WWF Prime Time Wrestling (March 9, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: March 9, 1987

Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan from the studio

Outback Jack v Barry O: From New York City on February 23. Heenan gets a bunch of funny lines about ‘Outhouse Jack,’ and you can hear Gorilla straining not to crack up. The crowd could not care less about him, however, and lots of them were likely heading for the outhouse during this. Jack with a clothesline to the back of the head at 3:31. DUD

Sika v Koko B. Ware: From New York City on February 23. Sika beats the crap out of him for the entire match, until Koko suddenly schoolboys him for the flash pin at 4:52. DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with Ricky Steamboat, who is ready to put Randy Savage away, and win the WWF Intercontinental title

Gene is in the control center for the WrestleMania III Report

Brutus Beefcake is fuming about Adrian Adonis accidentally cutting his hair, and he’s so upset that he’s rooting for Roddy Piper against Adrian at WrestleMania 

Tito Santana v Butch Reed: From New York City on February 23. Reed dominates, and grounds Tito in various holds, with Santana unable to make comebacks. He finally fights Butch off long enough to block a 2nd rope axehandle, and Santana makes a comeback effort. A facebuster leads to mounted punches for one, so Butch tries an atomic drop, but Tito counters to the figure four! Reed has the ropes, and he ropechokes Santana after the break. Slick comes in with the cane, so Koko B. Ware runs in to cut him off, and the referee throws the match out at 12:32. Not especially interesting. ½*

Paul Roma v Salvatore Bellomo: From New York City on February 23. We’re joined in progress here with Roma in control. Looks to be just a few moments into the contest. Roma with a powerslam at 5:57 shown of 12:23. I won’t rate such a heavily clipped match, but this was certainly nothing of note.

Pedro Morales v Honky Tonk Man: From New York City on February 23. Slick is out to do guest commentary here, complaining about Koko B. Ware, and promising revenge will be had at WrestleMania. Stalling by Honky to start, and Morales catches him with a pair of bodyslams once they engage, so Honky bails to do more stalling. Finally, Honky manages to get a shot in to turn things around, and he goes to work. Pedro makes a comeback, and goes for the Boston crab to put it away, but Jimmy Hart distracts him. That allows Honky to hook a leveraged pin at 12:30. ¼*

Gene catches up with Bob Uecker, who they probably should have brought in to replace Bobby Heenan when he left in 1993. Listening to him spar with Gene here is the highlight of this episode for me

King Kong Bundy v Jake Roberts: From New York City on February 23. Jake frustrates him early on, but stupidly engages in a test-of-strength, and ends up in trouble. Bundy goes to work, and gets Roberts in a chinlock, but Jake escapes. He manages a kneelift, but Bundy blocks the DDT. Bundy tries an elbowdrop, but Roberts dodges. DDT, but Bundy blocks again, and Jake ends up on the outside for his efforts. Bundy hops out to roll him back in, but is somehow counted out in the process at 9:18. This was extremely boring. DUD

BUExperience: What a different time it was, when you could just air a bunch of boring house show matches, but simply because they were star/star matches, people would clamor to watch them. I’m all about Superstars or Wrestling Challenge, though.