WWF Superstars of Wrestling (September 5, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: September 5, 1987 (taped August 26)

From Fresno, California; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Bruno Sammartino, and Jesse Ventura

Jake Roberts v Dusty Wolfe: “You have to wonder what’s in the bag,” notes Vince, before Jesse tears him apart for being a moron. Jake with the DDT at 3:35. DUD

Craig DeGeorge brings Slick and Nikolai Volkoff out for a podium interview so they can officially welcome Bam Bam Bigelow into their group. But, instead of Bigelow, they get Oliver Humperdink, who claims that he’s managing Bigelow. And, unlike everyone else for the last however many weeks, he can actually prove it, by producing Bam Bam Bigelow. So Bigelow comes out, and gets in Slick’s face, thus establishing himself as a babyface. Volkoff takes exception to that, and tries getting in Bigelow’s face, but Bam Bam knocks him off of the stage

Six-Man Tag Team Match: Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, and Danny Davis v Paul Roma, Jim Powers, and Brady Boone: Jimmy Hart split screens in here, offering words of encouragement to Davis in his first TV match. Kind of hard to believe that it took them this long, considering he was a regular part of the shows and worked house shows for months already. Davis gets the win with a Boston crab on Boone (after a considerable assist from the tag champions) at 3:03. ¼*

Gene Okerlund catches up with Paul Orndorff 

Ken Patera has a broken arm, but vows to return, and get his revenge on Bobby Heenan, and the Family

Don Muraco v Tim Patterson: Bob Orton split screens in here, laughing off his impending showdown with Don. Muraco with a tombstone at 2:04. I’ll say it again: Muraco had a tremendous tombstone. DUD

DeGeorge is in the studio for Update, giving us the latest on the Heenan Family’s beef with Orndorff 

The British Bulldogs like dogs. “That dog is gross,” deadpans Jesse 

Killer Khan v Mike Starr: Khan with the flying kneedrop at 1:35. DUD

Okerlund catches up with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, who is so tough he can take on a gang! Even a One Man Gang

Randy Savage v Tiger Chung Lee: Jesse continues to entertain by getting on McMahon for ogling Miss Elizabeth. Speaking of Liz, she split screens in here, disagreeing with Honky Tonk Man’s claims of being the greatest WWF Intercontinental champion of all time. Macho with the flying elbowdrop at 2:44, as the announcers argue over who things Randy is cooler. DUD

Honky Tonk Man again claims to be the greatest Intercontinental champion of all time, and he doesn’t care what Elizabeth or Randy think about that

Rick Derringer hypes up Okerlund’s performance on Piledriver

The Killer Bees v Steve Lombardi and Iron Mike Sharpe: The Bees put this away at 4:04. DUD

Okerlund catches up with Savage, who isn’t afraid of Kamala, despite his size 

BUExperience: The banter between McMahon and Ventura really hit its stride here, and was the best part of the show. And at least we finally got to the fireworks factory with the Bam Bam Bigelow introduction. That one felt like it went on forever.