WWF Superstars of Wrestling (October 17, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: October 17, 1987 (taped October 6)

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

Brutus Beefcake v Van Van Horne: I’ll never not think that’s a typo. Another week, and Bruno still isn’t adding anything on commentary. Jesse keeps poking him and feeding him set ups, and Bruno just sits there like a lump. Beefcake with the sleeper at 3:16, which is pretty long for one of his squashes. DUD

Craig DeGeorge brings WWF Champion Hulk Hogan out for a podium interview, and the place explodes. He’s out to hype ‘Survival’ Series, which might be a new show from the New World Organization. Just basic stuff, but Hulk had so much mojo, and the crowd was so amped to see him, that it’s a breeze

Survivor Series ad

The New Dream Team v SD Jones and Rick Gantner: The Killer Bees split screen in here, still trying to convince us that they matter. Greg Valentine finishes Rick with a figure four at 2:57. DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with Randy Savage, who is ready for his second chance against WWF Intercontinental Champion Honky Tonk Man. Especially now that he’s one half of the Mega Powers

Paul Orndorff v Chris Curtis: Rick Rude is out on the podium right away, posing to mess with Paul. Vince is upset, noting that he wants to ‘watch the match, not look at this.’ Come on now Vince, who are you kidding? Paul with the piledriver at 2:01. Paul then starts flexing back at Rude, so clearly we need to get this match in the ring, because the world cannot contain it. DUD

Okerlund catches up with Bam Bam Bigelow, who promises that Killer Khan will ‘soon be gone.’ I can’t believe Oliver Humperdink was only 38 at this point

WWF Women’s Champion Sensational Sherri is annoyed that people think her title win was a fluke

The Islanders v Jim Evans and Tony Parks: The Islanders dumped that horrible gear, and hopefully we never see it again, but considering how the taping cycles worked, I wouldn’t be surprised if we do. Tama with a flying splash at 2:07. DUD

Strike Force introduce their Girls in Cars music video, by Robbie Dupree. Gosh, shooting that must have been a long day at work

Outback Jack warns us that drugs are so dangerous, that they might bite your legs off. What the fuck drugs was he on?

DeGeorge is in the control center for Special Report, with a look at the Randy Savage/Honky Tonk Man beef

Bam Bam Bigelow v Rick Renslow: Bam Bam puts this away very quickly with a slingshot splash at 0:53. DUD

Okerlund catches up with the Islanders, and listening to Bobby Heenan spin their beating of Tito Santana into all Santana’s fault is pretty epic. The guy could have had a career in politics 

BUExperience: No feature matches this week, but there are a lot of hot angles, so it was an easy watch.