KingKennit Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 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. If people are interested, I'm going to run predictions for PPVs and maybe the occasional episode of TV, and the winner at the end of each year (so after each WrestleMania) will be allowed to pick a wrestler from the roster for me to push over the following year. I'm using a converted Golden Age mod by Genadi, with a few small tweaks I've made myself. I plan on always keeping all of the following updated, so if you're not up to date with the diary then these links will contain spoilers. Roster - As of May 1987 Major Stars Stars Well Known Recognisable Unimportant Women Titles - As of April 1987 WWF World Heavyweight WWF Intercontinental WWF World Tag Team WWF Women's Teams, Managers & Stables - As of May 1987 Tag Teams Managers Stable - The Heenan Family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Feel free to not read this of course, this is just to set the scene for anyone who is unfamiliar with the events of WM3 or are maybe a bit hazy on the details. I expect the first post-Mania show will be up in a day or two. So what happened at WrestleMania III? (shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia) WWF owner Vince McMahon claims that as he was about to announce "Welcome to WrestleMania III," he felt the spirit of his father Vincent J. McMahon, who had died three years earlier. After McMahon welcomed the audience, he introduced Aretha Franklin, who opened the show singing a rendition of "America the Beautiful." The first match of the night was The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel and Tom Zenk) versus Bob Orton Jr. and The Magnificent Muraco (with Mr. Fuji). This match ended when Martel gave Muraco a high cross-body with Zenk on his hands and knees giving Muraco what Gorilla Monsoon called "A little schoolboy trip from behind" allowing Martel to get the win for his team. The next match that aired was Hercules (with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in his corner) against Billy Jack Haynes in the "Full Nelson Challenge." The match ended when Haynes locked Hercules in the full nelson outside the ring and both were counted out. After the match, Heenan assaulted Haynes by kneeing him in the back after Haynes had applied the full nelson to Hercules outside the ring. Haynes then chased Heenan into the ring, where Hercules then blindsided Haynes with his chain, hitting him a number of times with it before locking a bloodied Haynes into his own full nelson. The Mixed Tag Team Match between King Kong Bundy and his professional wrestling team of Lord Littlebrook and Little Tokyo against Hillbilly Jim and his own team of The Haiti Kid and Little Beaver was next. The rules were that only midgets could fight midgets and that neither Bundy nor Hillbilly was allowed to attack the midgets, though at one point Bundy tagged in and Little Beaver refused to tag out immediately, even hitting the 458 lb (208 kg) "Walking condominium" with a dropkick to no effect before bailing with a tag to Hillbilly Jim. King Kong Bundy's team was disqualified when Bundy attacked Little Beaver because Bundy was not supposed to be in the ring with the midgets. After Beaver had "attacked" Bundy on occasion during the match, he finally got caught and Bundy attacked Little Beaver, hitting him with a body slam before dropping an elbow across his chest. The "Loser Must Bow" match between the Junkyard Dog and Harley Race (with Bobby Heenan and "The Queen of Wrestling" The Fabulous Moolah) followed. Prior to the match "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviewed Heenan, Race, and Moolah backstage, where Moolah predicted that Junkyard Dog would have to bow to the King as he is supposed to do. Bobby then gave Moolah the crown and told her to put it on the King's head after the match, "As only the Queen of Wrestling can do". Junkyard Dog came out to the ring to a big ovation in the Silverdome. During the match, the two battled back and forth, with Race even trying unsuccessfully to give the prone Dog a falling headbutt which naturally failed. Following this Race recovered enough to give the Junkyard Dog a belly to belly suplex when he was distracted by Bobby Heenan to get the win. Due to the pre-match stipulation, JYD did a little bow and then hit Race from the blindside with a steel chair to a rousing ovation from the crowd. After attacking Race, Junkyard Dog took the King's royal robe and left the ring with it in hand to a standing ovation. The next match was The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine), with Luscious Johnny V and Canadian strong man Dino Bravo in their corner, against The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, Jacques and Raymond. Ray Rougeau started off the match by locking up with Beefcake. The two men later tagged out, and Valentine brawled with Jacques Rougeau as Bravo looked on from the outside of the ring. Raymond performed a sleeper hold on Valentine and was followed by Beefcake jumping off the ropes and accidentally hitting The Hammer with a double axe handle. The Rougeau Brothers gave Valentine a double team move, but the referee was arguing with Beefcake. The match ended when Dino Bravo jumped off the top rope and hit Raymond while he was pinning Valentine, then rolling Valentine on top of him for the win. The Dream Team argued for most of the match, which led to Valentine, Bravo and Luscious Johnny departing together, without Beefcake. Footage of an interview with Rowdy Roddy Piper was aired as Piper made his way to the ring to face "Adorable" Adrian Adonis, who was accompanied by "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, in Piper's retirement match. Piper and Adonis began the match by attacking each other with Piper's belt. Adonis put a sleeper hold on Piper in the middle of the ring and released the hold prior to Piper's arm going down for a 3rd time, thinking that he won the match. When Jimmy Hart got in the ring to celebrate with Adonis, Brutus Beefcake came to the ring to help Piper recover, and Piper attacked Adonis and performed a sleeper hold of his own. Piper got the victory, and after the match was over, Brutus got in the ring and cut Adrian Adonis' hair as Piper held Jimmy Hart down. After being woken by Beefcake and seeing himself in the mirror he had brought to the ring that Piper was holding, Adonis hit the mirror and chased Piper around the ring before leaving the ring in embarrassment with Hart using his jacket to cover Adonis' head. Up next was a six-man tag team match featuring former referee Danny Davis (in his debut as a WWF wrestler) and the WWF Tag Team Champions, The Hart Foundation (Bret "Hitman" Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart), against The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith) and Tito Santana with Matilda the Bulldog in their corner. As a referee Davis' bias towards heel wrestlers had led to the Bulldogs losing the tag titles to the Harts and also led to Santana losing the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship to "Macho Man" Randy Savage. The Bulldogs had many near-falls, yet Neidhart broke up most of them. After all three members of the Bulldogs/Santana team had got a measure of revenge on Davis, all six wrestlers ended up brawling in the ring. Danny Davis recovered and hit Davey Boy with Jimmy Hart's megaphone and pinned him for the win. "The Natural" Butch Reed's making his pay-per-view debut against Koko B. Ware, was the following match. Reed won the match with a rollup (and a handful of tights) after a high cross-body from Koko. After the contest, Reed's manager Slick got in the ring and attacked Koko B. Ware with his cane, but Tito Santana quickly rushed to the ring and stopped Slick, and ripped some of his clothes off. Slick retreated as Reed got back in the ring, only for Reed to get a double drop kick from Koko and Santana. The next contest was a title match involving reigning WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Randy "Macho Man" Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (with George "The Animal" Steele). The match itself lasted for nearly fifteen minutes. At one point, Savage was about to use the ring bell as a weapon but was stopped by Steele who knocked him off of the top rope. When Savage attempted to give Steamboat a scoop slam, Steamboat reversed it into a small package to get the win and become the new WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, marking the first time in WrestleMania history that the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship changed hands. This match is considered by many to be one of the greatest matches in WWE history. The tenth match of the night was between The Honky Tonk Man (with "Colonel" Jimmy Hart) and Jake "The Snake" Roberts, who along with his pet Python "Damien", had Detroit native Alice Cooper in his corner. When Jake went for the DDT, Honky Tonk Man's manager Jimmy Hart pulled Roberts' legs, and the Honky Tonk Man rolled up Roberts from behind, held on to the ropes, and pinned him for the win. After the match Roberts narrowly missed hitting Honky with his own guitar, smashing it against a ring post and causing Honky to run off down the aisle, leaving Hart alone in the ring. Alice Cooper got in the ring and with Roberts' holding Hart in a Full Nelson, attacked him with Roberts' python Damien. Ring announcer Howard Finkel then introduced "Mean" Gene Okerlund to the crowd. Okerlund then announced the indoor attendance record of 93,173. The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff (with Slick) were in action next, against The Killer Bees ("Jumping" Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair). Slick asked all of the fans to rise to respect Nikolai Volkoff's singing of the Soviet National Anthem, and when Volkoff began singing, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan came to the ring with his two-by-four, which had a tiny American flag attached to it, got on the microphone and said that Volkoff was not going to sing because America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. While the match ensued, Duggan stayed at ringside. When The Iron Sheik locked a camel clutch on Brunzell, Duggan, who was chasing Volkoff around the ring and finally into it, stopped and hit an unsuspecting Sheik across the back with his 2x4 in front of the referee, resulting in The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff winning the bout by disqualification. In what was billed as the "biggest main event in sports entertainment," the final match pitted WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defending the title against André the Giant (with Bobby Heenan). Howard Finkel introduced the guest ring announcer, Bob Uecker, who in turn introduced the guest timekeeper, Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart. The fans booed André heavily and pelted him and his manager Bobby Heenan with trash as they rode the cart to the ring. In contrast, Hogan, who walked to the ring, came out to a huge ovation. Approximately two minutes into the match, Hogan attempted to body slam André, but he was unable to lift The Giant and nearly lost the match when Andre fell on him and almost pinned him. After the match had battled back and forth, André gave Hogan an Irish whip to the far side of the ring and attempted a big boot on Hogan, but Hogan ducked it and came off the ropes to give André a clothesline to take him off his feet for the first time in the match. Hogan then "Hulked up" and scoop slammed the 525 lb (238 kg) Giant before hitting the ropes and executing his patented leg drop pin to get the win and retain the championship. Thanks for reading, and I hope you stick around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 KingKennit's Pro Wrestling News and Rumours Big changes are coming The World Wrestling Federation could be about to change the landscape of professional wrestling forever. Their flagship TV show, Superstars of Wrestling, will be moving from one hour to two starting from the first post-Mania episode this Thursday, and the show will feature fewer squash matches and more bouts between established talent, and could even sometimes see payoffs to feuds. The company will also be introducing a revolutionary new pay-per-view schedule, running between 8 and 12 pay-per-views every year. These pay-per-views will of course include the already established WrestleMania, on top of 4 new annual shows entitled King of the Ring, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and the Royal Rumble. The rest of the PPV schedule will be filled out with shorter shows entitled In Your House. It is thought that there will be 10 PPVs between now and WrestleMania IV, including WrestleMania itself. A new President The WWF are set to move Gorilla Monsoon away from the commentary desk and into a new role of on-screen president, replacing Jack Tunney. The move is not an indictment of Monsoon's announcing ability, rather that the company wants a more charismatic and recognisable face to fill the president role, as it's a role that will be seen on television much more often than in the past due to the change in the television and pay-per-view schedule. It is thought that UWF announcer Jim Ross is the man primed to replace Monsoon at the announce desk, and he could take the reins as early as this Thursday's episode of Superstars. Developmental The WWF are in the process of setting up a new promotion for the sole purpose of getting young wrestlers trained and ready to move up to the main roster. The promotion will be based in Florida, and will be given the very imaginative name of Florida Championship Wrestling. The WWF have already started snapping up talent that they consider the stars of tomorrow, and they will also be sending some current workers to FCW to undergo further training, chief among them Tom Magee, who, according to a source within the WWF, is a man they want to make a valuable member of the roster whatever it takes. A relatively unknown AWA employee by the name of Eric Bischoff has been given the role of head booker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 WWF Superstars of Wrestling Thursday week 1 April 1987 The broadcast kicks off with a video package celebrating the short-lived but historic WWF career of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper following his retirement match last Sunday at WrestleMania III, including a compilation of the best Piper's Pit moments, as well as the main events of The War to Settle the Score and WrestleMania I, his boxing match with Mr T at WrestleMania II, and finally his vanquishing of Adrian Adonis 5 days ago. Good luck Hot Rod. Rating: 87 Jesse “The Body” Ventura is joined by a new face at the announce position, Jim Ross, and the new look commentary team welcomes everybody to a new era in the WWF. They preview the matches we have in store for tonight, including George “The Animal” Steele versus Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and “Cowboy” Bob Orton will all be in action, and the main event will feature Billy Jack Haynes looking to get revenge on Hercules in a rematch of the full nelson challenge from WrestleMania. Hulk Hogan will also be here at the end of the show to celebrate last weekend's prodigious victory and to discuss what's next. But first up, the newly appointed president of the World Wrestling Federation, our very own Gorilla Monsoon, has a few announcements to make. Gorilla Monsoon thanks JR and Jesse from the middle of the ring. He echoes what they said about this being a new era for the WWF, and confirms the recent rumours that the television and pay-per-view schedules will be drastically changing. He announces that the next pay-per-view will be the first of many “In Your House” events and will be held on the second Sunday of May. Finally he acknowledges the universal praise that the Intercontinental title match between Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat has been receiving from all corners, and is excited to announce that the first match confirmed for In Your House will be a rematch between the Macho Man and the Dragon. Rating: 71 George “The Animal” Steele vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine (w/ Johnny V) Speaking of the Intercontinental title match, the man who was in Ricky Steamboat's corner for that match is in action here against the no-nonsense Greg Valentine. The Animal is up to all his old tricks, proudly displaying his ludicrous green tongue and munching on the turnbuckle pads. Greg Valentine tolerates this for a while, but soon kicks things up a notch and locks in the figure four for the win. Winner in 6:51, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine Rating: 73 After the match Randy Savage makes his way to the ring, picks up the ring bell on his way, and uses it to attack The Animal. He starts to lay in kicks to the prone Steele but Ricky Steamboat hits the ring before his third kick even lands. Steamboat tries to launch himself at Savage but Greg Valentine holds him off. Savage gets in a few more stomps and runs back up the aisle while Valentine is still restraining the furious Steamboat. The Dragon breaks free of Valentine's grip and drops to his knees to tend to the fallen Animal. Greg Valentine walks away with a conniving look on his face as we go to a commercial break. Rating: 79 We return from the break with “Mean” Gene Okerlund standing outside a locker room with crashing sounds coming from within. He says that during the commercial break, Randy Savage and Greg Valentine both headed straight for their cars and left the arena, and he's going to try to get a word with Steamboat. He knocks on the door and The Dragon opens with a face like thunder. He tries his best to calm himself and keeps his voice as still as possible as he informs Okerlund that he's not in the right frame of mind to conduct an interview right now, but he does manage to promise that Savage and Valentine will both pay, before closing the door. Mean Gene hands it back to the announcers for the next match. Rating: 75 Demolition (w/ Johnny V) vs The Young Stallions Not much to say here, as the dominant Demolition record a routine win over the blue chippers The Young Stallions with the Demolition Decapitation, when Smash pins Jim Powers. Winners in 5:36, Demolition Rating: 59 “Mean” Gene is backstage with Velvet McIntyre. She says a new dawn is coming for the women of the WWF, that last weekend will be the last time a WrestleMania will ever fail to feature a single women's match, and that she will be front and centre in the revolution. It's time to do away with the old and make way for the new, so she's officially laying down a challenge for The Fabulous Moolah's title. Rating: 55 Back to the announcers now, and Jesse Ventura says there's an exciting new arrival coming to the World Wrestling Federation. There will be a vignette from the man himself when we return from the break. Two men are standing in a very high end jewellery store. The first man picks up a ring set with a large diamond and starts to softly cry. He tells his friend that this is the one. This is the ring for the love of his life, the ring that will bind her to him for the rest of their lives. His friend looks at the ring in awe, and sounds a little choked up himself as he agrees, it's perfect. All of a sudden, a hand comes from out of the frame and snatches the ring from the man's hand. A smug looking man in an expensive suit takes the ring to the counter and starts to take his money out to pay. The groom-to-be stands slack-jawed in shock for a few moments, before coming to his senses and storming over to the stranger. “Can I help you?” the stranger asks, and the groom-to-be demands his ring back at once. “Oh, sorry, was this yours? Well, perhaps this will change your mind”. The stranger takes a stack of $100 bills from his money clip and hands the man 5 bills, and the man looks dumbstruck. “Oh, not enough?” and he hands him another 5 bills. “I'm sure that will take care of it”. The groom-to-be give a dazed nod and thanks the suited stranger, however his friend is not so easy, in fact he's furious at what he's just seen. He asks the groom-to-be what he thinks he's doing, giving up on the ring that was so perfect it had reduced him to tears a few moments before, all for the sake of a little cash. The situation looks like it could really start to escalate, when the stranger says two words that stop the angry man dead in his tracks. “Oh Sid?” A huge mountain of a man approaches the angry friend and fixes him with a stare. “Are we going to have a problem?” The Million Dollar Man asks. The man stutters out a “no”, before looking around for the groom-to-be only to find out he's already fled the store. The man follows suit and backs away slowly until he reaches the door, never taking his eyes off the hulking Sid. The Million Dollar Man turns to face the camera, and tells us not to be upset with the lovebird who sold out the love of his life for a bit of easy money, or with the friend who felt his loyalty run down his leg at the sight of Sid here, because whether it's fear or it's cold hard cash, everybody's got their price. Rating: 63 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 wonders out loud what exactly he's signed up for working alongside Ventura, and then hands over to the ring announcer for the introductions to the next match. Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs Jacques Rougeau Fresh from his win and humiliation of The Honky Tonk Man, Jake Roberts is wrestling like he doesn't have a care in the world, and he's in fine form here. There's a lot of playing up to the crowd from The Snake, and after toying for his prey for most of the match, he hits the DDT and gets the win. Winner in 7:08, Jake “The Snake” Roberts Rating: 68 While Jake starts to whip his snake out to entertain the fans after the match, The Honky Tonk Man appears behind him and lays him out with a guitar shot to the back of the head. Roberts may have wrestled like he was no longer concerned about The Honky Tonk Man, but the same clearly can't be said going the other way. The Honky Tonk Man doesn't seem to be done with Jake Roberts by a long shot. Rating: 71 Next we go backstage to Bobby Heenan and Harley Race. Heenan is furiously swearing vengeance on Junkyard Dog for stealing the King's royal robe, and demands he give it back to its rightful owner, Harley Race. Race is angry that JYD got the best of him at WrestleMania and says he will put that right the first opportunity he gets, but he doesn't mention the robe even once. Rating: 78 “Cowboy” Bob Orton (w/ Mr Fuji) vs “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan The commentators put over Duggan's actions at WrestleMania when he interrupted Nikolai Volkoff's rendition of the Soviet national anthem. Duggan flies out of the gate and gets the better of the early stages, but Orton Jr takes control before long and stays in control for the majority of the match. He looks like he has it won with a sleeper hold, as the referee checks Duggan and his arm drops twice, but the third time it stays in the air and Hacksaw starts to rally. He breaks out of the sleeper and gains the upper hand. He looks like he could be about to get the win, when suddenly Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik attack him and the match is thrown out. Winner by disqualification in 9:18, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan Rating: 78 Orton rolls out of the ring and makes his way to the back while Volkoff and The Iron Sheik beat down Duggan. Duggan tries fighting back but the odds are too stacked against him and it seems like there's no hope for Hacksaw. That is until Butch Reed runs down the ramp and tackles The Iron Sheik. With the numbers evened out, Reed and Duggan are able to fight off Volkoff & Sheik and they bail to the back. Jim Ross doesn't know what to make of this development, because Nikolai Volkoff, The Iron Sheik and Butch Reed all share the same manager, Slick, and Slick himself looks like he doesn't know what to make of the situation either. Duggan looks suspicious and doesn't take his eyes off of Butch Reed, until Slick eventually convinces Reed to come backstage with him. Rating: 62 We're back with Mean Gene again, and this time he's interviewing Brutus Beefcake, who is holding a pair of comically large shears. Beefcake touches briefly on Greg Valentine, Dino Bravo and Johnny V turning their backs on him at WrestleMania, but says he's already put that behind him and he doesn't need them. He taunts Adrian Adonis about the fact that Beefcake and Roddy Piper cut his hair last weekend, and says if Adonis wants to try to get his own back then the offer is there, and he snaps his shears twice. Mean Gene pitches back to the announcers for the main event. Rating: 64 Hercules (w/ Bobby “The Brain” Heenan & Paul Orndorff) vs Billy Jack Haynes As the bell rings, the announcers explain what happened between these two at WrestleMania for anybody who missed it. That match went to a double countout, and Hercules attacked Haynes after the match, and this match represents a chance for Billy Jack Haynes to get even right away. Just like the Mania match, both men are trying to prove whose full nelson is stronger, so there are lots of attempts to lock on that move. All of Hercules' attempts are foiled by Haynes' strength, but most of Haynes' attempts are stopped by Bobby Heenan distracting the referee and Paul Orndorff hitting Haynes from behind. On the third time of this happening, the ref turns around in time to catch Orndorff and he orders him to the back. Haynes locks on his full nelson one final time, and jerks Hercules around a few times until it becomes clear Hercules has passed out. Winner in 12:14, Billy Jack Haynes Rating: 68 As everyone makes their way to the back, Jim Ross talks a bit about Hulk Hogan's achievement of beating Andre the Giant, he says he's never witnessed anything quite like it in his career in this sport. He comments on the sense of anticipation in the arena for Hogan's victory celebration which will take place any moment. As if on cue, “Real American” hits and the crown goes wild. The immortal Hulk Hogan makes his way to the ring and takes his time doing so, basking in the adoration of all the fans in the building. When he finally makes his way into the ring, he hits all of his signature poses, and then calls for a microphone from ringside. He thanks the fans and says that it was because of them that he was able to win. He drew from the power of all 93,000 Hulkamaniacs in the Pontiac Silverdome and that's what gave him the strength to slam the big stinky Giant. At these words, the colossal Andre the Giant starts to make his way to the ring, with Bobby Heenan in tow. At first Hogan looks annoyed at his moment being interrupted, but he quickly puts a smile on his face and makes a beckoning motion to Andre. Andre steps over the top rope like it's 2 feet from the ground and faces up to Hogan. Hogan puts the mic to his mouth to say something but before he can utter a word, Andre delivers a huge chop to his head. He starts to stomp on Hogan's chest when security bombard the ring and try to hold Andre off. To a man, Andre sends all of them flying back out through the ropes, and continues stomping on Hogan. Next up a series of wrestlers hit the ring, and the WWF president himself Gorilla Monsoon is walking out after them with a look of anger on his face. Jim Duggan, Koko B. Ware, Siva Afi and The Young Stallions all try to stop Andre but they all go the way of the security. Gorilla Monsoon grabs a mic and enters the ring, he says that if Andre doesn't stop right now he'll have no choice but to suspend him indefinitely. This does stop Andre, and he turns to face Monsoon. He bares down on him and aims a huge chop at the president which he narrowly avoids by jumping back out under the top rope. This distraction gives enough time for Jim Duggan and Paul Roma to pull Hogan out of the ring and help him back up the ramp, and the show goes off the air with Andre the Giant left alone in the ring, and Bobby Heenan at ringside with a look of shocked concern on his face. Rating: 93 Show Rating: 79 WWF Wrestling Challenge results Haku defeated Tiger Chung Lee (Rating: 35) Brutus Beefcake defeated Barry Horowitz (Rating: 50) Velvet McIntyre defeated Noriyo Tateno (Rating: 29) Paul Orndorff defeated Tom Zenk (Rating: 57) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 WWF Superstars of Wrestling Thursday week 2 April 1987 Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura welcome us to second of two (unintentional) 90 minute shows before moving to a full 2 hour time slot next week, and break the news that president Gorilla Monsoon has suspended Andre the Giant from all WWF programming indefinitely after his attack on Hulk Hogan and attempted attack on the president himself last week. They also run down the four matches on the card tonight. We'll see Billy Jack Haynes take on the Magnificent Muraco, “Macho Man” Randy Savage faces Tito Santana and our main event will see Ricky Steamboat defending his Intercontinental title against “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff. But up first, another title defence as the Hart Foundation put their tag titles on the line against the Can-Am Connection. WWF Tag Team Championship The Hart Foundation © (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs The Can-Am Connection The champions spend the majority of this match in control, making frequent tags and keeping Tom Zenk firmly in their half of the ring. Eventually Zenk does manage to break free and gets the hot tag to Rick Martel. Martel cleans house and the Can-Am Connection gain a measure of control for a few minutes, as they play the Foundation at their own game and keep Bret Hart penned in. After a couple minutes of this, Bret reverses an Irish whip attempt from Martel and the Hart Foundation's dominance resumes. Martel manages to break away and dive for a tag to Tom Zenk, but Zenk is arguing with Jimmy Hart and isn't even paying attention to his teammate in the ring. Bret Hart drags Rick Martel back over to his half of the ring and locks on the Sharpshooter for the win. Winners in 9:41, and still WWF Tag Team Champions, The Hart Foundation Rating: 66 Martel and Zenk make their way back up the ramp arguing, and they pass the British Bulldogs and none other than “Superstar” Billy Graham coming the other way. Graham grabs a microphone and the three of them enter the ring. Graham announces that he's now representing the British Bulldogs as their manager, and his clients want what they are due after the Hart Foundation cheated them out of a win at WrestleMania, they want a shot at the tag titles. Jimmy Hart says they're under no obligation to give the Bulldogs anything, and the Foundation leave the ring. The Bulldogs look like they want to attack the Hart Foundation as they are leaving, but Billy Graham stops them and gives them a look that plainly says “leave it to me.” Rating: 80 “Mean” Gene Okerlund is backstage with the Heenan Family. Bobby Heenan wants Hulk Hogan to know that he blames him for the suspension of his marquee client, Andre the Giant, and he's not going to let that go. He's still got a family full of top competitors and they're all hell bent on getting revenge on Hogan. Rating: 79 The Heenan Family leave the area and Mean Gene welcomes Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. Mean Gene asks Steamboat about his IC title defence tonight but Steamboat doesn't want to talk about that, he wants to talk about Randy Savage and Greg Valentine. He says that Savage will regret what he did to George Steele when In Your House rolls around and he finds himself across the ring from The Dragon. He also wants to know why Greg Valentine did what he did, what did Valentine have to gain from preventing Steamboat from saving his friend? Either way, Valentine will pay too. At this moment, Greg Valentine throws himself at Ricky Steamboat and, catching him unawares, manages to get the better of him. “Oh I'll pay? Well, bring it on. You and me next week, Steamboat!” He then lands a vicious stomp to Steamboat's knee before leaving. Rating: 87 Billy Jack Haynes vs The Magnificent Muraco (w/ Mr Fuji) Billy Jack Haynes has some good momentum coming into this one after getting his revenge on Hercules last week, and he looks to keep that going by taking this match right to the Magnificent one. Muraco uses his experience to slow the match down and sap Haynes' momentum with a series of rest holds. Haynes makes a comeback and looks like he is about to lock on the full nelson when Muraco brings his heel crashing into the crotch of Haynes with the ref in the wrong position to see it. He then hits the Hawaiian Hammer piledriver, and pins Billy Jack with his feet on the ropes for leverage. Winner in 11:23, The Magnificent Muraco Rating: 71 We're back to the announcers, and Jesse Ventura says this is the part of the show he's been looking forward to the most, we're going to hear from the Million Dollar Man. JR seems less thrilled about this than Ventura does, but he tells the production team to run the video all the same. The Million Dollar Man and his bodyguard Sid are sitting in the back of a car with a posh interior. The Million Dollar Man apologises for not properly introducing himself last week and says his name is Ted DiBiase. People always say money is the root of all evil but he's here to tell you that it's not. With money he can have anything he wants. He can buy happiness, love, he can even buy you. Case in point, just look at Sid. While he's cutting this promo he's absent-mindedly playing with a stack of money, and he accidentally gives himself a paper cut. “Gah! Driver, get me to a nearby medical facility right now!” DiBiase is cradling his cut finger as he and Sid enter a waiting room with sick and wounded people everywhere. There is a dull moaning coming from people with broken bones, burns and more, but Ted DiBiase wants to see a doctor right away. He approaches the woman at the desk and demands to see a doctor, but the woman gestures to all the afflicted littering the room and says that won't be possible. DiBiase says that she doesn't understand, he's the Million Dollar Man! He puts down a hundred dollar bill but she pushes it away, he puts down another and she takes longer to think about it, but still pushes it away and says that it's not possible. He puts another three bills down and asks “how about now?” The receptionist looks guilty but she says she'll see what she can do and she turns away to make a phone call. 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, she did the same thing that anyone 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: 67 Mean Gene says “boy, that Million Dollar Man is real piece of work, isn't he?” before introducing his guest at this time, Leilani Kai. Kai wants to know why that leprechaun Velvet McIntyre thinks she has the right to demand a title shot before her? If anyone deserves to be the future of women's wrestling in the WWF it's Leilani Kai. Velvet McIntyre enters and says she's happy to fight her for the honour. She challenges her to a match next week, and whoever wins gets to face Moolah at In Your House. Kai accepts. Rating: 50 We now cut to a video that was recorded backstage last week after Butch Reed saved Jim Duggan from an attack by Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik. Slick is sitting in a locker room with his clients Sheik and Volkoff, and they're absolutely incensed. First of all they want to know why Reed sided against them, and second of all they want to know why Slick let him drive home before letting them confront him. Slick's voice is filled with forced patience as if he is talking to two tantruming toddlers, and he says he's sure there is a logical explanation and that Butch Reed isn't siding against them at all. He will get them all together once tempers have calmed down and give Reed a chance to explain himself to all of them. Volkoff and Sheik don't seem to be listening and they continue to make garbled angry noises. Rating: 57 “Macho Man” Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs Tito Santana A good back and forth match here with surprisingly very few shenanigans. On multiple occasions it looks like Savage will cheat to get the upper hand, but always a look or a gesture from Miss Elizabeth seems to convince him otherwise. There is no interference from Ricky Steamboat, leading to the commentators suggesting Greg Valentine could really have inflicted a serious injury on him. The finish sees the Macho Man hit a clothesline, then climb up top to hit the big elbow drop to get the win fair and square. Winner in 12:23, “Macho Man” Randy Savage Rating: 77 A pre-recorded video with Jake “The Snake” Roberts, where he is sitting in a dark room with his python Damien slithering around in front of him. He says that the Honky Tonk Man must have really let his humiliation get under his skin if he insists on continuing this one sided, so called “rivalry”. By antagonising the Snake, all the Honky Tonk Man is doing is prolonging his own punishment. Rating: 87 Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura say that our main event was scheduled to take place now, but the doctors have just confirmed that Ricky Steamboat won't be able to compete tonight, so they're going to pitch back to Gene Okerlund while Gorilla Monsoon comes up with a new plan for the main event. Mean Gene is with Junkyard Dog. JYD says if Harley Race is so desperate to get his hands on that fancy robe of his, he can come the Dog's way for a butt whooping next week, and if he wins (which he won't), he can have the thing back. Harley Race enters the frame and says that to be perfectly honest he doesn't give a damn about the stupid robe, but he will happily take the opportunity to slap the taste out of Junkyard Dog's mouth next week. He offers his hand and JYD tentatively shakes it. “Next week”, Race repeats as he leaves. Rating: 84 Paul Orndorff and Bobby Heenan make their way to the ring for the main event, exchanging unpleasantries with the fans. In the ring Orndorff looks smug, perhaps thinking they won't be able to find him an opponent and he might have the night off. Gorilla Monsoon comes to the ring to announce Ricky Steamboat's replacement for the match. It's Orndorff's lucky day, he's getting a world title shot! Hulk Hogan makes his way to the ring. At first Paul Orndorff looks taken aback, but he quickly psychs himself up with the help of Heenan, and fixes the world champ with an intense look as they square up. Rating: 84 WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan © vs “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (w/ Bobby Heenan) The match starts with some stalling from Paul Orndorff, seemingly he isn't really prepared for a match against Hulk Hogan. When he gets back in the ring, Hogan offers a test of strength, and Orndorff responds with a knee to the gut to take control of the early stages. Hogan keeps breaking out and rallying but Bobby Heenan continually thwarts him with trips and distractions. In the end, Hogan decides that Orndorff's attacks aren't hurting him any more and he starts to hulk up. Hercules comes out of nowhere while the Brain distracts the referee and he and Orndorff overwhelm Hogan. Orndorff holds Hogan's arms behind his back as Hercules wraps his chain around his fist. He aims a punch for Hogan's head but the Hulkster ducks and Hercules brains Orndorff by accident. Hogan hits the leg drop on the downed Orndorff to get the win and the crowd go wild. It seems like at the moment everything Hogan touches turns to gold in the fans' eyes. Winner in 12:14, and still WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan Rating: 94 (!?) Hercules is standing on the outside of the ring fixing Hogan with a furious stare. Hogan is celebrating in the ring and hitting his poses, but when he turns around and catches Hercules' gaze, they lock eyes and the show goes off the air with the two of them staring each other down. Show rating: 87 WWF Wrestling Challenge results Haku defeated Jim Powers (Rating: 44) Debbie Combs defeated Judy Martin (Rating: 30) The Honky Tonk Man defeated Lanny Poffo (Rating: 48) The British Bulldogs defeated The Rougeau Brothers (Rating: 51) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 WWF Superstars of Wrestling Thursday week 3 April 1987 JR and Jesse Ventura welcome us to the show and begin to preview the matches in store over the next two hours, when they are interrupted by Hulk Hogan's music. The crowd explodes as the Hulkster makes his way to the ring to start the show. He grabs a mic after some posing and flexing, and the music stops. Hogan says he can see where this is going. He defeated Andre the Giant at WrestleMania, Paul Orndorff last week and Hercules was eyeing him up at the end of last week's show like he was a big piece of meat with a moustache and a couple of 24 inch pythons. He can see that he's going to have to run through every member of the Heenan family one by one, and he's more than happy to do so. He invites Hercules to get his butt out here so they can do this right now, brother. Hercules accepts the challenge, and makes his way to the ring accompanied by Bobby Heenan and King Kong Bundy. Rating: 90 WWF World Heavyweight Championship Hulk Hogan © vs Hercules (w/ Bobby Heenan & King Kong Bundy) For the first few minutes, this match is very even, with both men trading strikes and power moves. It looks like Hogan is getting a measure of control over the match, but then Bobby Heenan jumps up onto the apron, distracting the referee, and King Kong Bundy nails Hogan from behind. From then on, Hercules has Hogan right where he wants him for the majority of the rest of the match, until Hogan hulks up and makes a comeback. He slams Hercules in the middle of the ring, runs to the ropes and knocks off King Kong Bundy who is climbing up to interfere, and drops the leg on Hercules for the 1 2 3. Winner in 9:04, and still WWF World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan Rating: 85 “Mean” Gene Okerlund is with Billy Jack Haynes. He criticises the Magnificent Muraco for the way he won their match last week. He says it's kind of pathetic how a man of Muraco's experience who has done so much in this sport should have to resort to cheating to beat him. Because that's what it was, cheating, plain and simple. Rating: 66 Billy Jack Haynes leaves to be replaced by Mean Gene's next guests, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and his client Harley Race. Heenan says King Harley Race will beat the Junkyard Dog, and he will bring the robe back where it belongs, in the Heenan family and around the King's shoulders. He also says that Race didn't mean it when he said he didn't care about the robe last week, and that Race was just playing mind games when he said that. Race then says he will beat the living daylights out of JYD, but again he doesn't seem too concerned about winning the robe back. Rating: 71 Brutus Beefcake vs “Iron” Mike Sharpe Beefcake comes out to the ring carrying those shears again. This is a fairly open match, that ends with Beefcake locking in the sleeper until Mike Sharpe passes out. Winner in 5:13, Brutus Beefcake Rating: 42 Paul Roma vs Haku The commentators talk about the devastating hold that Haku has been using the past few weeks on Wrestling Challenge, the Tongan Death Grip. Haku looks comfortable for the majority of this match. He grabs a point under Roma's chin with one hand, Roma falls to the floor and flails his legs about. The flailing becomes weaker and weaker as it's clear he's passing out, and the referee calls for the bell. The commentators say we've just seen the Tongan Death Grip. Winner in 5:41, Haku Rating: 52 Haku doesn't relinquish the brutal looking hold until Roma's Young Stallions teammate Jim Powers runs out to pull him off. He doesn't try to fight Haku, instead opting to tend to his friend, but as Haku is walking away Powers shouts that he wants him 1 on 1 next week. Rating: 49 Mean Gene is back with another interview, this time with Greg “The Hammer” Valentine. Valentine discusses how he feels about his match against Ricky Steamboat tonight being non-title. He isn't worried, once he beats Steamboat tonight he's sure to be given a title shot. Mean Gene wants to know why Valentine has been targeting Steamboat, is it because he wants his title? Valentine responds “Put it this way Gene, it's definitely not a bad thing to make a champion so mad that he wants to fight you.” Rating: 83 “The Natural” Butch Reed (w/ Slick) vs Jacques Rougeau Jacques Rougeau sprints at Butch Reed full throttle when the bell rings and just bounces off him, making almost no impression on the Natural. That sets the tone for this match, and Butch Reed dominates for the next three minutes, with Rougeau not getting in more than a punch or two. Gorilla press slam, pin, and Butch Reed wins. Winner in 3:23, Butch Reed Rating: 51 We come back from the break to find Butch Reed sitting in his locker room, and Slick enters the room with The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff behind him. Slick says now that tempers have calmed down after what happened 2 weeks ago, they need to talk about this and get it all out in the open. The Iron Sheik immediately starts shouting incomprehensibly and it's obvious that Slick is using all his mental strength not to facepalm. Slick stands up and shouts back at Sheik, telling him to be quiet, then he asks Butch Reed calmly why he saved Jim Duggan from the attack from Volkoff and Sheik. Reed says there's no big explanation, he just thinks Sheik and Volkoff were being huge jerks and Duggan didn't do anything wrong when he interrupted Volkoff's rendition of the Soviet national anthem at WrestleMania. Volkoff & Sheik start to shout again and Butch Reed stands up to them and shoves the Iron Sheik. Sheik looks like he's just been handed the biggest insult imaginable and Slick can see that this won't end well, so he quickly ushers Sheik and Volkoff out of the room, and shuts and barricades the door. He tells Butch that this is going to be a big problem. Rating: 62 The Hart Foundation are being interviewed by Mean Gene next, and they're talking about the British Bulldog's claim that they are owed a title shot. Jimmy Hart says that they must have been hit in the head a few too many times if they think losing a match to the champions entitles them to a title shot. Accusations of cheating be damned, the simple fact is that the Hart Foundation beat the British Bulldogs at WrestleMania. Gene says that surely they will be defending their titles at the pay-per-view against somebody, and asks them who they have in mind if not the Bulldogs. Bret Hart says he saw a new tag team on the pre-show earlier who impressed him and he'd like to give them a shot, the team of Barry Horowitz and Siva Afi. Mean Gene looks incredulous as the Hart Foundation leave. Rating: 66 As they are leaving, Brutus Beefcake enters, catches Jimmy Hart by the arm and asks him about Adrian Adonis. It's been 2 weeks since Beefcake called him out and there hasn't been any sign of him since WrestleMania, where is he? Jimmy Hart brushes Beefcake off, sarcastically suggesting that he might be shopping for hats after what Beefcake did to him with those clippers. Rating: 73 Leilani Kai (w/ Judy Martin) vs Velvet McIntyre The announcers say that Gorilla Monsoon has confirmed that this match will be a number one contender's match for the Women's title, with the winner going on to face the Fabulous Moolah at In Your House. Kai's regular tag team partner Judy Martin is in her corner, and there are a lot of harsh words exchanged between Martin and McIntyre, but Martin doesn't get physically involved in the match. This is a back and forth match, which looks like it could go either way, but in the end Velvet McIntyre hits the victory roll for the win. Winner in 6:13, Velvet McIntyre Rating: 46 The latest Million Dollar Man video starts with a shot of an outdoor swimming pool, with parents sunbathing and children playing in the pool. Ted DiBiase and Sid are walking down a hallway, DiBiase talking excitedly about their plans to catch some rays by the pool. He has a big smile on his face the whole time, but when they emerge outside and see how busy the pool is, his face drops. “Oh no, this won't do at all. Public pool huh? We'll see how public it really is.” They pay a visit to the pool manager and ask him how much it would take to get all these little brats out of the pool so he and Sid could get a bit of peace and quiet. The manager says it's not possible, it's a public pool and these people are tax payers, he can't just tell them to leave. DiBiase says he pays more in taxes in a month than these people earn in a year, and puts down two 100 dollar bills. The pool manager pushes them back and repeats that it's a public pool. DiBiase puts down another three bills and says that the chlorine levels look a little high to him. The manager guiltily takes the money, grabs his whistle and walks to the edge of the pool. He blows his whistle while Sid shouts for all the brats to scram and DiBiase stands there with his hands on his hips and a huge self-satisfied grin on his face. A man, probably the father of one of the kids, steps to DiBiase to complain. DiBiase says “Sid, this man looks like he's getting a little hot, why don't you show him the way to the pool to cool off.” Sid takes a step towards the man, who steps back and ends up falling into the pool by himself. There is then a small time jump and the Million Dollar Man is lounging in a deck chair being served a cocktail by the pool manager while Sid dives into the pool. DiBiase tells us not to be mad at the pool manager, he just did what anyone would have done. Everybody's got a price for the Million Dollar Man. Rating: 62 Once again JR is disgusted with DiBiase, but Jesse Ventura says that any of those parents could have done the same if they worked harder and got a good enough education to make real money. JR says Ventura is as bad as DiBiase, and then pitches to “Mean” Gene Okerlund. Mean Gene's guest at this time is the Honky Tonk Man. He says he wants to do a little math. Two weeks ago, he knocked Jake Roberts senseless. Last week, Jake Roberts trash talked the Honky Tonk Man from the safety of his own home. Therefore, 1+1=2, Jake Roberts is scared of the Honky Tonk Man. Honky seems to have been a little off in his calculations, as Jake the Snake turns up and punches him in the face. The two of them brawl while Mean Gene tries to stay out of the way and appeals to security to come and break it up. Eventually security does arrive, and they drag the two of them apart. Mean Gene sends it back to JR and Jesse. Rating: 81 Junkyard Dog vs Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan) This is a rematch from WrestleMania, and the robe that JYD stole from Harley Race is on the line here. Race offers a test of strength, which JYD is reluctant to take. Race shouts “what are you a coward?”, which convinces him. They lock up and surprisingly Race doesn't use underhanded tactics. JYD wins the test of strength and starts the match strongly. JYD hits a knee to Race's gut causing him to drop to his hands and knees, and then JYD drops down onto all fours as well and executes his patented combination headbutts. Race rolls out of the ring to recover. and after he gets back in the ring the match is back and forth for a while, before Race ends up getting the better of it. He hits a fisherman suplex followed by a diving headbutt, and picks up the clean pinfall victory. Winner in 7:09, Harley Race Rating: 72 The referee presents Harley Race with the robe, and Heenan looks like the cat that got the cream. Heenan makes his way back up the ramp, leaving Race standing in the ring looking at the robe, seemingly trying to come to some sort of decision. He looks back at the retreating Bobby Heenan, and then lays the robe over the top of the Junkyard Dog, who is still lying flat on his back. Race then follows his manager to the back. Rating: 70 “Cowboy” Bob Orton (w/ Mr Fuji) vs “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan This is a rematch from 2 weeks ago, where that match ended with a DQ when Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik attacked Jim Duggan. A few minutes into this match Butch Reed makes his way to ringside, this distracts Duggan which leads to Orton gaining the upper hand. Later on, Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik start to make their way down the ramp followed by Slick trying to make them turn around. Butch Reed stands at the bottom of the ramp with his arms crossed, facing the approaching Volkoff & Sheik. The Iron Sheik tries to get past Butch Reed, but Reed levels him with a clothesline. Volkoff gets involved, and the three of them brawl on the outside while Slick turns away in desparation. Jim Duggan has turned his attention to the commotion, and Bob Orton Jr rolls him up from behind for a close 2 count. Duggan pops up and hits a big clothesline to get the win. Duggan jumps out of the ring and joins the brawl, fighting Nikolai Volkoff as we go to a break. Winner in 10:03, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan Rating: 79 “Superstar” Billy Graham and his clients the British Bulldogs come out to the ring with president Gorilla Monsoon. Graham says that he's had a little chat with the president, and he's got some news for the Hart Foundation. Graham says that while technically the Hart Foundation's team did beat the British Bulldogs' team at WrestleMania III, it was the so called “Dangerous” Danny Davis who pinned Davey Boy, after blatant cheating by the way, and not a member of the Hart Foundation. He then gives the microphone to Gorilla Monsoon. Monsoon says that because of this, it's only fair that Davey Boy Smith and “Dangerous” Danny Davis should go one on one next week, and if Davey boy should happen to win, the Hart Foundation will defend their titles against the British Bulldogs at In Your House. The Hart Foundation come out and they're furious. Bret Hart says he wants to volunteer to face Davey Boy in Davis' place, but Monsoon says no. Dynamite Kid grabs the mic and says Bret can face him instead right now. Monsoon takes the mic back and says that won't be possible because of time constraints, but it's a fantastic idea. Bret Hart will take on the Dynamite Kid next week as well. Rating: 69 Back to the announcers, who say it's time for the main event now, and Ricky Steamboat has a chance to get a measure of revenge on Greg Valentine for his actions over the past couple of weeks. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine (w/ Johnny V) Steamboat flies out of the gate and hurls himself at Valentine, but the Hammer is wise to it and ducks out through the ropes just in time. He is getting some counsel from his manager “Luscious” Johnny V, when Steamboat hurls himself over the top rope and hits a cross-body followed by some punches to the head on the ground. Johnny V pulls Steamboat off and the referee gives the manager a warning not to get involved again. Back in the ring and Steamboat is on fire, peppering Valentine with chops and dropkicks and not letting him have a moment's rest. In the end Valentine does turn it around and the match becomes more even, and Valentine targets Steamboat's leg at every opportunity, eventually getting him locked in the figure four leg lock. All of a sudden, here comes the Macho Man. He runs up the steps, climbs up to the top turnbuckle and delivers an elbow drop to Ricky Steamboat while Valentine has the figure four applied, and this match is over. Winner in 7:33 as a result of a disqualification, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat Rating: 76 Randy Savage is down on his knees punching the downed Steamboat, when Greg Valentine brings the flat of his boot crashing against the side of the Macho Man's face, evidently unhappy that Savage cost him a victory. This gives Steamboat time to get up, and the three of them all end up brawling with each other until a voice comes booming out telling them to stop. Gorilla Monsoon is on his way back out with a microphone. He says that if these three men insist on all beating the hell out of each other, then he has an idea. He's been looking for something special for the first ever In Your House, and now he's got it. The main event of In Your House will see Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defending his WWF Intercontinental title against “Macho Man” Randy Savage.... AND Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, in the first ever triangle match. Savage and Steamboat look somewhere between shocked and furious, but Valentine is the picture of smugness as the show goes off the air. Rating: 82 Show rating: 81 WWF Wrestling Challenge results Kamala defeated Outback Jack (Rating: 52) Leilani Kai defeated Itsuki Yamazaki (Rating: 32) Demolition defeated Barry Horowitz & Siva Afi (Rating: 40) Paul Orndorff defeated Jacques Rougeau (Rating: 53) Magnificent Muraco defeated Billy Jack Haynes (Rating: 60) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blodyxe Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Great start! Hulkster really pulling the ratings, brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 Great start! Hulkster really pulling the ratings, brother Thanks! Yeah his popularity is on a whole different level to everyone else atm, I think he'll be pulling those ratings for a while. Let's just hope he actually let's me book him to lose every once in a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 KingKennit's Pro Wrestling News & Rumours What on earth is a triangle match? At the end of this past episode of Superstars of Wrestling, WWF president Gorilla Monsoon announced that Ricky Steamboat, Randy Savage and Greg Valentine will all be facing each other at In Your House in something called a triangle match, and many wrestling fans are left scratching their heads as to how that could possibly work. Apparently, the rules of this match will be as follows. All three men will not be legal at the same time, rather it will be something 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. The WWF have told us us that this won't be a regular occurrence, and we shouldn't be surprised if we don't see more than one of these matches in a whole year. One more piece of news is that the WWF have landed on a tag line for this pay-per-view, and it will now go by the name of In Your House: Triple Threat. You're fired! WWF wrestler Jacques Rougeau has apparently just been fired, as a result of either very nearly or actually getting into fights with four different roster mates in the three weeks since WrestleMania III. It is thought the men he provoked are Bret Hart, Butch Reed, Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma. Rougeau's brother Raymond is said to be very unhappy with the decision, and the WWF are open to letting him go if he asks for his release, but they are equally happy to keep him and try to find a spot for him. It is likely that the company will now be looking for a new babyface tag team to fill the hole left by the Rougeau Brothers. There are grumblings from Rougeau that he may be looking to try to sue the WWF for wrongful termination. Who could have been “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase has recently debuted in the WWF with a series of vignettes, along with a striking bodyguard called Sid, although a source within the company has told us that Sid was a late choice. Apparently, two other names that were being seriously considered for the role were Mark Calaway and Scott Hall. Hall was the favourite for a while, with discussions about giving him the gimmick of a vicious Cuban amateur fighter called Ramon who gets discovered and hired by DiBiase in a vignette. The head booker wasn't sure if he liked the idea, and then in the end he remembered that Sid existed, and decided he was perfect for the role. It is thought that Calaway and Hall are both still very much on the WWF's radar and will probably both be signed at some point within the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 <p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>WWF Superstars of Wrestling</strong></span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thursday week 4 April 1987</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="TjfD5qe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TjfD5qe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="lvykkVO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/lvykkVO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Jim Ross and Jesse “The Body” Ventura welcome everybody to tonight's episode of Superstars, and preview what's coming tonight. Later on Ventura will be taking to the ring to interview all three members of the upcoming triangle match for the Intercontinental title. Matches include Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith vs “Dangerous” Danny Davis, Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs Billy Jack Haynes, and Hulk Hogan defending his world title against King Kong Bundy in the main event. Speaking of Hulk Hogan, “Mean” Gene Okerlund is waiting to welcome the World Heavyweight Champion to the ring right now.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="WvsVguh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WvsVguh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="krlnOZW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/krlnOZW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Hogan's music hits and he makes his way to the ring with all of the usual posing and flexing. The music stops and Mean Gene asks Hogan to talk about tonight's title defence. Hogan starts his response with “Well let me tell you something, Mean Gene”, because I'm four episodes in and I somehow haven't typed that yet. He holds up five fingers and says the Heenan Family are lining up and he's knocking them all down like toy soldiers. “Andre the Giant”, and he put his thumb down, “Paul Orndorff”, and he forces down his little finger, “and Hercules”, and down goes the ring finger. 3 down, 2 to go. He has a challenge for King Kong Bundy tonight brother. He wants to see if Bundy can beat him fair and square, with no interference in their match from any other member of the Heenan Family. He'll even let the big dumb ape have Heenan at ringside just in case his laces come untied and he needs someone to help him tie them back up. “But no distractions or sneak attacks brother, let's fight 1 on 1, like men.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="gpvDiPw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gpvDiPw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2HyBauf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2HyBauf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and King Kong Bundy come out to the stage, Heenan with a mic in his hand. He calls Hogan a hypocrite for suggesting the Heenan Family always cheat, and he points out that Hogan himself is no stranger to using underhanded tactics, a choke here, an eye poke there. But he accepts Hogan's challenge, and promises that bell to bell there will be no shenanigans from himself or anybody else. “Fair and square” it is, and he says King Kong Bundy is big enough, strong enough and good enough to beat Hogan with no interference in the match. “But Hogan, you never said anything about right now.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="tF0o0Yr.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tF0o0Yr.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GBQqgl4.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GBQqgl4.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Paul Orndorff and Hercules crawl out from under the ring and slip in behind Hogan. The crowd are pleading with Hogan to turn around, and when he finally does he eats a huge double clothesline. Jim Ross incredulously suggests that these 2 men must have got their hands on tonight's program, found out that Hogan was scheduled for an interview to kick off the show, and then sequestered themselves underneath the ring before the fans arrived in the arena. Orndorff brings in a chair and they place Hogan's leg in between the seat and the back, and Orndorff climbs up to the second rope. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="ckhD5KA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ckhD5KA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Heenan is laughing on the stage, but he quickly loses his humour when Harley Race tears past him and runs to the ring, shoving Orndorff and causing him to fall out of the ring. Hogan gets up and he and Race chase Orndorff and Hercules off and they join Bundy and Heenan on the stage. Race leaves the ring and walks back up the ramp towards the rest of the Heenan Family, shouting that they're all cowards as Hogan stays in the ring looking conflicted. Orndorff and Hercules look like they want to attack Race, Heenan looks disgusted with Race but still doesn't let them, and the Heenan Family all leave the stage together.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">85</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="OCBVKYF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/OCBVKYF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="JUt7oqu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JUt7oqu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dynamite Kid</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham) vs </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bret “The Hitman” Hart</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ Jimmy Hart)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">This is a real open back and forth match between two of the finest technicians in the WWF. Both of these competitors try to hit their signature moves multiple times across the match but they can never quite do so without them being narrowly avoided or reversed. After a good period of dominance from Bret Hart, he tries to lock on the sharpshooter again but Dynamite Kid still manages to prevent it. Bret shoots a little glance at Jimmy Hart, who climbs up onto the ring apron, megaphone in hand, and the referee goes over to tell him off. This allows the Hitman to hit a sickening low blow, which finally allows him to lock on the sharpshooter with ease to get the win.</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winner in 12:35, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bret “The Hitman” Hart</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">66</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="TjfD5qe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TjfD5qe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="lvykkVO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/lvykkVO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Back to the announcers after the match and they're talking about the developments with the Heenan Family earlier. JR suggests that we could be watching the Heenan Family falling apart at the seams, but Ventura tells JR to have a little faith in Heenan. He's a master at managing big egos, and he'll get Harley Race in check in no time. JR says that maybe Harley Race is the only member of the Heenan Family that doesn't need to be got in check. They then pitch to a video of Heenan and Race that was shot last week just after Race beat JYD and left the robe in the ring, and JR says this video is even more interesting after the events earlier.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="gpvDiPw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gpvDiPw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ckhD5KA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ckhD5KA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Bobby Heenan is standing in a locker room, when Harley Race enters. The smug look on Heenan's face slowly gives way to dismay as he realises Race doesn't have the robe with him. He asks Race where it is, and Race tells him that JYD has probably woken up by now and taken it with him. Heenan berates Race, asking him what on earth he was thinking, but Race doesn't look phased. Race says he doesn't need a stinking robe, or a crown or a sceptre or anything other than a pair of trunks and his wrestling boots. 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 still wants Heenan in his corner, but if he wants a king in the family so badly then he'll have to get one of his other stooges to win the thing back for him.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">83</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="v3GQbcR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/v3GQbcR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="DuISJRU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DuISJRU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Iron Sheik</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ Slick) vs </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Special Delivery Jones</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">The Iron Sheik faces the man with the most 70s territory wrestling name ever apart from maybe Porkchop Cash, and it's a fairly comfortable win for the Iranian madman. He wins it with the camel clutch.</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winner in 5:39, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Iron Sheik</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">63</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="v3GQbcR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/v3GQbcR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="9coLbtP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/9coLbtP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="AchMTe1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AchMTe1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Post match, Sheik grabs 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 settle their differences in the ring. Butch Reed comes out to the stage and says the Iron Sheik is on, and suggests they make it official, The Iron Sheik vs Butch Reed at In Your House. Slick looks like a man who has some decisions to make about where his loyalties lie.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">66</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="WvsVguh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WvsVguh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GaI9udK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GaI9udK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Mean Gene is backstage with the Junkyard Dog, who has the robe over his shoulder. JYD was watching the feed of the show and he saw the clip from last week of Bobby Heenan and Harley Race arguing. JYD may have lost against Race last week but he isn't done with the Heenan family by a long shot after what they've put him through over the last few months. JYD echoes what Harley Race said, and tells Heenan to pick another one of his cronies to face him for the robe, so he can have a chance to get them 1 on 1 in the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">69</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="O5bXrjg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/O5bXrjg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="tRuKkdN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tRuKkdN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="wLZC2Xq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wLZC2Xq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="4CWy9rb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4CWy9rb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Can-Am Connection</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> vs </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Demolition</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ Johnny V)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">You're best bet to beat a team as dominant as Demolition is to outwit them, but unfortunately the only people the Can-Am Connection end up outwitting are themselves, as a series of miscommunications leads to a Demolition win, with Ax pinning Tom Zenk. This is the second time in two matches where Martel and Zenk have lost due to a mistake or miscommunication.</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winners in 6:33, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Demolition</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">63</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="LijcA1k.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/LijcA1k.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="6lxX1r9.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6lxX1r9.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Gorilla Monsoon is sitting in his office doing some paperwork, when there is a knock at the door. He puts down his pen and tells them to come in, and in walks the Fabulous Moolah. She tells Monsoon that she doesn't want to defend her title at In Your House. Gorilla Monsoon says tough, she's a champion and therefore she has a responsibility to defend her title whenever the WWF chooses. She says she deserves to be shown more respect after the things she's done for women's wrestling but Monsoon isn't having any of it. He's the president and what he says goes, either she defends the title against Velvet McIntyre at the pay-per-view or she will be stripped of her title. Moolah gives him a scathing look before leaving.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">62</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="DWDGsNS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DWDGsNS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="jEJyryq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/jEJyryq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Haku</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> vs </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Jim Powers</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ Paul Roma)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Powers' Young Stallions teammate Paul Roma is in his corner here after Haku refused to release the Tongan Death Grip on Roma last week. JR tells us that Powers has told Roma not to interfere in the match, he's just there in case Haku tries the same as last week after the bell. The match is comfortable for Haku, and he locks on the Tongan Death Grip for the pinfall victory. Ventura is full of praise for the move, saying it could be used for a pinfall, submission or knockout victory.</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winner in 5:10, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Haku</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">42</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="DWDGsNS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DWDGsNS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="jEJyryq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/jEJyryq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GPYLYBs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GPYLYBs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Once again Haku refuses to release his grip after the match is over, but this time Roma is into the ring within 2 seconds. He stomps on Haku's head, which gets his attention. He bears down on Roma, but Powers has recovered and he jumps on Haku's back with his arms around his neck. Haku backs into the turnbuckles and squishes Jim Powers, and Paul Roma flies at him with a big forearm. Haku throws them both over the top rope and they head back up the ramp, promising Haku that there's plenty more where that came from.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">48</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Back to the announcers, and they preview the new video from the Million Dollar Man. Jesse Ventura is excited because he's heard that the video shows DiBiase sparring in a gym, so we're going to get a little glimpse of what he can do in the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="A6juUPK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/A6juUPK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="5YgO8yD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/5YgO8yD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="hOwWLxc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hOwWLxc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> We're in a gym that has a ring set up, and Ted DiBiase is sparring with his bodyguard Sid. They get into a collar and elbow tie up when Sid spots a woman entering out of the corner of his eye. He turns his head to look at her and his eyes practically turn into hearts and pop out of his head like a cartoon character. DiBiase follows Sid's gaze and he looks interested too, but in a much more unsavoury way than Sid. He turns his attention back to Sid and tells him in a hushed voice 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 DiBiase repeats the instruction with a tone of authority. Sid looks annoyed, but rubs his thumb over his middle and index fingers, and DiBiase agrees to pay him for it. Sid nods and DiBiase aims a mock punch at the giant, who hits the deck. This seems to have got the woman's attention, as she is looking over from across the room. DiBiase turns to the camera and whispers that everybody's 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.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">63</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="WvsVguh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WvsVguh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="xBrWTbI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/xBrWTbI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Mean Gene is with Brutus Beefcake and his ridiculous shears. Beefcake says that he spoke to President Monsoon a few days ago, and Monsoon has given him the authority to make this challenge. If Adrian Adonis doesn't come out of hiding and face him at In Your House: Triple Threat, then he will not be allowed to come back at all. Beefcake taunts Adonis and tells him to come back to the barber for another trim.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">67</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="7MT0j0b.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7MT0j0b.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="46p2iCq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/46p2iCq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Davey Boy Smith</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham & Dynamite Kid) vs </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>“Dangerous” Danny Davis</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ Jimmy Hart, Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">If Davey Boy Smith can beat the crooked referee Danny Davis, then he will win the British Bulldogs a tag title shot at In Your House: Triple Threat. Dynamite Kid is out with Davey Boy and Billy Graham, presumably to prevent any shenanigans like the ones that happened earlier in the Dynamite Kid – Bret Hart match, however within less than a minute of the match starting Bret and Jim Neidhart are out to sway the numbers back in the Hart Foundation's favour. After about 3 minutes of total dominance from Davey Boy, he gets Davis up for the running powerslam. As if it were planned before the match, Billy Graham starts brawling with Jim Neidhart and Dynamite Kid throws himself at Bret Hart. Davey Boy hits the powerslam and Jimmy Hart realises he's the only one that can do anything, so he climbs up onto the apron again. Davey Boy hits a big dropkick to Jimmy Hart who goes flying into the railing, and Davey Boy covers Danny Davis for the 1 2 3.</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winner in 3:19, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Davey Boy Smith</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">48</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="WvsVguh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WvsVguh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="yl2ALUR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yl2ALUR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Mean Gene is back again and his guest at this time is the Magnificent Muraco. Gene asks Muraco about Billy Jack Haynes' comments last week, when he called Muraco pathetic for cheating to beat him. Muraco says Haynes has a thing or two to learn in this industry. First of all, what Haynes calls “cheating” is a legitimate part of this sport, many of the greats wouldn't have got to where they are today without bending the rules a bit. And second, you do not call Don Muraco pathetic. Billy Jack Haynes will find that out the hard way.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">75</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="jmzFwFb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/jmzFwFb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HeB5zQ0.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HeB5zQ0.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Jake “The Snake” Roberts</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> vs </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Billy Jack Haynes</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">Speaking of Billy Jack Haynes, we go to a match between him and Jake Roberts now. This is a friendly contest, as friendly as a wrestling match can be anyway, with no real antics or unsportsmanlike conduct. That is, not between the two men in the ring. There are antics aplenty when the Honky Tonk Man runs to the ring as he hits Jake the Snake from behind, causing the DQ.</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winner by disqualification in 9:40, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Jake “The Snake” Roberts</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">69</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="jmzFwFb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/jmzFwFb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="fyfdZkp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/fyfdZkp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HeB5zQ0.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HeB5zQ0.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="yl2ALUR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yl2ALUR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After the bell, Honky Tonk Man tries to continue his attack on Jake Roberts but Haynes holds him off. That is until Magnificent Muraco comes charging in and almost knocks Haynes' block off. The four of them keep brawling as the show goes to a commercial break.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">69</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="lvykkVO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/lvykkVO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="C5EhDs1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/C5EhDs1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="WHjjNnz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WHjjNnz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="g8zhgw0.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/g8zhgw0.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Jesse “The Body” Ventura welcomes Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and “Macho Man” Randy Savage to the ring to talk about their feelings on the historic triangle match that will be taking place in just over two weeks time. Randy Savage is furious that someone else is getting in on his title shot. He'll still win his title back by beating up two men instead of one, but he still feels like the Macho Man has been disrespected. Greg Valentine is laughing throughout Savage's rant, and Ventura lets him have the floor next. Valentine says his plan came together perfectly, granted he didn't expect to have to face two other men at the same time, but he got the title shot that he's so richly deserved and he's... Ricky Steamboat cuts in and repeats “richly deserved?” with a sneer. He says that Valentine stopped Steamboat from saving his friend from an attack, then attacked Steamboat himself the next week, then attacked him AGAIN the week after, and Valentine thinks that means he deserves a title shot? At Triple Threat he's going to show Valentine just how little he deserves that shot and just how out of his depth he is. Valentine starts to argue and Savage starts to pipe up again too, but Steamboat cuts them off. He says he can't wait until Triple Threat to get his hands on them, so he's challenging them to a tag match next week, to face him and a man that wants to get a little revenge of his own, George “The Animal” Steele.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">86</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="2HyBauf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2HyBauf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="gpvDiPw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gpvDiPw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ckhD5KA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ckhD5KA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Next up is our main event World Heavyweight title match between King Kong Bundy and Hulk Hogan. King Kong Bundy is followed to the ring not only by Bobby Heenan, but also by Harley Race. Heenan's annoyed expression is like a teenager who has his crush staying for a sleepover but his parents refuse to leave them unattended, so it seems that maybe Heenan wasn't fully intending to keep his promise of not interfering in the match after all. When they get to ringside, Jim Ross calls Harley Race over to join them on commentary.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="krlnOZW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/krlnOZW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZYyIybq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZYyIybq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2HyBauf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2HyBauf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><span style="color:#FFD700;">WWF World Heavyweight Championship</span></strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Hulk Hogan</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> © vs </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>King Kong Bundy</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> (w/ Bobby Heenan & Harley Race)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;">The match begins and it seems like the presence of Harley Race is actually convincing Heenan to keep his promise. JR asks Race if we're potentially seeing the last of him as a member of the Heenan Family, but Race denies this. He says he still wants to be represented by Heenan as he genuinely believes he's one of the best managers the sport has ever seen, he's just done with all the theatrics and the cowardly sneak attacks. JR notices that Race is starting to grow some facial hair, and he compliments him on the new, or should he say old look. In the ring, the action is pretty much what you would expect from a match between Hulk Hogan and a big monster. Bundy is seemingly in control and Hogan looks like he doesn't have a hope in the world, when all of a sudden he finds the strength from somewhere against all odds. Bundy aims a punch at Hogan but it doesn't register and he starts to hulk up. Bobby Heenan tries to be sneaky as he takes something from his pocket, but Harley Race is up from his seat before you can say “shenanigans”, and he slaps Heenans hand causing coins to spill everywhere onto the floor. Big boot, atomic leg drop for the win.</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winner in 10:01, and still WWF World Heavyweight Champion, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Hulk Hogan</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">83</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="krlnOZW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/krlnOZW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ckhD5KA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ckhD5KA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="gpvDiPw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gpvDiPw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2HyBauf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2HyBauf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Hogan celebrates as Heenan, Bundy and Race argue. Hogan catches Race's eye and does the hand thing he did earlier, this time putting down 4 fingers indicating that Race is the only one left. Race nods grimly as the Heenan Family leave ringside.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rating: </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">81</span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Show rating: </span></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">81</span></span></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>WWF Wrestling Challenge results</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> George “The Animal” Steele defeated Tiger Chung Lee (Rating: 60)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Glamour Girls defeated The Jumping Bomb Angels (Rating: 31)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Hercules defeated Flyin' Brian (Rating: 50)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Wild Samoans defeated The Killer Bees (Rating: 51)</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Butch Reed defeated Tito Santana (Rating 57)</div></div></div></div><p></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKennit Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 WWF Superstars of Wrestling Thursday week 1 May 1987 Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura preview the night of wrestling we have ahead of us. Harley Race will be taking on “Cowboy” Bob Orton, Haku will face Dino Bravo, and our main event will see Ricky Steamboat and George Steele taking on the team of Greg Valentine and Randy Savage, after Steamboat issued the challenge last week. But first, the British Bulldogs are set to take on the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff. The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Slick) vs The British Bulldogs (w/ “Superstar” Billy Graham) This could be called a warm up match for the British Bulldogs ahead of their tag title match next Sunday, but there are certainly much easier opponents for a warm up match than The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff. Sheik seems to be even more agitated and unpredictable than usual, so it seems that Butch Reed has really got under his skin. After a back and forth contest that perhaps surprisingly doesn't have any interference from the Hart Foundation, Butch Reed or Jim Duggan, the Bulldogs get the win with a gorilla press and diving headbutt combo. Winners in 10:32, The British Bulldogs Rating: 71 After the competitors from the last match have left, “The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart comes to the ring. He says that he's been in contact with Adrian Adonis, and asks Brutus Beefcake to come out to the ring because he's got a message to give him. Brutus Beefcake does come out and he wants to know what this message is, is Adrian Adonis accepting his challenge for a match at Triple Threat? An angry looking bald man jumps the guard rail and rolls into the ring behind Beefcake. Jimmy Hart tells Beefcake that if he wants an answer to that question, maybe he should ask Adrian Adonis 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 shouts that he'll see Beefcake at Triple Threat, and then he climbs back over the guard rail and leaves. Rating: 69 Hillbilly Jim vs Jimmy Jack Funk Hillbilly Jim is making his first appearance since his match at WrestleMania against King Kong Bundy, and it's a fairly simple win as he makes his opponent tap with a bear hug. Winner in 5:49, Hillbilly Jim Rating: 55 A short vignette plays, showing two dreamy young men in colourful ring gear flying through the air while rock music plays. A message is displayed, telling us that The Rockers are coming to the WWF next week. Rating: 39 “Mean” Gene Okerlund is joined backstage by the Fabulous Moolah. She repeats what she said to Gorilla Monsoon last week, that she doesn't want to defend her title and that making her defend it against her will is disrespectful after how she's carried women's wrestling on her back for god knows how long. Velvet McIntyre comes in and says Moolah is just scared that she'll lose the title if she faces her, which is what is going to happen and Moolah is going to find that out come Triple Threat. Rating: 58 Tito Santana vs Sika (w/ Afa & King Curtis Iaukea) It's speed vs viciousness as Tito Santana takes on one half of the Wild Samoans. One thing Santana has to his advantage is that his opponent is much more used to competing in tag team matches, and Santana uses that to his advantage as he outwits the Samoan. Santana gets the win after hitting a flying forearm. Winner in 7:38, Tito Santana Rating: 64 After the bell, Sika's Wild Samoans teammate Afa gets into the ring and attacks Santana from behind. Sika joins in, and the Samoans give Santana a quick but brutal beatdown, spurred on by King Curtis Iaukea. Rating: 59 Back from the break, we're with JR and Jesse again. It's time for another update from the Million Dollar Man, and Ventura is very excited to see if there have been any developments with DiBiase and the beautiful woman from the gym that we saw last week. Ted DiBiase is in the back of an expensive car with his bodyguard Sid, along with the woman that he met last week. He says that people still don't believe that money can buy him anything he wants, they still don't believe that they can be bought. He says as time goes on, he'll prove that they can, and he will also prove very soon that he is the most gifted athlete ever to step foot in the World Wrestling Federation. But for now, he's also the hungriest. He calls for his driver to put his foot down. We're at a high end restaurant, and the place is packed. Our trio walk straight past the long line of customers waited to be seated, and DiBiase tells the maître d' that he wants a table. The maître d' says that it's impossible as it would upset his other customers, but he is welcome to wait in line and there should be a table available within the next 30-35 minutes. DiBiase says he's the Million Dollar Man and he doesn't wait for anybody. The maître d' continues to protest, but as DiBiase starts to put down 100 dollar bills in front of him, his protestations become weaker and weaker. In the end, he says that he has just remembered there is a table that was reserved but the party has not yet arrived, and he will make other arrangements for them when they get here, and he asks DiBiase and his companions to follow him. At this, a man who looks suspiciously like an independent wrestler steps out of the line and gets in DiBiase's face, asking what's wrong with him and can't he wait in line like everybody else? Like we've seen over the last few weeks, DiBiase calls on Sid to diffuse the situation, but this time the foolhardy man doesn't back down. Sid looks at DiBiase, who gives him a little nod. Sid gets the man up onto his shoulders, and powerbombs him through a nearby table where a nice elderly couple are eating. A security guard rushes over, but DiBiase slips him a couple of notes and says that everything is in order. DiBiase and his date are sat at their table, and DiBiase gives her a beautiful diamond ring that will look familiar to anyone who has been watching Superstars for the last few weeks. He turns to the camera and tells us not to be mad with the maître d' or the security guard, or with the man who tried to be a hero. Some people's price is money, for others it's fear. For that guy, it was obviously pain. He then tells the camera man to go away so he can enjoy a nice romantic evening with Ivory in peace. Rating: 62 JR is once again disgusted with DiBiase. He says as if he hasn't been insufferable enough these last few weeks, he's now getting that hulking brute Sid to attack innocent civilians, and he's getting away with it because he puts money in people's pockets? Ventura says “I know! Isn't it great?” All of a sudden cheers and applause start to fill the arena. Jim Duggan is making his way to the ring, 2x4 in hand. He conducts a USA chant for a while but then grabs a mic and calls for the crowd to calm down. He has been watching the developments between Butch Reed, The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff these last few weeks, and there's something fishy going on. He has history with Butch Reed that dates back to other organisations, it makes no sense that Reed would have such a change of heart and want to protect him all of a sudden. Duggan wouldn't be surprised if this is all an act, and he wouldn't put it past people like Reed, Sheik, Volkoff and Slick to be putting all of this on just to lure him into a trap. To put it simply he doesn't trust Butch Reed, and if Reed is going to turn on him after all of this then there's no point putting it off, he wants Reed 1 on 1 right now. Butch Reed comes out to the stage with a mic of his own. He admits that he's not “protecting” Duggan out of any real love for him, but he does have a problem with people ganging up on and targeting somebody who doesn't deserve it, especially if they're people he shares a manager with because that then reflects on him. He will prove to Duggan that he's not in cahoots with Sheik and Volkoff and that they're in this together now whether Duggan likes it or not, and if facing him right now will help to prove that then let's do it. Rating: 71 “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs “The Natural” Butch Reed (w/ Slick) Slick comes out to ringside as the match is about to start, to be in Butch Reed's corner. Reed goes for a friendly test of strength to start but Duggan is having none of it. That's the story of much of this match, as Duggan refuses to turn his back on either Reed or Slick, obviously expecting some kind of underhanded tactics. Reed seems to be playing it fair and square, but he's not holding back on the physicality. Eventually, after some heavy strikes, Reed gets Duggan up for a gorilla press slam. He slams him to the mat, only to be attacked from behind by The Iron Sheik. Winner by disqualification in 8:41, “The Natural” Butch Reed Rating: 69 Sheik and Reed brawl, as Nikolai Volkoff makes his way into the ring. Jim Duggan gets back to his feet slowly but is met with a big punch from Volkoff, and they brawl too. After a while, Duggan and Reed both manage to fight off their respective opponents, and Slick manages to convince them not to get back into the ring to start the fight again. Butch touches Duggan on the shoulder and Duggan wheels around, knocking Reed's hand away. Duggan points an accusatory finger at Reed's face, and it's clear he still doesn't trust him. Reed holds his arms wide to show that he doesn't mean any harm, and he rolls out to leave Duggan in the ring on his own. Rating: 62 Mean Gene is with the WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. Hogan talks about how he's taken everything and everyone the Heenan Family has thrown at him, and now he just has one more test until he can put the Heenan Family behind him for good. Gene directs to conversation towards Harley Race and his recent actions, and Hogan is full of praise. He says it's nice to see that someone in that family has an ounce of integrity. In comes Harley Race, sporting a very familiar old look. He promises Hogan that their match will be one on one with no funny business whatsoever, but he also assures Hogan that that doesn't mean he'll have it easy. Next week Race is going to prove why he's considered by so many to be one of the best wrestlers of all time, and when all is said and done he will walk out of that arena the WWF World Heavyweight Champion. Rating: 99 Dino Bravo (w/ Johnny V) vs Haku After beating both the Young Stallions in the last 2 weeks, Haku faces a tougher challenge in the veteran Dino Bravo. This match is a bit more even than Haku's previous two, but he still records a fairly comfortable win with the Tongan Death Grip. Winner in 7:47, Haku Rating: 58 We come back from the commercial break to find Haku in his locker room after his match, when all of a sudden the door bursts open and the Young Stallions attack Haku from behind. They ram him into the lockers a few times and he falls to the floor, and they issue a challenge while he is down. They want him to find a tag team partner and face them at Triple Threat. Rating: 43 We go to a pre-taped video featuring Bobby Heenan, and three of his clients who are standing in a line. Heenan in pacing up and down in front of them, giving a motivational speech about how the Family needs a representative to take down the Junkyard Dog and bring that royal robe back where it belongs. He says that it can't just be any of them, it needs to be someone with a regal bearing, someone who can rightfully proclaim himself a king and make people believe it. He comes to a stop in front of Hercules, and studies him for a moment, before deciding that he's not the right choice. He moves down the line to King Kong Bundy, and tries but fails to stifle a laugh at the thought of Bundy as a king. He then moves onto his last remaining client, Paul Orndorff. He stands back and makes a frame with his fingers, and looks at Orndorff through it. “Wonderful” says Heenan. Rating: 89 Mean Gene is with Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Billy Jack Haynes. They talk a bit of trash about the Honky Tonk Man and the Magnificent Muraco for attacking them after their match last week. Jake says what he sees are four men who have a lot of animosity for each other. He also sees four men who currently have a clear schedule next Sunday. Haynes says he and Jake are challenging Honky and Muraco to a tag team match at Triple Threat. Rating: 77 Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs “Cowboy” Bob Orton (w/ Mr Fuji) In his last match before next week's title challenge, Harley Race shows why he's one of the best with a systematic dismantling of Bob Orton Jr. He targets most of his offence towards the Orton's neck, softening it up for the Texas piledriver, which earns him the pinfall victory. Winner in 7:33, Harley Race Rating: 81 Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat & George “The Animal” Steele vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine (w/ Miss Elizabeth & Johnny V) Savage and Valentine start this match on top, working together to keep Ricky Steamboat penned in and away from the tag of George Steele. Steele keeps trying to rally the crowd to Steamboat's cause by banging on the turnbuckle but it's not enough to help him overcome his opponents. Steamboat finally manages to rally, and he dodges Valentine and makes a dive for his partner, but Valentine's manager Johnny V pulls Steele off the apron before Steamboat can reach him. Miss Elizabeth isn't happy with her team using those tactics, and she starts to argue with Johnny V, which leads to him shoving her. Randy Savage is incensed, and he immediately runs over to grab Johnny V's collar and threaten him, until Greg Valentine hits Savage from behind. From this point on, all semblance of teamwork between Savage and Valentine is gone, and the match becomes a lot more even. After some back and forth action, the Macho Man gets the better of Steamboat and hits him with the elbow drop, and gets the pinfall victory over the Intercontinental Champion while Johnny V holds George Steele's leg. Winners in 11:39, “Macho Man” Randy Savage & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine Rating: 83 Once again Miss Elizabeth argues with Johnny V, and he looks like he's about to put his hands on her again but decides against it when he sees Savage coming towards him. Savage walks straight past Elizabeth and Johnny V to where the Intercontinental title belt is being held, and he takes the belt and gets back in the ring. Savage stands over the downed Ricky Steamboat and holds up the belt. Greg Valentine then comes into the shot and he and Savage have a staredown as Steamboat lies on the mat between them. Rating: 87 Show Rating: 87 WWF Wrestling Challenge results “Cowboy” Bob Orton defeated Flyin' Brian (Rating: 59) Velvet McIntyre defeated Desiree Petersen (Rating: 21) Honky Tonk Man & Magnificent Muraco defeated Brad Rheingans & Omar Atlas (Rating: 57) Tito Santana defeated Afa (Rating 62) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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