WWF Superstars of Wrestling (August 22, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: August 22, 1987 (taped August 4)

From Madison, Wisconsin; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Bruno Sammartino, and Jesse Ventura

Earlier today, WWF Champion Hulk Hogan met the Governor of Wisconsin, who presented him with an honorary plaque 

Ken Patera v Tom Stone: Ventura derides being an Olympian (since they don’t get paid) in a funny rant. Patera with an elbowdrop at 2:04. DUD

Craig DeGeorge is in the studio for Update, giving us a look and update on the breakup of Don Muraco and Bob Orton

Slick is very excited about Piledriver

Butch Reed v Jim Evans: Vince is really, really disappointed that Reed hurt old Superstar Billy Graham. I mean, that whole posedown was a trap! Reed with an arrogant pin at 2:34. Afterwards, Reed calls Graham out, and here comes Superstar! On Superstars! Wild. Billy comes in and thumps him good, and Butch just kind of hightails it out of there. Not the best encounter, but at least it was an encounter, instead of just having Billy split screen in, or something. DUD

Ricky Steamboat is really pissed that Honky Tonk Man prevented him from showing his kid the WWF Intercontinental title belt. Just buy a replica, damn

Backstage, Jesse catches up with Mr. Fuji, who reveals that he is out of the running for Bam Bam Bigelow 

The Young Stallions v Kamala and Sika: Paul Roma starts with Kamala, and Paul makes him chase. Roma tries to hit him, but Kamala no sells, so he passes to Jim Powers. The heels attempt to ducker him into a double team, but it backfires, and Powers is all revved up. Unfortunately for him, it doesn’t last long, and the heels get control. They go to work, but Roma comes in with an assist, and Powers holds Sika in an armbar. Tag to Roma for a wristlock, but Kamala catches a tag. They double team, so Powers comes in, and Roseanne Barr the door. The Stallions throw dropkicks galore, and the heels are counted out at 4:02. They’re good and mad about that, however, and it’s beatdown time in Madison. ¼*

Gene Okerlund catches up with Randy Savage

Piledriver is coming out, and people who wear sunglasses indoors are into it

The Islanders v Mike Richards and Jerry Allen: The Islanders are fired up, and put this away at a brisk 0:50. DUD

Backstage, DeGeorge catches up with Rick Martel and Tito Santana, who were watching the Islanders match on the monitor, and think they should team up to strike them with force. Oh, I get it

Killer Khan v Billy Golden: Khan with his usual bullshit at 1:37. He was still going around the horn with Hogan, so I get why they’re spending TV time on him, but he’s terrible. DUD

DeGeorge brings Paul Orndorff and Bobby Heenan out so Bobby can have Paul tell everyone that Rick Rude has the better body. Paul doesn’t go along with it, and gets furious with Heenan. Wait, they turned him babyface again so soon? He went back and forth a bunch during a two year period. So, Orndorff fires Heenan, and immediately introduces Oliver Humperdink as his new manager. Talk about a downgrade

The recording engineer for Piledriver thinks the record is a masterpiece. Yeah, but that’s just, like, his opinion 

Koko B. Ware v Chris Curtis: Koko doesn’t waste any time here, delivering the brainbuster at 0:34, before Danny Davis’ split screen promo is even through. DUD

BUExperience: I’m still shocked Orndorff turned babyface again so soon. I need a minute.