wiseguy182
04-07-2014, 12:00 AM
hi y'all!
I am starting to organize my wrestling collection and thought I would start a have list, but wasn't quite sure how to approach it. I figured the best way would be to do an ongoing thread and makes posts of the new stuff as I go through it, and at the same time editing the original post.
I decided to include important and interesting notes as they warrant, and also included announcing teams for each match as the WWF had some pretty wacky announcing combinations at the time. One of my personal favorites was a pre-Brother Love gimmick Bruce Pritchard, ring announcer Mike McGuirk and Pete "Duke of Dorechester" Doherty, whom if you've never heard before, basically sounds like Gilbert Gottfried. Well at least they're better than Superstar Billy Graham repeating everything and Bruno Sammartino's one sentence contribution to each match.
The Big Event
-announcers are Gorilla, "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd and Johnny Valiant (Lord, help us all). From Toronto, and you can tell it's freezing as hell. The stadium is huge and is announced at 70,000+, but the crowd is dead.
-Killer Bees vs. Hoss and Jimmy Jack Funk
-Haku vs. Don Muraco (HORRIBLE match. Long with lots of rest holds. Not to mention a Dusty finish. Don't ever watch this match)
-Ted Arcidi vs. Tony Garea (Arcidi is BUILT!)
-Junkyard Dog vs. Adrian Adonis (bad officiating)
-Iron Mike Sharpe vs. Rebel Dick Slater (the crowd hilariously mocks Sharpe's infamous yelling)
-Super Machines & Captain Lou Albano vs. Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Snake Pit match, which is apparently no count-out, no DQ)
-Hercules vs. Billy Jack Haynes (only time I've ever seen someone pinned with a backslide, Hercules resembles the Berzerker here, Gorilla is doing solo commentary here as Ladd and Valiant are apparently on a break)
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Dream Team (more bad officiating)
-Handsome Harley Race vs. Pedro Morales
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (world title match, crowd finally wakes up and is split pretty evenly here)
-Bobby Heenan show complete
Heroes Of Wrestling-recommended only if you are a masochist.
-The announcers were supposed to be Dirty Dutch Mantell and Gordon Solie, but Solie fell ill and died shortly after this, so we get Dutch and some idiot named Randy Rosenbloom instead. I have no idea who he is but he knows absolutely nothing about wrestling. This takes place at a casino out in the middle of nowhere (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi). This was supposed to be a card devoted to legends, but it ended up being the equivalent to a C-show the WWF would have put on around 1987 (the kind where loud boring chants would have erupted throughout). The event is hyped as one where "long-time feuds would be settled" but most of said feuds never happened, and it's difficult to tell/remember who is supposed to be the face and heel in every match. And since many of these matches have non-conclusive endings, it sort of dispels the theory that the feuds would be settled.
-Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers vs. Headshrinkers (Samoan Swat Team). Samoans have Sika with them. Marty has lost some weight and looks like a crack addict. Dutch hilariously subtlety makes reference to Marty's drinking and drug problems. Arm drag is called "a slam and takedown reversal" by Rosenbloom, then called properly by Dutch. We get constant shots of the audience, most of whom are ugly, morbidly obese or picking their nose.
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. George "The Animal" Steele. Sensous Sherri is in Steele's corner. Animal spends the first part of the match with his shirt over his head and Sherri wastes no time in turning on him. Funny moment as Sherri coddles George, then hits him with a chair to the head a few seconds later to give the match to Greg.
-2 Cold Scorpio vs. Julio Fantastico. A good match, at least for this event. Captain Lou Albano joins Dutch and Doofus on commentating and is given Commissioner status, and breaks down in "tears" and calls this the greatest event in his nearly 50 years in the business. Well that's one way of looking at it.
-Bushwhackers vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik. HORRIBLE match is drenched in stalling and everyone working extremely loosely. Volkoff is flabby and wrinkly. Fast count ends it. Butch tries to shove his armpit in a fan's face. Embarrassing to watch.
-announcement of "capacity crowd of 2,000" Hah.
-Tully Blanchard cuts an AWESOME promo that almost redeems this show slightly. Almost.
-Have I mentioned that the angles used to set up this show range from bad to non-existent? And the announcer doing the interviews backstage is also horrible and making gaffes left and right.
-One Man Gang vs. Abdullah The Butcher. I think this was supposed to be a no-DQ match. Lots of bleeding and foreign objects. Wrestlers beat up the security guards, cameraman and referee afterwards.
-Have I mentioned the horrible, jerky camera work?
-Cowboy Bob Orton vs. Superfly Jimmy Snuka. Dutch finally gets fed up and calls Rosenbloom out for his horrible announcing. Snuka has lots of goofy selling here. Redneck fans chant "Bob is a maggot" (or something that rhymes with that) clap-clap...clap-clap-clap.
Sadly, we don't end there.
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart. The main event is supposed to be Yokozuna vs. King Kong Bundy, which becomes important later. Jake cuts a rambling, incoherent interview beforehand where he swears at the cameraman. Jake staggers out to ringside, walks back, removes his shirt, and walks back to the ring. Jake stops to make a female fan feel up his man boobs and slithers into the ring. Dutch refers to Jake as a "former Intercontinental Champion" which isn't accurate. Jake didn't tie up the bag, so Damien (the snake) slithers out and Jake brandishes it as a penis. Then he lays down on the mat and tongues it. Bundy comes down to run interference, but stands outside yelling instead. Jake gives him the finger. Yokozuna comes down and suddenly this is turned into a spontaneous tag match. Yokozuna has an ass way bigger than Rikishi at this point (imagine that) and it was a few months before his death. Jake takes 4 chair shots in an amusing bit, but retaliates by going low on both heels. Crowd chants "Uncle Fester" at Bundy, or the unknown kid at ringside who looks like him. Yokozuna is chewing gum throughout all of this. Anvil starts to work on Jake's leg, but Jake also didn't tie up his boots (can he tie anything properly?) and his boots come off. Jake finally tags Yoko, but Bundy splashes and pins Jake despite neither man being legal in the ring and Bundy not even being sanctioned to wrestle in this match. Worst match ever in the history of wrestling. Yoko beats up the poor manager.
-We also don't get the advertised main event of Bundy vs. Yokozuna and the show is hastily yanked (for obvious reasons).
House shows:
-MSG 2/20/89
-hosts are Ron Trongaard and Lord Alfred Hayes
-Jim Powers vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
-Red Rooster vs. Brooklyn Brawler
-Big John Studd vs. Akeem
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Bushwhackers
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Rick Martel vs. Haku
-Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (non-title, although both had titles at this point)
-interesting little snippet of Brian Williams and Jane Velez-Mitchell back when they were just local news anchors closes out this disc.
MSG 12/89
-Tito Santana vs. Bob Bradley
-midget match: Chris Yube and Little Coco vs. Little Tokyo & Cowboy Cottrell. (Probably one of the last midget matches in the WWF)
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "The Model" Rick Martel
-Tugboat Thomas vs. Pistol Pez Whatley
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (no DQ, Virgil barred from ringside)
-Koko B. Ware vs. Iron Mike Sharpe (announcers tell a hilariously true story about Sharpe taking so long in the showers that he got locked in the building overnight -- Sharpe has a severe case of OCD)
-Demolition vs. Colossal Connection -Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (steel cage match, Rude spends almost the entire match with his pants partially down)
-MSG 2/19/90
-hosts are Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Hillbilly Jim
-Tito Santana vs. "Playboy" Buddy Rose
-Earthquake vs. Rugged Ronnie Garvin
-Red Rooster vs. "Model" Rick Martel (pretty good one)
-Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Mr. Perfect & The Genius
-Bad News Brown vs. Jumping Jim Brunzell (weird match as Brunzell has zero heat here and the camerman keeps taking close-ups of Brown's ass for whatever reason)
-Dusty Rhodes vs. Akeem
-The Rockers and Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji
-MSG 3/90
-Jim Powers vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
-Hercules vs. Black Bart
-Demolition vs. Orient Express
-Koko B. Ware vs. Frenchy Martin (had no idea Frenchy was wrestling at this point)
-Earthquake vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. "Model" Rick Martel
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Dino Bravo
-Tugboat vs. Pistol Pez Whatley
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect (Perfect ends his near 2 year undefeated streak here)
MSG 9/21/90
-hosts are Gorilla and Bobby, with Lord Alfred Hayes filling in for Bobby when he's out managing. Utterly dead crowd tonight.
-Dustin Rhodes vs. Paul Diamond
-Sgt. Slaughter vs. Nikolain Volkoff
-Tito Santana vs. Barbarian
-Marty Janetty vs. Paul Roma
-Rugged Ronnie Garvin vs. Bob Brady
-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (crowd wakes up for this one, must be one of Rude's last matches in WWF)
-Ultimate Warrior & Legion Of Doom vs. Demolition (all 3 members, Warrior shoves innocent cameraman to start)
Madison Square Garden 7/91
-with original commercials, hosts are Gorilla, Bobby and Lord Alfred (all of whom are in top form tonight).
-Dino Bravo vs. Shane Douglas (Bravo is sporting brown hair here. I think this is one of his last matches).
-Paul Roma vs. The Dragon (superb match with crisp moves and great commentary, ****)
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Berzerker
-Hart Foundation vs. Nasty Boys (world tag title match, this has to be the last match for the Harts as they both went solo shortly after this)
-Warlord vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (announcers have a hilarious discussion about Nolan Ryan that needs to be heard to be appreciated)
-Earthquake vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
-Barbarian & Haku vs. Orient Express (Mr. Fuji is subbing for Tanaka here, whom I believe had a relative die. Very entertaining match).
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Undertaker (bodybag match)
Madison Square Garden 10/91
-Texas Tornado vs. Big Bully Busick
-British Bulldog vs. IRS (this is a really good IRS match)
-Mountie vs. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Ric Flair (billed as Flair's MSG debut. Crowd is jacked for this one and the heat is tremendous)
-Big Boss Man vs. Col. Mustafa
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Berzerker (I-C title match)
-El Matador vs. Hercules
-Legion Of Doom vs. Natural Disasters (world tag title match)
Nassau Coliseum (Long Island, New York, NY 6/10/89-announcers are Tony Schiavone and Lord Alfred Hayes
-Jim Powers vs. The Genius
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-Hillbilly Jim vs. Andre The Giant (wild ending includes interference from 2 people, a foreign object, the wrong person initially declared winner, Andre shouting something unintelligible, getting a drink thrown at him by a fan, kicking equipment, tripping over said equpiment and choking out a cameraman. Officials have to help the camerman to the back as the faces dance in the ring and ignore him. Wild stuff.)
-everyone hypes the bejeezus out of the No Holds Barred movie
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Boris Zhukov
-Hart Foundation vs. Powers Of Pain
Sam Houston Coliseum 8/28/87
-Paul Boesch retirement card. Announcers are Bruce Prtichard, Mike McGuirk and the Duke of Dorchester
-Sam Houston vs. Steve Lombardi
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Hercules
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Johnny V. (hair vs hair match)
-Tom Pritchard (Bruce's brother) vs. Maniac Mark Lewis
-Hulk Hogan vs. One Man Gang (world title match)
-Fabulous Moolah vs. Sensational Sherri (women's world title match)
-Tony Atlas & Junkyard Dog vs. Sika and Kamala
-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Demolition vs. Tito Santana & Mils Mascaras
Sam Houston Coliseum (Houston, TX) 12/10/87-quite an impressive card. Announcers are that great combination of Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty (I should point out that it really is Doherty and he did go outside of Boston -- it is not Bruce Pritchard pulling double duty with a Gilbert Gottfried impression)
-Sam Houston vs. Dusty Wolfe (hey Sam Houston has the Coliseum named after him. Well, something like that)
-Junkyard Dog vs. Hercules
-Brady Boone & Billy Jack Haynes vs. Demolition
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. One Man Gang (crowd absolutely PELTS the ring and its occupants with trash during the match, and Gang uses some of it to attack Beefcake with. Good stuff)
-Strike Force vs. Hart Foundation (world tag title match)
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
-Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. Outlaw Ron Bass
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Kenny Johnson
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (world title match)
I-C title tournament from 1990
First round matches:
Tito Santana vs. Akeem
Mr. Perfect vs. Superfly Jimmy Snuka
Dino Bravo vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Rick "The Model" Martel
King Of The Ring 1993-Yeah. So this is basically Vince's apology to Bret for not having faith he could run the promotion and putting the title back on Hogan, who decided to take a 3 month break immediately upon his return. Pretty amusing as the bookers make Bret out to be a god and completely and utterly bury Hogan.
First Round:
-Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Razor Ramon
-Mr. Perfect vs. Mr. Hughes
-Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
-Tatanka vs. The Narcissist Lex Luger (both guys undefeated at this point)
I won't give away too much about the tournament, for those who haven't seen it, but there's a doozy of a semi-final match in here.
-Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (world title match)
-Steiner Brothers & Smoking Gunns vs. Money, Inc. & Headshrinkers (pretty short one as Rick Steiner and Samu never tag in)
-Shawn Michaels vs. Crush (I-C title match, pretty good one)
King Of The Ring 1994
-So this is the infamous Art Donovan PPV. If you've never heard of it, he is laughably awful at commentating.
First Round:
-Razor Ramon vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
-Mabel vs. IRS
-Owen Hart vs. Tatanka
-Jeff Jarrett vs 1-2-3 Kid
As with 93, I won't give away too much, but there's an exceptional semi-final match, and Owen comes out looking like the best worker in the business (like he did in WM 10). IRS is more annoying than usual, if such a thing is possible.
-Hey there's Joey Marella, a few weeks before his sad death.
-commercial for the failed "New Generation" campaign. Jeez Vince, try not to insult the legendary and then recently-deceased Andre The Giant.
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Diesel (world title match, Diesel is I-C champ at this point, but just the world title is on the line)
-Jerry "The King" Lawler cuts a funny promo where he calls out Art Donovan for his bad announcing.
-Headshrinkers vs. Yokozuna and Crush (world tag title match, each team has 2 managers)
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler (this is one of Roddy's approximately 50 million "coming out of retirement" matches)
King Of The Ring 1995
-This is a pretty infamous bad PPV. What should have happened was Shawn winning, giving KOTR its 3rd deserving winner in a row. Well, the bookers were apparently using some hardcore drugs as the night is filled with bad booking decisions.
Qualifying match (minutes before the PPV actually airs)
-Savio Vega vs IRS
First Round:
-Savio Vega vs. Yokozuna
-Spark Plugg Holly vs. The Roadie
-Shawn Michael vs. Kama
-Undertaker vs. Mabel
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler ("Kiss My Foot" match. Well, it was entertaining, I'll give it that)
-Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sid and Tatanka
-pretty much one of the few enjoyable points about this PPV is watching the notorious Philly fans absolutely pelt the heels with garbage at various points.
Prime Time Wrestling - 1/1/85
-debut episode! Your hosts for the premiere are Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Jack Reynolds. The announcers for all the matches are Gorilla Monsoon and Mean Gene Okerlund, who are their usual highly entertaining selves here.
-Dr. D David Schultz vs. Salvatore Bellomo
-Dick Murdoch vs. Afa (Murdoch bumps like a crazy mofo all through this match)
-Rick McGraw vs. Mad Dog Vachon
-David Sammartino vs. Moondog Spot
-Tito Santana vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (I-C title match)
-Adrian Adonis vs. Sika (apparently, Okerlund is taking a powder during this match, as Gorilla would say)
-Tony Garea vs. Brutus Beefcake
-Hulk Hogan vs. Big John Studd (heavyweight title match, rare match where title can change hands on DQ or count-out)
Prime Time Wrestling 7/14/86-Gorilla Monsoon and Mean Gene Okerlund are the announcers for all matches this week at the Boston Garden, with the exception of the last match, which is announced by Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino
-Mike Rotundo and Danny Spivey vs. Les Thornton and Tiger Chung Lee
-Pedro Morales vs. Moondog Spot
-TNT segment with Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart going on "The Mating Game" (a play on "The Dating Game") and selecting the Fabulous Moolah
-Tony Atlas vs. Harley Race
-Billy Jack Haynes vs. Moondog Rex
-Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty vs. King Tonga
-Mean Gene Okerlund interviews the Giant Machine and the Super Machine in Japan
-Hulk Hogan and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. The Moondogs (Spot & Rex) (man, a lot of Moondogs this week)
Prime Time Wrestling 8/25/86-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Mr. X
-Tito Santana vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
-Dick "The Rebel" Slater vs. Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty (amusing commentary on this one)
-clip of Tuesday Night Titans where Mr. Fuji brings out Little Tokyo
-Paul Roma and S.D. Jones vs 2 jobbers
-Hart Foundation vs Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik (heel vs. heel match, which was practically unheard of in this time period. Crowd decides to cheer on the Harts)
Prime Time Wrestling 9/22/86-sort of a bizarre episode this week as several of the matches are well over a year old at this point.
-Kamala vs. Pat Patterson
-Mean Gene Okerlund joins the studio
-Moondog Rex vs. Terry Gibbs
-funny interview with George "The Animal" Steele
-Penny Mitchell & Peggy Paterson (?) vs. Velvet McIntyre and Desiree Peterson (pretty sure Gorilla botched the names here) (women's tag title match -- yes those titles actually existed for awhile)
-British Bulldogs vs. Jack Foley and Les Thornton
-clip of Tuesday Night Titans with Nikolai Volkoff bringing a black bear cub on the set
-Moondog Spot vs. Jose Luis Riveria (JIP)
-Dream Team vs. Killer Bees (tag title match)
Prime Time Wrestling 4/20/87
-Honky Tonk Man vs. George "The Animal" Steele (announcers Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino. No Vince, so Bruno says more than one sentence during the match)
-Brutus Beefcake talks about his firing from the Dream Team
-Ken Patera story part 3: Man, if you've never seen this before, it is absolutely CRAZY!! The faces try to justify Ken Patera throwing a boulder through a McDonald's drive-thru window and assaulting police officers and blame the whole thing on Heenan. Messed-up stuff. Heenan's reaction is great as he nearly pops a vein over the whole thing.
-Outback Jack vs. The Raider (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)
-funny Koko B. Ware interview where he sings James Brown and Morris Day, Frankie goes nuts.
-B. Brian Blair vs. Moondog Spot (electric crowd, they even cheer for heel Spot!) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mean Gene Okerlund)
-FUJI AND MURACO GO TO HOLLYWOOD!!!
-Ricky Steamboat sits with his wife and the I-C title and mentions the upcoming birth of his son, which would actually cause him to lose the title, then get fired.
-6 man elimination bout: Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Billy Jack Haynes vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Adorable Adrian Adonis and Hercules (hot crowd at the Boston Garden) (announcer: Gorilla Monsoon)
-and we wrap things up with Bobby getting a weasel cake for his first anniversary on the show. You can pretty much guess what happens.
Prime Time Wrestling 8/10/87: GREAT episode, highly recommended
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Brady Boone (announcers: Gorilla and Bobby)
-Hillbilly Jim vs. "The Natural" Butch Reed (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-a young Rob Van Damn kisses Dibiase's feet after a match
-interview with Rick Martel over his partner (Tom Zenk) quitting
-Jumping Bomb Angels (oh yeah!) vs. Glamour Girls (women's tag title match) (announcers: Leaping Lanny Poffo and Craig DeGeorge)
-Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules
-British Bulldogs vs. Hart Foundation (tag title match, crowd is HOT for this one). (announcers: Gorilla and Lord Alfred)
Prime Time Wrestling 8/17/87 -Hart Foundation vs. Young Stallions (Mr. T is special guest ref!). Announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino -Killer Khan vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo (JIP). Announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Dick Graham -Special Report: battle for Bam Bam/Muraco and Bob Orton partnership dissolves -Outlaw Ron Bass vs. Sonny Rogers. (check out THIS announcing team: Craig DeGeorge, "The Rock" Don Muraco, and Leaping Lanny Poffo -Koko B. Ware vs. Nikolai Volkoff. (Announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Dick Graham) -Debut of Oliver Humperdinck -George "The Animal" Steele vs. Cowboy Bob Orton. (Announcers: "The Rock" Don Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo) -Ravishing Rick Rude vs. Scott Casey. (Oh, that face-hating Philly crowd). (Announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Dick Graham) -Junkyard Dog vs. One Man Gang. (Announcers: Jake "The Snake" Roberts and "The Rock" Don Muarco. No joke)
Prime Time Wrestling 8/24/87
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. The Shadows (announcers: "The Rock" Don Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo)
-One Man Gang vs. Outback Jack (JIP) (announcers: Craig DeGeorge and Dick Graham)
-battle for Bam Bam continues, Orndorff fires Heenan again and hires Oliver Humperdinck
-"Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase vs. Chris Curtis (DiBiase hires some guy to wrestle for him, I won't spoil the rest) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)
-Macho Man gives another hilarious, coked out interview
-Junkyard Dog vs. Outlaw Ron Bass (announcers: Leaping Lanny Poffo and a hoarse Don Muraco)
-Nikolai Volkoff vs. Jerry Allen (announcers: Craig DeGeorge, Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo)
-Rick Martel vs. Barry Horowitz (Strike Force forms after the match) (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-"The Natural" Butch Reed vs. Jim Evans (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefacke vs. "The King" Harley Race (announcers: Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo)
Prime Time Wrestling 9/10/87
-Gorilla is missing at the intro, so Bobby is on a power trip. The staff plays mind games with him for the whole segment, causing him to miss his cues and stuff.
-Strike Force (debut) vs. Tiger Chung Lee and Steve Lombardi (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-Islander Tama vs. Scott Casey
-battle for Bam Bam continues
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Rex Farmer (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, although Heenan bolts in disgust early on due to Gorilla's pestering)
-"Cowboy" Bob Orton vs. Jerry Allen (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mike McGuirk, who mentions she got her name because her father was expecting a boy)
-Tito Santana vs "The Outlaw" Ron Bass (good **** match) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-One Man Gang vs. Billy Anderson (announcers: Gorilla and the Brain)
-Boston residents wear anti-Weasel shirts
-Hart Foundation vs. Rougeau Brothers (tag title match) (announcers: Bruce Pritchard and Mike McGuirk)
-announcement of new time slot
Prime Time Wrestling 9/17/87
(first episode in Thursday night time slot)
-George "The Animal" Steele & Junkyard Dog vs. Demolition (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Jose Estrada (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes) (good match as Poffo does some pretty innovative stuff)
special report: return of Superstar Billy Graham
-Ravishing Rick Rude vs. S.D. Jones (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Dick Graham)
-Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Tiger Chung Lee (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-British Bulldogs and "Mathilda" provide dog care tips
-Outback Jack and S.D. Jones vs. two jobbers (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mike McGuirk)
-Bam Bam Bigelow (debut) vs. Nikolai Volkoff (Bam Bam gets a near Hogan-esque pop) (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino
-Tito Santana vs. Honky Tonk Man (I-C title match, crowd is INSANELY jacked for this one) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mike McGuirk)
Prime Time Wrestling 9/24/87
-Mean Gene Okerlund is in the studio
-"The Rock" Don Muraco vs. Outlaw Ron Bass (announcers: Bruce Pritchard and Mike McGuirk)
-Sivi Afi vs. Steve Lombardi (Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty kicks Lord Alfred Hayes out of the broadcasting booth) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and aforementioned)
-Inteview: the formation of Strike Force
-special report: Bam Bam hires a manager/debate on who is the greatest I-C champ of all time
-S.D. Jones and Scott Casey vs. The Shadows (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-Heenan Family vs. Brady Boone, S.D. Jones, Dusty Wolfe, Rudy Ryder (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Valiant)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty (Doherty's retirement match, in his hometown of Boston!) (Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-George "The Animal" Steele vs. The King Harley Race (announcers: Bruce Pritchard and Mike McGuirk)
Prime Time Wrestling 10/15/87-S.D. Jones vs. Sika (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Jimmy Hart)
-Geroge "The Animal" Steele vs. Brian Costello (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Oliver Humperdinck)
-music video for "Piledriver", sung by Koko B. Ware, video featuring many of the WWF superstars at the time
-Outback Jack vs. Tiger Chung Lee (announcers: Craig DeGeorge and Dick Graham)
-Strike Force vs. Tiger Chung Lee & Barry Horowitz (announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse "The Body" Ventura)
-Scott Casey vs. Iron Mike Sharpe (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Dick Graham)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Barry Horowitz (the ref gets booed, Philadelphia will boo anything!) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Dick Graham)
-Killer Bees vs. Hart Foundation (tag title match) (announcers: Craig DeGeorge vs. Dick Graham)
Prime Time Wrestling 10/22/87-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Hercules (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk)
-King Kong Bundy vs. Sivi Afi (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Valiant)
-music video for "Girls In Cars" by Robbie Dupree, Strike Force theme song
-formation of Mega-Powers
-Tito Santana vs. Haku (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Johnny Valiant)
-Young Stallions vs. Iron Mike Sharpe & Dave Wagner (funny match as crowd mocks Iron Mike) (announcers: Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino)
-Don Muraco vs. Kim Chee (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Valiant)
-Billy Jack Haynes vs. Nikolai Volkoff (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Nick Bockwinkel)
-Gorilla hawks the hell out of the Piledriver album
-British Bulldogs vs. The (new) Dream Team (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Billy Red Lyons (who?)
Prime Time Wrestling 11/1/88-Halloween episode! Bobby and Gorillla are dressed up!
-Blue Blazer vs. Boris Zhukov (announcers: Sean Mooney and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-Boss man beats on Hogan on Brother Love show
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Tommy Angel (announcers: Mooney and Alfred)
-Honky Tonk Man vs. John Zieglar (announcers: Mooney and Alfred)
-funny segment with Gorilla and Bobby visiting famous Tony Paco's in Toledo
-Paul Roma vs. Dangerous Danny Davis (announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Rod Trongard)
-Brother Love show with Hercules, Macho Man Randy Savage and Elizabeth make an appearance
-Rockers vs. Demoliton (good match) (announcers: Superstar Billy Graham, Rod Trongard and Lord Alfred Hayes)
Prime Time Wrestling 11/8/88-Most of the matches here are from Paris, France. (I'm guessing because the country was preoccupied with George Bush being elected President on this night, extended episode)
-"The Rock" Don Muraco vs Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-Andre The Giant vs Junkyard Dog (roughly 10 minutes of stalling here as Andre protests JYD's chain and heads to the back for what seems like forever)
-Rockin' Robin vs. Sensational Sherri (women's title match)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Barry Horowitz
-King Haku vs. Hulk Hogan (from Saturday Night's Main Event)
-Demolition vs. Bulldogs (tag title match)
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (from SNME)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Akeem (world title match)
Prime Time Wrestling 3/25/90
pre-Wrestlemania special, commentators for all episodes this week are Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Vince McMahon, whose pretty cynical this outing.
-Red Rooster vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Big Boss Man vs. Boris Zhukov
-Rhythm and Blues vs. two jobbers
-Dusty Rhodes vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage. (very wild match)
-Brother Love segment with Earthquake
-Rugged Ronnie Garvin vs. Earthquake
-Rockers vs. Colossal Connection
Prime Time Wrestling - 12/21/92
-hosts are Vince McMahon, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Hillbilly Jim and Sgt. Slaughter. There are too many matches this episode (read: squashes) that I'll forgo listing the announcers for this one.
-Yokozuna vs. Kevin Kruger
-Christmas sermon from Slick
-Big Boss Man vs. Barry Hardy
-Kamala vs. Bill Koby
-Rick "The Model" Martel vs. Brian Costello
-Jameson joins the studio and gives Bobby a pair of boxer shorts (which he's already wearing on the outside of his pants.)
-Nasty Boys vs. Chris Allen & Gus Kantarakis
-Damian Demento vs. Kerri Davis
-Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Mike Collins
-"El Matador" Tito Santana vs. Louie Spicolli
-Vince introduces the debut of the Steiner Brothers
-Marty Jannetty vs. Papa Shango
-Razor Ramon vs. jobber
-Skinner vs. Bob Backlund
-Money Inc. vs. Lavern McGill & Chris Hawn
-Crush vs. Dark Destiny
-Undertaker vs. Dwayne Gill
-Headshrinker vs. Matthew Williams & Dave Morgan
-Vince announces that Prime Time will be drawing to a close after 8 years and that Monday Night Raw will soon take over. It's still on the air as of this writing, more than 20 years later!
Saturday Night's Main Event #1, 5/11/85
This must be an original broadcast and check out THIS music! Theme song for the show is "Obsession" by Animotion. Mother's Day episode. This would occasionally replace Saturday Night Live during its off-weeks, and continue that way for years.
-Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo and Ricky Steamboat (entrance music: "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen) vs. The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff and George "The Animal" Steele
-Piper's Pit with "Cowboy" Bob Orton and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
-Hulk Hogan (entrance music: "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor) vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton (world title match)
-world premiere of Cyndi Lauper's music video for "The Goonies R Good Enough", which would go on to hit the top 10. Video features many wrestling superstars and cast members of the Goonies.
-Wendi Richter (entrance music: "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper) vs. The Fabulous Moolah (ladies world title match, Moolah gets Lauper banned from ringside)
-Junkyard Dog (entrance music: "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen) vs. Pete "Duke of Dochester" Doherty. (JYD accompanies his mother down to ringside)
-and we head backstage where we see JYD, Hogan and Lauper with their moms. (You may recognize Lauper's mom from several of her music videos)
Saturday Night's Main Event #2, 10/5/85
-Hulk Hogan vs. Nikolai Volkoff (world title match, Nikolai gets PELTED with trash)
-Uncle Elmer vs. Johnny Valiant (allegedly a new world record is set)
-clips of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brandon Tartikoff in the audience
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
-Uncle Elmer's wedding (hilarious segment)
-Andre The Giant and Tony Atlas vs. King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd
-George "The Animal" Steele and Mean Gene Okerlund at the Detroit Zoo.
-The Dream Team vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo and Tony Garea (world tag title match)
Saturday Night's Main Event #3, 11/2/85
-Halloween episode
-Junkyard Dog vs. Terry Funk
-pie eating contest: Captain Lou Albano vs. King Kong Bundy
-pumpking dunking contest: Bobby "The Brain" Heenan vs. Cousin Junior
-Andre The Giant and Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd
-WWF music video
-Tito Santana vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage (I-C title match)
-Halloween with Rowdy Roddy Piper
-Kung Fu Challenge: Ricky Steamboat vs. Mr. Fuji
-pumpking passing contest: faces vs. heels
Saturday Night's Main Event #4, 1/4/86
-from a water park in Florida
-Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Rowdy Roddy Piper and "Cowboy" Bob Orton vs. Uncle Elmer, Hillbilly Jim and Cousin Junior
-waterslide challenge: Junkyard Dog vs. Jimmy Hart
-Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Funk (world title match)
-George "The Animal" Steele vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
-1985 retrospective music video
-Peace Match: Nikolai Volkoff vs. Corporal Kirchner
-Junkyard Dog and Ricky Steamboat vs. Mr Fuji and "The Rock" Don Muraco (CRAZY pre-match interview with a drunk Muraco and Fuji laughing about how they eat dogs in Japan)
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/1/86
Boxing match: Mr. T vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
-King Kong Bundy vs. Steve Gatorwolf
-Hulk Hogan vs. "The Rock" Don Muraco (world title match, Heenan subs for Mr. Fuji)
-British Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team (world tag titles match, Dream Team enters to "We Are The Champions" by Queen)
-Real American music video
-Junkyard Dog vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
Saturday Night's Main Event 5/3/86
-hosts for this episode are Vince McMahon (who's pretty cynical this outing) and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Theme song for this ep is "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean
-Hulk Hogan and The Junkyard Dog vs. Terry and Hoss Funk
-Uncle Elmer vs. King Kong Bundy
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
-Ricky Steamboat vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (somewhat infamous outing as Steamboat gets DDT'd right on the concrete floor!)
-British Bulldogs vs. Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik (world tag title match, 2/3 falls, Dynamite Kid is legit injured here, so Davey Boy practically wrestles all 3 falls by himself!)
some of the big hits of the day.
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/14/86
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (world title match)
-Snake pit match: Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Steamboat brings a dragon to the ring, which looks a lot like an alligator)
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. The Iron Sheik (Piper is injured beforehand, but wrestles anyway)
-British Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team (world tag title match, 2/3 falls)
-Kamala vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo
Saturday Night's Main Event, 11/29/86
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (rare heel vs. heel match for the time period)
-Hulk Hogan vs Hercules (world title match)
-Killer Bees vs. Hart Foundation
-Koko B. Ware (entrance music: "The Bird" by Morris Day & The Time) vs. Nikolai Volkoff
-"The Rebel" Dick Slater vs. "The Rock" Don Muraco
Saturday Night's Main Event, 1/3/87
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (world title match, steel cage, infamous match where Hulk and Orndorff leave cage at the same time)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. George "The Animal" Steele (I-C title match)
-Junkyard Dog vs. "The King" Harley Race
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Adorable Adrian Adonis
-Jimmy Jack Funk vs. BlackJack Mulligan (hey, there's a female referee!, battle for Texas match)
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/1/86
Boxing match: Mr. T vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
-King Kong Bundy vs. Steve Gatorwolf
-Hulk Hogan vs. "The Rock" Don Muraco (world title match, Heenan subs for Mr. Fuji)
-British Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team (world tag titles match, Dream Team enters to "We Are The Champions" by Queen)
-Real American music video
-Junkyard Dog vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
Saturday Night's Main Event 5/3/86
-hosts for this episode are Vince McMahon (who's pretty cynical this outing) and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Theme song for this ep is "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean
-Hulk Hogan and The Junkyard Dog vs. Terry and Hoss Funk
-Uncle Elmer vs. King Kong Bundy
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
-Ricky Steamboat vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (somewhat infamous outing as Steamboat gets DDT'd right on the concrete floor!)
-British Bulldogs vs. Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik (world tag title match, 2/3 falls, Dynamite Kid is legit injured here, so Davey Boy practically wrestles all 3 falls by himself!)
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/3/87
-Honky Tonk Man vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage (I-C) title match, Mega-Powers formed
-Hulk Hogan vs. Sika (world title match)
-King Kong Bundy vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
-Hart Foundation vs. Young Stallions (world tag title match)
-music video for Koko B. Ware's "Piledriver"
-outro music: "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette
Saturday Night's Main Event 11/26/87
this is 2 days after the first ever Survivor Series
-George "The Animal" Steele vs. Dangerous Danny Davis (George actually executes a technical wrestling maneuver: a double leg trip. Way to go George!"
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Bret "Hit Man" Hart (**** match)
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (world title match)
-Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Hercules
Saturday Night's Main Event 1/2/88-Strike Force vs. Bolsheviks (world tag title match, 2/3 falls)
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Sika
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (world title match)
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Koko B. Ware
The Main Event (2/5/88)-this is a pretty famous episode that did HUGE ratings. That's all I'll say about it.
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Honky Tonk Man (I-C) title match
-Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant (world title match)
-There was supposed to be a 2/3 falls tag title match between the Harts and Strike Force, which I'm sure must have been a **** match, so of course we only see like 5 seconds of it.
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/7/88-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
-Hulk Hogan vs. "The King" Harley Race (Race takes some innovative and career-ending bumps here)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (this would end up being the Main Event and WrestleMania IV a few weeks later)
-Killer Bees vs. Islanders (rumor has it this was 2/3 falls, but only the last fall is shown)
-One Man Gang vs. Ken Patera
Saturday Night's Main Event 4/30/88-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Hercules
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Dangerous Danny Davis
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. One Man Gang (world title match, much better than their WM IV encounter)
-British Bulldogs vs. Demolition
-"The Rock" Don Muraco vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Koko B. Ware vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/26/88
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (pretty racy outing all around for 80's family tv)
-Hart Foundation vs. Demolition (tag title match, Demos have no less than 4 people at ringside)
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Haku
-Ken Patera vs. Dino Bravo
-Jim Powers vs. Big Boss Man
Saturday Night's Main Event 11/26/88
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Super Ninja (I-C title match)
-Hercules vs. Virgil
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Andre The Giant (world title match)
-Brother Love Show with Hulk Hogan
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Young Stallions
Saturday Night's Main Event 1/3/89
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "The Outlaw" Ron Bass (hair vs hair match)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Akeem
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Honky Tonk Man (I-C title match)
-Red Rooster vs. Tito Santana (Heenan is microphoned here)
-Mr. Perfect vs. Koko B. Ware
The Main Event 2/4/89
-The Twin Towers vs. Mega-Powers (this is a REALLY long Hogan match, and a pretty famous one too.)
-Hercules vs. "Million Dollar" Man Ted Dibiase
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/11/89
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Hulk Hogan vs. Bad News Brown
-Blue Blazer vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (more Owen goodness)
-Brain Busters vs. Rockers
-Red Rooster vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Saturday Night's Main Event 5/27/89
-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (both the I-C title and the crown are on the line here)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
-Hulk Hogan vs. Big Boss Man (world title in a cage, legendary **** match)
-Demolition vs. Brain Busters (world tag title match)
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Boris Zhukov
Saturday Night's Main Event 7/29/89
-this is billed as a "bonus summertime episode"
-Hulk Hogan vs. Honky Tonk Man (world tile match)
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (Rugged Ronnie Garvin is the referee here)
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
-Demoliton vs. Brain Busters (world tag title match, 2/3 falls, notable as the only title change on SNME in this era)
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/89
-with original commercials from San Diego
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (world title match)
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Haku
-"Model" Rick Martel vs. Tito Santana
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Bushwhackers
-Saturday Night's Main Event 11/6/89
-with original commercials from San Diego
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Andre The Giant (I-C title match)
-Hulk Hogan vs. The Genius (HOGAN JOBS!, good match)
-Big Boss Man vs. Dusty Rhodes
-Red Rooster vs. Mr. Perfect
-Rockers vs. Brain Busters (2/3 falls. Huh. This must be the tail-end of the Busters run in the WWF and I thought Tully was already fired by this point).
Saturday Night's Main Event 1/27/90
-"Macho King" Randy Savage vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (crown match)
-Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect and The Genius
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-Dusty Rhodes vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Rugged Ronnie Garvin vs. Dino Bravo
The Main Event 2/23/90
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage (world title match, James Buster Douglas is a guest referee here, this was supposed to be Mike Tyson as guest ref until his shocking loss to Douglas a few weeks before this. The WWF had booked "the world boxing champ" and replaced Tyson with Douglas)
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Dino Bravo (I-C title match)
Saturday Night's Main Event 4/2/90
-Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Perfect
-Hillbilly Jim vs. Earthquake
-Rockers vs. Hart Foundation (**** match. It was heading towards ***** until a bad finish)
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Haku (world title match)
-Big Boss Man vs. Akeem (Akeem gives Boss Man some early versions of the stinkface)
Saturday Night's Main Event 7/28/90
-Wild Kingdom theme with funny bits from Lord Alfred Hayes and Mean Gene Okerlund. This is also Jesse "The Body" Ventura's last SNME, sadly.
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (world title match)
-Rockers vs. Demolition (world tag title match)
-Tito Santana vs. Mr. Perfect (I-C title match, **** match)
-Texas Tornado vs. Playboy Buddy Rose
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/23/90
-Vince and Roddy on commentary
-Ultimate Warrior and Legion Of Doom vs. Demolition (all 3 members)
-Dusty Rhodes vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Hulk Hogan and Tugboat vs. Rhythm And Blues
-Texas Tornado vs. Haku
-Koko B. Ware vs. Sgt. Slaughter
-Main Event 10/30/90
-"Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase vs. Ultimate Warrior (world title match)
-Big Boss Man vs. Mr. Perfect
-Tito Santana vs. "Model" Rick Martel
Main Event 1/25/91
-Hulk Hogan and Tugboat vs. Earthquake and Dino Bravo
-Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (world title match)
-Legion Of Doom vs. Orient Express
Saturday Night's Main Event 4/27/91
-Vince and Macho on commentary here. This would be the last NBC episode, for quite a while anyways.
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter
-Bushwhackers vs. Nasty Boys
-20 man battle royal
-"Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase vs. Bret "Hit Man" Hart
-Tito Santana vs. Mountie (rematch from their abbreviated WMVII encounter)
Saturday Night's Main Event 2/8/92
-debut on FOX, this was short-lived
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Mountie (I-C title match, rematch from their disjointed RR92 encounter)
-Royal Rumble 1992 ending with redubbed commentary from Gorilla and Bobby. They did this to try and make it seem like the crowd booed Sid when he tossed Hulk, though you can clearly see the audience cheering like nuts. Notable as the first serious backlash against Hogan from the fans as they were just tired of his act at this point, and his heyday was coming to an end.
-Hulk Hogan & Sid Justice vs. Ric Flair and The Undertaker
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Saturday Night's Main Event 11/8/92
-last FOX episode. Hosted by Al Bundy (too bad this didn't last, he was the PERFECT host for this)
-Ultimate Warrior & "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Money, Inc. (world tag title match, Warrior bolts the company right afterwards)
-British Bulldog vs. Shawn Michaels (I-C title match, title change!, this was the beginning of Shawn's rise to stardom)
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Papa Shango (world title match)
This Tuesday In Texas-Bret "The Hit Man" Hart vs. Skinner (I-C title match, funny moment as Skinner goes to the corner and tries to use his can of spit juice, the ref confiscates it, so he goes to the other corner and grabs his claw and uses that. Brilliant!)
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage (intense match with lengthy, heat-building post-match antics.)
-British Bulldog vs. Warlord (I swear these two wrestled each other every day in 1991. Good match, though)
-El Matador and Virgil vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase and Repo Man
-Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker (world title match)
Wrestling Classic
-commentators are Gorilla and Jesse. A lot of really neat stuff sprinkled throughout this show.
First Round:
Adrian Adonis vs. Corporal Kirschner
Dynamite Kid vs. Nikolai Volkoff
Ricky Steamboat vs. Davey Boy Smith
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ivan Putski
Junkyard Dog vs. Iron Sheik
Terry Funk vs. Moondog Spot
Don Muraco vs. Tito Santana
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Cowboy Bob Orton
Also, a world title match between Piper and Hogan and a Rolls Royce is given away.
Wrestlefest 88-This is the short form version, but I think I have the 2 matches they cut out, so I'll see if I can include those. Another huge arena with a big crowd. From Wisconsin, your commentators are Sean Mooney, Lord Alfred Hayes and Superstar Billy Graham
-Killer Bees vs. Fabulous Rougeau Brothers
-Bret "The Hit Man" Hart vs. Bad News Brown
-Honky Tonk Man vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (I-C title match)
-Powers of Pain vs. Bolsheviks
-Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Weasel suit match. This is the same match, move for move, as the MSG one on one of the dvd sets. Superstar calls Sean Mooney "Sean Penn", props to the guy in the audience holding up a "WWF is the only true sport" sign)
-British Bulldogs vs. Demolition (world tag title match)
-Ken Patera vs. Dino Bravo
-Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant (steel cage match. Andre tries to climb the cage (?!) and does his contractually obligated caught up in the ropes bit the opposite way!)
I am starting to organize my wrestling collection and thought I would start a have list, but wasn't quite sure how to approach it. I figured the best way would be to do an ongoing thread and makes posts of the new stuff as I go through it, and at the same time editing the original post.
I decided to include important and interesting notes as they warrant, and also included announcing teams for each match as the WWF had some pretty wacky announcing combinations at the time. One of my personal favorites was a pre-Brother Love gimmick Bruce Pritchard, ring announcer Mike McGuirk and Pete "Duke of Dorechester" Doherty, whom if you've never heard before, basically sounds like Gilbert Gottfried. Well at least they're better than Superstar Billy Graham repeating everything and Bruno Sammartino's one sentence contribution to each match.
The Big Event
-announcers are Gorilla, "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd and Johnny Valiant (Lord, help us all). From Toronto, and you can tell it's freezing as hell. The stadium is huge and is announced at 70,000+, but the crowd is dead.
-Killer Bees vs. Hoss and Jimmy Jack Funk
-Haku vs. Don Muraco (HORRIBLE match. Long with lots of rest holds. Not to mention a Dusty finish. Don't ever watch this match)
-Ted Arcidi vs. Tony Garea (Arcidi is BUILT!)
-Junkyard Dog vs. Adrian Adonis (bad officiating)
-Iron Mike Sharpe vs. Rebel Dick Slater (the crowd hilariously mocks Sharpe's infamous yelling)
-Super Machines & Captain Lou Albano vs. Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Snake Pit match, which is apparently no count-out, no DQ)
-Hercules vs. Billy Jack Haynes (only time I've ever seen someone pinned with a backslide, Hercules resembles the Berzerker here, Gorilla is doing solo commentary here as Ladd and Valiant are apparently on a break)
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Dream Team (more bad officiating)
-Handsome Harley Race vs. Pedro Morales
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (world title match, crowd finally wakes up and is split pretty evenly here)
-Bobby Heenan show complete
Heroes Of Wrestling-recommended only if you are a masochist.
-The announcers were supposed to be Dirty Dutch Mantell and Gordon Solie, but Solie fell ill and died shortly after this, so we get Dutch and some idiot named Randy Rosenbloom instead. I have no idea who he is but he knows absolutely nothing about wrestling. This takes place at a casino out in the middle of nowhere (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi). This was supposed to be a card devoted to legends, but it ended up being the equivalent to a C-show the WWF would have put on around 1987 (the kind where loud boring chants would have erupted throughout). The event is hyped as one where "long-time feuds would be settled" but most of said feuds never happened, and it's difficult to tell/remember who is supposed to be the face and heel in every match. And since many of these matches have non-conclusive endings, it sort of dispels the theory that the feuds would be settled.
-Marty Jannetty and Tommy Rogers vs. Headshrinkers (Samoan Swat Team). Samoans have Sika with them. Marty has lost some weight and looks like a crack addict. Dutch hilariously subtlety makes reference to Marty's drinking and drug problems. Arm drag is called "a slam and takedown reversal" by Rosenbloom, then called properly by Dutch. We get constant shots of the audience, most of whom are ugly, morbidly obese or picking their nose.
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. George "The Animal" Steele. Sensous Sherri is in Steele's corner. Animal spends the first part of the match with his shirt over his head and Sherri wastes no time in turning on him. Funny moment as Sherri coddles George, then hits him with a chair to the head a few seconds later to give the match to Greg.
-2 Cold Scorpio vs. Julio Fantastico. A good match, at least for this event. Captain Lou Albano joins Dutch and Doofus on commentating and is given Commissioner status, and breaks down in "tears" and calls this the greatest event in his nearly 50 years in the business. Well that's one way of looking at it.
-Bushwhackers vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik. HORRIBLE match is drenched in stalling and everyone working extremely loosely. Volkoff is flabby and wrinkly. Fast count ends it. Butch tries to shove his armpit in a fan's face. Embarrassing to watch.
-announcement of "capacity crowd of 2,000" Hah.
-Tully Blanchard cuts an AWESOME promo that almost redeems this show slightly. Almost.
-Have I mentioned that the angles used to set up this show range from bad to non-existent? And the announcer doing the interviews backstage is also horrible and making gaffes left and right.
-One Man Gang vs. Abdullah The Butcher. I think this was supposed to be a no-DQ match. Lots of bleeding and foreign objects. Wrestlers beat up the security guards, cameraman and referee afterwards.
-Have I mentioned the horrible, jerky camera work?
-Cowboy Bob Orton vs. Superfly Jimmy Snuka. Dutch finally gets fed up and calls Rosenbloom out for his horrible announcing. Snuka has lots of goofy selling here. Redneck fans chant "Bob is a maggot" (or something that rhymes with that) clap-clap...clap-clap-clap.
Sadly, we don't end there.
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart. The main event is supposed to be Yokozuna vs. King Kong Bundy, which becomes important later. Jake cuts a rambling, incoherent interview beforehand where he swears at the cameraman. Jake staggers out to ringside, walks back, removes his shirt, and walks back to the ring. Jake stops to make a female fan feel up his man boobs and slithers into the ring. Dutch refers to Jake as a "former Intercontinental Champion" which isn't accurate. Jake didn't tie up the bag, so Damien (the snake) slithers out and Jake brandishes it as a penis. Then he lays down on the mat and tongues it. Bundy comes down to run interference, but stands outside yelling instead. Jake gives him the finger. Yokozuna comes down and suddenly this is turned into a spontaneous tag match. Yokozuna has an ass way bigger than Rikishi at this point (imagine that) and it was a few months before his death. Jake takes 4 chair shots in an amusing bit, but retaliates by going low on both heels. Crowd chants "Uncle Fester" at Bundy, or the unknown kid at ringside who looks like him. Yokozuna is chewing gum throughout all of this. Anvil starts to work on Jake's leg, but Jake also didn't tie up his boots (can he tie anything properly?) and his boots come off. Jake finally tags Yoko, but Bundy splashes and pins Jake despite neither man being legal in the ring and Bundy not even being sanctioned to wrestle in this match. Worst match ever in the history of wrestling. Yoko beats up the poor manager.
-We also don't get the advertised main event of Bundy vs. Yokozuna and the show is hastily yanked (for obvious reasons).
House shows:
-MSG 2/20/89
-hosts are Ron Trongaard and Lord Alfred Hayes
-Jim Powers vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
-Red Rooster vs. Brooklyn Brawler
-Big John Studd vs. Akeem
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Bushwhackers
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Rick Martel vs. Haku
-Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (non-title, although both had titles at this point)
-interesting little snippet of Brian Williams and Jane Velez-Mitchell back when they were just local news anchors closes out this disc.
MSG 12/89
-Tito Santana vs. Bob Bradley
-midget match: Chris Yube and Little Coco vs. Little Tokyo & Cowboy Cottrell. (Probably one of the last midget matches in the WWF)
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "The Model" Rick Martel
-Tugboat Thomas vs. Pistol Pez Whatley
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (no DQ, Virgil barred from ringside)
-Koko B. Ware vs. Iron Mike Sharpe (announcers tell a hilariously true story about Sharpe taking so long in the showers that he got locked in the building overnight -- Sharpe has a severe case of OCD)
-Demolition vs. Colossal Connection -Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (steel cage match, Rude spends almost the entire match with his pants partially down)
-MSG 2/19/90
-hosts are Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Hillbilly Jim
-Tito Santana vs. "Playboy" Buddy Rose
-Earthquake vs. Rugged Ronnie Garvin
-Red Rooster vs. "Model" Rick Martel (pretty good one)
-Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Mr. Perfect & The Genius
-Bad News Brown vs. Jumping Jim Brunzell (weird match as Brunzell has zero heat here and the camerman keeps taking close-ups of Brown's ass for whatever reason)
-Dusty Rhodes vs. Akeem
-The Rockers and Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji
-MSG 3/90
-Jim Powers vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
-Hercules vs. Black Bart
-Demolition vs. Orient Express
-Koko B. Ware vs. Frenchy Martin (had no idea Frenchy was wrestling at this point)
-Earthquake vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. "Model" Rick Martel
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Dino Bravo
-Tugboat vs. Pistol Pez Whatley
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect (Perfect ends his near 2 year undefeated streak here)
MSG 9/21/90
-hosts are Gorilla and Bobby, with Lord Alfred Hayes filling in for Bobby when he's out managing. Utterly dead crowd tonight.
-Dustin Rhodes vs. Paul Diamond
-Sgt. Slaughter vs. Nikolain Volkoff
-Tito Santana vs. Barbarian
-Marty Janetty vs. Paul Roma
-Rugged Ronnie Garvin vs. Bob Brady
-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (crowd wakes up for this one, must be one of Rude's last matches in WWF)
-Ultimate Warrior & Legion Of Doom vs. Demolition (all 3 members, Warrior shoves innocent cameraman to start)
Madison Square Garden 7/91
-with original commercials, hosts are Gorilla, Bobby and Lord Alfred (all of whom are in top form tonight).
-Dino Bravo vs. Shane Douglas (Bravo is sporting brown hair here. I think this is one of his last matches).
-Paul Roma vs. The Dragon (superb match with crisp moves and great commentary, ****)
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Berzerker
-Hart Foundation vs. Nasty Boys (world tag title match, this has to be the last match for the Harts as they both went solo shortly after this)
-Warlord vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (announcers have a hilarious discussion about Nolan Ryan that needs to be heard to be appreciated)
-Earthquake vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
-Barbarian & Haku vs. Orient Express (Mr. Fuji is subbing for Tanaka here, whom I believe had a relative die. Very entertaining match).
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Undertaker (bodybag match)
Madison Square Garden 10/91
-Texas Tornado vs. Big Bully Busick
-British Bulldog vs. IRS (this is a really good IRS match)
-Mountie vs. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Ric Flair (billed as Flair's MSG debut. Crowd is jacked for this one and the heat is tremendous)
-Big Boss Man vs. Col. Mustafa
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Berzerker (I-C title match)
-El Matador vs. Hercules
-Legion Of Doom vs. Natural Disasters (world tag title match)
Nassau Coliseum (Long Island, New York, NY 6/10/89-announcers are Tony Schiavone and Lord Alfred Hayes
-Jim Powers vs. The Genius
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-Hillbilly Jim vs. Andre The Giant (wild ending includes interference from 2 people, a foreign object, the wrong person initially declared winner, Andre shouting something unintelligible, getting a drink thrown at him by a fan, kicking equipment, tripping over said equpiment and choking out a cameraman. Officials have to help the camerman to the back as the faces dance in the ring and ignore him. Wild stuff.)
-everyone hypes the bejeezus out of the No Holds Barred movie
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Boris Zhukov
-Hart Foundation vs. Powers Of Pain
Sam Houston Coliseum 8/28/87
-Paul Boesch retirement card. Announcers are Bruce Prtichard, Mike McGuirk and the Duke of Dorchester
-Sam Houston vs. Steve Lombardi
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Hercules
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Johnny V. (hair vs hair match)
-Tom Pritchard (Bruce's brother) vs. Maniac Mark Lewis
-Hulk Hogan vs. One Man Gang (world title match)
-Fabulous Moolah vs. Sensational Sherri (women's world title match)
-Tony Atlas & Junkyard Dog vs. Sika and Kamala
-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Demolition vs. Tito Santana & Mils Mascaras
Sam Houston Coliseum (Houston, TX) 12/10/87-quite an impressive card. Announcers are that great combination of Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty (I should point out that it really is Doherty and he did go outside of Boston -- it is not Bruce Pritchard pulling double duty with a Gilbert Gottfried impression)
-Sam Houston vs. Dusty Wolfe (hey Sam Houston has the Coliseum named after him. Well, something like that)
-Junkyard Dog vs. Hercules
-Brady Boone & Billy Jack Haynes vs. Demolition
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. One Man Gang (crowd absolutely PELTS the ring and its occupants with trash during the match, and Gang uses some of it to attack Beefcake with. Good stuff)
-Strike Force vs. Hart Foundation (world tag title match)
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Iron Mike Sharpe
-Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs. Outlaw Ron Bass
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Kenny Johnson
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (world title match)
I-C title tournament from 1990
First round matches:
Tito Santana vs. Akeem
Mr. Perfect vs. Superfly Jimmy Snuka
Dino Bravo vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Rick "The Model" Martel
King Of The Ring 1993-Yeah. So this is basically Vince's apology to Bret for not having faith he could run the promotion and putting the title back on Hogan, who decided to take a 3 month break immediately upon his return. Pretty amusing as the bookers make Bret out to be a god and completely and utterly bury Hogan.
First Round:
-Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. Razor Ramon
-Mr. Perfect vs. Mr. Hughes
-Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
-Tatanka vs. The Narcissist Lex Luger (both guys undefeated at this point)
I won't give away too much about the tournament, for those who haven't seen it, but there's a doozy of a semi-final match in here.
-Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (world title match)
-Steiner Brothers & Smoking Gunns vs. Money, Inc. & Headshrinkers (pretty short one as Rick Steiner and Samu never tag in)
-Shawn Michaels vs. Crush (I-C title match, pretty good one)
King Of The Ring 1994
-So this is the infamous Art Donovan PPV. If you've never heard of it, he is laughably awful at commentating.
First Round:
-Razor Ramon vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
-Mabel vs. IRS
-Owen Hart vs. Tatanka
-Jeff Jarrett vs 1-2-3 Kid
As with 93, I won't give away too much, but there's an exceptional semi-final match, and Owen comes out looking like the best worker in the business (like he did in WM 10). IRS is more annoying than usual, if such a thing is possible.
-Hey there's Joey Marella, a few weeks before his sad death.
-commercial for the failed "New Generation" campaign. Jeez Vince, try not to insult the legendary and then recently-deceased Andre The Giant.
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Diesel (world title match, Diesel is I-C champ at this point, but just the world title is on the line)
-Jerry "The King" Lawler cuts a funny promo where he calls out Art Donovan for his bad announcing.
-Headshrinkers vs. Yokozuna and Crush (world tag title match, each team has 2 managers)
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler (this is one of Roddy's approximately 50 million "coming out of retirement" matches)
King Of The Ring 1995
-This is a pretty infamous bad PPV. What should have happened was Shawn winning, giving KOTR its 3rd deserving winner in a row. Well, the bookers were apparently using some hardcore drugs as the night is filled with bad booking decisions.
Qualifying match (minutes before the PPV actually airs)
-Savio Vega vs IRS
First Round:
-Savio Vega vs. Yokozuna
-Spark Plugg Holly vs. The Roadie
-Shawn Michael vs. Kama
-Undertaker vs. Mabel
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler ("Kiss My Foot" match. Well, it was entertaining, I'll give it that)
-Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sid and Tatanka
-pretty much one of the few enjoyable points about this PPV is watching the notorious Philly fans absolutely pelt the heels with garbage at various points.
Prime Time Wrestling - 1/1/85
-debut episode! Your hosts for the premiere are Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Jack Reynolds. The announcers for all the matches are Gorilla Monsoon and Mean Gene Okerlund, who are their usual highly entertaining selves here.
-Dr. D David Schultz vs. Salvatore Bellomo
-Dick Murdoch vs. Afa (Murdoch bumps like a crazy mofo all through this match)
-Rick McGraw vs. Mad Dog Vachon
-David Sammartino vs. Moondog Spot
-Tito Santana vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (I-C title match)
-Adrian Adonis vs. Sika (apparently, Okerlund is taking a powder during this match, as Gorilla would say)
-Tony Garea vs. Brutus Beefcake
-Hulk Hogan vs. Big John Studd (heavyweight title match, rare match where title can change hands on DQ or count-out)
Prime Time Wrestling 7/14/86-Gorilla Monsoon and Mean Gene Okerlund are the announcers for all matches this week at the Boston Garden, with the exception of the last match, which is announced by Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino
-Mike Rotundo and Danny Spivey vs. Les Thornton and Tiger Chung Lee
-Pedro Morales vs. Moondog Spot
-TNT segment with Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart going on "The Mating Game" (a play on "The Dating Game") and selecting the Fabulous Moolah
-Tony Atlas vs. Harley Race
-Billy Jack Haynes vs. Moondog Rex
-Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty vs. King Tonga
-Mean Gene Okerlund interviews the Giant Machine and the Super Machine in Japan
-Hulk Hogan and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. The Moondogs (Spot & Rex) (man, a lot of Moondogs this week)
Prime Time Wrestling 8/25/86-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Mr. X
-Tito Santana vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
-Dick "The Rebel" Slater vs. Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty (amusing commentary on this one)
-clip of Tuesday Night Titans where Mr. Fuji brings out Little Tokyo
-Paul Roma and S.D. Jones vs 2 jobbers
-Hart Foundation vs Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik (heel vs. heel match, which was practically unheard of in this time period. Crowd decides to cheer on the Harts)
Prime Time Wrestling 9/22/86-sort of a bizarre episode this week as several of the matches are well over a year old at this point.
-Kamala vs. Pat Patterson
-Mean Gene Okerlund joins the studio
-Moondog Rex vs. Terry Gibbs
-funny interview with George "The Animal" Steele
-Penny Mitchell & Peggy Paterson (?) vs. Velvet McIntyre and Desiree Peterson (pretty sure Gorilla botched the names here) (women's tag title match -- yes those titles actually existed for awhile)
-British Bulldogs vs. Jack Foley and Les Thornton
-clip of Tuesday Night Titans with Nikolai Volkoff bringing a black bear cub on the set
-Moondog Spot vs. Jose Luis Riveria (JIP)
-Dream Team vs. Killer Bees (tag title match)
Prime Time Wrestling 4/20/87
-Honky Tonk Man vs. George "The Animal" Steele (announcers Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino. No Vince, so Bruno says more than one sentence during the match)
-Brutus Beefcake talks about his firing from the Dream Team
-Ken Patera story part 3: Man, if you've never seen this before, it is absolutely CRAZY!! The faces try to justify Ken Patera throwing a boulder through a McDonald's drive-thru window and assaulting police officers and blame the whole thing on Heenan. Messed-up stuff. Heenan's reaction is great as he nearly pops a vein over the whole thing.
-Outback Jack vs. The Raider (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)
-funny Koko B. Ware interview where he sings James Brown and Morris Day, Frankie goes nuts.
-B. Brian Blair vs. Moondog Spot (electric crowd, they even cheer for heel Spot!) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mean Gene Okerlund)
-FUJI AND MURACO GO TO HOLLYWOOD!!!
-Ricky Steamboat sits with his wife and the I-C title and mentions the upcoming birth of his son, which would actually cause him to lose the title, then get fired.
-6 man elimination bout: Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Billy Jack Haynes vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Adorable Adrian Adonis and Hercules (hot crowd at the Boston Garden) (announcer: Gorilla Monsoon)
-and we wrap things up with Bobby getting a weasel cake for his first anniversary on the show. You can pretty much guess what happens.
Prime Time Wrestling 8/10/87: GREAT episode, highly recommended
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Brady Boone (announcers: Gorilla and Bobby)
-Hillbilly Jim vs. "The Natural" Butch Reed (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-a young Rob Van Damn kisses Dibiase's feet after a match
-interview with Rick Martel over his partner (Tom Zenk) quitting
-Jumping Bomb Angels (oh yeah!) vs. Glamour Girls (women's tag title match) (announcers: Leaping Lanny Poffo and Craig DeGeorge)
-Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules
-British Bulldogs vs. Hart Foundation (tag title match, crowd is HOT for this one). (announcers: Gorilla and Lord Alfred)
Prime Time Wrestling 8/17/87 -Hart Foundation vs. Young Stallions (Mr. T is special guest ref!). Announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino -Killer Khan vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo (JIP). Announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Dick Graham -Special Report: battle for Bam Bam/Muraco and Bob Orton partnership dissolves -Outlaw Ron Bass vs. Sonny Rogers. (check out THIS announcing team: Craig DeGeorge, "The Rock" Don Muraco, and Leaping Lanny Poffo -Koko B. Ware vs. Nikolai Volkoff. (Announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Dick Graham) -Debut of Oliver Humperdinck -George "The Animal" Steele vs. Cowboy Bob Orton. (Announcers: "The Rock" Don Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo) -Ravishing Rick Rude vs. Scott Casey. (Oh, that face-hating Philly crowd). (Announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Dick Graham) -Junkyard Dog vs. One Man Gang. (Announcers: Jake "The Snake" Roberts and "The Rock" Don Muarco. No joke)
Prime Time Wrestling 8/24/87
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. The Shadows (announcers: "The Rock" Don Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo)
-One Man Gang vs. Outback Jack (JIP) (announcers: Craig DeGeorge and Dick Graham)
-battle for Bam Bam continues, Orndorff fires Heenan again and hires Oliver Humperdinck
-"Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase vs. Chris Curtis (DiBiase hires some guy to wrestle for him, I won't spoil the rest) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan)
-Macho Man gives another hilarious, coked out interview
-Junkyard Dog vs. Outlaw Ron Bass (announcers: Leaping Lanny Poffo and a hoarse Don Muraco)
-Nikolai Volkoff vs. Jerry Allen (announcers: Craig DeGeorge, Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo)
-Rick Martel vs. Barry Horowitz (Strike Force forms after the match) (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-"The Natural" Butch Reed vs. Jim Evans (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefacke vs. "The King" Harley Race (announcers: Muraco and Leaping Lanny Poffo)
Prime Time Wrestling 9/10/87
-Gorilla is missing at the intro, so Bobby is on a power trip. The staff plays mind games with him for the whole segment, causing him to miss his cues and stuff.
-Strike Force (debut) vs. Tiger Chung Lee and Steve Lombardi (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-Islander Tama vs. Scott Casey
-battle for Bam Bam continues
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Rex Farmer (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, although Heenan bolts in disgust early on due to Gorilla's pestering)
-"Cowboy" Bob Orton vs. Jerry Allen (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mike McGuirk, who mentions she got her name because her father was expecting a boy)
-Tito Santana vs "The Outlaw" Ron Bass (good **** match) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-One Man Gang vs. Billy Anderson (announcers: Gorilla and the Brain)
-Boston residents wear anti-Weasel shirts
-Hart Foundation vs. Rougeau Brothers (tag title match) (announcers: Bruce Pritchard and Mike McGuirk)
-announcement of new time slot
Prime Time Wrestling 9/17/87
(first episode in Thursday night time slot)
-George "The Animal" Steele & Junkyard Dog vs. Demolition (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Jose Estrada (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes) (good match as Poffo does some pretty innovative stuff)
special report: return of Superstar Billy Graham
-Ravishing Rick Rude vs. S.D. Jones (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Dick Graham)
-Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Tiger Chung Lee (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino)
-British Bulldogs and "Mathilda" provide dog care tips
-Outback Jack and S.D. Jones vs. two jobbers (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mike McGuirk)
-Bam Bam Bigelow (debut) vs. Nikolai Volkoff (Bam Bam gets a near Hogan-esque pop) (announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bruno Sammartino
-Tito Santana vs. Honky Tonk Man (I-C title match, crowd is INSANELY jacked for this one) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Mike McGuirk)
Prime Time Wrestling 9/24/87
-Mean Gene Okerlund is in the studio
-"The Rock" Don Muraco vs. Outlaw Ron Bass (announcers: Bruce Pritchard and Mike McGuirk)
-Sivi Afi vs. Steve Lombardi (Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty kicks Lord Alfred Hayes out of the broadcasting booth) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and aforementioned)
-Inteview: the formation of Strike Force
-special report: Bam Bam hires a manager/debate on who is the greatest I-C champ of all time
-S.D. Jones and Scott Casey vs. The Shadows (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-Heenan Family vs. Brady Boone, S.D. Jones, Dusty Wolfe, Rudy Ryder (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Valiant)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Pete "Duke of Dorchester" Doherty (Doherty's retirement match, in his hometown of Boston!) (Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-George "The Animal" Steele vs. The King Harley Race (announcers: Bruce Pritchard and Mike McGuirk)
Prime Time Wrestling 10/15/87-S.D. Jones vs. Sika (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Jimmy Hart)
-Geroge "The Animal" Steele vs. Brian Costello (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Oliver Humperdinck)
-music video for "Piledriver", sung by Koko B. Ware, video featuring many of the WWF superstars at the time
-Outback Jack vs. Tiger Chung Lee (announcers: Craig DeGeorge and Dick Graham)
-Strike Force vs. Tiger Chung Lee & Barry Horowitz (announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse "The Body" Ventura)
-Scott Casey vs. Iron Mike Sharpe (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Dick Graham)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Barry Horowitz (the ref gets booed, Philadelphia will boo anything!) (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Dick Graham)
-Killer Bees vs. Hart Foundation (tag title match) (announcers: Craig DeGeorge vs. Dick Graham)
Prime Time Wrestling 10/22/87-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Hercules (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk)
-King Kong Bundy vs. Sivi Afi (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Valiant)
-music video for "Girls In Cars" by Robbie Dupree, Strike Force theme song
-formation of Mega-Powers
-Tito Santana vs. Haku (announcers: Bruce Pritchard, Mike McGuirk and Johnny Valiant)
-Young Stallions vs. Iron Mike Sharpe & Dave Wagner (funny match as crowd mocks Iron Mike) (announcers: Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino)
-Don Muraco vs. Kim Chee (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Johnny Valiant)
-Billy Jack Haynes vs. Nikolai Volkoff (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Nick Bockwinkel)
-Gorilla hawks the hell out of the Piledriver album
-British Bulldogs vs. The (new) Dream Team (announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Billy Red Lyons (who?)
Prime Time Wrestling 11/1/88-Halloween episode! Bobby and Gorillla are dressed up!
-Blue Blazer vs. Boris Zhukov (announcers: Sean Mooney and Lord Alfred Hayes)
-Boss man beats on Hogan on Brother Love show
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Tommy Angel (announcers: Mooney and Alfred)
-Honky Tonk Man vs. John Zieglar (announcers: Mooney and Alfred)
-funny segment with Gorilla and Bobby visiting famous Tony Paco's in Toledo
-Paul Roma vs. Dangerous Danny Davis (announcers: Lord Alfred Hayes and Rod Trongard)
-Brother Love show with Hercules, Macho Man Randy Savage and Elizabeth make an appearance
-Rockers vs. Demoliton (good match) (announcers: Superstar Billy Graham, Rod Trongard and Lord Alfred Hayes)
Prime Time Wrestling 11/8/88-Most of the matches here are from Paris, France. (I'm guessing because the country was preoccupied with George Bush being elected President on this night, extended episode)
-"The Rock" Don Muraco vs Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-Andre The Giant vs Junkyard Dog (roughly 10 minutes of stalling here as Andre protests JYD's chain and heads to the back for what seems like forever)
-Rockin' Robin vs. Sensational Sherri (women's title match)
-Leaping Lanny Poffo vs. Barry Horowitz
-King Haku vs. Hulk Hogan (from Saturday Night's Main Event)
-Demolition vs. Bulldogs (tag title match)
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (from SNME)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Akeem (world title match)
Prime Time Wrestling 3/25/90
pre-Wrestlemania special, commentators for all episodes this week are Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Vince McMahon, whose pretty cynical this outing.
-Red Rooster vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Big Boss Man vs. Boris Zhukov
-Rhythm and Blues vs. two jobbers
-Dusty Rhodes vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage. (very wild match)
-Brother Love segment with Earthquake
-Rugged Ronnie Garvin vs. Earthquake
-Rockers vs. Colossal Connection
Prime Time Wrestling - 12/21/92
-hosts are Vince McMahon, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Hillbilly Jim and Sgt. Slaughter. There are too many matches this episode (read: squashes) that I'll forgo listing the announcers for this one.
-Yokozuna vs. Kevin Kruger
-Christmas sermon from Slick
-Big Boss Man vs. Barry Hardy
-Kamala vs. Bill Koby
-Rick "The Model" Martel vs. Brian Costello
-Jameson joins the studio and gives Bobby a pair of boxer shorts (which he's already wearing on the outside of his pants.)
-Nasty Boys vs. Chris Allen & Gus Kantarakis
-Damian Demento vs. Kerri Davis
-Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Mike Collins
-"El Matador" Tito Santana vs. Louie Spicolli
-Vince introduces the debut of the Steiner Brothers
-Marty Jannetty vs. Papa Shango
-Razor Ramon vs. jobber
-Skinner vs. Bob Backlund
-Money Inc. vs. Lavern McGill & Chris Hawn
-Crush vs. Dark Destiny
-Undertaker vs. Dwayne Gill
-Headshrinker vs. Matthew Williams & Dave Morgan
-Vince announces that Prime Time will be drawing to a close after 8 years and that Monday Night Raw will soon take over. It's still on the air as of this writing, more than 20 years later!
Saturday Night's Main Event #1, 5/11/85
This must be an original broadcast and check out THIS music! Theme song for the show is "Obsession" by Animotion. Mother's Day episode. This would occasionally replace Saturday Night Live during its off-weeks, and continue that way for years.
-Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo and Ricky Steamboat (entrance music: "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen) vs. The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff and George "The Animal" Steele
-Piper's Pit with "Cowboy" Bob Orton and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
-Hulk Hogan (entrance music: "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor) vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton (world title match)
-world premiere of Cyndi Lauper's music video for "The Goonies R Good Enough", which would go on to hit the top 10. Video features many wrestling superstars and cast members of the Goonies.
-Wendi Richter (entrance music: "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper) vs. The Fabulous Moolah (ladies world title match, Moolah gets Lauper banned from ringside)
-Junkyard Dog (entrance music: "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen) vs. Pete "Duke of Dochester" Doherty. (JYD accompanies his mother down to ringside)
-and we head backstage where we see JYD, Hogan and Lauper with their moms. (You may recognize Lauper's mom from several of her music videos)
Saturday Night's Main Event #2, 10/5/85
-Hulk Hogan vs. Nikolai Volkoff (world title match, Nikolai gets PELTED with trash)
-Uncle Elmer vs. Johnny Valiant (allegedly a new world record is set)
-clips of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brandon Tartikoff in the audience
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
-Uncle Elmer's wedding (hilarious segment)
-Andre The Giant and Tony Atlas vs. King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd
-George "The Animal" Steele and Mean Gene Okerlund at the Detroit Zoo.
-The Dream Team vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo and Tony Garea (world tag title match)
Saturday Night's Main Event #3, 11/2/85
-Halloween episode
-Junkyard Dog vs. Terry Funk
-pie eating contest: Captain Lou Albano vs. King Kong Bundy
-pumpking dunking contest: Bobby "The Brain" Heenan vs. Cousin Junior
-Andre The Giant and Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd
-WWF music video
-Tito Santana vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage (I-C title match)
-Halloween with Rowdy Roddy Piper
-Kung Fu Challenge: Ricky Steamboat vs. Mr. Fuji
-pumpking passing contest: faces vs. heels
Saturday Night's Main Event #4, 1/4/86
-from a water park in Florida
-Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Rowdy Roddy Piper and "Cowboy" Bob Orton vs. Uncle Elmer, Hillbilly Jim and Cousin Junior
-waterslide challenge: Junkyard Dog vs. Jimmy Hart
-Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Funk (world title match)
-George "The Animal" Steele vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
-1985 retrospective music video
-Peace Match: Nikolai Volkoff vs. Corporal Kirchner
-Junkyard Dog and Ricky Steamboat vs. Mr Fuji and "The Rock" Don Muraco (CRAZY pre-match interview with a drunk Muraco and Fuji laughing about how they eat dogs in Japan)
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/1/86
Boxing match: Mr. T vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
-King Kong Bundy vs. Steve Gatorwolf
-Hulk Hogan vs. "The Rock" Don Muraco (world title match, Heenan subs for Mr. Fuji)
-British Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team (world tag titles match, Dream Team enters to "We Are The Champions" by Queen)
-Real American music video
-Junkyard Dog vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
Saturday Night's Main Event 5/3/86
-hosts for this episode are Vince McMahon (who's pretty cynical this outing) and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Theme song for this ep is "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean
-Hulk Hogan and The Junkyard Dog vs. Terry and Hoss Funk
-Uncle Elmer vs. King Kong Bundy
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
-Ricky Steamboat vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (somewhat infamous outing as Steamboat gets DDT'd right on the concrete floor!)
-British Bulldogs vs. Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik (world tag title match, 2/3 falls, Dynamite Kid is legit injured here, so Davey Boy practically wrestles all 3 falls by himself!)
some of the big hits of the day.
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/14/86
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (world title match)
-Snake pit match: Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Steamboat brings a dragon to the ring, which looks a lot like an alligator)
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. The Iron Sheik (Piper is injured beforehand, but wrestles anyway)
-British Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team (world tag title match, 2/3 falls)
-Kamala vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo
Saturday Night's Main Event, 11/29/86
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (rare heel vs. heel match for the time period)
-Hulk Hogan vs Hercules (world title match)
-Killer Bees vs. Hart Foundation
-Koko B. Ware (entrance music: "The Bird" by Morris Day & The Time) vs. Nikolai Volkoff
-"The Rebel" Dick Slater vs. "The Rock" Don Muraco
Saturday Night's Main Event, 1/3/87
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (world title match, steel cage, infamous match where Hulk and Orndorff leave cage at the same time)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. George "The Animal" Steele (I-C title match)
-Junkyard Dog vs. "The King" Harley Race
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Adorable Adrian Adonis
-Jimmy Jack Funk vs. BlackJack Mulligan (hey, there's a female referee!, battle for Texas match)
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/1/86
Boxing match: Mr. T vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
-King Kong Bundy vs. Steve Gatorwolf
-Hulk Hogan vs. "The Rock" Don Muraco (world title match, Heenan subs for Mr. Fuji)
-British Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team (world tag titles match, Dream Team enters to "We Are The Champions" by Queen)
-Real American music video
-Junkyard Dog vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
Saturday Night's Main Event 5/3/86
-hosts for this episode are Vince McMahon (who's pretty cynical this outing) and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Theme song for this ep is "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean
-Hulk Hogan and The Junkyard Dog vs. Terry and Hoss Funk
-Uncle Elmer vs. King Kong Bundy
-"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis
-Ricky Steamboat vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (somewhat infamous outing as Steamboat gets DDT'd right on the concrete floor!)
-British Bulldogs vs. Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik (world tag title match, 2/3 falls, Dynamite Kid is legit injured here, so Davey Boy practically wrestles all 3 falls by himself!)
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/3/87
-Honky Tonk Man vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage (I-C) title match, Mega-Powers formed
-Hulk Hogan vs. Sika (world title match)
-King Kong Bundy vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
-Hart Foundation vs. Young Stallions (world tag title match)
-music video for Koko B. Ware's "Piledriver"
-outro music: "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette
Saturday Night's Main Event 11/26/87
this is 2 days after the first ever Survivor Series
-George "The Animal" Steele vs. Dangerous Danny Davis (George actually executes a technical wrestling maneuver: a double leg trip. Way to go George!"
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Bret "Hit Man" Hart (**** match)
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (world title match)
-Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Hercules
Saturday Night's Main Event 1/2/88-Strike Force vs. Bolsheviks (world tag title match, 2/3 falls)
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Sika
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (world title match)
-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Koko B. Ware
The Main Event (2/5/88)-this is a pretty famous episode that did HUGE ratings. That's all I'll say about it.
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Honky Tonk Man (I-C) title match
-Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant (world title match)
-There was supposed to be a 2/3 falls tag title match between the Harts and Strike Force, which I'm sure must have been a **** match, so of course we only see like 5 seconds of it.
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/7/88-Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
-Hulk Hogan vs. "The King" Harley Race (Race takes some innovative and career-ending bumps here)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (this would end up being the Main Event and WrestleMania IV a few weeks later)
-Killer Bees vs. Islanders (rumor has it this was 2/3 falls, but only the last fall is shown)
-One Man Gang vs. Ken Patera
Saturday Night's Main Event 4/30/88-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Hercules
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Dangerous Danny Davis
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. One Man Gang (world title match, much better than their WM IV encounter)
-British Bulldogs vs. Demolition
-"The Rock" Don Muraco vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Koko B. Ware vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/26/88
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (pretty racy outing all around for 80's family tv)
-Hart Foundation vs. Demolition (tag title match, Demos have no less than 4 people at ringside)
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Haku
-Ken Patera vs. Dino Bravo
-Jim Powers vs. Big Boss Man
Saturday Night's Main Event 11/26/88
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Super Ninja (I-C title match)
-Hercules vs. Virgil
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Andre The Giant (world title match)
-Brother Love Show with Hulk Hogan
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Young Stallions
Saturday Night's Main Event 1/3/89
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "The Outlaw" Ron Bass (hair vs hair match)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Akeem
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Honky Tonk Man (I-C title match)
-Red Rooster vs. Tito Santana (Heenan is microphoned here)
-Mr. Perfect vs. Koko B. Ware
The Main Event 2/4/89
-The Twin Towers vs. Mega-Powers (this is a REALLY long Hogan match, and a pretty famous one too.)
-Hercules vs. "Million Dollar" Man Ted Dibiase
Saturday Night's Main Event 3/11/89
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Hulk Hogan vs. Bad News Brown
-Blue Blazer vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (more Owen goodness)
-Brain Busters vs. Rockers
-Red Rooster vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Saturday Night's Main Event 5/27/89
-Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (both the I-C title and the crown are on the line here)
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
-Hulk Hogan vs. Big Boss Man (world title in a cage, legendary **** match)
-Demolition vs. Brain Busters (world tag title match)
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Boris Zhukov
Saturday Night's Main Event 7/29/89
-this is billed as a "bonus summertime episode"
-Hulk Hogan vs. Honky Tonk Man (world tile match)
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (Rugged Ronnie Garvin is the referee here)
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
-Demoliton vs. Brain Busters (world tag title match, 2/3 falls, notable as the only title change on SNME in this era)
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/89
-with original commercials from San Diego
-Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (world title match)
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Haku
-"Model" Rick Martel vs. Tito Santana
-Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. Bushwhackers
-Saturday Night's Main Event 11/6/89
-with original commercials from San Diego
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Andre The Giant (I-C title match)
-Hulk Hogan vs. The Genius (HOGAN JOBS!, good match)
-Big Boss Man vs. Dusty Rhodes
-Red Rooster vs. Mr. Perfect
-Rockers vs. Brain Busters (2/3 falls. Huh. This must be the tail-end of the Busters run in the WWF and I thought Tully was already fired by this point).
Saturday Night's Main Event 1/27/90
-"Macho King" Randy Savage vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (crown match)
-Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect and The Genius
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
-Dusty Rhodes vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Rugged Ronnie Garvin vs. Dino Bravo
The Main Event 2/23/90
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage (world title match, James Buster Douglas is a guest referee here, this was supposed to be Mike Tyson as guest ref until his shocking loss to Douglas a few weeks before this. The WWF had booked "the world boxing champ" and replaced Tyson with Douglas)
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Dino Bravo (I-C title match)
Saturday Night's Main Event 4/2/90
-Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Perfect
-Hillbilly Jim vs. Earthquake
-Rockers vs. Hart Foundation (**** match. It was heading towards ***** until a bad finish)
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Haku (world title match)
-Big Boss Man vs. Akeem (Akeem gives Boss Man some early versions of the stinkface)
Saturday Night's Main Event 7/28/90
-Wild Kingdom theme with funny bits from Lord Alfred Hayes and Mean Gene Okerlund. This is also Jesse "The Body" Ventura's last SNME, sadly.
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (world title match)
-Rockers vs. Demolition (world tag title match)
-Tito Santana vs. Mr. Perfect (I-C title match, **** match)
-Texas Tornado vs. Playboy Buddy Rose
Saturday Night's Main Event 10/23/90
-Vince and Roddy on commentary
-Ultimate Warrior and Legion Of Doom vs. Demolition (all 3 members)
-Dusty Rhodes vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
-Hulk Hogan and Tugboat vs. Rhythm And Blues
-Texas Tornado vs. Haku
-Koko B. Ware vs. Sgt. Slaughter
-Main Event 10/30/90
-"Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase vs. Ultimate Warrior (world title match)
-Big Boss Man vs. Mr. Perfect
-Tito Santana vs. "Model" Rick Martel
Main Event 1/25/91
-Hulk Hogan and Tugboat vs. Earthquake and Dino Bravo
-Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (world title match)
-Legion Of Doom vs. Orient Express
Saturday Night's Main Event 4/27/91
-Vince and Macho on commentary here. This would be the last NBC episode, for quite a while anyways.
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter
-Bushwhackers vs. Nasty Boys
-20 man battle royal
-"Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase vs. Bret "Hit Man" Hart
-Tito Santana vs. Mountie (rematch from their abbreviated WMVII encounter)
Saturday Night's Main Event 2/8/92
-debut on FOX, this was short-lived
-Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Mountie (I-C title match, rematch from their disjointed RR92 encounter)
-Royal Rumble 1992 ending with redubbed commentary from Gorilla and Bobby. They did this to try and make it seem like the crowd booed Sid when he tossed Hulk, though you can clearly see the audience cheering like nuts. Notable as the first serious backlash against Hogan from the fans as they were just tired of his act at this point, and his heyday was coming to an end.
-Hulk Hogan & Sid Justice vs. Ric Flair and The Undertaker
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Saturday Night's Main Event 11/8/92
-last FOX episode. Hosted by Al Bundy (too bad this didn't last, he was the PERFECT host for this)
-Ultimate Warrior & "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Money, Inc. (world tag title match, Warrior bolts the company right afterwards)
-British Bulldog vs. Shawn Michaels (I-C title match, title change!, this was the beginning of Shawn's rise to stardom)
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Papa Shango (world title match)
This Tuesday In Texas-Bret "The Hit Man" Hart vs. Skinner (I-C title match, funny moment as Skinner goes to the corner and tries to use his can of spit juice, the ref confiscates it, so he goes to the other corner and grabs his claw and uses that. Brilliant!)
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage (intense match with lengthy, heat-building post-match antics.)
-British Bulldog vs. Warlord (I swear these two wrestled each other every day in 1991. Good match, though)
-El Matador and Virgil vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase and Repo Man
-Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker (world title match)
Wrestling Classic
-commentators are Gorilla and Jesse. A lot of really neat stuff sprinkled throughout this show.
First Round:
Adrian Adonis vs. Corporal Kirschner
Dynamite Kid vs. Nikolai Volkoff
Ricky Steamboat vs. Davey Boy Smith
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ivan Putski
Junkyard Dog vs. Iron Sheik
Terry Funk vs. Moondog Spot
Don Muraco vs. Tito Santana
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. Cowboy Bob Orton
Also, a world title match between Piper and Hogan and a Rolls Royce is given away.
Wrestlefest 88-This is the short form version, but I think I have the 2 matches they cut out, so I'll see if I can include those. Another huge arena with a big crowd. From Wisconsin, your commentators are Sean Mooney, Lord Alfred Hayes and Superstar Billy Graham
-Killer Bees vs. Fabulous Rougeau Brothers
-Bret "The Hit Man" Hart vs. Bad News Brown
-Honky Tonk Man vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (I-C title match)
-Powers of Pain vs. Bolsheviks
-Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart vs. Leaping Lanny Poffo
-Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ravishing Rick Rude
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Weasel suit match. This is the same match, move for move, as the MSG one on one of the dvd sets. Superstar calls Sean Mooney "Sean Penn", props to the guy in the audience holding up a "WWF is the only true sport" sign)
-British Bulldogs vs. Demolition (world tag title match)
-Ken Patera vs. Dino Bravo
-Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant (steel cage match. Andre tries to climb the cage (?!) and does his contractually obligated caught up in the ropes bit the opposite way!)