Donnie watches WWF 1986

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Dream Team-24/8/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
February 15th, 1986
Poughkeepsie, NY

TONIGHT JYD VS TERRY FUNK. BOB ORTON IN A BOXING MATCH

Match#1 Superfly Afi vs The Gladiator
Afi is billed as Jimmy Snuka's cousin hence the name. He sucks a ton and the fans turn on him right away by booing the shit out of him and chanting "boring". Goddamn killed him out of the gate and left him for dead. He wins with a horrible splash because Vince isn't even trying to be subtle.
POOP

WWF Update-
-The Bulldogs are powering their way through the competition on the way to a tag title shot.

Match#2 Ricky Steamboat & King Tonga vs Rusty Brooks & Steve Lombardi
RICKY COMES OUT TO "ALSO SPRACH ZARATHRUSTA" WHAT IN THE FUCK VINCE???? YOU CAN'T GIVE HIM THAT THEME OF ALL THE FUCKING CHOICES. Squash rules a ton like the last one, but my mind is just freaking out how wild all of this is. Headbutt from Tonga does it.
*3/4

THE THEME PLAYS AGAIN JUST TO FURTHER FUCK WITH TIME AND SPACE.

Mean Gene-
-Tito Santana is very upset at being robbed of the title and he's upset as he knows Randy will lie about what happened in the match. Savage is bragging that he was going to take the title away, and he pulls out the object Randy used to knock him out. Gene says it's solid steel ,and it's not right this happened. Tito says he saw Randy keep going for it during the match, and that gets him hot and mad. He screams in Spanish to end it. This is the best feud.

Match#3 The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs Tony Stetson & Lanny Poffo
Poffo reads a poem saying Adonis and Jimmy are lovers, so the Foundation kick the living shit out of him for it. Awesome offence as always and both look sooooo good. Tony gets killed as well by Bret, and that's a lot of fun as well. Hart Attack ends it
**

Post match they attack Poffo and kick his ass some more. God Bless.

Mean Gene-
-JYD will be teaming with Hogan against Terry and Hoss (Dory) Funk
-JYD says he was beaten to death by them and his wife nearly left him when she saw the scratches that little punk Jimmy Hart left on his body. He and Hogan are going to bite and chew them. Hogan is his ace in the hole and they know what to do.

Match#4 The Killer Bees vs Mike Sharpe & Joe Mirto
The Bees fight my hero for some time, and its good shit. Mike is mental as always and stooges and stalls and gets his ass handed to him by them. and no one can do it like him. The Bees run through Mirto with ease and beat him with a Dropkick
*3/4

Piper's Pit time. Bob is standing there with boxing gloves on, and Piper brings on Jose Luis Rivera who is apparently a boxer and has accepted the challenge. Piper says his wrestling smells and he's got no chance. Jose says he has heart and he can do this and show everyone what he can do. Piper mocks his accent and pisses him off, but it doesn't come to blows as Jose says to meet him in the ring.

Match#5 Bob Orton w/Roddy Piper vs Jose Luis Rivera (Boxing Match)
Bob beats the shit out of him with some wicked punches and really goes to town on him. He catches him with shots to the back of the head just to be a dick about it. He wins via KO.
BOXING

Post fight, Bob hits him again for the hell of it.

WRESTLEMANIA 2 IS COMING

VOTE FOR THE FUCKING SLAMMY'S OR I'LL KILL YOU

Match#6 Terry Funk w/Jimmy Hart vs Junkyard Dog
JYD hits him right away and turns into a hate filled brawl, and it's fantastic as Funker breaks out new sells and bumps for all of it. JYD keeps beating his ass and it's a one man bumping band in the coolest ways. Jimmy tries to help, but JYD kills him. He gets the iron and goes for some sweet revenge on Funk, BUT DORY RUNS OUT AND HITS JYD WITH A BOOT TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND KILLS THE REF FOR THE DQ
**

Post match, they beat the living shit out of him, and Jimmy rips his shirt off and hits a sweet elbow drop and punches the fuck out of him until the entire babyface locker room runs down and chases him off. Incredible angle.

Mean Gene-
-Jimmy runs on and says he beat the Dog because the Funks told him to get his licks in, and he loves it. Terry and Dory walk on and Terry says he's the silent type like John Wayne and he does his talking through fighting. When he was a boy a nasty dog bit him in the face, and that was the last time that dog was ever saw. He's going to blow Hogan and JYD right off the map and show the world a mean silent man and Terry Funk. They're going to show the WWF by beating a jackass and their world champ.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF MSG-17/2

The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs The Killer Bees
Oh shit, here we go again. Great mat work to start once again as they're always fighting for position and control and it feels like the proper fight between these two teams it should be. Bret is the first one to break and crack Blair in the nose and attacks him in the corner and beats the fuck out of him, and it's a jarring but awesome thing to see Bret of all people get sick of being on the mat and turn into a fight. Bret misses an elbow off his rope, and Blair tags in Jumping Jim for the hot tag. It's the same false one as the last time where he gets a knee to the back and the Foundation control him right away, and it makes him look like a dork all things considered. Still, the control rules and is well worth watching, but they need to change it up if this going to be a long feud. Blair's hot tag rules as he pinballs them all over before the break down happens. Everyone tries their best to end it and the final run is very fun before the time limit expires
**3/4

Ricky Steamboat w/King Tonga vs Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji (Martial Arts Match)
All karate strikes are legal and both men are in karate gi's like Royce Gracie. Sadly neither does the train or create the UFC, but it's still a cool thing to see. They throw cool strikes and the like and there'a a ton of hate between them, but something just feels off. Don slams him on the concrete and launches him into a chair to bust him open, and its a really gross cut on Ricky's face. Don beats the piss out of him for a while, but it feels lacking just like the entire feud sadly. Ricky easily fights back and wins with the crossbody. Damn it
**1/2

Hulk Hogan (c) vs Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth (WWF World Championship-Lumberjack match)
Hogan has his ribs taped and Gino and Hayes say he was attacked by Bundy recently in a pearl harbour job, and no one expected him here. HMMMM wonder if we'll see that one day soon. Hogan is pissed and attacks Savage like a coward bitch where poor Randy can't get anything in as Hogan wreaks him. BUNDY TRIPS HIM AND HOGAN GOES AFTER HIM AND HITS HIM! He gets back in and Randy catches him with an eye rake and attacks the ribs and goes to work on him (and throws him back to Bundy so he can get his licks in as well). Randy is super violent and nuts working on the ribs, and Hogan's selling is really good stuff as always. Randy rips the tape off and uses it to pull Hogan in place for a sick axe handle to the ribs to further hurt them. He keeps attacking and finally hits the elbow drop, and hey Hogan hulks up in a really lame call. Hogan kills him quick fast and hits a gross legdrop to the face to win.
**3/4

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Dream Team-24/8/85

WWF Championship Wrestling
February 22nd, 1986
Poughkeepsie, NY

Jesse is back on commentary!

Match#1 Corp Kirchner, Danny Spivey & Pedro Morales vs Les Thornton, Dave Barbie & Rusty Brooks
EWWWWWWWWWW BROTHER. WHAT'S THAT?

WWF Update-
-Boxing Bob Orton has challenged any man who is wrestling or has wrestled in the WWF to a boxing match.

BUY THE WWF THUMBWRESTLERS OR IRON SHEIK WILL BREAK YOUR BACK

Before his squash, Don Muraco dedicates his piledriver to the best American commentator Jesse Ventura.

Match#2 Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Jeff Londons
Jesse is mad that Vince hasn't show him in the Slammy voting, and Vince says he was saving best for last. Fantastic. Awesome quick and mean Don squash he kills the kid with all his offence and gives him fucking nothing as he should. Vince says next week will be SNME and we will see the Hulk Hogan music video. Great to see them finally promoting the show. Tombstone ends it
*3/4

Post match, Jesse says the ratings go higher every time he's on and Vince needs to check.

They replay Tito's interview from last week.

Match#3 Paul Orndorff vs ??
We come back from the adds to Wonderful kicking the living shit out of a dude that looks like Alex Wright playing Berlyn. Dude is never named other than Vince calling him "mohawk kid" Paul keeps it up throwing a ton of stiff nasty shots to the kid. Vince talks about who would win a body contest between Paul and Jesse, and Jesse says he wins because he's more handsome and women judges would vote for him in a second. Piledriver does the deed.
**

Post match, Paul brings in a kid and poses with him.

Match#4 Adrian Adonis w/Jimmy Hart vs Paul Roma
Adrian kills rat boy in amazing fat man fashion, and life is ok. He punches him in the face really damn hard and hits the gross DDT to win. In another perfect life he never died and ended up feuding with Jake.
**

Piper's Pit. Piper says no one has accepted Bob's contract as they're all cowards and want nothing to do with this. HULK HOGAN WALKS ON THE PIT WITH A CONTRACT IN HAND, AND PIPER CALLS HIM BOZO AND ASKS IF HE'S FIGHTING BOB. Hogan says he would love to fight him, but he's got an open contract and a friend who made him keep a promise. Piper asks very sincerely if he has a friend, and Hogan smiles and says he has a very good friend who knows about boxing. His friend begged him to get a match with Bob Orton, and Piper says anyone who wants to box him can box him. Hogan writes the name down and Piper grabs the contract AND SCREAMS "MR T" AND HOGAN SAYS HE PITIES THE FOOL AND WALKS OFF. PIPER SAYS THIS IS NOT A VAILD CONTRACT AS THE CAMERA CUTS.



WATCH IT

They air the finish of Tito/Savage.

Match#5 The Dream Team w/Johnny Valiant vs Jim Powers & Scott McGhee
The champs get a few minutes to clobber and stuff, and it's not bad at all. Hammer is Hammer, and Brutus is still trying really hard and doesn't suck in this role at all. Figure Four ends it
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

The file for the 28/2 Spectrum is all fucked up and missing the last part of what looked like an amazing Adonis/Tito match, sadly. We've got two title matches though, so lets see how this goes.

Hulk Hogan (c) vs King Kong Bundy w/Bobby Heenan (WWF World Championship-Spectrum)
Same opening as the last as Hogan avoids him and bounces him over the joint with Bundy takes crazy bumps for a man of his size. Dude just floats and bumps in ways very few big man could ever dream of. Hogan goes for the slam but Heenan shoves Bundy's back to send him on top of Hogan! Short and awesome control seg with all the killer fat man stuff and Hogan selling the damage to his back in fantastic ways that keep holding him back from fighting back until it's time. Bundy hits the Avalanche and Hogan hulks up, and i really hate how he keeps doing this for the major finish. The comeback does rule for 30 seconds before Adrian Adonis in an awesome pink dress runs in and attacks him for the DQ
**1/4

Adrian keeps splashing him, and Bundy joins in until Hogan fights back and beats their asses. He grabs Adrian's wig and wears it as he poses.

Randy Savage (c) w/Miss Elizabeth vs Paul Orndorff (WWF Intercontiental Championship-Spectrum)
Wonderful is ready for Randy's bullshit as he knows this game far too well, and he dominates Randy to start with some sick basics like the coolest armdrag this side of Steamboat. Wonderful grabs soem flowers and gives them to Liz, AND THEN SHOVES THEM DOWN RANDY'S THROAT WHEN HE TRIES TO ATTACK HIM WITH THEM!!! Randy catches him with a knee to the face to take over, and we get a super short but rad crazy Savage control seg. Tons of cool shots and Wonderful bumping his ass off for all of it. Paul catches him coming off the top with a punch to the guts and they fight on the outside where Paul lariats him and rolls back in to win by countout.
**1/2

Heartbroken i didn't get the Adonis/Tito match, but it seems to be lost to time and space.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Dream Team-24/8/85

WWF SATURDAY'S NIGHT MAIN EVENT
MARCH 1ST, 1986
PHOENIX, AZ

The airing of this show is a bit iffy as TV is spoiling stuff that happens here, but normally it airs after the weekly TV. So, going with this first just to make it easier for the review

Mean Gene-
-Mr T is punching the bag and screams at Gene to go away and not bother him. T says this will be a war and he's going to smash this chump

Tonight. Dream Team vs Bulldogs for the titles. Hogan vs Maruco for the world title. The debut of Hogan's music video.

In the aisle, Gene is with Piper and Orton. Piper shows a newspaper clipping of T and Boy George, and says he wouldn't want his kids hanging out with these freaking weirdos.

We get more clips of T knocking fools out. He speaks to Gene and says he took a dive in Rocky 3 because he needed the money, but this is real life and he's going to knock Orton out. He's a chump who has never worn the gloves and he's going down.

Match#1 Mr T vs Bob Orton w/Roddy Piper (Boxing Match)
T throws really good punches that feel like he's not holding them back because he doesn't know how to. Orton starts cheating to have a chance and catches him in the eye to stop it, and refs tend to T for a while. They fight for 10 more seconds until the round ends, but Orton cheap shots him to knock him down!!! Second run is them going crazy for 20 seconds with Piper trying to help, but T ducks and he hits Orton by mistake. T knocks Orton out of the ring and wins by countout.
BOXING

Post match, Piper gets in the ring and rips his shirt off and dares him to fight, and T shoves the refs away and goes for it. BUT ORTON KNEES HIM IN THE BACK AND THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM. PIPER GETS A BELT AND WHIPS HIM OVER AND OVER. Fantastic angle.

In the aisle, T says he's going to get Piper one day very soon. It took 2 guys to do dirty stuff and he don't like that and he wants Piper.

Back in the aisle. Heenan says Bundy is ready to take the title off Hogan tonight. Gene says he's not fighting Hogan tonight, and Bundy shouts he wants him. Bobby says he as a contract for the title and he'll sign it anywhere and anytime to get that match. Gene gets angrier and angrier, but Bobby ignores him and calls him a shiny head and leaves.

Match#2 King Kong Bundy w/Bobby Heenan vs Gatorwolf
Bundy murders this cunt in 40 seconds with the Avalanche.
1/2*

Post match, Bundy gets the mic and screams Hogan is his and he's coming for him.

In the aisle, Muraco says everyone wants what he has. He's not agitated that his manager has the flu, and he thinks Hogan is behind it. Don says Fuji found the wisest man to stand in his corner, BOBBY HEENAN. Bobby walks on and says Fuji is his pal and any time the title is on the line, he's there trying to take it.

We see Fuji backstage with an icepack on his head.

In the aisle, Hogan thinks this is very fishy and he wants his Hulkamaniacs to keep their eyes out for him. These two will have to break him to take the title, and no one has been able to do that to him yet.

Match#3 Hulk Hogan (c) vs Don Muarco w/Bobby Heenan (WWF World Championship)
HOGAN DEBUTS REAL AMERICAN. HOLY SHIT YES. Hot opening as always with these two throwing bombs and cheating with back rakes and eye pokes, along with killer bumps. Hogan drops Heenan with a punch and decks Muraco and starts beating his ass and in fun fashion. Don hits a nasty headbutt to get back into it and has a short control seg with some good offence and Hogan selling very well for all of it. Hogan eventually hulks up and does his thing, so Heenan runs in and kicks him in the head for the DQ to save Don after eating a Legdrop.
**3/4

POST MATCH, HOGAN FINALLY GETS HIS HANDS ON BOBBY, BUT BUNDY RUNS IN AND ATTACKS HIM FROM BEHIND. HE SHOVES HIM IN THE CORNER WHERE DON GRABS HOGAN'S ARMS, AND BUNDY HITS THE AVALANCHE. THEN ANOTHER ONE!!! AND HE RUNS FOR A THIRD AND BOBBY HELP TO PUSH HIM FASTER AHD KILLS HOGAN DEAD. DON DRAGS HIM BACK INTO THE MIDDLE AND BUNDY HITS ONE MORE TO THE RIBS AND THEN ONE MORE TO THE BACK. HOGAN IS DEAD, AND BUNDY SPITS ON HIM AND LEAVES as the faces finally run out and check on Hogan. A crew of medics come and check on him as well and he starts coughing and spluttering! Vince suspects he has crushed ribs.

After the break we see Hogan being taken out on a stretcher.

Vince throws it to the replay of it.

In the back, Hogan is loaded into an ambulance as Gorilla Monsoon screams at people to go away, and he jumps into the ambulance with Hogan. Gene states he's being taken to the hospital in the most obvious and amazing call ever, and Vince tells him to follow them and get an update.

INCREDIBLE ANGLE.

We go to a pre-tape interview from the Dream Team. They cut the same lame promo they've been cutting for the last few weeks about the Dogs being too small and dumb to beat them.

Match#4 The Dream Team (c) w/Johnny Valiant vs The British Bulldogs w/Lou Albano (WWF World Tag Team Championships)
Same opening as all their matches with the Dogs beating the crap out of them, and the champs having no answers. Really sick of them not changing anything up, even it's quite good. Just want some new shit, guys. DK is isolated by Hammer for a while, and that is way better as he beats his already insane brain up a little more in classic Hammer fashion. The bullshit hits when Hammer slams into DK and his legs lands on his chest and the ref counts 3 as both mens shoulders are down, and he gives to the champs.
**12

At the hospital, Gene is standing out the front and says he's not allowed inside but he will update as soon as he knows anything.




Match#5 Adrian Adonis w/Jimmy Hart vs Junkyard Dog
8 minutes of pure WWF nonsense and bullshit in the best ways possible. Adrian bumps in brand new ways all over the place, shocks everyone with how agile he is the fatter he gets. JYD is trash, but doesn't fuck too much up and at least has a ton of energy throughout due to cocaine. Adrian's control is good shit as he hits super hard and keeps the antics to a minimum so they don't take away from it. JYD throws Jimmy into Adrian and they fall out of the ring and lose via countout.
**

Back at the hospital, Gene is standing by with a doctor. The doc says he has sustained injures to his back, ribs and neck but he has no internal bleeding from what they can see at this time.

Vince says he just got an update from Hogan stating nothing can keep him down and he'll be back.