WWF Wrestling Challenge (December 6, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: December 6, 1987 (taped November 18)

From Omaha, Nebraska; Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan

Rick Rude v Omar Atlas: Heenan stays on commentary here, sporting a neckbrace at the hands of Hulk Hogan on Saturday Night’s Main Event. Rude with the backbreaker rack at 1:52. DUD

Craig DeGeorge is in the control center for Special Report, with a look at Ted DiBiase’s efforts to buy the WWF Title

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Jake Roberts v Barry Horowitz: Jake with the DDT at 0:54. DUD

Gene Okerlund catches up with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, who is all jacked up

DeGeorge catches up with Slick, who doesn’t like DiBiase’s attempts to buy the title

Clips of the Greg Valentine/Brutus Beefcake match from the November 28 episode of Superstars of Wrestling

Okerlund catches up with Rude

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Harley Race v Jerry Allen: Race with the cradle suplex at 1:14. DUD

DeGeorge brings Sam Houston and Danny Davis out for a face-to-face podium interview, but Davis takes exception to Houston refusing to remove his hat. Yeah, they don’t sell hot dogs here. It ends up triggering a brawl

Don Muraco v Pete Sanchez: Butch Reed split screens in, promising to happily let Muraco take Superstar Bill Graham’s place in the abuse line. Don with a tombstone at 1:25. DUD

Demolition music video

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Video on the career of Billy Graham. It’s hard to believe he was only 44 at the end here, he looks like an old grandfather 

The Hart Foundation v Sivi Afi and Scott Casey: WWF Tag Team Champions Strike Force split screen in, ready to give the Foundation their rematch. The Foundation hit Afi with the Hart Attack at 3:12. DUD

Okerlund catches up with WWF Intercontinental Champion Honky Tonk Man, who is all about the singing and the dancing 

BUExperience: This was a pretty boring one, though not aggressively so.