WWF Championship Wrestling (January 5, 1985)

 

Original Airdate: January 5, 1985 (taped December 17, 1984)

From Poughkeepsie, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino 

The US Express v Charlie Fulton and Rusty Brooks: The Express come out to Born in the USA, which, despite being misused, still absolutely works as an entrance theme. That chorus is just too undeniable to come off as ironic. Barry Windham puts Brooks away with a bulldog at 3:12. DUD

Recently, Captain Lou Albano hung out at Studio 54. For charity

WWF Champion Hulk Hogan visits Hillbilly Jim at home, getting him on the gas to get in shape for all the ‘hanging and banging’

Gene Okerlund hypes up live events

Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff v Steve Lombardi and Mario Mancini: Bruno is very interested in counting all the suplex variations Sheik can do. Yeah, you go ahead and do that, big guy. Volkoff with a press-backbreaker at 1:34. DUD

Okerlund catches up with Blackjack Mulligan, who wants to talk about taking on David Schultz, but he still needs to take a shit from his Christmas dinner, and that’s got his attention at the moment. That turkey is like spackle in his bowels

Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch v Paul Roma and Savlatore Bellomo: The WWF Tag Team title is not on the line. The champs with a combo to put Bellomo away at 2:11. DUD

Roddy Piper hosts Piper’s Pit, with guests Big John Studd, Ken Patera, and Bobby Heenan, who bring Roddy some of Andre’s hair, which they all have a good laugh over. These guys need to get out more often

David Schultz v Jim Young: Vince talks about how bad Schultz’s temper is, which seems like an honest assessment, all considered. Schultz picks up the pin at 2:32. DUD

Don Muraco hangs out on the beach in Hawaii, getting massaged by three women, which is his training for Hulk Hogan. Definitely better than hanging out at Hillbilly Jim’s house, and drinking shakes

Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco v Dave Barbie and Gino Carabello: Dave Barbie lives… at a shopping mall? Interesting. The brothers take forever to finish with a figure four at 4:29. ¼*

Okerlund catches up with WWF Tag Team Champion Adrian Adonis, who clarifies that their recent loss to the Brisco Brothers was a fluke, and that they won’t be losing the titles to them anytime soon. Well, not to them, that much is true

Okerlund catches up with Junkyard Dog, who has a hat

BUExperience: Good stuff, though no WrestleMania direction yet.