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More from "OrangeGoblinFan". Alot of this stuff exists on my "Rasslin' Tapes", #'s 2 through 4. So now ya' know what you've "missed" all these years! This column ends with the 1989 Main Event, which brings things full-circle to "Rasslin' Tape 4"

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WWF December 1988 -February 1989 Television Footage:
Taking a break from my traditional Television footage once again, as I go back to continuing the 1988-89 time frame. On this tape is a lot of garbage, but a few special Saturday Night Main Events and the occasional good match. Overall, I'll try and tough this one out, and like last time, this tape is available from John McAdams website. Everything is from either Superstars of Wrestling, Wrestling Challenge, Primetime Wrestling, and Saturday Night's Main Event.

- Ken Patera vs. Bad News Brown:
From an episode of Primetime Wrestling. First match on the tape, and we get a Summerslam '88 ReMatch, and it looks like it's from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, but don't quote me on that. Brown attacks Patera to start, but Patera gains the advantage in the corner and applies a bearhug. Irish whip into the corner, but Patera misses the charge. Brown hammers on Patera in the corner for a moment, but Patera fights back and applies another bearhug. Brown escapes, and works over the arm with short right fists. Patera with a few blows to the midsection, and he goes back to the bearhug. Brown escapes and continues working over the arm, sending Patera out of the ring to recover. Patera pulls him out of the ring, and then sends him face first into the ring post. I thought Patera was a face, so acting like a heel makes little sense to me. Patera continues to work over Brown with nothing of note, and then applies a reverse chinlock. Brown escapes, and begins choking Patera in the ropes. Irish whip to the corner, but Brown misses a charge, allowing Patera to apply the full nelson. However, Bad News makes it to the ropes, forcing the hold to be broken... as usual. Patera misses a charge into the corner, and Brown takes him out with the Ghetto Blaster soon after at 6:09. 1/2* Very boring match, but considering it was short, and Bad News is a mark favorite of mine back in the day, I'll give it a boost above DUD, but only because I'm feeling nice right now.

- Sam Houston & The Young Stallions vs. Akeem & The Bolsheviks (w/ Slick):
From an episode of Primtime Wrestling, with everyone's least favorite commentary team, Lord Alfred Hayes and Sean Mooney. Houston and Zhukov start the match with a lockup into the corner, and Houston with a clean break. Houston with a standing side headlock, followed by a back roll escape and a cross body press for a quick two count. Zhukov with a knee to the midsection followed by a series of forearm blows. Irish whip, but a hip toss reversal is blocked, only for Houston to flip through and connect with it. Wristlock by Houston, and he tags in Powers, who comes off the second rope with an elbow to the arm. Zhukov escapes, but runs into a big scoop slam. Wristlock by Powers, but Zhukov rakes the eyes and tags in Volkoff. Irish whip to the corner, and Volkoff misses a charge. Powers with a wristlock, and Roma gets the tag in and comes off the top, then goes into an armbar. Houston "tags" in to continue working over the arm with elbows into the shoulder. Powers in to continue the working of the arm, and Roma does more of the same. Drop toe hold by Powers, and Roma connects with an elbow to the back of the head. Volkoff pounds on Roma, then tags in Zhukov, who gets beat on some more by Roma. Irish whip, and the Stallions connect with a double back elbow for a two count. Powers applies an armbar as the pace of the match has slowed down considerably. Zhukov with a scoop slam to escape, but he misses an elbow drop, allowing Powers to continue working him over. Irish whip, and the Stallions with a double fist to the midsection, followed by a Roma suplex for a two count. Powers comes back in, but Zhukov catches him coming in. Monkey flip in the corner is blocked, and Volkoff tags in with a clothesline across the top rope. Spinning boot to the midsection by Volkoff, and Akeem finally makes the tag in (five minute mark), and hammers away in the corner. Delay scoop slam by Akeem, followed by an elbow drop. Zhukov comes in quickly and boots Powers in the midsection, followed by a headbutt for a two count. Volkoff comes in to do nothing, then choke lifts Powers. Another tag to Zhukov, and the Russians double team Powers for the moment, before Akeem chokes Powers down with the tag rope. Zhukov with a side back breaker on Powers for the first heel two count of the match. Irish whip, and Powers bounces off the ropes with a hart attack-esque clothesline. Houston gets the hot tag, and he hammers away on Zhukov. Irish whip, and he takes him down with a back body drop. Irish whip and Houston with a diving clothesline, followed by blows to the other opponents. Irish whip, and Houston with a dropkick. Volkoff blocks a cross body, but he gets a leverage manuever. Akeem with an elbow drop on Houston from out of nowhere, and he connects with the Air Africa Splash for the victory at 8:15. * Not too bad of a match to start with, but the heel heat segment really haulted the match to the point it was Fast Forward material all the way. Also, I'm a little sad that Akeem spent a grand total of 35 seconds in the ring.

- Ken Patera vs. "The Outlaw" Ron Bass:
Joined in progress, with Ken Patera being dazed and confused like he was coked out of his mind... and that actually lasts for quite a while. Patera pulls him out of the ring and sends the poor schmuck into the ring post. Back inside the ring we go, and Patera hammers away on Bass in the corner with mounted punches. Patera applies the Full Nelson, but Bass escapes the hold by sending Patera in the turnbuckle. Patera eats buckle again, but comes back with rights. Irish whip, and Patera with a back elbow. Irish whip to the corner, and he connects with a clothesline. Irish whip to the corner again, but he misses the charge. Bass misses a headbutt though, and Patera drops an elbow for a two count. Bass recovers with a high knee and elbow drop, and that gets the win at 2:04. DUD The exact same match as the one versus Brown just about, except Bass isn't that good of a wrestler. This would be the last we saw of Patera on these tapes.

- Event Center, hosted by Sean Mooney. The Blue Blazer cuts a rambling promo that goes nowhere, and he starts off the thing rhyming things with "blazer". Also, we get promos from the Brain Busters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) and their manager, Bobby Heenan. Too bad WWF jobbed them out to the fucking Bushwackers before giving them the Tag Team Titles. Oh Well... they had some great matches anyway.

- The Blue Blazer & Koko B. Ware vs. Los Conquistadors:
This is from Primetime Wrestling once again, and to try and make sense, the Tall Conquistador will be #1, and the shorter Conquistador is #2. Also I just noticed... it's High Energy, before they wore those pajamas to the ring. Blazer starts the match with Conquistador #1. Conquistador with a boot to the midsection, followed by some forearms. Blazer avoids a charge in the corner and takes him down with a series of arm drags followed by a hurricanrana! Deep arm drag by the Blazer into an armbar, followed by a hammerlock slam. Wristlock applied by the Blazer, but Conquistador #2 gets the tag, only to walk into a series of arm drags. Conquistador with an overhead wristlock, but Blazer escapes with a head scissors takedown, followed by an overhead wristlock suplex. Blazer with a monkey flip, and he continues working over the arm with an armbar. Conquistador #1 comes back in with blows in the corner, and Conquistador #2 chokes him out behind the referees back. Conquistador #2 tags back in and takes Blazer over with a snapmare, followed by stomps to the back. Conquistador #1 back in the ring, and he connects with a running knee into the midsection. Blazert fights back and connects with a standing dropkick. Ware gets the tag in for the first time, and he whips Conquistador into the corner, and takes him down with a back drop. Wristlock applied by Ware, but Conquistador #2 tags in. He rakes the eyes of Koko and hammers weakly on him. Irish whip, and Ware ducks a clothesline, then connects with a dropkicl. Arm drag by Ware, and he applies a standing side headlock. Irish whip, and Ware catches Numero Dos with a fist drop. Conquistador #1 comes back in, but the good guys work over the left arm some more. Irish whip to the corner, but Ware misses a splash, thus making him the face in peril. Conquistador #2 stomps away on the Birdman, and rakes the eyes for no reason. Conquistador off the top rope with a sledge, followed by some more punching. Conquistador #2 chokes Koko with the tag rope, and he tags in soon after. Ware gets sent to the floor after some mudhole stomping. Back inside, and Conquistador #2 takes him down with a running knee into the midsection again. Ware takes a beating, but comes back by knocking both Conquistadors into each other in a cool looking splash attempt. Blazer gets the hot tag, and he drops both men with dropkicks. Scoop slam to Conquistador #2, followed by a monkey flip on Numero Uno. Back body drop on Numero Dos, but he gets kicked in the face by Uno. Irish whip is reversed, and Ware comes off the top with a missile dropkick for the three count at 8:57. *3/4 Fun match to start, but the Conquistadors offense is very pathetic, and they just sucked, plain and simple. Blazer and Ware kept it entertaining enough for what it was, however.

- Event Center Promos once again hosted by Sean Mooney. First promos from "The African Dream" Akeem and his manager Slick, who will be facing the Blue Blazer at the Boston Garden at the upcoming event. Tito Santana follows with his own promo... and his is just rambling, and he has an Open Contract, a.k.a not important enough to actually have a pre-booked match for the event.

- The Red Rooster (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs. Scott Casey:
From an episode of Superstars of Wrestling, with Vince and Ventura back on the call. Rooster stalls a little bit, and does a horrible looking Fargo strut. Rooster with a pre-taped promo during the match as he shoves down Casey. Rooster with an arm drag from out of the corner, and he plays around some more. Lockup into the corner, and Casey blocks an arm drag, connecting with one of his own. Rooster goes to the outside, so Heenan gives him some advice, although not so nicely about it. Casey with a side headlock followed by a shoulder block. Rooster blocks a sunset flip, then chokes away. Rooster with a stun gun, and the Cock O' the Walk is enough to get the submission at 2:36. 1/2* Basic squash match between an above JTTS heel and a very low JTTS/border line major jobber face.

- Event Center Promos once more for the Boston Garden event coming up in a few months. the Big Boss Man and Slick cut a promo on Hulk Hogan, followed by a promo from Hercules, who is facing Virgil in the beginning of his quest to take out Ted Dibiase for buying him as a slave. At least he wasn't black to make it very tasteless.

- The Rockers vs. The Brain Busters (w/ Bobby Heenan):
Also from the same episode of Superstars of Wrestling as the previous match. This is pretty much the kickoff of the feud between these two teams. Arn Anderson trips up Michaels, so Jannetty hits a no hands pescado on Anderson. They go at it while Michaels and Blanchard brawl on the other side of the ring. The match never gets to start as the two teams just beat the crap out of each other outside the ring until a shit load of referees come out and try to break up the action. The brawl eventually gets broken, but it gets reastarted in the aisle soon after. Pretty cool to see for the time.

- "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) vs. "Leaping" Lanny Poffo:
From Superstars of Wrestling. Poffo's pre-match poem has him calling Dibiase an idiot. When Dibiase tries rushing him, Poffo nails him in the face with his frisbee (there's an illegal object rarely used), followed by a standing dropkick. Irish whip, but Poffo misses a second dropkick. Dibiase hammers away on Poffo in the corner, and whips him hard into the opposite corner. Irish whip, and Dibiase connects with a clothesline. Dibiase continues the punishment, and connects with a back breaker, followed by a series of fist drops. Irish whip and Dibiase with a knee to the midsection. He goes to the top rope, and connects with an elbow to the back of the head. Irish whip, and Dibiase drops Poffo with another clothesline. He applies the Million Dollar Dream, and it's all over at 1:50. 1/2* See the Rooster vs. Casey post-match comment for the explanation. Afterwards, Poffo of course, gets the treatment, as Dibiase shoves a $100 bill into his mouth.

- Sam Houston & Stefan Diablo vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (w/ Jimmy Hart):
Dear Sam Houston, welcome to Jobberville. Population: You. The Rougeaus are now announced from Memphis, Tennessee, but no theme music sadly. Jacques and Houston start the match, and Jacques mocks his Hillbilly antics to the delight of me. Lockup finally, and Houston with a standing side headlock followed by a shoulder block. Jacques retaliates with a dropkick to the face, and then hugs Raymond. Houston with another side headlock, and a criss cross sequence leads to a Houston standing dropkick, followed by a second. Raymond tags in and walks into a wristlock. Criss cross sequence, and Houston with a cross body press. Diablo tags in, and gets his ass kicked off course as we get a pre-taped promo from the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers. Irish whip, and Jacques connects with a diving back elbow. Jacques with an abdominal stretch, and Raymond tags in with a reverse crescent kick to the midsection. He slams the Jobber onto the knee of Jacquses, and we get the Rougeau Bomb for the easy three count at 3:37. * Fun enough squash match that was given a little extra time since Houston wasn't technically a Jobber... yet. The Rougeaus did rule, though.

- Event Center Promos once again, this time from Greg Valentine (holding his Hart Breaker shin guard) and his manager Jimmy Hart, directed at "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan with a promo follows, directed at Dino Bravo, who he faces in a bunch of Flag Matches around this time frame.

- "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin vs. Iron Mike Sharpe:
From an episode of Primetime Wrestling. Lockup to start, and they go into the ropes, and we get a clean break. Sharpe with a standing side headlock, followed by a punch to the top of the head. Garvin returns the favor with some nasty looking slaps across the chest as Sharpe screams like an idiot. Garvin escapes a wristlock with a mule kick. Garvin continues to bring the pain, and mounts Sharpe in the corner for some punches. Snapmare by Garvin, and he applies a reverse chinlock, into a crucifix pin for a two count. Sharpe comes back with a series of forearms across the back in the corner. He hasn't stopped grunting for the entire match! Irish whip, and Garvin ducks a clothesline to slap Sharpe across the chest some more. Irish whip to the corner, and Sharpe does the Bret Hart bump. Garvin with the ABSOLUTE WORST MOVE EVER (the Garvin Stomp), and he finishes Sharpe off with a Wedgie Piledriver for the three count at 3:24. DUD Boring as hell squash match... and really, what else would you expect from these guys? A 5-star classic?

- The Brother Love Show: (Special Guest: Big John Studd)
This might actually be the return of Big John Studd in the WWF, after an absence of nearly three years. He and Bobby Heenan (his former manager) reunite on the stage, but Studd refuses to shake his hand. Studd calls Heenan a Weasel, and I guess that makes him a babyface now. This really came from out of nowhere, and went nowhere, except to build up for an eventual clash between him and Andre The Giant, a match that I'm sure everyone was creaming themselves to see... (laughs uncontrolably). - Koko B. Ware vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase:
From an Unknown Location (looks quite shitty... maybe somewhere in Canada), with Gorilla Monsoon and SEAN MOONEY of all people on commentary. Kinda weird match, as Dibiase wrestles the entire match wearing his green tuxedo pants (I'm guessing he lost his luggage or something and didn't have his ring attire). He hammers on Koko in the corner, and stomps him down like a bug. Irish whip, and Ware connects with a series of dropkicks followed by an arm drag, sending Dibiase out of the ring. Dibiase stalls before getting back into the ring, which gives me some free time to do stuff. Dibiase with a knee to the midsection, followed by a series of elbows to the back of the head. Ware no sells being sent into the buckle (all black people don't feel it), so he hammers away on Dibiase and drops him with another dropkick. Dibiase uses the tights of Ware for leverage to send him spilling to the outside. Ware is sent into the security rail, and Dibiase with a scoop slam on the floor. Dibiase eventually brings Ware back into the ring with a suplex from the apron, followed by... playing to the crowd. Dibiase chokes Ware across the top rope and sends him hard into the corner. Ware catches him coming in with a knee to the face, followed by a series of rights, only for Dibiase to rake the eyes. Irish whip, and Dibiase with a knee to the midsection, followed by a suplex. Dibiase misses several elbow drops, and Ware is "Birding Up". He pounds away on Dibiase in the corner with forearms to the side of the head. Dibiase with a side headlock, but they fuck up a leap frog and Ware gets it right in the nuts... OUCH. Scoop slam by Dibiase, but he misses the elbow drop from the middle rope that always misses. Ware rams Dibiase face first into the canvas a few times, but gets caught with a small package, giving Dibiase the win out of nowhere at 6:17. 3/4* Definitely not one of the better Dibiase matches from this time frame, as most of the match was stalling and punching.

- 1989 Royal Rumble Report hosted by Mean Gene Okerlund. The Rumble takes place from Houston, TX on January 15th, 1989. Participants for the Royal Rumble Match: Andre The Giant, Jake Roberts, Hulk Hogan, Big Boss Man, Brutus Beefcake, Big John Studd, Bad News Brown, Ron Bass, The Bushwackers, The Red Rooster, Koko B. Ware, Mr. Perfect, The Powers of Pain, Rick Martel, The Brain Busters, Hercules, Ronnie Garvin, The Honky Tonk Man, Akeem, Demolition, Tito Santana, The Rockers, Greg Valentine, Ted Dibiase, and Randy Savage. Also on the card, The Hart Foundation & Jim Duggan vs. The Rougeaus & Dino Bravo in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match, Rockin' Robin vs. Judy Martin for the Womens Title, King Haku vs. Harley Race for the Kings Crown, and the Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick Rude in the Super Posedown. Promos from Andre The Giant and Bobby Heenan, Jake Roberts, The Hart Foundation and Jim Duggan, and the Fabulous Rougeaus, Dino Bravo, and Frenchie Martin.

- "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) vs. Scott Casey:
From an episode of Superstars of Wrestling. Lockup, and Casey with a go-behind hammerlock. Dibiase reverses into a side headlock, followed by a shoulder block. Dibiase with an arm drag, but Casey no sells and rolls him up for a quick two count. Lockup, and the two exchange rights. Casey with a standing side headlock, but Dibiase takes him down with a clothesline, followed by a boot to the face. Pre-taped promo from Ted Dibiase during the match as he hammers away on Casey. Irish whip, and he connects with a back elbow, followed by a big fist drop. Irish whip and Dibiase puts Casey down with a big clothesline. Side headlock by Dibiase, and he catches Casey with a powerslam. Million Dollar Dream applied, and this is all over already at 2:10. * Same opinion as the match with Poffo. Afterwards, Casey gets the treatment as I think I'm going to take a break now.

- The Brain Busters (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs. Tim Horner & George South:
Also from the Superstars of Wrestling. Horner used to have good matches in NWA against the opponents, so this might be entertaining. Blanchard and Horner start the match. Blanchard with a go behind take down, but Horner escapes to a nuetral position. Horner with a standing side headlock, followed by a takeover thanks to leverage from the turnbuckle. Irish whip attempt is turned into a waistlock, and Anderson drops Horner with a clothesline from the apron. Irish whip, and Horner rolls across the back of Anderson and takes him down with a hurricanrana! South tags in to take the fall... I mean... yeah. Anderson with an elbow to the back of the head, followed by a picture perfect Spine Buster. Blanchard works over South, and Anderson tags in with a shoulder tackle into the leg. Spike Piledriver behind the referees back, and that ends it at 2:17. 1/2* The portion with Horner was entertaining, and the Piledriver ruled... and that was basically the entire match I guess.

- The Brother Love Show: (Special Guest: Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake)
Beefcake basically rambles for a minute or two, before showing off some "blue-print" haircuts for Ron Bass for their Haircut Match on the upcoming episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. He shows off pictures of Bass with mohawks, spiked hair, and what looks like the Moe of the Three Stooges look. I wonder who will win this match when it happens... (wink wink, nudge nudge).

- The Hart Foundation vs. The Honky Tonk Man & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart):
Once again we go back to the Superstars of Wrestling. Weird to see this on free television, since it was featured on the Wrestlemania V PPV a few months later. Neidhart and Valentine start the match, with the duo exchanging blows. Neidhart floors Valentine with a big forearm to the chest, and he rams him into the boot of Hart. He connects with an atomic drop, and Honky tags in, walking into a hip toss. Jimmy Hart promo during the match as Hart works over Honky. Irish whip and Hart with a fist to the midsection, followed by a roll up for a two count. Side back breaker by Hart, and he continues the punishment until Hammer nails him with a cheap shot. Valentine chops Bret down, and sends him into the boot of HTM. Honky drops Hart with a forearm, and connects with an elbow drop. Valentine tags back in, but heel miscommunication has him knocking Honky down and out with the bionic elbow. Neidhart gets the hot tag, and he hammers on both opponents. Irish whip and he back drops Valentine. Scoop slam to Honky, and another to Valentine. He rams their heads together, and Hart comes in to work over Valentine. The heels are whiped into each other as all hell has broken loose. Hart Attack is blocked by Valentine, and this match should be over by now. Honky and Hart spill to the outside while Valentine applies the Hart Breaker Figure Four on Neidhart in the middle of the ring. Hart makes the save with an elbow drop across the jaw, but Honky has had enough and BLASTS Hart with his Guitar, and it doesn't even break. Disqualification is called at 4:38 finally. *1/2 Actually an entertaining match, which I didn't expect seeing as how I really hated the match between these two teams at Wrestlemania.

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event (January 1989)
Pre-show promos from the Ultimate Warrior, the Honky Tonk Man and Jimmy Hart, Brutus Beefcake, Akeem and Slick, and Hulk Hogan of course. I don't think there was a SNME where he didn't cut a promo at least once during the show. As usual for the first 27-ish Saturday Night Main Events (except for the rare 1 occasion when Ventura was in a match), Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are on the call.

Mean Gene Okerlund has pre-match Interviews with the participants of the opening match, Brutus Beefcake and Ron Bass. Nothing much of note is said, except both men promise to shave the opponent bald. Beefcake sounds like he's high on something though, but this was 16 years ago, and whatever it was has been out of his system for just as long.

- Hair vs. Hair Match: Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "The Outlaw" Ron Bass:
The Flashback for this match shows us footage from the Summer of 1988, where Beefcake attacked Bass after a Squash Match, and cut up his hat and Miss Betsy (his whip). Later in that show (or TV taping), Bass attacked Beefcake, cutting him up with his spurs, and costing him his title shot at the Honky Tonk Man at Summerslam. This match is available on the second SNME Coliseum Video, and the crowd noise is obviously piped in since everyone is sitting on their hands. Bass attacks Beefcake before the bell, and chokes on him with Miss Betsy. Beefcake escapes with a series of elbows to the midsection, then looks even more like a queer with a whip in his hand (and added special sound added in for the whip noise, too). Lockup, and Bass with a knee to the midsection. Irish whip is reversed, and Beefcake connects with a high knee. Bass is sent to the apron, and knocked to the floor a few times. Lockup into the ropes, and Beefcake hammers away with a series of roundhouse rights. Beefcake with a fist drop, followed by some mounted punches (15 total). Bass eats buckle and Beefcake goes for more mounted punches in the corner, but Bass blocks with an atomic drop. Bass wth a stomach buster, followed by some open kicks to the midsection, sending Beefcake out of the ring. Irish whip, and Bass with several blows into the always noticable gut of Beefcake. Bass continues working over Beefcake with punches and kicks, then plants him with a piledriver, but doesn't want the referee to count him yet. Bass drops Beefcake across the top rope, and covers again before pulling Beefcakes shoulders off the canvas. Bass drops Beefcake with a big fist (or clothesline), but Beefcake gets the shoulder up at the 2.999 count. Bass argues with the referee, which allows Beefcake enough time to recover and catch Bass in the Sleeper Hold, and thats enough for the submission victory at 7:40. 1/2* Paint-by Numbers match from Beefcake, and a pretty boring match if he weren't in it. After the match, Beefcake cuts off Bass' hair of course, and actually does quite a good job with it.

Mean Gene Okerlund with more interviews, this time with the Twin Towers and Slick. They have been making Hogans life a living hell, beating the crap out of him whenever they could get the chance. We are deep in the heart of the Mega Powers Exploding Angle, and this was just another piece of the puzzle. According to Slick and Boss Man, Hogan is a repeat offender, so the Boss Man is going to make sure Hogan stays in line. Hogan promo follows, and Savage said he won't be at ringside for back up, and instead goes to his S&M Dungeon with Gene to watch the match... bum bum bum!

Hulk Hogan (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs. Akeem (w/ Big Boss Man & Slick):
This isn't going to be a classic match or anything, but I'm a Super-Hogan-Mark, and have always had a soft spot in my heart for Akeem (and the Twin Towers team, period). Elizabeth is looking quite hot for this match... and thats all I got to say about that, although Savage gives an orgasmic "Oh Yeah" to Gene Okerlund. Boss Man bitch slaps the black guy Akeem to pump him up for the match as we go to the Slam of the Night, featuring Demolition. Akeem miss the charge, and Hogan slams Slick onto him three seconds into the match for a two count. Hogan with a series of roundhouse rights, then stuffs his bandana into Akeems mouth. Hogan goes outside and hammers away on Boss Man now, then Slams Slick into Boss Man! Back inside the ring, and Hogan does some jive walkig before pummeling on Akeem some more. Akeem blocks a slam attempt with forearms across the back. Irish whip to the corner, and Hogan avoids the charge. Akeem is rammed to the buckle, and again in the opposite corner. Hogan with a big clothesline, followed by one to the Boss Man on the apron, and another to Akeem to drop him. Hogan with more rights, and he applies a wristlock. Akeem pulls the hair of Hogan to reverse the hold, which he does one more time for fun. Hogan escapes with some big rights followed by a shoulder block and running elbow to the forehead. Irish whip, and Akeem is sent into the Boss Man (on the apron again). Hogan continues beating down on Akeem then does his mock jiving because it's funny. Akeem gets caught across the top rope like a fat-assed Shawn Michaels. Irish whip to the corner, but Akeem pulls the referee in front of a clothesline in the corner. Boss Man comes in illegally with the nightstick, beating down Hogan like a black guy who is driving under the speed limit. The referee stays down for a while, but Savage says Hogan will be fine and doesn't bother to help. Irish whip, and the Towers with a double clothesline. Akeem with the Air Africa Splash, and Boss Man connects with his own. Akeem with another splash as Elizabeth runs back to the locker room to get Savage. Akeem with a third Air Africa Splash. The referee finally wakes up as Hogan squirms around on the canvas. Akeem goes to the second rope as we cut back to Randy and Elizabeth in the locker room. Savage refuses to help as Elizabeth rushes back to the ring area. Hogan starts Hulking Up, and the match is over. OK, it's not over YET, but you know it is. Hogan no sells several big roundhouse rights and points the finger while jiving some more. Three big rights by Hogan, followed by a clothesline. Boss Man and Slick get knocked off the apron, and Hogan with a wind up right to drop Akeem again. Hogan goes outside the ring and rams Boss Man into the apron, then atomic drops Slick into him. Back inside the ring, and Hogan with the big boot, followed by the big slam. Boss Man nails Hogan with the nightstick as he goes for the Leg Drop, signalling for the DQ at 8:13. ** Hate me or not, but this was quite an entertaining match despite lots of punching and kicking, and was a good step towards the Mega Powers Exploding. After the match Boss Man chokes out Hogan while Akeem throws Hebner out of the ring. For some stupid reason, Elizabeth gets in the ring as Hogan takes more punishment, and still no Savage. Boss Man handcuffs Elizabeth as he gets pelted with a big piece of trash, and NOW Savage finally comes out to make the save, wielding a steel chair. Afterwards Elizabeth comforts Hogan in the corner, but Savage doesn't really like that and gets in her face about it, even (slightly) manhandling her away from him. I still don't see how anyone could say Savage should've been the face here... Hogan did nothing to provoke Savage at all. By the way, the last two minutes were shown on the SNME #2 Coliseum Video.

Mean Gene Okerlund Interviews Part III: This time, it's the Honky Tonk Man and his manager Jimmy Hart. He predicts victory as we go to the ring, then cut back for the Ultimate Warrior, a.k.a Ultimate Maniac promo, where he just snorts like he's having a fit. How did this guy get a job again?

WWF-Intercontinental Championship Match: The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. The Honky Tonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart):
In a commentary that pisses me off, BOTH Jesse and Vince declare that no one has ever repeated as Intercontinental Champion, although two men did, and one of them is in the next match! For those who don't know, I mean Tito Santana, who defeated the Magnificent Muraco, lost it to Greg Valentine, then won it back in a Steel Cage Match. Another match featured on Coliseum Video, this time on the 1989 Ultimate Warrior tape. Warrior hammers on Honky outside the ring, then press slams him from the aisle and carries him back into the ring. Warrior with a leap frog over Honky, followed by a big boot to the face. Warrior rams both Honky and Jimmy Hart into each other, and continues having a coke fit. Irish whip and Warrior with a back elbow. Warrior with a choke lift, followed by mounted punches in the corner. Irish whip to the corner, and Warrior actually nails the charging shoulder block. Irish whip to the opposite corner, and this time Warrior misses an avalanche. Jimmy distracts the referee as Honky connects with a series of blows to the midsectyion with the Megaphone. Honky works over Warrior some more with blows into the chest, then does some playing to the crowd. Jimmy Hart gets some cheap blows in as well as Honky distracts the referee. Honky pounds away on the Warrior in the corner, but he 'Roids Up and slams Honky, but misses an elbow drop. Warrior blocks being rammed into the buckle, and sends Honky into it instead (8 times). Warrior with a clothesline, but he splashes the knees of Honky, allowing Honky to cover for a two count. Honky tries a clothesline, but it ends up knocking himself down. Warrior off the ropes, and he nails the diving shoulder tackle for the victory ar 4:48. * Quick and inoffensive match from two people I rarely have anything good to say about when it comes to their actual work-rate. Honky's Job Tour '89 kicks off!

- After the previous match, we get more promos from the Twin Towers and Slick. We then go to a Jesse Ventura interview the Red Rooster and Bobby Heenan, where they basically run him down as a giant loser, but it's because of Heenan he has been winning. Yes WWF, this really gets people over... of course, there's no proof to that, as every time ANY promotion has done a loser gimmick, they fail to get over.

- Tito Santana vs. The Red Rooster (w/ Bobby Heenan):
The whole point of the match is that Bobby Heenan has a microphone connected to him, to hear what he says during the match to the Rooster. It's the Ultimate Jobber Challenge V! George Steinbrenner (owner of the Yankees) is in the front row for you trivia buffs. Santana with an arm drag to start. Lockup into the corner, and Santana drops him with a big right as Heenan yells at him. Side headlock by the Rooster, but he runs into a big dropkick for a two count. Steinbrenner tells Heenan to fire the Rooster, in a different way of course. Heenan says he has a ring full of Winfields as Rooster drops him with an inverted atomic drop, followed by some choking. Santana fights back with roundhouse rights, and takes him down with a double leg sweep for a two count. Rooster with a knee to the midsection, but an irish whip is reversed. Rooster with a sunset flip, but Santana blocks because Rooster won't pull the rights. Santana rams the Rooster into the buckle several times and connects with a blow into the midsection off of an Irish whip. Irish whip again, and Santana with a back body drop. Santana goes for the figure four, but Rooster takes him over. Heenan pulls Rooster out of the ring to yell at him some more. Heenan and Rooster get into a shoving match, with Heenan getting scared away. Back in the ring and Santana with a suplex from the apron for a two count. Irish whip, and Rooster with a big kick into the face of Tito. Rooster with a kne drop across the forehead for a two count. Irish whip, and Rooster with a side back breaker for another two count. Santana blocks a suplex with a small package for a two count as Heenan continues having a fit outside the ring. Santana wins a back slide, and thats get another two count. Irish whip to the corner, but Santana runs into the boot of the Rooster. Rooster with a jumping piledriver for two count #496. Rooster with a stun gun across the middle rope, and he goes for the Cock O' the Walk, but Santana blocks. Rooster and Heenan exchange words again, and this time Santana school boys him for a three count at 7:31. *1/4 Kind of a hard match to rate, since it was mainly focused on Bobby Heenan. After the match, he bitch slaps the Rooster, which ends up turning him face, as he beats on Heenan and whips him across the ring for a few minutes.

- Mean Gene Okerlund with another interview, and this time it's with Mr. Perfect. He apparently has recent debuted his new finishing move, which he calls the Perfect-Plex, which is just a Fisherman Suplex, except people aren't allowed to kick out of it. "Perfect" had been said quite a few times in such a short amount of promo time allowed here.

- Koko B. Ware vs. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig:
Final match on the show, and it's the only match on this episode of SNME that isn't shown (not even clipped) on a Coliseum Video. Perfect is still reffered to as Curt Hennig, he doesn't have the Olympic-style tights, and also has no theme music. Hennig attacks Ware in the corner to start, but gets hip tossed out of the corner. Ware with a scoop slam, followed by a dropkick to send Hennig out of the ring. Lockup into the corner, and Perfect with a knee to the midsection followed by roundhouse rights. Hennig hammers away on Ware, but gets whipped into the corner and taken down with an arm drag. Lockup and Hennig with a standing side headlock. Irish whip and a criss cross leads to a Koko arm drag. Hennig with a knee into the midsection again, and he clubs him down with a forearm. Ware is rammed into the buckle, but he no sells of course, and sends Hennig into it instead. Hennig drops him with a clothesline, followed by a standing dropkick, sending Ware to the outside. Ware with a shoulder block from the apron followed by a headbutt. Irish whip and Ware connects with a charging clothesline. Irish whip into the corner, but he posts himself in a early version of the Bronco Buster. Perfect with the Perfect-Plex for the victory right after at 3:06. *1/2 Fun and energetic match, and thats the best you could hope for in a match that barely goes beyond the three minute mark.

- Mean Gene interviews the Mega Powers (with Miss Elizabeth just standing around taking up space), and they just ramble on like idiots running down Hogan getting his ass kicked by the Twin Towers. I wonder where this is all going to lead to... (wink wink, nudge nudge). Thats all for this episode of Saturday Night's Main Event.

- Event Center Promos for the February 11th, 1989 show from the Boston Garden in... Boston, MA of course (dumbasses). Big John Studd promo... and he throws threats at the African Dream, Akeem. The Fabulous Rougeaus follow with a promo on the Bushwackers, who are new to the World Wrestling Federation.

- The Brother Love Show: (Special Guests: The Honky Tonk Man, Greg Valentine, and Jimmy Hart)
Flashback to about a few hours ago in this tape, as we get clips of Valentine working over the knee of Neidhart with the Hart Breaker, followed by clips of Honky Tonk Man hitting a home run with his guitar off of the head of Bret Hart, and DAMN that must've hurt. This would basically be more build up for their Wrestlemania V match, although on the show, it felt like it was just a filler match.

- Event Center Promos Part VI: The Event Center Lives. Promos from the Brain Busters and Bobby Heenan directed at their feud at the time opponents, the Rockers (WOO! JANNETTY GOT A CONRACT!). The Blue Blazer with a promo now... and he cuts a promo against Akeem as well? What happend, Big John Studd forget he's not wrestling him? OK, we find out it's for a different show all together.

- Special Report footage from Primetime Wrestling, as Bobby Heenan offers an apology to the Red Rooster, but ends up slapping him like a bitch. After that, the Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi) makes his presence felt by knocking him AND Gorilla Monsoon down with a stool (padded too), and then beats the crap out of the Rooster because he's a loser. Even if the Brawler was getting a push, he was barely a JTTS at the time.

- Event Center Promos Part VII: The New Blood, and it's more promos for the Boston Garden event. Rick Martel has made his return to the WWF, and he cuts a promo on Bad News Brown (what a mismatch that would be on T.V.). Akeem and Slick follow with a promo on the recently returned Big John Studd.

- Rick Martel vs. Barry Horowitz:
From an episode of Superstars of Wrestling, and one of the first matches of Rick Martel after his "career ending injury" at the hands of Demolition in the Summer of 1988. Lockup and Horowitz with a series of forearms. Irish whip, and Martel cartwheels away and drops Horowitz with several dropkicks. Tito Santana with a promo during the match, and he wants Martel to be his partner again. Martel escapes a knuckle lock, and takes Horowitz over with an overhead wristlock and into a hammerlock. Overhead wristlock suplex by Martel, and he goes back into the armbar. Irish whip to the corner is reversed, but Martel escapes and takes Horowitz down with a series of arm drags. Horowitz escapes a wristlock with a bunch of rights. Irish whip is reversed and Martel with a back body drop. Irish whip to the corner, and Martel with a monkey flip. Irish whip and a double sledge to the chest followed by the Boston Crab ends Horowitz's night at 2:43. * Energetic and fun squash match, and thats all you could really hope for in these kinds of matches.

- The Brother Love Show: (Special Guests: Andre The Giant & Bobby Heenan)
First Andre and Heenan declare that he (Andre) isn't afraid of snakes, which stems off his faked heart attack at the 10/88 Saturday Night's Main Event. Apparently Brother Love has a snake with him to prove that Andre isn't afraid, but Heenan and then Giant hold him back from opening up the bag of slime. Heenan has words with Brother Love, and we end the segment about 15 seconds later. Andre is afraid of snakes... fine, we get it. It doesn't need to be brought up every other week (although on this tape, all their promos and stuff had been cut out just about).

- "Macho Man" Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs. Akeem (w/ Slick):
Yes, more build up material for the Mega Powers Exploding. From an episode of Superstars of Wrestling (high profile match on that show?!), and it's non-title, although I haven't been paying too much attention. Savage is still a babyface here, but what weirds me out is during a preivous Event Center, it was announced he was fighting the Ultimate Warrior in a Title for Title Match. Elizabeth looks even hotter than she did on the previous episode of SNME. Lockup into the ropes and Akeem with some clubbing blows across the back of Savage. Savage ducks a forearm and hammers away on Akeem with jabs. Irish whip is blocked and Akeem pounds him in the face. Irish whip and Savage with a boot into the face. He tries for a slam, but Akeem backs up into the corner. Savage with more jabs followed by shoulder blocks into the midsection of the Easter Egg. Irish whip into the corner, and Savage with a back elbow followed by mounted punches. Akeem with an inverted atomic drop, but he misses an elbow drop. The Big Boss Man comes down to ringside now as the Towers and Slick do a stand off from ringside. Back from commercial and Savage catches a sneak attack with a boot to the belly. Irish whip to the corner is reversed, and Akeem with a big avalanche. Akeem with a series of blows to the back, followed by a clothesline for a two count. A close up of the Boss Man shows his eye had been stitched up quite nicely. Akeem with choking in the corner in the mean time as Savage tries punching the referee. Akeem with a rake of the eyes, and he whips Savage to the corner. Savage continues taking a beating and gets choked down in the corner. Savage gets rammed into the corner, and Akeem follows with a scoop slam. Akeem goes up to the second rope, but he misses a splash in an obvious spot. Savage gets up back to his feet and connects with a series of running elbows to the head. Savage clotheslines Akeem across the top rope and heads to the top rope with a double axe handle. Savage goes up top witht ehflying elbow drop, but Boss Man runs in for the DQ at 6:17. *1/2 Not quite as enjoyable as the last match concerning the angle, but still fun. Afterwards, Hogan runs in to make the save about five seconds later and clears the ring by slamming both members of the Twin Towers and stealing (or borrowing) the nightstick. I don't think Savage is too happy as Hogan starts posing for no reason. Savage no sells Hogan wanting to pose him to start, but eventually takes the bait, but doesn't look to happy about the entire situation.

- The Blue Blazer & Koko B. Ware vs. "Dangerous" Danny Davis & Jose Estrada:
Another Coliseum Video match, available on High Flyers, which is a phrase you would never associate Danny Davis (or Jose Estrada) with... EVER. Someone must've realized mix-match tag teams wasn't the in thing yet, and this would be the final teaming of Blazer and Koko on these tapes. Ware and Davis start the match for their teams. Lockup into the corner and Davis with a cheap shot. Koko returns the favor, and Estrada get tagged in. Ware with an arm drag followed by a wristlock. Blazer off the top rope with an axehandle to the wrist, and they exchange wristlocks. Blazer kips up ro reverse, but gets caught in a headlock. Criss cross sequence and Blazer hip tosses Estrade over a Koko back drop. Blazer with a baseball slide on Estrada, and Ware kicks Davis in the head to follow. Blazer with a sling shot back into the ring, and he works over Estrada with forearms. Davis tags in for some heel working over which is mainly kicking and punching. Snapmare by Davis, and he connects with an elbow for barely a two count. Estrada tags in for more punching and kicking. Irish whip and Estrada with a back elbow for a two count. Irish whip and Blazer with a sunset flip on Davis, but Estrada breaks the pin. Estrada comes in to work over on the Blazer in the corner, and Davis comes off the top rope with a double axehandle. Davis with a front facelock applied for the false hot tag segment. Never mind, as Blazer works him over in the corner. Irish whip, and Blazer with a cross body press for a two count. Estrada tags in for more pain bringing (stomp-stomp-stomping) for a two count. Ware eventually gets the hot tag and beats up on both men. Irish whip, and Ware with a powerslam to Estrada. Davis comes in to break up the pin, and both heels get rammed together. Blazer with a standing dropkick to Estrada and Ware dumps Davis out of the ring. Koko with a headlock takeover, but Estrada fights free for another heel segment. The heels do nothing much of note for the next minute or two until Ware catches Davis with a cross body press. Blazer tags in connects with a dropkick to Estrada. Scoop slam by the Blazer followed by a leg drop for a two count. European uppercuts by the Blazer, and he teases a kick into the jewels before nailing an elbow drop for another two count. Davis tags in to get beat up on in the faces corner. Ware with a double axehandle from the top rope, but the heels takeover momentarily. Ware catches Estrada with a back drop, and the Blazer comes off the top rope with a big splash for the win at 9:59. ** Fine match overall. It would've been higher had the pace been kept for when Blazer and Ware were in control, but the very very very methodical pace of the team of Davis and Estrada hurt the rating a considerable amount.

- The Brain Busters (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs. Tim Horner & Jose-Luis Rivera:
Did Tim Horner compete in EVERY squash match the Busters had? This is the third time he's been in one of their matches on these tapes. Anderson with a drop toe hold on Rivera, but he applies a wristlock and tags in Horner. Wristlock by Horner, but Anderson hammers on him in the corner. Blanchard tags in, but gets taken down with a cross body press for a two count. Lockup into the ropes and Blanchard hammers away. Irish whip and Horner avoids several attacks and connects with a dropkick followed by an arm drag. He tries a head scissors, but Anderson drops him across the top rope. Snapmare from Anderson followed by some stomps. Horner fights back, but gets caught in an ankle grapevine, and Blanchard tags in. Horner catches him with a sunset flip in the corner for a two count. Irish whip to the corner and Blanchard gets posted. Rivera tags in to take the fall. Irish whip to the corner and Rivera with a hip toss followed by a missile dropkick for a two count. Hell breaks loose and the Busters nail the Spike Piledriver behind the referees back for the victory at 2:28. * Entertaining once again, and dammit, I love that Spike Piledriver. Bring that move back, WWE!

- The Brother Love Show: (Special Guests: The Mega Powers)
We get a recap of the entire feud with the Twin Towers, so we get flashback highlights from the 1988 Survivor Series elimination match, Hogan vs. Akeem from the recent SNME, and Savage vs. Akeem from a few weeks ago on Superstars. Hogan and Savage apparently don't have any tension between them, but who knows, since Savage has always been a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. (starts ticking)

The Main Event Special (February 1989) Live on NBC:
Tick tick tick tick tick... yes, it's time for the Main Event Special #2, featuring the Mega Powers vs. Twin Towers battle, and a match between Hercules and Ted Dibiase. This how features a very memorable angle that finally goes off. Tick tick tick tick tick... (Yes, I'm going to be doing this for the entire first half of the show).

Lots of promo time coming up next, as we get comments from everyone in the upcoming match. Slick saying "elemantary my near idiot" to Mean Gene still gets a chuckle out of me. Akeem really should never cut a promo when he's supposed to be African-American, especially since he has a very noticable southern accent (cough:healsomightberacist). Before the match, we get a lame music video for the Mega Powers... Ventura isn't impressed, and declares tension between the two. Apparently, there's a lot of love between the Mega Powers and Elizabeth. This sounds really gay when you think about it.

- The Mega Powers (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs. The Twin Towers (w/ Slick):
Tick tick tick tick tick... seeing some fan do the Akeem jiving gets a chuckle out of me. The Mega Powers come out to Real American, despite Savage being the World Champion. Elizabeth is wearing a dress that makes her look like she's from 1889, not 1989, but she still looks good. After a little bit of stalling, it's decided Hogan and Boss Man will start the match. Lockup to start, and Boss Man with a rake of the eyes. Hogan comes big with a series of rights, and some to Slick and akeem. Atomic drop, and Boss Man is sent over the top to the floor. Lockup and Boss Man with a knee to the midsection, followed by several rights. Hogan blocks being rammed into the buckle, and sends Boss Man into it instead. Irish whip, but Boss Man goes to the outside. Savage from behind with a double axehandle on Boss Man to a big pop. Crowd is super hot, as they count along with the referee for the potential count-out. Akeem gets the tag in and they lockup. Savage and Hogan play ping-pong with Akeem. Irish whip and Hogan connects with a clothesline, knocking Akeem into their corner. Savage comes in with a double axehandle from the top rope. Irish whip into the corner, and he comes in with a back elbow followed by some jabs. Akeem gets rammed into the boot of Hogan, and he goes up tot he second rope for his own double axehandle. Irish whip attempt, but Akeem rakes the eyes and pounds away. Boss Man tags in and drops Hogan with a big clothesline. Piledriver by the Boss Man and he tags in Akeem for more punishment. Boss Man tags back in but gets back dropped over the top rope. Boss Man drags him outside, and they exchange blows until Hogan sends him into the steel post. Slick grabs Hogans leg, so Savage kicks him away. Irish whip and Boss Man with a spinebuster for a two count. Akeem in with a sledge to the back of the head as Savage tries getting the crowd behind Hogan. Boss Man comes in, but we get heel miscommunication. Savage makes the tag in and clotheslines akeem across the top rope, followed by a cross body press from the top rope for a two count. Slick with a shot to the back with the Boss Mans nightstick, putting the advantage in the Towers corner again. Irish whip, and the Towers with a double back elbow. Akeem beats on Savage against the ropes, and dumps him over the top rope. Back inside, and Akeem dumps him again, this time landing on Elizabeth! That was a hell of a fucking bump from her, and she sells it like death. Hogan goes over to check on them both, then picks up Elizabeth to take her back for medical help, as Savage looks on from inside the ring, stranded... (tick tick tick tick tick...). Boss Man attacks Savage from behind and tosses him back into the ring as the cameras go backstage. Back inside the ring, and Akeem continues working over Savage. Elizabeth tells Hogan to go back to the ring and help Randy, who is getting his ass kicked by Akeem. Hogan finally gets back to his corner (took him long enough), while Savage plays dead in the ring. Boss Man with mounted punches, and he tags in Akeem to continue the assault. Double back breaker from thw Towers and Boss Man misses a splash while Akeem falls through the ropes! Savage with a double axehandle from the top rope, and he tosses Boss Man out of the ring! Savage then slaps Hogan, and walks out on him! (tick tick tick tick tick...) Hogan gets attacked by the Boss Man from the apron while Savage continues taking his walk. Akeem comes in for some clubbering blows and whips him into the corner. Boss Man tags in, but the fat-ass double avalanche in the corner misses and Hogan levels both men. Hogan wants Savage to tag in, but he only came back to get his World Title (tick tick tick tick tick...). Boss Man with a splash in the corner, and Akeem does the extra double duty job. Irish whip to the corner, and Akeem with another avalanche, followed by the Air Africa Splash, but Hogan Hulks Up at a count of two! Hogan with several roundhouse rights followed by a big boot. Leg drop connects as he takes out Boss Man, and he covers for the three count on Akeem at 19:16. After the match, Boss Man goes to handcuff Hogan, but he's too smart and actually cuffs Boss Man and Slick together, then runs like hell out of harms way. *** The actual match is maybe a *, but the entire angle and stuff leading up to and during the match makes it much higher. Take out the storyline, and this match wouldn't be very entertaining.

- Hogan goes backstage, where Savage is now in the medical room with Elizabeth, rambling about Hogan incoherrently (tick tick tick tick...). Hogan finally makes his way into the room and Savage then accuses Hogan of being jealous, for not only his World Title, but he wants Elizabeth too. Savage then walks off camera and... (bomb explodes) Savage knocks Hogan down and out with a belt shot to the head! Savage continues beating down Hogan (while Elizabeth begs him to stop) until Brutus Beefcake of all people makes the save, although it doesn't help because his C-Level acting earns him a shot to the face as well. Savage decides to just leave on his own, which is something you probably won't see today.

- Hercules vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil):
The classic angle that gave us a lot of 5-star matches. Dibiase had purchased Hercules from Bobby Heenan to be his slave, but Hercules is a man, and decided to turn face instead. Of course, as a face, he was nothing more than a glorified JTTS, but that's not the point. Hercules attacks Dibiase on the apron and connects with an atomic drop, then sending him over the top rope with a clothesline. Virgil gets slammed into the ring, and choke tosses him down. Dibiase gets on the apron, but Hercules whips Virgil into him and tosses him outside. Dibiase gets sling shot into the ring, and Hercules with a gorilla press slam. Atomic drop by Hercules, and Dibiase spills to the outside once again. Back inside the ring we eventually go after Dibiase snapmares Hercules to the floor. Irish whip, and Dibiase connects with a clothesline followed by several fist drops for a two count. Irish whip, and Dibiase drives a knee into the midsection. Dibiase goes up to the second rope and connects with an elbow to the top of the head for another two count. Hercules blocks a suplex and takes him over with one of his own. Dibiase rakes the eyes and sends him into the buckle. Irish whip to the corner is reversed, but Hercules runs into a big boot. Dibiase with a back breaker for a two count once again. Dibiase gets sent into the buckle a few times, and Hercules with a picture perfect powerslam. Hercules calls for the finish, but Dibiase side steps him. In the meantime, Virgil rapped the steel chain around a turnbuckle, but the target blocks and sends Dibiase into it for a two count. Torture Rack is applied by Hercules, but Virgil distracts the referee with the chain so he could break the hold. Dibiase with a roll up (with a handful of tights), and Dibiase wins the blowoff to the feud (Boo-urns!) at 7:15. * Inoffensive match, but it definitely wouldn't make it to the highlight reel... and I don't mean the stupid Pipers Pit wanna-be-imitation.

- Backstage Hogan cuts a promo on Savage will grunting like he just was a victim of prison rape. He goes hunting for Randy, and comes across a few friendly faces. First Jim Neidhart, and he gets slightly attacked. Then he comes across Shawn Michaels, and he gets thrown into a wall. Bret Hart no sells him as if he has no clue about anything, and Jannetty just gets a cold look while backing off. End of the Main Event Broadcast.

- Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. "Dangerous" Danny Davis (w/ Jimmy Hart):
From Superstars of Wrestling. Lockup into the corner and Hart hammers away with rights followed by a headbutt. Irish whip, and Hart with a boot to the midsection followed by an elbow drop across the back of the head. Back inside the ring and Hart continues working over Davis as we get a pre-taped promo from the Hitman. Davis takes some punishment in the corner as Hart stomps away at him. Davis rakes the eyes to take control and sends Hart face first into the buckle before stomping away on him. Jimmy with some cheap shots behind the referees back, and Davis goes back to the stomping and choking. Hart makes the comeback and stomps at the midsection of Davis. Irish whip and he connects with a back elbow, followed by an elbow drop. Inverted atomic drop by Hart followed by a side back breaker. Jumping Piledriver gives Hart the win at 3:06. 1/4* Just because I'm a mark for Hart. Jimmy tries attacking after the bell, but Hart catches him and beats him down like he owes him money.

- Sam Houston vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil):
Also from Superstars of Wrestling, and hopefully this will be short, because I'm tired of Sam Houston. Dibiase attacks before the bell and kills him with a clothesline. Dibiase with another clothesline and Houston still hasn't gotten his entrance gear off. Choking in the corner followed by a series of rights. Houston gets dumped to the outside where Dibiase follows and rams him into the apron. Dibiase with a suplex from the apron, followed by a another right. Houston with a sunset flip out of nowhere for a two count, followed by a small package for two once again. Dibiase beats on him again and connects with a gutwrench suplex followed by several fist drops. Big John Studd with a promo during the match as Houston tries mounting a comeback. Houston catches Dibiase off guard with a cross body press for a two count. Atomic drop and several dropkicks from Houston. Irish whip, and Houston with a knee into the midsection. Dibiase with a boot to the chest to take the advantage. Irish whip is reversed, and Dibiase catches Houston in a leap frog with a powerslam for the victory at 3:43. *1/2 Fun match, but I really never though Houston was anything special, and Dibiase has been in too many matches on this tape to make me care anymore.

- Rick Martel vs. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig:
The Model vs. Mr. Perfect! From an episode of Primetime Wrestling, and I have no idea where it's taped from... probably the same show as the Ware/Dibiase match earlier in the tape. Lockup to start and neither man gets any advantage. Lockup #2 and again, no one takes control. Lockup #3 and Hennig with an arm drag takeover. Lockup once more, and Hennig with a hip toss. Firemans carry (F-U~!) by Hennig, and he continues taunting Martel. Go behind waistlock by Hennig, but Martel escapes with an elbow to the side of the face. Lockup into the corner and Hennig with a series of roundhouse rights to send Martel down to the canvas. Irish whip to the corner is reversed, and Martel catches him with an arm drag. Martel with a scoop slam and dropkick, sending Hennig to the outside for some time to recover. Lockup and Hennig with a standing side headlock followed by a shoulder block. Criss cross sequence and Martel with an arm drag into the armbar. Irish whip into the corner, but Hennig misses a charge. Martel with a side headlock, but Hennig escapes with a back suplex, which Martel sells good because of his previous injury. The match finally gets restarted in the ring, and Hennig meets Martel with a knee lift. Hennig with an elbow across the neck of Martel on the apron, followed by a second. Hennig slingshots Martels throat under the bottom rope and pounds away on the back of his neck. Front facelock applieed by Hennig to continue working on the injured neck of Martel. Irish whip to the corner, and Martel misses a cross body attempt from the second rope, allowing Hennig to cover for a two count. Irish whip to the corner is reversed, and Martel hammers away on him now. Martel kicks the leg from under Hennigs leg a few times, then does the happy dance of 1989. Irish whip to the corner and Martel with a back body drop as the bell sounds at 8:30 for a Time Limit Draw? What the hell was that?! *3/4 Way too slow of a match with lots of stalling from both men throughout the match. Still an OK match, the finish was pretty stupid as well.

- Ted Dibiase is a man on a mission, and I don't mean he's going to paint himself entirely black and start rapping with incoherrent rambling. He's on his mission to buy himself the custom made Million Dollar Belt, which is made of gold and a shit load of diamonds. Depending on who you ask, the belt was actually worth somewhere around the neighborhood of $100,000 to $250,000, which is a pretty damn expensive thing to make. No wonder Vince has the thing locked away in a safe at Titan Towers.

- The Brother Love Show: (Special Guests: Bobby Heenan & The Brooklyn Brawler)
Bobby Heenan says the Brooklyn Brawler will take out the Red Rooster for putting his hands on him. The Brooklyn Brawler is wearing a New York Yankees shirt (I thought they were the BRONX Bombers?) and cuts a horrible sounding promo. I can't believe a long time ago, the Brawler wasn't originally a complete Jobber. My, how times change in the World Wrestling Federation.

- The Bobby Heenan Show: I have no idea from when this is from (editor's note: July/August 1989), but it's on the tape, so I'll do it anyway. Lord Alfred Hayes introduces the show, including the Oinkettes (three fat women who bring out the guests), and Bobby's sidekick, Jameson, the answer to what happend to the people rejected for Revenge of the Nerds for looking too dorkish. Some guy who paints a lot (Morris Katz). Heenan no sells Jameson when the guy offers him to appear at some kind of event. Heenan says his burret is too tight and seems to be humoring him. Heenan is wondering why he paints with toilet paper, and says if he painted a president with toilet paper, that would be like burning the flag. He sends him away, and brings out the next guest... she's an actress and film star, Heater Hunter.

Oh no... it's her! Jameson has a pillow over his crotch and Heenan calls him the resident moron, then she drops some names of her movies ("Coming" on America, which Heenan thinks stars Eddie Murphy). Heenan is still unaware what kind of actress she is... but Jameson knows. He asks if her new movie is like the Wizard of Oz and is made by Disney. Jameson finally tells Heenan what she does and his reaction is pretty funny. Heenan is overcome of the knowledge of her career, and goes to a commercial.

We come back as Morris Katz is painting a picture with pieces of toilet paper. Heenan is still lost for words, and is glad to have her on the show. She doesn't have a boyfriend, so he moves a pillow to let her sit closer to him. Heenan asks her why she does those kinds of movies, and basically, she just likes getting some as Katz staped a painting to a frame. Heenan blows him off and is a lot more interested in the "film star". Heenan yells at Jameson for interupting him, but she says she would do a scene with him. Heenan actually drops the phrase "faking it" on TV, then asks for a paper bag (for Jameson of course). She says it takes 1 day to make a film (no surprise there), and says she's a dancer. She offers to dance now, and Heenan is loving this (OK, it's fake). She does some kind of stripper dancing as the painter plays with toilet paper. Jameson looks like a complete dork "grooving" to the music, as he starts to give some funny looking faces. This lasts for a little too long then starts undressing (or so it seems), and Heenan falls over in his chair before going to the commercial break.

We're back once more as Morris Katz paints another painting with toilet paper. Ms. Pornstar sits next to Jameson as Hayes introduces some smoke blower, Jean Oldhag. She almost falls down on the steps, which would've made excellent television. Heenan asks if she's drunk, then introduces her to Heather. Heenan says he's never had a job to have a talent like that. Jameson admires a video box that looks like one of the bitch's films... and we all know where this leads to. The old bitch just rambles incoherrently and then lights up. Heenan says usually the women he is with smoke after... damn he's a little dirty. The old lady then blows smoke bubbles... or tries to at least. Heenan says he'll be checking out Heather while she tries. Heenan opens a suitcase of stuff, and it's a lot of garbage the old hag has. Jameson wants Heather to dance more, but Heenan yells at him. We go to a commercial, and for tickets to the Bobby Heenan Show, write to the following address...

The Bobby Heenan Show
P.O Box 3857
Stamford, CT 06905

The old lady still can't get it going, and is given another cigarette. Heenan says let a real gentleman light the cigarette, then calls for Lord Alfred. She FINALLY does one, and Heenan sells like it's the biggest thing ever. Heenan wants Heather to dance some more, but the Oinkettes join her for some not-so-good looking visuals. Heather starts teasing Bobby by removing her stockings as Morris paints more. The old guy looks lost and confused on stage dancing with his painting as the old lady does more bubbles. End of Show.

Final Thoughts: What a chore of a tape to sit through. The Saturday Night's Main Event and Main Event Specials were both very entertaining, but most of the stuff filling in the rest of the gaps wasn't. A little too many squash matches for my taste, and barely any footage of the Rockers or Demolition, my favorite tag teams from the time. The Bobby Heenan Show was pretty entertaining, but I don't think thats from the same time frame, and probably wasn't the best episode. (Editor's note: I believe it was the third and, sniff, FINAL episode).

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