WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The British Bulldogs-7/4/86
WWF Superstars of Wrestling
November 22nd, 1986
Binghamton, NY
Tonight; Savage vs Steamboat for the IC title. The results of the vote of confidence.
We go to Ricky Steamboat earlier today. He's excited to have this chance to wrestle for the IC title in front of millions of people, and you can bet he's going to give it his best shot.
Before the opening match, Danny Davis attempts to be the offical as he has for all of Randy's matches on Challenge, but Dave Hebner kicks him out of the ring and does the job.
Steamer makes his intro to an insane ovation that Vince gushes over, and you can tell he loves him a lot. Sure nothing will ruin that.
Match#1 Randy Savage (c) w/Miss Elizabeth vs Ricky Steamboat (WWF Intercontinental Championship)
Super aggressive start as they lock up and throw everything they've to try and take over. Ricky uses his speed to dominate him and works the arm, and Randy gets flustered as he's not able to fight out of like the house show matches. Randy gets loose, but he Ricky uses his insane speed to leap frog over him and hit him with this insane deeeeeeeeeeep armdrag. They fight near the corner and Savage manages to smash Rick's face into the buckle and unloads offence onto the head, and the crowd actually explodes when he climbs to the top of the axe handle. so the tide is turning. They even boo when Ricky kicks out of a pinfall which is a wild thing to type. Steamer's selling rules, but he never stops fighting and manages to get a sick flying fistdrop of his own off the top. It turns into a back and forth with a lot of close calls and counters, and it's great shit. Randy is thrown into the ref, and Ricky hits the crossbody, but Davis runs down and breaks up the count to check on the ref, and Ricky goes after him BUT RANDY KNEES HIM IN THE BACK AND PULLS HIM OUT OF THE RING AND DROPS HIM THROAT FIRST ONTO THE RAIL. HE LAYS HIM ON IT AND JUMPS OFF THE TOP WITH THE AXE HANDLE AND HE CRUSHES HIS THROAT AND RICKY GRABS ONTO IT AND HE CAN'T BREATHE. The ref counts them both out.
***
WE AREN'T DONE AS RANDY GRABS THE RING BELL AND JUMPS OFF THE TOP AND DRIVES IT INTO STEAMBOATS THROAT. HOLY SHIT HE'S DEAD. Ricky shakes on the mat as he holds his throat, and Savage goes for it again but the ref stands in his way and gets him to back off. Vince keeps shouting he's turned purple and possibly swallowed his tongue in the best call of his life. They bring out a stretcher and load him on it as Ricky is coughing and spluttering as they take him away. Even Jesse seems to be struggling to defend Randy's actions, and instead says the EMT's are very good at their jobs. One of the best and most important angles EVER.
WWF Update-
-Mr Wonderful is the true #1 contender no matter what anyone tries to say.
-Heenan reads a WWF magazine where faces wrote in about how much they hate Wonderful, so Bobby rips it up and says this is a waste of time. Wonderful says he's the cream of the crop and ice cream, and he's sure glad he doesn't give a darn what anyone thinks of him as long as he gets that title.
Match#2 Junkyard Dog vs Al Navarro
JYD wins with Thump in 20 seconds
THUMP
In the back, Bruno says Ricky couldn't breathe and they had to put a tube down his throat. A medic runs out the door as Bruno says an ambulance has been called for Steamboat.
Killer Ken-
-Hogan ain't scared of no damn giant and he's got his pump back, baby. He turns this road into an 8 lane highway and he's ready for this war. If there was a gorilla in a cage right now, he would match power with it to get ready for Kamala. He fears no man, woman or beast. He feels no pain, brother. He's back on track jack, and the fans have been standing behind him so long he won't let them down. Time to find out who the king of the jungle is.
Superstar Billy is still in the desert as he's old and lost and needs help.
Match#3 Dino Bravo w/Johnny Valiant vs Kurt Kaufman
50 seconds of Dino doing lame power stuff to a small little boy. He wins with his Backdrop Suplex
1/2*
Bruno rejoins the desk and says he's never seen anything so gross in his life having to see man with a tube in his throat. He says he was suffocating and it was needed to save his life.
Killer Ken-
-The Islanders are ready to face the Dream Team. Haku calls them babies who need Johnny to change their nappies and feed them. They want to face real men in Boston, not these kids. Tama tells them to bring a box of nails with them because they're going to need them. They're the best team in the world and they'll show it.
-Yeah, but why do they need nails man, don't bury the lead.
Outback Jack is sitting at a fire with Indigenous Australians.
Match#4 Dick Slater vs Jimmy Jack Funk
Dick gets two minutes to cook and mostly does ok despite JJF being awful. He sells his bullshit offence and then kicks his head in with some sweet punches right to the face. Vince says Randy's actions were deliberate in hurting Ricky, and Jesse says it's called eliminating the #1 contender. Yeah, got em. Dicky wins with an elbow drop to the face
*3/4
Piper's Pit with Kamala is up next. Piper calls them candy bars and asks if you'd let your daughter date one of them. He says they built the swing backwards when Kamala was a kid and that's why his face is that way. Curtis yells his trash, so Piper mocks him back by talking like him and it's very funny. Piper asks about the belly paints like the stars and moons, and says he's not from Texas, but did he eat a million moon pies and now has two people inside him. He then asks about the mask, and Curtis says its for control and then takes it off. Piper says he now knows why he wears it and says please do America a favour and don't let him breed with anyone.
Match#5 Billy Jack Haynes vs Ray Vance
BJH is weirdly working more heelish as he slowly kills the kid with punches and kicks to the head and body, and it's fine i guess. The fans get on his case and chant boring at him, so he quickly locks in the Full Nelson and ends it.
*
We go to the results of the vote of confidence with Jesse and Honky. Jesse runs it down and says 634 thousand and 384 votes were cast in this by the fans. Honky is very happy and says he knew he could persuade them to like him. Jesse quickly cuts him off and explains he said the number of votes cast, not the number of yah or nah's. Only 71,000 people voted yah for him, but 603,000 voted nay and they don't dig his style or his greaseball ways. Honky says this can't be true and he's going to see that fat fool Jack Tunney to get to the bottom of this. Jesse says he's an angry greaseball. Again, this angle rules.
Match#6 Tito Santana, Pedro Morales & Hillbilly Jim vs Dream Team & Johnny Valiant
What in the world??? Way too much Jim in there being bad instead of the better wrestlers, plus they keep having Davis get mad at the faces and he messes with them time and time again. Everyone fights in the ring, so Danny DQ's the faces and gives the match to the heels.
1/2*
Killer Ken-
-Bobby Heenan is incredibly angry that JYD is being thrown at them in Boston, and somehow Kamala is getting the shot. So now he's in their way and he wants his dream of managing the world champion to come true. He's going to take JYD's chain and housebreak him like the dog he is. Then they'll take whatever is left of Hogan and win the title.
In the back, Bruno explains Ricky was taken to hospital and there was no reason for this slime to do this. Randy runs on and demands to know the update himself! Bruno is disgusted and asks how could he, and Randy laughs it off and says he's never been prouder of himself, AND BRUNO SCREAMS HE'S A PIECE OF SLIME AND STARTS CHOKING HIM AGAINST THE WALL. KOKO AND OTHER FACES DRAG BRUNO OFF HIM.
At the booth, Jesse is raging mad about Bruno's actions and says he's never going to work with him again, and Vince says Jesse might never work again.
All time episode.
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The British Bulldogs-7/4/86
WWF Superstars of Wrestling
November 22nd, 1986
Binghamton, NY
Tonight; Savage vs Steamboat for the IC title. The results of the vote of confidence.
We go to Ricky Steamboat earlier today. He's excited to have this chance to wrestle for the IC title in front of millions of people, and you can bet he's going to give it his best shot.
Before the opening match, Danny Davis attempts to be the offical as he has for all of Randy's matches on Challenge, but Dave Hebner kicks him out of the ring and does the job.
Steamer makes his intro to an insane ovation that Vince gushes over, and you can tell he loves him a lot. Sure nothing will ruin that.
Match#1 Randy Savage (c) w/Miss Elizabeth vs Ricky Steamboat (WWF Intercontinental Championship)
Super aggressive start as they lock up and throw everything they've to try and take over. Ricky uses his speed to dominate him and works the arm, and Randy gets flustered as he's not able to fight out of like the house show matches. Randy gets loose, but he Ricky uses his insane speed to leap frog over him and hit him with this insane deeeeeeeeeeep armdrag. They fight near the corner and Savage manages to smash Rick's face into the buckle and unloads offence onto the head, and the crowd actually explodes when he climbs to the top of the axe handle. so the tide is turning. They even boo when Ricky kicks out of a pinfall which is a wild thing to type. Steamer's selling rules, but he never stops fighting and manages to get a sick flying fistdrop of his own off the top. It turns into a back and forth with a lot of close calls and counters, and it's great shit. Randy is thrown into the ref, and Ricky hits the crossbody, but Davis runs down and breaks up the count to check on the ref, and Ricky goes after him BUT RANDY KNEES HIM IN THE BACK AND PULLS HIM OUT OF THE RING AND DROPS HIM THROAT FIRST ONTO THE RAIL. HE LAYS HIM ON IT AND JUMPS OFF THE TOP WITH THE AXE HANDLE AND HE CRUSHES HIS THROAT AND RICKY GRABS ONTO IT AND HE CAN'T BREATHE. The ref counts them both out.
***
WE AREN'T DONE AS RANDY GRABS THE RING BELL AND JUMPS OFF THE TOP AND DRIVES IT INTO STEAMBOATS THROAT. HOLY SHIT HE'S DEAD. Ricky shakes on the mat as he holds his throat, and Savage goes for it again but the ref stands in his way and gets him to back off. Vince keeps shouting he's turned purple and possibly swallowed his tongue in the best call of his life. They bring out a stretcher and load him on it as Ricky is coughing and spluttering as they take him away. Even Jesse seems to be struggling to defend Randy's actions, and instead says the EMT's are very good at their jobs. One of the best and most important angles EVER.
WWF Update-
-Mr Wonderful is the true #1 contender no matter what anyone tries to say.
-Heenan reads a WWF magazine where faces wrote in about how much they hate Wonderful, so Bobby rips it up and says this is a waste of time. Wonderful says he's the cream of the crop and ice cream, and he's sure glad he doesn't give a darn what anyone thinks of him as long as he gets that title.
Match#2 Junkyard Dog vs Al Navarro
JYD wins with Thump in 20 seconds
THUMP
In the back, Bruno says Ricky couldn't breathe and they had to put a tube down his throat. A medic runs out the door as Bruno says an ambulance has been called for Steamboat.
Killer Ken-
-Hogan ain't scared of no damn giant and he's got his pump back, baby. He turns this road into an 8 lane highway and he's ready for this war. If there was a gorilla in a cage right now, he would match power with it to get ready for Kamala. He fears no man, woman or beast. He feels no pain, brother. He's back on track jack, and the fans have been standing behind him so long he won't let them down. Time to find out who the king of the jungle is.
Superstar Billy is still in the desert as he's old and lost and needs help.
Match#3 Dino Bravo w/Johnny Valiant vs Kurt Kaufman
50 seconds of Dino doing lame power stuff to a small little boy. He wins with his Backdrop Suplex
1/2*
Bruno rejoins the desk and says he's never seen anything so gross in his life having to see man with a tube in his throat. He says he was suffocating and it was needed to save his life.
Killer Ken-
-The Islanders are ready to face the Dream Team. Haku calls them babies who need Johnny to change their nappies and feed them. They want to face real men in Boston, not these kids. Tama tells them to bring a box of nails with them because they're going to need them. They're the best team in the world and they'll show it.
-Yeah, but why do they need nails man, don't bury the lead.
Outback Jack is sitting at a fire with Indigenous Australians.
Match#4 Dick Slater vs Jimmy Jack Funk
Dick gets two minutes to cook and mostly does ok despite JJF being awful. He sells his bullshit offence and then kicks his head in with some sweet punches right to the face. Vince says Randy's actions were deliberate in hurting Ricky, and Jesse says it's called eliminating the #1 contender. Yeah, got em. Dicky wins with an elbow drop to the face
*3/4
Piper's Pit with Kamala is up next. Piper calls them candy bars and asks if you'd let your daughter date one of them. He says they built the swing backwards when Kamala was a kid and that's why his face is that way. Curtis yells his trash, so Piper mocks him back by talking like him and it's very funny. Piper asks about the belly paints like the stars and moons, and says he's not from Texas, but did he eat a million moon pies and now has two people inside him. He then asks about the mask, and Curtis says its for control and then takes it off. Piper says he now knows why he wears it and says please do America a favour and don't let him breed with anyone.
Match#5 Billy Jack Haynes vs Ray Vance
BJH is weirdly working more heelish as he slowly kills the kid with punches and kicks to the head and body, and it's fine i guess. The fans get on his case and chant boring at him, so he quickly locks in the Full Nelson and ends it.
*
We go to the results of the vote of confidence with Jesse and Honky. Jesse runs it down and says 634 thousand and 384 votes were cast in this by the fans. Honky is very happy and says he knew he could persuade them to like him. Jesse quickly cuts him off and explains he said the number of votes cast, not the number of yah or nah's. Only 71,000 people voted yah for him, but 603,000 voted nay and they don't dig his style or his greaseball ways. Honky says this can't be true and he's going to see that fat fool Jack Tunney to get to the bottom of this. Jesse says he's an angry greaseball. Again, this angle rules.
Match#6 Tito Santana, Pedro Morales & Hillbilly Jim vs Dream Team & Johnny Valiant
What in the world??? Way too much Jim in there being bad instead of the better wrestlers, plus they keep having Davis get mad at the faces and he messes with them time and time again. Everyone fights in the ring, so Danny DQ's the faces and gives the match to the heels.
1/2*
Killer Ken-
-Bobby Heenan is incredibly angry that JYD is being thrown at them in Boston, and somehow Kamala is getting the shot. So now he's in their way and he wants his dream of managing the world champion to come true. He's going to take JYD's chain and housebreak him like the dog he is. Then they'll take whatever is left of Hogan and win the title.
In the back, Bruno explains Ricky was taken to hospital and there was no reason for this slime to do this. Randy runs on and demands to know the update himself! Bruno is disgusted and asks how could he, and Randy laughs it off and says he's never been prouder of himself, AND BRUNO SCREAMS HE'S A PIECE OF SLIME AND STARTS CHOKING HIM AGAINST THE WALL. KOKO AND OTHER FACES DRAG BRUNO OFF HIM.
At the booth, Jesse is raging mad about Bruno's actions and says he's never going to work with him again, and Vince says Jesse might never work again.
All time episode.
