WWF Prime Time Wrestling (November 12, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: November 12, 1987

Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan from the studio

WWF Intercontinental Title Match: Honky Tonk Man v Hillbilly Jim: From Houston Texas on October 9. Honky stalls a bit early on, but manages to get Jim in a wristlock, as commentator Pete Doherty actively salivates over Honky’s body. Well… far be it from me to sex shame anyone. Even the weirdos. Jim reverses the wristlock, and goes to a bearhug next, so Honky rakes the eyes. Honky with a corner whip, but the charge in gets blocked with a boot for two. Jim uses a bodyslam to set up an elbowdrop, but Honky rolls out of the way, and delivers an axehandle drop. Honky with a few knees to the lower back, but Jim gets fired up. He makes a quick comeback, but Honky manages to cradle him at 7:20. ¼*

Outback Jack v Jose Estrada: From New York City on October 16. Whatever, Jack with a powerslam at 9:32. DUD

Craig DeGeorge is in the control center for Special Report, giving us a look at Demolition doing a number on Billy Jack Haynes

Bam Bam Bigelow v Nikolai Volkoff: From Houston Texas on October 9. Bam Bam takes him down for a pair of elbowdrops to the leg right away, and he grabs a waistlock, but Volkoff gets the ropes. Volkoff throws punches after the break, but Bam Bam responds in kind, and Nikolai ends up going over the top. Back in, Bam Bam grabs a wristlock, but Volkoff fights him off. He tries a cross corner whip, but Bigelow flips over the buckles, and Volkoff hits them while charging in. That puts Volkoff down, and Bam Bam delivers a slingshot splash at 3:34. ¼*

Gene Okerlund catches up with Honky Tonk Man ahead of Survivor Series

Survivor Series ad

Slick’s Jive Soul Bro music video

Butch Reed v Omar Atlas: From Wrestling Challenge on November 8 (taped October 28) in Rochester New York. Reed with a flying clothesline at 1:15. DUD

Ted DiBiase v Junkyard Dog: From Green Bay Wisconsin on October 7. Dog blitzes him, and delivers a backdrop in short order. An atomic drop follows, and DiBiase wisely bails to regroup. Back in, Ted does some stalling to continue killing his momentum, and DiBiase manages some shots, but stupidly tries turnbuckle smashes, and Dog chases him out of the ring again. Ted gets control and goes to work in basic fashion, until Dog is able to block a 2nd rope fistdrop. That allows JYD to make a comeback, so Virgil goes after him, but it ends in JYD throwing Ted’s money into the crowd. DiBiase is able to capitalize by trying to slam Dog, but JYD topples him - only for Ted to roll through (with a handful of tights) at 10:03. As basic as it gets. ½*

DeGeorge brings Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, and Brutus Beefcake out to talk Survivor Series. We haven’t seen Ricky in a while, welcome back. Savage cutting promos for the entire team is everything, who better could you ask for

Bob Orton v Scott Casey: From Toronto Ontario Canada on September 20, and already aired on the October 1 Prime Time. Casey was before my time, but going back and watching all of these old shows, I’m shocked at how much he’s on them, and getting ‘pushed’ as JTTS. He’s just so uninteresting. This one drags on and on as the crowd sits on their hands, before Orton hits the superplex at 14:31. ¼*

WWF Tag Team Title Match: The Hart Foundation v Strike Force: From the November 7 Superstars of Wrestling (taped October 26) in Syracuse New York. Bret Hart starts with Rick Martel, and Bret pounds him with punches right out of the gate. A criss cross allows Martel a pair of dropkicks, and an armdrag leaves Bret in an armbar. Tag to Tito Santana for a double team, and Tito holds an armbar of his own to keep Bret grounded. Rollup, but Bret blocks, and tags. Jim Neidhart misses a pointed elbowdrop, allowing Santana an armbar, but Jim powers out. That triggers a slugfest, and Santana holds his own, so Bret throws a cheap shot from the apron. That allows the champs to go to work on Tito, but he gets away from Anvil long enough for the hot tag to Rick. Martel runs wild, and a 2nd rope bodypress gets two on Jim when Bret saves. In comes Tito for a double team, and Martel puts a Boston crab on Anvil for the win at 9:15. I’m honestly surprised that Jim just kind of submitted there, with Bret never even getting back in to try for a save, or something. It felt out of nowhere, though I appreciate that they actually gave this some time. *

BUExperience: This wasn’t good, but it was better than some of the really house show heavy slogs with no star power that we get sometimes.