WWF Wrestling Challenge (October 25, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: October 25, 1987 (taped October 7)

From Green Bay, Wisconsin; Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan

Randy Savage v Van Van Horne: Macho with the flying elbowdrop at 2:40, to a huge pop. DUD

Craig DeGeorge is in the studio with Update, giving us a look at Bam Bam Bigelow’s run thus far

Ted DiBiase v Tony Parks: DiBiase is still working on finding a finisher here, and uses a sharpshooter to put Parks away at 2:54. DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with WWF Intercontinental Champion Honky Tonk Man, who is ready for Survivor Series 

Strike Force v Steve Lombardi and Tom Stone: Gorilla, as usual, is crazy into Girls in Cars. Tito Santana uses the jumping forearm to put this one away at 5:06. This was longer than it needed to be. DUD

Okerlund catches up with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, who is ready to get back into the ring with Andre the Giant at Survivor Series

Ultimate Warrior v Terry Gibbs: This is Warrior's TV debut, and Gorilla is already putting him over as ‘bigger than Rick Rude,’ so you can consider this the start of their feud, in a way. He’s very subdued here, compared to what we’d come to know later. Warrior split screens in here, and he’s more fired up there, at least, talking about what ‘flows through his veins.’ Warrior with a splash at 1:37. DUD

DeGeorge brings Jimmy Hart out to hype Survivor Series

Jim Johnston explains why he helped write Girls in Cars for Strike Force. Yeah, really difficult to figure out what the inspiration there was

Girls in Cars music video

Demolition v Sonny Rogers and Chris Zarna: Some dumb kid on the aisle tries to pull Demolition’s masks off during the entrances. The Young Stallions split screen in here, excited to mix it up with Demolition at Survivor Series. Demolition with a combo at 4:03. Well, at least this one was under five minutes. DUD

Okerlund catches up with the Killer Bees to talk Survivor Series

BUExperience: Warrior’s debut is notable, and the Survivor Series push gives the show a lot of direction that was lacking over the summer months.