WWF Superstars of Wrestling (November 29, 1986)

 

Original Airdate: November 29, 1986 (taped November 19)

From South Bend, Indiana; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Bruno Sammartino, and Jesse Ventura

Gary Davie is in London England with Andre the Giant, who has just been reinstated. No hint of the heel turn yet

Harley Race v Lanny Poffo: Poffo wins a criss cross with a bodypress for two, and he uses an armdrag into an armbar. Another criss cross allows Race a high knee, and a belly-to-belly suplex sets up a kneedrop. Race fisherman suplex at 1:31. This was a lot more of a squash than I was expecting it to be. DUD

Gene Okerlund is in the studio for Update, and he has Bonnie Steamboat (wife of Ricky) on the phone with an update on the condition of the Dragon, following the attack by Randy Savage last week. She notes that his career may be over

Ventura recently caught up with the American Express, who rubbed Dan Spivey’s return in his naysaying face

The American Express v Dave Wagner and Rick Renslow: The returning Dan Spivey puts this away with a bulldog at 2:07. DUD

Ken Resnick catches up with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, who is ready to bend Kamala in half ‘like a parking meter.’ What the hell kind of parking meters do they have in Venice Beach?

Honky Tonk Man is disgusted with the fans, and no longer cares if they like him, or not. Well, good. Now I won’t feel bad

Kamala v Bob Boyer: I mean, I think that’s Kamala. Might be a parking meter. Not sure. I wish someone would try feeding him a quarter, the suspense is killing me. Kamala with a flying splash at 0:50. I like how it was a huge deal to see Kamala delivering a splash off the top, and I get a kick of how they tried to recreate the spectacle when he was feuding with Undertaker in 1992, but by then, it wasn’t remotely unique. DUD

Resnick catches up with Junkyard Dog, and he doesn’t believe in kings. What about Beatles?

Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff are going to avenge Slick, who suffered an attack from the British Bulldogs’ mascot, Matilda

The British Bulldogs v The Hart Foundation: The WWF Tag Team title is not on the line for this. Dynamite Kid and Bret Hart start, and they posture. Kid armdrags him over before passing to Davey Boy Smith, and a criss cross ends in Smith delivering a monkey flip. Bret tags out, and Davey tries a side-headlock, but Jim Neidhart forces a criss cross. They measure each other, and Smith uses a drop-toehold to win the exchange. Tag to Kid, so Hart runs back in, but Kid cleans house on his own. Tag back to Smith, and Bret is ready with a cheap shot during a criss cross, turning the tide. The Foundation go to work on Davey, but Smith reverses a gutwrench suplex on Bret, and gets the tag off to Kid. Kid runs wild on the Hitman, and a clothesline looks to finish, but Jimmy Hart distracts referee Danny Davis. That allows Bret to recover, and the Foundation deliver the Hart Attack at 4:01. Very short, but they worked hard throughout. * ¼

Roddy Piper hosts Piper’s Pit, but instead of scheduled guest George Steele, he gets Jimmy Hart instead. Jimmy goads him into attacking, and when he does, Adrian Adonis sneaks out to trap Piper in the sleeper

Outback Jack vignette. He bathes

Recently, Okerlund caught up with Steamboat’s doctor. “He’s able to breathe at this point.” Well, I’d hope so!

Blackjack Mulligan vignette 

Butch Reed v Max Blue: Butch with a 2nd rope clothesline for the quick win at 0:53. DUD

Resnick catches up with Kamala. I’m eagerly waiting to see if he busts the coin purse out. Any time now… any time now…

BUExperience: If the Harts wrestle the Bulldogs on a show, it’s pretty much an automatic thumbs up.