WWF Superstars of Wrestling (July 25, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: July 25, 1987 (taped July 15)

From Glens Falls, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Bruno Sammartino, and Jesse Ventura

We get our first look at Ricky Steamboat’s new baby

Koko B. Ware v Barry Horowitz: Koko with a missile dropkick and a brainbuster at 1:38. The man had a great finisher. DUD

Craig DeGeorge is in the studio with Update, giving us a look at Ted DiBiase making a fan miss his dirty bare feet for $100 at a house show

DeGeorge catches up with Rick Martel, who is heartbroken to report that Tom Zenk just suddenly quit the WWF. But, he’ll still take on those Islanders, even if he has to do it himself

The Islanders v SD Jones and Scott Casey: Bobby Heenan split screens in here, noting that Zenk was smarter than he looked to get out before the Islanders ended his career. He recommend that Martel take a hike as well. The Islanders with a combo at 2:25. DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan

Jake Roberts DDTing fools, set to music

Ron Bass v Lanny Poffo: Bass doesn’t appreciate Poffo’s poetry, and kicks the absolute shit out of him, before finishing at 1:27. DUD

Okerlund catches up with Brutus Beefcake, who is so very into his new profession that he might branch out into doing nails, too

Bam Bam Bigelow is still angry

Superstar Billy Graham v Steve Lombardi: This is Graham's first match since September 1986. This run was doomed, but Billy gets a fantastic reaction here, though. Graham with a sleeper at 1:16. DUD

DeGeorge brings Butch Reed out, and Butch throws shade at Billy, noting that all that size isn’t natural, like Reed. Reed thinks the best way to settle this is a posedown, next week

The Killer Bees v Iron Mike Sharpe and Tiger Chung Lee: Danny Davis split screens in, wishing he was still a referee, so he could enforce the rules the way they’re meant to be. The Bees pick up the pinfall win at 3:29. DUD

The WWF can hold charity events for your cause

A look at the various managers promising to bring in Bam Bam Bigelow over the last few weeks

Randy Savage v Omar Atlas: Jesse notes that Savage is Clint Eastwood’s favorite wrestler, which seems like a very random thing to mention. Kind of makes me wonder if it might have actually been true. Macho with the flying elbowdrop at 1:59. DUD

Okerlund catches up with Demolition, who also hate Ken Patera. Lot of that going around

Okerlund catches up with Killer Khan, who is ready to finish the job on the Hulkster 

Billy Graham accepts the challenge for the posedown for next week

BUExperience: Nothing noteworthy this week.