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What the HECK?/Intro- Rasslin Tape 7 (Fall 1989)
This tape starts in September 1989, and most of it is spent hyping the Survivor Series.
I was having a lot of cable troubles in the Fall, and as result, the season premiere
of SNME was left off this tape. By now you should know: PTW= "Prime Time Wrestling",
SNME= "Saturday Night's Main Event" and MSG= "Madison Square Gardens".
Random Match 1- Hercules vs. Honky Tonk Man (w/Jimmy Hart)
Taken from PTW, with Tony Schiavone and Lord Alfred Hayes, Master of the English
Language on commentary. Collar to elbow tie-up to start, and Herc shoves off Honky.
Herc bops Honky's head into the turnbuckle 10 times, followed by 11 elevated punches.
I know, because the crowd was helpful enough to count along.
Herc then hops to the headlock! Herc beats on Honky a bit, until Jimmy Hart tries
to trip him up. Herc, ever the master strategist, jumps out of the ring and pursues Jimmy.
Honky drops a double axehandle on Herc, rolls him back in and takes control with a
standing headlock. A few punches
and Honky sets up Herc for the Shake Rattle N' Roll. Herc backdrops Honky to a minor pop.
Herc nails him with three running clotheslines, punches, and lifts Honky up for the
back-breaker. Jimmy runs in and tries to hit Herc in the tummy with his megaphone.
Herc has the Beer Gut of Steel and Hart's attack has no effect. Bell sounds for the
DQ win for Hercules. Herc chases Jimmy down the aisle, catches him, and carries him back to
the ring. He drops Jimmy, then goes for his chain...oh gawd, a sweaty guy with a chain
staring you down.
Jimmy and Honky run off as Herc umm...swings the steel.
Random Match 2- Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Rick Martel (w/Slick)
PTW, with Tony and Alfred.
Martel enters to "Jive Soul Bro" and even does a little Akeem-dance.
Martel's not the full-fledged "Model", just yet... but he is wearing a
femmy looking blue sweater. Martel spends the first minute stalling and
posing, then motions for the knuckle-lock to start. Hitman falls for it, and
gets a kick in the stomach. Martel whips him to the buckle, but Bret reverses
and charges with his flying clothesline. Snap suplex on Martel. Sloppy small package
gets two for Hart. Slingshot sequence and Martel locks on a standing side
headlock. Commercial break, and suddenly Hart is outside the ring, sucking wind.
Back in, where Martel tries to turn over the Hitman for the Boston Crab.
Hart twists his legs and sends Martel spiraling...twice. Third time, Martel
cinches in the crab, but Bret grabs the ropes. Series of elbow drops from Martel.
Several irish whip reversals from both guys. Martel gets a float-over leapfrog
out of the corner and a two count. Hart blocks an atomic drop.
Hart with a go-behind roll-up for two.
Hitman hits a back breaker, immediately followed by a standing dropkick...and
then the bell! "20 minute time limit draw". Alfred shits his pants, as if he's
just seen Flair-Steamboat.
Random Match 3- Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (w/Jimmy Hart)
PTW exclusive, from the Nassau Coliseum, with Tony and Lord Alfred.
Hammer walks around the floor for the first three minutes. Brutus hits him
with a few punches, an atomic drop, and drops a leg onto his crotch. Hammer bails
and consults with Jimmy. More punching! Valentine gets punched into the corner and
does his delayed "Hammer Flop". Brutus with a powerslam and a series of two counts.
Hammer reverses an irish whip and sticks Brutus with a knee, sending the Barber to
the floor. Hammer pulls him back in, and works on him with elbowsmashes and
shots to the hind quarters. Hammer tries for the figure four twice, and eats turnbuckle on
his second attempt. Brutus rallies and hooks in the sleeper. Jimmy Hart grabs
the barber bag and hops up on the apron, distracting Brutus. Valentine smacks Brutus from
behind and tries for the FF again. Brutus kicks him, sending him into Jimmy. Barber
underhooks Valentine on the rebound, for the pin. Afterwards, Brutus attempts to
HAPPYIFY the fans, by stealing Jimmy's megaphone.
SNME Match 1- WWF Championship: Hulk Hogan (c) vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (w/ Zeus)
Re-broadcast from PTW of the missing SNME. This is billed as a
"Million Dollar Match"...whatever that might mean. DiBiase has acquired Zeus as his new
"insurance policy", here. Lock-up to start, and Hogan backs DiBiase into the corner.
Zeus reaches in and grabs Hogan's leg....and that's pretty much the formula for this match.
Hogan comes off the ropes, but Zeus tags him in the back. Hogan turns around, and the
two do the Bart and Homer Simpson Special: "Why you little!!" Auuugh! Auugh!, as they
both choke each other. DiBiase is regulated to punching and elbow-smashing. Jake
the Snake runs down to ringside, tosses Damian into Hulk's corner, and points menacingly
at DiBiase and Zeus. Punchamania runs wild! Out of nowhere, Virgil sprints in and
steals Damian. Jake takes off after him, and Hogan is distracted. Hulk turns around and
DiBiase clotheslines him out of his boots, sending the champ to the floor. DiBiase works him
over, culminating with a top rope knee smash. Hogan kicks out and "hulks up".
he hits DiBiase with two punches, a big boot, then Zeus hops into the ring to attack.
HEEL MISCOMMUNICATION sees DiBiase clothesline Zeus. Hogan hooks DiBiase into a small
package to score the pin. After-match, heels beat up Hogan and DiBiase puts him out with the
Million Dollar Dream. Jake returns, with Damian, to make the save.
Random Match 4- WWF Tag Team Championship: BrainBusters (c)(w/Bobby Heenan) vs. Demolition
Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard vs. Ax and Smash
From "Superstars of Wrestling". Four-way brawl to start, with Tully getting the
excrement pounded out of his bowels. Smash goes for a suplex on Arn, but Tully
dives in and trips the Demo man. Heels work over Smash for a good three minutes,
including the spine buster. Tully tries a suplex, but Smash reverses and makes
the hot tag to Ax. Smash then stun-guns Arn, while Ax goes up to the second rope.
Smash picks up Tully in the backbreaker, Ax hits the elbow and covers for the pin.
Demolition wins their second championship, and the fans go HAPPY!
Survivor Series Showdown Match 1- Tito Santana (w/ Dusty Rhodes) vs. Big Bossman (w/Slick and Akeem)
A special PTW episode, hyping the Survivor Series. Gorilla, Bobby Heenan and
Roddy Piper are the studio hosts. Vince McMahon and
Jesse "The Body" Ventura call all the matches. Piper tries to bug Heenan about
tension in his "Family", while Gorilla explains the gimmick: one member of each
Survivor Series team will face one member of their opposing teams. Supposedly,
the names of the participants were drawn from a hat. As it is, the WWF put on
some rather unusual match pairings- including Tully Blanchard and
Butch Miller's only solo WWF matches.
Dusty was in the middle of a program against Big Bossman and Akeem, and captain of
the Survivor Series "Dream Team". Tito punches, hits two dropkicks and a headlock..
and that's it. Believe it or not, but Big Bossman actually carries most of this match!
Vince and Jesse are out of it, and seems to be phoning in the play-by-play.
Bossman beats on the Tacula man and hits a bearhug into a reverse tombstone/juggbutt
piledriver thingie. Tito makes the comeback with a high crossbody, then signals
for the figure four leglock. Slick distracts the ref, while Akeem tosses the nightsick to
Bossman. He smacks Tito with it, and tosses the stick. Dusty grabs the nightstick,
enters the ring, konks out Bossman and places Tito on top. Ref turns around
and makes the 3 count for Tito. That gets the crowd HAPPY!
Survivor Series Showdown Match 2- Bushwhacker Butch (w/Luke) vs. Mr. Perfect (w/The Genius)
But first, crappy homosexual poetry corner, with the Genius.
As expected, Butch does very little- he just punches and nibbles on Perfect's
thighs....which would seriously bother me. Luke is having way too much fun on the outside,
constantly slapping the mat, jumping and marching after the Genius. Butch hits an atomic drop,
early on. Later, the blind charge misses and Perfect slaps on the PerfectPlex for the pin.
Both Whackers come in to double clothesline and battering ram the heels. Fans really
seemed to dig that.
Survivor Series Showdown Match 3- Hercules vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage (w/Queen Sherri)
First appearance on the tapes of "KING" Savage. Shortly after SummerSlam,
Savage beat Jim Duggan for the quasi king "title". Typical Sherri/Savage match,
as Sherri constantly interferes, with Macho doing very little. At one point,
Sherri attacks Herc outside the ring with her shoe. The shoe goes flying to the railing,
and a fan picks it up. Sherri can then be heard hollering "Give it back, asshole!!"
Macho suplexes Herc back in, from the ring apron.
Sherri reaches into trip him, and both guys get up and swing on the second rope, like
its a hammock. Herc languishes long enough for Sherri to smack him with the loaded
purse. Macho covers for the pin.
Survivor Series Showdown Match 4- Ultimate Warrior vs. Tully Blanchard (w/Bobby Heenan)
Warrior's still the IC champ, but I imagine this is non-title.
Shoving match to start, as Warrior pushes Tully all over the ring. Tully offers
to shake, and Warrior obliges by squeezing the plasma out of Tully's hand. Tully bails, and
starts to walk back to the dressing room. Warrior chases after him, and gorilla presses
him back into the ring. Air Warrior time,
as he connects off the top turnbuckle with a double axehandle.
Tully's in vintage "sneaky Horseman" mode, and
continually tries to beg off the Warrior. Irish whip sends Tully to the corner, and
Warrior eats turnbuckle on a blind charge. Tully works in eye pokes, chokes
and stomps, until Warrior clotheslines him on an irish whip reversal.
Warrior goes for the big splash, but Tully gets his knees up. Now,
how getting your knees up would block a splash, and not actually hurt
the blocker..I don't know. Logic in wrestling and all that. Warrior catches Tully off
the turnbuckle, hits a powerslam, and goes for the gorilla press finisher. Heenan goes
craplistic on the outside and Arn Anderson runs in for the DQ.
Warrior fights off both BrainBusters, then Haku shows up for the heels.
Survivor Series team members
the Rockers and Jim Neidhart run in to clear the ring. Who's missing for the heel team?
Andre, who is waddling his way down, as the faces clear the ring. Related
side note: when Warrior was introducing his Survivor Series team
(Rockers and Neidhart) on a
Mean Gene Podium interview he threatened Andre the Giant by saying :
"..and I bring with me two stealth fighters..and a tank that can roll over...
NORMAL THINGS". In case you were wondering, the Warrior was not "normal".
Survivor Series Showdown Match 5- Smash vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
Yeah, no Virgil. Smash attacks before the bell and DiBiase mistakenly tries to punch
him in the mask. DiBiase conveniently had his money out...so Smash grabs the wad and stuffs
it in his drawers. He sends DiBiase out of the ring and hollers "if ya want it, come get it", as
he tucks the money down his tights. Smash, you kinky bastard, you. Both guys exchange
clotheslines and Smash gets all nostalgic by recreating PUNCHAMANIA! DiBiase slaps on
the headlock about five minutes in, and gets a series of two counts. Jesse spends most of
the match slamming Hogan, the captain of Smash's Survivor Series team. DiBiase then makes
Jesse proud: he hits the Thumb to the Eye. Smash starts the comeback
with an atomic drop and a powerslam, but...gasp... who is that? Oh no, it's the
Human Workrate Machine- ZEUS! Knee to the back sends Smash out to the floor.
DiBiase distracts the ref and Zeus wrings Smash's neck. Zeus yells a lot, too..
I'm sure that added to the effect. Zeus rolls Smash back in, and DiBiase gets the pin.
After-match, DiBiase hooks in the Million Dollar Dream, until Ax runs in to clear the ring.
Ax dares Zeus to come into the ring, but DiBiase restrains him, Virgil then runs down to
hold back Zeus...I guess Virgil spent the match in the shitter. Lazy-ass bodyguard.
Random Match 5- Tito Santana vs. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig (w/the Genius)
Back to Superstars of Wrestling with Jesse and Vince.
But first, Crappy Homosexual Poetry Corner, with the Genius. Genius opened up his
"So You Want to Learn Spanish" book for this poem. Tito punches to start and hits
Perfect with a baaaaack body drop (tm Vincent K.) Inset interview box
has Hennig talking about his perfect record and challenging Hulk Hogan.
Tito hits Perfect with the flying forearm, and knocks him out of the ring.
Perfect recovers for a bit, then returns to an irish whip from Tito.
Tito puts his head down for a backdrop attempt, and Perfect slaps on the
Perfect-plex for the pin. Tito was shaking like crazy, and his shoulders were NOT
on the mat... but it's logic in wrestling.
Random Match 6- Dusty Rhodes vs. Akeem (w/Slick)
I guess this would qualify as a... "dream match". It's the
"American Dream" vs. the "African Dream". From Wrestling Challenge, with Gorilla Monsoon and...Vince McMahon. Strange duo, and I think
Heenan skipped this broadcast as part of a storyline- tension in the Heenan Family,
or something. Dusty starts off by jiggling around, punching and hitting some bionic
elbows. Slick then motions to Big Dust: "hey come over here so I can
grab your foot and interfere", and Dusty obliges. That allows Akeem to hit some...
punches. Akeem switches to the neck pinch and knocks Dusty to his knees. Meanwhile,
Slick has wandered over to the other side of the ring and is arguing with a
female "fan" in the first row- yup, this is the first time we've seen Sapphire.
Akeem drops a knee into Dusty's face, then rolls out to join in the argument.
Dusty comes to, rolls out, punches Akeem, then hops back in to get the countout win.
Lame match, that only served to introduce Sapphire.
Survivor Series 1989
Quick recap, cuz you've probably seen or read about this, elswewhere.
Show opens with each wrestler stating what they are thankful for, in character.
Dusty: "What am I thankful for? My POLKA DOTS!" Roddy Piper: "I'm thankful I'm
not Ricky Rude." Fun, brainless stuff. After injuries and jobber replacements
ruined the luster of 1988's event, they paired it down to teams of four.
Another new wrinkle for 89 is that each match has an in-ring ref, and an outside ref.
The outside ref is a young Shane McMahon, who's probably about 17, here. The Survivor Series
was still a unique show, with elimination tag-team matches, for all you youngsters.
Survivor Series Match 1- Dream Team vs. Enforcers (w/Slick and Jimmy Hart)
(Dusty Rhodes, Brutus Beefcake, Red Rooster and Tito Santana vs.
Big Bossman, Rick Martel, Honkytonk Man and Bad News Brown)
Bad News is an 11th hour replacement for Akeem. More Bad News is always okay with me,
even if he does the same schtick as last year- he argues with his teammates and leaves the ring.
I may be going out on a limb,
but I'm guessing Red Rooster does NOT win this thing. The big finish sees Dusty bounce
off the ropes and hit Bossman with a (slightly) high cross-body for the pin. Dusty and
Brutus Beefcake are the SOLE Survivors. Cameras spots Sapphire, who is cheering in her
front row seat. After-match, Bossman beats the crap out of Dusty.
Surprise, surprise.. Dusty blades! (not to be confused with "Rusty Blades", the original
stage name for Eric Carr of KISS...but we're getting off-track)
Survivor Series Match 2- 4 x 4's vs. King's Court (w/Sherri and Jimmy Hart)
(Hacksaw Duggan, Ronnie Garvin, Hercules and Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage,
Greg Valentine, Dino Bravo and "Canadian" Earthquake)
Earthquake is replacing "Widowmaker" Barry Windham, who bolted back to the
NWA about a week before this event. Duggan's team does a choreographed
drill team exercise with their 2 x 4's. They try tossing them to each other...
but Duggan drops his. In the end, Savage pulls the ropes, sending Duggan to the floor,
where he's counted out. Bravo, Earthquake and Savage survive.
Mean Gene Okerlund is backstage, outside the trainer's room. He tells us that Dusty is all
messed up, but eager to step into the ring with the Bossman. And here I was worried...
Survivor Series Match 3- The Hulkamaniacs vs. The Million Dollar Team (w/ Mr. Fuji)
(Hulk Hogan, Ax, Smash and Jake Roberts vs. Zeus, Ted Dibiase, Warlord and Barbarian)
Leading up to this event, the story was that DiBiase had paid a million bucks to assemble
this team. Okay... all the other wrestlers in the WWF paid exactly ZILCH and they were still able
to fill their own four man teams. DiBiase got ripped. (-Logic in wrestling)- From glancing at this tape, it would seem that
DiBiase had the issue with Hogan, but it was actually Zeus vs. Hogan and DiBiase vs. Roberts.
Seemed strange that this match was in the middle of the Survivor Series, and not the end... but
if you've seen it, you know WHY they didn't want to end the show on this stinker.
Zeus is quickly DQ'd. Ax and Smash are pinned. Both Powers of Pain get DQ'd. DiBiase gets
a sneaky pin on Roberts. Virgil runs in and get DDT'd. Hogan pins DiBiase with the legdrop.
Smell-o-vision deluxe!
Sean Mooney interviews Zeus and Macho King Randy Savage, backstage.
They babble on about the upcoming "No Holds Barred" match: Hogan/Beefcake vs.
Zeus/Macho in a "20 foot steel cage" on December 27th. I didn't order this
bag of filth- it was a 25 dollar PPV consisting of the "No Holds Barred" movie
and a pre-taped match between the two teams.
Mean Gene interviews Brutus and Hulk in the locker room. Hogan mentions that
the cage is now a "15 foot steel cage". Sherri walks in and throws talcum powder in
our heroes' faces. Zeus and Savage run in to choke them out. "We need wrestlers from the back"-
as everyone runs in to separate the brawl. This was strange... here it is three months AFTER
Hogan and Beefer finished their feud with Savage and Zeus, and suddenly the WWF decides to
yank it out for one solitary match and a shitty PPV movie? Savage was feuding with
Jim Duggan and Beefcake with Rick Martel. Hogan was still messing with Zeus, but Curt Hennig was
also cutting promos aimed at Hogan. Kind of a mess.
Intermission time. When we come back, Jesse uses his broadcast journalism talents to
reveal that there's "pushing and shoving in the Heenan Family locker room!"
Survivor Series Match 4- Roddy's Rowdies vs. The Rude Brood (w/ Jimmy Hart and The Genius)
(Roddy Piper, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Luke and Butch vs. Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau)
Mr. Perfect leads the Genius to the ring. Gorilla sez: "there's someone I wouldn't want walking behind me. Take
a look at him!" referring to the Genius. That cracked me up at age 15, and I still find it marginally
humorous. "Ravishing" Rick Rude enters, but without Heenan ... and we find out why in the next match.
Rougeaus are on the way out of the WWF, as Jacques is pinned by the Superfly splash, and
Raymond falls to a Piper piledriver. Perfect works most of the match and finishes Superfly with
the Perfect-plex to become the sole survivor. Afterwards, Superfly beats the crap out of the
Genius, but Mr. P saves him before the big splash.
Backstage, Sean Mooney interviews a jubilant Rude Brood. Rude invites all his
teammates to "celebrate Turkey Day, the Ravishing Way". I don't know if I'd ever stand
in a locker room with three other guys and invite them to celebrate ANYTHING with me in
the "ravishing way".
Survivor Series Match 5- Ultimate Warriors vs. The Heenan Family
(Ultimate Warrior, Shawn Michaels, Marty Jannetty and Jim Nedihart vs.
Andre the Giant, Haku, Arn Anderson and Bobby Heenan)
Tully Blanchard is suspiciously absent, so Heenan is filling in. Ironic,
because all the in-show promo graphics for this match featured Blanchard, and it
wasn't until after the intermission that the "tension" storyline was mentioned.
Rumors are that Tully failed a drug test, showed up drunk, or simply walked out
during the show. Heenan's actually a great replacement, and does some wonderful
comedy spots. Heenan is left all alone and gets demolished by the sole survivor, the
Warrior. Warrior clotheslines Heenan on the way back to dressing room. As the show goes off the
air, Heenan is STILL wobbling around the entrance aisle! And that's it for the Survivor Series,
as we move on to...
SNME Match 1- WWF Intercontinental Title: Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Andre the Giant (w/Bobby Heenan)
Promos from Warrior, Andre, Dusty, Bossman, Genius and Hogan open the show. Vince and
Jesse run down the card, then review the Warrior-Andre feud. Warrior had already moved into
a program with Dino Bravo and Earthquake a few weeks earlier. This match, combined with
the Survivor Series match above brought closure to the whole Heenan Family/Andre vs.
Warrior issue. That may sound interesting, but this match is possibly THE worst
match on my tapes. Andre attacks to start, headbutts, and then chokes Warrior out of the ring.
Warrior rolls back in and Andre stomps and chokes some more.
Warrior gets a few chops and punches, then misses on a flying clothesline and
eats floormat, again. Back in, where Andre hits a tilt-a-whirl slam
followed by a frankensteiner...oh no, mistake, he chokes some more. It's hard to tell,
with Andre's blinding offense. Andre tries a half ass, standing chicken wing type of hold.
Both guys get into
the Great Duel of Bearhugs, and that lasts about 10 minutes. Heenan, bored out of his trunks,
grabs the IC belt,runs into the ring and tries to attack Warrior with it. In a shocking surprise,
Andre has been caught in the ropes! Warrior presses Heenan onto Andre, and wins the thing by DQ.
These two had been running house matches across the country, where Warrior won in 30 seconds
with two clotheslines.... which would have been a good idea, here.
SNME Match 2- WWF Championship: Hulk Hogan (c) vs. The Genius
Crappy Homosexual Poetry Corner is on display in the pre-match interview.
Genius lets us know that he IS the world's smartest man. -(just had a thought for
a future "dream match"- Genius vs. Mr. Smart from the movie "The Specials")-
Genius and Mr. Perfect had been taunting Hogan for weeks, and this is the "official"
kick-off for their program. Hogan wins two lock-ups to start. Genius stops and decides to
prance and do a ballet routine. Hogan is not amused, slams the Genius, then sends him to the
ropes. Genius brakes, and ducks out. He then wanders over to the timekeeper's table, picks
up his scroll and begins writing an equation! It's very complicated...but it equals
"Hulk Down!". Genius then backflips in, over the ropes. Lock up again, Genius hits
an armdrag takeover, then gets up to prance and celebrate. Hulk is miffed, so he sits back in
the corner and lets Genius dance around. Hulk attacks with two clotheslines and two turnbuckle
smashes. Hulk punches, drops an elbow, then mocks the Genius's dance. Kinda funny..really.
Hogan hits an atomic drop and a belly-to-back suplex on Genius. More elbow drops and
Hulk send him to the corner for the elevated punches. Mr.Perfect has walked down, and
is insulting Hogan while strolling over to the championship belt at ringside. Perfect
hams it up for the camera and mentions "this is NOT a Perfect belt, until it's around my
waist", then he smears his gum on it. Hulk hops out to go after Perfect, which allows
Genius to sneak up and hit him in the back with a dropkick. Genius then sends Hulk into
the SNME Ringpost Diner, where they serve a mouthful of post all night long.
Hogan is rolled back in, where Genius punches, then hits his "Honor Roll" moonsault
for a 2 count. Hogan kicks out and "hulks up". Punch, punch, big boot...then he
pauses and wants to punish Genius some more. Genius gets the ol' Thumb to the Eye to
make Jesse giddy. Genius scratches Hulk's back, but Hulk comes to and does the same to
him. Hogan picks him up and powerslams him over the top rope onto the floor! Cool
spot, for the time. Hulk rolls out to attack Genius, but Mr. Perfect has the belt
and brains the champ with it. Genius crawls back into the ring, while Hogan is counted out
for the loss! Perfect and Genius escape with the win, and Hogan's belt.
SNME Match 3-Dusty Rhodes vs. The Big Bossman (w/Slick)
Video recap from July 1989, where Dusty saved a jobber from a Bossman beating,
and stole the nightstick. Bossman looks about 20 lbs lighter, here, than in the
flashback. The bell rings, and Dusty decides to lead the crowd in a count out of
Slick... what? Count out a manager? Logic in Wrestling.... Slick produces his
managerial license to save himself from banishment. Dusty punches Bossman, then
goes after Slick. Bossman hits Big Dust with knees to the back and Slick chokes
him. Bossman and Slick then start arguing with a "fan" at ringside, the still
unnamed Sapphire. Dusty is out to chase Slick, but Bossman attacks from behind
and sends him to that reliable diner, again. Back into the ring where
Punchamania prevails. Bossman works on Dusty's arm while kicking it. Irish whip to the ropes
sees Dusty reverse with an elbow. Bossman punches again, then misses a charge into the
turnbuckle. Dusty now takes over....and punches. He misses an elbowdrop and
Bossman breaks the trend by crushing Dusty's chest against the bottom rope.
Slick grabs the nightstick, but stops to argue with Sapphire. Bossman gets up to
take a look, which allows Dusty to underhook him from behind for the pin.
Bossman rolls out to argue with Slick and Sapphire. Dusty invites Sapphire into the
ring to dance, while Jesse mentions "I hope they don't dance too much, the
building might rattle apart". Sure, dancing fat people are kinda lame...yet
Rikishi was very popular in late 1999/early 2000. Vince would continue to dust off
the "dancing fat guy" gimmick for the next 12 years or so (Fatu, Rikishi
and Friar Ferguson) ... he loves dancing
fat guys almost as much as he loves hillbillies
Why'd you tape this??
Actually some entertaining stuff, here. Like I said, most of it is spent building up
the Survivor Series, and that all serves to make the Series seem somewhat special.
WWF had a lot of feuds overlapping in this period. The Warrior and Hogan, especially.
The SNME matches continue on Tape 8 with two matches and
Perfect's "creation" of the eventual Hardcore Championship belt....
so we're not done with this era, just yet. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig was
becoming the company's top worker at this time, and the Survivor Series win sorta served
to justify his ascension into the main event. Hogan-Perfect was shaping up to be a
pretty good story, but an unexpected (and cool) twist pops up
right around the time of the Royal Rumble.
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