WWF Prime Time Wrestling (October 28, 1986)

 

Original Airdate: October 28, 1986

Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan from the studio

Harley Race v Corporal Kirchner: From Boston Massachusetts on September 6 1986. Some posturing to start, dominated by Kirchner, as Gorilla and Lord Alfred Hayes discuss the concept of tattoos. Neither of them get it, unless, of course, you were in the navy. Then it’s acceptable. Boy, they would not at all get 2024. Race manages to dump him to the outside to gain the advantage, and Harley follows to ram him into the guardrail. Harley with a headbutt drop on the floor, and he snaps Kirchner’s throat across the top rope to block him from beating the count. Race adds a suplex on the floor to drive his point home, but Kirchner still beats the count to the apron, so Race tags him with an elbowsmash. Race with a vertical suplex in from the apron, but a 2nd rope headbutt drop misses, and Kirchner delivers a facebuster. Kirchner stays on him with a pair of headbutts, but Race no-sells, so Kirchner throws a few punches to send the King over the top. Race tries beating the count, but now it’s Kirchner’s turn to block him, and Harley takes a fun bump down the ring steps. Kirchner smashes him into the rail as payback for earlier, but Harley throws a pair of headbutts to force his way back in. To the top, but Kirchner slams him off before he can dive, and then goes up to the middle, but wipes out while trying a dive of his own. Kirchner stays on him with a whip into the ropes, but they collide, and both men go down. Kirchner is up first, but Race throws a headbutt, and slugs him down for a pair of kneedrops for two. Vertical suplex, but Kirchner reverses for two, and corner whips him into a sleeper on the rebound. Race with a low blow to escape, and a piledriver looks to finish, but Kirchner is in the ropes at two. Race responds with a headbutt to knock Kirchner to the outside, and Harley follows for a smash into the announce table. Again, but Kirchner reverses, and they go back inside with Kirchner in control. Kirchner with a shoulderblock, but a second one gets countered with a clothesline, and Harley adds an elbowdrop for two. Punch, but Kirchner reverses it on him, and uses a corner whip to rebound Race into a clothesline. Splash, but Race gets his knees up to block. Both guys stagger up, and Kirchner tries a bodyslam, but both go tumbling over the top on the attempt. They slug it out on the floor, and Kirchner dives with a flying bodypress on the way back in, but Race rolls through at 14:29. This was a surprisingly strong match, with Race having his working boots on, game for dragging a good match out of the weak Kirchner. ** ¾ 

Sika v Jerry Allen: From From Boston Massachusetts on October 4 1986. Joined in progress here with Sika holding a chinlock. Allen escapes, but Sika kills him with a headbutt drop at 4:20 shown of 6:08. We can safely call this a DUD

Ken Resnick catches up with Roddy Piper, and he clarifies that Bob Orton and Don Muraco were never his friends, so he’s not so broken up about them turning on him. But, you’d better believe, payback is coming anyway

The Islanders v Jimmy Jack Funk and Mr. X: From Boston on October 4. Mr. X is subbing for Hoss Funk here. Tama and X start, and lots of posturing going on. A criss cross goes Tama’s way with a knife-edge chop, so X tags out. Funk tries a bodyslam, but Tama reverses, and throws a dropkick, then uses an armdrag. Tag to Haku for a wristlock, but Funk goes to the eyes, and corner whips him. Haku dodges the charge in, however, and he clotheslines Funk out of the ring. Funk tags out on the way back in, and X trades waistlocks with him, but Haku gets the takedown. Tag to Tama for a legdrop to the arm, and it’s back to Haku for stereo knife-edge chops. Haku adds a backbreaker for two, and he passes back to Tama for a backdrop, but X slips away for the tag. Funk tries a wristlock, but Tama quickly reverses, so Funk throws a cheap shot. That leads to a criss cross, and Tama wins it with a backdrop, followed by a schoolboy for two. Tag to X, who tries a standing side-headlock, but it takes a cheap shot from Funk to properly turn the tide. The heels go to work on Tama, until Tama manages to counter a neckbreaker from Funk with a suplex. Tag, but X distracts the referee, and she doesn’t see it. They look to continue cutting the ring in half, but Tama catches Funk with a jumping clothesline, and that’s enough for the real hot tag. Haku runs wild on X, and a bodyslam gets him two. A suplex allows the tag to Tama, and a nicely executed flying splash puts it away at 12:41. Solid action here. * ¼ 

Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff v George Steele and Corporal Kirchner: From Baltimore Maryland on March 1 1986. Kirchner again? Sheik attacks Kirchner before the bell to jumpstart the match, and he lands a clothesline. Sheik with a backdrop, and he goes to an abdominal stretch from there. Tag to Volkoff, but he misses a charge in the corner, and George gets the tag. He runs wild on both heels, but gets trapped in the wrong corner, and double teamed. The Sheik puts him in the camel clutch, but Kirchner saves, and tags in. Kirchner runs wild, but misses a dropkick on Volkoff, and the heels take control again. Steele catches a tag, and Roseanne Barr the door. Kirchner hits Volkoff with a Samoan drop, but Sheik breaks the cover, and puts Nikolai on top at 8:31, despite the whole thing taking place in full view of the referee. ¼*

Hillbilly Jim goes home to Mudlick to visit his granny

Mr. X v Rudy Diamond: From Boston on October 4. And now X again? Joined in progress with Diamond escaping a side-headlock, and winning a criss cross with a dropkick to put X on the outside. X takes control and hits a 2nd rope axehandle, but a legdrop misses. Diamond fails to capitalizes, however, and X uses a bootrake, and he works a chinlock. Diamond escapes, and uses a bodyslam, then goes to a mat-based headlock. X gets to a vertical base, and he nails Diamond with a clothesline for the pin at 5:15 shown of 7:29. This had nothing going for it. Not workrate, not star power, not an angle - nothing. Why did they even feature this? DUD

Resnick catches up with the Dream Team, who are angling for another shot at the British Bulldogs’ WWF Tag Team title

King Kong Bundy v Junkyard Dog: From Boston on June 27 1986. Posturing to start, and it turns into a slugfest, won by Bundy. Splash, but Dog dodges. That allows him a headbutt drop, but Bundy dodges, and King Kong recovers with a clothesline. That triggers another slugfest, and Dog gets the better of this one. A headbutt knocks Bundy into the corner for a choke, and both guys throw hands again. Bundy uses a chain to get control, so Dog tries to turn the tables, but gets overzealous, and hits the referee for the DQ at 7:22. This was legitimately terrible. -¼*

BUExperience: Odd episode this week, with guys getting more than one appearance (which almost never happened), and nothing of real note. The Race/Kirchner match is something of a hidden gem, though, and worth checking out.