WWF Superstars of Wrestling (April 25, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: April 25, 1987 (taped March 21)

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

The Young Stallions may be young… but they’re young

Demolition v The Young Stallions: Ax starts with Jim Powers, and powers him around. Ax with a clothesline and a bodyslam before passing to Smash, who continues brutalizing Jim at will. Demolition split screen in, promising to make sure the Stallions ain’t pretty no more. They work Powers over, until he manages to block a backdrop, and get the tag off to Paul Roma. Roma immediately misses a dropkick, and eats the finisher at 2:16. This was a full on squash. ¼*

Craig DeGeorge is in the studio with Update, giving us a look at the latest dastardly deeds of Danny Davis

Tito Santana v Ed Dean: Butch Reed split screens in with Slick, and Slick is still losing his mind about Santana ripping his clothes at WrestleMania. Gosh, get over it. I mean, it was a thing, but it’s been a month, do you have nothing else going on? Santana with the jumping forearm at 3:01. DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with Lord Alfred Hayes to discuss the house show loop

Gene catches up Brutus Beefcake, who desperately wants to lock eyes with Adrian Adonis

Johnny Valiant clarifies that Beefcake was always the weak link in the Dream Team, and honestly, it’s not even worth Greg Valentine or Dino Bravo’s time to deal with him, so Johnny challenges Brutus to a match himself

Honky Tonk Man v Tom Sharpe: Honky’s deal here is still trying to get the DDT banned, which is a solid ‘chickenshit heel’ angle. Honky with the swinging neckbreaker at 3:05. DUD

Gene catches up with Hayes, who is spreading rumors that Danny Davis is barred from the Boston Garden

WWF Champion Hulk Hogan is very upset that Harley Race made Junkyard Dog bow down to him, and he’s going to make him pay. Hogan eager to play the ‘white savior?’ Yep, that tracks

The Killer Bees v Iron Mike Sharpe and Steve Lombardi: Sharpe and Lombardi split screen in, upset that Powers and Roma have a team name and everything now, and are going to show them who the real jobbers are around here. Hey, let’s not fight! You’re all jobbers to me! The Bees finish Mike at 3:23. ¼*

The latest chapter of the Ken Patera Story, and he’s going full Max Cady this week

Gene catches up with Bobby Heenan, who actually wants Patera to take responsibility for his own decisions and actions. What a piece of shit

Blackjack Mulligan and Billy Jack Haynes v Dave Wagner and Rick Renslow: Blackjack split screens in here, still upset that Ron Bass is from Texas. It’s a big state, guys. Mulligan puts this away at 1:56. DUD

Six-Man Tag Team Match: Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, and Butch Reed v Sivi Afi, Haku, and Tama: Jim Duggan is seated in the front row for this one, and chases Volkoff off when he tries to sing the anthem. He keeps waiving his ticket at the officials, and Ventura rightly rants that it’s a ticket for a seat, not to stand in the ring. Haku runs wild once the actual match starts, and the babyfaces dominate Volkoff with quick tags, until Nikolai rakes Afi’s eyes. That allows a tag to Reed, and he slams Afi around, but fails to cut the ring in half while passing to Sheik. That allows Tama to tag, but Sheik clotheslines him for two. They fail to cut the ring in half again, allowing Haku to tag, and he dominates all three heels with ease, triggering a brawl, and Roseanne Barr the door! The dust settles back on Reed and Afi, and Reed press-slams him at 2:52. That, of course, draws Duggan back in with the 2x4 to clear the heels out, since he doesn’t just protest free speech and property rights, but he’s against sportsmanship as well. DUD

Gene and Hayes keep discussing house shows, and if Hayes isn’t lit here, then he’s just simply crazy

Gene catches up with WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation, who are going to neuter the British Bulldogs once and for all - even if Danny Davis is banned from the building

Brutus Beefcake accepts Valiant’s challenge for next week

Johnny Valiant taught Beefcake everything he knows, but not everything Johnny knows, and Brutus is going to find out next week

BUExperience: Solid stuff this week.