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 BOSTON GARDENS-3/1/87
Don Muraco vs Lanny Poffo
No better way to kick off the year than our beach bum getting a showcase against this little dweeb for 6 minutes. Gorilla says Don put 4 men in the hospital last year which was more than anyone else! What a guy. Lanny has some fine arm work and does ok for a time, but Don eventually cuts him off and kicks his butt in fun fashion focusing on the ribs with gross strikes and wears him down. Don counters the moonsault with his knees and hits the Powerslam to win.
**1/2
Greg Valentine vs Dick Slater
HOLY SHIT. Wonderful battle for control to start with both men refusing to back down and trying to muscle their way into it. Dick moves ahead, so Hammer goes to the floor to to stall. He gets back in and it turns into a chop battle, and Dicky fires back with awesome strikes of his own. Hammer shoulderblocks him to the floor in our first nasty bump of the year, and moves into control Great slow beating as always, and Dick'y selling rocks. His fighting from underneath rocks and he fires back with some super stiff shots while being all woozy and punch drunk as he does it. Hammer's selling rocks in return, and it's just two beat up drunks kicking the shit out of each other as it should be. Hammer sinks in a super tight sleeper like he's Samoa Joe in terms of how tight and gross it is, and Dick's face turns purple throughout. Hammer locks in the figure four and tortures him, and Dicky's attempts to get out are amazing as hell. He finally gets out and now both men's knees are trashed. Hammer grabs him by the tights and rams his face into the buckles and and pins him with Dicky's feet on the ropes, but ref misses it and Hammer wins.
**3/4
Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth vs Bruno Sammartino
Here we go. Bruno is all fired up and mad about Randy's actions over the last few weeks, so Randy puts on another all time bumping performance as he gets the holy hell beaten out of him and hurls himself around the place for the old man. Bruno looks fantastic and really lays in his shots to Savage, so it's more than a one man band as i thought it might be. Bruno decks him over and over with punches, and Randy uses Liz as a shield and then attacks Bruno from behind when he backs down. Randy drives his knee into his back and kicks the crap out of him in his first great control seg of the year. perfect mix of amazing high level offence, and pure dirtbag antics. Bruno's comeback is very good as he's a wounded old man hitting hard and doing what he can to fight back. Randy's selling rocks as he double over in pain and makes him look killer. They fight on the outside and Savage hits Bruno with a chair right in front of Davis, and slides back in as the bell rings.
**3/4
Bruno gets back and attacks Savage for a while until refs and the babyfaces drag him off. Randy is carried out by the cops as Bruno is held back in the ring. The announcer states that Randy won via countout.
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The British Bulldogs-7/4/86
WWF BOSTON GARDENS-3/1/87
Don Muraco vs Lanny Poffo
No better way to kick off the year than our beach bum getting a showcase against this little dweeb for 6 minutes. Gorilla says Don put 4 men in the hospital last year which was more than anyone else! What a guy. Lanny has some fine arm work and does ok for a time, but Don eventually cuts him off and kicks his butt in fun fashion focusing on the ribs with gross strikes and wears him down. Don counters the moonsault with his knees and hits the Powerslam to win.
**1/2
Greg Valentine vs Dick Slater
HOLY SHIT. Wonderful battle for control to start with both men refusing to back down and trying to muscle their way into it. Dick moves ahead, so Hammer goes to the floor to to stall. He gets back in and it turns into a chop battle, and Dicky fires back with awesome strikes of his own. Hammer shoulderblocks him to the floor in our first nasty bump of the year, and moves into control Great slow beating as always, and Dick'y selling rocks. His fighting from underneath rocks and he fires back with some super stiff shots while being all woozy and punch drunk as he does it. Hammer's selling rocks in return, and it's just two beat up drunks kicking the shit out of each other as it should be. Hammer sinks in a super tight sleeper like he's Samoa Joe in terms of how tight and gross it is, and Dick's face turns purple throughout. Hammer locks in the figure four and tortures him, and Dicky's attempts to get out are amazing as hell. He finally gets out and now both men's knees are trashed. Hammer grabs him by the tights and rams his face into the buckles and and pins him with Dicky's feet on the ropes, but ref misses it and Hammer wins.
**3/4
Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth vs Bruno Sammartino
Here we go. Bruno is all fired up and mad about Randy's actions over the last few weeks, so Randy puts on another all time bumping performance as he gets the holy hell beaten out of him and hurls himself around the place for the old man. Bruno looks fantastic and really lays in his shots to Savage, so it's more than a one man band as i thought it might be. Bruno decks him over and over with punches, and Randy uses Liz as a shield and then attacks Bruno from behind when he backs down. Randy drives his knee into his back and kicks the crap out of him in his first great control seg of the year. perfect mix of amazing high level offence, and pure dirtbag antics. Bruno's comeback is very good as he's a wounded old man hitting hard and doing what he can to fight back. Randy's selling rocks as he double over in pain and makes him look killer. They fight on the outside and Savage hits Bruno with a chair right in front of Davis, and slides back in as the bell rings.
**3/4
Bruno gets back and attacks Savage for a while until refs and the babyfaces drag him off. Randy is carried out by the cops as Bruno is held back in the ring. The announcer states that Randy won via countout.
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