ladies to rub oil on him and massage him, but that's not reality. He is reality.

Match#4 The Briscoes vs Dave Barbie & Gino Carbello
Fun showcase for Mark and Jay's dad and their uncle. They aren't long for the world as Jack hates pro wrestling as this point and quits soon, so we'll enjoy what we get. Gerry wins with a Figure Four.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Adrian Adonis comes on to promote a rematch with the Briscos. He says Dick couldn't be here tonight because he's busy doing their taxes, but everyone knows the Briscos are a fluke team. He says he'd rather burn out than fade away, and the Briscos will have to kill them if they want to win the belts. He says the strong will eat the weak the next time they wrestle, and wishes Gene a happy Chanukah. Amazing.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

Shoutout to my main man Garbage for pointing out i fucked up the title. This is indeed 1985 and not 84

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF Championship Wrestling
January 12th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Tonga Kid vs Mike Powers
Good little showing for TK as always. He's clearly not getting higher than this and needs that Islander run, but it's not a bad spot for him to be in. Flying Splash ends it.
*3/4

WWF Update-More footage of Lou Albano & Lauper

Match#2 Greg Valentine vs Joe Mitro
God yes. Fantastic beating from Hammer as he wastes zero time and unloads on the kid. Figure Four gets the W.
**

Mean Gene-
-US Express. Mike was born in the USA and he wants to show the people what America has left in it, and he's going to show Iron Sheik was he has. He can't talk a lick, and it's very funny. He ends it by saying IT'S ALL ABOUT US STYLE. AMAZING. Barry cuts a promo that's not much better, but he at least seems somewhat confident and might have something if he gets away from this idiot.

We go to another fantastic Hogan/Jim training video. Hogan calls the eggs python power and says he's going to make him as strong as possible. They then work out to the Eye of the Tiger because fuck yeah.

Mean Gene-
-Andre is here with a new haircut. He has a demanded a Texas Tornado tag with JYD against Patera and Studd. He wants them to show up and fight him because he's never going to get tired of chasing them all around the country. He's going to take his time to hurt and make them pay. Gene says he's the type man who takes his revenge slow.

Match#3 US Express vs R.T Reynolds & Mr X
Fun showcase for the boys, and while they suck shit on the mic and i don't want to ever see them outside of the ring, this is where they do well and need to stay. Mike wins with the Airplane Spin this week in a nice change of pace.
*3/4

Piper's Pit with North South. Dicky says they were sick with the flu when the Briscoes beat them, and the docs told them not to do it but they're fighting champs for the people. Adrian says they can cry to the promoters all they want but there are better challengers out there like Frankie Williams and Mario Mancini. Amazing. Piper calls them the real champions.

Match#4 Tito Santana vs Paul Kelly
Tito is back baby and life is good. Killer mat work mixed with his strikes and fire makes for a great squash. Figure Four does the job.
**

Muraco and Fuji are in Japan this week. He calls out Hogan again and says he'll see what real Magnificence looks like.

Match#5 Ken Patera & Big John Studd w/Bobby Heenan vs Jim Powers & Aldo Marino
The Family gets 5 minutes and it's a choice to be sure. They suck after 2 minutes most weeks, so this is really dull and lame. Full Nelson ends it.
1/2*

Mean Gene-
-Wendi Richter. She's defending the title against Judy Martin and she's going to beat her like she did to Moolah. Iron Sheik walks on and makes her leave because she is ugly American woman. He is going to make Rotundo humble. Wooooo old country style.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF All=Star Wrestling
January 19th, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

TO OPEN THE SHOW KING KONG MOSCA QUITS THE SHOW TO MANAGE HIS SON AND JESSE VENTURA IS REPLACING HIM. FUCK YEAH.

Match#1 Junkyard Dog vs Terry Gibbs
Jesse adds to this right away by calling moves and making jokes about JYD being stupid and tough, and it's everything the WWF has needed. Match sucks as JYD is bad as always, but none of that really matters. He wins with a shoulderblock this week.
THUMP

They replay the Albano/Lauper promo for the 3rd time.

Match#2 Bob Orton vs SD Jones
Orton carries SD for 3 minutes and gets a good squash out of him by bumping big for him, and then beating his lights out. Vader Bomb murders SD
*3/4

They replay the Andre interview

Match#3 Angelo Mosca Jr w/King Kong Mosca vs Ted Grizzly
Baby Kong does some ok basics for a couple of minutes and looks fine i guess, but he's not going to make it big so it's a waste. He wins by throwing him into the corner and pinning him when he hits the ground.
1/2*

Match#4 Paul Orndorff w/Bobby Heenan vs Brian Mackney
Wonderful is here and kicking ass as always. Nasty piledriver ends the fun after a great 120 second beating.
*3/4

Blackjack's BBQ with Andre. He walks on with a saddle and says he hurt the horse, and Blackjack says that's the third one this week and he's needs to be careful. Andre takes his hat and starts laughing, so Jack says they've been sparring with Jack Daniels for the last 6 weeks and he can't wait to do another round soon. AMAZING.

Match#5 Tony Atlas vs Goldie Rodgers
Yuck. Vile and bad as always, and i can't wait for him to leave. Jesse is mad that Atlas won an award for best body when he has the second best body. Thank God Jesse retired. Bad press slam ends it
1/2*

Match#6 US Express vs Mr X & AJ Pertuzi
US kill X for the second time this week in a really mean thing to do to a young man. They get nearly 4 minutes and it's a lot of fun as they work a good balance between mat work and fun strikes and power moves. Airplane Spin ends another one
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF Championship Wrestling
January 19th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Blackjack Mulligan vs R.T Reynolds
Jack got old quick and doesn't look very good or motivated, sadly. He nearly falls over after an arm drag and is sucking wind, and he really should just be doing his interview segments. He wins with a shitty back elbow.
1/2*

WWF Update-This time we see Lauper, Lou and Hogan hanging out backstage making amends for the past.

Match#2 Brutus Beefcake w/Johnny Valiant vs Jim Power
Nah

Mean Gene-
-Andre. He says he likes his new haircut so the joke is on Patera and Studd. He'll make them and that weasel pay.

Match#3 Junkyard Dog vs Rusty Brooks
Super rude to make me watch this after skipping Bruno. He's fat and lazy and works a chin lock and does some bad strikes as he's badder than normal. THUMP ends it
THUMP

Mean Gene-
-Iron Sheik. Mike reminds him of the good looking people in Boston and he knows the fans love him, but he needs to remember that he's from Iran and he's won every sporting eventing he's tried. You're wrestling with the world class master and he's hoping all the fans come and see who the best is.

Match#4 The Spoiler va Salvatore Bellomo
Good stuff from Spoiler. He throws Sal around in some impressive moments given how big of a dude he is. Iron Claw does it.
**

Piper's Pit w/Tito. Piper calls him a hasbeen who all the little girls wanted to see on here, and he's used to having people like him on the show. He says Hammer ruined his knee and now he wants to fight him again, he's stupid. Tito says he knows the Figure Four just as well as Valentine and no one is the master. Piper dares him to put Ace in it to see if he can make him tap. He locks it in and Ace taps right away as Piper gets a chair and demands he let it go. Tito does and leaves the set. Awesome shit.

Before the Heenan Family squash, Bobby gets the mic and says the $15,000 challenge is still active for anyone who can slam Studd in ring.

Match#5 Ken Patera & Big John Studd w/Bobby Heenan vs Jim Young & Paul Roma
Roma tries to slam him right away and fails, and Bruno is sad because Roma is a powerlifter who should be able to do it. Well, maybe find someone better, you dick. Better than last week as Ken uses some good power stuff and beats the shit out of these bums. Studd thankfully only get in at the end and wins with the Backbreaker.
*3/4

Match#6 Hulk Hogan vs Johnny Rodz
WOOOOOOO HOGAN SHOWCASE. He's wearing a sick baby blue get up and we get a close up of the title and it's such a killer way to present him. He murders Rodz in classic Hogan fashion, and Brutus walks out to watch at ringside. Oh God. Legdrop ends the fun.
**

Mean Gene-
-DON MURACO IS BACK BABY. He's got a gross beard and looks like he hasn't slept in a week, and it's amazing. He says he got small, big, fat and skinny women 356 days of the year. He wanted Gene to come and party with him. He knows he has an old lady at home watching right now, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS GENE LOVES TO PARTY SO HE CAN FORGET ABOUT HER. GENE SAYS HE NO LONGER HAS A DOMESTIC LIFE AFTER THIS. Don says Fuji has grown to a new level and grown him as a result and when you look into his eyes and see what he feels, you know the truth. Fuji made him live under a park bench in NYC so he can get used to scum and dirt because that's where he is now. The greatest promo ever.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
JANUARY 21ST, 1985
NEW YORK CITY

Match#1 Bret Hart vs Rene Goulet
Bret makes his debut in MSG with a 15 minute battle with a member of the old guard in front of him. Good mat stuff for most of it as that's Rene's bread and butter as he stinks at everything else, and Bret meets him right there and does very well for himself like he's maybe built for this shit or something. Get's sort of dry after a while and i wish it was quicker and more to the point, but we're still in the weird period of eras so i get it. Bret wins with a sleeper in what i'm sure was a Goulet call, the old fuck.
*3/4

Match#2 Jim Niedhart vs Tony Garea
Anvil time. This is 12 minutes and not good at all as Tony is well documented as a bad wrestler who is the worst, and Anvil is a baby, so it's a bad mix. Anvil wins with a Powerslam after a really stinky match.
1/2*

Match#3 Andre The Giant vs Ken Patera w/Bobby Heenan
Andre beats the shit out of him as soon as he gets his hands on him, and it's sooooooo good watching him do it because fuck Ken Patera. Awesome bumps and stooging from him, and Bobby gets in on the act when Andre stomps on his hands when he tries to help Ken not die. Andre strangles Ken and shakes his head and neck like he's trying to rip it off in an incredible visual. Andre keeps it up and it's the best stuff possible for a Ken Patera match outside of him being squashed in 3 seconds. Heenan finally jumps off the top rope and punches Andre in the back of the head and sends him into the ref for the DQ. A ton of fun.
**3/4

Post match, he beats them both up and holds the ring.

Match#4 Roddy Piper & Bob Orton vs Jimmy Snuka & Junkyard Dog (Texas Tornado)
Hell yeah. They go crazy right away and fight all over the ring and outside, and it's work liked the blood feud it should be. Not sure what happened to TK, but JYD tries really hard and doesn't bring it down much, so it's not a bad addition to this. The heels cut them off with sleeper holds for a while and bring it down to a grinding halt, and the crowd gets angrier and angrier as a result in a fantastic moment. The faces fight back and ram the heels into their heads and start beating the crap out of them in a super fun comeback. It breaks down again and Piper trips JYD and Orton pins him with a handful of tights.
**1/2


Gene announces that next month in a special that will be taped by MTV, it will be Hogan vs. Piper for the WWF Title in THE WAR TO SETTLE THE SCORE!

Match#5 Greg Valentine (c) vs Tito Santana (WWF Intercontiental Championship)
Here we go again. Slow start from both as neither wants to make a mistake after the last few matches, and it's a cool little wrinkle to the feud. Hammer finally catches him with a knee to the guts and starts targeting the ribs and we get some killer work with knees and shoulders, and even better Tito selling as always that makes the entire thing. Hammer stands on his back and grinds his feet into Tito's kidney's in a wicked moment. Hammer hits a GROSS running forearm to drop Tito like a sack of shit and the beating gets even more violent afterwards. Tito's selling is fantastic and his comebacks are stuffed as a result. Hammer misses a knee in the corner and Tito finally fights back as Hammer is now on one leg and can't escape a hell of a pissed off Tito beating his head in. Tito mauls the knee and we get even better selling from Hammer than what Tito did. He's stumbles and limps on it, and it really holds him back. Tito misses a forearm and falls to the floor and Hammer gets back into control and wreaks Tito's knee in revenge for what he did to him. Killer work and even better Tito selling, and it turns into a war of attrition. Tito nails another flash forearm but it knocks Hammer to the floor and he gets counted out!!
***

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF Championship Wrestling
January 26th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 US Express vs Gino Carbello & AJ Petruzzi
Another good one for the young American kids. Like i said, on the mic they can fuck off and never speak again, but in ring they rock a ton. Bulldog ends it
*3/4

WWF Update-They finally show the footage of Albano's face turn in MSG, which should have been shown before all the stuff where he became pals with Lauper and Hogan.

Match#2 Jimmy Snuka & Tonga Kid vs Rusty Brooks & Dave Barbie
Short and not much at all. Splash ends it
1/2*

Mean Gene-
-Big John Studd. He says Bobby is out spending money for them and Ken is doing lots of weightlifting for the match against Andre & JYD. He says he had the courage to cut Andre's hair after he kept sticking his nose into his business, and this is all on them.

Nik sings the anthem before his match BUT THE US EXPRESS WALK OUT WITH THE FLAG AND THE CROWD LOSES THEIR SHIT IN JOY. SHEIK IS MAD AND TELLS THE FANS TO SHUT UP. FUCK YEAH AMERICA.

Match#3 Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs SD Jones & Aldo Marino
So, the Iranian president died today and i'm sure Sheik would be sad about it. Anyway, this is bad and short, and Sheik deserves SO much more than this asshole as his partner. Clutch ends it.
IRAN NUMBER 1, MOTHERFUCKERS.

Mean Gene-
-Andre the Giant. He's not really saying anything new about this feud, and i'm not ready for another 2.5 years of this before Andre turns and Studd fucks off for a while.

Match#4 George Wells vs Paul Kelly
GW is a former NFL player turned wrestler who's famous for losing to Jake Roberts at Mania 2. Outside of that he's not really good or anything, so i am not a fan. He wins with a shoulderblock
1/2*

Piper's Pit with Blackjack. Piper hates him because he hosts a show of his own, and now he's on the best show in wrestling history. Jack offers him some chewing tobacco, and Piper declines because he doesn't eat garbage. He knows things like women and toilets are bigger in Texas, but he thinks he stinks as a wrestler and interviewer. Jack wonders why he needs Ace, so Piper says its because cowards want to jump him for telling the truth, so he needs his pal by his side. Jack stands up and eyes them both off as the show ends. Weird stuff.

Match#5 The Moondogs vs Steve Lombardi & Jim Young
Hell yeah, they're back and mad and fat and mean. Really good biting and mean offence for a while, and it's a super fun squash. They win with the assisted Elbow.
**

Match#6 Hillbilly Jim w/Hulk Hogan vs Terry Gibbs
HOG YEAH. Jim is a big powerful dude and outmuscles this fella with ease and he's not bad at all. He wins with a bearhug and Hogan is SUPER happy and proud
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Paul Orndorff. He says it has gotten to the point where every time he's on camera a woman leaves her husband, and he's sorry about it. He can't help the fact he's Mr Wonderful and these things happen. He says he was on a flight minding his own business with a few ladies, and the pilot came up to ask for his permission to take off. He's sick of it as he's got not private life left. He's a bigger legend than Larry Bird and anyone else in Boston. He takes his robe off and flexes and it rules. Wonderful rocks

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF All-Star Wrestling
February 2nd, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

Match#1 US Express vs Goldie Rodgers & Terry Gibbs
These two are getting to the top of the rankings by working every fucking week, and i respect it. Good outing from these as always, but the highlight is Jesse saying everything they do is uncalled for and borderline cheating. Bulldog does it
**

WWF Update-We see footage of Dave Wolf being checked on by doctors. You'd think they would have done this two months ago, but with the massive show coming up, it makes all the sense to do it now.

Match#2 Jimmy Snuka vs Dave Fury
Short and whatever as Snuka is mostly bad outside of Piper's matches. Splash does it
1/2*

Match#3 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Mario Mancini
God yes, he's finally back on TV. Don bashes the fuck out of him in incredible fashion and it's soooooooo good. Gross strikes and amazing shit talking and it's such a blast, man. Spike Tombstone does it.
**

Mean Gene-
-Brutus and Johnny v. V cuts Wonderful's promo about all the women leaving their men for his guy, but it's lame and not Wonderful at all.

Match#4 Angelo Mossca w/King Kong Mosca vs Frankie Willams
Nah

Blackjack's BBQ with Lou Albano. Lou says he admires Jack as all man and someone who tells it like it is, and he respects the hell out of him. He is one with Lauper and she is one of kind. Lou says he's a big fan of the US Express as they look very good, He plugs the MS charity again to close it.

Match#5 Hillbilly Jim vs AJ Pertruzzi
They pull each others beards for a while as a bad comedy spot, and i don't want to hate Jim this quick. He gets it back to power stuff and it's pretty good again. He wins with a sick scoop slam
*3/4

Match#6 Andre The Giant & Junkyard Dog vs Richard Cummings & Ted Grizzly
Andre is getting really fat at this point and looks in bad shape, and it's wild to think he's going to get a lot bigger than this. Still, this is super fun as he murders them a lot, and JYD gives a shit which helps matters. Andre wins with Tremors
**

Mean Gene-
-Andre & Blackjack, They've been fighting and drinking and making each mad, and they're ready for war

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: North South Connection-26/5/84
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF Championship Wrestling
February 2nd, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Junkyard Dog vs Johnny Rodz
Rodz guides JYD through a fun squash with some fantastic stooging and bumping. Powerslam ends it.
*1/2

WWF Update-The Dave Wolf footage is show again.

Match#2 Paul Orndorff w/Bobby Heenan vs Peter Pompel
Paul is really fucking mad this week at the "Paula" chants and he murks the hell out of the kid as a result. These fans need to learn not to upset a great and cool man like Orndorff imo. He makes Heenan get a stretcher out from under the ring in an incredible moment, and hey Paul kills the kid with the Piledriver. Might need that stretcher.
**

Post match, the kid does indeed need the stretcher because he's dead. Again, this is on the fans.

Mean Gene-
-Andre & JYD cut the same promo they've been cutting for the last few weeks. They're going to slam them and chew on them like bones.

At ringside, Vince and Bruno talk about a recent tag match between US Express and North South for the tag titles.

Match#3 North South Connection (c) vs US Express (WWF World Tag Team Championships)
It's jipped to hell, but what we do see is killer. Mike gets the shit beaten out of him in a wonderful control seg from NCS, and it's the best selling of his life thus far. They keep cutting off Barry and increasing the violence for a while. Mike finally drops down and sends Dicky out of the ring and he gets the hot tag, and Barry goes off on them and cleans house. It breaks down into a wild brawl and Adonis gets sent into the post shoulder first, AND BARRY RUNS BACK IN AND GETS A SUNSET FLIP ON DICKY AND THE US EXPRESS WINS THE TITLES.
**

Post match, we go back to the commentators who say Lou Albano has now joined them as their new manager. Brother is a title hound.

Mean Gene-
Muraco & Fuji. Don is mad that he's second on the card in Boston when he used to main eventing and rocking the joint, not the curtain. He's going to take this out on any man in front of him. He then shouts "SECOND ON THE CARD, BABY" Think he might be pissed or something, but it's hard to tell...

Match#4 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Aldo Marino
Hell yeah, another super fun one for Don. He's one of the best squash guys ever, and this is no exception. Tombstone ends it
**

Piper's pit with Andre. Piper says he and Ace are huge fans of him and they are on his side after what Studd did to him. Andre demands a bigger chair for a man of his size, and that's not really fair. Andre swears revenge on Studd and demands Piper call him "Mr Andre" like an asshole. Andre leaves and Piper calls him a jerk and idiot and laughs at him, and says Studd is bigger than him and is going to wreak that goofball. The bigger they are, the tinnier the brain. AMAZING.

Match#5 Jim Neidhart w/Mr Fuji vs Jose Luis Rivera
Anvil getting a TV squash with Fuji as his manger is super weird and hard to look at, but fuck yeah all the same. He runs through the former chosen one with cool power moves and all while laughing his balls off like a complete madman. Running Powerslam does the deed.
**

Match#6 Jimmy Snuka vs Jeff Craney
Snuka works on the mat in a odd choice considering he sucks shit at it, so what the fuck. Feels like WWF is getting ready to fire him, and hey he's gone by July so maybe. Splash ends it.
Murder

Mean Gene-
-Bobby Heenan & Mr Wonderful. Heenan says Wonderful was given the entire first class section on that plane to help business, and now he hears they're going to rename Boston Gardens to WONDERFUL GARDENS. Paul says he doesn't like Putski or his kind, and he's going to take care of this punk and all the others who call him that name.
-Studd & Patera walk on next and Heenan hypes the tag match, but no thanks.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: US Express-2/2/85
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF All-Star Wrestling
February 9th, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

Junkyard Dog vs Mr X
THUMP

WWF Update-MR T FROM THE A TEAM IS HANGING OUT WITH CYNDI LAUPER AND WENDI. OH MY GOD. HE'S MAD AT PIPER FOR WHAT HE DID TO DAVE WOLF AND CYNDI, AND HEY THIS MIGHT LEAD TO SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT.

Match#2 Paul Orndorff & Bob Orton w/Bobby Heenan vs Mohammed Saad & Nick D'Carlo
Oh my lord, what a super team being born before our eyes. Both dudes bash the shit out of the jobbers and put forth one of the meanest possible squashes, and one that all should aspire to be. Orton hits a GROSS super powerslam and then Wonderful hits the piledriver to ends it
**3/4

Freddie Miller-
-He looks like he's 150 years old.
-Bob Orton is up first. He says JYD used to steal cars and hurt people and he made it to the big time, but he is the big time daddy and he's going to beat his butt. He'll out wrestle him and then beat him up.

We get another amazing Hogan and Jim video. Jim puts in eggs and random slop into a blender and Hogan is freaked out at it and can't drink it. But then Jim says it helps him grow his beard and muscles and then downs the entire thing. Hogan then takes him to the gym and teaches him how to grab an arm and take some one down with their feet. Hogan then gifts him with wrestling boots and the big man does a cartwheel. Love these two so much.

Match#3 Jim Neidhart w/Mr Fuji vs Mario Mancini
Jesse says Jim was banned from the NFL for being too violent and crazy, and it's such a cool little thing to say. Killer squash from the big as he runs through the kid and bashes the fuck out of him in sloppy and gross ways. Running Powerslam does the deed
**

Blackjack's BBQ with Sheiky and Nicky boy. Sheik says all the oil comes from his country and make the bombs, and Jack calls him a creep and says he doesn't care about that. Sheiky rightly loses his shit and yells at lot of this asshole. Nik makes a challenge to the US Express and says they don't deserve the titles. Blassie says they are the uncrowned champions and will the titles the first chance they get.

Match#4 Tito Santana vs AJ Pertruzi
Hell yeah our son is back on TV. AJ gets some token offence and it's fine, but it's all about the killer comeback that murders him dead. Forearm does it
**

Match#5 US Express w/Lou Albano vs Moondog Rex & Rene Goulet
Another fun one for the new champs. Lou as a face manager doesn't work because he's too good of a heel, but whatever makes him happy. Bulldog ends another one.
*3/4

To close the show, Piper cuts on one of the best and crazed promos his life that i in no way can do justice to, so watch it

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: US Express-2/2/85
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF Championship Wrestling
February 9th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Tito Santana & Blackjack Mulligan vs Terry Gibbs & AJ Pertruzi
Uhggggggg, don't stick Tito with this washed old shit. Tito rocks as always as he doesn't know how to be bad, and he saves it by that alone. Jack brings nothing to it and looks bad, so fuck him. Figure Four ends it.
*

WWF Update-it's a replay of Mr T being mad at Piper for his actions at MSG.

BUY THE WWF MAGAZINE.

Match#2 Greg Valentine vs Jim Powers
Bruno loves Powers because he has a tremendous body, so he's clearly ok with drugs if he likes the person. Fucking asshole. Hammer schools him on the mat and then hits him really hard, and it's good times as always. Figure Four ends the match as the fans chant for Tito. OH SHIT.
**

They replay the entire MSG angle in full.

Match#3 North South Connection vs Rick McGraw & Salvatore Bellomo
The final NCS squash, sadly as Dicky is on his way out. Hate to see them leave with so many incredible match-ups left on the table, but it is what it is. Still, this is one last wonderful shitkicking from the best bullies to ever become pals in WWF. Dicky really fucks the kids up and unloads a goddamn murder and then some. He wins with the Brainbuster
**1/2

Piper's Pit with Lou Albano. Piper calls him garbage and says he doesn't care about that MS stuff, and he can meet his bodyguard Ace. Lou screams that he his own bodyguards and brings on the US Express, and the heels leave before we get an all time match. US Express cut really bad promo and pretty much remind everyone why they aren't allowed to speak live.

They replay the Hogan/Jim video.

Match#4 Big John Studd & Ken Patera w/Bobby Heenan vs Jim Young & Joe Mirto
Ken is looking much better than a few weeks ago as he does some fun power stuff and roughs up the jobbers, and it's ok by me. Studd still sucks shit and adds nothing, but Kenny is ok. He wins with the Full Nelson
*3/4

They replay the amazing Piper promo to close the show

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: US Express-2/2/85
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF All-Star Wrestling
February 16th, 1985
Hamilton, Ontario

Match#1 Jimmy Snuka vs Goldie Rodgers
Hate knowing he sucks now and then will come back in 89 a million times even worse. Fuck this guy. Splash ends it
1/2*

WWF Update-We see clips of the Heenan family shaving someone's head in a barber shop.

Match#2 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Paul Roma
Don beats the shit out of the one of the worst humans ever. Good for the soul, folks. Don wins with a nasty Tombstone.
**

Freddie Miller-
-SD Jones. He talks about his life and how he got to the WWF through hard work and whatnot.

Match#3 Luc Porier vs Ted Grizzly
Luc is a tall French kid that looks like Bret Hart mixed with Tito. He's pretty bad and stumbles with stuff and looks lost, and Jesse saves it by saying he's a young nervous kid under the bright lights. He wins with a Torture Rack.
1/2*

Freddie Miller-
-Brutus & Johnny V. They're very sexy and smarter than anyone else. V refuses to let Brutus talk and says Miller used to work at a car wash as a lifeguard. Bad relic of the past when compared to Heenan.

Match#4 The Spoiler w/Johnny Valiant vs Peter Pompell
Spoiler rules again with some great clobbering and mat work. The ref is late getting so it's just 90 seconds of Spoiler murdering the kid before he shows up in a funny moment. Johnny V takes photos of the match in a cool little thing that i've never seen someone do. Claw does it.
**

We go to Roddy Piper on set of the A-Team sneaking up on Mr T. He makes fun of him having his name on his chair so he doesn't get lost, and he wants to know what it's like to play a fake bad guy when he's a real one. Mr T says he fights wimps on TV and he fights real men. He's friends with Cyndi and doesn't like him punching a lady. Piper says he's an equal opportunist, buddy. He sees this guy with both sides of his head shaved and it makes him sick that he's making kids do this. MR T LUNGES AT HIM, BUT HE'S HELD BACK AND PIPER SAYS NOT TO MESS WITH HIM OR HE'LL SHAVE AN X IN HIS HEAD. OH MY GOD YES.

Match#5 Bret Hart & George Wells vs Mr X & AJ Pertruzi
Weird, weird team. Bret doesn't do much as Wells leads the charge and it's not good at all, which sucks because i wanted more Bret. Powerslam ends it.
Poop

Match#6 Ken Patera & Big John Studd w/Bobby Heenan vs SD Jones & Rick McGraw
Andre walks out and stands in the faces corner and stares the heels down, and Heenan freaks out and begs the ref to get rid of him. Andre leaves on his own accord. Not much of a match as SD works most of it and stinks. Studd wins with his bad elbow.
1/2*



ANOTHER ALL TIME RODDY PIPER PROMO. KING OF THIS SHIT.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: US Express-2/2/85
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF Championship Wrestling
February 16th, 1985
Poughkeepsie, NY

Match#1 Tony Atlas & Junkyard Dog vs Carl Fury & Terry Gibbs
uh, fuck me. I've seen some bad teams in my lifetime and will see some more, but goodness this is a contender. Tony can't wrestle a lick and JYD is getting fat and lazy now that he has the bag, so it's vile. THUMP ends it
1/2*

Match#2 Brutus Beefcake w/Johnny Valiant vs Mario Mancini
Brutus is pretty ok tonight throwing some nice right hands and hurling the kid around, and it's wild to say he did good but here we are. He wins with a sick knee to the face.
*1/2

Mean Gene-
-US Express cut another terrible promo. Fuck it, take the titles off them.

Match#3 Bret Hart & Ivan Putski vs Charlie Fulton & Gino Carbello
Oh come on, leave Bret alone. He works very hard and looks really good in spite of the old man on his team. He wins with a sick sleeper hold.
*

Match#4 Jesse Ventura vs Steve Lombardi
NOOOOOOOOOO,

Replay of Piper/T

Match#5 Tito Santana vs Jeff Craney
A super rad Tito squash as always. Figure Four does the job
**

Match#6 Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff w/Freddie Blassie vs Tony Garea & Aldo Marino
Not good at all as Sheik does almost nothing and the fucking assholes are left alone and it suuuuuucks so much. Nik wins with a bad piledriver.
Poop

Piper's epic perfect promo is played to close the show

 

[BigVanDonnie]

Barry Windham vs Dick Murdoch (16/2/85-Spectrum)
This is Dicky's last taped match and it's amazing. He talks SO much shit and bumps and stooges for Barry to start, and it's a wonderful performance from one of the best ever. Dicky throws a gross straight right to drop him and beaches the fuck out of him with this gross evil smile on his face the entire time. His control looks like a bar fight as he kicks him in the liver and ribs and gets as dirty as he can. Barry's selling is amazing and adds to it so much, and it sucks both these men are gone shorty. Barry fights back with sick punches of his own and grabs the arm and does some killer work for a few minutes. DICK RUNS AT HIM AND BARRY HITS A NASTY ELBOW TO THE FACE. Barry keeps on him and does more great body work, BUT DICKY HIPTOSSES HIM OVER THE ROPES TO THE FLOOR AND BARRY HITS THE APRON THE WAY DOWN RIGHT ON HIS HIP. Barry is all fucked up and has some more insane selling as Dicky starts kicking him in the face and beats the living shit out of him, but Barry drags him out by his feet and smacks the front of his head into the post and he reaches through and drives his face into some more. Barry stays on him and it turns into a knockdown brawl with some wonderful momentum shifts. THEY FIGHT ON THE OUTSIDE AND DICK GRABS A FANS CRUSH AND HITS BARRY OVER AND OVER IN THE FACE AND BODY. HOLY SHIT DUDE. He goes for a powerslam but Barry holds on and drags him down into a tight cover and gets the 3.
***1/2



Hulk Hogan (c) vs Brutus Beefcake w/Johnny Valiant (WWF World Championship)
Watching for historic purposes only as i don't want to ever skip world title matches, or any title match for that matter. Brutus is fine enough and doesn't fuck too much up for his bff, and Hogan is awesome and carries him through it all because he can't let his horrible best friend suck. Brutus takes over with a knee and does nothing fun, but Hogan sells like crazy and makes sorta worth watching. Brutus hits the big knee to the face, but Hogan's foot is under the ropes for the 3! GROSS. The heels celebrate, so Hogan sneaks in a rollup to win.
*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Greg Valentine-13/10/84
WWF Tag Team Champions: US Express-2/2/85
WWF Women's Champion; Wendi Richter-23/7/84

WWF THE WAR TO SETTLE THE SCORE
FEBRUARY 18TH, 1985
MADISON SQAURE GARDEN ​

This is airing on MTV as WWF is beyond white hot at this point at this will draw a fucking 9.1. Just insane to even think of about. The show itself is only one match with 40 minutes of famous people promoting the match, but i've got a few of the matches that aired before hand, so it's going to be a mix of the two.

Match#1 Wendi Riicther (c) w/Cyndi Lauper vs Leilani Kai w/Fabulous Moolah
Kai is Moolah's apprentice having been trained by her irl, so she's got the spot. She's pretty ok as she throws decent strikes and has some good choking and cheating, which i'm always a sucker for. Wendi still isn't very good and doesn't add much to the match, but at least she's not horrible like Moolah. Kai takes a sick bump the floor off a missed dive. Hell yeah. Good control from Wendi working the body with bow and arrows and the like, and it's very fun. The bullshit hits when Moolah attacks Lauper, and it causes a distraction and allows Kai to get a roll up to steal the title.
**

Match#2 Jimmy Snuka vs Bob Orton
Ace puts forth an incredible one man match as Jimmy sucks shit as we've covered, so Bob takes insane bumps and make him look like 50 million bucks. Should have dogged it, but he's not that type of guy. He takes over and beats his ass in a great little control seg, and Jimmy sells and bumps well to his credit (yuck). ACE MISSES A SPEAR AND HIS HITS WRIST ON THE POST AND IT'S HURT. OH MY GOD YES. Snuka gets a sunset flip to win.
**1/4

Mr T is shown at ringside and gets a huge ovation.

Piper makes his intro with an entire marching band playing the bagpipes and it fucking ruuuuuuuules. He's wearing a Hulkamania shirt just to be a bigger shithead, and Ace is with him with his arm in a sling!!!!!!!! Piper smashes a guitar in the ring because fuck rock n roll. He lets out this deranged laugh and it's the most evil he's ever been.

Hogan comes out and gets a motherfucker of a pop. Like, yeah this dude could be mistaken for God at this point. He has Cyndi and Albano with him.

Match#3 Hulk Hogan (c) vs Roddy Piper w/Bob Orton (WWF World Championship)
THEY CHARGE EACH OTHER AND THROWS SOME INSANE PUNCHES AND IT'S AMAZING AS FUCK AS THEY GO TO TOWN ON EACH OTHER WITH ALL THE HATE IN THE WORLD. Hogan drops him and beats the crap out of him, and even hocks a loogie at him to be a massive dick. Piper fires back with a lariat to take over and starts choking him and locks in the sleeper, and Gorilla points out it's a chokehold as Hogan turns purple in a fun little moment. Hogan drops and Piper keeps strangling him to death, and Piper keeps cutting off his comebacks for a time, but Hogan grabs Ace's bad arm and smashes it over the ropes and then Hulks Up on Piper and whips his ass in revenge. Orndorff comes down to ringside to cheer on Piper!!!!!!!! Piper sends Hogan into the ref to knock him down, and Wonderful gets in and hits a gross knee to Hogan as Piper holds him in place. Cyndi gets on the apron and Piper goes after her, AND MR T JUMPS THE RAIL AND PIPER INVITES HIM IN THE RING. T GETS IN AND PIPER DECKS HIM FROM BEHIND AND WONDERFUL JOINS IN, BUT HOGAN WAKES UP AND HULKS UP ON THEM AND MR T STANDS BY HOGAN'S SIDE AND THE HEELS TRY TO FIGHT THEM AND A BUNCH OF COPS AND OTHERS HAVE TO HOLD EVERYONE BACK. HOGAN GETS FREE AND FIGHTS PIPER, SO THE OTHER TWO GET PIPER OUT OF THE WAY.
**

One of the greatest angles ever.

Hogan grabs the mic and shouts for them to get their butts back in here as Fink finally gets the mic back and announces Hogan wins via DQ.

Hogan celebrates with Lauper, T and Albano.

In the back, Gene is standing by and he says the score hasn't been settled at all after everything that just happened. Hogan walks on and says he doesn't mind fighting for his life, but this was special as he saw the devil in Piper's eyes. This is Rock n Wrestling connection. HE'LL DIE FOR ROCK AND ROLL AND FOR THIS TITLE AND HE PITIES ANY FOOL WHO HAS TO FIGHT HIM. Wolf and Cyndi walk on and Hogan says she was going to give her life for the connection, and she says she would do anything for her friends like Hogan. They triple teamed them because they aren't man enough to fight them. She doesn't care if someone steps on her, she'll stand up for her friends. Hogan says that's what he needed to hear as Hulkamania and Rock N Roll will never die. Mr T walks on and Hogan calls him his brother. T says anyone who hits a lady is a chump and he had to do something about it. He loves wrestling and he wanted to see good clean wrestling, but when they hit Cyndi, he had to do it. Hogan says he sees the eyes of the tiger in him and he's got his back, and T says any time and place he's there with Hogan. Albano then cuts an insane drunk and coked up promo about what this means to him, and it fucking rules even if none of it makes sense. Andy Warhol walks on and Gene sticks a mic in his face to get him to say something about it, but he's stoned out of his head and doesn't say anything of note in a very funny moment.

After that, Danny DeVito walks on and promotes his movie "Wise Guys" with Albano, but Piper walks out of the shower with a towel on. THE ONLY WAY THIS GUY HOLDS HIS TITLE IS SOME STUPID GUY WITH A HAIRCUT HAS TO HELP HIM. HE'S A COWARD WHO HE LEFT LAYING LIKE GARBAGE. HE NEVER PINNED HIM AND HE IS THE CHAMPION, NOT THAT PIECE OF CRAP HE LEFT LAYING. BRING THE LITTLE BLACK MAN. BRING THE LITTLE WOMAN, AND BRING THAT DAMN TITLE. HOLY FUCKING SHIT.