Donnie watches WWF 1987

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
July 18th, 1987
Indianapolis, IN

Match#1 The Junkyard Dog, Hillbilly Jim, & Billy Jack Haynes vs Don Muraco, Bob Orton Jr., & Ron Bass
OH MY GOD. Only 2 minutes sadly, but still some killer displays of offence from the amazing heel trip beating the shit out of these jokers, and then bumping big for them. Don and Bob start having problems after Jim boots Orton to the floor and Don goes to check on him, AND BOB THROWS HIM INTO THE RAIL AND YELLS AT HIM. THEY ARGUE AS THE REF COUNTS THEM OUT. BOOOO
*1/2

Post match, Don walks out on him.

WWF UPDATE-


Match#2 One Man Gang w/Slick vs Sonny Rodgers
Sick as hell 90 seconds from Gang. Dude holds noting back as he picks the kid up and crushes him with his wonderful fat man offence. Slick has a cut in saying he has Bam Bam in the stable. OMG throws sick punches to the chest before hitting the Gordbuster to win.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Gene brings on Hogan and talks about something that happened to Hogan that we haven't seen yet, so i won't spoil it.

Watch Predator.

Match#3 The Rougeau Brothers vs The Shadows
The Brothers get 3 minutes play and kill it as always with a ton of the coolest stuff they can think of from dropkicks to gross double teams. Flying Senton crushes one of them to death for the win.
**

Mean Gene=
-BJH & Patera will be facing Demo in San Fransisco, but we have no footage.
-The Bulldogs give Matilda some of the Ice Cream Bars.

Match#4 Demolition w/Mr Fuji vs Scott Casey & Omar Atlas
Fuck yeah, Casey is an all time jobber. Demo club the dog shit out of him like never before as they not only wreak his back, but smash his face off the mat when he lands each time. Fuji has a cut in saying Heenan, Hart, V and Slick are all in dream land as he has Bam Bam. Atlas gets his head taken off to give Demo the win.
**

It's time for the Snake Pit. Jake says you have to make lots of sacrifices when you do this for a living, and he really thought this man had no chance at Mania, but he's an unstoppable avalanche. Hogan walks on and says Hulkamania has been running wild for 3 years and the next #1 contender is a dude he feels bad for because he's going to take them out. Fuji and Khan walk on, and Fuji says darkness is here and he's the devil. Hogan says the brightest light is Hulkamania and he sees no darkness. Fuji says maybe he was to see the darkness, AND KHAN SPRAYS THE MIST IN HIS FACE AND WALKS OFF. FUCK YEAH. Jake checks on him and calls for help. Gorilla comes out and helps Jake take Hogan to the back. Amazing stuff.





Match#5 Brutus Beefcake vs Pete Sanchez
Another short one for Beefer at about 60 seconds and change. Sleeper ends it.
1/2*

Post match, the haircut and aftermath happens.

Butch Reed does his pose set to the most porn soundtrack you've ever heard. God Bless.

Mean Gene-
-Jimmy Hart says he's the only one who has footage of Bam Bam, and everyone needs to back off.
-We get a close up of the famous head tattoo and then see his face for the first time.
-Jesse and Vince are terrified of him.

Match#6 The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs Mike Richards & Jerry Allen
Jesus, what an episode of riches and glory. Sick as hell for 2 minutes as the boys do their thing and kill it. Anvil gets more time this week and lays into the kids with gross shots before the Hart Attack ends it.
**

Post match, they attack the jobbers and hit another one just to do it.

Mean Gene-
Randy says he would die of exhaustion than starvation and that means he's going to the top or die trying as he fights to be the man to beat Hulk Hogan, He is the future of this world.
-Randy says Macho Madness is the key word right there and that's all he has to say.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF SPECTRUM-18/7

Rick Rude vs Scott Casey
Vince stole one half of the NWA World Tag Team Champions like a massive dick, and we all reap the benefits because Rude is the best. Rick stalls and stooges for the opening 5 or so and it's very fun as he's already great at it, and i want him to get his ass kicked. Casey goes on a run of token offence when he gets to him and works the arm, and it's not too shabby at all. Rude fights back and shows a lot, but he's still rough around the edges in terms of how good it all looks and lands, and i assume that will change in the next year or so. Also, this is far too long at 11 minutes, so a lot working against it. Rick wins with a Slingshot Supelx.
*3/4

One Man Gang w/Slick vs Outback Jack
Pure insanity has me watching this, also my love of OMG. Still, Jack is bloody awful at every aspect of pro wrestling from selling to offence, but OMG is at least a sick brick wall who refuses to let him do much and mostly cracks him. He stands on his back and beats him down with his fat offence, and it's mean and gross looking as he's dropping ALL of it down on Jack time and time again. OMG wins with the Gorbuster.
*1/2

Rick Martel vs Tama w/Haku
Zenk is gone because he allegedly couldn't hack the insane schedule of the WWF and left during the night, and Rick will never speak to him again. NEVERMIND THAT SHIT, RICK RUSHES THE RING AND KILLS THEM BOTH WITH DROPKICKS AND DARES THEM TO FIGHT HIM. What a guy. Rick uses his amazing speed to control Tama for a while and makes him madder and madder as he can't do anything about it. Rick keeps doing it until Tama catches him with a wicked Hot Shot to crush his throat, and starts unloading a killer to his neck Fantastic work on it as he uses his great strikes and the ring ropes to disable him, and Martel's selling is tremendous as hell. Tama cuts him off in brutal fashion and wreaks him with a nerve hold for a good few minutes. We get an amazing shot of Haku sitting on a chair just vibing as this is going on. Tama goes for the kill on the neck, but Martel fires back when Tama misses a dive. He kicks the shit out of him while selling like death. Tama tries another dive but Martel rolls through to get the win.
**3/4

Post match, the islanders kick him to death and lay him out with the headbutts

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
July 19th, 1987
Louisville, KY

We start the shot with Heenan saying he has footage of Bam Bam. This story is perfect.

Match#1 Kamala & Sika w/ Mr. Fuji & Kimchee vs Sonny Rogers & Lanny Poffo
60 second monster mele as always. Samoan Drop and Splash ends it.
*

They show more footage of Davis being a bad ref.

Match#2 Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart vs Scott Casey
Good 2 minutes for HTM as Casey helps him a lot with big bumps and sells for everything he's hit with. SRR ends it.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-JYD is now super fat and even Gene says he's never seen him bigger and better.
-JYD loves coke and whatnot.

Match#3 The Can-Am-Connection vs The Shadows
The last time we'll see the boys together, and the last Zenk match for a long while depending on other reviews. They get 4 minutes to do it and it's a blast like always as they've got this down pat with amazing offence and great selling when needed. Doomsday Dropkick ends it
**

Mean Gene-
-Tito is pissed at DIBiase for thinking he can come in and just buy the world title when you need to earn it. He will not allow him to buy it or anyone, my man.
-Tito is also pissed that it took 10 months for Davis to be fired after all he did.

Match#4 Jake Roberts vs Dusty Wolfe
Jake is limited to 90 seconds again while others get 2 or more. Good stuff though as Jake is on one and knees the kid all over place and even knees him to the floor for a nasty bump. DDT ends it.
*

Post match, the jobber meets Damien.

They show Bobby's footage which is exactly what Jimmy showed. I smell a rat.

Match#5 Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth vs Silvi Afi
Randy has a brand new diamond studded ring robe for another all time look for the best ever. This fucking rocks as Randy gives the dweeb something and bumps big before ripping his head off and kicks the hell out of him as only he can. Elbow does it.
**

Mean Gene-
-Mr Fuji walks on with a jumper pack and says he gives his boys this for fun.
-Demo talk about Fuji wanting them to break bones and the fans need to know they're going to do it every single time.
-Ax says they get a charge out of their work every time and they get a little nasty and maybe if they study hard, they'll be as nasty as Fuji. The tag titles are coming to them.
-Gene asks if this is what means to be on the juice as everyone laughs. AMAZING.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
July 25th, 1987
Glens Falls, NY

Running a show in Hacksaw's home town after you fire him is some nasty work, Vince.

Vince shockingly shows pics of Ricky Steamboat's new kid.

Match#1 Koko B Ware vs Barry Horowitz
The GOAT jobber is here and all is well in the world. He takes some insane bumps for Koko and looks like he wants to die each time, and my goodness do i adore him. Ghostbuster ends the fun in about a minute or so. Barry took it ALL on his neck btw.
*

WWF UPDATE-
-Craig covers DiBiase buying anything and everything he wants
-We see footage of of him at a house show making Virgil take his shoes off and then paying a fan $100 to kiss his feet.

BREAKING NEWS-TOM ZENK HAS QUIT THE WWF
-Martel is sad that when times got tough his partner left him, but he's not a quitter and he's a fighter and he's going to finish what they started.

Match#2 The Islanders w/Bobby Heeanan vs Scott Casey & SD Jones
Bobby has a cut in saying maybe that other guy was smart as he left in one piece, and Martel needs to do the same. This fucking rocks as the boys beat the shit out of some very good jobbers with all that sick offence, and they seem angrier than normal in a great way to add to all the things happening. Double Headbutt ends it.
**

Mean Gene-
-Gene hypes up tonight's MSG show
-HF are here and say the dog will be drooling more than ever tonight as she trying to eat the last of the trash, and this is just like the Bulldogs last ever shot.
-Bret has lost his voice but says Gene has been to the parties and seen all the ladies and they take a lot of pride in what they do as the best in the world and as champions. Tonight, this ENDS.

We get a great music video of the DDT.

Match#3 Outlaw Ron Bass vs Lanny Poffo
Short one for Bass, but still very brutal and cool as he punches the heck out of poor old Lanny. He gives a lot and even the Moonsualt is hit before he breaks his head with a jaw and wins with the Proto-Pedigree
*

POST MATCH, HE HITS LANNY WITH BETSY THE ROPE.

Mean Gene-
-Hulk Hogan poses the pythons to the camera as he walks on.
-Since this match has ALL the attention and has the dpt of Hulkamania's war crimes on this and he's been told to seek and destroy as all of America is behind him and will back him. If he gets his hands on Fuji, you couldn't even imagine what he would do to him. He'd put him on trial and then squeeze the life out of him. He's going to slam Khan through the roof, Jack,

They show the Bam video again.

Match#4 Superstar Billy Graham vs Steve Lombardi
Ah man, we can't avoid this anymore. He's old and bloated as he's on the gas and looks near death. Lombardi takes wild and crazy bumps for all of it, but Billy's offence is dogshit and makes him look the fool by going so wild for all of it. Sleeper ends it.
POOP

For the first time ever, we go to the stage in the crowd where Craig is standing by with Butch and Slick
-Butch says he's seen what Billy did and he's not impressed one bit because he's not a natural man at all. He's got all the power here and he and Slick aren't impressed.
-Butch says that sleeper is nothing like his Gorilla Press like he does. He challenges him to a pose down next week.
-Hate this feud a ton, but it's so cool to see such a cool interview segment debut.

Match#5 The Killer Bees vs Iron Mike Sharpe & Tiger Chung Lee
3 minutes of the Bees in the masks doing masks things and it's fine and ok, but Jesus i hate those bloody masks as it's heel as heel gets. After a lot of dropkicks, slams and lariats, a flying Dropkick ends it.
*

We go to all the mangers pleading their case to Bam Bam to sign with them.

Match#6 Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth vs Omar Atlas
Two more fantastic minutes for the Macho God. He again just batters the guy with insane stiff strikes and throws him like a bag of shit that means nothing to him. Best dude ever. Elbow Drop ends it.
**

In the back, Billy accepts the challenge.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF MSG-25/7

Rick Martel vs Tama w/Haku
The Islanders jump him, BUT MARTEL GOES INSANE AND KICKS THEM IN THE FACE WITH A DROPKICK AND BEGS THEM TO TAKE HIM ON. FUCK YEAH, MARTEL. Tama gets in and we get another killer opening fight between them with so many cool strikes and bumps, and i can not fucking wait for Strike Force to debut. Rick finally snaps and kicks Tama in the dick and works on his FOOT in such a great idea. He cranks the hell out of it and also hurts the knee in between as Tama can't fight him off, and it's a very unique and cool thing to see. Martel ramps it up and pulls the leg and foot back and forth as hard as he can, and Tama is screaming in pain and we get some killer camera shots of him in pain. Tama pulls at his hair to try and get out and finally pulls his head down and clubs the fuck out of him to get free! Tama limps on one foot as he tries to get back into it, but Martel kicks the leg and hits a MASSIVE one legged slam as he yanks the leg back and sends Tama right on his face. Jesus fuck. Rick goes for the finish, but Tama kicks him off and sends him to the concrete. Martel slowly climbs back in and Tama grabs him and throws him shoulder first into the post and Martel lands on the floor again right on it. Haku attack on the floor to make it worse, and Martel is cooked. Tama locks in the nerve hold like last time and gets a ton out of it as he's pushing down and clawing at it, and it's gross looking. Martel screams and fights like hell to try and get out, but Tama cuts him off. Tama's knee is still hurt as he sells it after he hits Martel in the guts with one, and it's awesome as shit he didn't forget about it and it's still hampering him. Tama's control turns to striking and roughousing, and he gets mad and more insane that he can't put Rick away. He slams his head off the buckles and the apron and Martel is loopy, and then Haku drives him into the rails as well. Rick gets back in and looks dead, BUT HE FIRES BACK WITH A KNEE TO THE FACE AND MOUNTS AN EPIC COMEBACK ON THE BIG MAN. He drops him with massive punches and elbows and ends him to the floor with one right to the fucking jaw, Rick slingshots him back and ties him in the ropes and punches the fuck out of him, AND HE HITS A RUNNING HEADBUTT RIGHT TO THE RIBS. OH MY GOD. RICK SENDS THE ISLANDERS CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER TO KNOCK HAKU OUT. TAMA KICKS HIM IN THE FACE AND GOES FOR THE CROSSBODY BUT RICK ROLLS THROUGH AND GETS THE 3. HOLY SHIT
****

Post match, the heels murder him with the double headbutt.

Honky Tonk Man (c) w/Jimmy Hart vs Ricky Steamboat (WWF Intercontiental Championship)
Steamer is back out of nowhere!!! He's rightly pissed and cracks him with those amazing punches to the face and chest and knocks all over, and HTM's bumping is the best he's given us so far as he's a maniac for all of it. Rocky won't let up as he follows him outside and kicks his ass there and keeps on him like a man possessed. He breaks out knees to the head and neck as well, and MSG is white hot for all of it. HTM finally manages a sledge to the back of the head to stop him and to take over, and his control is really fucking good as he's working as hard as possible beating the piss out of Ricky. Truly the best he's looked since he debuted, and good on for stepping up big time when it matters. His cutoffs are mean and good as well, and Ricky's selling is of course the best. HTM misses a charge and hurts his knee, and Steamer comes back and whips his ass. Jimmy gets involved and gets Ricky to chase after him, and he gets him to walk into a megaphone shot to the face!! Ricky somehow kicks out and comes back to life as he murders him for it. HTM catches him with a knee to cut him and locks in a long stretch before Ricky is able to reverse it and they fall to the floor. They have a punch off and Ricky smokes him and unloads a ton of them to the face as hard as he can. He hits him hard enough to knock him into the ropes where he does it again and again. RICKY HITS THE BIG CHOP TO KNOCK HTM TO THE FLOOR AND FOLLOWS HIM OUT AND PUNCHES HIM AGAIN, BUT HTM CRALWS OUT OF THE RUING AND HOLDS ONTO THE APRON AND THE REF COUNTS HIM OUT.
***1/4

Post match, Jimmy tries to attack but JYD makes the save and bites him.

The Hart Foundation (c) w/Jimmy Hart vs The British Bulldogs (WWF World Tag Team Championships)
The Dogs do their thing to start and batter them as it seems DK is healthy in body once more, and HF take some big bumps for them like always. Bret is isolated as the Dogs debut their infamous heel in peril thing where they dominate one of them for a long while in the oddest choice possible. The work is obviously awesome don't get me wrong, it's just super jarring to see it play out like this. Anvil hits DK from behind to take over in a smarter choice that rules as the boys do their thing beating this sack of piss up like he damn well deserves. Great work on his head from them, and he sells it really well as he looks near death the entire time. Killer cut offs on him and a cool false hot tag as the crowd gets more and more hot for the Dogs. DK finally gets free and gets Davey in there, and he goes postal on them with sick power moves and headbutts. He nails Bret with the Powerslam, but he gets his foot on the ropes just in time. DK snaps and headbutts Bret in the back of the fucking skull, and Davey press slams him nuts first on the ropes. Davey tries to suplex him back in, but Jimmy trips him and Bret lands on top and gets the 3.
**3/4

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
July 26th, 1987
Lake Placid, NY

Match#1 Ken Patera vs Al Navarro
Awful shit from this big lug once again. Only good thing is Heenan making fun of him being dumb and silly. Ken wins with s spinning Full Nelson to send a message.
1/2*

They replay Martel swearing to fight without his coward partner

Match#2 Demolition w/Mr Fuji vs Scott Casey & Steve Douglas
Fuck yeah, the boys get 3 minutes this time for a perfect squash. Mean and stiff as all hell as they just wreak these nerds like they damn well should. Ax throws some goddamn nasty elbows to the jaw and batters the kids with a ton of them, and Smash joins in the fun. Decapitation does the deed.
**

Mean Gene-
-Gene brings on the newest WWF Wrestler Rick Rude. He mentions he's associated with Heenan
-Rude calls him little man and says he's with Bobby for the money because he's the sexiest wrestler in the world and he's going to be riding in the back of the limos.
-Gene brings up Heenan making promises he can't keep, and Rude says that was the past and he's the future of pro wrestling and he has the #1 manager alive.
-He says Hogan and Savage will be going down along with everyone else.

Match#3 George Steele vs The Gladiator
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Really terrible stuff and he's far out lived his time in the ring. Hammerlock ends my pain.
5/6*

Mean Gene-
-Koko and Gene sing and dance and have a good time as always.
-Not much wrestling is talked about because it doesn't matter at all.

Match#4 Killer Khan w/Mr Fuji vs David Stoudemire
KK gets 3 minutes and lights this guy up with a series of wicked chops and kicks and other martial arts work, and it's a ton of fun. Flying Knee gets it done.
**

We go to the Snake Pit with Mr T. He says he's been chopping trees and eating them to get ready to make sure everything goes down fair and ok in the WWF. Danny Davis walks on and talks some very bad trash talk because he's a bum and this story has more than run its course. Jake scares him off with Damien.

Match#5 The Young Stallions vs Steve Lombardi & Barry Horowitz
KING OF THE JOBBERS HELL YEAH. Our heroes control Rat boy quick fast and kick the complete shit out of him with some stellar mean basics that kill him dead. Barry shows off some sweet superkicks and elbows, and he's soooo good. Powers tags in and beat them down and beats Barry with a Sunset Flip
**

Interviews on Stage-
-Bobby Heenan brings out his King so the fans can show him some true and proper respect.
-Race says he tells people what to do and he expects and demands all the fans get up and respect the King of all wrestling.
-He is the king and the man of wrestling today and no other man on earth can beat him.
-Bobby promises he will be the next world champion.

Match#6 One Man Gang w/Slick vs Eric Cooper
OMG wreaks the kid in 60 seconds with all that fat and cool offence, and i adore him. Gordbuster ends it
*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
August 1st, 1987
Glens Falls, NY

Match#1 Brutus Beefcake & The Rougeau Brothers vs Bubba Kirk, Rick Renslow, & Dave Wagner
Very fun 90 seconds for the weird babyface trio as the brothers do all the heavy lifting and Brutus does Brutus things. Seated Senton ends it.
*1/2

Post match, Beefer cuts one of the jobbers hair and sprays a giant B on his chest with hair spray.

WWF UPDATE-
-Sensational Sherri beat that vile cunt Moolah for the women's title.
-Happy for Sheri to debut because she the best, but that title isn't real for another decade plus.

Before the next match, Bobby formally introduces Rick Rude as the newest member of the Heenan Family to protect him. Rude does his famous intro as he takes off his robe to show off his body.

Match#2 Hercules, King Harley Race, & Rick Rude w/ Bobby Heenan vs Mario Mancini, Ricky Hunter, & Jerry Allen
Rude is again a little rough around the edges, but looks pretty good for the little time he gets. Race rocks as always, and you know about Hercules as a wrestler. Rude wins with the Slingshot Suplex as Jesse brings up Rude being a legit arm wrestling champion.
*

Mean Gene-
-They replay Hogan's promo from last week.



Match#3 Ken Patera vs Terry Gibbs
The great show comes to a halt thanks to Ken being a giant turd. Bearhug ends it.
POOP

Mean Gene-
-HTM will be facing Ricky in a Lumberjack match on the 22nd.
-Jimmy says this isn't fair as those are Ricky's friends and they'll sucker punch the champion out of jealously
-HTM blames Tunney for this and he knows he never goes to the floor for any reason, this is bull. His thousands of fans don't want this to happen to him as he's going to lose Peggy Sue. She's only with me for the title. HHAHAHAHA AMAZING.

Match#4 Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart vs Joe Malone
HTM puts on another good squash as he hurls the kid around on the floor and kicks his face in with some hard shots, and it's nice to see him not getting lazy as of yet. SRR ends it.
*3/4

Post match, Honky sings and dances. Hate that he's growing on me.

Stage Interview-
-Rick Martel is our guest this week
-Craig covers Zenk quitting, and Rick says this very hard to take for him as he walked out on him after times got tough and he's got a lot of questions for him and himself.
-He's not going to quit and he doesn't care what Islanders might do, he's going to fight them 100% with the people behind him and that's what matters to him.
-He's putting this behind him and meeting them with all the people behind him.

In the ring, Fink brings out Mean Gene. Jesse calls him a used care salesman hahahaha. He brings out Butch and Billy for the pose down. They pose much to, and ONLY to the enjoyment of Vince for a few minutes, and Butch finally has enough and attacks the old shit. He attacks the hip with his weight belt and cripples him for a while, but sadly Billy fights back and runs him off.

We go to Outback Jack speaking about being blinded by Khan and how it felt like mace to his eyes.

Match#5 Killer Khan w/Mr Fuji vs Eric Cooper
More good stuff from Khan as he's got this thing down really well. Fuji has a cut in saying Bam Bam is a big, big man and he should join all his big men. Seems logical imo. Khan sprays the mist and wins with the Knee.
*

Mean Gene-
-Gene says it will be Patera vs Wonderful in a country whipping match
-Bobby says he was never reprimanded by his parents because he's never done anything wrong as a kid or an adult. Leather has never touched his body and it never will.
-Wonderful walks on and clams him down and says they'll be the ones hitting him with the leather.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

A couple of episode of August Challenge have the wrong dates, so the full shows are sadly missing. But i did find two matches, so lets dance.

Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth vs Brady Boone (2/8)
Randy gets 4 minutes against one of the most solid pro wrestlers ever. ALSO, Heenan now hates that Liz is hanging out with Savage, so the face turn is upon us!!!! Boone uses speed to stay alive DOES A BACKFLIP AND HITS RANDY WITH A DROPKICK AFTER HE LANDS. HOLY SHIT YEAH. Boone then breaks out a Hurricanerana of all things in 87 US TV. He tries it again but Randy drills him with a powerbomb and beats the fuck out of him in revenge, and he unloads a goddamn beating as only he can. He tosses him to the floor for a sick landing and then batters him some more. BOONE WON'T DIE AND HITS A KNEE LIFT AND HOTS A MOONSAULT BUT RANDY MOVES, SO BOONE LANDS ON HIS FEET, BUT RANDY RUNS AT HIM AND TAKES HIS HEAD OFF WITH A LARIAT AND THROWS HIM TO THE FLOOR AGAIN AND KILLS HIM WITH THE AXE HANDLE. OH MY GOD. Randy hits a slam and then the Elbow to end the best squash ever on WWF TV.
***




The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart vs SD Jones & Silvi Afi (2/8)
The boys also get 4 minutes on the best episode ever. Jimmy has a cut in saying Bam Bam is the last key to the puzzle and he's going to be the world champion. Heenan is pissed. Awesome squash as they now get more time to kick these dorks asses with all that stellar offence from each and then the double teams on top of it. Hart Attack ends the fun.
**

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
August 8th, 1987
Glens Falls, NY

We get a flash card called "THE BATTLE FOR BAM BAM" with all the mangers on it.

We go to Jesse and Jimmy backstage. Jesse says he knows the scoop and it's time for Jimmy to let it out. Jimmy is very sad as he announces that Bam doesn't want him as a manger. He still has two world champions, though.

Match#1 Tito Santana, the Junkyard Dog, & Hillbilly Jim vs Don Muraco, Bob Orton Jr., & Joe Mirto
Woooo. The heels jump them at the bell for a fun fight, and Vince is in shock Bob and Don are friends once more. JYD turns the tide and kicks Don's butt, and Orton gets mad and shoves Don for it! Orton tries his hand with Tito and we get maybe a minute of stellar stuff with sick punches. Orton tries to hit the Tombstone, but Tito kicks him in the head and gets out. Don now gets in and tries the Superplex like Bob does, BUT BOB SHOVES HIM AND TITO LANDS ON TOP AND GETS THE 3.
*

Post match, they argue again and Bob keeps poking him in the chest and Don is angrier as hell. BOB SLAPS HIM IN THE FACE AND DON SLAPS HIM BACK AND THEY HAVE A SICK FIGHT THAT FEELS LIKE TWO BEST PALS FINALLY HAVING ENOUGH. They brawl into the crowd and punch the crap out of each other all the way to the back.

WWF UPDATE-
-Superstar Billy cuts a hideous promo using every lame word he can think of, and he challenges Butch to a match.
-Butch is now interviewed where he's proud of what he did because he's an all natural man and this was a insult to him. Billy is going to find out what Natural is all about in the ring.
-The single most criminal waste of Butch Reed possible. HATE this.

Match#2 Demolition w/Mr Fuji vs Silvi Afi & Brady Boone
Demo have brand new face paint and look fantastic. Demo go right to it and murder the boys with clubbering and strikes, and Jesse loves them because they don't mess about. Fuji has a cut in saying Bam doesn't like Hart, so he's very confident he's coming to him. Boone gets in and goes on another little awesome run of offence with a springboard dropkick of all things. He getts caught by Smash and hits with a backreabker and Demo batters him for daring to fight back. They kill him with a hot shot and take his head off for the win.
**

Mean Gene-
-Jim Brunzell has a singles promo of all things. I guess Blair isn't here tonight.
-Gene covers his highschool sports background and whatnot, and Jim speaks but dude just doesn't have anything to him.

We see footage of Ted DiBiase paying a fan to clean his face after a match for $100.

Match#3 George Steele vs Dusty Wolfe
Same bad stuff as always. Just fuck off old man.
1/2*

Mean Gene-
-Bobby Heenan says he lives in an estate as he only lives in the best and not a rat hole like Mean Gene.
-Harley Race is still coming for Hogan and he will add the title to the crown.

Before the next match, FInk brings out Mr T to do some enforcing.

Match#4 The Hart Foundation w/Jimmy Hart & Danny Davis vs The Young Stallions
HF are mad as hell about T being here, so they unleash all the offence on these pretty boy dweebs. Anvil really lays in shots to them and look like a beast, and i love how he rides the line of fantastic and sloppy and mean as shit. Bret is Bret. Jesse says the kids have a future but they need a manger to help and guide them. Rat boy goes on a run with great basics and bounces them all over the place. Bret catches him with a powerbomb and puts his feet on the ropes to steal it.
**

Post match, T gets in the ring and tells the ref what happened, so it's reversed. The faces and T beat up the champs and Davis and holds the ring.

Stage Interview-
-Bobby and Islanders are the guest.
-Heenan says Zenk took a walk because he didn't have it, but that was the best move to make as he's smart. Martel needs to do the same and get a job sweeping the streets, otherwise he's getting beaten into retirement
-Tama laughs at Martel still wanting to fight and he and Haku promise to end this quick.

Match#5 Jake Roberts vs Barry Horowitz
Short one this time and not much sadly. DDT ends it.
3/4*

Post match, Barry meets Damien.

Brutus enjoys an Ice Cream Bar. Jesse wonders if there's hair on it.

Match#7 One Man Gang w/Slick vs David Stoudimiere
Sub minute awesome fat man outing for OMG. Gordbuster ends it.
3/4*

Post match, OMG hits another one. The ref gets in his face, SO OMG KILLS HIM WITH A GORBUSTER AS WELL. FUCK YEAH. Jobbers try to help but Gang kills them with one each as well. Sick angle.

Mean Gene-
-Jimmy Hart is here and shows off the new cover of the WWF Mag with HTM on it.
-HTM walks on and strums his guitar and says he's rough, cocky and damn proud of. it. He looks good a cover man on every article in the USA.
-He says without the belt he would be as Macho as Randy is right now and Elizabeth doesn't like him, but his Peggy loves him.
-OH SHIT.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

No Challenge this week, so we move on.

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
August 15th, 1987
Madison, WI

We open the show with DiBiase arriving in his limo and being met by some ladies for his TV debut.

Match#1 Randy Savage w/Miss ELizabeth vs Steve Lombardi
Randy lets Liz walk out in front of him for the first time ever, and Jesse calls him soft and sounds heartbroken. 3 kick ass minutes of Randy vs a perfect jobber. Randy mauls him to start as he's still a bad son of a bitch, and he kick poor Lombardi's head in. Liz has a cut in saying she's sure Bam Bam is very nice, but Randy is the only man for her. Lombardi hurls Randy to the floor for a wicked bump, but Randy comes back to life and snaps on him and kills him on the floor. Elbow does it.
**

WWF UPDATE-
-Craig covers OMG's brutal attack last week
-Jack Tunney comes on the screen and says because of his total disregard he's been fined 10 grand and put on probation for 30 days. If he does it again, he will be suspended.
-Slick says that's a loooooot of money for a first offence, and you should be able to get away it. OMG is the most dangerous man in all of the WWF.

WWF throws it to a video promoting WWF Piledriver the wrestling album. The producer says he's got at least 6 wrestlers who are amazing.

Sheri Martel makes her debut on TV and says she will be known as Sensational Sherri from now on.

Match#2 Sensational Sherri vs Angie Minelli
Sherri gets 2 minutes and works the arm to a fun degree as she's super mean and crazy, and really kicks the jobbers ass. We get a clip of some international commentators calling the match. Sheri wins with a splash off the top.
*

Mean Gene-
-Ricky is back and will be facing HTM in a rematch at MSG.
-Ricky says he was the winner and HTM was a chicken who ran away from the battle when he knew he it was over. He wants to know how it felt taking the easy way out, well this time in a Lumberjack match that will not happen again.


A vignette airs of Honky singing at a club, and he says he should be on the front of the Piledriver album. AND THEN HE DEBUTS HIS AMAZING CLASSIC THEME SONG! I GOT LONG SIDE BURNS AND MY HAIR'S SLICKED BACK, COMING TO YOUR TOWN IN A PINK CADILLAC --

Match#3 Jake Roberts vs Dave Wagner
Jake finally gets 2 minutes after being robbed for months and months, so this is the good shit.Jake wreaks the arm and beats the crap out of him with all his wonderful offence, and Wagner takes huge bumps for him. DDT ends it.
**

Post match, Wagner meets Damien.

Mean Gene-
-Brutus will be facing DiBiase in NJ in the next month.
-Brutus walks on and says he thinks people can bought like dirt and soil, and he thinks he will be using a barber as a stepping stone. Well, he's going to cut him and beat him, and all the money won't save him from the clipping he's got waiting for him.

BATTLE FOR BAM BAM-
-Jesse tells V's he's also out of the running, and V flips his mind and screams and yells about it.

Match#4 The New Dream Team vs Brady Boone & Sonny Rodgers
Cool bit where V isn't here as just did the interview, so the boys are left to themselves. Boone again has a cool flurry of offence before he's shut down by Dino the bum, and beaten up. Standard fine squash thanks to Hammer doing what he can to make it work now that his partner is useless. We get clips of the Spanish announce team with Tito working with them tonight. Hammer wins with his Figure Four
*

Stage Inteview-
-Rude and Bobby are the guests.
-Bobby gushes over Rude having the best body in all of wrestling and in the Family itself, and says the Family all have welcomed him
-Craig brings up Wonderful not being there when Rude debuted.
-Bobby says he's busy on vacation unlike the working stiffs.
-There as no problems and Wonderful LOVES Rude and has welcomed him with open arms.
-Craig brings up the time Paul fired him, and Bobby says that's the past and he'll bring Wonderful in next week to prove everything is fine.

Match#5 Rick Martel vs Barry Horowitz
Hell yes. Rick gets 2 minutes and the best jobber in the world to play with, and shows why he's maybe the best face in the company. Super crisp and fantastic offence and the like, and he gives Barry a bit and sells big for him. Islanders have a cut in saying they're going to send Rick away like his partner. Rick wins with a Crossbody.
**

Post match, the Islanders come down and corner him in the ring and jump him! They beat the crap out of him with double teams, BUT TITO COMES OFF COMMENTARY AND MAKES THE SAVE AND BEATS THE HELL OUT OF THEM WITH FOREARMS. OH MY GOD YES. HE CLEANS THE RING AS THE CROWD LOSES THEIR MINDS. JESSE IS PISSED IN CLASSIC FORM, AND THIS IS JUST THE GODDAMN BEST. The Islanders storm off as Tito checks on Martel and leaves wth him. STRIKE FORCE, BITCHES.

We go to another producer for the WWF Album hyping how good it is.

The Dogs and Matilda talk, and someone lip syncs for the dog.

Match#6 Ted DiBiase w/Virgil vs Jerry Allen
Ted is grumpy and mean with all he does, and he has a sweet snap to all his offence as pounds Allen's face in. Ted locks in the Million $ Dream for the first time and falls back into a Leg Sweep to win,
*1/2

Mean Gene-
-HTM calls this Ricky's last chance for the belt after he beat him last time, and all his friends are coming back to see him sing and dance after being stopped last time. He doesn't care how many friends Steamboat brings with him, MSG is his place and he's holding the title no matter what.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF BOSTON GARDEN-15/8

Dingo Warrior vs Barry Horowitz
Ultimate Warrior makes his debut under his old gimmick a couple of months before his TV debut as he's awful beyond words. Like, say what you (and i assume i will as its been years since i've watched him) will, but early Warrior is a different beast of hideous. Barry works as hard as he can bumping and stalling to help this fella out, and it's a real one an show from an all timer. Warrior's offence is shoves and bad hip tosses, and Barry makes them look as deadly as possible. Warrior wins with his famous Press Slam/Splash combo.
1/2*

Jake Roberts, Bruno Sammartino & Tito Santana vs The Hart Foundation & Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart (Elimination Match)
No idea why Martel isn't there for a dream match, but Bruno is going to always be a thing until he leaves. Tito starts us off and ruuuuuules so much against HF as it's pure magic and soooo amazing. Jake joins in the party and fights Bret for the first time, and it's really good as Bret is a cowardly little shit trying not die. Anvil plays the muscle man and slows it down and isolates Jake, and we get a fun control seg on him with all 3 heels looking good kicking his face. Jake fires back with an insane running knee to HTM's face and crotches him on the post and beats his ass with those wonderful punches. HTM and Jake fight on the outside and Jimmy hits Jake with the megaphone and he's counted out first. Booooooo. Bruno now gets in and stinks a lot, so he's thankfully isolated and beaten down. His selling is awful, but the fellas work as hard as hell on their end to mostly make it work. Tito saves and smokes everyone as only he can and beats Bret with the Forearm to even it up. Tito stays in and has a sick battle with Anvil of power vs speed with Anvil winning out and controlling him. Great stuff from him and HTM, and Tito's selling wild. HE FIGHTS BACK AND FOR THE FOREARM BUT JIMMY HITS HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH THE MEGAPHONE AND ANVIL PINS HIM. SON OF A BITCH. Bruno is now alone and very bad and old, so the boys slow down the attack and get soft and lazy as they don't wan to kill him. Jimmy fucks up and hits Anvil with the phone so Bruno can pin him, and we get the worst possible final 2. Horrible stuff from both as HTM now stooges and stalls, and Bruno looks so bad and gassed when he hasn't done much at all. He wins with a terrible knee lift that misses HTM's face. Brilliant work.
**1/4

 

[BigVanDonnie]

oops double post

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Wrestling Challenge
August 16th, 1987
LaCrosse, WI

Match#1 Superstars Billy Graham vs Barry Horowitz
Goddamn it, nope. Barry again does all he can to make a slug look like even passable for a moment, but when they're this bad it doesn't work at all. Bless him for trying though. Awful Bearhug ends it.
POOP

WWF UPDATE-
-Craig covers all the mangers being rejected by Bam thus far.
-Freddie Blassie is interviewed and says he doesn't know Bam will be pick, and he's glad he's not in the running as it's too tough of a job.

Match#2 One Man Gang w/Slick vs Billy Beauman
3 MINUTES HELL YEAH. He clubs the kid and attacks him with his jacket and beats his tiny ass up in killer fashion, and i and you love him so much. He even breaks out a sick choke bomb to further hurt him. Slick has a cut in saying he's not sure if OMG or Bam is bigger, but he's excited to find out. OMG throws body punches and heabutts in the corner, holy shit yes. Gordbuster ends the fun.
**

Mean Gene-
-Jake's injury and surgery on his back and neck are covered.
-Jake says when you play with fire you get burned, and that's the story of being in the WWF. Catching up with HTM is like finding a feather in the wind, my man. He's hard to find, but Jake is all too easy to find.
-He's been sitting and stirring for a long time and that's dangerous for HTM. Taking the title would be important for a lot of people. but taking him and sharing what he's done to him is a little more important right now.

We see the footage of Don and Orton fighting.

Match#3 Koko B Ware vs Brian Costello
Koko also gets 3 minutes. God yeah. Wonderful fast and killer stuff from him as he breaks out dropkicks and sick throws, and murders the jobber good and proper. Dropkick and Ghostbuster ends it.
**

Mean Gene-
-Sherri is out guest in some cool shades.
-She shows off the title so all the women can see what is her's and if they feel they are worth 2 cents of the gold, she wants them to come out and challenge her.
-She is happy to face the cunt one more so she can show she's the best woman ever from wrestling to cooking, and she's going to cook anyone who tries to take the belt from her.
-She's already a top 5 talker in the company. Love her so much.

They replay HF/YS in full.

Stage Interview-
-Ted DiBiase & Virgil are the guests.
-Ted takes the mic right away and says the people know who he is and how wealthy he is. He sees poor people in the crowd and that means he's rich and they're poor. He's a better man than all of them,
-He says he's a generous man and offers $300 to a fan. He brings her on stage as he says she looks REAL poor. He demands she get on her knees and bark like a dog for the money. She doesn't want to at first, but does it and barks into the mic as Ted laughs about it and says it's not good enough. He demands she give him a high pitch one, and she does it. He demands a louder one and she does it.
-He makes her stand up as he asks Virgil if she earned, and he shakes his head no.
-Ted calls her a poor dog face sucker and laughs at her before walking off.
-AMAZING.




They interview Dave Wolfe about the WWF Album,

Match#4 Rick Rude w/Bobby Heenan vs Sonny Rodgers
57 seconds of good Rude stuff, but still rough as he's growing and that's ok. Rude wins with a backbreaker on his shoulder.
3/4*

Match#5 Kamala & Sika w/Kimchee & Mr Fuji vs Lanny Poffo & Mark Richards
2 killer savage minutes of the monster doing their things. Fuji has a cut in saying he's going to make a volcano with Bam Bam. Splash ends it.
*3/4

Mean Gene-
-Fuji is very happy about all his men but none more than Khan.
-Khan walks on and slaps his face as Fuji says he hits him with boards and hammers because he loves pain just like him.
-He's a sumo champion with a big trophy in his home.
-He has him walk on steel spikes so he can understand pain and love pain, and Hogan and the little Hulksters will learn to love pain. Hahahahahahhahahahahaha.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan-23/1/84
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Honky Tonk Man-13/6/87
WWF Tag Team Champions: The Hart Foundation-7/2/87

WWF Superstars of Wrestling
August 22nd, 1987
Madison, WI

We start the show with Hogan meeting the Governor and whatnot.

Match#1 Ken Patera vs Tom Stone
I will not be a dickhead for this as Ken rips his bicep throwing the jobber and will be out for the next couple of months and never be the same again. Sad shit no matter my feelings of the man. He tears it on on an attempted body slam where you can see it pop, so he quickly hits an elbow to the chest to win.
1/2*

WWF UPDATE-
-Craig covers the breakup of Don and Bob.
-Bob says Don was the edge of oblivion when he saved him, and the water is full of blood and coming fast for him. He will not save him this time.
-Don stands by himself with no more partners and mangers and he's ready to face everyone in the WWF.

Slick talks about his song on the WWF Album,

Match#2 Butch Reed w/Slick vs Jim Evans
Butch finally gets proper time to fuck a man up and it's what's been needed for ages. He lays in every shot and slams the jobbers face on the mat and buckles, and he looks tremendous and so far above this terrible feud. He wins with his siiiiick Press Slam.
**

Post match, Butch gets the mic and calls Billy out here to fight if he's got the guts, The old man hobbles out making some very funny tough guy faces. He gets in and beats Butch up with ease and holds the ring. NAH FUCK YOU. IN NO WAY IN WRESTLING OR REAL LIFE WOULD ANYONE THINK THIS 100 YEAR OLD SHIT COULD LAY A FINGER ON BUTCH.

Mean Gene-
-Gene hypes up the MSG card.
-Haku vs Martel
-HTM vs Steamboat in a lumberjack match
-Demo vs JYD/Steele
-Reed vs Billy
-Ricky cuts the same promo he cut last week. Love him a ton, but i can't blame him for not giving a shit given what's happened.

BATTLE FOR BAM BAM-
-Jesse tells Fuji he's out of the running
-Fuji is in shock and shouts " NO BAM BAM, WHAT'S GOING ON?"

Match#3 Kamala & Sika w/Mr Fuji & Kimchee vs The Young Stallions
4 minutes as we're now getting real matches every week by the looks of it. Monsters vs Pretty Boys is classic pro wrestling in the best kind, and this is my jam. Jesse re-joins the booth and says he feels so bad he has to see his friends be sad when he tells them they're out of the race. YS use their speed to put them on the backfoot and stay on them as best they can, while having to double team whenever the monsters try to fight back. Roma attacks Sika's arm and controls him for a time, but he gets punched in his rat face and they beat him down for a minute and it's good times. Everyone gets in and fights in the corners as the ref just stands there. ROMA DROPKICKS SIKA TO THE FLOOR AND POWERS BACKDROPS SIKA ON TOP OF HIM AND THEY WIN VIA COUNTOUT. WOOOOOOOO
**1/2

Post match, Kamala runs in and crushes them in the corner with a splash, They beat the fuck out of them and Kamala kills Roma with the top rope splash to crush him dead. Fuji finally gets them out of there.

Mean Gene-
-Kamala vs Savage in NJ
-Randy says you never back down from the big man and this will be ink on your face type of battle. Liz will lead him into battle as this is the big one where survival is all that matters, and don't ring his phone as he's busy.
-RING RING, WHO IS IT? OH IT'S FUJI, HE MUST BE WORRIED, AND HE SHOULD BE.

Match#4 The Islanders w/Bobby Heenan vs ??
The fellas murder the kids in 50 seconds with all the cool and gross stuff they can hit. Double Headbutts do it.
Fuck Yeah

In the back, Craig meets Martel and Tito.
-Rick says he's not impressed now that he has Tito with him, and they'll pay.
-Tito says he with him from now on, AND THEY WILL STRIKE WITH FORCE
-Rick says he loves that name and they will Strike with lighting.
-Craig says a new team with a new name has been born.

Match#5 Killer Khan w/Mr Fuji vs Billy Golden
Very fun 90 second Khan martial arts display to the kid. Khan sprays the mist in the eyes of the kid and wins with the Elbow.
*1/2

Stage Interview
-Bobby is here as promised.
-He says he's not a liar and he always keeps his word. Paul will admit that Rude has a better body and he's glad to have him in the Family.
-Paul walks on as Bobby demands he set the record straight about everything.
-Paul shoots daggers at him as Bobby keeps saying it over and over, and Paul gets more and more upset.
-Paul asks if he really wants to know, and Bobby says yes.
-FIRST OF ALL RICK RUDE DOESN'T HAVE A BETTER BODY THAN MR WONDERFUL, AND SECOND OF ALL HE IS SICK AND TIRED OF LYING FOR HIM AND LYING TO THOSE PEOPLE. BUT MOST OF ALL LYING TO HIMSELF.
-Bobby freaks out and says he made him a star, and Paul says he made him a misery.
-He spits on the ground to show what he thinks of him and the Family. HE FIRES HIM AGAIN. HELL YEAH .Paul then brings out Oliver Humperdink as his new manager.
-Bobby is in complete shock and close to tears as they walk out on him.



Match#6 Koko B Ware vs Chris Curtis
Koko wreaks the kid in 30 seconds as this has been a super full episode and he's the one who misses out, sadly. Ghostbuster ends it.
1/2*

 

[BigVanDonnie]

WWF MADISON SQAURE GARDEN-22/8

Tito Santana vs Outlaw Ron Bass
Tito is fired up now he's back in the limelight and attacks Bass before he can to him, and unloads a tremendous shit kicking to him in and out of the ring. Bass takes nasty bump into the rails and plays the fool as Tito pulls his jacket over his face and knees him in the head and beats up as it's tied to his arms.. Tito won't let up and follows him down the aisle and kills him with a straight punch to the fucking jaw to send Bass on his ass. Bass is all loopy but he gets Betsy and goes after him, so Tito gets chair and holds him off. They both drop them and Tito attacks again and kills him with more punches as Bass can't get a thing going. Bass tries to beg off, AND TITO UNLOADS A KNEE RIGHT TO THE FUCKING JAW. OH MY GOD DUDE. He keeps kicking the holy hell out of him, and it's one of the most fired up and insane beating he's ever done. Bass finally gets free and loads his hand with something and cracks Tito in the jaw to drop him, and gets revenge with gross punches to the temple and jaw. Tito tries to fight, but Bass grabs his tights and throws him through the ropes to the concrete to send hm down onto his face. Bass batters him on the outside and clobbers him with all he's got, and Tito's selling is immense as he's dead on his feet and covered in all the shit on the floor for a gross moment. Bass gets him back in and dominates for a while with a really good control seg as he never gets lazy and is always hurting him with something. Like, he uses a horrible sounding headbutt to mess him up, and it's a perfect beating from a scumbag towards our hero. He locks in a super tight leg lock on Tito's skull and squeezes the life out of him, and Tito's selling and attempts to fight out are stellar. Tito finally gets free and drills him with the Forearm, and we get another slugfest before Bass drags him down once more and cranks his neck with a sleeper. Tito punches his way out once more and we get another fight. TITO RUNS AT HIM WITH ONE LAST TRY AND CRACKS HIM WITH A FOREARM TO SEND HIM TO THE FLOOR AND 20 MINUTE TIME LIMIT EXPIRES.
***1/2

Post match, Tito asks for 5 more minutes but Bass walks out on it.

Haku vs Rick Martel
THEY RUN THE ROPES AT 100 MILES AN HOUR AND RICK KILLS HIM WITH A SICK CROSSBODY BLOCK. GOD YES. They throw bombs at each other and Haku kicks him in the chin and hits a punch to drop him and beats the snot out of him. Super focused on the head and neck with strikes and headbutts, and it's such a cool thing to see him finally get his moment as a singles guy a few years before it happens for real. Martel's selling is so good as he's beaten from pillar to post and takes a few nasty spills to the floor as Haku gets more violent as it goes on. Haku misses a splash and Martel pounces and mounts an epic comeback back with a ton of speed and cool shit like monkey flips and dropkicks. Again, the coolest dude in the world. Finishing run is shot but wild. Tama sneaks down and hits Martel with a chair and Haku steals it.
**34

Post match, they try to attack but Tito makes the save and keeps them away, Tama shouts he wants to play, and Gorilla says only a tag match can settle this. Martel is loaded on a stretcher and taken away.

Honky Tonk Man (c) w/Jimmy Hart vs Ricky Steamboat (WWF Intercontinental Championship-Lumberjack Match)
The entire midcard is out there to give this a proper feeling of how big it is. Ricky dropkicks him out to the floor and on the heel side like a dope, and he gets the crap beaten out of him until he gets free. They get back in where Steamer dominates and beats his ass until HTM slips in a punch to the throat to take over. Good stuff from him, but missing the frantic pace of the last match sadly. Ricky's selling is killer and more than helps him out, so not all a complete waste. Some bullshit hits as Steele and Hart both get involved and HTM hits Ricky with the megpahone to steal it.
**

Butch Reed w/Slick vs Superstar Billy Graham
Might as well watch one of these. Butch is jumped and beaten down by this decrepit old bastard and sells his ass off, and the only he can back into it is by Slick sneaking in something he can hit SBG wth. Son of a bitch. Butch very weakly beats him up with some of the worst strikes he's ever thrown, and i assume he's been told to take it easy and not kill the fucker. SBG can't actually bump and has to sort of roll when he gets hit, and it's sad and pathetic. Butch at least controls for a long while, but it's also a problem because irl he would have killed him 30 seconds in so it serves to make him look like shit. SBG fights back and looks even worse with bad knees. He locks in the bearhug, AND SLICK HAS TO SAVE WITH A CANE SHOT TO THE BACK. NO FUCK YOU
POOOOOOOOP

Post match, the heels thankfully try to end his life, so Gorilla gets in and elbows Slick and saves SBG life.

Demolition vs George Steele & The Junkyard Dog
WAY too insane to possibly skip. Steele tries to bite Ax and ends up with the paint on his face, and dances and laughs at them. Demo jump him and beat him up, so he bites their arms and gets JYD in to also work and bite the arms. We get lots of funny moments and dancing and Demo are thrown off until they finally snap and kick the crap out of them. Steele snaps and attacks everyone with a chair for the DQ
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