Product details
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Presented by Sean Mooney, the tape kicked off with a match requested by a fan. It pitted the tough as nails Rugged Ronnie Garvin against the late great Mr. Perfect in a reasonable match.
Next up was a profile of crazy tag team The Bushwhackers. WWF announcer Mean Gene Okerlund travelled to the Australian Outback to visit The Bushwhackers and have a chat with them. Three matches featuring The Bushwhackers then followed. We saw their 1988 debut against Soviet villains The Bolsheviks (who were not actually Russian). Then, they went up against the moody Bad News Brown and his partner, The Brooklyn Brawler. Their final match pitted them against the big tough Powers of Pain.
The next match pitted Mexican Tito Santana against the late Rick Rude in a very entertaining and psychological match.
Then, we saw bitter enemies Jake "The Snake" Roberts take on The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase. These two always had great chemistry and they didn't disappoint in this thrilling match.
The final match pitted Hulk Hogan and his friend Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake against The Macho King Randy Savage and the maniacal Zeus-within the confines of a steel cage. Pure entertainment-what more can I say?
Also on the cassette were Lord Alfred Hayes talking about wrestling terminology and the WWF interviewing fans asking them who would win a match between Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior.
The Match listing includes :-
The Killer Bees Vs The Fabulous Rougeous
Bret Hart Vs Bad News Brown (Grudge Match)
The Bolsheviks Vs Powers Of Pain
The Ultimate Warrior Vs Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan in a never before seen 'Loser Wears a Weasel Suit Match' (Quite Funny, and I bet you can't guess who wins (!)
Intercontinental Title Match
'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan Vs The Honky Tonk Man
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart Vs 'Leaping' Larry Poffo (Macho Man's Brother)
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts Vs Ravishing Rick Rude (Major Grudge Match)
Ken Patera Vs Dino Bravo
Tag Team Title Match
The British Bulldogs Vs Demolition w/Mr Fuji
World Championship Steel Cage Match
Andre The Giant w/Bobby Heenan Vs Hulk Hogan.
All in all this is isn't too bad for a live show.
Back then, the WWF only had 3 Events in a year so it is refreshing to see how some of the feuds developed after Wrestlemania and led up to Summerslam '88.
The best (entertaining matches) are The Ultimate Warrior Vs Bobby Heenan, just for the comedy value really !
Jake Roberts Vs Ravishing Rick Rude, just for the intensity level of how much they despised each other !
The British Bulldogs Vs Demolition was a very evenly contested match up that went back and forth.
In a rare singles match (at the time) Bret Hart did well against Bad News Brown, in what probably was Bad News' one and only half decent match in his whole career !!
The Main Event with Hogan and Andre is ok, but it doesn't come close to their best efforts at WrestleMania 3.
However it is interesting to see these 2 lock up in this type of match.
I would definately recommend this to have in your collection if you appreciate the old style WWF back in those days, and also to watch never-before-seen match ups.
|