Donnie watches WWF 1987

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF SATURDAY'S NIGHT MAIN EVENT
MARCH 14TH, 1987
DETROIT, MI
JOE LOUIS ARENA

-Hogan says in the battle royal he has no friends in there. The main objective is to get to Andre for what he did. He broke the rules dude, so there are no rules anymore. It'll be just you and me.
-Bobby says Andre has his eyes and eventually his hands on Hogan

-Liz says this is the scariest night of her life being a prize.
-Jimmy says Tito and Spivey are also scared to death
-Jake says Damien hasn't eaten in ten days and he's going to feast on 400 pounds of white meat known as King Kong Bundy.

in the back, Hogan says he loves living in the danger zone and any time and anyplace he could, he's getting Andre whenever he can. He's got his eyes set on him and member of the Heenan Family.

In the back, Gene is with Randy and Liz. Randy refuses to let her speak, yeah. He's psyched up, yeah. He could slap Gene right now for saying she's more than a manger. He's going to take that hairy bozo and hurt him real bad. He tries to make Liz leave with him, but Gene says she walks in last. Randy says rules are meant to be broken like neck, and he'll see her out there.

In the back, Steele finds Liz and keeps saying "manager" and "Steele's manager". Bye-Bye.

Match#1 Randy Savage (c) w/Miss Elizabeth vs George Steele (WWF Intercontinental Championship - Winner Gets Miss Elizabeth)
Randy is once again tasked with 4 minutes to get anything worth a damn out of this hairy bozo, and he does his absolute best to make it work because he's a lunatic who just makes shit work. He hits him from behind and tries to leave with Liz, but Steamer runs down and blocks his path and forces him back into the ring. Not fair at all tbh. Liz is made to sit in a giant lifeguard chair Randy bumps like mad and works hard as possible, and it's perfectly fun and good enough for this horrible feud. He eats a ton of a shit (and the buckles when Steele shoves them down his throat). Steele gets distracted by Liz being the best, and Randy is able to hit Steel with the chair and beats him by countout.
*1/2

Post match, Steele beats him up and chases him off. He gets a giant Liz poster and hugs it.

In a cut in, Hogan screams Andre over and over in between other members of the Family.

Match#2 20 Man Battle Royal
Hercules, Andre The Giant, Ax and B. Brian Blail, Billy Jack Haynes, Blackjack Mulligan Butch Reed, Haku and Hillbilly Jim, Hulk Hogan, Jim Brunzell, Koko B. Ware, Lanny Poffo, Nikolai Volkoff, Paul Orndorff, Ron Bass, Sika, Smash, Tama & The Honky Tonk Man are all in this. The main focus is Andre and Hogan, so WWF shows Andre is a FORCE OF A NATURE as within a minute he murders everyone with nasty headbutts and amazing strikes. It's easy to forget that Andre is Andre when's he's been gone full time for a year, but holy shit he's the best. Hogan fights all the heels on one side of the ring and tosses HTM out first with a killer slam to the floor. hahahahahahah. Andre hurls Sika out to the floor like he's nothing. Bass and Jack finally fight, and it's pretty good for the stuff we get. Andre kills Haku and throws him out. HE HEADBUTTS POFFO AND BUSTS HIS HEAD OPEN AND THROWS HIM TO THE FLOOR. FUCK YEAH, ANDRE. Poffo is dead and has to be helped out on a stretcher and he's covered in blood. Hogan pushes Bass over and out. Andre hiptosses Blackjack out. Jesse says he's never seen Andre throw people out this fast. Hogan gets rid of Volkoff. Andre throws Blair out. ANDRE SQUASHES KOKO'S HEAD WITH HIS BOOT. ANDRE AND HOGAN FINALLY MEET AND PUNCH THE HELL OUT OF EACH OTHER. The heels cut it off, sadly. But Hogan fights them off and throws Wonderful out. ANDRE HEADBUTTS HOGAN IN THE BACK OF THE SKULL AND THROWS HIM OUT. HOLY SHIT. ANDRE SHURGS AND LOOKS LIKE HE COULDN'T GIVE A SHIT. GOD BLESS. Andre throws Brunzells out, and then all the heels and faces swarm him and finally push him over and out. Everyone starts throwing everyone out in quick fashion, and Herc gets rid of BJH last to win.
**3/4

In the back, Andre says it only took one giant to get rid of Hogan, while it took 8 men to push him out. Bobby walks on and says Hogan was hiding behind everyone, and Andre walked through them and busted him up and threw him out. He's going to become the next champion of the world.

In the back, Jake again says Damien hasn't eaten in a week. It's his dinner time.

Match#3 Jake Roberts vs King Kong Bundy w/Bobby Heenan
Fuck yeah. Jake tries for the arm to keep the monster close to him and hit him when he can, but Bundy's arm is a trunk and hard to hold onto by anyone. Jake instead switches to kicking out the leg to chop him down, and he gets pretty far with it, but Bundy is still able to hit him hard and beat him worse than he's getting hurt. Jake fights back and kills him with the running knee and goes for Damien, but Bobby steals it and runs away. We come back from break where Jake has the bag back somehow, and Bundy attacks and controls again in awesome form. Bundy goes for the Avalanche, but Jake moves and Bundy EATS the corner and takes a nasty bump. Jake mounts another comeback, but he goes for the bag and shoves the ref when he tries to stop him, and he's DQ
**1/2

Post match, Jake DDTs Bundy and gets Damien and holds the ring.

Match#4 The Hart Foundation (c) w/Jimmy Hart & Danny Davis vs Danny Spivey & Tito Santana (WWF World Tag Team Championships)
Assuming Mike is thankfully gone and now Spivey can do cool shit on his own. He has a sweet run of offence to start and throws the champs around the place, and looks really good again. HF cut him off and go to work, and it's a shorter control seg because TV, but still very sick as it always is because TV makes them work even harder than normal. Anvil breaks out some wild shit like a fucking slongshot splash!!!!!! Danny takes a great beating, and fuck anyone who thinks he sucks. Tito gets the hot tag and lights them up as only a fired up Tito can do to a man. He sends Anvil into Davis and kills him dead, AND HE KNOCKS BRET OUT WITH THE FOREARM AND LOCKS IN THE FIGURE FOUR. DAVIS GETS THE MEGAPHONE AND HITS HIM AND BRET CRAWLS ON TOP TO STEAL IT.
**3/4

In the back, Ricky says he breathes fire every night thinking about Randy.

Savage storms ringside and gets kicked out, so he joins commentary!!!!!

Match#5 Ricky Steamboat vs Iron Sheik
Ricky carries this fat bloated corpse for 3 minutes and change with killer offence and big bumps for any and all bad offence. He breaks out the chops to the head and nukes him with a massive one off the top to win.
*3/4

In the back, Hogan cries about getting thrown out from behind and says that's not how it's done. HAHAHAHAHHA FUCK OFF MAN. He calls Andre 15 years of obesity and he's going to beat him bad. He's going to feel Hulkamania and the pythons and the big brother upstairs on his side, He's gotta play this straight to have any chance to beat him. Hogan is a massive dick, and this is the first time i've really sided with the other guy.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF SPECTRUM-14/3

Butch Reed w/Slick vs Dick Slater
OH MY SWEET GOD. I forgot Dicky was here because he hasn't been on TV for months, so this is the coolest shocker ever. Dicky goes right after him with punches to the face and kicks his head in, so we get some wonderful Reed selling and stooging. Reed takes over with cheating and works a headlock and choking for a while, and it's not bad at all or anything, but we deserve a lot more. Dicky fires back with a sledge to the head and it turns into a slugfest and then they fight on the outside. They ram each other into the rails and post and really take a beating each time as they hit them full force. Slick distracts Dicky and makes him give chase and Butch is able to beat Dicky with a pin and his feet on the ropes.
**

The Hart Foundation (c) w/Jimmy Hart & Danny Davis vs The Islanders (WWF World Tag Team Championships)
Woooooo rematch time. Anvil pulls the straps down and has a power fight with Haku to start, and hey he gets his ass kicked because Haku is the man. Killer strikes from him, and Anvil breaks out some very funny bumps for it. Haku kicks Bret's face in for good measure, and Tama joins in and wreaks Bret's legs with wishbones and awesome offence. Bret again shows how good he is with bumps and sells that are unlike anyone else as it just feels real, and gives the faces so much as a result. They work on Jim's arm with even better offence, and i'm not sure how the heel run will go, but them as faces is my jam. Bret grabs onto Tama's knee and Anvil hits him in the head to take over, and the champs go to work with another tremendous control seg. They choke him with the tag rope and beat the shit out of him in new and cool ways as they're changing it up each time, and it's the best. Tama's selling rocks as he's crippled in pain and can't fight back. TAMA TRIES TO FIGHT BACK BUT ANVIL KILLS HIM WITH WITH A FOREARM TO THE FACE AND SENDS TAMA OVER THE ROPES AND ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. GODDAMN. Haku drags him back in for the fight and Tama is able to finally get free and tags Haku in. He goes nuts and cracks their skulls in epic, epic form with kicks and chops and we get even more insane HF selling and bumping for all of it. It all breaks down as Tama hits a crossbody to Bret and has it won, but Davis runs in and shoves them over and Bret is on top and gets the 3.
***

Roddy Piper & Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndroff & Kamala w/Kimchee
Pier 6 breaks out with the faces ripping through the heels with all the fire and cocaine 1987 can possibly provide. They work on Paul's bad arm and kill it a million new and cool ways, and Wonderful's selling is very good because it's actually dead so he doesn't need to fake much. Kamala's wobbly selling when they start beating him up rocks, and the faces throw a sweet double boot to finally drop him. Piper is attacked from behind and isolated, and it's a fun and short control seg with a ton of wild man stuff and cool shots from Wonderful. Lots of cutoffs and Hogan getting more and more hyped as it goes on. He finally gets in and wreaks them quick and amazingly well. Shit breaks down as it tends to, and Kamala hits Wonderful with a headbutt and knocks him out cold, and Hogan jumps on top and gets the 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 Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
March 15th, 1987
Springfield, Mas

They replay last weeks Bundy/BJH match where Herc attacked Billy and left him laying.

Match#1 Billy Jack Haynes vs Moondog Spot
Thankfully only 90 seconds of BJH being lame before he wins with the Full Nelson.
1/2*

Recap of AA cutting Brutus's hair a few weeks ago.

Match#2 The Dream Team & Dino Bravo vs Paul Roma, Terry Gibbs & Salvatore Bellomo
Brutus is now wearing a bandana to protect the world from seeing his new doo. This is bad as it's far too much Bravo being trash, and not enough Hammer being awesome. Bravo is a special kind of bad as he's both not good at all, and boring as sin on top of it. Hate him. Bravo wins with a Powerslam.
Poop

Mean Gene-
-Can-Am's are still very happy and proud to be here in the WWF.

Match#3 Junkyard Dog vs Rick Renslow
THUMP BUMP RUMP

Match#4 Demolition w/Johnny V vs Silvi Afi & Joe Mirto
Short and brutal murder from our boys once more as the act is slowly but fully coming together with amazing stiff offence. They win again with the slingshot Lariat.
*1/2

It's time for the Snake Pit with Bobby and Andre. Bobby again says Hogan ducked and lied to Andre by never giving him a shot, and they're taking the title at Mania. Jake keeps trying to ask Andre questions, but he refuses to answer and Bobby keeps grabbing the mic. Jake is asked to pick a winner, but he says he can't call it.

Match#5 Ricky Steamboat vs Pete Dortety
Savage has a cut in saying he's going to put Steamer down in the ring, and Steele being there is the blind leading the blind. Steamer gets a few minutes and kills at again with an array of sick offence and great selling. Top Rope Chop ends it.
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
March 21st, 1987
Dayton, OH

In the ring, Sheiky and Nik are getting ready to sing, when we go to the back for the TV debut of Hacksaw Duggan. He says he's sick of turning his TV on and hearing all these commies signing bad songs, and as long as can breathe that fat Russian will never sing. Nik starts singing, so Hacksaw runs out to the ring with his 2X4 and chases them off. HOOOOOOOOOOOO.
He gets in the ring and rants about Iran being evil holding hostages, and he says he's going to hold them and show them this is the land of the free and the brave. They'll never sing that anthem as long as he's alive.

WWF Update-
-Recap of BJH/Herc's feud.

In the back, the heel trio are very mad about what Hacksaw did to them. Slick says he's going to Tunney to do something about this and maybe even fight him one on one. Nik screams Hacksaw is an ugly stinking hippie.

Match#1 Bob Orton & Don Muraco w/Mr Fuji vs Corp Krichner & Mario Mancini
Short and sick beating for 2 minutes and change. I forgot Corp worked here, so it's nice to see him get killed dead. The heels win with an assisted Double Suplex off the top.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-The Hart Foundation are here. Bret says Anvil is a machine like no other and he's going to roll over two puppies and Tito at Mania.

We go to a pre-tape of the Rougeau's driving snow-mobiles.

Match#2 Adrian Adonis w/Jimmy Hart vs Jim Young
AA beats the crap out of this pretty boy with some nasty shots and cool fat man stuff. Sleeper ends it.
*

Mean Gene-
-ALL THE MARBLES ARE ON THE LINE, YEAH DIG IT. Do you realise that over a period of time i just keep going and going. In the silverdome everyone will realise he's the best of all time, and Ricky will burn. Gene says he's making a case indeed, AND RANDY RUNS BACK ON AND SHOUTS THE CASE IS CLOSED.

Match#3 Tito Santana & The British Bulldogs vs Rick Renslow, Steve Lombardi & Al Navarro
Fuck yeah about time we go this super trio cracking sulls on TV. DK is still badly hurt, but the other two rock so much and make it work by sheer force of talent. Davey really looks sick breaking out all new cool power moves and just wreaking everyone in his way. Tito wins with the Forearm.
**1/2

Piper's Pit is up next. Roddy talks some more shit about AA to start and reminds him it's easy to jump on than it is to jump off. Piper brings out Jack Tunney as his guest. Jack introduces a new world title that has been made to fit Andre in case he wins the title as the old one won't. Bobby and Andre walk on very happy and thank Jack for finally doing something they asked for. Bobby says everyone better get used to seeing this as Andre is the next world champ. Bobby goes to wrap it around Andre's waist, but it won't fit. He throws it on his shoulder instead. Piper asks what happens if he loses, but Andre says in one week they'll see a real champion.

Match#4 Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart vs Lanny Poffo
30 seconds of nothing before he wins with SRR.
1/6*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
March 22nd, 1987
Columbus, OH

They show the battle royal to kick us off.

Match#1 The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart & Danny Davis vs Paul Roma & Jim Powers
Some real young stallions here tonight facing our champions. HF lead them by the hand and do their thing for 2 minutes, and it's pretty fun as the kids work really hard to show they can go. Anvil beats the crap out of Power's pretty face and really wreaks him, and it's a blast. Hart Attack does it.
*3/4

Match#2 Koko B Ware vs Johnny K-9
Koko bashes the killer up for a 2 minutes as well, and gives us another super fun squash. Gross Ghostbuster ends it
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Bobby says this the last chapter of Hogan's career. He had a good run with titles, money and a cartoon but it's all over. No one can beat Andre. Not him, 10 or 100 people and he's the next world champion.

Hacksaw is mopping up tough guys. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Match#3 King Kong Bundy w/Bobby Heenan vs Mario Mancini
Bundy wins in 50 seconds with the Avalanche.
1/2^

Post match, Mario is carried out.

Mean Gene
-Fighting for your life is no big deal, brother. But 90,000 live in the Silverdome that's a big deal. When you think some freak of nature might have a chance that scares him. He doesn't want Gene's kids to think lying, stealing and cheating is ok. He's fighting for the right reasons brother. He's on top of the MT, and he's fighting real heavy big boy, and if Andre slips off and falls it's a LONG way down, dude.

Match#4 The Can-Am-Connection vs Iron Mike Sharpe & Terry Gibbs
More fine ass wrestling for the boys for a few minutes. They're very, very good but sort of lacking a real hook at this point, sadly. Still, good times. Slingshot Splash ends it.
*3/4

The Snake Pit with Hulk Hogan. Jake has the new belt with him as Hogan says it's not real or been won by anyone, and he's got the real one here, dude. Jake says there a lot of big men in WWF and Andre is even bigger than the biggest and very few think they can do this. Hogan says he's understands why people think that but he's proven them wrong before and he'll do it again.

Match#5 Hercules w/Bobby Heenan vs Jim Young
Short and awful from Herc. Full Nelson ends it.
1/2*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
March 28th, 1987
Dayton, OH

To start the show, Bobby Heenan and Andre force Bob Uker to call Andre the new worlds champion.

Match#1 The Can-Am Connection vs Steve Lombardi & Johnny K-9
Another very good and fun 3 minute squash for our pretty boys on their way to WrestleMania III. Some kick ass dropkicks from both along with nice strikes as they are growing, but will never get the chance to show it. Slingshot Splash ends it.
**

WWF Update-
-Ricky says Randy hurt him and put him out for 7 weeks and 5 days, but he never put out the fire or dimmed the flame. There's one dragon who will be blowing flames all over him.

Match#2 Butch Reed w/Slick vs Jim Powers
Wooooooo Butch wreaks this son of a bitch in classic fashion. Vince ADORES Jim and his look, so something is coming for the kid until it stops as sudden as it started. Butch throws some mean ass strikes and holds nothing back on the kid, and it's what a squash is meant to be. Jim tries to fight back, but Butch kills him with a Lariat and one off the top to win.
**

Mean Gene-
-The Rougeau Brothers are STILL FUCKING HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE PART OF SUCH A GREAT SHOW CALLED WRESTLEMANIA.

Match#3 The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart & Danny Davis vs Joe Mirto & Rick Hunter
Two and half minutes for the champs against two old fat jobbers. The boys eat them up and look fantastic as hell as always, and i can't wait for WWF to bring in better job guys so the matches can even be better. Davis gets involved again with some decent offence, and i sort of want to see what a squash from him actually looks like. Nasty Hart Attack takes a man's head off for the win.
**

In a pre-tape, Jake and Alice are still playing with snakes and want the greaseballs to slick their hair back and play with them. Jake says this is no dance.

Recap of Jim Duggan starting a feud with Sheiky and Nik.

Slick says Hacksaw is a wild heathen that's going to pay, and he wants him to fight Sheik next week if he's got the guts.

Hacksaw shouts he covers the ground he walks on and he doesn't need a 2x4 to fight anyone, tough guy.

Match#4 Jake Roberts vs Moondog Spot
Jake is now LOVED and one of the most over dudes on the roster!!! Jake gets 90 seconds to play and lays in all the knees and strikes he throws in between giving the old man a little something here and there. Jake fights back with sick body shots and reigns down hell before winning with the DDT.
*3/4

Post match, Jake puts Damien onto the old man.

It's now time for the very last Piper's Pit we'll ever seen in our entire lives. Piper takes pictures down from the wall and asks that everyone listen to him. He talks about being a street kid who had nothing growing up and how the WWF saved him from jail. He ended up marrying a woman and he has two little daughters. He's been stabbed 3 times, been shot at and went down in a plane crash. None of that bothered him and made him want to quit, but his little girl putting her arms around his neck and asking him not to go was enough for him. He won't leave them like he was left alone. He's proud to be an American with a greencard because they let him in. HE HAD THEM ALL ROCKING FOR YEARS AND HE GAVE THEM THEIR MONEY'S WORTH EACH TIME. He thanks the WWF and says daddy is coming home. He picks the photos up and leaves.

WRESTLEMANIA UPDATE-
-All tickets are sold

Match#5 King Harley Race w/Bobby Heenan vs Jerry Allen
60 seconds of whatever before the Buster ends it.
Hail to the King

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
March 29th, 1987
Columbus, OH

To start the show Mary Hart tries to talk to Andre, but he tells her to mind her business while he takes care of his.

Match#1 Tito Santana w/The British Bulldogs vs Greg Valentine w/Brutus Beefcake & Dino Bravo.
HOLY SHIT I LOVE THE B SHOW SO MUCH. Super tight mat work and a fight to start us off as these two still hate each other so much, so nothing is held back at all. Hammer moves ahead and beats the fuck out of him with slams and elbows, and Tito is amazing from fighting from underneath as the beating ramps up more and more. Tito fights back and locks in the Figure Four, but all the seconds get involved and the ref throws it out.
**

Everyone fights to the back.

In the back, Bundy warns the little people not to get in his way or he's going to hurt them. He's going to crush Jim and take the 5 count, so tell them to stay out of his way.

Match#2 King Harley Race w/Bobby Heenan vs Rick Hunter
38 seconds of Race being Race before he wins with the Buster
Hail to the King

Match#3 The Rougeau Brothers vs Dave Wagner & Rick Renslow
The brothers get 2 minutes to kick some booty and hey, it's killer as hell. Double teams and sick offence on their own, and a ton of jobbers being murdered dead. Le-Cannon-Ball ends it
**

Match#3 Adrian Adonis w/Jimmy Hart vs Corp Krichner
The fat man also gets 2 minutes to work in maybe his last great squash before his run ends. Fat man offence and cool and dirty cheating moments. HE WINS WITH A HUGE SPLASH OFF THE TOP.
*3/4

The Snake Pit-Jake says in a few short hours he gets his revenge for the trigger that was pulled, or in this case the guitar he pulled and broke over his head. Alice in his corner to get Damien out of the bag to stop that little worm Jimmy Hart. He's going to teach HTM to hunt and dance, and he should have made the first shot count because you don't wound men like him and live. He's the one his mother always warned him about.

Match#4 Ricky Steamboat vs Jimmy Jack Funk
Ricky runs through this nerd hack that somehow still has a job. Strikes and all the fire in the world before the Crossbody does it.
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Randy Savage-8/2/86
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF WRESTLEMANIA 3
MARCH 29TH, 1987
PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
THE PONTIAC SILVERDOME

To Kick us off, Vince does the iconic and amazing "WELCOME TO WRESTLEMANIA THREE" line. He then introduces Aretha then sings the anthem.

Gorilla and Jesse are on the call with Uecker and Mary Hart filling in at points.

Match#1 The Can-Am-Connection vs Don Muraco & Bob Orton w/Mr Fuji
Awesome way to kick off the show with the young vs the old in the theme of the build to show in a lot of ways. The faces have some killer fast offence and pinball the fellas around, who bump huge for the kids. Martel is amazing as heck, and Zenk steps up big for the first time with some good arm work and high flying stuff. Ace catches him with a knee to the kidney to control, but it never happens as he quickly tags in Martel for a great hot tag before shit breaks down as it tends to. The faces get rid of Ace and Martel hits a Crossbody to Don that sends him over Zenk to the mat and the faces get the big win.
**1/2

We get out sort of first hype video for a WWF PPV promoting BJH/Herc. It's more a clip show, but still a really cool thing to finally see.

In the back, Mean Gene interviews Herc and Bobby. Herc talks about Sampson and Atlas bending the knee to him out of fear, and BJH is about to do the same. Bobby calls him Billy "Jerk" Haynes in a classic Got-Em moment.

Match#2 Hercules w/Bobby Heeann vs Billy Jack Haynes
If ever there was a match you just know Vince was madly in love with when he booked it, this would be it. Two meh as fuck muscleheads hitting each other with decent strikes and ok offence for 7 minutes and change. Herc takes over quickly and his control leaves a lot to be desired as he's just dull, and BJH's selling also needs a lot of work as it doesn't make me care about his life in the least. Herc locks in the Full Nelson and wears him down for a while and nearly has it won, but Jerk fights back and mounts a comeback with some really bad lariats and other offence. Just a piece of shit of a thing. He locks in his own Full Nelson, but they fall to the floor. BJH locks in back in on the the outside because he's stupid and they both get counted out.
1/2*

Bobby knees him in the back and runs as away as BJH gives chase. Herc gets his chain and breaks it over Jerk's stupid skull and busts him open in a real sick gusher. YEAH KILL HIM DEAD.
The heels leave on the awesome cart back up the aisle way.

In the back, Bundy says big trouble comes in 400 pound packages. He again warns Jim he's going to squash his partners if they get in his way.

Match#3 King Kong Bundy, Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo vs Hillbilly Jim, Littler Beaver & The Haiti Kid
Amazing comedy match as Uecker keeps making Beaver jokes and little people jokes, and it's very funny as he keeps cracking Gorilla up. Beaver keeps fucking with Bundy, so the big man gets in and chases after him!! Jim makes the save so that match can happen, and it's bad as always but whatever man. Beaver gets in and hits Bundy with his shoe in the head and hits him some more, SO BUNDY SLAMS HIM AND KILLS HIM WITH AN ELBOW DROP. FUCK YEAH. The ref DQ's him for it like a coward.
Pro Wrestling.

Post match, all the other wrestlers join forces and make Bundy leave.

In the back, Mary Hart is with Miss Elizabeth. Mary asks if she's trepidatious about today, but Randy runs on and says that's the word of the day and she needs to talk to him. Mary asks if if it's always like this, and Liz sadly smiles. Randy makes her leave as Mary says he's a real charmer.

Hype for Race/JYD.

In the back, that cunt Moolah is now back as Race's queen. NOT A FUCKING CHANCE IN HELL. BURN IN HELL, YOU FUCKING BITCH.

Match#4 King Harley Race w/Bobby Heenan vs Junkyard Dog (Loser must Bow)
JYD beats the crap out of him with thumps and bumps, and Race breaks out some willllllllld ass bumps including a nasty one face first to the floor. JYD stays on him and really works hard, and Race rules at getting beaten up. JYD starts using his head and kills him dead, but Bobby trips him and JYD walks back into a Belly to Belly and loses.
**

Post match, JYD kneels and bows and then attacks Race with a chair and chases the heels off and wears the robe and crown much to the happiness to the fans.

In the back, Vince is in Hogan's locker room for an interview. Hogan says people say it's his last ride, man. He says some of the non believes in the gym said goodbye to him like he was never coming back and that ate him alive, and he felt the fury as he ripped his shirt off and rode into the sunset. He says the sun beamed off the gold, and sooner or later, every man has to live and die and face the truth, and Andre has to face the truth. He says all he has to do is beat a 7'4'', 550 pound giant, but Andre has to face the pure truth that is Hulkamaniac, and to beat him, Andre has to beat every single man, woman, and child that wears red and yellow like the Hulkster, dude, and Hulkamania is the purest form of truth there is. WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN THE TRUTH, THE 24 INCH PYTHONS, AND HULKAMANIA RUNS WILD ON YOU?!

In the back, V and his team cut a promo in French.

Match#5 The Rougeau Brothers vs The Dream Team w/Dino Bravo & Johnny V
Only 4 minutes as Mania is famously robbed for time until they finally say fuck it and go nuts as they should. Beef is now wearing some awful yellow tights with the thighs cut out and replaces with mesh. The Brothers have a sweet run of offence with the great double teams as always, and some sweet bumps from Hammer. The heels take over, and Brutus is now bad as his offence is soft and crappy looking. Heenan joins commentary and shouts he's 2 for 2 as Herc didn't lose and Race beat JYD. Hammer beats Jaques's knee up and really goes to work on it, and his selling is good as hell. Heenan shouts he doesn't deal with midgets when Gorilla says he wasn't out there. AMAZING. Brutus fucks up trying to help and hits Hammer in the head by accident. The Brothers kills Hammer with Le-Cannon-Ball, but the ref is distracted and Dino hits one of the faces with a knee and throws Hammer on top for the win.
**

Post match, Hammer, Bravo and V all yell at Beefer and leave in the cart without him.

Hype for Piper/AA.

Piper walks all the way down to the ring to fully soak in the moment and it's an all time amazing, amazing moment.

Match#6 Roddy Piper vs Adrian Adonis w/Jimmy Hart (Hair vs Hair)
"We're either going to have a bald Scott, or Humpty Dumpty"-Jesse. They rush each other as always and use a belt to beat the crap out of each other, and we get some nasty welts on each man's back. Piper beats both AA and Hart up with a double noging knocker, and the crowd is INSANE. He keeps it up and we get some wonderful stooging from Hart. He finally hits Piper with the Megaphone and AA takes over for one last killer fat man control seg. Lots of shots to the face and neck, and Piper bumps and sells his ass off as only he can do. Jimmy sprays Piper with the bottle and AA locks in the Sleeper and nearly chokes him out, but Piper gets his arm up for 3 to live, and AA DOESN'T SEE IT AND THINKS HE WON. BRUTUS RUNS DOWN AND WAKES PIPER UP!! Piper kills Jimmy and locks AA in the sleeper to win.
**3/4

Post match, Brutus and Piper cut AA's hair. Piper wakes him up and shows him a mirror, so AA freaks out and runs away. Piper gets the big farewell for his first retirement.

In the ring, Fink introduces Jesse Ventura to the crowd as the man who tells it like it is. He shakes hands with the Foundation.

Match#7 The Hart Foundation & Danny Davis w/Jimmy Hart vs The British Bulldogs & Tito Santana
Gorilla says Davis was the ref for Savage/Tito, so we finally have that solved. Wonderful babyface attack to start as they beat these big stinky jerkoffs up for all of their sins of late. DK finally gets into the ring and looks super skinny and not himself at all, so the other have to cover for him. Which works because they rule a goddamn ton, so hey for the best. Bret breaks out some corner bumps and really hurls himself into them for each bump. DK gets isolated and looks like shit getting beaten up, but HF make it work as best they can with good offence on his legit awful back to make him sell and die. Mary Hart asks if it's time for DK to tag out, and Gorilla has to quickly cover and say he needs to get to his partners for that. Davis finally gets in and doesn't look bad, just sort of basic as hell. Tito finally gets in for a Mania sized hot tag and cleans house on these sons bitches. He finally drops Davis with a Forearm and beats him down with punches to the face over and over. Davey joins in and kicks his ass as well, and Davis dies in amazing fashion. Davey hits a Spike Tombstone and crumples him dead. It all breaks down and Jimmy hits Davey with the Megaphone, and Davis makes the pin to steal it.
**3/4

In the back, Gene is with Bobby and Andre. Bobby says Hogan has never met a man taller or who weighs more than this man. The clock is ticking in our direction and the record books will shut on Hulkamania once and for all. No one can beat this man, or come close to beating this man. The butterflies are in his stomach right now as he's about to manage the world champion when all is said and done.

Match#8 Butch Reed w/Slick vs Koko B Ware
Jesse kills it again by saying Frankie would make good soup. Only 3 and a bit minutes, but a siiiiiiiiiick sprint at that. Koko works a million miles and hour with all his energy and is a perfect dude for Butch. Koko kills him with a dropkick to the mouth and beats his ass with body blows and the like, and Butch's bumping is fantastic. Reed cuts him off and gets revenge with punches of his own to the throat and face, and Koko sells his ass off in return. They turn it into a cool back and forth, and Butch rolls through a crossbody and holds the tights to win.
**1/2

Post match, Slick hits Koko with his cane, AND TITO RUNS DOWN AND MAKES THE SAVE AND BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF HIM AND STRIPS HIM OF HIS CLOTHES.

Hype for Randy/Ricky.

In the back, Randy speaks
"OHHH YEAH. Macho Man Randy Savage. Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion. I was in a state of shock when Ricky the Dragon Steamboat came back. But this time in front of the largrst audience in the world, i will totally Embarrass you. Not just the 1--2---3 count, but i'm going to put you out of wrestling for good. OH YEAH DRAGON I AM a LORD AND MASTER OF THE RING AND YOU'RE GONNA FIND THAT OUT RIGHT NOW ONE ATHLETE TO ANOTHER. YOU CAN'T BE WITH ME. HISTORY BECKONS THE MACHO MAN. YEAH"

Randy makes his way to the ring with the fans going nuts for him.

In the back, Ricky says they have finally reached their moment and will clash like titans but there can only be one winner. This dragon will scorch your back and see new horizons

Match#9 Randy Savage (c) w/Miss Elizabeth vs Ricky Steamboat w/George Steele (WWF Intercontinental Championship)
HERE WE FUCKING GO. They slowly feel each other out and neither man gives an inch to start, but Randy turns it into a fight and Ricky meets him right there and kicks his ass. He deadlifts him in a sweet double choke and drops him like a sack of shit. Randy slips in a punch to the throat and uses the ropes to attack them and gets super mean and nuts with it. Steamer uses the arm to cut him off and disables it to even the fight up as much as he can. Randy is able to lay in bigger shots and hurls him to the floor and messes him up, and he sells his bad arm as soon as can!! He further the attack on the throat and back and really hurts him, and Steamer's selling is soooo good as he's close to passing out. Steamer fires off some offence and ties him in the ropes and pounds on the head and finally beats his ass for 30 seconds of so, before Randy rams his knee into Steamer's back to cut him off. Steamer tries to skin the cat, but Randy runs at him and lariats him to the floor to stop him once more. HE RUNS OUT AND KNEES HIM AGAIN AND RICKY LANDS ON A TABLE AND SLIDES OFF INTO THE CROWD AND HITS THE CONCRETE. Steele cheats and picks him back up and puts him in the ring, so Savage throws him out on the other side and wastes him with the Axe Handle. Randy hits another one and reigns down hell in a sick control seg where he's murdering the body as much as can and he keeps trying to pin him to make him use as much energy as he can. Ricky slowly and bravely fights back and gets a little further each time, and the big break comes when he backdrops him to the floor!! Steamer goes after him AND HITS THE FAMOUS CHOP OVER THE TOP OF THE REF TO HIT RANDY IN THE SKULL FOR A 2.9 COUNT. He attacks the head with chops and knees, and kicks his ass all over the place. Ricky breaks out a few pins but he can't get it done. He slingshots Randy into the post, but he that doesn't work. HE GETS THE O'CONNER ROLL AND RANDY REVERSES IT AND GRABS THE TIGHTS AND RICKY FINALLY KICKS OUT OF IT. FUCK YEAH. Randy rams him shoulder first into the post, and tries it again and hits the ref to knock him out. Randy hits the Elbow Drop and has it won, but the ref is dead. Randy goes for the ringbell and attempts to come off, BUT STEELE STEALS IT, BUT RANDY KICKS HIM AND TAKES IT BACK, BUT STEELE GETS UP AND SHOVES HIM OFF. RANDY TRIES TO SLAM RANDY BUT RICKY REVERSES IT INTO A PIN AND GETS THE 3 TO WIN THE TITLE.
****

An absolute classic that never fails to live up to the hype that has been thrown on it. Without this match pretty much anything that's come after it never happens.

Match#10 Jake Roberts w/Alice Cooper vs Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart
Jake rushes him with a knee and beats his brains in all over the ring and on the floor, and HTM breaks some killer bumps and really shows he can be perfect in this role when he gives a shit. HTM slips and slides all over the joint, and has to keep running away to have a chance. But Jake won't let him breathe and goes after him. They fight on the outside where HTM rams him into the post shoulder first, and Jake flings himself into the rails. Honky kicks his ass real good with the classic punches and kicks in between being a little prick. Jake's selling is amazing as he's like a boxer going down with each punch while trying and missing counter punches. Jake fights back and goes for the DDT, but Jimmy grabs his leg and HTM gets a schoolboy to win.
**3/4

POST MATCH, JAKE SWINGS THE GUITAR AT HTM'S HEAD AND HE DUCKS AND IT SMASHES ON THE POST. HTM runs for it, and back in the ring, Alice shoves Damien in Jimmy's stupid face.


Mean Gene comes out and announces a new indoor attendance record of 93,173. A very real number that doesn't need to be checked.

Hacksaw Duggan comes out and stops them from singing again, and then stays with the faces.

Match#11 The Killer Bees w/Hacksaw Duggan vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff w/Slick
The last great 90 minutes of wrestling comes to a screeching halt. Horrible lazy bearhugs and rest holds from the old fucks, and Bees fail to be cool again and shit the best like massive nerds. Hacksaw runs in and smashes his board over Sheik's back for the DQ.
HOOOOOOOO

Post match, Hacksaw leads a USA chant.


In the back, Gene interviews Andre the Giant and Bobby Heenan again. Andre says you can see him now, and he's about to go to the ring, and he will come back with the WWF Championship belt, the new one. He says it should not take him too long. Heenan says he can feel it, and says this is the next WWF Champion, and he will go down in history, and Hogan better be ready.

Clips air of the Hogan/Andre segments.

In the back, Gene interviews Hulk Hogan. He says he hopes Pontiac, MI recovers, brother. He says the 90,000 plus on the inside are safe, but he's worried about whoever is on the outside. He says the giant will feel the truth and wrath of Hulkamaniam but today is the day the Earth's foundation will be permanently cracked, and he says he can make sure all his Maniacs in the Silverdome and watching on Closed Circuit will be safe, but everyone else might not be. H O L Y S H I T I L O V E C O C A I N E

Uecker does the intros. Andre is out first and gets pelted with trash and he just keeps waving at the fans like the coolest dude ever.

Hogan now comes out and blows the fucking roof off the place, brother dude.

Jesse does an amazing job by saying this is the most important match in history, and he hopes his voice holds up. Gorilla then drops the famous and even better line
"the irresistible force met the immovable object"

Match#12 Hulk Hogan (c) vs Andre The Giant w/Bobby Heenan (WWF World Championship)
HOGAN PUNCHES HIM AND ANDRE FIRES BACK, AND HE TRIES TO SLAM ANDRE BUT THE BIG MAN FALLS ON HIM AND WE GET A SUPER INSANE 2.9 COUNT THAT LEAVES EVERYONE IN SHOCK. Andre beats his ass with brutal clubs to the back and knees to the face, and doesn't even seem all that bothered by this. He slams Hogan as hard as he can, and Hogan lets out a scream when he lands. Andre steps and walks on his back and has this amazing evil smile as he does it. HE PICKS HOGAN UP BY THE TIGHTS AND THROWS HIM INTO THE CORNER. He wreaks his back and then targets the ribs with shoulderblocks, and Hogan's selling is incredible as he's dead on his feet with no answer in sight. Fuck that, he fires back with a series of punches and chops and actually backs him into the corner and then slams his head into the buckles as hard as he can. He runs in for something, but Andre cracks him in the mouth with a gross boot and crumples him. Andre locks in the famous bearhug and wears him down for a while, and it's super tight and mean as possible. And while Andre's doco makes it clear that Andre is cooked and needed to lean on Hogan for a while, you can't actually see it unless you're really looking for it. Hogan fires back again with punches to get free and keeps at it, but Andre drops him again with a chop to the throat, and then kicks him to the floor. Andre tries to slam him on the post but Hogan moves, and Andre eats it. Hogan pulls the mat up and tries to piledrive him, but Andre backdrops him and Hogan lands on his hip on the ground. They get back in AND HOGAN HITS A RUNNING LARIAT AND FINALLY DROPS HIM. HE HULKS UP AND THEN

HE SLAMMED HIM. HE HITS THE RUNNING LEGDROP AND GETS THE 3. MY GOD.
***1/2

"I NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD BE DONE, GORILLA"-Jesse.

The fans are beyond hyped and loud as Hogan looks near tears as all the emotions pour out. Bobby is PISSED and Andre is complete shock. They get on the cart as Bobby drops his head down and can't even look, and Andre points at Hogan to let him know this ain't close to being over.

Hogan poses to close an all timer of a show.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

I'M BAAAACK. OHHHHHH YEAH DIG IT

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Ricky Steamboat-29/3/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
April 4th, 1987
Dayton, OH

Match#1 Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Iron Sheik w/Slick
Hack rushes him right away and throws him around, and basically forces Sheiky to bump for the first time in months. Hacksaw has a cut in saying he's going to take on any man one on one. Sheik catches him with a kick to the guts with the loaded boot to stop him and then goes for the eyes, and Jesse says that's why he loves him so much. Slick hits Duggan with the cane and then Nik runs down and breaks it over Duggan's face over and over and busts him wide open. He throws him back in for the DQ
**

Post match, they kick the shit out of him until the Bees make the save. Hacksaw runs through the crowd and poses with his bloody face as he leads the USA chants. HOOOOOOOO TOUGH GUY.

WWF UPDATE-
-Mr Fuji has bought Kamala from the Wizard.
-Wizard says only Fuji can lead the big black man to the future, which is new level of awful.

Outback Jack doesn't know how to use a bed like Mick Dundee. Wish Vince had watched Mad Max, but his taste is pretty bad.

Match#2 The Killer Bees vs Iron Mike Sharpe & Jimmy Jack Funk
Fine 3 minutes for the Bees who kill sometimes. Hart Foundation have a cut in calling them cheaters who don't deserve a title shot against honest men like them. Dropkick ends it
*1/2

Mean Gene-
-Randy Savage is standing behind a chain link fence and looks close to snapping.
-Gene runs down the card and Randy loses it and shouts to get to his match.
-Gene says he will be facing Ricky in a steel cage match.
-On May the 1st all hell will come to Ricky and there will be nothing after for Ricky and he knows it. He had him pinned 10 times at Mania, and Tunney was the man with and in jealously who stopped him from winning. History will be made.
-Sadly i don't have the footage of this because HOLY SHIT.

Nikolia and co come out for their squash and attack Hunter before they sing. Hacksaw runs out with his head all bloody and taped up and runs them off with the 2X4

He leads the USA chant. HOOOOOOOO

Mean Gene-
-Boston return is May 2nd with Harts vs. Bulldogs with Danny Davis barred from Boston, and Hogan vs. Race for the belt
-Hogan comes in and says he just came off WrestleMania, dude, and nothing can stop him. He says Bobby keeps sending one man after another at him. He says all the king's horses and all the king's men won't be able to put Harley Race back together again.

Match#3 Jake Roberts vs The Raider
Raider attacks from behind like a real coward and Jake takes a great beating for him bouncing himself all over the place. HTM has a cut in saying someone is going to wear the guitar before the night is over. We get a shot of Jesse eating a WWF Ice Cream Bar!! Jake fires back back with the knee lift and kicks the shit out of him and nails the DDT to win.
**

Post match, Jake drops Damien onto Raider.

George Steele enjoys a WWF Ice Cream Bar, Somewhere a young CM Punk is happy as hell.

Match#4 Demolition w/Johnny V vs Brad Rehginens & Silvi Afi
Demo debut an instrumental version of the famous theme, and we are SO close to greatness. Short and amazing clubbling session from the boys as they crush and smash these dweebs in epic stiff and mean as hell fashion. V has a cut in saying everything is fine with the Dream Team, and they need to focus on Demo. Decapitation kills Afi
*3/4

Mean Gene covers the Wrestlemania results

in a pre-tape, we cover the history of Ken Patera's rise to wrestling and weightlifting to his stint in jail for throwing a rock through a window of McDonalds. They end it by saying Bobby Heenan's influence is the reason he went down this path, which feels like blaming someone else and not taking responsibility for your crap actions.

Match#5 King Harley Race w/Bobby Heenan vs Don Driggers.
60 killer seconds of the King bashing some bums head in as we're now finally getting Race vs Hogan. Fisherman's Buster ends it.
*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Ricky Steamboat-29/3/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
April 5th, 1987
Columbus, OH

Match#1 The Islanders vs Al Nararro & Mike Sharpe
Bobby clowns on them for being stupid and needing help to ever win a match, and i wonder.... Fun squash from the fellas they kick and chop super hard as always, and Mike takes some wild bumps for them because he's the best. Giant splash off the top ends it.
**

In the back, Randy is fired up. He shouts there is no Mr Nice guy anymore and if anyone like Hogan or Tunney wants to put on pink tights and fight him, they will see the difference in him. YEAH DIG IT.

They replay the Patera video, and Bobby is none too pleased.

Match#2 Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart vs Silvi Afi
HTM has a cut in saying he can carry the guitar if Jake can carry a snake. He's either going to play it, or put in someone's face. Good fired up squash from HTM as he's throwing some real nice punches and decking this dork over and over. SRR ends it.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Outback Jack is our guest.
-He talks about Hogan helping him with a diet to lose weight and he's very thankful for him. Outback says he's not a star at all, and Gene quickly has to save him and say he's a star showing WWF is worldwide. Goodness this sucks.

Match#3 Billy Jack Haynes vs The Gladiator
The good string of squashes stop with this silly bastard being bad. Butch Reed has a cut in saying BJH lacks all the natural things he has, and he's going to show him. Full Nelson does it.
1/2*

Mean Gene-
-Paul Roma is working very hard and loves having the people behind him. He wants the biggest and best wrestlers to face so he can reach the top of the peak.
-He talks about working out and it's very lame.

Match#4 Kamala w/Mr Fuj & Kimchee vs Sam Cody
Fuck yeah. Big clubs and fat offence on the jobber, and i love it so, so much. Air Kamala ends it.
*3/4

It's time for the Snake Pit. Jake says he's earned his label in life by doing whatever it takes. Blackjack Mulligan walks on with two ice cream bars and shares one with Jake, and Jake says maybe a man of his size shouldn't be eating something like that. Jack says he loves it and he even puts BBQ sauce to make it taste better. Jake bites some of it and nearly vomits as a result. Jack says he carries a 6 pack of these on the range.

Match#5 Outlaw Ron Bass vs Joe Mirto
Hey, he's finally on TV after months away. Awesome squash as he lays in some nasty stiff shots and belts the dog shit out of the old man, and it's a great beating. Back Elbow gets it done.
**

In a pre-tape, Outback Jack wants to swim in a river and nearly gets arrested.

Match#6 Greg Valentine w/Johnny V & Dino Bravo vs Jerry Allen
Brutus has a cut in saying the nightmare is about to begin now that's he's outside looking in. Short and killer Hammer outing with a million elbows and knees in between giving the kid a little because he's a nice old man. Figure Four does it.
*1/2

Mean Gene-
-Jimmy Hart & Danny Davis are the guests.
-Jimmy and Gene trade barbs about whose better dressed, and Gene says he's never stolen anything from the 50's in his life.
-Davis says he's coming after Koko first for some revenge and then he's going to work his way up the ladder to prove to Tunney he made a mistake.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Ricky Steamboat-29/3/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
April 11th, 1987
Las Vegas, NV

We open up with a recap of Hacksaw vs Sheiky/Nik.

Match#1 Koko B Ware vs Jimmy Jack Funk
WOOOOO. Koko is on one tonight as he kills him with a pinpoint dropkick to the skull and unloads one of the smoothest and coolest squashes he's given us thus far. Super clean and a blast and them some as he batters this dweeb. He gives him some token offence before shutting him down and obliterating him with the Ghostbuster.
**

WWF UPDATE-
-Mr Fuji has now bought Demo from Johnny V
-FUCK YEAH
-Smash says they were put on this earth to demolish people and it doesn't matter where or when, just do it when Fuji says. Ax says they'll be successful as long as they listen to Fuji. Whoever steps to them is going down because they want to be the best, and no one will stand in their way.
-Fuji says they'll make the bones crackle under his guidance. He now has his face painted like them as well.

Match#2 The New Dream Team w/Johnny V vs John Kinski & Tom Sharpe
Hammer and Bravo are now a team, and Hammer stops getting to do cool shit for a long time because of this. This horrible as it's 90% of Bravo doing bad offence and looking like he's got zero clue on how to actually wrestle, and it's just the worst. He wins with his terrible sidewalk slam
1/2*

Mean Gene-
Adrian Adonis now has a shaved head and looks SO different. He says there are no more rules now that Brutus has gotten into his world, and he's going to take a pipe and smash his brains in until he can't take it anymore. He will never see the sun rise again after he stopped him from hurting Piper. He's gotta pay the man.

Match#3 Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart vs Jim Young
Jimmy has a giant "BAN THE DDT" sign in black and pink, and the fans have never hated more than this moment. Another good HTM squash as he's finally found a good balance of stooging and hard hitting work when called upon, and i dig it for the most part. SSR ends it.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Jake says he knows Gene loves leather and he knows he's the nightrider late at night.
-In Boston its his time to do something he needs to do. He's not having fun and he's only smiling to cover up how he's feeling right now. Be weary of the patient man as he's going to burn it all down. He can hit the DDT with one arm, so imagine what he can do with two of em. He's going to have his way with Honky.


Match#4 The Rougeau Brothers vs. Terry Gibbs & Bill Howard
Hell yeah the brothers get some time to do their thing and it's once more so smooth and crisp, and far beyond what most anyone is doing on TV at this point. They break out the WGTT leap frog crusher to the back and hit it twice, and then hit the seated senton to win.
**

In a pre-tape, Miss Elizabeth says Randy has never been this cruel or possessed and she doesn't know how to deal with it.

We now go to Ricky and his wife in their home. He speaks about Mania 3 being the sweetest victory, but he has more good news. His wife announces they have a dragon in the oven and they are very excited. Ricky says if Randy thinks he can take this away from him and take his soul and heart, it will never happen.

This is HORRIBLE news as the kid being born will lead to Ricky wanting time off and Vince taking the title off him far sooner than anyone planed, and we get a million months of HTM's nonsense. Fuck them kids.

We now find Randy backstage where an interviewer tries to speak to him, and he screams no comment before leaving. He hears the guy says he may never regain the title, AND RUNS BACK IN AND SAYS HE'S GOING TO GET THE TITLE BACK REAL SOON. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT AND NEVER SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THAT. FRIEND OR FOE, GET OUT OF HIS WAY BECAUSE HE'S GETTING THE TITLE BACK. YEAH DIG IT.

We go to part 2 of the Patera video. Gene speaks about Heenan moulding Ken from champion wrestler to unhinged monster overnight. It ends with Ken being locked behind bars.

Match#5 Hercules w/Bobby Heenan vs Billy Anderson
Short and nothing Herc squash as he's not getting any better no matter how hard they try to fix it. BJH has a cut in saying this is far from over and he's coming for him. Full Nelson ends it
1/2*

Post match, Herc beats the kid up some more to send a message.

In another pre-tape, Brutus Beefcake talks about his mum having no idea he would be the chosen one to take away Adonis' hair and he has to go on and take care of the rest.

They air another AA promo with nothing new said.

Match#6 The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart & Danny Davis vs SD Jones & Rick Hunter
Heck yeah, what an episode. Anvil hits hard and laughs a lot, and Bret is improving at the scariest rate possible as he's gone from amazing to this freakish demigod. Hart Attack does the job.
**

Post match, they try to attack, but the Dogs run out with Matilda and chase them off.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Ricky Steamboat-29/3/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
April 12th, 1987
Columbus, OH

Match#1 Tito Santana & The British Bulldogs vs Barry O, The Gladiator & Jimmy Jack Funk
Classic B show nonsense with this trio getting a few minutes to showcase how good they are. Not bitching or anything, just funny it happens here and not on the A show. They smoothy wreak these doofus with fire offence that pinballs them all over. They kick the shit out of them, and Tito wins with the Forearm.
*3/4

Match#2 Butch Reed w/Slick vs Silvi Afi
Butch is very angry this week and he takes out on Silvi. loads of strikes and choking the kid in between some sweet trash talking, and it's my kind of squash. Gorilla Press does it.
**

Mean Gene-
-The Rougeau's talk about Hammer and Bravo doing it the wrong way by cheating and being lazy, and that's not how their uncle and father taught them how to wrestle and they'll teach them. They will give Dino a ticket back home and send Hammer along with him.
-Beefer is going to cut and strut is way to some gold.

Match#3 The Killer Bees vs Rick Renslow & Al Navarro
They're back in those stupid masks again and i hate them now, so thanks for that. Short and lame and a big waste of my time as well, so yeah not happy at all. Dropkick ends it.
Poop

Mean Gene
-Steve Lombardi says Roma has nothing to say or do when it comes to fighting him, so he better not show up. He doesn't need a manger because he does what he wants when he wants. He says Danny Davis was a fair ref who played by the book, and WWF was jealous of him and that's why they gave him the boot.
-He praises Jimmy Hart making it easy for others to become better.
-B show giving me more Lombardi is why i review this btw,

They replay the Ken video,

Match#4 King Harley Race w/Bobby Heenan vs Jim Young
Love having Bobby follow the Ken videos as it sets up all the different family members who might fight him. Race takes this guys head off right away with a sick lariat and kicks his face in, and i adore old man Race getting closer and closer to the end and using the last of his skills to murder anyone who dares to fuck with him. Fisherman's Buster ends it.
*3/4

The Snake Pit is next. Jake says he's wicked but always fair in his ways no matter the game he's playing. His guest is the toughest and meanest man in Texas, Ron Bass. Ron says people get nicknames a lot of ways some from their mama or friends, bur he wasn't given that name he earned it from the fans, boys and promoters. Jake brings up Blackjack being bigger and from Texas, and Ron says he's a yellar coward just like the rest of his family.

Recap of Hacksaw vs Sheiky and the aftermath.

In a pre-tape, Johnny V says he has to focus on the Dream Team fully and that's why he gave up Demo to Fuji. Brutus is going to pay for it.

Match#5 Demolition w/Mr Fuji vs ??
Jobbers aren't named and this is JIP, but still really fun for what we get because Demo just have that thing about them and can kill it no matter what, Clubbering and smashing happens as Heenan riffs and makes it very funny. Decapitation ends it.
*3/4

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Ricky Steamboat-29/3/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
April 18th, 1987
Las Vegas, NV

Match#1 The Can-Am-Connection vs Dusty Wolfe & Barry O
The boys get nearly 5 minutes in a wild, wild choice. Like, Martel is one of the best in the company as he's beyond smooth and crisp and can more tham handle his head, but Zenk is a lost sheep and not built for this at all. The highlight is Jesse getting angry at 15 year old girls liking them and wanting something to be done about it. Martel breaks out these wild dropkicks and armdrags and looks so good, and it's very funny when he does double teams with Tom and it looks bad on Zenk's end and makes him look even better. Slingshot Splash ends it.
*1/2

WWF UPDATE-
-Brutus says Adonis got what he deserved because he's a walking waste unit. This new Dream Team doesn't scare him, and he's man enough to fight all 3 of them and take the beating and pounding like a man should.
-Lets see how you like the NEW Brutus Beefcake.

Outback Jack and Hillbilly Jim talk about all the different animals they eat that they find off the road.

Match#2 Ron Bass vs Alex Knight
Jesse asks Bruno if he's eaten any of that food they were talking about, and Bruno says he's not brave enough. Good Bass squash as he's hitting hard and throwing the kid around and as he's slower and stoic, it comes off even scarier as he's in no rush to kill. He has a cut in saying Blackjack needs to stop hiding and come fight him. Bass lets the jobber punch him a few times in the face, and then beats his head in revenge. Back Elbow does it.
**

Mean Gene-
-Gene hypes Steamer/Savage in the cage, which we can't see.
-The Bulldogs walk on and say they're very happy Davis has been banned from ringside, They're more mean and viscous than ever before, and they're talking those titles away from them.

Match#3 Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Tiger Chung Lee
HOOOOOOOOOO Hacksaw finally gets to squash this big fella and it warms my heart because it's a damn long time coming. Lots of hard shots and funny Hack moments as he's just a touch goofy even when kicking some ass. Slick has a cut in calling Hack a buckethead and gets Nik to sing his anthem. Hack overcomes some Tiger offence on the arm, which he sells ok to his credit, He fires back and kills him with the 3 Point Stance, HOOOOOOOO TOUGH GUY
*3/4

Mean Gene-
- Gene hypes up the upcoming House Show on the 18th in MSG.
-Hogan will face Race for the world title.
-Hogan says he's seen Race use that criminal head to hurt people and he's seen him even miss and take no pain to himself, and he's watching out for that. He's got a lot going for him, but he doesn't have the people on his side and they're coming for him.

In a pre-tape, Fuji is with Kamala and Sika eating raw fish and getting ready to go to war. WWF 87 is so much fun.

Match#3 Sika & Kamala w/Mr Fuji & Kimchee vs Jerry Allen & Jesse Cortez
My actual dream team come to life in cartoon fashion. Wild men doing wild men things to young pretty boys as Fuji laughs and smiles at the evil taking place. Pro Wrestling, baby. Kamala wins with his splash.
*3/4

We go to a pre-tape with Blackjack on the land. He says Ronnie Bass better keep his dirty mouth shut about his family, or he's going to get it behind the barn. He talks about his girlfriend having a big butt you can't miss and being able to chew tobacco better than any man he knows. I think Jack wants to have a threesome, but i could be wrong.

Match#4 Jake Roberts vs Joe Mirto
This episode fucking rules. He's working headlocks and arms along with the wicked punches and knees, and he's so good at squashes that he fits right in as a face. HTM has a cut in asking for the DDT to be banned even though he's not afraid of it, but it needs to be done for the fans sake. AMAZING. Vince says next week it will be Islanders/Afi vs Shiek/Nik/Butch. Promoting matches a week before during the show is crazy cool. DDT ends the fun.
**

Post match, Jake drops Damien onto the jobber. Jesse rightly points out that Vince used to hate this, and now he loves it. Yeah, get em.

We go to part 3 of Ken's story. Gene covers Ken throwing the rock through the window and getting arrested. To this day, Ken said it was a guy who worked there and he was framed. Either way, he got 2 years for it, which is insane to even think about. Gene says in a world where the worst criminals get light terms or off Scott free, Ken went down for it and he wants to change his life. Ken says he takes ownership of what happened as no one is above the law. He blames Heenan for corrupting him and then leaving him sitting in jail for two years without a call or a letter. He says he bought disgrace onto himself and his family, and he's going to rid the world of Bobby Heenan.

Match#5 King Harley Race w/Bobby Heenan vs Billy Anderson
Bobby has a cut in saying not to blame him for getting caught and having a big mouth. He's the brain and Ken is garbage. Another short but awesome Race beating as he gets the most out of 90 seconds like very few can. Fisherman ends it.
*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Ricky Steamboat-29/3/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
April 19th, 1987
Columbus, OH

Match#1 Koko B Ware vs Bill Howard
Bobby wonders if Koko wears a glove because the bird bit him. Nowhere near as amazing as last time as the jobber is fat and old and really gets too much in, sadly. Koko fires back and ends it with the Ghostbuster.
3/4*

Match#2 The New Dream Team w/Johnny V vs Paul Roma & Jim Powers
Some real young stallions here tonight, folks. They have some nice offence as they're far better together than alone, and the heels actually bump around for them and make them look good. Hammer takes over after and they kick the snot out of Powers, and it's better than the last time thanks to Bravo being mostly kept away. He gets in at the end and hits the Sidewalk and Hammer locks in the FF to win.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Bulldogs says nothing new as they suck at promos at this point and not even Gene can help them out.

Match#3 Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Terry Gibbs
Hack throws some wild windmill punches and hurls a real big boy around the ring for some impressive work, and i dig it a ton. Hack keeps cracking him as hard as he can and lets nothing get in the way of it. 3 Point ends the fun.
**

Mean Gene-
-Demo get mad at Gene for getting them confused. Smash says they're destruction and live and love to beat people up. Ax says when they wrestle it's a demolition derby and they don't wrestle, they just hurt people under Dr Sick Fuji's orders. He's going to take them to the very top and as long as they listen all the way, the gold will go to them. They're coming for EVERYBODY.

Match#4 Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart vs Jerry Allen
More good stuff from HTM as he's getting better at squashes, but real matches are yet to be truly seen and i got a bad feeling he might let us down. Still, he drills the kid with some sick knees and punches and even beats him up on the outside, so yeah good times. SSR does it.
**

They replay Ricky and Bonnie's promo.

Buy the WWF Ice Cream Bars.

Match#5 Jake Roberts vs Dusty Wolfe
Jake beats up a smaller jobber this week, and he uses it well as he throws him with ease and really cripples him given the chance. DDT does the job.
**

Post match, the jobber meets Damien.

Match#6 Hercules w/Bobby Heenan vs Tommy Sharpe
Well they can't all be winners thanks to Herc. Bad and lame and stupid, and i want him to go away. Full Nelson ends our pain.
Smelly Farts

Mean Gene-
-The Entire Hart Foundation are here.
-Bret says since they stole Danny's job, they would not turn their backs on him and let him into the Foundation. Anvil says they tried to call Tonga, but they only one phone and it wasn't working. hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaahhahahahahah
-Bret says they're the best in the world and it's not even a debate, or worth speaking about.

NEXT WEEK. ISLANDERS VS ROUGEAUS. HOLY SHIT.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Ricky Steamboat-29/3/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
April 25th, 1987
Las Vagas, NV

To kick us off, Roma and Powers promise to give Demo 110% and all they can handle. They're young up an comers, but they're ready for a fight.

Match#1 Demolition w/Mr Fuji vs Paul Roma & Jim Powers.
Demo prove that promo to be bluster as they KILL them with a million nasty shots and throws for 2 minutes and change. Sans music, the boys are pretty much here and it's fucking perfect. Fuji has a cut in saying they'll make them very ugly. Ax throws knees to the back of Powers and each one looks insane as Powers dies over and over as he's stuck against the ropes. Roma gets in and tries to help, but nah he dies like the rat he is. Gross Decapitation ends it
**

WWF UPDATE-
-Danny Davis says now all the wrestlers can see what he does, and he promises not to hurt them.

Match#2 Tito Santana vs Ed Dean
TITO IS BACK DOING HIS THING. Wonderful 2 minute fired up squash as he unloads all the classic Tito offence into a big jobber. Butch has a cut in ranting about what Tito did to him at Mania, and he's going to teach him a lesson and show why he belongs to him. Woooooo. Tito wins with the Forearm.
**

Mean Gene-
-Gene has Lord Hayes as his guest to talk about Hogan vs Race.
-Hayes says Race has never lost in the WWF, but Boston is Hogan's stomping grounds and this will be one for the ages.
-Brutus says AA thought it was very funny when he cut his hair, and he was simply returning the favour. He's going to turn him into a human billboard for pollution in Boston.
-Johnny V calls Brutus the weak link and challenges him to a match,

Match#3 Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart vs Tommy Sharpe
HTM now gets 3 minutes to work, and it's mostly fine as his offence is good, and we get some stooging and shit talking from him and Jimmy. HTM has a cut in begging the fans to help ban the DDT. SSR ends it.
*

Post match, HTM gets the guitar as he knows the fans want him to sing and dance. He does just that.

Mean Gene-
-Gene and Hayes cover more of the card.
-They replay Hogan's promo.

Match#4 The Killer Bees vs Steve Lombardi & Iron Mike Sharpe
Our wonderful jobbers carry these toolboxes for a couple of minutes with fun offence and big bumps, and it's a crime they're not the pushed team. They have a cut in challenging the Stallions. AMAZING. Bees win with some bullshit.
3/4*

We go to the 4th part of our Ken series. He greets Gene out the front of the jail and says he's free at last and no longer under Bobby's influence. He works out a lot and keeps shouting that Bobby sold him down the river and he will pay for it.

We go to Bobby Heenan with Gene. He says he gave Ken the best living possible when he had stupid medals like a boy scout on his chest. Shut your big mouth. Gene floats the idea of a debate between the two next week, and Bobby actually agrees to it.

Match#5 Blackjack Mulligan & Billy Jack Haynes vs Dave Wagner & Rick Renslow
EWWWWWWWW BROTHER WHAT'S THAT. EWWWWW BROTHER.

Hacksaw is sitting in the front row watching the main event. The heels try to kick him out, but he shows he has a ticket and sits back down.

Match#6 The Islanders & Silvi Afi vs Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff & Butch Reed w/Slick
Butch vs the Islanders is amazing and cool as shit, and almost makes up for the rest of the trash in this match. Sadly, the trash is too much and hurts us. Reed at least kills Afi with the Press Slam.
1/2*

Post match, the heels beat the crap out of the jobbers until Hacksaw makes the save. HOOOOOOOOOO