WWF Prime Time Wrestling (August 11, 1986)

Original Airdate: August 11, 1986

Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan from the studio

Fabulous Rougeau Brothers music video. They waterski! Waterski! Put the damn belts on them already

The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers v Terry Gibbs and Les Thornton: From Brantford Ontario Canada on May 27 1986. Jacques Rougeau starts with Les, and manages a drop-toehold, before passing to Raymond Rougeau to work the leg. The Brothers take turns working the leg, but Jacques runs into trouble on a double team, and briefly gets worked over, before Ray gets the tag, and Roseanne Barr the door. Jacques hits a missile dropkick for the pin at 3:55. ¼*

Tony Garea v Jimmy Jack Funk: From New York City on June 14 1986. Joined in progress with Garea dominating on the mat, but losing a criss cross that allows Funk to turn the tide. Funk puts the boots to him, and works a chinlock, but Tony fights free. Garea with a sunset flip for two before Funk goes to the eyes to keep control, and snapmare lands Garea right back in a chinlock. Garea escapes again and manages a rollup for two before Funk snapmares him again, and delivers a kneedrop for two. Back to the chinlock, until Garea manages to suplex him, and that’s finally enough to allow Tony a comeback. Bodypress looks to finish, but Funk catches him in a powerslam at 7:20 shown of 10:06. This was really basic, but not bad. I think I can safely rate this at ¾*

Ricky Steamboat v Moondog Rex: From Brantford Ontario Canada on June 16 1986. They size each other up early on, and Steamboat manages a bodypress for two, so Rex tries a cheap shot on a test-of-strength, but it goes badly for him. Ricky works a headlock, but Rex starts fighting free, so Steamboat corner whips him, and uses a snapmare into a chinlock. Rex fights to a vertical base in the corner to force a break, and he tries a punch on the break, but Steamboat is ready. Ricky with a turnbuckle smash on his way to another side-headlock, but Rex fights him off, and takes control this time. Rex with a chinlock, but Steamboat fights free, so Rex tries an elbowdrop, but Ricky rolls out of the way. He looks for a comeback, so Rex goes to the eyes, and dumps the Dragon out to the apron. Ricky tries a slingshot on the way back in, but Rex blocks, and turnbuckle smashes him. Rex with a kneedrop, and a bodyslam leads to an axehandle. Corner whip rebounds Ricky into a backbreaker for two, and Rex works a bearhug from there, but Steamboat escapes. Rex responds with a backdrop, and an axehandle drop follows. Rex with a Russian legsweep for two, but a dive off the middle gets blocked, and Steamboat bodyslams him. Steamboat hustles to the top with a flying tomahawk chop for two, and a backdrop allows him to get upstairs again for a flying bodypress at 10:54. Another one that was really basic in structure, but well worked. * ½ 

Ken Resnick catches up on SD Jones’ vacation plans

Lanny Poffo and Sivi Afi v Jimmy Kent and Al Navarro: From Poughkeepsie New York on June 3 1986. It feels like Poffo has a new tag partner every week lately. Meanwhile, Kent has the most unfortunate pair of jorts I’ve ever seen in my life. And, really, any pair of jorts is unfortunate, so that’s really saying something. Lanny with a flying moonsault at 3:28. ¼*

Hercules Hernandez v Tony Stetson: From the March 9 1986 episode of All American Wrestling in Poughkeepsie, taped February 18. This is really early in Stetson’s career, and he looks like a totally different guy than he did when he was a star for ECW in 1993. Hercules with a torture rack to end this dull squash at 3:03. DUD

Billy Jack Haynes v Steve Lombardi: From Brantford Ontario Canada on June 16 1986. Haynes easily dominates in the early going, and puts it away with the full nelson at 5:18. This was a really dull squash. DUD

Davey Boy Smith v Greg Valentine: From New York on April 22 1986. Davey uses his speed to send Valentine to the outside early on, and then uses his power to hold Greg in an armbar as he comes back in. Smith gets him in a sharpshooter, but Greg stays on his elbows to avoid the pressure, so Davey switches to a figure four, but Valentine gets the ropes. Smith responds with a suplex for two, but Greg fights back with a flurry of chops, and takes Bulldog to the mat in a double knucklelock for some two counts. Greg goes upstairs, but Smith slams him off for two, and hooks a small package for two. Hammer dumps him to the outside and dives after him with an axehandle from the apron, and he sends Davey into the guardrail from there. Inside, Greg drops a forearm for two, and he grounds Bulldog in a chinlock, and he shifts to a front-facelock when Davey tries escaping, really grinding it on. Valentine with a kneedrop for two, so he goes back to the chinlock to wear him down some more, but Smith powers into a side suplex for two. Smith makes a comeback, and the running powerslam looks to finish, but Valentine gets the shoulder up at two. Greg bails, so Smith chases, and Greg steals the high ground back to nail him. Nice psychology there. Greg gets the figure four on, but Davey makes the ropes to force a break. Greg keeps hammering the leg, and he tries the hold again, but Bulldog blocks this time. Greg tries a third time, but Bulldog blocks again, so Valentine dives off the middle with an axehandle to knock Davey silly for the pin at 16:18. Solid action here. **

Vince McMahon catches up with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan at the gym, where Hulk fumes about Paul Orndorff’s betrayal, set to clips of everything that’s happened thus far. Good recap of the angle, but nothing new here

BUExperience: This episode felt like treading water. Nothing new of exciting going on this week.