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Meteoric Rise: Pick an unimportant wrestler from your roster and push them to major star status within a year. (Hard mode: Use a random number generator to pick the unimportant wrestler. Total Domination: Have a stable hold all the belts of either the men's or women's division at the same time. (World, Tag, X division and Digital Media or Knockouts, Knockouts tag and Digital Media) Second Time Lucky: Have a female wrestler recreate what should have been the groundbreaking world title run of Tessa Blanchard. (Unless you really just want the World title to be male only) Foreign Imports: Bring in wrestlers from 3 of the other game areas (British Isles, Europe, Japan, Mexico, India and Australia) who aren't already familiar to American audiences (let's say whatever the unimportant/recognisable threshold is in your company, they must be below that in the USA), and have them all win titles of your choice. Feast or Fired: Run a Feast or Fired match between the 8 most popular wrestlers on your roster, including or excluding current champions, it's up to you. You do not necessarily have to fire the wrestler who picks the fired briefcase, as long as you work it into a storyline. (Hard mode: Use a random number generator to pick who gets which briefcase) All Night Long: Have a PPV be main evented by match that goes at least 60 minutes. You've Still Got It: Give a wrestler who is at least 50 years of age a run with the world title. Feeling Festive: Come up with storylines revolving around Halloween, Christmas and Valentine's day.

I've started a save controlling ECW from January 1992, so right from the very beginning, with the goal of hopefully surpassing WCW and the WWF to become the biggest promotion in the world. I wanted some interesting rules to spice up the save so I asked for some over on the "Give me rules for a game" thread and I got some really good ones, which are as follows. 1. Eddie Gilbert must at all times hold the record for most world title reigns (at least the joint record). 2. Tommy Dreamer and Raven may never have a singles match against each other. 3. I must try to sign Kurt Angle when he debuts and have him win a title before the end of his first year. 4. In April 96, I must debut the Dudley Boyz, and by the end of the year the Family must have expanded to 5 Dudleyz, but I can't use any of the real life Dudleyz. (I think I'm going to interpret this as I can use Bubba Ray and D-Von as the 2 initial Dudleyz, but the rest of the family must be filled out with my own Dudleyz) 5. Of Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn, I must have one win the world title, 2 form a tag team and win the tag titles, and one must never be hired. 6. I must do all I can to hire the Ultimate Warrior, and he must win the world title in his first program in the company. If it's not possible to sign him, I am allowed to complete the goal with the Renegade instead. 7. I may not hire an active wrestler over the age of 40, apart from Terry Funk. 8. Within a month of being small sized, I must establish talent trading agreements with one Japanese promotion and one Mexican promotion, and I must feature at least one borrowed foreign talent on every show (or at every taping once I have started on TV, as I will be taping twice every month and I think having a foreign talent on every single one hour episode of TV is a bit much). I've also come up with 8 random number generator stipulations and put them on a wheel which I will spin at the beginning of every in game year. 1. RNG on whole roster, chosen wrestler must win any title before the end of the year. 2. RNG on recognisable and below, chosen wrestler must be at least star status at the end of the year. 3. RNG on star and above, chosen wrestler must win the world title before the end of the year. 4. RNG twice on whole roster, chosen wrestlers must have a feud that lasts at least 3 months. 5. RNG twice on whole roster, chosen wrestlers must form a tag team. 6. RNG on whole roster, chosen wrestler gets an immediate 6 month injury. 7. RNG on whole roster, chosen wrestler must be released within 3 months and cannot be rehired for at least 2 years. 8. RNG on all unemployed wrestlers based in the USA, chosen wrestler must be signed and featured fairly prominently. What constitutes prominently is up to my discretion but I'm thinking that they should at least have a couple of proper feuds. I decided to make a few hirings before spinning the wheel for the first time because the starting roster was so sparse, and my spin for the first year was pretty favourable all things considered, as I had to have Sabu win any title by the end of the year. I've just finished the first year as I'm writing this, and we haven't got a TV show yet and we're running a schedule of 2 shows per month so major storylines have been a bit thin on the ground, but I'll recap the few that we have had. The King of Philadelphia Our very first show was an 8-man tournament to crown the inaugral ECW World Heavyweight Champion, and as per the first rule there was only one man it could have been, "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert. After he was presented with the belt by Paul Heyman, "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff made an uninvited appearance, making it clear that he wanted the belt for himself and the show ended with a staredown between the two men. The next show, Gilbert said that he's not going to just hand Ivan Koloff a title shot because he walked in off the street and demanded one. Over the next few months, Koloff regularly attacked Gilbert after his matches, including after a title defense against the Sandman, which saw Sandman side with Gilbert to run Koloff off, starting an alliance between Gilbert and the Sandman. This lead to Gilbert laying down a challenge for Koloff, saying that if he could beat the Sandman then he will earn a title shot. In May Ivan Koloff and The Sandman met in the ring and Koloff got the victory, setting up a title match a few weeks later. Initially I had planned on having Koloff win the title due to interference from Nikita Koloff in a one off appearance, but news that Koloff was retiring in 3 months caused me to alter my plans, so I had Sandman come out and stop Nikita from interfering in the match, and brought in Nikita on a longer term basis to take Ivan's place in the storyline. The next show, Eddie Gilbert said he wanted to get Nikita out of the company before he plagued it like his "uncle" Ivan did, so he offered him a title shot, with the caveat that if Nikita lost he would be gone from ECW. After another few weeks of feuding, Gilbert & Sandman came up with a similar proposal for Ivan, that he would face Sandman again, if Koloff won he would be added to the title match as a three way dance, but if he lost he would also be gone from ECW. Koloff vs Sandman 2 went the other way this time, with Sandman winning and banishing Ivan from ECW. Unfortunately though, during the Eddie vs Nikita title match the following show, Ivan showed up anyway, and despite Sandman's best efforts he couldn't stop Ivan from interfering and costing Gilbert the title. After the match security came out, orchestrated by Paul Heyman, and in the ruccus Ivan attacked the ECW owner, leading to Heyman taking out a restraining order on him and effectively getting him banned from ECW for good this time, but it was too late for Eddie Gilbert. Gilbert did get a rematch a couple of shows later at the end of September but this time lost fair and square, so he was done with the world title for the time being, and the focus switched to The Sandman, who got an opportunity in mid November but also lost. For the last couple months of the year, Gilbert had a short feud with the Bruise Brothers who started attacking him, which ended at the last show of the year when Gilbert brought in his friend Sandman to beat the Bruise Brothers in a tag match, meanwhile Nikita Koloff has continued defending his title, including a defence against exciting young prospect Eddie Guerrero. It's worth noting that Gilbert and Sandman have great tag team chemistry, so we potentially have a long term unit on our hands. The Tag Title Picture In May, an 8 man tournament to crown the first ECW World Tag Team Champions was held, with Public Enemy taking down The Pitbulls in the final to claim the belts. Their first proper feud came about when The Bruise Brothers, who they had beaten in the first round of the tournament, felt that they had unfinished business with the champs. The Bruise Brothers attacked Public Enemy and a brawl ensued, which continued across multiple segments, concluding when it spilled out to the arena during a match between Sabu and JT Smith and engulfing the two participants. During this brawl, Sabu and Rocco Rock got particularly vicious with each other. This lead to a 6 man tag the following show between Public Enemy & JT Smith and The Bruise Brothers & Sabu, where once again things between Sabu and the Public Enemy got particularly violent. The following show, in mid August, The Bruise Brothers got their title shot which saw Public Enemy retain, and immediately after the match Sabu came sprinting out like a man possessed and threw himself at Public Enemy, and even with the numbers advantage they barely managed to get the better of him. A couple weeks later, the champs cut a backstage promo telling Sabu to bring it on and bring a friend, and at the next show Sabu introduced his old friend, the only man in the world as homicidal, suicidal and genocidal as Sabu himself, New Jack. (Sabu and New Jack both have poor gimmicks and bad tag team chemistry, but by this point I was committed, so that's great). Later that night in the main event, Public Enemy defended their titles against Sabu & New Jack in a bloody war, and after the match New Jack snapped and pummelled Rocco Rock's leg over and over again with a chair, injuring him. The next show, Sabu and New Jack, now going by the name Homicidal Maniacz (because z's were cool in the 90s), defeated the young team of Rob Van Dam and Stevie Richards, and New Jack looked like he was going to injure Richards like he did Rock, but Johnny Grunge came out to make the save. Public Enemy cut a promo saying they would make the Sabu and New Jack pay when Rocco Rock is back fit, and the Maniacz pointed out that Johnny Grunge is still fit, setting up a couple of matches over the next month, as first Sabu and then New Jack beat Johnny Grunge in singles action, which the Maniacz argued qualified them for another title shot. Public Enemy said that they would give the Maniacz a response if they would meet them face to face in the ring at the next show, to which the Maniacz agreed. At ECW Live in mid December the four men did meet, Rocco Rock still on crutches, in the middle of the ring. They exchanged words for a while, until suddenly Rocco Rock threw one of his crutches to Johnny Grunge and the Public Enemy attacked their assailants with the crutches, revealing that Rocco Rock was back fit and they were accepting the Homicidal Maniacz' challenge. The big title match took place two weeks later, at the last show of the year in the last week of December, and after an even more brutal and bloody war than the first, Sabu pinned Johnny Grunge and The Homical Maniacz were crowned ECW World Tag Team Champions, and I achieved my RNG goal of having Sabu with a title before the end of the year. Delicious Intent I brought in Jason Knight, renamed him Jason Sexley and put him with Johnny Hotbody as Delicious Intent, an over the top obnoxious heel team who basically think they're the sexiest creatures on the planet. I brought in Toni Adams to manage them and renamed her Toni Vixen (I know these names are a bit on the nose but that's kind of the point of the gimmick). Shortly after I brought Jason and Toni in they started dating, so I guess I'm something of a matchmaker. I had plans for these guys to be a mainstay of the undercard for the first few years, kind of in the FBI role, but fate dealt me a blow as Johnny and Jason have awful chemistry, so I had to change my plans. Pretty much immediately I had them lose matches due to miscommunication, which came to a head when they lost in the first round of the tag title tournament against young jobber team Rob Van Dam and Stevie Richards. They argued in the following weeks, and eventually Toni Vixen became tired of the infighting and suggested that they might be able to work through their issues if they just faced each other in the ring. This match took place at the end of July, and Toni Vixen picked her side as she delivered a low blow to Johnny Hotbody to help her real life boyfriend get the win. On the next show, a strapping young man named Shawn Morcock (Sean Morley/Val Venis) made his ECW debut, and in a backstage segment Jason and Toni spoke about their plans moving forward without Johnny Hotbody, as well as how sexy Shawn Morcock is. During Morcock's next match against jobber Larry Winters, Toni Vixen came out to ringside and eventually seduced Winters, allowing Morcock to capitalise and get the win. In the following weeks, Morcock began appearing in segments with Jason and Toni, and they revealed that Delicious Intent were back and better than ever, a fact they proved when Shawn Morcock beat that ugly ass Johnny Hotbody and the team of Morcock and Sexley beat the team the old Delicious Intent couldn't beat before, Rob Van Dam and Stevie Richards. Sean Morley has been a bit of a revelation, allowing Delicious Intent to actually get decent ratings in matches and on the mic, which wasn't the case before. A Tenuous Alliance After they both lost in the finals of their respective title tournaments, Al Snow approached the Pitbulls and told them that as they were both so close to winning the belts, maybe if they teamed up they would go to the next level. They spent most of the rest of the year helping each other win matches and occasionally teaming up to win 6 man tags, until eventually in late September they picked on the wrong man, as the Pitbulls interfered to help Al Snow beat DC Drake, a loveable lunatic who claims he is possessed by the spirit of hardcore. The following show, Snow was attacked by two face painted behemoths during his match with The Sandman, costing him the match. On the next show, DC Drake was flanked by those behemoths, who were revealed as Punisher and Tormentor, the Soul Reapers (Tony and Val Puccio in Kiss style face paint), and they said that they were going to make sure Snow and the Pitbulls got their comeuppance for their constant cheating. Al Snow said that the Pitbulls would deal with those two freaks, and the Reapers accepted the challenge and told Al Snow that they would take his soul if he got involved, which seemed to scare Snow a disproportionate amount considering the Reapers are just two fat guys in makeup. Nevertheless it clearly did frighten him, as he didn't get involved in the match and the Soul Reapers picked up the big win against the Pitbulls. The following show, the Pitbulls asked Snow where he was, and accused him of being scared, which he denied. The Reapers appeared out of nowhere and Al Snow ran away, and the Reapers and the Pitbulls brawled. The pitbulls then told Snow at the last show of the year that they had arranged a six man tag match against DC Drake and the Soul Reapers, and they would drag Snow to the ring if they had do. Snow went willingly, but under threat from the Reapers during the match he once again bailed, and DC Drake and the Reapers were able to pick up the win against the outnumbered Pitbulls. That's where I'm up to currently with this storyline, but it will probably be over within another few shows, as I plan on having Drake challenge Snow to a one on one which Snow will win after the Pitbulls take care of the Reapers earlier in the night. The alliance between Snow and the Pitbulls will continue to deteriorate and I can see them breaking up within a few months. The Ballad of Broken Fingers At the June week 4 show, at the halfway point of the year, 2 Cold Scorpio faced Kid Kash in a high flying affair, that was marred by Kid Kash legitimately breaking Scorpio's fingers with a botch. The following show, Scorpio was wrestling with New Japan, and Kid Kash accused Scorpio of being a pussy who didn't show up because he hurt his fingers. Kash then faced Stevie Richards, and he did the same thing AGAIN, breaking Stevie's fingers as well, which made me think he might have been doing this on purpose. I debated inserting Richards into the long term storyline but decided against it, instead running a rematch between Kash and Richards on the next show, and Kash praised Richards for showing up despite having broken fingers, taunting 2 Cold Scorpio. When Scorpio returned, he said he could have let the injury go, accidents happen, but he couldn't let the insults fly, and challenged Kash to a match. Scorpio again missed a show because he was in Japan which led to further taunts from Kash, asking if Scorpio had broken his fingers again? Eventually they did have their match, during which Kid Kash tried to deliberately break Scorpio's fingers again, enraging Scorpio and allowing Kid Kash to capitalise and get the win with a roll up. Scorpio admitted he let Kash get into his head and asked for one more match, but Kash refused saying he has beaten Scorpio already and has already proved he's the better wrestler. Scorpio then attacked Kash after a match, and cut a promo saying that he isn't just a great technical wrestler and an exciting high flyer, he can be as hardcore as anyone in ECW and Kid Kash would find that out if he didn't face him. Kash then told Scorpio to prove it, that if he could beat a hardcore wrestler of Kash's choice he would agree to one more match. The next show, Scorpio faced Kash's chosen wrestler, Axl Rotten, who had debuted a couple months before and had been on a tear ever since. Scorpio beat Rotten, but Rotten and Kash beat him down after the match, and then Axl attacked during the resulting match between Scorpio and Kash, costing Scorpio the match. This led to Scorpio challenging Kash and Rotten to a tag match with a partner of his choice, and if Scorpio won he would get one more match with Kash, with no interference. Kash accepted, but said that if he and Axl won then Scorpio would have to kiss Kash's diamond ring and admit that he is the superior wrestler and the better man. Scorpio accepted, and on the last show of the year he enlisted the help of Eddie Guerrero, and beat Rotten and Kash, who by this point are going by the name Dirty Money. There is probably only one more match in this rivalry, which Scorpio will win clean against Kid Kash, maybe after Eddie Guerrero thwarts Axl Rotten. So that's the first year of ECW done and dusted, thanks if you've read all that, I know it was pretty long. I've already spun the wheel for next year, and as a result I have had to sign a wrestler called Bill Tabb who featured sporadically in some of the territories in the late 80s. He was the wrestler that Col. DeBeers refused to get in the ring with because he was black, so at least I have heard of something he's done, even if I didn't know him by name, so that's something I guess. Other than that, Big Bill Tabb, to put it politely, sucks. I'll attach a picture so you can see just how much he sucks. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with him yet, probably put him in a tag team to try and mask his weaknesses as much as possible. If we continue to grow at the same rate we have so far, we should be small sized by April, and that's hopefully when we'll have a TV deal for the Tri state area set up as well, and then I expect it to be another year until we go national, so hopefully the ball will start rolling in a big way. Cheers.

Really good write up. I'm a few months into my own ECW 92 save so it's interesting to see the differences between your save and where I plan to go with mine. Also I was given some fun rules and restrictions over on the "give me some rules" thread and one of them was to make up a bunch of my own Dudleys, so I might be looking to you for some inspiration!

These are all great, thank you!

I'm starting a save with ECW from their conception at the start of 1992. I'm going to be controlling Paul Heyman and I'm going to try and stick to the ECW ethos as close as possible but hopefully in the long run become the number 1 company in the world. The starting roster is pretty bare bones, Ivan Koloff and Eddie Gilbert are our only big names but there are a few young guys that go on to become synonymous with ECW, namely Sandman, Stevie Richards and the Pitbulls. We are still currently a part of the NWA, and WCW and NJPW are also members so we can loan talent from them potentially. Any suggestions for rules and restrictions would be greatly appreciated, the more the better.

Confirmed card for WWF In Your House: Pomp and Circumstance. I'm aiming to have it out on Thursday evening UK time, feel free to make predictions if you'd like. Billy Jack Haynes vs The Magnificent Muraco Haku vs Koko B. Ware The Million Dollar Man vs Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake King Wonderful vs Harley Race The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs "The Natural" Butch Reed & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan in a flag match The British Bulldogs (c) vs The Rockers for the WWF Tag Team titles "Rockin" Robin Roberts vs Sensational Sherri for the vacant WWF Women's title Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (c) vs Hercules for the WWF Intercontinental title Hulk Hogan (c) vs "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight title

WWF Superstars – June Week 4, 1987 Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura welcome us to tonight's show and run down the card. We will see the final two first round matches in the King of the Ring tournament as “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan faces The Million Dollar Man and Jake “The Snake” Roberts takes on “Cowboy” Bob Orton. King Wonderful takes on the blue chipper Flyin' Brian, Ricky Steamboat and Koko B. Ware team up to take on Haku and Hercules of the Heenan Family, and our main event sees the uneasy alliance of Hulk Hogan and the “Macho Man” Randy Savage, as they join forces to take on the men that brutally attacked them last week, The Hart Foundation. We go now to Howard Finkel to make the introductions for the first match. King of the Ring – First Round “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs The Million Dollar Man w/ Sid The Million Dollar Man starts this match by trying to outwrestle Jim Duggan, which he succeeds in doing as he keeps him grounded and locks on all kinds of painful looking submission holds. Duggan eventually turns it in his favour with his considerable brawling skills, but The Million Dollar Man shows that he can brawl with the best of them, and the rest of the match is even. Sid looks like he is going to get involved at one point, but surprisingly The Million Dollar Man calls him off, and the distraction allows Duggan to gain full control going into the closing stretch. After a series of strong strikes, Duggan attempts to hit a big clothesline but The Million Dollar Man deftly steps aside and grabs Duggan's arm, and expertly transitions into The Million Dollar Dream. Jim Duggan taps and The Million Dollar Man advances to the next round. Winner by submission in 8:36, The Million Dollar Man Rating: 73 After the match, The Million Dollar Man tells Sid to get him a microphone and he obliges, and hands him the mic through the ropes. The Million Dollar Man says he accepts Brutus Beefcake's challenge for a match at Pomp and Circumstance this Sunday, and he says that Beefcake's stipulation that The Million Dollar Man will forfeit the match if Sid gets involved is fine by him. He says he can outwrestle that two bit Barber any day of the week and he doesn't need Sid's help to beat Beefcake or anybody else in the World Wrestling Federation, and he will prove that this weekend just like he proved it tonight. Rating: 69 We go to the backstage interview area, where Mean Gene is joined by The Hart Foundation and their manager Jimmy Hart, and he asks them why they perpetrated such a heinous attack on Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage last week. Bret says that it's like Jim Neidhart said last week, they did it because they want to be the team to face Hogan and Savage when they team up tonight. They saw their opportunity to make their names by taking on two of the best wrestlers in the world, and they took their shot. Jimmy Hart then takes chimes in and says that their plan clearly worked, as Gorilla Monsoon told them earlier today that it will be Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage vs The Hart Foundation, in the main event tonight! Rating: 76 King Wonderful w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs Flyin' Brian The exciting young heartthrob Flyin' Bryan makes his Superstars debut here after wrestling on the B show for the past couple of months, and he puts on an impressive display. He flies out of the gate with some exciting high flying offence and an upset looks like it could be on the cards, but Bobby Heenan grabs his foot and trips him as he's running the ropes and it's all King Wonderful for the rest of the match, aside from a few short comebacks. One such comeback ends in a flying crossbody attempt from the top rope, but the King catches him mid air and turns it into a piledriver to get the one two three. Winner by pinfall in 7:18, King Wonderful Rating: 67 We go back to Mean Gene, who is joined this time by Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty of The Rockers, ahead of their WWF Tag Team title shot this weekend. Michaels acknowledges that it is still very early in their WWF careers and they're still young, and he's heard some people say that this opportunity has come too soon for them, but he says that it isn't too soon at all and they are not nervous. Jannetty says that they have been champions in other places before, and they believe with every fibre of their beings that they are going to pin The British Bulldogs one two three to win the titles this Sunday. Rating: 55 There are a lot of interviews to be conducted tonight, so resident WWF Challenge interviewer Lord Alfred Hayes is sharing the load with Mean Gene. He is joined by Bobby Heenan, and three of his clients, King Wonderful, Hercules and Haku. Hayes asks his guests about each of their upcoming matches at Pomp and Circumstance in turn, and he stars with King Wonderful. Heenan says that Harley Race can harp on about being the toughest S.O.B in professional wrestling all he wants, but come Sunday King Wonderful is going to prove to Race that being a professional wrestler isn't about being a boring tough guy between the ropes, it's also about showmanship and pizazz, both of which King Wonderful has in spades. Hayes then asks about Haku's match with Koko B. Ware, and Heenan says that he gave Koko fair warning a few weeks ago, he told him that their fight wasn't with him and he could just walk away. But the so called Birdman ignored his warning and kept sticking his beak in where it didn't belong, and after what happens this Sunday Koko is going to sorely regret not just taking his beating from Haku and limping away. Finally Hayes addresses Hercules, and his WWF Intercontinental title shot against Ricky Steamboat. Heenan repeats what he said a few weeks ago, that if you look in the record books then you will see that Hercules beat Ricky Steamboat in their title match. He says that this Sunday Hercules will repeat that feat, but this time it won't be by disqualification, Hercules will either put Steamboat down for the count or make him tap his Intercontinental title over to the Heenan Family, and around Hercules' waist. Heenan then ends by saying that Haku and Hercules will give Steamboat and Koko a taste of what's to come when they meet in their tag match in a few moments time. Rating: 78 Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat & Koko B. Ware vs Haku and Hercules w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan The team of Haku and Hercules works very effectively here, as they spend much of this match isolating Koko B. Ware in their corner of the ring and methodically beating him down. Koko manages to make a break for his partner and makes a hot tag that brings the roof of the place, but after a couple minute period of good sustained offence, Heenan distracts the referee and Haku and Hercules double team Steamboat, regaining the advantage. Eventually Steamboat then manages to make the hot tag to Koko, but Koko's spell of offence is much shorter lived as he runs into a huge clothesline from Hercules. The finish comes when Haku tags Hercules in Hercules and gets Koko in the full nelson, and Haku hits a devastating Savate kick to Koko's face while Hercules holds him still. Heenan holds Steamboat's foot to prevent him from breaking up Hercules' pin and the referee counts the one two three. Winners by pinfall in 9:43, Haku and Hercules Rating: 78 We come back from the break to find the man from the vignette last week making his way to the ring with a beautiful woman on his arm. He gets into the ring and gyrates his hips, which elicits a few squeals from some of the female members of the crowd. The woman hands him a microphone and he announces that “Ravishing” Rick Rude, and his glamorous companion Ivory, have finally arrived in the World Wrestling Federation. He says that all the men want to be him and all the women want to be with him, but they can't because, well, they don't look like Ivory. Ivory gives a conceited smile and poses as the crowd make their disapproval heard. Rude then says that he isn't just a pretty face, or a manly moustache, or a pack of chiselled abs, or a couple rock hard pecks, or a set of perfectly sculptured glutes, but he is also one of the greatest professional wrestlers who has ever graced this sport, and all of the WWF viewers will find that out very soon. He announces that the man with the best body in the World Wrestling Federation will have his debut match this Sunday at In Your House 2: Pomp and Circumstance on the pre-show edition of WWF Challenge. He tells us not to get used to seeing him there though, because “Ravishing” Rick Rude is not pre-show, he is sure fire bona fide main event. His music then hits and he gyrates his hips again as Ivory strokes his chest suggestively, and then they leave back up the ramp. Rating: 69 Jim Ross turns to Jesse Ventura and says “Let me guess, your new favourite wrestler?” Ventura says that Rick Rude is undoubtedly impressive, but the best body in the World Wrestling Federation? There is only one man with the best body in the WWF and that is Jesse “The Body” Ventura. JR looks very sceptical but clearly doesn't want to open that can of worms, so he sends us back to Gene Okerlund. Mean Gene is joined in the interview area by “The Natural” Butch Reed and “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. Reed says he knows Slick isn't here tonight but he knows he will be watching, so he has requested this interview time to make one last appeal to his manager ahead of Reed and Duggan's match against Slick's other clients The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff. Reed says that he saw Slick's face after what Sheik and Volkoff did to the American flag two weeks ago, and he knows that Slick must be as appalled as he and Jim Duggan are. He wants Slick to realise where his loyalties lie, and he wants him join his and Duggan's side and leave The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff for good. Rating: 72 King of the Ring – First Round Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs “Cowboy” Bob Orton w/ Mr Fuji Jake Roberts starts this match seemingly in a very cheerful mood as he comfortably controls the match while playing to the crowd and teasing setting his snake Damian on Bob Orton. Orton soon gains the upper hand however and he looks to make Jake pay with some vicious brawling, but after a back and forth contest Jake pumps up the crowd and hits the DDT to get the pin and advance to the quarter finals. Winner by pinfall in 8:10, Jake “The Snake” Roberts Rating: 80 We go back to Lord Alfred Hayes, who is joined by one of the women who will fight for the vacant WWF Women's title this Sunday, Sensational Sherri. Sherri says she has been watching her opponent “Rockin” Robin Roberts these past few weeks on WWF Challenge, and she admits that she has been impressed with Robin's wins. She goes on to say however that she thinks Robin has been wrestling all these matches because she knows she needs all the practice she can get if she is going to stand a chance against Sherri. Sherri needs no practice, she's already the best thing to ever happen to women's wrestling in the WWF and she's going to prove that by beating the little girl Robin to win the title, and to be brutally honest, she won't even have to get out of second gear. Alfred Hayes then sends us to his colleague Gene Okerlund again. Rating: 57 Mean Gene is joined this time by Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and Gene congratulates him on his victory in the King of the Ring first round a few moments ago. Roberts thanks Gene, and then says he has an exciting announcement to make. Jake says that as he doesn't have a match scheduled for Pomp and Circumstance this Sunday, he has been given permission from President Gorilla Monsoon to host an episode of his talk show The Snake Pit at the pay-per-view. He has been pondering who his guest should be, but Greg Valentine's interview last week has him intrigued. He invites Valentine to be his guest on The Snake Pit, and to bring his new mystery Dream Team partner along with him. Rating: 87 JR and Jesse speculate who Valentine's new tag team partner could be. Ventura says he spoke to Valentine earlier in the week but all Valentine would tell him is that the mystery man is a young up and coming superstar with as Valentine put it “limitless potential.” JR then turns his attention to the main event that will take place in a few minutes time, which will see the unlikely pairing of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. JR questions if the two adversaries can coexist, but he says they're going to have to if they want to beat The Hart Foundation, who made their intent very clear last week when they attacked Hogan and Savage with chairs. Ventura agrees, and says that the slightest sign of disagreement or even hesitation will be punished by The Hart Foundation, so Hogan and Savage will have to put their animosity behind them. He says that he doesn't think that's going to happen though, and he wouldn't blame Savage if he couldn't put up with working with someone like Hogan. JR says that funnily enough he was going to say the exact opposite, and Ventura looks like he's about to argue when The Hart Foundation's music hits. The Hart Foundation w/ Jimmy Hart vs Hulk Hogan & “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth Hulk Hogan looks set to start the match in the ring, but Randy Savage argues that he wants to start, and it looks like he just wants a reason to argue with Hogan. Hogan concedes and lets Savage start against Bret Hart, and the team of Hogan and Savage works surprisingly well for the majority of the match as all four men fight an even match. There are some moments where Savage turns to exchange unpleasantries with Hogan, but for the most part these distractions don't affect their performance as a team, until finally they do. Hogan calls for the tag, and Savage obliges by slapping Hogan hard in the chest with an open palm chop. Hogan is understandably unhappy about this and the two men start to seriously argue, and Bret Hart seizes the moment and barges Savage in the back, sending Hogan flying off the apron into the guardrail. Jimmy Hart distracts the referee while Jim Neidhart throws Hogan into the ring steps a few times, before rolling him back into the ring and The Hart Foundation now enjoy a period of dominance, putting on a tag team clinic as they cut the ring in half and isolate Hulk Hogan in their corner. After a few minutes of Hogan being methodically beaten down, including many interferences from Jimmy Hart, Hogan finally rallies when Bret Hart tries to Irish whip him into the Hart Foundation's corner but Hogan puts on the breaks. He is too beaten up to hit any offence of his own, but he just about manages to reverse the Irish whip and send Bret into the corner where Savage is waiting on the apron, and Savage lays some strikes into Bret, giving Hogan some time to recover. Hogan gets up, and runs full force at Bret in the corner, hitting a big splash on Bret but also inadvertently knocking Savage off the apron. Hogan then hits a scoop slam on Bret, starts hyping up the crowd and then runs the ropes ready for the leg drop, but when he hits the rope Jim Neidhart clatters him in the back of the head with Jimmy Hart's megaphone. The referee sees this and has no choice but to call for the bell. Winners by disqualification in 13:02, Hulk Hogan & “Macho Man” Randy Savage Rating: 80 The Hart Foundation relentlessly stomp on Hulk Hogan while he's face down on the mat, while Randy Savage just stands on the outside and looks on. He appears to have no interest in saving Hogan, but Miss Elizabeth desperately pleads with him to get involved and finally he gets into the ring throws Bret Hart out through the ropes, climbs to the top rope and hits a big double axe handle to Bret on the outside. Neidhart continues to stomp Hogan and Savage brawls around the outside of the ring with Bret, until Savage eventually sends Bret face first into the steel guardrail, and then storms over to Howard Finkel and yanks him off his chair. Savage folds up the chair and climbs into the ring, and hits Neidhart over the back with all his strength. Savage and Neidhart are brawling now, and Bret Hart manages to recover his wits and roll back into the ring, just as Hulk Hogan makes his way to his feet, and the two of them start brawling too. In the end, Savage and Hogan both get the better of their opponents and send them both flying out through the ropes looking worse for wear, and Jimmy Hart manages to convince his clients to leave well enough alone, and they slink back up the ramp. Hogan and Savage lock eyes in the ring, and Hogan extends his hand to Savage, but Savage just keeps on glaring at Hogan. After around ten seconds of this stalemate, Savage moves his hand towards Hogan's, but he just slaps it away and takes a couple steps forward and squares up to him, and the show goes off the air with a staredown between the two men who will face off for the World Heavyweight title, and JR excitedly tells us to tune into In Your House 2: Pomp and Circumstance this Sunday to watch these two juggernauts collide. Rating: 86 Show rating: 82

Thank you so much for the positive feedback! Yeah I'd have to say that the Butch/Duggan/Sheik/Volkoff/Slick storyline is definitely one of my favourites from these first few months, and it doesn't hurt that Butch and Duggan have great tag team chemistry. You might get your wish to see Brian Pillman very soon, possibly even the next episode of Superstars 👀 he isn't quite at the popularity that I need him to be to feature regularly, but once he gets there I have some huge plans for him long term. As for Demolition and Slick, we'll have to wait and see what paths they end up taking.

WWF Superstars – June Week 3, 1987 The show opens to Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura sitting at their commentary position, and they run through the exciting night of action in store for us on tonight's episode of WWF Superstars. Billy Jack Haynes takes on Adrian Adonis, we will see two more first round matches in the King of the Ring tournament as King Kong Bundy faces Koko B. Ware and The Honky Tonk Man faces Harley Race, and the main event sees Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat face the Heenan Family's newest member, Haku, after he accepted the challenge Steamboat laid down last week. But up first, a ten man battle royal featuring five tag teams, and the last man standing at the end of the match will earn his team a WWF Tag Team title shot to face The British Bulldogs at In Your House 2: Pomp and Circumstance in two weeks time, and we go to that match right now. The Wild Samoans vs The Young Stallions vs The Killer Bees vs The Rockers vs Demolition The bell rings and the ten men pair off into five pairs, Afa with Marty Jannetty, Brian Blair with Paul Roma, Sika with Shawn Michaels, Ax with Jim Brunzell and Jim Powers with Smash. Before long, both member of Demolition hurl their opponents over the top rope, as Brunzell and Powers are both eliminated. Brian Blair and Paul Roma are brawling near the ropes, and Demolition, who now find themselves with nobody to fight, come up behind them and attempt to bundle them over the top rope. Blair and Roma both manage to hold on and roll back in however, and they try to get Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty's attention to team up, but The Rockers are embroiled in a fight with The Wild Samoans. Blair and Roma settle for teaming up with each other, and they stand and face Demolition in a two on two brawl. Demolition quickly get the better of the encounter and they both attempt to get their man over the top rope. Ax throws Brian Blair to the floor successfully, and Smash tries to do the same to Roma but Roma doesn't let go of Smash and the two go tumbling to the floor together. Meanwhile, Shawn Michaels gets Afa over the top rope and Sika gets Marty Jannetty over, but both men cling on and now Afa and Jannetty start brawling on the apron. Sika and Michaels brawl in the middle of the ring, until Shawn reverses an Irish whip attempt from Sika and sends the Samoan into Afa and Jannetty on the apron, and they both fall to the floor. We're down to the final three, as Ax and Sika are standing on either side of the ring with Shawn Michaels trapped between them. Ax and Sika exchange words and seemingly decide to work together, and they count down from three and both charge Michaels but the Rocker dives out of the way and Ax and Sika collide painfully, head to head. The two brutes turn their ire on each other now, and they brawl towards the ropes where Ax attempts to eliminate Sika. Shawn Michaels sees his opportunity, and he runs the ropes and hits both men with a big double clothesline to eliminate both and win the title shot for his team. Winner in 10:41, Shawn Michaels of The Rockers Rating: 63 We go to “Mean” Gene Okerlund for the first time tonight, and he introduces his guest Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake. Beefcake says he can handle The Million Dollar Man being an arrogant jerk and talking down to him, and he can even handle him cheating to beat him, but he crossed the line when he cut some of Beefcake's beautiful locks last week, and he promises The Million Dollar Man that he is going to get his own back. He is officially laying down a challenge for The Million Dollar Man to face him one on one at Pomp and Circumstance, and he wants a stipulation that if his bodyguard Sid gets involved in any way, The Million Dollar Man will immediately forfeit the match and will have to have his whole head shaved. Rating: 66 King of the Ring – First Round King Kong Bundy w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs Koko B. Ware This is the ultimate tale of David and Goliath, as the 5 ft 9, 228 pound Koko B. Ware takes on the 458 pound behemoth. Koko is fully aware that he can't match Bundy for strength or power, and so he spends the whole match using he speed to stay out of the bigger man's reach, occasionally darting in to hit the odd strike. Before long the Heenan Family evidently get sick of this, as King Wonderful runs down to the ring to get involved. Unfortunately for Bundy however, Koko's speed allows him to dodge Wonderful's attack, and he inadvertently hits his stablemate instead. Koko seizes the advantage and in the chaos he rolls Bundy up and the referee counts the one.. two.. three! Jim Ross enthusiastically puts over Koko for his heroic upset, and Ventura says the little bird got lucky. Winner in 5:41, Koko B. Ware Rating: 68 We are back again with Mean Gene who is joined this time by Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, who Gene says has asked for this interview, and Gene prompts Valentine to speak his mind. Valentine bemoans his recent failures, in particular losing two Intercontinental title shots and being knocked out of the King of the Ring tournament in the first round. He says that he is accustomed to success and a run like this is foreign territory for him, but he's not going to sit around and mope, he's going to do something about it. He says the he is reforming The Dream Team, but with Brutus Beefcake out of the equation after the events of WrestleMania III where The Dream Team imploded, he's going to need a new partner. To that end he has spent the last two weeks scouring the country for the perfect partner, and he has found just the man for the job. He doesn't let slip who the new partner is, but he promises that the whole WWF will find out very soon, and they aren't ready for the new and improved version of The Dream Team. Rating: 74 We're in President Gorilla Monsoon's office. There's a knock at the door and Monsoon tells the visitor to come in. Miss Elizabeth enters the room and sits down, and Monsoon asks her what he can do for her. Elizabeth says that despite how he might act, she knows that Randy Savage is a good guy at heart, he just needs someone to give him that little push. She says that she understands Savage's drive and determination to hold the World Heavyweight title and she loves him for it, but it's become an obsession and it's completely corrupted him. She says that his obsession makes him paranoid and makes him always see the worst in people, like Hulk Hogan for example. If the World Heavyweight title wasn't hanging over them, Elizabeth really thinks that they would get along, but it seems like Savage is only capable of seeing Hogan as an enemy. Monsoon asks her what he can do, and she reveals that the reason she came here is to ask the president to book a tag team match for next week, where Savage will team with Hogan, because if they have to work together then they'll come to their senses and stop this pointless blood feud. Monsoon says he thinks it's a good idea, and Elizabeth can consider it done. Elizabeth thanks him and leaves his office, and Randy Savage spots her from the end of the corridor and comes running over. He babbles frantically that he's been looking all over the arena for her and he thought she might have been with Hulk Hogan. She exasperatedly asks why he would think that, but Savage has just figured out what room she came out of. He questions what she has done and she tells him, and he almost flies off the handle in his anger but forces himself to be calm when he sees the scared look on Elizabeth's face. He takes a few moments and then says that he'll do it, just for her, and she's the only one that he'd do it for. Rating: 84 JR is excited at the prospect of Hogan and Savage teaming together, but he is very sceptical that the two adversaries can coexist. He says that neither man was lying when they said that Savage is a coiled spring, and he can't see Savage not turning on Hogan in that match. Jesse Ventura says that he would expect nothing less from a superstar of Savage's calibre, he's got his sights set on Hogan's World Heavyweight title, why would Savage waste his time playing happy families? JR then moves on and says that an exciting young wrestler will be making his WWF debut very soon, and he sends to a short video tape hyping the debut. A short vignette shows a statuesque man staring at the camera with an expression that walks the line between sleazy and seductive, while he gyrates his hips to music that sounds straight out of the Chippendales. A message is displayed telling us that the sexiest man in all of sports entertainment, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, is coming to the World Wrestling Federation next week. Rating: 68 Billy Jack Haynes w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham vs Adrian Adonis w/ Jimmy Hart Jimmy Hart tries to get involved here but as we have already seen in his short time managing The British Bulldogs, Billy Graham cancels out the opposing manager's interference, leaving it a fair fight. After a back and forth brawl between two tough competitors, Billy Jack Haynes locks on the full nelson and Adrian Adonis has to tap out. Winner in 9:17 by submission, Billy Jack Haynes Rating: 75 Mean Gene gets into the ring and interviews the victors. Billy Graham says that he has just proven what Billy Jack Haynes was missing last week when he faced The Magnificent Muraco, and he says that if he was at ringside then it would be Haynes preparing for a King of the Ring quarter final match, not Muraco. But there's no point crying over spilt milk, there's only one way to correct what happened last week, and that is to face Muraco one more time with the playing field levelled. Graham lets his client take the mic, and Billy Jack Haynes looks into the camera as he shouts a challenge to The Magnificent Muraco, to face him at In Your House 2: Pomp and Circumstance. Rating: 74 King of the Ring – First Round The Honky Tonk Man w/ Jimmy Hart vs Harley Race It seems like Jimmy Hart is trying to make up for lost time after being denied by Billy Graham a few minutes ago, as he keeps getting involved in this one to keep The Honky Tonk Man on top. As a result, Harley Race can't get any momentum in this match, as whenever it looks like he is going to turn it around Jimmy Hart grabs his foot or does something else nefarious. Harley Race is a much better wrestler than The Honky Tonk Man in every way though, and his quality shines through in the end as he hits a clothesline followed by a diving headbutt, and Hart's attempts to distract the ref are fruitless as Harley Race gets the win and advances to the next round. Winner by pinfall in 9:04, Harley Race Rating: 77 Mean Gene is in the interview area, and he is joined by “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and “The Natural” Butch Reed, and Gene asks his guests for their thoughts on The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff's actions last week. Duggan says that they are furious about Sheik and Volkoff brutally attacking them, but they are even more furious about how they treated the American flag, some things are sacred and that is a line you just don't cross. Butch Reed then says that if Sheik and Volkoff are so intent on defiling the American flag, then how about they make their tag team match at Pomp and Circumstance a flag match. That's right, the USA vs Iran and the Soviet Union, in front of an arena full of proud Americans. Mean Gene says that he always likes to stay impartial, but he hopes Duggan and Reed stick it to those no good scumbags after what they did last week. He then composes himself enough to send us back to Howard Finkel for the main event. Rating: 74 Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs Haku w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan To say this match is speed vs power would be doing Haku a disservice, as he is no slouch himself, but that is the way this match goes for the most part. Haku tries to hit his big strikes and power moves, and lock on his devastating Tongan Death Grip finishing hold, but Steamboat always manages to counter or evade him. Eventually, Steamboat gains full control of the match and manages to lock on the Dragon sleeper. Jim Ross' prediction last week that the Heenan Family will look at this match as an opportunity to do some damage to Steamboat ahead of his Intercontinental title defence against Hercules looks like is going to come true as Hercules himself makes his way out and stands on the outside of the ring, and Ricky Steamboat sees this and breaks the hold and stands to face Hercules. Out of nowhere Koko B. Ware comes sprinting out and jumps onto Hercules' back. In the commotion, Haku rolls Ricky Steamboat up from behind and the referee counts one, two.. but Steamboat kicks out, springs to his feet and runs at Haku. He ducks under a chop and rebounds off the rope, hitting Haku with a flying forearm to the head, which staggers him. Steamboat then climbs to the top rope, hits a diving crossbody on Haku, and in one fluid motion turns it into a cover for the one.. two.. three. Winner by pinfall in 10:38, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat Rating: 79 Hercules struggles to shrug Koko off of his back for a few moments, but eventually he manages to haul him over his shoulder and brings him down hard to the floor. Steamboat doesn't miss a beat, and as soon as Hercules is free of Koko, the Dragon slingshots himself over the top rope and onto Hercules. Koko pulls himself up using the apron and leans against the ring, winded, and Haku levels him again with a big baseball slide, and then rolls out of the ring to take the fight to Koko. We go to the break as the four men brawl, Koko with Haku and Steamboat with Hercules. Rating: 68 We come back from the break and Hulk Hogan's music immediately starts playing, and the roof is blown off the arena. He flexes and poses his way to the ring, and then calls for a microphone. He says that as always he has been watching the show, and he saw what Miss Elizabeth did earlier, and he has come out here because he wants to invite “The Macho Man” Randy Savage to talk brother. Randy Savage doesn't need asking twice, as he makes his purposeful way to the ring, followed by the lovely Miss Elizabeth. Hogan starts talking as soon as Savage climbs the steps to the ring, almost as if he doesn't want to give the Macho Man a chance to get in his face like he has in recent weeks. Hogan reiterates that he saw what happened earlier, and he is all for teaming with the Macho Man brother, but he says that Savage is going to have to put his animosity behind him if they're ever going to be able to work as a team. As soon as he says this Savage aggressively rips the mic out of Hogan's hand, and says that he couldn't care less how well they will work together as a team, if it wasn't for Elizabeth's sake he would already have made Hogan into a bloody smear on the floor ohh yeahh. Savage snatching the microphone and his less than amicable words have wiped the easy going smile from Hogan's face, and he looks annoyed now. Hogan takes the mic back, and says that he was willing to play nice but clearly that isn't possible with someone like Savage. He turns to address Elizabeth, and he says that it was a nice try but her man is lost cause brother, and she is just wasting her time. This angers Savage and he steps up to Hogan, Hogan doesn't step back and a brawl threatens to break out. Out of nowhere, The Hart Foundation rush the ring and attack Hogan and Savage from behind with chairs, Bret Hart on Hulk Hogan and Jim Neidhart on Randy Savage. Hogan and Savage both fall to the mat, and The Hart Foundation give them one more vicious chair shot each for good luck, and Bret Hart rolls back out of the ring. Jim Neidhart gives a smug laugh at the distressed look on Elizabeth's face, and then follows his brother in law out of the ring, and The Hart Foundation leave back up the ramp to a chorus of boos. Neidhart shouts at the camera that The Hart Foundation are putting themselves forward to be Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage's opponents next week, and they leave back through the curtain while Elizabeth drops to her knees to check on both Savage and Hogan as the show ends. Rating: 100 Show rating: 84 WWF Challenge notes: - The Rockers defeat The Young Stallions - Wild Samoans sick of Tito Santana and Rick Martel calling them cowards, want a match next week - “Rockin” Robin Roberts defeats Candi Devine - Jake Roberts says he knows that Robin won't let the family down at Pomp and Circumstance - Sting defeats Tom Zenk - Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff accept Butch Reed & Jim Duggan's challenge for a flag match - Nikolai Volkoff defeats Hillbilly Jim - Jake Roberts defeats Tiger Chung Lee

Personally I'm not underwhelmed by the roster at all, I like the idea of you trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit with all the homegrown guys, it kinda gives me Ring Ka King vibes.

Just caught up, good stuff. "The Connecticut Blue Blood" Hearst-Helmsley Vs. The British Bulldog Jerry "The King" Lawler Vs. "The Blue Chipper" Rocky Maivia "The King Of Harts" Owen Hart Vs. "The Mighty" Yokozuna "The Deranged" Mankind Vs. "The Master And Ruler Of The World" Sycho Sid

WWF Superstars – June Week 2, 1987 Our announce team of Jim Ross and Jesse “The Body” Ventura welcome us to another episode of WWF Superstars, and they run through the exciting night of action in store for us tonight. Bret “The Hitman” Hart will take on George “The Animal” Steele, “The Natural” Butch Reed and “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan will team up for the first time to take on Demolition, and Billy Jack Haynes is set to face The Magnificent Muraco in the first round of the King of the Ring tournament. To cap out the show our main event will feature the WWF World Heavyweight champion Hulk Hogan facing “The Ugandan Giant” Kamala in a non-title bout, but before all of that we will see the Junkyard Dog face The Heenan Family's Hercules in a King of the Ring first round matchup, and we go to Howard Finkel for the introductions for that match right now. King of the Ring – First Round Junkyard Dog vs Hercules w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan JYD's bad blood with the Heenan Family continues here, and he isn't going to let the opportunity to be in the ring with a Family member go to waste, as he beats Hercules all around the ring right from the first bell. After a couple minutes of this, Bobby Heenan grabs his foot and trips him, and the momentum of the match swings. The rest of the match is a back and forth brawl, until Hercules hits a big clothesline and Bobby Heenan gets up onto the ring apron which distracts the referee. This allows Hercules to pick up both his and Junkyard Dog's chains, and he wraps one around each of his hands. He waits for JYD to get back to his feet and then he boxes his ears with the chains around his fists, and then throws the chains out of the ring and makes the cover while JYD is out cold. Heenan gets off the apron and the ref turns around to count the one two three for Hercules to advance. Winner in 6:48 by pinfall, Hercules Rating: 70 After the match, two other members of the Heenan Family, Haku and King Kong Bundy, make their way out to the ring. The three men, with the encouragement of Bobby Heenan, savagely lay into the Junkyard Dog while he's on the ground and helpless to resist. Koko B. Ware sprints down the ramp like a bolt of lightning in an effort to save JYD, but Hercules sees him coming and rolls out of the ring, and Koko runs straight into a massive clothesline. Security come running out a few seconds after Koko, and Heenan tells Bundy to get out and face them, and together he and Hercules manage to hold off the security team. Meanwhile in the ring, at the behest of Bobby Heenan, Haku lays JYD's chain across his back, climbs up to the top rope and puts his full weight behind a knee drop onto the chain. JYD screams with pain as the Heenan Family finally leave of their own accord. Rating: 73 JR is absolutely disgusted with The Heenan Family's actions, and not for the first time. Jesse Ventura is usually reluctant to criticise the Family's actions, but this time he can't help but agree with JR that they went way too far. He says that the Junkyard Dog may be seriously injured after this, and JR says that they will try to keep us updated when they get any news on the matter. JR then sends us to some footage that was captured earlier tonight, as “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth entered the arena. Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth get out of the back of their car, and it's clear that they are mid-argument. Elizabeth's voice is full of exasperation as she says she has told him a thousand times that Hulk Hogan was just saving her from Jimmy Hart last week, that Hogan's intentions were good and that there is nothing untoward going on at all. This doesn't seem to satisfy Savage at all, and he responds that he has told Elizabeth a thousand times that he can take care of her himself, that she doesn't need anybody else to save her because she's got him. Elizabeth tenderly says that she knows Savage would have saved her, but he was focused on winning his match and he can't always have his eyes everywhere, so he should be grateful to Hogan for helping, he has no reason to be jealous. Savage mutters something under his breath that might be a grudging agreement, but when Elizabeth suggests that he should try burying the hatchet and being friends with Hogan, Savage tells her to stop right there immediately, and Elizabeth seems to realise that she isn't going to get anywhere with that one and so she stays quiet. Rating: 85 Jesse Ventura looks as though he has just sucked on a lemon, and he doesn't hold back his incredulity and distaste at Elizabeth's suggestion that Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan actually be friends. He says that this is the World Wrestling Federation, there is no time for making friends, especially with someone like Hulk Hogan, and double especially if you are right now as we speak trying to take his World title away from him. JR agrees that there is probably too much baggage for them to ever be friends, but he can't fault Miss Elizabeth's optimism. He then sends us to the ring for the next match. Bret “The Hitman” Hart w/ Jimmy Hart vs George “The Animal” Steele George “The Animal” Steele is up to all his old tricks here, as he lives up to his nickname by proudly displaying his ludicrous green tongue and munching on the turnbuckle pads. Initially Bret Hart tolerates this, but before long he kicks things up a notch and takes Steele to the mat, methodically working his legs until finally he locks on the sharpshooter and The Animal has nowhere to go, and he is forced to tap. Winner by submission in 7:16, Bret “The Hitman” Hart Rating: 70 After the match we go to the backstage interview area, where “Mean” Gene Okerlund is waiting. He introduces his guest Harley Race, and asks Race about King Wonderful and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan's comments last week, when they questioned why Race has entered the King of the Ring tournament if he's so against King Wonderful wearing a robe and crown. Race says that he intends to win the tournament, and show that to be the King of the Ring is to prove that you are the best professional wrestler in the world, it's not an excuse to prance around in a stupid little costume. Mean Gene then sends back to the announcers for the next match Rating: 80 “The Natural” Butch Reed & “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs Demolition w/ Luna Vachon Jim Duggan brings his American flag to this one, as he and Butch Reed look to show that they are now a united front as they team together for the first time. It's hard to imagine a tougher set of opponents than Demolition for your first ever match as a tag team, and that proves to be the case as the permanent team dominate much of this match. After a spell of Demolition isolating Butch Reed in their corner, Ax climbs to the top rope and Smash delivers a backbreaker to Butch, leaving him draped across his knee. Ax jumps off the top rope to deliver an elbow drop to Butch's head, but in a great display of strength and determination Butch sits up at the last second. He hits Smash with an elbow to the face and makes a break for his partner, and he tags Duggan in and he cleans house. Duggan hits some shoulder charges and chop blocks, and it looks like he's about to hit Ax with a big clothesline, when Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik run in, followed by Slick. The referee prevents The Iron Sheik from getting in the ring, but while he is occupied he doesn't see Volkoff roll in on the other side, and he hits Duggan from behind with a big double axe handle and then rolls back out. Demolition are back on top now, and once again they attempt to hit the Demolition Decapitation on Jim Duggan this time, and this time they succeed, and Smash makes the cover. Winners by pinfall in 8:06, Demolition Rating: 71 Nikolai Volkoff grabs Butch Reed from behind and holds his arms behind his back, while The Iron Sheik rolls out of the ring and grabs Jim Duggan's American flag. Slick tries to stand in Sheik's way but Sheik shoves him one handed into the guardrail, and Slick isn't going to put up a fight. Sheik gets back into the ring, and drives the bottom of the flagpole hard into the forehead of Butch Reed a number of times, and when security come running out Volkoff lets him drop to the floor, his face a crimson mask. Security and the medical team pull Duggan and Reed out of the ring and help them to the back, leaving Sheik and Volkoff in the ring with the American flag. The Iron Sheik spits on the flag, and then Nikolai Volkoff blows snot onto it. Sheik then simulates wiping his butt with the flag, drops it on the floor and Volkoff stomps on it and grinds it into the mat. The two men then both spit on the flag one more time before leaving up the ramp to an angry chorus of boos, and Slick looks aghast that his clients would do such a thing. Rating: 63 JR and Jesse are equally as upset as everyone else at The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff's treatment of the flag, and they say that they're sure that Jim Duggan and Butch Reed are not going to stand for that, and judging by Slick's face he might be having second thoughts too. Jesse Ventura then says that they've got something to lighten the mood, as we are going to hear from The Million Dollar Man! JR's mood does not look lightened, but he sends us to the clip all the same. The Million Dollar Man is at a high end barbers getting his hair cut. He talks to the camera as he addresses Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake calling him a coward and demanding he be at the arena this week. He says that Beefcake is in no position to make demands of The Million Dollar Man, and the only barber he will ever value the opinion of is Giovanni here. We hear a ding as a customer opens the door to enter, and the camera pans to reveal that it is the man himself, Brutus Beefcake. He says he warned The Million Dollar Man that he'd find him if he didn't show up at the arena, and then he launches himself at The Million Dollar Man who is still sitting in his barbers chair tucked under the cloak. Beefcake knocks the chair over and rains punches down onto The Million Dollar Man as he tries desperately to break free, and Beefcake taunts him by saying that he saw Sid sat in the car down the road, nobody is here to save him. The Million Dollar Man extricates himself finally and the two men brawl around the shop for a few minutes, scattering barber's equipment and spraying foams and gels all over the place. The Million Dollar Man slips comically on a puddle of gel and lands flat on his back, and Beefcake pins him down with his knees on his arms and picks up a pair of hair clippers that have been knocked to the floor. He turns the clippers on, and tauntingly moves them closer and closer to The Million Dollar Man's head, and he is close to shaving a strip out of his head when The Million Dollar Man escapes at the last second. The Million Dollar Man somehow manages to wrench the clippers out of Beefcake's grasp, and he aims a wild swing at Beefcake's head and manages to catch a few locks of his hair. Beefcake looks absolutely furious and The Million Dollar Man looks like he knows he's in trouble. The Million Dollar Man turns tail and runs out of the shop and down the street yelling “Sid!”, and Beefcake gives chase as Giovanni looks like he's about to burst into tears at the state of his shop. Rating: 65 We come out of the clip to Mean Gene, who introduces his guest Koko B. Ware. He asks Koko if he has heard anything about the condition of the Junkyard Dog, and he confirms that he has spoken with doctors and they say that JYD will be out of action for at least a few weeks. Koko says that what Haku did to JYD earlier cannot go unanswered, and he knows that he isn't as big or as tough as Haku, but all the same he is issuing a challenge to Haku to face him one on one at Pomp and Circumstance, for himself but also for JYD. Rating: 56 King of the Ring – First Round Billy Jack Haynes vs The Magnificent Muraco w/ Mr Fuji Last week Billy Jack Haynes criticised The Magnificent Muraco for cheating to beat him last time they fought, and that looks to have fired Muraco up as he dominates the early proceedings. Muraco gets Haynes in series of painful looking holds while shouting things like “call me a cheat?”, until eventually Haynes uses his power and the energy of the crowd to break free. The rest of the match is even with Haynes probably getting the better of it, and finally he manages to lock on the full nelson. He violently shakes Muraco back and forth, but unfortunately a stray arm from Muraco catches the referee square in the face and he hits the deck. Muraco taps but the bell doesn't ring, and Haynes drops his opponent to tend to the ref. He gets the ref back up onto his hands and knees and when he turns around Muraco's manager Mr Fuji is on the apron and he throws a handful of salt right into his eyes, and he stumbles blindly right into Muraco's path, and Muraco hoists him up and hits a Hawaiian Hammer piledriver and makes the cover. The referee comes back to his senses and counts the pin for the one two three, and The Magnificent Muraco advances to the next round. Winner by pinfall in 9:39, The Magnificent Muraco Rating: 73 We come back from the break to find Billy Jack Haynes sitting in the locker room, clearly angry at what has just transpired. “Superstar” Billy Graham pokes his head in the door and asks if he can come in to talk, and Haynes nods. Graham points out the obvious, that despite Haynes saying he wouldn't let Muraco cheat his way to victory again, that is exactly what happened. Haynes asks Graham what his point is, and Graham says that the difference in that match was Muraco's manager Mr Fuji, so what Billy Jack Haynes needs is a manager in his own corner. Graham says he has guided The British Bulldogs to the tag titles in only a couple short months of managing them, and now he wants to offer his services to Billy Jack Haynes. Haynes only needs to consider the offer for a few seconds, and then he shakes Billy Graham's hand. Rating: 62 We go back to the interview area where Mean Gene is joined by “The Macho Man” Randy Savage, and Gene asks his guest about his current situation with the World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. Randy Savage brings up Hogan calling him a coiled spring last week, and he says that Hogan is one hundred and ten percent right with that assessment yeahh. The Macho Man produces a spring from somewhere up his sleeve, and he says that he is filled to the brim with potential energy, yeah, and one wrong move will cause him to spring to action, and he hands the spring to Mean Gene. He brings up all this talk of people using his weakness for Miss Elizabeth to lure him into a trap, but he says that if there is gonna be a trap, it will be the Macho Man that springs a trap on Hulk Hogan brother oh yeahhh, and he reveals another spring and hands it to Gene. He then makes yet another spring appear from nowhere and he tells Gene to take note of its spiral shape, yeah. He says that Hulk Hogan is flying high right now, yeah and make no mistake about that, but the Macho Man is going to take aim and shoot him from the sky yeah, and Hulk Hogan will come spiralling down to the ground in a blaze of fire, and the smoke will spiral up to the sky oh yeah, and that smoke will be seen from every corner of the professional wrestling world. He concludes by saying that the WWF fans can watch this all happen live and in colour at In Your House: Pomp and Circumstance, the Spring spectacular ohhhh yeahhhhhh, and he hands the last spring to Mean Gene and walks away. Mean Gene thanks his guest and says he is on rare form, a spring in his step if you will, and at these words one last spring comes flying into the shot and hits Gene in the chest, and a voice from off screen shouts “DIG IT!” Rating: 91 After Savage has left, Ricky Steamboat comes in and says he's got something to say, and he apologises to Gene and says it won't take long. Steamboat says he is accepting the challenge that Bobby Heenan and Hercules issued last week for an Intercontinental title rematch, but he says that they will have to wait until Pomp and Circumstance. Before they get to that though, he wants to teach that savage Haku a lesson for what he did to the Junkyard Dog earlier, and he is officially challenging Haku to a match next week. He says that after Greg Valentine managed to manipulate and sneak attack his way to a title shot recently, he's not putting the title on the line against Haku because he's not going to let that kind of behaviour be rewarded again, but he says that he knows Haku will still accept because otherwise the whole world will see him as a coward. Rating: 79 Jesse Ventura questions why on Earth the Heenan family would accept that match if the title isn't going to be on the line, but JR suggests that knowing Bobby Heenan, he will likely see it as a free shot at Steamboat ahead of Hercules' title shot at Pomp and Circumstance. JR says that Steamboat had better have some kind of backup next week because if Haku accepts that match then it won't be a fair one on one match. JR then says it's time for our main event, and on cue Kamala makes his way to the ring. Hulk Hogan vs Kamala w/ Kim Chee A bog-standard Hulk hogan match here, as Kamala has the better of most of it, and eventually he grabs Hogan by the neck with both hands and holds him in the air in a chokelift. Hogan struggles for a while and looks like he is fading, but the energy from the crowd spurs him on to bring a knee up into the gut of Kamala and he breaks the hold. Kamala then hits Hogan in the head with an overhead chop, but Hogan just shakes his head, and The Ugandan Giant's fate is sealed as Hogan hits him with some punches, and then a scoop slam followed by the big leg drop for the one two three. Kim Chee berates Kamala all the way back up the ramp. Winner by pinfall in 8:55, Hulk Hogan Rating: 80 After the match, Hulk Hogan calls for a microphone, and before he can even raise it to his lips Randy Savage is making his way down the ramp, Miss Elizabeth in tow, and Hogan laughs and says Savage is right on time brother. Savage gets into the ring and squares up to Hogan, and Hogan gives him a gentle shove and Savage does back off a few steps. Hogan says that he saw Savage's cute little interview earlier, but he also saw his and Elizabeth's argument before that, and he finds that a whole lot more interesting brother. Hogan says that he's just been through a war with Andre The Giant and the rest of the Heenan Family, and if he's honest he likes Elizabeth's idea that they just bury the hatchet and make their World Heavyweight title match a friendly one for a change. Hogan then holds out a hand in apparent friendship, but Savage slaps the hand away and steps right back up to Hogan. Hogan tries softly pushing him away again but Savage responds with a much more aggressive shove, and Hogan then responds in kind. Savage comes back at Hogan with a punch this time, and though Hogan's facial expression looks reluctant, it seems like he can see no way to avoid a fight, so he punches Savage back and a brawl ensues. While the two men fight, Miss Elizabeth storms back up the ramp with a look of grim determination that seems to say she's sick of the situation, and she's going to take matters into her own hands. Rating: 100 Show rating: 85 WWF Challenge notes: - Flyin' Brian defeats Raymond Rougeau - Butch Reed & Jim Duggan defeat Tiger Chung Lee & “Mean” Mark Callous - “Rockin” Robin Roberts defeats Judy Martin - Sting defeats Corporal Kirchner - Tito Santana and Rick Martel issue another open challenge, Demolition answer - Demolition defeat Tito Santana & Rick Martel - The Wild Samoans run out and attack Santana and Martel

WWF Superstars – June Week 1, 1987 JR and Jesse welcome everybody to tonight's episode of Superstars, and they run through the night of action in store for us. The new arrival in the women's division Sensational Sherri will make her debut when she faces Velvet McIntyre for a spot in the match for the vacant WWF Women's title, The Honky Tonk Man faces Brutus “The Barber" Beefcake and The Wild Samoans challenge The British Bulldogs for their WWF Tag Team titles. We will also see the King of the Ring tournament kick off tonight with the first two first round matches, as our main event will see “Macho Man” Randy Savage taking on Adrian Adonis, but up first we have Greg “The Hammer” Valentine against “The Natural” Butch Reed. King of the Ring – First Round Greg “The Hammer” Valentine w/ “Luscious” Johnny V vs “The Natural” Butch Reed Butch Reed's manager Slick is not at ringside here as the King of the Ring kicks off with a battle of brains against brawn. Greg Valentine starts this match much less tentatively than he has in recent weeks, as the two men get into a collar and elbow tie up. It doesn't take long for Butch Reed's power to overwhelm Valentine however and he gets thrown halfway across the ring, and after that he becomes much more cautious again. Eventually Butch Reed manages to get a hold of Valentine and hits him with some power moves, and he dominates the last few minutes of the match until he hits a gorilla press slam and makes the cover for the one two three to advance in the tournament. Winner in 10:49 by pinfall, “The Natural” Butch Reed Rating: 76 We come out of the match to find “Mean” Gene Okerlund in the backstage interview area, and he welcomes his guests at this time, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan alongside Hercules and the newest member of the Heenan Family, Haku. Heenan says that he is standing here with the number one contender to the WWF Intercontinental title. Hercules' title shot was cut short through no fault of his own, when that meddler Greg Valentine hit him in the back with a chair. Heenan says that if you look at the record books, you will find that Hercules scored a win over the champion Ricky Steamboat, so he deserves another title shot. Mean Gene says it's hard to argue with that assessment, and then he asks about the situations with both the Junkyard Dog and Koko B. Ware. Heenan says that their issue is with Junkyard Dog, and Koko B. Ware doesn't need to get his little self involved, but if Koko insists on going up against the Heenan Family just like the Junkyard Dog has, then it won't end well for either of them. They then walk off and Mean Gene sends us back to the announcers for the next match. Rating: 75 Velvet McIntyre vs Sensational Sherri Sensational Sherri immediately impresses on her debut as she controls the first few minutes, but Velvet McIntyre proves she is no slouch as she fights her way back into the match. The match is even for a while, until the two women start exchanging chops to the chest back and forth, and Sherri ends the exchange with a big slap to Velvet's face. This galvanises Velvet, and she makes Sherri regret her decision as she throws her this way and that, taking firm control of the match for the first time. Velvet Irish whips Sherri into the corner and follows up with a big running forearm, and then climbs to the top rope and gets onto Sherri's shoulders, setting up for the McIntyre Roll. Sherri walks dazedly forward, but then out of nowhere she spins McIntyre around and brings her down with a powerbomb, and then runs off the ropes to deliver a big splash and make the pin. Winner in 6:33 by pinfall, Sensational Sherri Rating: 61 After the match, Sherri's opponent for the WWF Women's title at In Your House 2: Pomp and Circumstance “Rockin” Robin Roberts enters the ring and offers Sherri a handshake, but Sherri pulls her hand away with disdain and leaves the ring to the boos of the crowd. Rating: 43 We now go to The Million Dollar Man, who is sat with his bodyguard Sid in a lavish living room of an extravagant house. He says that Brutus Beefcake was one hundred percent correct last week when he suggested that The Million Dollar Man's money helped him win the match. He says it proves what he said before, that money can buy anything, and some day soon it will buy him the World Heavyweight Championship, and then he won't have to waste his time dealing with gutter dwellers like Brutus Beefcake. Rating: 69 Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake vs The Honky Tonk Man w/ Jimmy Hart Interestingly Jimmy Hart is here at ringside with The Honky Tonk Man, and it seems like they must have patched things up after Honky threw a snake filled sack at his manager a couple of weeks ago. Ventura says he's not surprised, he thinks Jimmy Hart would appreciate the ingenuity rather than hold it against his client. As for the match, it is a low key affair with each man getting about as much offence as the other, and eventually Beefcake manages to lock on the sleeper hold and The Honky Tonk Man has no other option than to tap out, despite Jimmy Hart's efforts to encourage him to break free. Winner in 7:43 by submission, Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake Rating: 67 After The Honky Tonk Man and Jimmy Hart leave, Beefcake calls for a microphone to be handed to him. Beefcake accuses The Million Dollar Man of hiding in his mansion tonight, and challenges him to be in the arena next week and face him again in the middle of the ring. Beefcake promises that if The Million Dollar Man doesn't show up next week, then Beefcake will have to take the fight to him, wherever he is. Rating: 69 We go to the backstage interview area where Mean Gene is joined by the World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan. Gene asks Hogan about the situation between him and the challenger apparent to the World Heavyweight title, the “Macho Man” Randy Savage. "Well let me tell you something, Mean Gene!" Hogan says that he understands that Savage is protective of Miss Elizabeth brother, but he has got to calm down and stop flying off the handle every time somebody even mentions her name. He says Savage should take Liz's advice and try to keep his emotions in check brother, because in this sport, especially in the World Wrestling Federation which some of the most dangerous superstars in the world call home, somebody at some point will use Savage's wicked temper and his love for Miss Elizabeth against him. He goes on to say that Savage won't have to worry about Hogan doing that, but from the way Savage has been acting lately it seems like Hogan should be worried about Savage. He says Savage is a coiled spring that could go off at any second, and Hogan will need to be on alert twenty four seven brother. He says that in order to keep an eye on Savage, he will have the best seat in the house for Savage's match later tonight, right at the commentary booth brother. Rating: 82 JR and Jesse Ventura discuss Hogan's remarks. JR says that Hogan is absolutely right, Savage is wearing his heart on his sleeve and broadcasting to the whole World Wrestling Federation that Miss Elizabeth is his weakness, and sooner or later somebody will exploit that. Jesse says that Savage is absolutely fine, he is one of the best in the world and he can handle anyone that comes for him, but JR asks if Savage can handle someone coming for Elizabeth? Ventura says that that won't happen, but JR isn't so sure. They are about to send us over to the next match but they get word that there is something happening backstage. Butch Reed and Jim Duggan manage to catch Slick somewhere in the back. Butch appeals to his manager to leave The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff and join his and Jim Duggan's side in the fight. Slick looks unsure and he says as much, saying he feels like he has been backed into a corner and to tell the truth he doesn't have any idea where his loyalties should lie. Butch looks less than satisfied with this answer, and he says that Slick had better think long and hard about it, and then he and Duggan leave Slick standing alone and looking desperate. Rating: 65 WWF World Tag Team Championship The British Bulldogs (c) w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham vs The Wild Samoans w/ King Curtis Iaukea The British Bulldogs' second title defence is a much tougher challenge than their first against The Killer Bees, and that shows here as the Bulldogs aren't able to assert their dominance. The Wild Samoans aren't able to assert their dominance either, with the exception of one fairly short period of isolating Dynamite Kid, but an athletic dart across the ring and a hot tag to Davey Boy puts an end to that in short order. Most of the match is a back and forth affair, and the few times King Curtis Iaukea looks like he might get involved to sway the momentum in his team's direction, a glower or a knuckle crack from “Superstar” Billy Graham makes him think better of it. Just as it looks like the Samoans might finally be gaining full control of the match, Dynamite Kid reverses a headlock and sends Sika head first into Afa, sending the latter flying off the apron, and then Dynamite Kid tags his partner in. Davey Boy hits a big running powerslam to Sika and Dynamite kid comes off the top with a diving headbutt, and Davey Boy makes the cover to retain the titles. Winners by pinfall in 9:07, and still WWF Tag Team Champions, The British Bulldogs Rating: 75 We return again to Mean Gene who is joined this time by Billy Jack Haynes, and Gene asks Haynes for his thoughts on his King of the Ring first round match against The Magnificent Muraco next week. Haynes says that when they last faced off against each other nearly two months ago, The “Magnificent” Muraco proved that he isn't so Magnificent when he shamelessly cheated to win the match, but Haynes promises that he won't let it happen again, and he will be the one going through to the quarter finals, and then all the way to the crown. Rating: 62 Billy Jack Haynes leaves and Mean Gene looks like he's going to send back to JR and Jesse, but King Wonderful enters the interview area with his manager Bobby Heenan in tow. Gene says that they don't have an interview scheduled but King Wonderful arrogantly plucks the microphone out of his hand. The King says that he cannot allow Harley Race's disrespect to stand. First, Race calls the King an embarrassment to the sport of professional wrestling, and then he has the impertinence to decline to call him by his rightful name of King Wonderful. Heenan then takes over and he calls Harley Race a hypocrite, pointing out that King Harley Race came long before King Wonderful, and no matter what he says now, Race enjoyed every minute of playing that role. Heenan questions that if Harley Race is such a purist all of a sudden, then why has he entered the King of the Ring tournament again? Why does he want to win a crown and a robe? They then leave and Mean Gene belatedly sends us back to the announcers for the main event. Rating: 76 King of the Ring – First Round Adrian Adonis w/ Jimmy Hart vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth Just as he promised earlier, Hulk Hogan is out on commentary for this one. The match starts and Jim Ross asks Hogan about his words earlier tonight about Savage and Elizabeth. Savage and Adonis immediately start brawling as soon as the bell goes, with Savage coming out on top and knocking Adonis to the ground. Savage then climbs to the top rope, looking for the elbow drop to end this one in record time, but he spots Hulk Hogan out the corner of his eye gesturing towards Miss Elizabeth while he answers JR's questions, and Savage angrily jumps down and makes his way over to the commentary position. Jesse Ventura all but ducks for cover after how Savage manhandled him last week, but Savage only has eyes for Hulk Hogan. He points a finger at Hogan and then makes a “bring it” gesture, but Hogan tells Savage to calm down and that he is just proving Hogan's point that Savage is too emotional when it comes to Elizabeth. Just as he says this, Adrian Adonis comes up behind Savage and hits him with a big forearm in the back, indeed proving Hogan's point. Adonis rolls Savage back in the ring, and enjoys a period of dominance until Savage fights back with Elizabeth's encouragement and the match is even for a while until Savage turns it in his favour and eventually hits a scoop slam on Adonis and climbs the rope again, this time to end it for real. Jimmy Hart looks desperately about, and a devilish idea pops into his head when he sees Miss Elizabeth. He moves over to her and grabs her from behind, shaking her around a bit, but Randy Savage now only has eyes for his opponent and he drops the elbow to get the one two three and advance to the next round of the King of the Ring tournament. Winner by pinfall in 10:57, “Macho Man” Randy Savage Rating: 82 As the referee is counting the pin, Hulk Hogan gets up from his seat at commentary and runs over to Jimmy Hart and Elizabeth's tussle, and puts a stop to it by punching Hart in the face. Hogan then puts his hands on Liz's upper arms and asks her if she's okay, and she nods. Randy Savage is done celebrating and he notices Hulk Hogan standing outside the ring with his hands on Miss Elizabeth, and his expression contorts into a grimace of rage. He jumps out of the ring and roughly shoves Hogan, and then points an accusatory finger at Hogan's face. Hogan holds his arms wide in a gesture of innocence, but he can't help but laugh at the absurdity of the situation. This of course doesn't help with Savage's mood, and he starts to step dangerously towards Hogan, while Hogan backs off without a trace of a smile anymore. Miss Elizabeth follows the two men with a look of panic, desperately trying to explain to Savage what happened, but he doesn't seem to hear anything as the show goes off the air as Hogan stops backing away and the two men start to throw punches. Raing: 80 Show rating: 80 WWF Challenge notes: - Tito Santana and Rick Martel defeat The Young Stallions after the Stallions answer Santana & Martel's open challenge - Santana & Martel say they expected The Wild Samoans to answer the challenge, but it seems like they are cowards who only fight with sneak attacks - King Wonderful says he hasn't entered King of the Ring because he doesn't need to prove that he's the King, and whoever wins the tournament will just be a cheap imitation - Sting defeats Jumpin' Jim Brunzell - “Rockin” Robin Roberts says she may seem sweet and innocent, but Sensational Sherri will see how mean she can get come the PPV - “Rockin” Robin Roberts defeats Debbie Combs - Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake defeats “Cowboy” Bob Orton

WWF Superstars – May Week 4, 1987 JR and Jesse welcome us to the show, and run through tonight's card. Junkyard Dog faces the new mystery member of the Heenan Family, Nikolai Volkoff takes on “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Harley Race will face “Cowboy” Bob Orton and tonight's main event will see World Heavyweight champion Hulk Hogan face off with The Iron Sheik. Out of nowhere, the Intercontinental champion Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat comes out and makes his way to the ring unannounced, and calls for a microphone. He invites Greg Valentine out, and Valentine obliges and comes to the entranceway. Steamboat says that after what Valentine did last week when he interfered in his title defence against Hercules and purposely got Steamboat disqualified, Steamboat can already see that Valentine isn't going to let the issue go. Steamboat knows that Valentine is going to continue sticking his oar in where it doesn't belong, and he's only going to stop when he gets what he wants. Well, Steamboat is the only man who can give Valentine what he wants, so he is laying down the challenge. Steamboat tells Valentine to get in the ring right now and face him with the Intercontinental title on the line, and they can end this once and for all. Rating: 75 WWF Intercontinental Championship Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine w/ “Luscious” Johnny V As Ricky Steamboat was the one to issue this challenge, you would think Greg Valentine would not be quite as well prepared as the champion, but he makes up for that by being very cautious in the early stages. He keeps his default position a few strides away from Steamboat, occasionally darting in for a strike or an attempted takedown, but whenever Steamboat is about to get the better of him he retreats again, and Steamboat doesn't press him. After a few minutes Steamboat has clearly had enough of the caginess and out of nowhere takes a few quick steps towards Valentine and peppers him with lightning fast chops. This forces Valentine's hand, and he finally takes the fight back to Steamboat. The match is very back and forth from this point, with each man having spells of offence but neither able to dominate. Whenever Valentine has the advantage, he always works the legs of Steamboat, and as the match goes on Steamboat's movement gets slower and he stops attempting high flying moves. It turns into a mat based clinic for the final few minutes, as Valentine does everything in his power to lock on the Figure Four leglock, and finally he does manage to apply the hold. Steamboat growls in pain and pounds the mat with both hands, as the crowd wills him on to escape. Eventually, Steamboat manages to turn Valentine over onto his front, reversing the pressure onto Valentine's legs. Valentine starts crawling towards the ropes, but before he can Steamboat releases the hold and scrambles over to Valentine, rolls him onto his side and locks in the cross faced chicken wing. Valentine gives up any hope of reaching the rope, and after a few seconds he also gives up the match by tapping on Steamboat's arm. Winner by submission in 14:29, and still WWF Intercontinental Champion, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Rating: 82 Following the title match, President Gorilla Monsoon makes his way to the ring with a microphone in his hand, and he says he has some exciting announcements to make. First of all, he announces that following the success of the King of the Ring tournaments that have been held the last couple of years, there will be a dedicated King of the Ring pay-per-view this year, held in the last week of July. The sixteen-man tournament will start next week and matches will be held each week on Superstars throughout the next two months, and the pay-per-view itself will play host to the semi finals and final of the tournament. A bracket is then put up on the screen showing all participants in the tournament and their possible routes to the finals. Monsoon then says he has one more exciting announcement to make. He says that as the president of the World Wrestling Federation it usually falls to him to decide which WWF superstars will face off against each other, and when and where these matches are going to take place. But when the superstars take it into their own hands to make the matches themselves, he is not going to stand in their way. That's right, Monsoon says he is delighted to confirm that Hulk Hogan's next challenger for his WWF World Heavyweight Championship will be none other than the “Macho Man” Randy Savage, and that huge match will take place four weeks from now, at In Your House 2: Pomp and Circumstance! Rating: 84 The commentators express their excitement that the big clash between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage has been made official and then they look through the bracket for the King of the Ring tournament, and make predictions on who they think will win it. JR says it's an incredibly strong lineup and it showcases just how full of talent the WWF roster really is, but he says it's hard to look past Jake Roberts, Randy Savage and Harley Race, and he says if he had to put money on it it would be one of them. Speaking of money, Jesse Ventura perhaps unsurprisingly chooses his new favourite wrestler The Million Dollar Man. JR then tells us that it is time for the next match which will see Junkyard Dog take on the new member of the Heenan Family, and JR and Jesse are eager to find out who the mystery man is going to be. Bobby Heenan comes out first, and is followed by a man who has been on a tear recently, including a win in a handicap match over The Young Stallions on the pre-show of In Your House a couple of weeks ago. The new member of the Heenan Family is Haku, and Jesse Ventura says that he is a very shrewd acquisition by Bobby Heenan, and he sees big things in Haku's future under Heenan's guidance. Junkyard Dog vs Haku w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan This match is an even brawl. The closing stretch sees both men going back and forth with a series of strong strikes. First Haku hits a forearm, then JYD hits his own. Haku delivers a huge chop to JYD's chest, and JYD winces and clenches his fists in pain, but then responds with a chop of his own that does just as much damage. Next Haku punches JYD in the face and then shouts at JYD while pointing to his own face, and JYD duly responds. Haku then makes the near fatal mistake of hitting JYD with a headbutt, and JYD's responding headbutt nearly knocks Haku out, but he stumbles for a few seconds and manages to stay on his feet. JYD could press his advantage here but instead he decides to play to the crowd, slapping his head and barking like a dog, and Haku makes him regret his actions as he hits him with a huge savate kick to the face which sends him to the mat. Instead of going for the pin, Bobby Heenan hands Haku JYD's own chain, and Haku wraps the chain around his fist and begins pummelling JYD in the head as the referee calls for the bell. Security start to run out as we go to the break. Winner by disqualification in 6:56, Junkyard Dog Rating: 72 We come back from the break to find Mean Gene in the interview area, joined by “The Birdman” Koko B. Ware. Gene asks him about the events of In Your House, where Koko was revealed as the partner of Haku in his tag match with The Young Stallions, but Haku savagely attacked Koko before the match. Koko hays that Haku is clearly a dangerous animal, and now that he has the power of the Heenan Family behind him he needs to be stopped. Koko just starts to suggest that maybe he will be the one to stop him, when the dangerous animal himself comes flying in and almost takes Koko's head off with a brutal looking Savate kick. Haku shouts something in Tongan as Mean Gene backs off, and Bobby Heenan warns the Birdman not to get involved with matters that are far too dangerous for him. Rating: 71 “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan makes his way to the ring for his match against Nikolai Volkoff, and he is carrying a big American flag and a microphone. After he gets in the ring and the USA chants from the crowd have died down, Duggan says he wants to sing a little song that is very close to his heart. The crowd falls silent and Duggan clears his throat and holds the microphone to his mouth. “Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed, by the twilight's last gleaming?” He then tells the crowd to join in and sing at the top of their lungs. “Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous flight, o'er the ram” Nikolai Volkoff appears and hits Duggan in the back with a clubbing blow, and the referee rings the bell. Rating: 70 “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs Nikolai Volkoff w/ Slick Volkoff immediately capitalises on his advantage and dominates for most of the first half of this match. Duggan manages to turn it around and much of the match is even, until Duggan finally looks to be getting the better of it. The Iron Sheik comes to the ring presumably to interfere, but his manager Slick plucks up the courage to stand in his way. The two men argue for a while, until The Iron Sheik loses his patience and his temper and shoves Slick back first into the ring apron. Nikolai Volkoff sees this and walks to the edge of the ring to remonstrate with The Iron Sheik about his treatment of their manager, and when he turns around he is hit with a big clothesline from Jim Duggan, who makes the pin. Winner in 9:15 by pinfall, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan Rating: 71 A split second too late, The Iron Sheik gets into the ring and starts stomping on Jim Duggan, until Butch Reed runs out and evens up the numbers. The four men brawl as we have seen them do on multiple occasions over the last two months and we go to the break as they brawl back up the ramp. Rating: 64 We once again come back from the break to Mean Gene standing in the interview area, and this time his guest is Harley Race. Race says that the so called King Wonderful's coronation last week was an embarrassment to the sport of professional wrestling, and he's glad he's not associated with those people anymore. Mean Gene then asks him about Bobby Heenan's words that King Wonderful will make Harley Race live to regret turning on the Heenan Family. Race scoffs and says that if Heenan thinks that Paul Orndorff stands a chance against him then he's got another thing coming. If Heenan sends that oaf Orndorff after him then he'll knock that stupid crown off his fat head. Race then leaves the interview area to walk to the ring. Rating: 75 “Cowboy” Bob Orton w/ Mr Fuji vs Harley Race Harley Race's first match after leaving the Heenan Family is an impressive showing, as he beats Bob Orton Jr handily with a piledriver. Winner by pinfall in 8:13, Harley Race Rating: 85 Mean Gene is back in action again and this time he is joined by Jake Roberts, and the woman who will be taking on Velvet McIntyre for the vacant woman's title, “Rockin” Robin Roberts. Jake says he is very proud that his little sister has made it to the big time, especially at such a young age, and he says that he is confident that Robin will carry on the family tradition of success when she becomes the new Women's champion. Velvet McIntyre comes in and offers Robin a handshake, when an unknown woman enters seemingly from out of nowhere and shoves Velvet out of the way. Mean Gene says that he recognises this woman, and her name is Sherri Martel. The woman plucks the mic from Mean Gene's hand and says “that's Sensational Sherri to you”. She says that she's heard there's a revolution happening in the women's division here in the World Wrestling Federation, and if there's going to be a women's revolution then she is the only woman capable of being the face of it. She says that she expects either Robin or Velvet to give up their place in the title match, and she doesn't care who. Robin Roberts looks lost for words but Velvet McIntyre steals the mic back from Sherri, and says that she's planning on being a fighting champion when she wins the title anyway so why not start a little early. Velvet McIntyre will face Sherri next week, and the winner will have the title shot at Pomp and Circumstance. Rating: 76 Mean Gene's busy evening continues as the women are replaced by Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake, and Gene gets to asking him about his match with The Million Dollar Man last week. Beefcake says The Million Dollar Man is all sizzle and no steak, and the only reason he was able to beat Beefcake last week was because of his money. If he didn't have his paid bodyguard get involved, there is no way, and The Barber means no way, that The Million Dollar Man would have been able to beat him. Mean Gene then sends us back to JR and Jesse for the main event. Rating: 65 WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan vs The Iron Sheik Interestingly, after their tangle earlier tonight, Slick is not accompanying The Iron Sheik for this match. This match is a rematch from January 23rd 1984, when Hogan defeated Sheik to win the title that he still holds to this day. The match starts with a test of strength, which Hulk Hogan wins, and he stays on top for the first few minutes. Sheik utilises dirty tactics to swing the match back in his favour, and he tries to lock on the camel clutch a few times but Hogan thwarts him. Hogan hits a powerslam and looks like he is going to try the leg drop, when “Macho Man” Randy Savage storms out to the ring. It looks like Savage is going to try to interfere in the match, but Miss Elizabeth runs out after him and gets in front of him, pleading with him to let Hogan alone. Savage looks like he doesn't want to heed Elizabeth, but in the end he does and stays at ringside. This distraction has allowed Sheik to crawl close to the ropes, and Hogan now walks over to him and bends down to grab him, but Sheik brings his leg up and kicks Hogan in the head. Hogan slumps to the floor on his front, and Sheik stands over him and hits some stomps to his kidneys, and then locks on the camel clutch. Hogan struggles for a while, and then pushes himself up to his knees and then to his feet, with The Iron Sheik still clinging onto his back like a backpack. Hogan runs backwards into the corner and rams Sheik back first into the turnbuckle, causing Sheik to fall over. Sheik rolls onto his front as Hogan comes off the ropes and hits the leg drop and makes the cover. Winner by pinfall in 7:45, and still WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan Rating: 81 As Hogan celebrates, Miss Elizabeth looks to finally be getting fed up with Randy Savage's ways. She looks teary eyed, and pushes Savage's hand away when he tries to console her. Hogan now grabs a microphone in the ring and he says that he can understand why Elizabeth is upset, but their little lover's quarrel almost distracted him and cost him the match, and that's just not gonna fly brother. Hogan says that Savage is a loose cannon that can go off at any second, and he will have to have eyes in the back of his head with Savage on the warpath brother. Hogan says that if Savage is so intent on sticking his nose into Hogan's matches, then maybe Hogan will have to pay a little visit to ringside for Savage's next match, at least that way he can keep an eye on him. Jesse Ventura then says that he bets Hogan will also be keeping an eye on Miss Elizabeth too, if you know what he means. Savage is standing close to the announce table and so he hears Ventura's words, and he storms over and grabs Ventura by the collar. He shouts right into Ventura's face that nobody gets away with talking about Miss Elizabeth that way and he pulls Jesse out of his chair. Hogan has rolled out of the ring and he now grabs Savage by the shoulders and pulls him away from the cowering Ventura, and Savage looks completely insane as they square off face to face, while Elizabeth looks hopelessly sad in the background as the show goes off the air. Rating: 91 Show rating: 84 WWF Challenge notes: The Rockers interview, they say that want to be tag champs someday The Rockers defeat The Assassin and Tiger Chung Lee Rick Martel defeats his former Can-Am Connection teammate Tom Zenk Rick Martel & Tito Santana issue an open challenge for next week “Rockin” Robin Roberts defeats Debbie Combs Haku defeats Tama Adrian Adonis interview about his upcoming King of the Ring match with Randy Savage Adrian Adonis defeats Flyin' Bryan

WWF Superstars – May Week 3, 1987 Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura welcome us to tonight's episode of WWF Superstars and they talk about what a fantastic show we witnessed last night at In Your House. They then run through tonight's card. “The Macho Man” Randy Savage will look to put his disappointment at losing his Intercontinental shot behind him when he faces Billy Jack Haynes, The British Bulldogs will defend their newly won tag titles against The Killer Bees, the legend himself Pedro Morales will be in action as he takes on The Magnificent Muraco, and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat gets no rest after his gruelling Intercontinental title defence last weekend, as he defends his title against the man who won the number one contender's battle royal, Hercules. JR is just about to send us to Howard Finkel for the first match, when Bobby Heenan comes out to the ring, flanked by the three surviving members of the Heenan Family, “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff, King Kong Bundy and the aforementioned Hercules. Jesse Ventura corrects JR, his name is not “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff, his name is King Wonderful. JR says “oh gimme a break.” The uninvited guests get into the ring, and Bobby Heenan says that he wants to present an official coronation for the new king of the World Wrestling Federation. Heenan is carrying the crown, King Kong Bundy is holding the robe and Hercules is carrying the sceptre. Heenan tells Bundy to drape the robe over King Wonderful's shoulders, Heenan himself puts the crown on his head and he gestures for Hercules to hand the king the sceptre. Heenan sounds very grand when he proclaims that Mr Wonderful is no more, it is King Wonderful now and forever more. JR says that they did all this on Sunday already for God's sake. King Kong Bundy and Hercules look embarrassed throughout this whole charade, but Heenan and King Wonderful couldn't look prouder. Heenan then focuses his attention on Harley Race, who left the Heenan Family last Sunday and punched Bobby Heenan in the face on the way out. Heenan says that this could all have been his, he could have had all that he sees here and more, but he chose the wrong path and King Wonderful will be the one that makes him live to regret that decision. Rating: 87 We go back to the commentators, and JR says that what we just witnessed must be the stupidest thing he has ever seen in his entire career in professional wrestling, and he says that surely Jesse Ventura must agree. Ventura however is standing with his hand across his heart in salute as the King makes his way back up the ramp, and JR just stares at his colleague in bewilderment. JR moves quickly on and introduces our next match. “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth vs Billy Jack Haynes Randy Savage is looking to bounce back with a win here after his disappointment last Sunday, and he puts on a good showing against a respectable opponent. There are moments throughout this match where it looks as if Savage would bend the rules, but the presence of the lovely Miss Elizabeth at ringside stays his hand each time, and he wins the match clean as a whistle with the elbow drop. Winner in 8:36, “Macho Man” Randy Savage Rating: 79 After the match, Miss Elizabeth gets a microphone and climbs into the ring to hand it to Savage. Savage says that despite his loss in the failed experiment that was the triangle match last weekend, and you'd better believe the Macho Man when he says that it was a failed experiment, damn right. Any and every match that doesn't result in a check in the win column for the Macho Man is a bona fide failure ohh yeah. Despite the result of that match, he says he is still the best of the best in the World Wrestling Federation, and Miss Elizabeth nods at these words. He goes on, and says that if a man happens to be the best of the best in the World Wrestling Federation, then he should only concern himself with one thing brotherrr, and that is the World Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Championship, dig it? The Macho Man is officially calling out Hulk Hogan for a shot at his title, ohhhh yeahhhhh. Rating: 85 JR exclaims at what a huge challenge we have just heard The Macho Man lay down, and he says that with Andre The Giant gone, Hulk Hogan versus “The Macho Man” Randy Savage is the biggest match you could hope to see in the world of professional wrestling. He then hands over to Mean Gene who is in the interview area. Mean Gene is joined by the new WWF Tag Team Champions, The British Bulldogs, along with their manager “Superstar” Billy Graham. Dynamite Kid first of all wants to thank Billy Graham for what he has done for them as a tag team, and he says that without him in their corner cancelling out that no good Jimmy Hart, they may not be standing here right now with these belts around their waists. Davey Boy Smith speaks and dedicates their win to the amazing WWF fans, and he says that they are going to be fighting champions, starting with their first title defence here tonight. Rating: 73 WWF World Tag Team Championship The British Bulldogs w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham vs The Killer Bees This match is a lot more routine than their hard fought victory last weekend, as they beat The Killer Bees in fairly short order. Davey Boy Smith does most of the heavy lifting, literally and figuratively, because Dynamite Kid is still far from one hundred percent after his ordeals in the match on Sunday. Davey Boy hits Jim Brunzell with a running powerslam to win it. Winners in 5:39, and still WWF Tag Team Champions, The British Bulldogs Rating: 67 Next up we return to Mean Gene in the interview area, and he is joined by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and “The Natural” Butch Reed. Jim Duggan says that he now trusts Butch Reed that they are on the same side, and Gene asks him what changed. Duggan says that honestly he still wasn't one hundred percent sure, but he decided to take that chance on Sunday. Butch Reed says that it's true that they're probably never going to be best buddies, but how does that saying go? The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Duggan says that that brings him onto the real reason why he's decided to trust Butch Reed. Duggan wants to take down The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff for good, and he's gonna need someone to work with if he wants to kick both their butts back to where they came from. Butch says that they are now allies, and if Sheik and Volkoff want to take one of them, they'll have to take both of them. Jim Duggan ends the interview by challenging Nikolai Volkoff to a match next week. Rating: 73 The Million Dollar Man makes his way to the ring unannounced, and this time he is wearing ring gear rather than a suit. He expresses his disappointment that his first opponent was somebody like Hillbilly Jim, a smelly hog farmer, and he says he expected better from the World Wrestling Federation, much better. He asks if that's really the best that the WWF has got, and Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake comes out to answer the call. Beefcake says that after he vanquished Adrian Adonis last weekend, he's looking for his next opponent, and if The Million Dollar Man is so desperate to take on some of the best the WWF has to offer then he's happy to oblige. He's not challenging him for the next pay-per-view though, or even next week, he wants The Million Dollar Man right now! The Million Dollar Man says well duh, why else would he come out here in his ring gear if he wasn't ready to fight right now, and he calls Beefcake an idiot. He cockily accepts. Rating: 75 The Million Dollar Man w/ Sid vs Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake Beefcake puts up a much better fight than Hillbilly Jim, and this match is very even throughout. The Million Dollar Man goes for a few big power moves but Beefcake kicks out of all of them, so in the end we see the same finish as last weekend, as The Million Dollar Man distracts the ref, Sid punches Beefcake, and The Million Dollar Man locks on the Million Dollar Dream, as the ref calls it when Beefcake doesn't respond. Winner in 8:15 by submission/knockout, The Million Dollar Man Rating: 61 Just like last Sunday, JR bemoans the fact that The Million Dollar Man had to rely on his bodyguard Sid to get the win. Jesse Ventura calls JR a hypocrite, as he was perfectly happy for Billy Graham to hit Bret Hart with a megaphone to help The British Bulldogs win the tag titles. JR says it's different because The Hart Foundation started it, but even he seems to realise how childish that sounds, and he quickly sends to Mean Gene again. Gene is joined by the other unsuccessful challenger from the Intercontinental title match at In Your House, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine. Gene asks Valentine what his plans are going forward, and Valentine says he isn't thinking about going forward at all. He says that he never got pinned in his Intercontinental title match, so in his eyes that still makes him the number one contender. The fact that Hercules is jumping the line and getting a title shot ahead of him is a disgrace, and he's not going to stand for it. Ricky Steamboat hasn't seen the last of Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, that's for sure. Rating: 78 We go to President Gorilla Monsoon who is sitting behind his desk in his office. He says he has an announcement to make, and that is that due to The Fabulous Moolah's actions this past Sunday at In Your House, when she took her title and walked out, he has no choice but to strip her of the WWF Women's title. He announces that there will be a battle royal this Sunday on WWF Challenge, and the winner of that match will take on the The Fabulous Moolah's opponent from In Your House, Velvet McIntyre, for the vacant belt at the next pay-per-view. Rating: 71 The Magnificent Muraco w/ Mr Fuji vs Pedro Morales This is a very impressive showing from The Magnificent Muraco, as he spends much of the match in control of one the biggest stars in the history of the World Wrestling Federation. Morales does have a few hope spots, bit this is largely Muraco's match, with only mild involvement from his manager Mr Fuji. Muraco hits the Hawaiian Hammer, his version of the tombstone piledriver, to get the win. Winner in 7:56, The Magnificent Muraco Rating: 70 We're back with Mean Gene once again, who must be longing for more days like last Sunday when he only had to conduct one interview. This time his guest is the Junkyard Dog. JYD is not his usual cheerful self here, as he his angry at the way that Paul Orndorff, yes Paul Orndorff not King Wonderful, beat him at In Your House. If it takes an eye poke and two low blows to get your crown then you ain't no king as far as the JYD is concerned. He promises Bobby Heenan that he isn't done with the Heenan Family, not by no means. Heenan enters and JYD immediately puts his fists up, but Bobby Heenan tells the dog to relax. He says that he happens to have just secured a new recruit for the Heenan Family, and if Junkyard Dog wants so badly to try to get his revenge, then he's welcome to face the Heenan Family's newest member next week. Mean Gene asks Heenan who the new Family member is but Heenan just smiles and taps his nose a few times before leaving. Rating: 86 JR and Jesse spend some time speculating who the new member of the Heenan Family could be. One of their suggestions is The Million Dollar Man, who Ventura says Heenan would do anything in his power to bring into the Family. JR suggests The Honky Tonk Man, who may well be looking for a new manager after he threw a bag with a snake in it at his manager last weekend. They throw a few more names out there, until JR says that they have to stop because it's time for our main event, the Intercontinental title match between Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and the menacing Hercules. WWF Intercontinental Championship Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (c) vs Hercules w/ Bobby Heenan Ricky Steamboat would probably have every reason to feel aggrieved here as he has been booked to defend his title just four days after a gruelling twenty minute match at the pay-per-view, but Steamboat isn't one to whine that he's hard done by. He does struggle for large stretches of this match however, and you would have to imagine that is largely due to the lingering effects of the triangle match. That's not to take anything away from Hercules, who is a top wrestler in his own right, and is in good form here. Perhaps the announcement of this new member of the Heenan Family we heard about earlier and the coronation of King Wonderful have lit a fire under Hercules and made him eager to prove himself to Heenan, but whatever the reason he dominates the champion for the majority of this match. Add to that the persistent interference of Bobby Heenan, and Ricky Steamboat is really up against it here. The champion does manage some comebacks and a few sustained periods of offence, but most of them don't result in anything, until finally one does. Steamboat gets a head of steam and tries to knock Hercules off his feet, but succeeds only in staggering him with a couple of clotheslines. Eventually he hits a running crossbody and he does take Hercules down for a two count, and then he rolls his opponent onto his front and locks on the Dragon sleeper, the move that took so much out of Randy Savage at In Your House. All of a sudden, Greg Valentine comes running out and he's wielding a chair. Bobby Heenan tries to stop him but Valentine makes like he's going to swing the chair and Heenan moves, allowing Valentine into the ring. Steamboat sees Valentine and releases his hold on Hercules, and stands to face Valentine. Valentine just laughs at Steamboat though, and then he swings the chair at the back of Hercules as he lies on the floor. The referee calls for the bell and Greg Valentine drops the chair and walks back up the ramp. Winner by disqualification in 11:22, Hercules. Ricky Steamboat remains the WWF Intercontinental Champion Rating: 77 JR is not impressed by the actions of Greg Valentine. Jesse Ventura agrees that attacking Hercules probably wasn't the best way to go about it, but he can see where Valentine is coming from with his discontent at losing his title shot without losing the match. JR says that Ricky Steamboat is too honourable for his own good and he predicts that Steamboat will probably end up granting Valentine his title shot anyway, and Ventura says “good, as he should!” JR then tells us that it's time to hear from Hulk Hogan following his hard fought title defence last weekend. Hulk Hogan comes out to the ring with his title belt proudly around his waist, posing and flexing when he gets into the ring. He then calls for a microphone and says that he was already impressed with Harley Race for the way he's acted in recent weeks, but now he's earned his respect in the ring as well after how close he took the Hulkster on Sunday brother. He says that Race has made the right decision in leaving that weasel Bobby Heenan, and if he ever needs Hogan to stand by his side in the future then all he has to do is ask, and he hopes he can count on Harley Race for the same brother. He then says that Sunday is in the past, and it's time to stop talking about the past, earlier tonight someone said something that affects Hulk Hogan's future brother, and that someone is “Macho Man” Randy Savage. He invites the Macho Man out to the ring, and Savage clearly doesn't need telling twice, as he storms to the ring, Miss Elizabeth running to keep up. Savage immediately starts getting in Hogan's face, but Elizabeth manages to get between them and back Savage off. Hogan smiles and says that she clearly has brains as well as beauty, and Savage should listen to her. Savage doesn't look too impressed by Hogan talking about his Liz's beauty, but he heeds Elizabeth and doesn't overreact. Hogan says that there's no need for Savage to fly off the handle and get into his face like a playground bully. If he wants a shot at the World Heavyweight title, then he's on, brother. The commentators can't contain their excitement as the show goes off the air. Rating: 99 Show rating: 85 WWF Challenge notes: - Jake Roberts defeats “Mean” Mark Callous - Jake Roberts hypes up his sister “Rockin” Robin Roberts ahead of the Women's title number one contender's battle royal - “Rockin” Robin Roberts wins a 10 women battle royal to earn a spot in the Women's title match - Luna Vachon and Demolition interview - Demolition defeat The Young Stallions - Flyin' Brian defeats Barry O - Tito Santana and Rick Martel interview. They want to make The Wild Samoans pay, but first Martel wants Tom Zenk - The Honky Tonk Man defeats George “The Animal” Steele

Nobody else for the time being, but yeah Rick Steiner will definitely be coming in alongside Scott within the next few years if I get that far. Williams and Gilbert along with a few others are also on the shortlist so if a spot opens up then there's no reason why not. Thanks a lot! Yeah I converted Genadi's Golden Age mod from '16. The only tweaks I made are moving the start date a month into the future and dropping WWF's popularity a bit, just to make the unimportant/recognisable threshold a bit lower. Absolutely. A little spoiler for the next episode of Superstars here, but I'd really like to book a kind of "women's revolution" of sorts, and that can't be done with Moolah in the picture so this was just my way of taking the title off her, as Monsoon is going announce that he has stripped her of the title on the next episode. I'm trying to book this at least semi-realistically so I had to do something outside of the box because like you said there's no way that Moolah would be ok with really putting anybody else over. Whether I'll even be able to get the women to where they need to be is another matter, because aside from Moolah I only have three women who are recognisable, and two of those are dangerously close to the unimportant threshold. Every other woman in the company has next to no popularity whatsoever so I can't really put them against each other anywhere other than the B show or they will tank my ratings.

In Your House pre-show edition of WWF Challenge notes: - Demolition defeat The Killer Bees - The Magnificent Muraco defeats Flyin' Brian - Haku interview. Lord Alfred Hayes thinks he's shouting gibberish so he gives up, but the viewers who speak Tongan will know that he is actually giving well reasoned responses - “Luscious” Johnny V corners Randy Savage backstage and tells him he should leave Miss Elizabeth and join him, says he will take him to the next level. Savage threatens to attack him if he ever suggests that again - Hercules wins a 20 man battle royal to win an Intercontinental title shot - The Fabulous Moolah promises that she will leave tonight still the Women's champion - Haku's partner for the tag match is revealed as Koko B. Ware. Haku beats Koko up outside the ring and fights the match on his own - Haku defeats The Young Stallions in a handicap match - Harley Race and Bobby Heenan are interviewed but end up in a heated argument with each other WWF In Your House – May Week 2, 1987 Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura welcome everybody to the first pay-per-view of the new era of the World Wrestling Federation, and run down the show in store for us tonight. The Can-Am Connection will look to put an end to their poor run when they face The Wild Samoans, The Fabulous Moolah will defend her Women's title against Velvet McIntyre and The British Bulldogs will challenge The Hart Foundation for their Tag Team titles. Adrian Adonis will then look to get revenge on Brutus Beefcake for cutting Adonis' hair, Paul Orndorff will face Junkyard Dog for the robe that formerly belonged to Harley Race, and The Iron Sheik will take on Butch Reed. We will see the first ever match between three wrestlers as Randy Savage and Greg Valentine both challenge for Ricky Steamboat's Intercontinental title in a triangle match, and in the main event Harley Race will challenge Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, but up first Jake Roberts and The Honky Tonk Man will go one on one to settle their long running blood feud. Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs The Honky Tonk Man w/ Jimmy Hart Jimmy Hart is outside the ring, on the opposite side to the sack which holds Jake Roberts' Snake, Damian. Jake notices Hart eyeing the sack nervously, and he grabs a mic and tells Jimmy that if he so much as lays a finger on Jake during this match then he will find out where Jimmy lives and put Damian in his bed. Jimmy Hart looks less than thrilled at this prospect, so he promises to stay away from the match. To start the match, Jake holds his hand up in offer of a test of strength. The Honky Tonk Man holds his hand up too but takes his time linking hands with Jake, and with Jake's full attention on Honky's hand, Honky knees him in the gut and gets him in a headlock when he bends double. The early stages of the match see Honky Tonk Man on top, as he manoeuvrers Jake around the ring and hits punches in three corners, carefully avoiding the corner where Damian lays. Jake looks to be rallying, and The Honky Tonk Man tries to fall back on his usual tactic, distracting the ref while Jimmy Hart attacks his opponent through the ropes, but that strategy doesn't work this time as Hart is terrified of Jake's wrath. Jake nudges the referee out of the way and starts hitting some punches of his own, and the tide of the match turns for a while. Jake attempts an Irish whip but Honky reverses, and he bends down to hit Jake with a back body drop as Jake rebounds, but Jake is way ahead of him and hits a knee lift to Honky's face, followed by some vicious looking stomps and an elbow drop. Jake plays to the crowd and teases releasing Damian but doesn't, and The Honky Tonk Man manages to sit up in this time. Jakes comes behind and locks on a chin lock on Honky, and Jimmy Hart is on the outside directly opposite as Honky shouts at him to do something, but he still looks hesitant. Jake laughs at Honky's predicament but eventually decides to break the hold. He pulls Honky to his feet and sends him to the corner and runs at him but Honky dodges. Honky runs at Jake instead and splashes him in the corner, and when Jake stumbles forward groggily Honky hits him with a scoop slam, climbs to the second rope and hits a diving fist drop. He makes the cover but Jake kicks out at two. Honky is frustrated, and a few seconds of thought a lightbulb goes off above his head. He picks up the sack containing Damian and walks back over to Jake. After shouting at Jake that maybe he should find out what it feels like to have the snake set loose on him, he turns to Jimmy Hart and says sorry, but he doesn't look sorry at all. He throws the sack at Hart, who instinctively catches it, and he starts screaming in panic. The referee gets out of the ring to try and help Hart who is comically struggling with the sack, and in the confusion The Honky Tonk Man grabs his guitar from outside the ring. Jake Roberts is back on his feet now and The Honky Tonk Man swings but Jake dodges, kicks Honky in the gut and drops him with the DDT. He makes the cover, and the ref is back in the ring having helped extricate Jimmy Hart from the sack, and he counts one...two...three. Winner in 9:56 by pinfall, Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Rating: 76 Jimmy Hart ran to the back as soon as the referee helped him get away from the sack, so now The Honky Tonk Man is left alone to deal with the consequences of his actions. Jake Roberts leaves the ring to retrieve his poor snake, and after playing up to the crowd and asking if they want to see it, he upends the sack and Damian falls out onto The Honky Tonk Man. He screams and writhes and struggles to get away, as Jake Roberts watches on looking very contented until security come out and help disentangle The Honky Tonk Man. They hand the snake back to Jake Roberts and he leaves up the ramp with Damian over his shoulders. Rating: 70 The Can-Am Connection vs The Wild Samoans w/ King Curtis Iaukea As The Can-Am Connection come out they look very fired up and excited to finally put this terrible run to bed. Tito Santana is on Spanish commentary for tonight's show, and he has had his own troubles with The Wild Samoans in recent weeks. Tom Zenk and Afa start the match, and it doesn't take long for Afa to take control, and then to tag Sika in. The Wild Samoans remain in full control for the first three minutes or so, not allowing Tom Zenk a moment's respite, and making quick tags to keep themselves fresh. Unlike recent weeks, the Can-Am Connection member on the apron isn't distracted by fans or by the opposition manager, as Rick Martel is constantly shouting words of encouragement to his partner and stretching his arm as far as he possibly can whenever there looks like there could be the slightest opening for Zenk to break free. Eventually, as Afa tags in Sika and they shape to hit Zenk with a double headbutt, Zenk ducks at the last second and the Samoans headbutt each other. Zenk doesn't have the strength to run for a tag, but instead he crawls along the floor slowly. The Samoans finally stop holding their heads and notice this, and they run over to Tom Zenk, but spurred on by the shouts of the crowd and Rick Martel, Tom Zenk gets to his feet and leaps at Martel, making the tag. Martel comes in and cleans house, taking the fight to both men at once. He throws Afa over the rope and starts fighting one on with with Sika, and Rick Martel looks the better wrestler in every way. In an impressive show of strength and audacity, Martel hoists Sika up onto his shoulders and hits him with a Samoan drop. This causes Afa to go crazy on the apron, and he tries to get in but the referee goes over and holds him back. Martel jumps over the ropes onto the apron on the other side, presumably to hit his signature slingshot splash, but King Curtis Iaukea comes from behind and pulls him off the apron while the referee is distracted with Afa. Iaukea lays into Martel on the floor with some stomps, and when Tom Zenk arrives to stop him, Iaukea gives him a savage look and Zenk backs away. When Sika is up, Iaukea rolls Martel back into the ring, and the match settles back into the same groove as before, with the Wild Samoans isolating Rick Martel this time. After a few minutes of this, with Rick Martel in a neutral corner, Afa sprints at him and attempts a splash, but Martel moves out of the way. Martel starts the crawl over to Tom Zenk, but Afa recovers and grabs Martel's legs, but against the odds Martel manages to use his legs to shove Afa off, and he scrambles to his feet and makes the dive to his partner. But his partner isn't there. Tom Zenk drops from the apron just as Martel makes the dive, and they look into each other's eyes for a few seconds before Zenk turns and walks up the ramp to a chorus of boos. Afa drags Martel back over to their corner, tags Sika in and they hit the double headbutt successfully this time, and Sika makes the cover. Winners by pinfall in 7:51, The Wild Samoans. Rating: 60 After the match, The Wild Samoans continue to stomp on Rick Martel, and King Curtis Iaukea gets into the ring carrying this spike that we've seen him try to use for the last few weeks, when suddenly Tito Santana stands up from the Spanish commentary position, rips off his headset and runs into the ring. He fights off all three men at once and sends them all over the ropes, and they look like they're going to get back in but security arrive again and haul them away. Santana checks on Martel as we go back to the announce team. Rating: 56 Jesse Ventura says that he doesn't want to jump the gun, but it looks to him like The Can-Am Connection might be no more. JR says that Ventura should look into a career as a detective, at least that would spare JR from having to work with him. JR praises Tito Santana for his quick thinking, and he also praises the security team for their speediness after both matches. He then sends to Howard Finkel to announce our next match, the WWF Women's title match. WWF Women's Championship The Fabulous Moolah (c) vs Velvet McIntyre As soon as this match starts, Velvet McIntyre is immediately on top with some electric high paced offence. She batters The Fabulous Moolah from pillar to post, and it looks like Moolah hasn't even bothered preparing for this match. Moolah looks like she's about to get a bit of offence in as she Irish whips Vevlet, but velvet comes off the ropes with a big crossbody to get a two count. Velvet gets back up and pulls Moolah to her knees by the hair. The referee tells her to get off the hair and while Velvet is distracted Moolah hits a huge low blow, which doesn't do quite as much damage as it does to the men but it still stops Velvet in her tracks. The referee points a finger at Moolah and Moolah dares him to disqualify her, but he just gives her a stern telling off. Moolah takes control of the match very briefly but Velvet manages to turn it back around with a dropkick that sends Moolah out through the ropes. Velvet gives a come here gesture to Moolah, but instead Moolah just walks to the timekeeper's table, picks up her Women's title belt and walks off up the ramp with a smug look on her face. Velvet looks furious but doesn't leave the ring, and Moolah takes the intentional countout loss. It looks like she was right when she said earlier that she will leave still the champion. Winner by countout in 3:37, Velvet McIntyre. The Fabulous Moolah remains the Women's Champion. Rating: 47 WWF Tag Team Championship The Hart Foundation (c) w/ a dishevelled Jimmy Hart vs The British Bulldogs w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham Dynamite Kid starts this match, and Jim Neidhart is shaping up to start but Dynamite Kid points at Bret Hart, apparently wanting to face The Hitman after he lost to him recently on Superstars. The match starts with a display of excellent fast paced technical wrestling, both wrestlers going hold for hold and slickly reversing or escaping everything. When Bret Hart realises that for once he isn't able to outwrestle his opponent, he tags in Jim Neidhart, and Neidhart points to Davey Boy Smith. Dynamite kid is happy to oblige, and tags in his partner. Neidhart offers a test of strength and Davey Boy accepts, and the two men struggle against each other for a long time until, as it looks like Davey Boy is going to finally win, Neidhart headbutts Davey Boy straight between the eyes and he drops to his knees still gripping Neidhart's hands. Jimmy Hart jumps for joy and shouts into his megaphone that Jim Neidhart has proven he's the strongest, but stops when he notices Billy Graham glaring at him menacingly. Neidhart alters his grip so he is now holding both of Davey Boy's hands in one of his own, and he starts to strike Davey Boy's face while he's down on his knees. Things aren't looking good for Davey Boy, but with shouts of encouragement from Billy Graham, he hits Neidhart in the gut with a headbutt of his own, Neidhart bends double and lets Davey Boy's hands go, and Davey Boy hits him with an uppercut. Davey Boy is back on his feet and he hits a series of big slams and suplexes on Neidhart, and then he points at Bret Hart and Irish whips Neidhart into the corner. Bret tags in and it's power vs technique for a while as they go back and forth. Davey Boy powers out of all of Bret's attempts to ground him, and Bret works his way out of all of Davey Boy's power moves, and neither man can get the better of the other. Eventually both men on the apron, Dynamite Kid and Jim Neidhart, the only two men who have not been in together yet, point at each other, and Bret and Davey Boy make the tags. Initially Dynamite Kid's speedy offence is way too fast for Neidhart to keep up with, and Dynamite Kid wrestles rings around him. Eventually after being on top for a couple of minutes, Dynamite Kid climbs to the top rope and attempts a big knee drop, but Neidhart quickly stands up and delivers a dropkick to Dynamite's chest as he comes down, showing that he's no slouch either. This completely takes Dynamite Kid out and The Hart Foundation start to dominate, methodically working Dynamite Kid's legs and keeping him far away from making the tag. At one point Dynamite Kid does manage to break away and make a run for Davey Boy but his injured legs fail him and he collapses a foot short of his partner. Neidhart drags Dyamite Kid back to their corner and the beatdown begins again, Jimmy Hart making up for the Jake Roberts match and getting involved with some cheap shots. This finally proves to be their undoing though, as while Jimmy Hart chokes Dynamite Kid across the bottom rope “Superstar” Billy Graham comes up behind him, spins him around and gets him in a bearhug. This distracts both Jim Neidhart and the legal man Bret Hart, and Dynamite Kid manages to make a desperate crawl to finally tag in Davey Boy Smith. Davey Boy comes in and hits Bret Hart with some big flying shoulder charges, dazes him with some punches and then hoists him up and brings him down with a running powerslam. He makes the cover and the referee counts one...two.... Jim Neidhart comes flying in at the last second and breaks up the pin. The Hart Foundation take Bret back to their corner and savagely double team him, as the referee is distracted by Jimmy Hart ostensibly trying to enter the ring. Jim Neidhart picks Davey Boy up and Bret climbs to the second rope to deliver the Hart Attack, and it looks like this one is almost over. Out of nowhere, Billy Graham comes up behind Bret Hart and hits him in the back with Jimmy Hart's megaphone just as he jumps to deliver the move, causing him to miss and fall straight to the mat. Davey Boy Smith powers free of Neidharts grip, and he grab's Neidhart and suplexes him directly on top of Bret Hart. Neidhart rolls off holding his back in pain, and Davey Boy crawls onto Bret Hart and makes the cover as the referee finally notices what is happening and makes the count. One...two...three! Winners by pinfall in 14:05, and new WWF Tag Team Champions, The British Bulldogs Rating: 76 JR exclaims that we have just witnessed a tag team classic, and that it more than makes up for the disgraceful title defence we saw just before. Jesse Ventura chides JR for disrespecting Moolah like that, and he says that the decision in the last match should be reversed because The British Bulldogs and “Superstar” Billy Graham cheated. JR says that you reap what you sow, and The Hart Foundation just got a taste of their own medicine. Adrian Adonis w/ Jimmy Hart vs Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake Jimmy Hart has only just walked up the ramp and now he's out here again, this time with Adrian Adonis. Brutus Beefcake comes out carrying a pair of comically large shears, and it seems like he is really going all in on this barber thing. The match starts and Adrian Adonis immediately gets the upper hand, as he hits Beefcake with a series of strong punches that clearly have some anger behind them. He knocks Beefcake to the floor and hits some equally savage knee drops, and then picks him up and locks in the Goodnight Irene sleeper hold. Beefcake escapes with encouragement from the crowd and he turns the match around for a while, hitting some sustained offence of his own for a while. He hits a back suplex and makes the pin, but Adonis kicks out at two. Adonis manages to get back on top, with the help of Jimmy Hart chipping in with a lot of cheap shots, clearly upset at his clients losing both of their matches so far tonight. After another period on top, Adrian Adonis locks on another Goodnight Irene, and this time it looks like Beefcake's evening is done. He is completely unresponsive, and the referee holds his arm up, and it drops right back down. The referee repeats this, and his arm drops again. One last time, and if Beefcake's arm drops again he has lost the match. The referee picks Beefcake's arm up one last time, drops it, and this time Beefcake holds it steady as the crowd cheers. Beefcake puts his arms over the top of Adonis' head, and drops to a sitting position, driving Adonis' chin into the top of his head, stunning him. Beefcake gets to his feet and locks his own sleeper hold on, and despite Jimmy Hart shouting encouragement into his megaphone, Adrian Adonis starts to fade and eventually weakly taps out. Winner by submission in 8:30, Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake. Rating: 73 JR starts talking about how it has been a terrible night for Jimmy Hart, when all of a sudden Jesse Ventura lets out a squeal of excitement. JR looks at Ventura perplexedly, and Ventura points to the entranceway. The Million Dollar Man is making his way to the ring completely unannounced, with his giant bodyguard Sid in tow. Jim Ross says “aw son of a..” but Jesse Ventura shushes him. The Million Dollar Man climbs into the ring and calls for a microphone. He tells all the white trash in this filthy arena to shut their mouths and listen to what he has to say, but they only boo even louder. He says that he's not leaving until he's said what he's here to say, and eventually the booing subsides. He sarcastically thanks the crowd, and says that he has finally arrived in the WWF, and he will work his way to the very top of the ladder, using his money, his fists, and maybe even Sid here, and there is nothing anybody can do to stop him. He then goes back to criticising the fans, calling them poor and uneducated, when out comes Hillbilly Jim to the stage. The Million Dollar Man gives Jim a faintly disgusted look, as Jim raises his own mic to his mouth. He says that he is representing all of the working class people that The Million Dollar Man has just insulted, and he wants to teach him a lesson in the ring right now. The Million Dollar Man objects, saying that he isn't in his wrestling gear and he can't be expected to risk ruining his beautiful Armani suit, but Hillbilly Jim rushes the ring anyway and the referee signals for the bell. Rating: 71 The Million Dollar Man w/ Sid vs Hillbilly Jim As soon as Hillbilly Jim gets into the ring he immediately runs at The Million Dollar Man. The Million Dollar Man dodges and Jim comes off the ropes and hits him with a big boot. The Million Dollar Man rolls out of the ring holding his jaw and looking shell-shocked, as Hillbilly Jim plays to the fans. The Million Dollar Man gets Sid to take off his expensive suit, and Sid hangs it on on top of one of the ringposts. The Million Dollar Man gets back in the ring and again Hillbilly Jim runs at him, but this time The Million Dollar Man is ready and he causes Jim to hit the mat face first with a drop toe hold. The Million Dollar Man spends the majority of the match in control, and it looks like he's trying to end it when he picks Hillbilly Jim up to powerslam him, but Jim reverses it and comes crashing down on top of The Million Dollar Man for a two count. The Million Dollar Man looks angry with himself and makes some kind of signal to Sid. Hillbilly Jim has a full head of steam now and he once again runs blindly at The Million Dollar Man, who once again trips him with a drop toe hold, this time causing Jim to fall across the bottom rope. The Million Dollar Man distracts the referee and Sid hits Jim with a huge punch to the face, seemingly knocking him out. The Million Dollar Man picks Jim up and locks in a cobra clutch, a move that Jesse Ventura dubs The Million Dollar Dream, and the referee determines that Hillbilly Jim has passed out. Winner in 6:34 by submission/knockout, The Million Dollar Man Rating: 69 Jesse Ventura is extremely impressed by the display from The Million Dollar Man. JR says that while he can't deny that for most of the match The Million Dollar Man did demonstrate some great technical wrestling skills, he ruined it all by allowing Sid to get involved. That was his first match in the WWF and he had to use his big strong bodyguard to help him get the win, and JR says that doesn't impress him at all. Junkyard Dog vs “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Just like he did when he faced Harley Race, Junkyard Dog comes out here wearing the robe to taunt the Heenan Family, and this time he even throws a few struts in. Paul Orndorff and Bobby Heenan are not amused, and as soon as JYD gets in the ring and the bell rings Orndorff attacks. The early exchanges are very back and forth, as both men just try to beat the hell out of each other with strong punches. JYD gets Orndorff in the corner and starts hammering him with headbutts, until Orndorff grabs his head with both hands and bites his forehead. The referee comes over and tries to get between them, and Orndorff kicks JYD in the crotch through the referees legs and the ref doesn't notice. JYD falls to the ground, and Orndorff climbs to the second rope, probably to hit JYD with a diving knee drop, but JYD gets up and punches Orndorff, dazing him. JYD turns his back to Orndorff and pulls him onto his shoulder, and then hits a big running shoulder breaker. JYD drops to his hands and knees and starts barking and biting the air, and when Orndorff gets to his knees JYD starts headbutting him, until Bobby Heenan pulls his client out of the ring by his feet. Heenan gives Orndorff a pep talk outside the ring while JYD turns away and plays to the crowd, and when Orndorff notices this he quickly rolls back into the ring, waits for JYD to turn around and hits him with a vicious running knee strike, followed by an elbow drop. Orndorff continues to beat him down for a while, and when JYD starts to rally, Heenan tries to get into the ring and the referee gets distracted. Orndorff pokes JYD in the eyes and hits another low blow, and picks him up and drops him with a big piledriver. He makes the cover and the referee counts the one two three. Winner by pinfall in 7:18, “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff Rating: 69 Bobby Heenan makes a grand show of taking the robe, along with a crown and a sceptre, and bringing them to Paul Orndorff. He adorns Mr Wonderful with the regalia, and looks proud as punch as he takes a microphone and proclaims that there is a new king in the Heenan Family. Everybody bow down and pay tribute, he says, to King Wonderful! King Harley Race is dead, long live the king! Bobby Heenan and King Wonderful leave the ring and walk slowly and regally up the ramp, as JR says that King Wonderful might just be the dumbest name he's ever heard. Rating: 75 The Iron Sheik w/ Slick vs “The Natural” Butch Reed w/Slick As both of the men in this match are Slick's clients, one of the questions going into this match is with whom do his loyalties lie? It looks like he's still undecided, as he comes out on his own after both competitors are already in the ring. Just like the last match, this one starts as a back and forth brawl straight out of the gate. These men clearly do not like each other, or maybe that's just what they want “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan to think. The Iron Sheik hits Butch with a throat thrust and a gutwrench suplex, and he takes control as he keeps Butch on the ground as he works him over. He keeps trying to lock on the camel clutch but he can't get it cinched in, and eventually Butch Reed kicks Sheik's legs out from under him and rolls out of the ring. Butch approaches Slick and exchanges words with him, and The Iron Sheik hits him with a baseball slide and he hits the guardrail. They brawl on the outside for a while, and Nikolai Volkoff comes running out, just as Butch Reed said he would on Superstars. Volkoff looks like he's about to hit Butch, but Butch manages to throw Sheik into Volkoff and roll back into the ring. Sheik and Volkoff both hold their heads for a while, and then Sheik climbs back into the ring as Slick tries to get Volkoff to leave. Butch and Sheik continue to brawl in the ring for a while, until Butch hits a double underhook suplex and holds onto the arm to impressively transition into a hammerlock on the mat. Despite Slick's protests, Nikolai Volkoff gets up onto the apron and is about to get into the ring, when... “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan comes running out and pulls Nikolai Volkoff's legs out from under him, and he falls off the mat and hits his chin on the apron. Jim Duggan has consistently told Butch Reed that he doesn't trust him, but it looks like might have finally decided that Butch is on his side after all. Duggan and Volkoff brawl all around the outside of the ring, as in an incredible display of strength Butch Reed lifts The Iron Sheik up from the ground and over his head in a military press, and brings him down to the mat hard with the gorilla press slam. Butch Reed makes the cover and the referee counts the three. Winner in 6:52, “The Natural” Butch Reed. Rating: 63 Jim Duggan and Nikolai Volkoff continue to fight outside the ring and Butch Reed rolls out to help Duggan. The Iron Sheik follows soon after once he as recovered, and the four men continue to brawl all around the ring, Sheik with Duggan and Volkoff with Reed. Eventually, just as they have done before, Duggan and Reed manage to fight off Sheik and Volkoff, and Slick manages to convince them to leave well enough alone. The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff make their way back up to the entranceway, Slick stays halfway up the ramp, and at the bottom of the ramp Butch Reed holds out his hand to Jim Duggan. Jim Duggan looks wary for a few moments, but he eventually takes it, and the two men shake hands. Slick looks like he's caught between a rock and a hard place. Rating: 63 A package is now played, containing snippets of pre-taped interviews with all three participants in tonight's historic triangle match for the Intercontinental title. They are all asked about what it means to make history and be involved in the first ever match of its kind, but all three men are more focused on the title. Randy Savage says he should never have lost the title in the first place, that it is rightfully his and he will put both men down at once if it means getting back his belt ohh yeahh. Greg Valentine talks very calmly about his chances. He says that there is no pressure on him because he is in there with supposedly two of the greatest in the world. Nobody expects him to win, but he says that if his two opponents underestimate him as much as everyone else seems to be then that suits him down to the ground. He can use that against them. Ricky Steamboat is also very calm. He says that he has let these two men get in his head before, and he's not going to let that happen again, not when his prized possession the Intercontinental title is on the line. He is going to forget about any issues he has with either of his opponents, and he doesn't care which one he beats or how he beats them, as long as he walks out of there still the WWF Intercontinental Champion. Rating: 92 JR says that as Ricky Steamboat is the champion, he has been asked if he wants to start the match in the ring or on the apron, and he has decided that as a fighting champion he wants to be in the ring. The referee produces a coin and asks Greg Valentine to pick heads of tails, and he picks tails. The referee flips the coin and it lands on tails, so Greg Valentine will start the match in the ring with Steamboat. Jim Ross tells us that as part of the new era of the WWF, the rules on tagging have changed slightly. A tag does not necessarily have to be made palm to palm anymore, as long as the flat of the hand of one superstar makes contact with the other superstar's body, and one superstar is on the apron and the other is in the ring, the tag will be considered legal. WWF Intercontinental Championship Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat (c) vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine w/ “Luscious” Johnny V The match starts and Greg Valentine and Ricky Steamboat circle each other warily. After a few seconds they move towards each other and get into a collar and elbow tie up. Valentine puts his foot behind Steamboat's leg and pushes him over, and tries to hit him with a quick elbow drop but Steamboat rolls aside and gets back to his feet. They lock up again and Valentine forces Steamboat backwards into a corner, and delivers some hard chops to the champion's chest. He pulls his arm back for an even more powerful chop but Steamboat quickly reverses their positions, and with Valentine in the corner Steamboat unleashes a flurry of lightning fast chops to his chest and neck. The referee tells Steamboat to move back, and once Valentine has recovered he shapes for a third collar and elbow tie up, but when Steamboat is about to make contact Valentine slaps him hard in the face. Steamboat looks like he's going to respond in kind but Valentine quickly runs away and tags in Randy Savage. Valentine looks smug and it's clear that he's trying to rile Steamboat up, but Steamboat's face isn't betraying any emotion as Savage gets in to face him. Steamboat offers yet another collar and elbow tie up, but Savage wants no part of it as he immediately starts throwing punches. The two men fight back and forth for a while, Savage throwing punches and Steamboat responding with chops, until eventually Savage hits a Snake Eyes and a big lariat to take control of the match. He hits a lot of big moves and makes the cover after each one, but Ricky Steamboat kicks out each and every time, and eventually Steamboat turns the tide in his favour when Savage Irish whips him into the corner and he jumps up and springboards into a twisting crossbody. Steamboat works Randy Savage over on the mat, especially his neck, and Greg Valentine looks very happy to stay out on the apron letting his opponents wear each other down. Steamboat manages to lock on a devastating looking Dragon sleeper hold, and things aren't looking good for the Macho Man. Miss Elizabeth moves into a position where Savage can see her, and she shouts words of encouragement and tells him that he can break the hold, she believes in him. Despite these words, it doesn't look like Savage can break the hold, and he looks to be fading. When it looks like it might be all over, Greg Valentine jumps into the ring and stomps on Steamboat, breaking the hold. The referee tells Valentine off and tells him to get back onto the apron, and he does so with a smug smile on his face. Randy Savage makes his way back onto his feet and stumbles over to Valentine, as clearly that Dragon sleeper has taken a lot out of him, and he tries to tag Valentine in but Valentine drops off the apron and laughs. Savage turns around straight into a small package from Steamboat but he kicks out at two, there is no respite for the Macho Man though as Steamboat rolls him over and puts him straight into another Dragon sleeper. Miss Elizabeth once again puts herself in Savage's eyeline and encourages him, and Johnny V stands next to her and laughs. He asks Savage if this is really who he wants as a manager, someone who gives useless pep talks instead of actually doing anything? Johnny V says that if he was Savage's manager he would not be in this predicament, and it's not too late for Savage to switch his allegiance. This infuriates Savage, just as it did when Johnny suggested the same thing earlier on the pre-show, and the anger spurs Savage on to break the hold. Savage rolls out of the ring and Johnny V knows he's in trouble, as Savage chases him around almost the entirety of the outside of the ring until he gets levelled with a clothesline by Greg Valentine. Valentine then rolls Savage back into the ring and gets back on his perch on the apron, and Steamboat looks to take the fight to Savage again but this time Savage catches Steamboat out with a rollup for a two count. The next few minutes are very even, until eventually Savage starts to get the better of it. He hits Steamboat with a piledriver, and then climbs to the top rope, surely to win the match with the elbow drop. Instead, he jumps to the outside and hits Johnny V with a double axe handle. He gets back into the ring and fights an even match with Steamboat for another few minutes, until he picks Steamboat up, accidentally hitting the ref with Steamboat's feet, knocking him down. He then delivers a scoop slam to Steamboat and once again goes to the top, this time hitting the big elbow drop on Steamboat. He goes to make the cover, but Johnny V is in the ring and he catches Savage unawares, pulling him off Steamboat and Irish whipping him into Greg Valentine's corner. Valentine tags Savage, and launches himself at Ricky Steamboat to steal Randy Savage's pin. Johnny V keeps Savage pinned in the corner as the referee comes two and counts one... two... Ricky Steamboat gets his arm up at the last possible moment! The referee sees Johnny V in the ring and ejects him from the building, and as Greg Valentine is distracted by his argument with the referee Steamboat dropkicks him back into the corner where Savage is now standing on the apron, and Savage tags back in. The referee tells Valentine that if he interferes one more time he will disqualify him, and we are back to Savage vs Steamboat. The final stages of the match are very similar to their all time classic match six weeks ago at WrestleMania III, as both men go at a breakneck pace, going strike for strike and hold for hold, until eventually Randy Savage hits a running knee to the back of Steamboat, sending him face first into the top turnbuckle, then Steamboat stumbles back a few steps and falls backwards. Savage then climbs the adjacent turnbuckle, and once again goes for the elbow drop, but this time Steamboat is ready. He rolls out of the way, and then rolls Savage up as soon as he hits the floor, the referee counts and it's a one... two... three! Winner by pinfall in 19:56, and still WWF Intercontinental Champion, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat Rating: 84 Randy Savage looks angry, and it seems like he is considering attacking Steamboat as he celebrates, but Miss Elizabeth comes to his side and puts her hand on him. Savage allows himself to be led back up the ramp by Elizabeth, but not without shoving Greg Valentine into the guardrail as they pass, and Elizabeth seems to allow him that one. JR and Jesse talk about what an amazing match we have just witnessed as Ricky Steamboat celebrates with36 the fans. JR then says Mean Gene is waiting in the interview area with Hulk Hogan, and we go to him now. Mean Gene is indeed with Hulk Hogan, and he asks him his thoughts about tonight's title match against Harley Race. Hogan says that he has huge respect for not only the way that Harley Race has approached this match, but also the way that he has stood up to Bobby Heenan in recent weeks. He does say however that despite all of that, he still hasn't ruled out the fact that this could all be a ruse designed by Heenan, and he will still have to have eyes in the back of his head brother. Meanwhile in another part of the arena, Lord Alfred Hayes is joined by the challenger Harley Race. Hayes asks Race about his title shot and his rapidly deteriorating relationship with his manager Bobby Heenan. Race says that after his argument with Heenan earlier on the pre-show he's come to the decision that if Heenan gets himself involved at any point tonight, then win or lose, he'll be done with the Heenan family and will be striking out on his own. As for the match, his thoughts are simple. May the best man win. Rating: 100 WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan (c) vs Harley Race w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Despite everything that has happened, Bobby Heenan is still at ringside for this one. The match starts and Hulk Hogan offers a test of strength, but Harley Race offers a collar and elbow tie up. Perhaps both knowing that they would lose at each other's games, they settle for circling each other warily. Eventually Bobby Heenan pipes up and starts trying to verbally distract Hogan, and Harley Race turns to tell him to shut up, which in turn allows Hogan to surprise Race and get him into a waist lock. Race tries to catch Hogan in the face with a back elbow, but Hogan catches his arm and turns it into a wrist lock. Race tries to escape but Hogan turns 360 degrees, putting more pressure on the wrist, and Race does a forward roll to alleviate the pressure. Hogan pulls Race towards him and tries to hit him with a clothesline, but Race ducks and comes off the ropes, hitting Hogan with a high knee. The knee doesn't knock Hogan down, but Race follows it up with a drop toe hold which he transitions into a single leg Boston crab. Hogan reaches behind and manages to get an arm around the neck of Harley Race, and pulls him into a headlock which causes him to lose the grip on Hogan's leg. Race manages to manoeuvre his feet over to the rope, and the referee calls for the break. Race looks impressed with Hogan's technical ability, and the commentators agree as they say that this isn't something we see much of from Hogan in the WWF. The match carries on in this back and forth manner for a while, going from mat wrestling to chain wrestling to brawling, but always staying open and even. Race does eventually get the better of Hogan to assert the first period of dominance in the match, as he hits a huge belly to belly suplex and then keeps Hogan grounded with a series of painful looking holds. Hogan is lying on his front and Race has an armlock cinched in, and after nearly a minute of struggling to free himself, Hogan finally manages to get himself onto his knees, and then onto his feet with his free hand still on the mat to steady him, but Race still isn't letting go. Hogan lifts his free hand and, once he is sure he has his balance, lifts Race with both arms and slams him down, which finally causes Race to release the hold and Hogan has a spell on top for the first time in the match. We see a lot of Hogan's usual moves in this spell, including the big boot and some bodyslams, and then he looks like he's going to try the leg drop but when he runs the ropes Bobby Heenan grabs his foot and he falls on his face. Harley Race sees this happen and he rolls out of the ring to argue with Heenan. Heenan protests his innocence but Race keeps arguing, and Heenan insolently shoves Race in the chest. Race laughs bitterly and makes to turn away, but turns back and punches Heenan in the face, knocking him to the floor as the crowd cheers. Race rolls back into the ring and Hogan immediately tries a standing leg drop before Race can get up, but he rolls out of the way and the two superstars share a laugh at Hogan's opportunism. They finally decide to go for that collar and elbow tie-up, and Harley Race gets the better of it, manoeuvring Hogan into position for a gutwrench suplex, and making the pin as the ref counts one.. two.. Hogan kicks out. They're both back up and they try the test of strength. Hogan forces Race down onto his knees but a headbutt to the midsection causes Hogan to double over and Race reaches up and puts an arm around Hogan's neck and pulls him over with a small package for the one.. two.. Hogan kicks out again. Race then comes off the ropes and hits Hogan with a high knee followed by a textbook fisherman's suplex and he holds on for another pin. The commentators say that this must be it as the referee counts one.. two.. Hogan kicks out yet again, showing that classic Hulk Hogan resilience. There is one trick that Harley Race hasn't tried, and he tries it now as he manages to work Hogan into position for the piledriver. JR says that if he hits this it's all over, nobody kicks out of a Harley Race piledriver. Harley Race starts to inadvertently fall backwards and Hogan's feet touch the floor, and all of a sudden out of nowhere it's now Hulk Hogan who has Harley Race in a piledriver position. Jesse Ventura says he doesn't always have good things to say about Hulk Hogan but that was one of the most impressive reversals he has ever seen, and Hogan delivers the piledriver, comes off the ropes and drops the leg across Harley Race's chest. He makes the pin and the referee counts. One...Two...Three. Winner in 16:28, and still WWF World Heavyweight Chamption, Hulk Hogan Rating: 89 Bobby Heenan is just now starting to sit up, and he is looking dazed and shell-shocked. Hulk Hogan is celebrating and Harley Race gets back up on his feet behind him. Race holds out his hand, and Hulk Hogan accepts it. The two men shake hands, and Harley Race holds the World Heavyweight Champion's hand aloft as the show comes to a close. Rating: 73 Show rating: 88 So there you have it, our first PPV. Please let me know if I've gone way too long with these match writeups, honestly I expected this to be about the same length as my normal weekly shows because I thought I'd struggle to think of things to write for the matches, but it's ended up being about twice as long as I thought. If you've made it this far then well done honestly, and thanks for reading!

I definitely think it makes sense to put someone like Sid in that role, it means if you want to do the classic breakup feud it's not gonna be wasted on Virgil. Initially I was considering either Scott Hall or Mark Callaway but then I remembered Sid existed and I thought he fit pretty perfectly. Thanks for the reply!

WWF Superstars – May Week 2, 1987 The show begins and our announcers welcome us to the last episode of Superstars before In Your House, and then they run down the card for tonight. The show will start with two back to back tag team matches, as the soon to be Tag Team title challengers The British Bulldogs face The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, and the recently misfiring Can-Am Connection take on the debuting Rockers. Later we'll see Billy Jack Haynes take on the returning Adrian Adonis, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan faces “The Ugandan Giant” Kamala, and our main event sees Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and George “The Animal” Steele team up to face the team of “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine. But first we go to “Mean” Gene Okerlund who is with The British Bulldogs ahead of their match. Mean Gene thanks JR and Jesse and asks his guests their thoughts on their upcoming title match this Sunday at In Your House. Davey Boy talks about how when they lost the titles to The Hart Foundation a few months back, Dynamite Kid was so beat up that it was basically a handicap match, Jimmy Hart kept getting involved, and they had that crooked referee Danny Davis who let The Hart Foundation get away with all their cheap tricks. Well this time, the playing field is level. Both Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy are fully fit and on the top of their game, they have a manager of their own now in “Superstar” Billy Graham, so he'd just love to see Jimmy Hart try to get involved this time, and the so called “Dangerous” Danny Davis will be nowhere in sight. It will be a fair fight this time, and The British Bulldogs are going to win their titles back. Rating: 71 The British Bulldogs w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham vs The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff w/ Slick This match starts very back and forth with all four men getting an even amount of ring time and offence. Around the midway point, The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff start to take control and spend a few minutes isolating Dynamite Kid in their half of the ring. Eventually, Dynamite Kid manages to break away from Nikolai Volkoff and dives for the hot tag. Davey Boy Smith comes in and cleans house, and enjoys a period on top. Davey Boy then drags Volkoff over to the Bulldogs' corner, tags Dynamite Kid and hits the running powerslam. The Dynamite Kid jumps up to the top rope and hits a diving headbutt as Davey Boy blocks The Iron Sheik while Dynamite Kid makes the cover. Winners in 8:43 by pinfall, The British Bulldogs Rating: 73 The Rockers vs The Can-Am Connection The Rockers are making their debut here as Shawn Michaels and Rick Martel start this match, and the first couple of minutes are very even as the two men fluidly exchange holds. Michaels tags in Marty Jannetty, and again he and Rick Martel have an impressive back and forth exchange. The two men tag their partners in and Tom Zenk manages to get the better of Shawn Michaels, using subtly underhanded tactics, which Rick Martel looks less than pleased about. The Can-Am Connection tag in and out a few times while keeping Shawn Michaels isolated, but each time Tom Zenk cheats to stay on top he and Martel argue, and eventually they lose concentration and Shawn Michaels escapes to make the hot tag. Marty Jannetty comes in like a house on fire and The Rockers turn it around. After Jannetty beats up Tom Zenk for a while, he tags Shawn Michaels back in. Michaels gets on the top rope and climbs on Jannetty's shoulders, and jumps off onto the prone Tom Zenk with a diving fist drop to get the pin. Winners in 7:43 by pinfall, The Rockers Rating: 53 After the match The Can-Am Connection once again start to argue, although unlike in recent weeks, this time it gets physical. No punches are thrown, but the two men do shove each other hard in the chest, and they leave up the ramp a fair distance apart. Rating: 34 JR and Jesse comment on the two matches we have seen so far. JR says that The British Bulldogs are on fine form and The Hart Foundation should be worried, but Ventura is confident that The Hart Foundation will retain their titles. They then talk about yet another disastrous performance from The Can-Am Connection, and Ventura says that honestly at this point it seems like they'd be better off just giving up on this so called tag team. JR says that The Rockers on the other hand looked very impressive in their debut match, and he is excited to see the heights that the exciting young superstars can reach in the World Wrestling Federation. JR is about to pitch back to Mean Gene but he receives word that something might be happening backstage. Butch Reed and Jim Duggan are backstage, Duggan is shouting at Butch to get out of his face and Butch is trying to placate him. Butch finally does get Duggan to quieten down and says he needs to talk to him. Duggan says Butch has got one minute so he better make it fast. Butch says that when he faces The Iron Sheik this weekend at In Your House, he knows for a fact that Nikolai Volkoff will get involved and Butch will be outnumbered, and he wants Jim Duggan in his corner to have his back. Duggan plainly still doesn't trust Butch Reed and he says that last week's charade didn't change that. He says he may not be the smartest guy around but he's not stupid enough to be lured into a three on one, and he walks away leaving Butch looking frustrated. Rating: 73 We go to Mean Gene and he introduces his guest at this time, the one and only Fabulous Moolah. Moolah says she's sick of these little girls conspiring to take her title off of her, claiming that they want what's best for the future of women's wrestling. Well The Fabulous Moolah IS women's wrestling, always has been and always will be. Velvet McIntyre will have to pry this title belt out of her cold dead hands. At these words Velvet McIntyre shows up and Moolah greets her with disdain. Moolah says that it is insulting that she is being forced to defend her title against someone who doesn't deserve it, and this potato eating, Guinness drinking leprechaun absolutely 100% does not deserve it. Velvet gives a humourless laugh, and says that Moolah's stereotypes are as old, tired and outdated as Moolah herself. Moolah's chokehold over women's wrestling is over, her day is done, and at In Your House Velvet McIntyre is going to put the old mare out to pasture. Moolah loses her temper and aims a slap at Velvet, but she dodges and laughs as she backs away out of frame while Moolah shakes with rage. Or perhaps just old age. Rating: 56 Jesse Ventura says that the disrespect that little hussy is showing The Fabulous Moolah, a woman who made it possible for all these other women we see running around in the WWF to have careers, is disgraceful. JR points out that it seems like Moolah is quite happy to dish the disrespect out, but she can't take it when she's given a taste of her own medicine. Ventura insists that Moolah has earned that right and people should respect their elders, and JR rolls his eyes and sends us to Howard Finkel for the next match. Billy Jack Haynes vs Adrian Adonis w/ Jimmy Hart The story of this match is the full nelson vs the Goodnight Irene sleeper hold, as both men try to lock on their signature moves. Billy Jack Haynes gets the better of the match overall, but in the end interference from Jimmy Hart allows Adrian Adonis to lock on the sleeper and after trying to fight it at first, Billy Jack Haynes eventually passes out in the hold. Adrian Adonis holds on for a few seconds after the bell rings, while shouting into the camera that this is what will happen to Brutus Beefcake this weekend. Winner in 7:57 by submission, Adrian Adonis Rating: 79 JR closes his eyes and asks God to give him strength, because it's time for yet another update from The Million dollar Man. Jesse Ventura is beyond excited for his favourite part of the week, and he's particularly interested in seeing if The Million Dollar Man had any success breaking in that hot little dish from last week. JR starts to call Ventura out for his sexist language, but soon realises that it would probably be an exercise in futility, so he just tells production to run the footage. The Million Dollar Man is in the back of a nice car. His bodyguard Sid is sitting in the passenger seat in the front, while next to The Million Dollar Man is the attractive woman from the gym last week. The Million Dollar Man is talking to the woman and he tells her that very soon he will prove that he is the most gifted athlete ever to step into the WWF, but for now he's also the hungriest, and he yells at the driver to put his foot down. They arrive at a fancy restaurant, but unfortunately there is a huge line. The Million Dollar Man lets out a deep sigh and says that this won't do at all, and he tells his date and Sid to follow him, and they walk straight up to the maître d, past all of the queuing customers who all look less than thrilled at this behaviour. The Million Dollar Man pompously demands a table, but the maître d gestures to the line and refuses, but says that they are more than welcome to go to the back of the line. The Million Dollar Man looks deeply offended at the words “back of the line” and so he does what he has done every time we have seen him, he starts to put hundred dollar notes down onto the maître d's table. Eventually, the maître d takes the money and he says that there is a table reserved for a couple that hasn't arrived yet, and he can make other plans for the couple when they get here, and he beckons the trio to follow him. At this point, and angry customer steps towards them, and as we have seen before Sid bars his way. Unlike the last few weeks however, this man doesn't back off, and in a moment he will probably regret for the rest of his life, he tries to shove Sid out of the way. Without much hesitation, Sid picks the man up and powerbombs him through a table where an elderly couple are eating. A security guard comes running over, but he is sent away by the maître d, who clearly doesn't want to lose this free spending new customer. The trio are shown to their tables, The Million Dollar Man sits with his date and Sid seats himself at a neighbouring table with an unsuspecting middle aged couple. The Million Dollar Man turns to the camera and says that he knows how hard it must be to have to wait a whole week to hear from him, but he's got some good news. This time, we may be seeing him again sooner than we might think, perhaps he might even have a clear schedule this Sunday. He then tells the cameraman to go away so he can enjoy his date. Rating: 64 Jesse Ventura can barely contain his excitement as he connects the dots and realises that this Sunday is In Your House. JR on the other hand looks devastated at the prospect of seeing The Million Dollar Man in person, and says that he will happily watch these vignettes every week for the rest of his life if it means The Million Dollar Man stays away from a WWF ring. Ventura tells JR to stop being so negative, and then he sends us back to Mean Gene. Mean Gene thanks Jesse Ventura and then introduces his guests, Adrian Adonis and Jimmy Hart. Hart says that as everybody can see, Adrian Adonis has had what you might call a serious attitude change since the humiliation Roddy Piper and Brutus Beefcake subjected him to at WrestleMania III, and that isn't good news for Beefcake. Adonis shouts that he put Beefcake to sleep last week, he put Billy Jack Haynes to sleep earlier tonight, and he is going to put Beefcake to sleep once again this weekend at In Your House. Rating: 72 Adonis and Hart leave to be replaced by Mean Gene's next guests, Rick Martel and Tom Zenk of the Can-Am Connection. Gene is tactful as he asks his guests what they think of the situation they find themselves in. They say they know that things have gone very badly for them the last few weeks, they've cost themselves matches and they even nearly came to blows earlier. It has not been good enough and they only have themselves to blame. But despite what everyone seems to be saying, even including the supposedly impartial WWF commentators, this is not the end of The Can-Am Connection. They are going to turn this around and they will prove that they are a united front. They will be at In Your House in three days time, and they invite any team in the WWF locker room to come and take a shot. Whoever comes out to face them will be a part of history, they will be the start of the comeback of The Can-Am Connection. Rating: 47 Kamala w/ Kim Chee vs “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan This match is a simple back and forth brawl. Kamala starts out on top, but whenever he puts a foot wrong and Jim Duggan manages to get some offense in, Kamala's handler Kim Chee pokes Kamala with a stick and shouts at him for being useless, which causes Kamala's shoulders to hunch and his head to bow, and it's clear he is upset at being treated this way. Jim Duggan capitalises on Kamala's distress, and hits him with a three point stance clothesline when he's distracted by Kim Chee's harsh words. Winner by pinfall in 6:19, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan Rating: 69 After the match, The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff run down to attack Jim Duggan. They knock him over and start to stomp him while he's down, when out runs Butch Reed to make the save and together they once again run their assailants off. It looks from Duggan's body language that despite everything that has happened he still doesn't believe Butch is on his side, but Butch persists and tells Duggan that he has his back tonight, and he wants Duggan to have his on Sunday. Rating: 64 Jesse Ventura says he is getting tired of this will they/won't they dynamic between Duggan and Reed, and he's looking forward to Sunday where hopefully we will find out once and for all where everybody's loyalties lie. JR agrees, and he also wants to talk about the interesting development between Kamala and his handler Kim Chee. JR says he feels sorry for Kamala and Kim Chee ought to be ashamed of himself for treating him like that, especially on live television in front of the entire world. Jesse says that it's fine, he highly doubts Kamala's family will be watching his humiliation over in Uganda, and JR can't hide his distaste with his broadcast partner's lack of empathy as he sends us to a video of the Heenan Family that was taped earlier this week. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan is with three of his clients, Hercules, King Kong Bundy and “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff. Heenan says that he has gathered them here because he wants that royal robe back in the family, and he needs to decide who he should send to win it back from that meddling piece of filth the Junkyard Dog. He says that the question isn't who among the Heenan Family is able to beat the Junkyard Dog, he's confident that they can all do that, but rather who would be the right man to wear the robe moving forward. Who would wear it with the poise and the grace that it deserves. He arranges his clients in a line, and starts to go down the line one by one. First he considers Hercules. He looks deep in thought for a few moments, but decides that Hercules isn't quite right. Next he comes to King Kong Bundy, and he outright laughs at the thought of Bundy in the robe and crown. Bundy looks embarrassed, and tries to put his case across, saying that King is already in his name, but his argument doesn't convince Heenan who is still laughing. Finally he comes to Paul Orndorff. He takes a step back, makes a frame with his hands and positions Orndorff's impressive profile inside the frame. He smiles, and simply says “...wonderful.” He tells Paul Orndorff that he is the man that will bring the robe back to the Heenan Family, and Orndorff promises that he will do just that, and he'll wear it with pride. Rating: 76 We come back from the video tape to find Mean Gene in the interview area, and he is joined this time by the WWF World Heavyweight Champion, “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan. Before Gene can ask him a question, Hogan says he knows that Harley Race is here tonight, and he wants him to come over here so they can talk man to man, and Race clearly wasn't too far away because he enters the frame shortly after. Hogan tells Race that he is impressed with his actions these past few weeks, but Race says he's going to stop Hogan right there. He says he knows what Hogan is going to say, he's going to praise him for wanting there to be no interference from the Heenan Family in their match, but Race wants to make it very clear to Hogan that just because he wants a fair fight at In Your House, that doesn't mean that Hogan is going to have it easy. He won't be facing King Harley Race who prances around at the whim of Bobby Heenan, he'll be facing the Harley Race of old, the toughest man in the history of professional wrestling, and Race is going to do everything in his power to achieve the only thing he hasn't yet achieved in his career, becoming the WWF World Heavyweight Champion. Hulk Hogan says that's good, he wants to face the best version of Harley Race that there is, because it will make his victory that much sweeter, brother. Mean Gene thanks his guests for their time and hands back to the announcers for the main event. Rating: 96 Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat & George “The Animal” Steele vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine w/ Miss Elizabeth & “Luscious” Johnny V At first it looks like Ricky Steamboat is going to start this match against Greg Valentine, but George Steele shakes his head and points at himself, clearly itching to get his revenge after what these two men did to him last month. Steamboat lets the Animal start the match and it doesn't take long for Greg Valentine to bail out of there and tag Randy Savage in. Steele only gets more aggressive when Savage gets in, and although the Animal does get in a few good hits, Savage manages to lure Steele in and use his blind rage against him, and soon the George Steele is being methodically beaten down by his opponents. Savage and Valentine are making regular tags and keeping George Steele far away from his tag team partner, and they seem to be working very well together, but of course this doesn't last long. Greg Valentine's manager “Luscious” Johnny V helps his client lock on a figure four leg lock by pulling Valentine's arms for leverage, and Miss Elizabeth slaps his arm away, clearly not happy with the underhanded tactics. This frustrates Johnny V, and he pushes Elizabeth, not overly aggressively but by no means gently either. This, of course, does not sit well with Randy Savage, and he drops off the apron and gets Johnny V in a chokehold. The camera mic picks up Savage saying that if he ever catches Johnny V laying his hands on Elizabeth again he will rip off his teeny little testicles and shove them down his throat, DIG IT? Johnny V gulps hard and holds his hands up in a gesture of conciliation. The damage is done however, and Greg Valentine shoves Savage, Savage shoves back and an all out fight almost breaks out between the reluctant teammates. All of a sudden, Greg Valentine notices that George Steele is crawling towards Ricky Steamboat who is desperately holding out his arm, and he rolls into the ring but he is just too late to prevent the tag. Steamboat comes into the ring like a man possessed as the roof comes off the place, and he takes the fight to Greg Valentine with flurries of chops as George Steele starts going crazy on the apron and eating the turnbuckle pad in his excitement. The rest of the match is a back and forth affair, and eventually Randy Savage whips Steamboat face first into the turnbuckle that is now completely exposed thanks to George Steele, and after Steamboat falls to the floor Savage climbs the adjacent turnbuckle and hits the elbow drop, and makes the pin as Johnny V holds Steele's legs to prevent him from breaking it up. Winners in 10:18, “Macho Man” Randy Savage & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine Rating: 87 After the match, Miss Elizabeth and Johnny V start to argue again. For a split second it looks like Johnny V is going to put his hands on Elizabeth again until he sees Randy Savage striding towards them, but Savage only shoves Johnny into the ring post and carries on walking right past. He picks up the Intercontinental title from the timekeeper's table, and when George Steele starts to make distressed noises in objection, Savage tells Elizabeth to get him out of here. She looks worried about what Savage is going to do, but after giving him a pleading look she still obliges and leads Steele away up the ramp. Savage rolls back into the ring and, still holding the belt, stands over the still knocked out Ricky Steamboat. After a few seconds of Savage clearly contemplating whether or not to hit Steamboat with the belt, he just starts to lower it when Greg Valentine comes into the frame and tries to rip the belt from his hands. The two challengers lock eyes while playing tug of war with the title belt, while standing over the prone body of the champion, as the show goes off the air and JR and Jesse Ventura say they will see us this Sunday at In Your House. Rating: 80 Show rating: 88 There will be no WWF challenge update in this post because on the nights that the PPVs take place Challenge will essentially act as the pre-show, so it will be included at the start of the next post. I'll give you the confirmed card for In Your House, and if you guys are interested in making predictions then go right ahead. If enough people get in on the predictions then I can keep a tally over the whole year and the person with the most points after Mania can win something, I'm not sure what that could be though. Maybe you can pick a member of the roster that I have to push over the next year, something like that, but I'd be open to suggestions. Confirmed card for In Your House: - Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs The Honky Tonk Man - The Can-Am Connection vs The Wild Samoans - The Fabulous Moolah (c) vs Velvet McIntyre for the WWF Women's title - Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake vs Adrian Adonis - Junkyard Dog vs “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff - The Iron Sheik vs “The Natural” Butch Reed - The Hart Foundation vs The British Bulldogs for the WWF Tag Team titles - Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine for the WWF Intercontinental title - Hulk Hogan vs Harley Race for the WWF World Heavyweight title He certainly is! I thought that I should probably only sign one face painted uber babyface, and I much prefer Sting to Warrior ngl. He'll take some building up but I have pretty big long term plans for the Stinger.

WWF Superstars – May Week 1, 1987 The show opens with The Hart Foundation standing in the ring, and they don't look happy. Jimmy Hart says that Gorilla Monsoon's decision that The British Bulldogs get a title shot if Davey Boy Smith can beat Danny Davis is completely unfair. Bret Hart nods in agreement, and then takes the mic from Jimmy. Bret calls out the Bulldogs and offers them an alternative. Bret wants to take Danny Davis' place in that match, and if Davey Boy can beat him then they will have truly earned their title shot. The British Bulldogs come out and stand on the stage with smirks on their faces. “Superstar” Billy Graham says it was a nice try, but the president gave his verdict last week and Davey Boy vs Danny Davis will be going ahead as planned. He then hands the mic to Dynamite Kid, who has his own proposition for the Hart Foundation. He says that if Bret is itching for a match so badly then he will happily take him on right here, right now. There will be no title shot on the line though, it will just be for Dynamite Kid's enjoyment. Bret Hart looks reluctant but when Dynamite Kid calls him a coward, he accepts the challenge. Rating: 68 Dynamite Kid w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham vs Bret “The Hitman” Hart w/ Jimmy Hart Dynamite Kid has clearly had more time to prepare for this match than Bret Hart, and it shows as he flies right out of the gate with some high impact, high flying offence. Eventually, Bret Hart manages to recover and he targets the legs of Dynamite Kid, not only preventing him from using them in his aerial attacks, but also softening him up for the sharpshooter. Dynamite Kid is an accomplished technical wrestler, but Bret Hart is better, and once this match goes hold for hold there only looks to be one winner, and Bret finally does manage to get the sharpshooter locked on. Winner in 11:14 by submission, Bret “The Hitman” Hart Rating: 62 JR and Jesse preview the night of action ahead of us. Up next Tito Santana will face Sika of The Wild Samoans, Davey Boy Smith will have his aforementioned match with “Dangerous” Danny Davis, and our special main event will see two absolute legends of the sport go head to head, as the great Bruno Sammartino faces off against Harley Race. The show will end with an in ring interview segment with the three participants in the upcoming Intercontinental title triangle match at In Your House, but before all of that “Mean” Gene Okerlund is in the interview area, and we go to him now. Mean Gene thanks JR and Jesse, and he introduces his guest at this time, Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Gene asks Jake about the situation with The Honky Tonk Man, and Jake repeats what he said before, that if The Honky Tonk Man insists on antagonising the Snake then he's going to get bitten. Jake says he proved that last week when he DDT'd Honky through his own guitar, and he wants to prove it again, one last time. He wants to resolve this once and for all, and he challenges The Honky Tonk Man to one more match at In Your House. Rating: 81 Tito Santana vs Sika w/ King Curtis Iaukea Sika has the weight and strength advantage, but Tito Santana is much quicker, and also much more experienced when it comes to singles matches. Because of this, Santana spends much of the match managing to evade the more powerful man's big moves, but eventually Sika does get a hold of him and King Curtis Iaukea gets up onto the apron. Sika has Santana in a headlock and drags him towards Iaukea who is producing something from his pocket, when Santana shoves Sika off and dropkicks Iaukea off the apron and he hits the guardrail face first. Santana then hits the outraged Sika with a flying forearm smash and makes the cover. Winner by pinfall in 7:10, Tito Santana Rating: 66 After the match, Sika's partner Afa runs to the ring and The Wild Samoans savagely attack Tito Santana, spurred on by King Curtis Iaukea. They lift Santana's face up and Iaukea gets a nasty looking spike out of his pocket ready to hit Santana with, but security run out and the Samoans are run off, leaving Tito Santana laying beaten on the mat. Rating: 62 JR is appalled at The Wild Samoans' actions and even Jesse Ventura has to agree with him this time. JR starts to praise the security for sparing Tito Santana from the horrors the Samoans were about to subject him to, when “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan walks to the ring unannounced. Duggan says he has never trusted Butch Reed, and the fact that Butch challenged The Iron Sheik to a match and cost Nikolai Volkoff his match last week hasn't changed that. Duggan says he still thinks this is all some kind of trick to lure him into a trap, and if this is going to go that way then he wants to get it over with, so he's calling Butch Reed out for a match right here right now. Butch Reed comes out to the ring and gestures for a microphone. He tells Duggan that he is being paranoid, but given their history and who Butch's manager is, he gets it. If fighting him one on one is what it will take for Butch to prove to Duggan that he's not working against him and is in fact on his side against The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, then so be it. He accepts Duggan's challenge. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs “The Natural” Butch Reed Jim Duggan is throwing brutal looking punches from the very start of this much, but at first Butch Reed seems hesitant to respond in kind. It seems like he really wants to convince Duggan that he's on his side, so for the first six or so minutes of this match Butch's offence largely consists of rest holds. Eventually though, after a well placed punch from Duggan busts Butch Reed's lip, The Natural's temper gets the better of him and he starts to throw some punches and elbows of his own. Just as the match turns into an all out brawl, The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff come running out, Slick running behind them trying to get them to stop. Sheik and Volkoff attack both men in the ring, causing the match to be thrown out. Draw in 8:50 Rating: 71 The four men continue to brawl, Butch Reed fighting The Iron Sheik and Jim Duggan fighting Nikolai Volkoff, while Slick stands outside the ring looking helpless. After a while, Duggan and Reed both manage to get the better of their respective opponents and fight them out of the ring, and Slick just about manages to convince them to not get back into the ring and start the fight again. When Sheik, Volkoff & Slick make their way back up the ramp, Butch touches Duggan on the shoulder and Duggan reels around, knocking Butch's hand away. Duggan points an accusatory finger at Reed's face, and it's clear he still doesn't trust him. Butch holds his arms wide to show that he doesn't mean any harm, but he backs off and rolls out of the ring to leave Jim Duggan standing on his own. Rating: 63 JR and Jesse Ventura discuss whether they think Butch Reed is really on Jim Duggan's side. JR believes that he is, but like Reed said Jim Duggan's caution is understandable. Ventura agrees that Duggan's caution is understandable, and with good reason. He thinks that Slick is far too clever to let his clients fight each other like this, and he would not be at all surprised if this does all turn out to be a ruse after all. Jim Ross then sarcastically says that it's everybody's favourite part of the show, it's time for another update from The Million Dollar Man. We're in a gym that has a ring set up, and The Million Dollar Man is sparring with his bodyguard Sid. The two men get into a collar and elbow tie up when Sid spots a beautiful woman entering the gym, and his eyes practically turn into love hearts and pop out of his head like a cartoon character. The Million Dollar Man follows Sid's gaze and he looks interested too, but in a much more unsavoury way than Sid. The Million Dollar Man turns his attention back to Sid and tells him to take a fall for him so he can impress the lady. The look on Sid's face plainly says that he doesn't want to do it, but The Million Dollar Man repeats the instruction with a tone of authority. Sid looks annoyed, but rubs his fingers together in a gesture for money, and The Million Dollar Man sighs and agrees to pay him for it. Sid nods and The Million Dollar Man aims a mock punch at him, and he hits the deck. This seems to have got the woman's attention, as she is looking over from across the room. The Million Dollar Man turns to the camera and whispers that everybody, even Sid, has got their price for The Million Dollar Man, he just hopes that she does as well. He then leans on the ropes facing her and beckons her over. Rating: 69 Jesse Ventura says he gets more impressed every time he sees The Million Dollar Man, but JR says he's revealed himself as a sleazy creep now as well as an arrogant jerk. Ventura looks ready to argue but JR sends us back to Mean Gene again. Mean Gene is joined this time by Harley Race and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. Race expresses his excitement for tonight's special main event where he will be taking on the legendary Bruno Sammartino, who he says is one of the only men in the history of this sport who is as tough as himself. Mean Gene asks Race about the current situation with the rest of the Heenan Family, and Race ironically praises King Kong Bundy for actually fighting Hulk Hogan fairly last week, even if it did take Race himself getting involved to stop Hercules from coming to the ring. Gene then asks Race about his WWF World Heavyweight title match against Hulk Hogan at In Your House, and Race says that he's looking forward to that match even more than his match tonight. He then goes on to say that he wants it to be one on one with no interference, and may the best wrestler win. Bobby Heenan has been standing silently with a sour expression on his face the entire interview, and when Gene finally asks Heenan what he thinks of Harley Race's words, he just says with an obviously forced nonchalance that Race is the one fighting for the title so it doesn't matter what he thinks, and then he walks off. Rating: 85 The Hart Foundation are backstage with a very nervous looking Danny Davis, who is about to take on Davey Boy Smith of The British Bulldogs. If Davis loses the match, the Bulldogs will get a Tag Team title shot against The Hart Foundation at In Your House. The Foundation do their best to hype Davis up and promise him that they will be at ringside and will do whatever it takes to help him out there, but nothing seems to help his nerves. Davey Boy Smith w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham & Dynamite Kid vs “Dangerous” Danny Davis w/ The Hart Foundation & Jimmy Hart Perhaps The British Bulldogs heard what The Hart Foundation just said a few moments ago, because Dynamite Kid is at ringside for this match. The bell rings and "Dangerous" Danny Davis immediately proves his nickname wrong when he runs away from Davey Boy Smith, dives through the ropes and hides behind The Hart Foundation. Eventually Jim Neidhart has to physically push Davis back into the ring, and Davey Boy is on him straight away with some stiff strikes while The Hart Foundation look on with sour faces. After a minute or so of beating up the hapless Davis, Davey Boy hoists him onto his shoulder ready for the running powerslam. The Hart Foundation look like they're about to get into the ring, but Dynamite Kid and Billy Graham have clearly been waiting for it, and they pounce on Bret & Neidhart leaving Davey Boy Smith free to hit the powerslam and make the pin to win the match in short order. Winner by pinfall in 3:37, Davey Boy Smith Rating: 52 The Hart Foundation and Davey Boy Smith all get into the ring after the match and the two teams who will be facing each other for the tag titles at In Your House stare each other down as we go to a break. We return from the break to find that Jimmy Hart has stayed in the ring after the others have left, and he has a microphone in his hand. He says that he has finally been in contact with his client Adrian Adonis, and he invites Brutus Beefcake out to the ring to hear what Adonis has had to say. Brutus Beefcake walks out and grabs a mic of his own. He asks Jimmy Hart if that coward client of his is finally going to show his face and face him, Hart says he will, but not tonight. Hart tells Beefcake that Adonis has accepted his challenge to face him next Sunday at In Your House. While this conversation is happening, and angry looking bald man jumps over the guard rail and rolls into the ring behind Brutus Beefcake. Beefcake asks Jimmy Hart how Adrian Adonis is liking his new haircut, and Hart says that if Beefcake wants an answer to that question, maybe he should just ask the man himself. Beefcake just looks confused, and before he can even turn around Adonis gets him in a sleeper hold until he passes out. Adonis aims a deranged look down the camera and says that he'll see Beefcake at In Your House, then he and Jimmy Hart leave together up the ramp. Rating: 70 Jesse Ventura says he has known Adrian Adonis for a long time, and he has never seen him looking as intense as he does right now, and Brutus Beefcake should be seriously worried. JR says he has to agree with Ventura's assessment, and then tells us that it's almost time for our exciting main event where two legends who have had amazing careers will face off against each other, but first up is a short video package showcasing two exciting wrestlers who are just starting their careers. A short vignette plays showing two dreamy young men flying about the ring in slow motion while rock music plays. A message at the end says that The Rockers are coming to the World Wrestling Federation. Harley Race w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs Bruno Sammartino The main event is unsurprisingly largely a slow paced, ground based mat wrestling clinic, harking back to the glory days when Bruno Sammartino was at his peak. There are multiple spots throughout the match that are clearly inspired by moments from Sammartino's biggest ever matches, and the whole thing seems to play as a tribute to the Living Legend's illustrious career. The final moments see Sammartino lock on his famous bearhug, a move that has seen him defeat some of the greatest of all time, and just as Harley Race looks to be fading, he comes alive, wraps his own arms around Sammartino, and delivers a belly to belly suplex and makes the pin. Winner in 10:19 by pinfall, Harley Race Rating: 72 After the match, Harley Race looks at his manager and makes a gesture as if to say “I told you so”, that he doesn't need Heenan's help to win matches. Race then turns his attention to Bruno Sammartino, who is just getting back onto his feet. Race holds out a hand, and Sammartino takes it, and the two men shake hands and embrace, and then Harley Race holds Sammartino's hand aloft as the crowd cheers. After Race and Heenan leave, Sammartino stays in the ring a while longer and soaks in the adulation from the fans, and from this display it looks like this might be the last time we see the 51-year old in the World Wrestling Federation. Rating: 71 As JR waxes lyrical about Bruno Sammartino, Jesse Ventura gets up from his commentary position and into the ring to introduce the three participants in the historic triangle match taking place at In Your House for the Intercontinental title, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine. Ventura says he will come to each man in turn for their thoughts on the match, starting with his old friend the Macho Man. Savage reiterates what he said last week, that he feels disrespected that somebody else is getting in on his title shot, but he promises that he will beat up both the men standing across from him in this ring, stack them on top of each other and hit the elbow drop on both of them for the one two three ohh yeah. The Macho Man will get back what is rightfully his, the WWF Intercontinental Championship yeahhh. Ventura comes next to Greg Valentine, who looks very smug as he says his plan came together perfectly. Well, not perfectly, granted he didn't expect to have to face two other men at the same time, but his strategy of making the champion want to get him in the ring has paid off, and he's now got the title shot that he so richly deserves. The champion Ricky Steamboat cuts in now, and says that the only thing Greg Valentine richly deserves is a punch to the face. He says that despite the odds being stacked against him and the fact that he doesn't even need to lose the match to lose his title, by hook or by crook he will come way from In Your House still the Intercontinental champion. Jesse Ventura is about to end the interview, but Steamboat says he has one more thing to say. He has a challenge to both men standing across from him, he challenges them to a tag match next week, against himself and a man who is just dying to get a bit of revenge on both men for what they did to him one month ago, his friend George “The Animal” Steele! Savage and Valentine clearly aren't too happy about the prospect of teaming together, and they start to argue, which before long leads to an all out fight. Ricky Steamboat gets caught in the crossfire, and soon all three men are brawling wildly as Jesse Ventura dives for cover and the show goes off the air. Rating: 97 Show rating: 81 WWF Challenge notes: - The Wild Samoans defeat The Young Stallions - Luna Vachon issues an open challenge to face Demolition on In Your House pre-show edition of Challenge next week - Velvet McIntyre defeats Debbie Combs - The Honky Tonk Man defeats Flyin' Bryan - The Honky Tonk Man talks about his upcoming match against Jake Roberts, Roberts shows up and they brawl - Velvet McIntyre has some choice words for The Fabulous Moolah - Sting makes his debut and defeats Jacques Rougeau - Tito Santana is interviewed and calls The Wild Samoans cowards for attacking him like they did on Superstars - Tito Santana defeats Haku by DQ when The Wild Samoans attack him - The Young Stallions Paul Roma and Jim Powers, who have both been recent victims of Haku, attack Haku after the match and issue a challenge for a tag match at In Your House

WWF Superstars – April Week 4, 1987 Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura welcome us all to tonight's episode of WWF Superstars, where “Mean” Gene Okerlund is waiting on standby to welcome “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan to start the show with an in ring interview. After Hogan makes his way to the ring, his ribs bandaged from last week's attack at the hands of the Heenan Family, Mean Gene asks him about his recent struggles with the group. “Well let me tell you something Mean Gene”, Hogan replies, and he holds up five fingers. He says that Bobby Heenan is lining them up, and just as he said he would last week, he's knocking them all down one by one. He lists the men he's beaten in the last few weeks, Andre The Giant, Paul Orndorff and Hercules, and he puts down a finger with each name. Three down, two to go. But this time he wants to issue a little challenge to the Heenan Family. He wants to see if King Kong Bundy, all 450 pounds of him, can fight Hogan like a man, fair and square with no interference. These words bring Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and King Kong Bundy out to the stage, Heenan with a microphone of his own. He says that Hulk Hogan is a hypocrite. If anybody has seen Hulk Hogan fight before, they will know that the man standing in that ring acting all high and mighty right now is no stranger himself to doing whatever it takes to win. Heenan says that he has seen Hogan poke eyes, rake backs and go low more times than he can count, so he wants Hogan to cut the holier than thou act. But nevertheless, Heenan accepts Hogan's challenge. There will be no bending of the rules in the match later tonight... but Hogan never said anything about right now. All of a sudden two other members of the Heenan Family, Hercules and Paul Orndorff, crawl out from under the ring and attack Hogan from behind, Heenan laughing smugly from the stage. JR wonders how long they have been hidden under that ring, and Ventura sounds impressed as he says it must have been before anyone else arrived at the arena. Orndorff brings a chair with him, and the two men manage to get Hogan's leg trapped in the chair and Orndorff shapes to jump onto it from the second rope. The final member of the Heenan Family, Harley Race, flies past Heenan and King Kong Bundy and runs to the ring. He knocks Paul Orndorff off of the turnbuckle before he can do any more damage, and shoves Hercules away. This allow Hogan enough time to work the chair from around his leg, and Hogan, along with his supposed enemy Harley Race, chase Orndorff and Hercules off up the ramp. Race walks up the ramp towards the rest of his stable mates, shouting that they're all a bunch of cowards. Hulk Hogan looks unsure of Race, and Bobby Heenan looks downright furious. Rating: 100 JR and Jesse, as usual, have conflicting opinions about what we just saw. JR commends Harley Race and exclaims that it's about time somebody stood up to Bobby Heenan, and it's all the sweeter that it's a member of his own Family. Ventura says that Race should be ashamed, after all Bobby Heenan has done for Race's career, this is how he repays him. Ventura says that Harley Race would be a nobody without Heenan, and nobody would even know who he is. JR is incredulous and points out that Race had what you might call a pretty decent career before Heenan got his grubby hands on him. He then runs through tonight's show. The Can-Am Connection will try to get their act together when they face The Wild Samoans, Jake “The Snake” Roberts faces “Cowboy” Bob Orton, Nikolai Volkoff takes on the Junkyard Dog and our main event sees Hulk Hogan defend his World Heavyweight title against King Kong Bundy, and it will be interesting to see if the Heenan Family keep their word about not cheating any more than they already have. But up first, Hillbilly Jim takes on The Iron Sheik. Hillbilly Jim vs The Iron Sheik w/ Slick Hillbilly Jim is his usual happy self before this match starts, but the smile is very quickly wiped from his face as it soon becomes clear that The Iron Sheik's anger from last week has not abated. Sheik takes his frustration out on Jim, and ends it with the camel clutch. Winner by submission in 6:49, The Iron Sheik Rating: 67 After the match, The Iron Sheik takes a mic and barks out a promo in angry broken English. The gist is that he has had enough of Butch Reed and wants to fight him. Butch Reed comes out to the stage and says that if The Iron Sheik wants a fight, then he's got a fight. He suggests that they make it official, The Iron Sheik vs “The Natural” Butch Reed in two weeks time at In Your House. The Iron Sheiks agrees, and Slick looks like a man who has some decisions to make about where his loyalties lie. Rating: 60 We cut to President Gorilla Monsoon's office. There is a knock at the door and the president calls for the guest to come in. The Fabulous Moolah walks in and immediately tells the president that she doesn't want to defend her Women's title at In Your House, and it is completely disrespectful for Velvet McIntyre and Leilani Kai, two women who wouldn't have careers if it wasn't for the influence Moolah has, to book themselves into a number one contender's match for her title. Gorilla Monsoon says tough, she is the champion and she has a responsibility to defend her title whenever the WWF chooses. Moolah says she deserves to be shown more respect for the things she has done for women's wrestling but Monsoon says he's the president and what he says goes. Either she defends her title against Velvet McIntyre at In Your House or she can leave the belt on his desk when she leaves. Moolah storms out looking furious. Rating: 61 JR is about to send us to some footage from earlier, but before he gets the chance Brutus Beefcake hijacks a camera backstage and we go to him instead. Beefcake talks directly into the camera, and he says that he knows Adrian Adonis is watching wherever he is, and he's got something to say to him. He's tired of Adonis not showing his face and hiding from the Barber, so he spoke to Gorilla Monsoon earlier and the president has authorised him to offer Adonis an ultimatum. “Adrian Adonis, show up at In Your House, or don't show up in the World Wrestling Federation ever again.” Rating: 68 JR says it's good that Monsoon is laying down the law early in his tenure as president, wrestlers shouldn't be able to get away with refusing to defend their titles or just not turning up for a month. Jesse Ventura has a lot more sympathy for Moolah and Adonis, agreeing with everything Moolah said and saying he can understand Adonis' reluctance to show his face in public after what that bully Brutus Beefcake did to his hair. The footage was recorded just a few moments ago, after Bobby Heenan and Harley Race got back to the locker room after the incident with Hogan. Heenan's face is beet red with rage, and he demands to know what Harley Race is playing it. Race says it's embarrassing to be associated with a group of so called wrestlers who can't go one match without trying every single dirty trick in the book, and even worse, they still never seem to be able to get the job done. Race agrees with Hogan that it would be nice if just one member of the Heenan Family could try fighting without backup for a change. They argue about this for some time, but when it seems like they're not getting anywhere Heenan pivots to the events of last week, when Harley Race won his royal robe back from Junkyard Dog but decided not to take it with him. Heenan again demands to know what Race thinks he is doing, and Race has an answer for this too. He says he doesn't need a robe, or a crown or a sceptre or anything else other than a pair of trunks and his wrestling boots. He says he's one of the most legitimately tough SOBs this sport has ever seen, and he's done prancing around putting on a show and pretending to be a king. He says he still wants Heenan in his corner, but if Heenan so desperately wants a king in the family then he'll have to get one of his other stooges to win the thing back for him. Rating: 80 The Can-Am Connection vs The Wild Samoans w/ King Curtis Iaukea Another terrible showing from The Can-Am Connection here as their timing is all over the place, leading to Rick Martel getting stranded for most of the match. Eventually The Wild Samoans hit Martel with a double headbutt, and Sika makes the pin. Winners by pinfall in 6:51, The Wild Samoans Rating: 62 After the match the Samoans continue to stomp on Martel and Tom Zenk doesn't even notice because he is arguing with a fan who criticised him. Eventually the Samoans just get bored of beating Martel up and leave. Zenk finally sees Martel lying beaten on the mat and goes to help him up, but Martel swats his hand away, and the two men leave up the aisle arguing once again. Rating: 44 JR says that things just keep getting worse and worse for the Can-Am Connection, and Ventura wonders what on earth is going to happen the next time they get in the ring together. JR then looks at his run sheet and lets out an exasperated groan. This causes Ventura to look at his sheet and he lets out an excited cheer. It's time to hear once again from The Million Dollar Man. The Million Dollar Man and his bodyguard Sid are walking down a hotel hallway carrying towels and wearing swimming shorts and flip flops, and the Million Dollar man has a huge smile on his face in anticipation of a nice relaxing afternoon by the pool. When they get outside however, they are greeted by the cacophonous sounds of screaming children, and their faces drop. The Million Dollar Man irritably says that this won't do at all, and he heads straight over to the pool manager's booth. He asks the manager what it would take to make it a private pool for the day, so he and Sid can get a little peace and quiet. The pool manager says that's impossible, that this is a public pool and these people are taxpayers who have every right to use the pool, but once again The Million Dollar Man starts to put down hundred dollar bill after hundred dollar bill and the pool manager's resolve weakens. Finally he takes the money and leaves his booth, shouting that there is a problem with the pH levels of the water and the pool area must be evacuated immediately. Sid helps by shoving a few of the kids with his foot. A while later, The Million Dollar Man is lying on a sun lounger and the pool manager brings him a cocktail. He tells us not to be mad at the man, he's got his price just like everybody else. Everybody's got a price for The Million Dollar Man. He takes a sip of his cocktail and Sid dives into the pool. Rating: 70 JR spares a thought for all those families who had their vacations ruined, but Ventura is full of admiration for how The Million Dollar Man got rid of all those snot-nosed brats, something Ventura has wished he could do more times than he could count. JR then tells us that Mean Gene is about to interview “Macho Man” Randy Savage, but before he sends us to Gene he's got some more information regarding the triangle match that was announced last week, which has had the wrestling world scratching its head as to how the match could possibly work. He has spoken with Gorilla Monsoon and he can tell us that the rules will be as follows. All three men will not be legal at the same time, rather it will operate more like a tag match, where two men are legal and the third will have to stand on the apron until he is tagged in or he tags himself in, and the match will be one fall rather than an elimination match. With that cleared up, JR pitches to Mean Gene. Gene thanks JR and introduces his guest Randy Savage. Savage is practically bouncing off the walls in his anger that somebody else is getting in on his title shot. Miss Elizabeth puts a hand on his arm and it seems to calm him a touch, but he still isn't happy. He says that this triangle match thingy could maybe be an interesting idea, but not when it comes at the expense of the Macho Man winning back his title belt. He does however go on to say that the deck has been stacked against the Macho Man more times than he can count and he always comes up trumps, ohh yeah. He says he'll just have to beat two men instead of one, and he promises that that is exactly what is going to happen, dig it? Rating: 83 Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs “Cowboy” Bob Orton w/ Mr Fuji An open match between two accomplished wrestlers. Jake Roberts comes out on top in the end, hitting a DDT to get the win. Winner by pinfall in 8:39, Jake “The Snake” Roberts Rating: 83 After the match, The Honky Tonk Man runs out and once again he attacks Jake Roberts with a guitar, only this time Jake is ready and he ducks. The Honky Tonk Man accidentally hits the rope and the guitar rebounds, hitting Honky square in the face. Dazed, he drops the guitar and turns around into the waiting arms of Jake Roberts, who DDTs Honky head first through the guitar on the mat. Jake looks like he's going to let Damian out of the sack but Jimmy Hart pulls Honky under the bottom rope and they escape up the ramp. Rating: 74 We come back from the break to find “Superstar” Billy Graham and his clients The British Bulldogs coming out to the ring, followed by President Gorilla Monsoon. Graham grabs a mic and says that he's been speaking to his old acquaintance the president, and they've got some news for the Hart Foundation, if they'd be so kind as to come out to the stage. The Hart Foundation come out looking wary and very put out. President Monsoon gets the mic and tells them that their bright idea that them beating the British Bulldogs at WrestleMania means the Bulldogs shouldn't get a title shot just doesn't hold any water. He points out that their WrestleMania match was a six man tag match, and the person who pinned Davey Boy Smith was the so called “Dangerous” Danny Davis, not a member of The Hart Foundation. Billy Graham adds that the pinfall was a result of blatant cheating too. Monsoon proposes that because Danny Davis was the one to pin Davey Boy Smith, it's only fair that Davey Boy should face Davis one on one, and if Davey Boy wins that match then the Bulldogs get a shot at the WWF Tag Team titles at In Your House. The Hart Foundation clearly aren't happy, but the president has spoken. Rating: 79 Junkyard Dog vs Nikolai Volkoff w/ Slick JYD gets the better of the early exchanges, beating Volkoff around the ring with persistent flurries of punches and headbutts. With some advice from Slick, Volkoff realises that he isn't going to beat JYD by brawling toe to toe with him, so he starts locking on some slow holds while using the ropes for leverage. “The Natural” Butch Reed comes out to the ring, walking straight past Slick, the manager that he and Nikolai Volkoff share, who is pleading with Reed to turn back and leave. Butch instead climbs onto the apron and kicks Volkoff's hands free of the rope, breaking his hold on JYD. Volkoff squares up to Butch, and the two men stare each other down until Butch points over Volkoff's shoulder. Volkoff turns around straight into the arms of the Junkyard Dog, who picks him up and hits him with the Thump powerslam. Butch Reed walks back up the ramp looking happy with himself. Winner by pinfall in 5:52, Junkyard Dog Rating: 71 Mean Gene enters the ring after the match to interview Junkyard Dog. JYD says he saw the argument earlier tonight between Bobby Heenan and Harley Race. He still has the robe, and he's not through with the Heenan Family, not by a long shot. JYD says he hopes Heenan will listen to Harley Race's advice and send someone else after the robe, and he will happily put it on the line against any member of the Heenan Family at In Your House, if it will get him in the ring with one of them one on one. Mean Gene then sends us back to the announcers for the main event. Rating: 65 WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan vs King Kong Bundy w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan The majority of this match sees King Kong Bundy dominate the injured Hulk Hogan, as Hogan cumulatively spends almost half of this match locked in various bear hugs, while the fans chant his name and will him to break free. At one point he does manage to break out, but foolhardily tries to surprise King Kong Bundy with a powerslam, but his damaged ribs give out and Bundy falls on top of him for a close near fall. Eventually, as he is locked in yet another bear hug and it looks like he might be fading, the roar of the crowd urges him to power free of the hold. King Kong Bundy tries a clubbing blow but Hogan just shakes his head, and the balance of the match looks to have turned. Hercules makes his way out onto the ramp, and it looks like Bobby Heenan's vow to make this match a fair fight was a lie, but suddenly Harley Race runs out and stands in front of Hercules, blocking his path to the ring. Hercules looks towards Bobby Heenan for guidance, but Heenan for once doesn't seem to know what to do. Hercules tries to push past Race but he stands firm, and eventually Heenan reluctantly motions for Hercules to go back. Meanwhile in the ring, Hulk Hogan completes his comeback, fighting through the pain to finally deliver that slam, then he drops the leg and makes the cover. Winner by pinfall in 9:52, Hulk Hogan Rating: 71 Show rating: 83 WWF Challenge notes: “Cowboy” Bob Orton defeats “Leapin” Lanny Poffo Luna Vachon introduces herself as the new manager of Demolition Demolition defeat Barry O & Danny Spivey Interview with Jake Roberts and his sister “Rockin” Robin Roberts who is making her debut The Fabulous Moolah defeats “Rockin” Robin Roberts Haku defeats Paul Roma, and then once again refuses to break the Tongan Death Grip The Magnificent Muraco defeats Koko B. Ware

WWF Superstars – April Week 3, 1987 The second the show starts, Real American starts blasting from the speakers and Hulk Hogan makes his way to the ring, posing and flexing as he goes, as our commentary team Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura promise they'll preview tonight's show after we hear what the Hulkster has to say. Once the music has died down and the furore from the crowd has died down half a minute or so later, Hogan lifts a microphone to his mouth. He says that after Bobby Heenan's words over the last few weeks, and the way Hercules was glaring at him last week like he stole his girlfriend, he can see where all this is leading brother. He can see that he is going to have to beat every single member of the so called Heenan Family if he wants to get them off his case. Well Hulk Hogan never shrinks from a challenge brother, so he tells Bobby Heenan to line them up, and the Hulkster will knock them all down one by one just like toy soldiers dude. He asks the crowd if they want to see him kick Hercules' butt, and when they all cheer he calls the man out to face him for the World Heavyweight title, right here right now. WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan (c) vs Hercules w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Hercules comes to the ring, Bobby Heenan whispering instructions in his ear as they walk. The bell rings, and the match that follows is a very similar affair to the main event last week, with Hulk Hogan getting the better of the early goings and Hercules eventually turning it around and enjoying a period of dominance, until Hogan decides he's had enough of being beaten down and he hulks up. As if on cue, with the same keen timing as Hercules last week, King Kong Bundy lumbers to the ring. He doesn't get into the ring, but his mere presence attracts enough of Hogan's attention to allow Hercules to lock in the full nelson, and Hogan flails around trying to escape but can't. After around 30 seconds in the hold with no sign of Hogan fading, Heenan signals for King Kong Bundy to finally enter the ring, and Heenan hands him a chair. With Hogan held in the full nelson, Bundy repeatedly jabs Hogan in the ribs with the top of the chair, and the referee waves for the bell. Once Hercules releases Hogan and he falls to the ground, Bundy drops his full weight onto Hogan with a huge splash. Winner by disqualification in 9:28, and still WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan Rating: 78 JR is outraged at the Heenan Family's tactics. He says it seems like Heenan didn't even care about winning this match, he only wanted to injure Hogan and weaken him for next week. Ventura says that Heenan has always been a master tactician, and this could prove to be another stroke of genius, and he also tells JR not to be surprised if they do the exact same thing next week so Hogan is really there for the taking when he faces his last opponent. JR speculates that Hercules can't have been happy at forfeiting his title shot just to weaken Hogan, but Ventura assures him that the Heenan Family are a tight knit unit, and every member is willing to make personal sacrifices for the good of the group. JR then runs through the rest of tonight's card. The British Bulldogs face The Wild Samoans, Tito Santana faces “The Natural” Butch Reed, Junkyard Dog takes on Harley Race with Race's stolen robe on the line, and the main event sees Greg “The Hammer” Valentine take on Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat in a non-title match, and that one is sure to be a fiery affair. But before all of that, “Mean” Gene Okerlund is on standby in the interview area. Mean Gene thanks JR, and introduces his guest The Honky Tonk Man. Gene asks Honky if Jake Roberts' words last week have him scared, and he says that he would not want to be in The Honky Tonk Man's blue suede shoes right now. Honky gives Mean Gene a sneering sarcastic laugh, and says he's not here for bad jokes, he's here to do a little math. He says two weeks ago, The Honky Tonk Man knocked Jake Roberts senseless with his trusty old guitar, then last week, Jake “The Flake” Roberts decided not to show his face, but instead said some spooky words about The Honky Tonk Man from the safety of his own home. Ergo, if we add these things together, then sure as two plus two is four, the only plausible answer is that Jake Roberts is scared of The Honky Tonk Man. Honky Tonk Man carries on chirping, while unbeknownst to him Jake Roberts slowly appears behind him. Mean Gene notices just in time and jumps out of the way as Jake attacks. The two men brawl back and forth for a while, Jake taking yet another guitar shot to the back in the process, until eventually Jake gets the better of the exchange and delivers a devastating DDT to Honky, putting him down. Jake tells The Honky Tonk Man that clearly he got his calculations wrong, as we go to a commercial break. Rating: 80 The Wild Samoans w/ King Curtis Iaukea vs The British Bulldogs w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham This match is a short back and forth brawl. With Davey Boy Smith trapped in the corner, King Curtis Iaukea attempts to hand some sort of dangerous looking spike to Sika on the apron, but Billy Graham notices and runs over to knock Iaukea to the ground. This distracts the Samoans, and Davey Boy makes a break for his partner and makes the tag. He hits Afa with a running powerslam before he leaves the ring, and Dynamite Kid follows up with a diving headbutt and makes the pin. Winners by pinfall in 6:38, The British Bulldogs JR says that without Billy Graham in their corner, King Curtis Iaukea's scheme would certainly have left the Bulldogs at a big disadvantage, so it seems that having Graham as their manager is paying off already. We then head straight back to Howard Finkel for another match. Tito Santana vs “The Natural” Butch Reed w/ Slick Tito Santana knows that his opponent has the strength advantage here, so he tries to use his speed and agility. For much of the match it looks like it's working, but after a fairly even match which Santana probably just about edges overall, Butch Reed catches Santana's crossbody attempt mid air, hoists him up and brings him down with the gorilla press slam. Winner by pinfall in 10:14, “The Natural” Butch Reed Rating: 76 We return from the break to find Butch Reed in the locker room after his victory. His manager Slick walks in, followed by his two other clients The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff. Slick says that now that tempers have calmed down, they need to talk about what happened two weeks ago when Butch Reed saved Jim Duggan from an attack by Sheik and Volkoff. The Iron Sheik immediately starts shouting incomprehensibly but Slick just about manages to get him to pipe down. Butch says that there isn't some big explanation that is going to set everybody at ease, he just thinks Sheik and Volkoff were being huge jerks and Jim Duggan didn't deserve to be the victim of a sneak attack. In fact, Butch says he applauds Jim Duggan for cutting off Volkoff's rendition of the Soviet national anthem at WrestleMania. The Iron Sheik immediately starts shouting again, this time matched by Volkoff, and when they both start advancing on Butch he shoves his closest assailant, The Iron Sheik, hard into a locker. If it's even physically possible, Sheik and Volkoff's rage reaches new heights, to the point where Nikolai Volkoff's face is now as red as his trunks and you can almost see steam coming from The Iron Sheik's ears. Panic-stricken, Slick somehow manages to usher Sheik and Volkoff to the door and lock them out before things can escalate further, and once they're safe, Slick tells Butch that this is going to be a big problem. Rating: 65 The announcers say they do not envy Slick his position, and suggest that it looks like his empire is crumbling around him and he might need to pick a side sooner or later. They then tell us that up next we will hear from The Million Dollar Man again. Jesse Ventura is very excited about this, JR is less enthusiastic. The Million Dollar Man is sitting in the back of a posh car, with his Bodyguard Sid in the seat beside him. He says that people always claim that money is the root of all evil, but he's here to tell us that its not. In his experience, money can buy anything the heart desires. It can buy happiness, it can buy love, hell it can even buy people. Case in point, take a look at Sid here. While delivering this speech The Million Dollar Man is playing absent-mindedly with a wad of cash, and when the car suddenly goes over a hump he accidentally gives himself a papercut on the finger. “OW! Driver, look what you've done you idiot! Get me to a local medical facility right now!” They arrive at the hospital, and sick and wounded people litter the waiting room, moaning in pain. The Million Dollar Man strolls right up to the desk, holds up his finger and demands to see a doctor right now, but the receptionist refuses with an incredulous gesture to the other patients who evidently have much more serious problems. Just like last week, The Million Dollar Man starts to put down 100 dollar bills one at a time, and the receptionist starts to look more and more tempted with each bill. Eventually, she does take the cash and says she'll see what she can do. An injured man who has been watching this exchange starts to stand up with an angry expression on his face, but Sid takes a few steps towards him and he quickly sits back down. The Million Dollar Man turns to the camera and tells us not to be upset with the receptionist for making these poor creatures wait their turn. He says she only did the same as any one of us would have done in her position. “She has her price, just the same as every one of you have yours. Everybody's got a price for The Million Dollar Man.” Rating: 76 Jesse says he wishes those whiners would have shut up a bit, he could hardly hear The Million Dollar Man's important life lessons over their incessant wailing. JR shakes his head but decides better of commenting, and instead he sends us to Mean Gene. Gene's guests at this time are The Hart Foundation, and he asks them about their refusal of The British Bulldogs' challenge last week. Jimmy Hart says that The Hart Foundation beat the Bulldogs last month at WrestleMania, so what makes the Bulldogs think they deserve a shot at the tag team titles? If Jimmy Hart has it his way, The British Bulldogs will be getting nowhere near the titles so long as The Hart Foundation hold them. Mean Gene then reminds them that it is their duty as champions to defend their titles so they will have to face somebody, and he asks who they have in mind if not the Bulldogs. Bret Hart says that he saw Special Delivery Jones and Barry Horowitz compete on the pre-show earlier and he was very impressed, and he suggests that maybe they should get the title shot. Mean Gene looks incredulous as The Hart Foundation move to leave. Rating: 69 Gene is about to send us somewhere else, but Brutus Beefcake appears and grabs Jimmy Hart by the arm as he is leaving. Beefcake asks if Hart's client Adrian Adonis has been ducking him, and he wants to know where he is. Jimmy Hart sarcastically suggests that maybe Adonis is out hat shopping after what Beefcake did to his hair, and then he wrenches his arm free and leaves. Rating: 68 Mean Gene does now send us to Howard Finkel to introduce the next match, which will see Harley Race try to win back his robe from the Junkyard Dog. Harley Race w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs Junkyard Dog JYD makes his entrance, strutting to the ring in Harley Race's robe, which seems to make Bobby Heenan a lot more angry than it does Harley Race. JYD's antics don't extend past the bell, and he's all business once the match starts. This is a hard hitting back and forth brawl with no man giving the other an inch, until eventually Bobby Heenan subtly grabs JYD's foot as he's running the ropes. Harley Race actually looks annoyed by this interference, and he allows JYD to get back up before they lock up again. It doesn't matter in the end, as Harley Race proves to be the better wrestler on the day, as he hits the piledriver and makes the pin. Winner by pinfall in 7:36, Harley Race Rating: 70 Bobby Heenan looks like the cat that got the cream as he takes the robe from the timekeeper's table and climbs the steps to the ring. He makes a grand show of presenting the robe to Harley Race, and then turns to walk up the ramp. Heenan is looking so pleased with himself, he doesn't even notice that Race has stayed in the ring, holding the robe and looking at the downed JYD. Race drapes the robe over the still knocked out Junkyard Dog, and then follows his manager to the back. Rating: 73 JR and Jesse speculate on the very interesting turn of events we've just witnessed, not only Harley Race not taking the robe with him but also that look of annoyance when Heenan interfered. Junkyard Dog gets up and looks at the robe with surprise, but takes it with him anyway. JR sends us back to Mean Gene for the last time tonight. Mean Gene is joined by “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. Duggan says he saw the argument earlier between Butch Reed, The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, and he thinks something smells fishy. He doesn't trust Butch Reed as far as he can throw him, which, he warns Butch, is pretty damn far by the way. Duggan says he wouldn't be surprised if this was all some big plan thought up by that rat Slick to lure the Hacksaw into a trap and outnumber him. Rating: 64 JR says he wouldn't be so sure, and that The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff's rage seemed pretty genuine earlier, but it can't hurt to be cautious when you're dealing with WWF superstars. He then tells us it's time for our main event, as Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat has the chance to get some revenge on the despicable Greg Valentine. Ventura thinks “despicable” is a bit strong. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine w/ “Luscious” Johnny V The second the bell rings, Ricky Steamboat launches himself at his enemy without much thought for tactics. Valentine successfully evades the enraged Dragon's attacks in the early stages, but as he is getting a pep talk from Johnny V on the outside, Steamboat jumps over the top rope and lands on the two men. Once Steamboat rolls Valentine back in it's a fairly even match, but with Steamboat's fury driving him on it looks like there is only likely to be one winner the longer the match goes on. “Macho Man” Randy Savage comes running in and attacks Ricky Steamboat, and just like that, the referee rings for the bell and the match is over. Winner in 10:29 by disqualification, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat Rating: 83 JR reminds Jesse of what he said last week, that he doubts Randy Savage will really change his ways, and it looks like he was right. After the bell, Steamboat, Savage and Valentine all continue to brawl with each other, and it threatens to get out of hand until President Gorilla Monsoon comes out to the ramp. Monsoon's voice booms through the speakers, bringing an end to the brawl, and the president announces that Ricky Steamboat will no longer be defending his Intercontinental title against “The Macho Man” Randy Savage at In Your House. There is an air of confusion around the building, and Randy Savage looks apoplectic with rage. Gorilla Monsoon continues his announcement, and says that Ricky Steamboat will no longer be defending his Intercontinental title against Randy Savage, because he will instead be defending it against Randy Savage.... AND Greg Valentine, in the first ever triangle match! The air of confusion only deepens, as the commentators question what on Earth a triangle match could be, but they promise they will have all the answers next week on Superstars! Rating: 88 Show Rating: 85 Notes from WWF Challenge Greg Valentine gives his smug thoughts on being added to the IC title match Greg “The Hammer” Valentine defeats Flyin' Brian Corporal Kirchner defeats Iron Mike Sharpe Velvet McIntyre defeats Leilani Kai in a number one contenders match Velvet grabs a mic and says she will see The Fabulous Moolah at In Your House The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff defeat The Rougeau Brothers Billy Jack Haynes defeats Dino Bravo

WWF Superstars – April Week 2, 1987 The camera is with our announce team as JR and Jesse Ventura welcome us to the show. They promise that WWF Superstars is not the same show it used to be, and going forward you can expect to see more big matches than ever before, and to prove it we are going to see two, yes two, title matches tonight. The first of those matches will see The Hart Foundation defending their WWF Tag Team titles against the Can-Am Connection, The Magnificent Muraco will take on the winner of last week's main event Billy Jack Haynes, “The Macho Man” Randy Savage will be in action against Tito Santana and the main event will be our second title match, as “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff takes on Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat for his Intercontinental.... The commentators are interrupted by Bobby “The Brain” Heenan's sudden appearance, as he marches down to the ring with a microphone in his hand, flanked by three Heenan Family members, “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff, King Kong Bundy and Hercules. Heenan is furious at the events of last week that led to his star client Andre The Giant being suspended indefinitely. He starts to point the finger at President Gorilla Monsoon by suggesting that the decision was a miscarriage of justice, but he stops himself short of overtly accusing Monsoon, clearly wary of being punished himself. However he doesn't hold back in his hatred of Hulk Hogan, as he goes on to put all of the blame for the situation at Hogan's doorstep. He says if wasn't for Hogan, not only would Andre The Giant not have been suspended, but the Heenan Family would also be the proud holders of the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. He concludes by saying that the Family won't rest until they have made Hogan pay, as Orndorff, Bundy and Hercules crack their knuckles and stare menacingly into the camera. Rating: 92 JR calls Bobby Heenan deluded for thinking that any of this is Hulk Hogan's fault, but Jesse Ventura asks JR to tell him what part of Heenan's promo was a lie. If Hulk Hogan wasn't on an ego trip with his little title celebration last week, essentially mocking Andre The Giant, then Andre would never have gotten himself suspended, and also if it wasn't for Hogan then who else would be able to keep the World Heavyweight title from Andre's hands? JR stares at Ventura in exasperation for a few seconds before asking what he signed up for when he took this job. He then pitches to Howard Finkel to introduce our opening match of the evening. Brutus Beefcake vs Dino Bravo w/ “Luscious” Johnny V Dino Bravo starts the match in control but the tide turns after a few minutes and it's all Beefcake until the end, where he locks on the sleeper hold to make Dino Bravo tap. Winner by submission in 7:01, Brutus Beefcake Rating: 70 After the match, Beefcake calls for a mic. He notes the radio silence from Adrian Adonis, and admits that he might not have made himself clear enough last week when he said that Adonis was welcome to come and get his revenge. Beefcake dubs himself “The Barber” because of what he did to Adonis' hair at WrestleMania, and this time he explicitly states that he wants Adonis to come out of hiding and face him. Rating: 61 Jesse speculates that Brutus Beefcake will regret inviting the ire of Adrian Adonis. He says he may look soft and girly, but the man is tough as nails and Beefcake may find that out to his detriment. JR says he thought Beefcake looked impressive in his match tonight, and that he looks like he can more than take care of himself if he faces Adonis. JR then pitches to a clip that was taken earlier today, at Jake Roberts' residence. Jake “The Snake” Roberts is sitting in a dimly lit room, with his snake Damien slithering around him, over his shoulders and down onto his lap. He says that he might have been willing to let bygones be bygones if The Honky Tonk Man would have just accepted Jimmy Hart's fate, referring to WrestleMania where Roberts set Damien on Hart. Jake and Honky would both have been able to move on with their lives and leave this grim business in the dust, but The Honky Tonk Man just couldn't help himself last week. Honky just keeps insisting on antagonising The Snake, and he will learn the hard way that the only thing that will get you is bitten. Rating: 82 We return from the break to find “Mean” Gene Okerlund standing backstage with Ricky Steamboat, who says he has calmed down enough to talk now after the events of last week. Steamboat says he expected Savage to do what he did, the clue's in the name, but he can't figure out what Greg Valentine had to gain by preventing him from saving George Steele from Savage's attack. He has been stewing on it all week, and the only real explanation is that Valentine was just being a scumbag simply because he is a scumbag. At these words, Greg Valentine comes flying into the frame and almost takes Steamboat's head off, then aims some more vicious offence at Steamboat's leg while he's on the ground. Valentine says something about showing Steamboat just how much of a scumbag he can be, and then flees with a satisfied smile. Rating: 82 JR and Jesse show concern for Ricky Steamboat, and say that from the look of those injuries to his leg, he might not be able to compete in tonight's main event after all. They promise to keep us updated and then pitch to the next match, where the tag titles are on the line. WWF Tag Team Championship The Hart Foundation (c) w/ Jimmy Hart vs The Can-Am Connection This is a very one sided affair, as The Hart Foundation successfully isolate Rick Martel in the ring for almost the entire match. He does manage to break away a couple of times but poor positioning from his partner Tom Zenk means that he can never quite reach the tag. Bret Hart locks in a sharpshooter and when Martel sees that Zenk isn't even paying attention because he's exchanging unpleasantries with Jimmy Hart, Martel has no choice but to tap with nobody to break the hold. Winners in 7:35 by submission, and still the WWF Tag Team Champions, The Hart Foundation Rating: 68 JR and Jesse Ventura comment on the shambolic performance of The Can-Am Connection, and Jesse says he hasn't seen such an embarrassing display since Mean Gene's performance of "Tutti Frutti" at last year's Slammy Awards. As Rick Martel and Tom Zenk stalk back up the ramp still arguing about the miscommunication, JR is just about to send us to Howard Finkel when “Superstar” Billy Graham walks out onto the stage, flanked by The British Bulldogs, Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid. The three men step through the ropes and come face to face with The Hart Foundation, who have stopped taunting the crowd and are now giving the new arrivals their full attention. Billy Graham raises the mic to his mouth, but turns away from the Hart Foundation to address the audience and the people watching at home. He says that for anyone who missed his announcement last Sunday on WWF Challenge, he will fill them in. Last week, Graham talked to Gorilla Monsoon about procuring a manager's license, and the president gave the request his approval. The two men standing behind Graham are two of the roughest, toughest and most talented wrestlers in the world today, and they also happen to be Graham's new clients. Jimmy Hart grabs a mic and says so what if Graham is a manager? He wants to know why Graham thinks that this news is any of the Hart Foundation's business. Graham replies with a very assertive five words, “we want a title shot.” The Hart Foundation look at each other and laugh and shake their heads, and Jimmy Hart replies with a simple no, before they exit the ring and walk back up the ramp. The Bulldogs look ready to attack them but Billy Graham stops them, giving them a look that plainly says he'll handle it. Rating: 69 JR says it's great to see the Superstar back, and he predicts big things for The British Bulldogs with a legend like Graham behind them. Belatedly they pitch to Howard Finkel to announce the next match. Billy Jack Haynes vs The Magnificent Muraco w/ Mr Fuji A well fought contest between two evenly matched competitors. Both men come close to winning at points but they can't quite put each other away. Eventually, Muraco seemingly gets tired of doing things fairly and makes the pin with his manager Mr Fuji holding his feet for leverage. Winner by pinfall in 8:31, The Magnificent Muraco Rating: 71 JR calls Muraco and Mr Fuji cheats and Ventura calls them smart, and after scoffing at each other's opinions they send us to a vignette. Two friends are in a high end jewellery store, shopping for an engagement ring for the first man's girlfriend. He finally finds the perfect ring and stares at it with tears in his eyes, imagining how happy it will make his fiancée. He is just about to tell his friend when suddenly a hand comes from out of the frame and plucks the ring from his hands. A cocky looking man in an expensive suit takes the ring to the counter to pay, and the man stands frozen in disbelief for a few seconds, before going to confront the thief. “Oh sorry, was this yours?” the stranger asks pointing to the ring with a look of mock surprise on his face. “Well I'm sure this will help change your mind” The stranger hands the man a hundred dollar bill, but the look on the man's face just gets more angry. The stranger hands him another hundred, and the anger softens a bit. He then hands him another bill, and another, and another. The man looks ashamed, but eventually he closes his fist around the money and turns to leave. The man's friend sees this happen and comes over to angrily confront the stranger, until a huge mountain of a man blocks his way. The friend stops dead in his tracks and cranes his neck to look up into the behemoth's eyes, and like the first man the anger drops from his face, this time to be replaced by cold fear rather than shame. The Million Dollar Man asks if there's going to be a problem, and both men stutter out a “no” before fleeing the store, stumbling over each other in their haste to get away. The Million Dollar Man turns to the camera and tells us not to be upset with the man who sold out the love of his life for a bit of easy money, or the man's friend who felt his loyalty run down his leg at the sight of Sid here. After all, as everyone in the World Wrestling Federation will find out soon enough, everybody's got a price for The Million Dollar Man. Rating: 70 We're back to the arena and Jim Ross is disgusted with the arrogance of this Million Dollar Man. Jesse Ventura strongly disagrees, he thinks The Million Dollar Man is brilliant and says it will be a breath of fresh air to have a wrestler in the company he can relate to so easily. JR again wonders out loud what exactly he's signed up for working alongside Ventura, and then hands over to Mean Gene. Gene is joined this time by the Junkyard Dog, who is wearing the robe that he stole from Harley Race. He gives a twirl and asks Mean Gene how he looks, and Gene says he looks dashing. JYD heard Heenan and Race's angry words last week, and he gestures to the robe and says he will happily give them a chance to win it back. He is officially challenging Race to a match for the robe next week here on Superstars. Mean Gene then sends us back to Howard Finkel. Rating: 74 Tito Santana vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth This is a fast paced affair, as Randy Savage gets the best of it, but not without a few good spells of offence for Tito Santana. At the junctures of the match where Randy Savage would usually bend the rules, or attack his opponent a little too violently, Savage instead looks toward his valet Miss Elizabeth and seemingly makes the decision to play within the rules. In the end Savage grounds Santana, climbs the rope and drops the elbow to end it. Winner by pinfall in 8:16, “Macho Man” Randy Savage Rating: 83 JR and Jesse comment on the interesting dynamic between Randy Savage and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was clearly very upset with Savage showing his brutal side last week when he attacked George Steele, and it seems that Savage is making an attempt to change his behaviour. Ventura expresses his upset that some Jezebel has so much influence over the great Randy Savage. JR is aghast that Ventura could call sweet Elizabeth such a thing, and he goes on to say that he has doubts that Savage will ever really change his ways. JR then tells us that Ricky Steamboat is still being treated by medical staff backstage, and then he sends us back to Mean Gene once again. Gene introduces his next guest Slick, and asks him what is going on in his camp. Before Slick can get even a few words out, his clients The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff turn up, babbling loudly. In broken, shouty English, The Iron Sheik tells Gene Mean to leave and demands to know why Slick's other client Butch Reed stopped him and Nikolai Volkoff from beating up that punk Hacksaw. Slick, seeing how angry Sheik and Volkoff are, holds up his hands and says he doesn't have any answers but he's sure it's all just a misunderstanding. He says he will get everyone together next week to clear the air. Gene pokes his head back into frame once they have left, and sends us to Fink for the main event. Rating: 57 “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff comes to the ring followed by Bobby Heenan, who says to the camera that he accepts Junkyard Dog's challenge as they walk past. They get to the ring ready for tonight's main event versus Ricky Steamboat. President Gorilla Monsoon comes to the ramp to make the sad regrettable announcement that Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat will not be able to compete tonight due to the injuries he sustained earlier as a result of the heinous attack by Greg Valentine. Paul Orndorff starts to angrily spout off about how he has been cost an Intercontinental title shot, but Monsoon hushes him impatiently. He says that it is Orndorff's lucky day, that his Intercontinental title shot has now become a World Heavyweight title shot, as he faces “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan! Orndorff and Heenan look shocked and panicked for a few moments, but then they quickly focus and bend their heads together to start discussing a gameplan as the Hulkster's music hits to a thunderous ovation. Rating: 84 WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan (c) vs “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Hogan starts strong as Orndorff clearly isn't prepared for an opponent of this calibre, and things are looking bad for Mr Wonderful until he rolls out of the ring and makes a time out signal with his hands. He seeks out Heenan and the two men bend their heads low again, quickly trying to think of a new plan of action. Hogan eventually becomes impatient and rolls out of the ring to roll Orndorff back in, but Orndorff suddenly turns and punches Hogan in the face out of nowhere, catching him unawares. Orndorff rolls Hogan back in and remains on top for some time, until Hogan hulks up and Orndorff's punches start losing their effect. Hercules makes his way to the ring, and with Heenan distracting the ref, he hits Hogan from behind. Orndorff gets up and holds Hogans arms behind his back while Hercules wraps his chain around his fist. Hercules then pulls his arm back for the knockout blow, but Hogan miraculously ducks at the last second and Hercules punches Paul Orndorff right between the eyes. Hercules hurriedly rolls out of the ring and looks away in frustration as Hulk Hogan hits the ropes and drops the big leg onto Orndorff, a flourish that is surely overkill as Orndorff is knocked unconscious already. The referee has turned away from Heenan by now and counts the 123 as the crowd explodes. Winner by pinfall in 10:28, and still WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan Rating: 91 Hulk Hogan hits his poses in celebration as JR and Jesse Ventura talk about how this amazing crowd have helped make this one of the all time great WWF title matches, while Hercules stands on the outside of the ring fixing Hogan with a furious stare. Hogan finally turns around and sees Hercules, and the show goes off the air with the two of them locking eyes. Rating: 76 Show rating: 88 Notes from WWF Challenge - Greg “The Hammer” Valentine defeats B. Brian Blair - The Islanders defeat The Can-Am Connection following a communications breakdown - Haku again refuses to break the Tongan Death Grip on Tom Zenk, Martel and Haku's partner Tama try to stop him but he lashes out and attacks both - Leilani Kai defeats Candi Devine - Leilani Kai also wants a shot at Fabulous Moolah's title, challenges Velvet McIntyre to number 1 contenders match - Bret “The Hitman Hart” defeats Flyin' Bryan - Hercules defeats Koko B. Ware - Bobby Heenan hypes up Hercules and says he has his sights set on Hulk Hogan

WWF Superstars – April Week 1, 1987 The show starts with a video package celebrating the short but brilliant WWF career of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, after his retirement last weekend at WrestleMania. It shows various memorable moments from his talk show Piper's Pit, and highlights his role in the main events of The War to Settle the Score and the first ever WrestleMania, his boxing match against Mr T at WrestleMania II and his recent vanquishing of Adrian Adonis at WrestleMania III, among other achievements. Thank you Hot Rod. Rating: 70 We come out of the video package to our commentary team to open the show. Jesse Ventura is a face familiar to every WWF fan, but the man joining him is new around here. Jim Ross introduces himself as the new voice of the WWF, and says he is thrilled to have the opportunity to call the greatest action in professional wrestling today, even if it does mean having to work with Jesse Ventura. Ventura laughs off the lighthearted jab, and the new announce team pitch to former announcer Gorilla Monsoon, who is standing in the ring. Monsoon thanks JR and Jesse for the introduction, and says he has some exciting announcements to make. His first piece of news is that with Jack Tunney stepping down as the president of the World Wrestling Federation, it is Monsoon's honour that he has been chosen as Tunney's replacement. He also says that he has heard the universal praise that the Intercontinental title bout between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania III last weekend has been receiving, and it is his pleasure to annouce that a rematch will be held at the next big WWF event, which will be named In Your House and will be held in six weeks time, live on pay per view. He finishes by expressing his happiness at presiding over this exciting new era of the WWF, and sends it back to the announcers to introduce the first match. Rating: 82 JR and Jesse first exclaim their pleasure at Monsoon being given the role of president and say that nobody deserves it more, and then they preview the night of action we have in store. “The Natural" Butch Reed will face Jacques Rougeau, Jake “The Snake” Roberts will take on The Magnificent Muraco, “Cowboy” Bob Orton faces “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and the main event sees Hercules and Billy Jack Haynes square off in a rematch from WrestleMania, where they competed in a full nelson challenge. The evening will be capped off by an official title celebration from Hulk Hogan, but before all of that George “The Animal” Steele, who had a hand in Ricky Steamboat's heroic title win last weekend, will face Greg Valentine. George “The Animal” Steele vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine (w/) "Luscious" Johnny V This match is a story of brains vs brawn, as Greg Valentine manages to bait and avoid The Animal's scattered attacks at every turn. Valentine cockily taunts Steele every time he suckers him in, much to the crowd's annoyance, and eventually Valentine locks on the figure four leg lock for the win. Winner by submission in 6:53, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine Rating: 72 After the match, “Macho Man” Randy Savage comes tearing to the ring and throws himself at George Steele, which the announcers speculate must be due to anger at the part that Steele played in Savage's defeat last weekend. Savage only manages to get a few shots in before Ricky Steamboat comes sprinting out to try to save his friend, but perplexingly Greg Valentine holds Steamboat back before he can make the save. Savage continues to stomp the wailing George Steele until Miss Elizabeth comes out and pleads with him to stop. Savage does stop, and he storms back up the ramp, Greg Valentine finally letting go of Steamboat and following, a smug look on his face. Steamboat drops to his knees to tend to his friend as we go to our first commercial break. Rating: 82 We return from the commercial break to find “Mean” Gene Okerlund outside a locker room, with crashing noises and grunts of anger coming from within. Mean Gene tells us that it's Ricky Steamboat inside the room, and he's going to try to get a word, and so he knocks at the door. The door opens a crack and Steamboat tries to keep his voice level as he tells Gene he's too angry for an interview right now. He makes to close the door but stops himself, and says that he does have one thing to say, that Randy Savage and Greg Valentine are both going to pay. Rating: 75 The announcers express their confusion at Greg Valentine inserting himself into Savage and Steamboat's feud, and say that they're not sure they've ever seen Steamboat this angry. They then pan straight back to Mean Gene again who has made the short walk to the interview area. Gene is joined by Bobby Heenan and his client Hercules. Gene starts the interview by expressing his disgust at his two guests' actions after their match with Billy Jack Haynes last weekend, and he states that they must feel like a couple of real big men after mercilessly attacking Haynes from behind after the match. Heenan responds defensively, saying that if anybody deserves to be condemned for their cowardly actions it's Haynes himself. He say that Haynes took the easy way out by locking on the full nelson outside of the ring and waiting for the count out, and the only reason he did that is because he knew he could not beat Hercules. Well tonight Hercules is going to prove that fact, and he's going to win their rematch fair and square. Rating: 84 JR scoffs at this choice of words, and questions if the Heenan Family have ever done anything “fair and square” in their lives. He then sends us to Howard Finkel for our next match. “The Natural” Butch Reed (w/ Slick) vs Jacques Rougeau Butch Reed spends almost all of this match in control, as aside from a couple of brief spells of hope this is all very one sided. Gorilla press slam and a pin to end it. Winner by pinfall in 6:19, “The Natural” Butch Reed Rating: 68 The announcers send us back to Gene who is joined by Brutus Beefcake, fresh from helping Roddy Piper cut Adrian Adonis' hair last weekend at WrestleMania. Beefcake says that with Piper having left the WWF, Adonis will have to get his revenge on him instead. If Adrian Adonis wants to get his own back on Beefcake, he knows where to find him. Rating: 65 JR suggests that Beefcake might regret inviting Adonis' revenge, and speaking of revenge our next match features Jake “The Snake” Roberts, who so satisfyingly got his revenge last weekend by setting his snake loose on Jimmy Hart. Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs The Magnificent Muraco The Magnificent Muraco holds his own for most of this match, but with Jake Roberts seemingly still fired up from being cheated out of a win at WrestleMania, this was only ever going to go one way. DDT for the 123. Winner by pinfall in 10:21, Jake “The Snake” Roberts Rating: 75 As Jake Roberts gets ready to pose with his snake, The Honky Tonk Man blindsides him and hits him over the back with his guitar. Evidently, Jesse Ventura points out, Honky is not happy that Jake set his snake on his manager Jimmy Hart, but JR questions the intelligence of The Honky Tonk Man for poking the Snake. Rating: 69 Back from the break, we are once again with Gene Okerlund, who is joined again by Bobby Heenan with another one of his clients, Harley Race. Heenan has managed to work himself up into a frenzy over Junkyard Dog stealing King Harley Race's royal robe after their WrestleMania match, and he demands that JYD gives it back and knows his place. Gene asks Race how he feels about the situation, and Race says that JYD will regret humiliating him and he's going to teach him a lesson. Rating: 85 JR notes how despite obviously being angry, Harley Race didn't mention the offending robe at all. He then sends us back to Howard Finkel. “Cowboy” Bob Orton (w/ Mr Fuji) vs “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan This match is very even and looks like it could go either way, until two men run down to the ring. The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff get into the ring and bear down on Jim Duggan. The referee tries to shoo them away but eventually Volkoff punches Duggan, leading to the disqualification. The commentators speculate that this attack is in retaliation to Jim Duggan interrupting Nikolai Volkoff's rendition of the Soviet national anthem last weekend at WrestleMania. Winner by disqualification in 9:44, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan Rating: 76 The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff continue to attack Duggan, until Butch Reed of all people runs down and helps fight them off. When Duggan realises who has helped him, he looks confused and wary of Butch. Rating: 64 JR says that Duggan's caution is probably because these two men have a complicated history dating back to their time in other companies, and also because Butch Reed is managed by Slick, who also manages Sheik and Volkoff. Maybe Duggan is right to be cautious. We then go to Howard Finkel once more for our main event. Hercules (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs Billy Jack Haynes The stipulation for this match is the same as their WrestleMania match, the match can only be won with a full nelson hold. Despite Heenan's declaration that Hercules would win this match fair and square, Heenan tries to subtly get involved multiple times, but to no avail. Billy Jack Haynes is wise to every scheme, and eventually he manages to lock on the full nelson, and after struggling to break free for a good 30 seconds, Hercules finally weakens and taps out. Winner by submission in 11:51, Billy Jack Haynes Rating: 72 JR is full of admiration for Haynes' performance and how he managed to overcome the Heenan Family's shenanigans. Jesse Ventura accuses JR of being biased, which causes JR to indignantly splutter something about the pot calling the kettle black. Once he has recovered, JR practically shouts with joy as he announces that Hulk Hogan is on his way to the ring for his special title celebration, after his conquering of Andre The Giant in last weekend's historic main event. Hogan's music plays and the Brendan Byrne Arena crowd erupts. Hogan makes his way to the ring with a huge smile on his face, hits his trademark poses and flexes once he's in the ring, and then calls for a microphone. He says a few words about how without the 93,000 Hulkamaniacs in the Pontiac Silverdome he might not have been able to summon the strength to slam the big stinky giant, brother. At these words, The Giant appears and makes his way to the ring. Initially Hogan looks annoyed at having his celebration gatecrashed, but then he invites Andre into the ring to talk. When they're face to face, or face to chest more accurately, Hogan lifts the mic to his mouth but before he can say anything Andre delivers a huge chop to his head, and continues to savagely beat him down. Security try to stop him but they're thrown aside with ease, and then multiple wrestlers who wrestled on the pre-show appear and are met with the same fate. Finally President Gorilla Monsoon makes his way out with a microphone and steps into the ring behind Andre. He tells Andre that if he doesn't stop right now he will have no option but to suspend him indefinitely, which terrifies Bobby Heenan if the look on his face is anything to go by. Monsoon's words do convince Andre to stop attacking Hogan, and instead he turns his fury on the president. He lunges for him and Monsoon narrowly escapes through the ropes, and this distraction allows security just enough time to pull Hogan out before Andre turns his rage back on him. With Andre The Giant now standing alone in the ring, Gorilla Monsoon shouts that he has no choice but to suspend Andre indefinitely, and the show goes off the air while Heenan looks on in shock and concern as Andre goes mad. Rating: 100 Show rating: 82 Notes from WWF Challenge - The Wild Samoans defeat Barry O and Danny Spivey - Velvet McIntyre defeats Brittany Brown - Velvet says she wants a shot at The Fabulous Moolah's Women's title - Haku defeats Outback Jack, and refuses to break this Tongan Death Grip submission after the match - "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff defeats Flyin' Brian - "Superstar" Billy Graham now has a manager's license, and will reveal his first clients soon - King Kong Bundy defeats Special Delivery Jones - Bobby Heenan is seething about Andre The Giant's suspension If you have any suggestions or feedback about anything, whether formatting or writing, I'd be happy to hear it. I know the match details were a bit sparse here but I'll try to make sure I go into much more detail for PPV matches and the biggest TV matches, I just feel like laboriously going into every detail of every random TV match would be a bit pointless, but again I'd be happy for feedback. Thanks for reading my first show if you stuck it through to the end! Thanks Dawn!

The year is 1987. One of the biggest events in the history of the wrestling business, WrestleMania III, has just come and gone, and Hulkamania is running wild on the World Wrestling Federation. Now undoubtedly the biggest company in the world and holding a monopoly on the wrestling business, where does the WWF go from here? Hi everyone, I doubt anybody will remember but I started this diary about 18 months ago, but unfortunately I stopped after only a few episodes because I was just too busy with real life stuff at the time. Recently I've been getting the urge to come back to TEW, and specifically to this save which I have so many ideas for floating around in my head, so today I decided to give it another go. Let's hope we last more than 5 episodes this time! The champions WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan (who else?) WWF Intercontinental Champion Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation WWF Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah (unfortunately) I won't introduce the whole roster because you'll naturally get to know anyone worth getting to know as the shows progress. We will be kicking off our journey on the episode of our A show WWF Superstars immediately following WrestleMania III, and we will be picking up certain storylines from where they left off at Mania, so if you want a refresher on what was happening at the time then the Storylines and Event sections of the WrestleMania III Wikipedia article should get you up to date, but you by no means need to do any research as I'll explain everything that needs explaining during the shows. Thanks for reading this intro and I hope this sounds like something you'd be interested in.