WWF Superstars of Wrestling (April 18, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: April 18, 1987 (taped March 21)

From Las Vegas, Nevada; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Bruno Sammartino, and Jesse Ventura

The Can-Am Connection v Barry O and Dusty Wolfe: Quite the crowd here for a TV taping. I mean, they weren’t drawing 15,000 for pay per views some years later. The Connection split screen in here, reiterating their unbreakable bond. Unless, you know, Tito Santana comes along. The Connection put Wolfe away at 3:55. This felt really long. DUD

Craig DeGeorge is in the studio for Update, featuring Brutus Beefcake calling Adrian Adonis a ‘walking garbage disposal unit’

Hillbilly Jim and Outback Jack discuss culinary ‘delights’ 

Ron Bass v Alex Knight: Bass split screens in here, still yapping about his Texas territorial war with Blackjack Mulligan. Can I propose a motion to send them both back there? Bass gets the pin with a jumping backelbow at 1:56. DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with the British Bulldogs, who are going to take the tag title back from the Hart Foundation, now that Danny Davis has been neutralized 

Jim Duggan v Tiger Chung Lee: Duggan was goofy, but still very much not a cartoon character yet. Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff split screen in here, promising to sing whatever anthems they want. These poor guys escaped political persecution, made a home in the land of the free, and now this jerk Duggan is trying to stop them from singing their ethnic songs. Why does he hate freedom so much? Duggan with the three point stance at 2:30. DUD

WWF Champion Hulk Hogan is sick of Bobby Heenan grooming young guys

Sika and Kamala eat some raw fish, courtesy of Mr. Fuji. Omakase, motherfucker

Sika and Kamala v Jerry Allen and Jesse Cortez: I get pairing these two, and I even like it, because then we don’t have to sit through individual efforts. Gets them out of the way easier. Kamala with a splash at 2:00. DUD

DeGeorge catches up with Blackjack Mulligan out in the desert. Poor Craig had to fly all the way out there just to hear Blackjack grumble about Ron Bass? I hope he had a decent per diem

Jake Roberts v Joe Mirto: Honky Tonk Man split screens in here, campaigning for the DDT to be banned. Jake with said DDT at 4:18. DUD

The Ken Patera Story, Part 3! Gene explaining the legal process here is something else, as is Patera blaming everything on Bobby Heenan. I mean, I get it. Turn it into an angle. I really do get it. The logic. But this just didn’t work, and it didn’t help that Patera looked bad

Harley Race v Billy Anderson: Heenan split screens in here, rightly reminding us that people are responsible for their own actions. Harley with a cradle suplex at 1:36. DUD

Gene catches up with Jake Roberts, who notes that he’s ‘been abused all (his) life,’ and now he’s going to dish it out. Hurt people hurt people 

BUExperience: Kind of slow stirring this week.