WWF Superstars of Wrestling (September 26, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: September 26, 1987 (taped September 15)

From Peoria, Illinois; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Bruno Sammartino, and Jesse Ventura

Bam Bam Bigelow v Barry Horowitz: Jesse notes that Bam Bam looks pretty good, but he could use another tattoo to really complete the look. Speaking of ‘the look,’ Bigelow has odd red boots here. Nikolai Volkoff split screens in here, shouting at Bam Bam in Russian. I assume he’s… angry? Hard to tell. Bam Bam scores the pin at 2:39. DUD

Craig DeGeorge brings WWF Intercontinental Champion Honky Tonk Man out for a podium interview, so that Honky can give us his ten official reasons for why he’s a better champion than Randy Savage was. He starts running through them, so Macho comes out to respond, and Randy suggests that they go to the ring and find out. Right now. Macho cuts over to the ring and is ready to go, but, sadly, Honky isn’t ‘dressed for it,’ and leaves. Savage is a full on babyface now, and it’s great

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The Young Stallions v The Shadows: At least this is TV, so it won’t be a sixteen minute Shadows match. The Stallions come out to Crank It Up, which is a Jimmy Hart track, and Jesse is livid that they’ve stolen it. If this doesn’t lead to a feud, I’m going to be very disappointed. The Stallions with a combo at 4:08, drawing a strong pop! DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with Macho, who will catch up with Honky sooner or later. But who will catch up with Gene?

The Hart Foundation v SD Jones and Sonny Rogers: The WWF Tag Team title is not up for grabs here. Tito Santana split screens in here, shouting at the Hart’s in Spanish. This truly is the World Wrestling Federation this week. The Foundation with the Hart Attack at 2:46. DUD

Okerlund catches up with Superstar Billy Graham, who wants to roll up, and come down heavy

Jim Duggan v Terry Gibbs: Duggan with the three-point stance clothesline at 2:25. DUD

DeGeorge is in the studio for Update, giving us a look at the Piledriver album

The British Bulldogs offer more dog care tips, in between encouraging us to never smoke. Considering they’ve been accused of using that poor dog as a literal ashtray, that is especially rich

The Islanders v Brady Boone and Jim Evans: The Islanders with a combo at 3:04. Just a squash. Afterwards, the Islanders jump Tito Santana over by the entrance, and kick the shit out of him until a variety of officials can save. DUD

Randy Savage v Rick Renslow: I love that Macho is a babyface now. He’s amazing on both sides of the fence, but all is right in the world for me when he’s a face. DeGeorge split screens in, giving an update on Tito from the back. Savage with the flying elbowdrop at 1:42. DUD

Okerlund catches up with Butch Reed, sans Slick. If you don’t got the money, he don’t got the time

BUExperience: Some fun stuff this week. AND, finally, the first hint of Survivor Series!