WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XXVIII (Version II)

Original Airdate: October 13, 1990

From Toledo, Ohio; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper

Six-Man Tag Team Match: Demolition v Ultimate Warrior and The Legion of Doom: Smash jumps Animal with a clothesline at the bell, and he hammers him down for a choke. Criss cross goes Animal's way with a powerslam, however, and he follows with an elbowdrop before both tagging out - Ax and Warrior respectively. Warrior unloads in the corner, so the other Demos run in, but Warrior quickly dispatches them with bodyslams. Meanwhile, a dude dressed as Hulk Hogan in the front row (but not the famous super fan from a few years later) stands up and emphatically tears an 8x10 of Warrior to shreds. Ha! Warrior misses a splash on Ax to turn the tide, and Demolition cut the ring in half on Warrior. That's a weird call, considering Warrior is probably the worst guy in history to sell a beating, and properly get over a heat segment. And, indeed, the heat segment sucks. Hawk comes in to save from the Decapitation, and a flying clothesline looks to finish Smash, but the other Demo save. Warrior tags in and cleans their clocks with clotheslines, then puts Smash away with a jumping shoulderblock/splash combo at 5:03. Kinda surprised Ax didn't eat the pinfall there, all things considered. Shitty match, but it was energetic, at least. ½* (Original rating: ¼*)

It's Oktoberfest, and don't you know, that means we get to see Akeem dance

Randy Savage v Dusty Rhodes: Looks like they have the unionized jobbers tonight, because only Savage gets a throne ride out, while Sherri has to walk. Dusty seems to have borrowed from Papa Shango's closet tonight. He's also got son Dustin Rhodes at ringside for support. Hopefully Ted DiBiase doesn't buy him a fur coat, too. Though, it WOULD explain a lot about Goldust. Rhodes attacks, and hooks a backslide for two early on, then elbows Macho down. That draws Sherri onto the apron to protest, and the distraction allows Savage to attack from behind with a high knee. Macho with a kneedrop for two, and a series of jabs setup a sleeper, as Ted DiBiase shows up in the crowd. Speak of the devil. He starts paying off fans (with actual hundred dollar bills!) to vacate their seats so he and Virgil can have the entire front row, but of course, Dustin refuses. Virgil tries to bully him, but Rhodes tears up a hundred dollar bill, and chucks it back in his face. That's kind of a douche move. I hope they took that out of his pay for the night. Meanwhile, Savage still has the sleeper locked on, but as Dustin tries to cheer dad on, DiBiase starts bullying him! Rhodes escapes the hold and goes to his sons aid, but that allows Randy to attack again, and Sherri assists him with a choke for two. No wonder DiBiase immediately snapped her up at WrestleMania VII. Randy snaps Dusty's throat across the top rope to setup a flying axehandle, but a turnbuckle smash gets reversed, and a straddling ropechoke misses. Rhodes starts mounting his comeback, and doesn't see DiBiase and Virgil beating on his kid at ringside. He notices right as he's about to put Savage away, and rushes to his sons aid - getting counted out at 9:30. Yeah, we didn't miss shit when they cut this down to two minutes at SummerSlam. The match sucked, but the angle at ringside was fun, and carried everything else. * (Original rating: ½*)

Back at Oktoberfest, the Bushwhackers cut the cheese

Rhythm and Blues v Hulk Hogan and Tugboat: It’s like a Rhodes family reunion tonight. I still don't get what the fuck they were going for with Tugboat, either. Like, seriously, the top of the card? Really? R&B try jumping Hulk to start, but get shrugged off, and Greg Valentine ends up getting pinballed in the corner. Tag to Tugboat to work a wristlock, and Hogan tags in for a 2^nd rope flying axehandle. Tugboat tries a bearhug, but a cheap shot puts him down, and R&B cut the ring in half on him. Tandem-elbowdrop misses, however, and Hulk gets the hot tag. He destroys both heels with ease, so R&B manager Jimmy Hart runs to the back to retrieve Earthquake! They make their way out just as Hogan is about to polish off Valentine with the Legdrop, and the distraction allows Greg to recover. That lasts all of a second, however, as Tugboat avalanches him in the corner, as the officials send Earthquake back through the curtain. Tugboat looks to finish Valentine, but Honky Tonk Man whacks him with his guitar to save - triggering a DQ at 7:20. And now here's Earthquake and Dino Bravo, and all four heels gang up on Hogan for a beat down. Earthquake Splash looks to finish it, but Tugboat comes in swinging Honky's guitar for the save! The match was little more than background for the Earthquake stuff. ¾* (Original rating: ¼*)

Over at Oktoberfest, The Genius teaches us all a thing or two about how to stuff a sausage

WWF Intercontinental Title Match: Kerry Von Erich v Haku: Kerry goes right at him with an armdrag and a bodyslam, but Haku bails to the outside to avoid the Iron Claw. Back in, Haku manages a sleeper, but Kerry slugs free, so the challenger goes to the eyes. Kerry's lucky that didn't end badly. Nervehold, but Von Erich counters with the Claw, and the Discus Punch retains at 3:30. This was three minutes, two of which were restholds. DUD (Original rating: -½*)

Sgt. Slaughter v Koko B. Ware: Slaughter's gone full Iraqi turncoat at this point. The angle itself was an interesting idea, but using forty two year old Slaughter in it was where it fell apart. I mean, he'd have been fine in the role as a midcard act, but he main evented for the better part of the a year, including three pay per views, and a WWF Title run! Koko tries sticking and moving early on, but quickly gets beat down, and Slaughter executes a forward-backbreaker for two. Koko fires back with a swinging neckbreaker and a pair of dropkicks, but he runs into a stungun, and the Atomic Noogie finishes at 5:18. ¼* (Original rating: ¼*)

More from Oktoberfest, as Jim Neidhart has a dance off with a positively embarrassed looking Slick, as Lord Alfred Hayes gets drunk off his ass. I'd have preferred we stuck with that then the last two matches. Of course, the whole thing turns into a food fight, in a desperate attempt to recapture the magic of one of the early SNMEs

BUExperience: The Oktoberfest stuff is fun, the rest is absolute hot garbage. Don’t bother