Randy "Macho King" Savage says he has the most powerful hand in the world. We see WWF president Jack Tunney informing Earl Hebner he will be the inside the ring referee, and new world boxing champion James "Buster" Douglas will be the outside the ring referee.
Live from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. It's notable that in the intro video they showed footage from the Mike Tyson vs. Douglas fight. I don't even know who promoted/broadcasted the fight.
Gene talks to Randy "Macho King" Savage and Queen Sherri. He's glad "Iron" Mike Tyson pulled out as referee. He found out that Tyson's great-grandmother is a card-carrying Hulkamaniac, so there's no way he'd call it down the middle.
WWF championship, Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (c)- Savage and Sherri get carried down in a double throne by some peasants, I mean jobbers. Gene talks to Hogan about how this is probably the last time he'll ever face Savage. Oh, Hulky. If Douglas doesn't call it down the middle, Hogan will end up the new boxing champion, too. After Hulk's entrance we go to Gene with Buster. He did it for himself, his country and his mother. He's going to call it like he sees it. I still feel like this match lost all of its intrigue once Tyson was out. I'm not even sure if him losing even mattered in this situation. So Buster comes out with some goof who McMahon says is his manager. Buster gets quite a pop, at least. Hulk and Savage lock up, and Hogan shoves him to the mat. Savage steps out for a breather. Hogan drops him witha ashoulderblock, Savage goes out and Douglas prevents Hogan from going after him. Savage knees Hulk's midsection, and punches him. He snaps Hogan's neck on the top, and knees him in the back to the floor. Savage goes up but Douglas stands between them. Savage kneelifts Sherri off the apron. Hulk gets a clothesline. Hulk rams him to the buckle, and hits a back elbow in the opposite corner. Hulk punches him on the middle turnbuckle, and hits the Axebomber. Hogan body slams Savage and drops elbows. He gets on top for puches in lieu of a pin attempt. He gets an atomic drop, but Sherri trips him coming off the ropes. Savage jumps on Hogan, knocking down Sherri. Savage gets a clothesline for two, and drops knees and chokes Hogan. Sherri chokes Hogan but Buster comes over and ejects her. That of course leads to a commercial break, and Douglas is running back out when we return. Savage has a sleeper on the mat, with Hogan Hulking Up on the third arm raise. He shoulderblocks Savage, but gets clotheslined. Savage makes an arrogant cover, and throws out Hogan. Savage hits an axehandle to the floor, and another back in the ring.. He gets two off of that. He makes several more pin attempts, all for naught. Savage punches Hogan to the floor. Macho prepares for the flying axehandle but Douglas stands between them. Savage instead elbows him in the throat. Back in, Savage body slams Hulk and goes up for the elbow. He hits it, and Hogan powers out at two. Way to kill his finish, Hulky. Hulk Up sequence activated. Hulk hits the big boot but Savage drags him outside. Savage rakes his eyes and rolls in. Hogan punches Savage (and referee Earl Hebner gets knocked out) and legdrops Savage, and Douglas counts the pin (fast, I might add, plus Savage was kicking out at three). Savage argues with Hebner, then points at Douglas. Hulk tries to instigate a fight between Savage and Douglas. Savage points in Douglas' face, and bounces around like Ali. Savage slaps Douglas, then lays on the top rope in the corner. Savage bobs and weaves, and grandstands in front of Hogan. Hulk shoves Savage into Douglas, who "hits" Savage once, then gets a good one on camera to KO the Macho Man. Man, Hogan was such a bastard to Savage. Hulk then poses with Buster. Douglas would learn, as Holly Holm did several years later in the UFC, that beating the man (or woman) doesn't cause you to replace them as a star. Especially when you lose your first title defense.
The Warrior (without Okerlund) says he can smell it; it's in the air. He never says what "it" is, but names some planets and says he can also feel it.
Fuck, Vince threw it to the Slam of the Night, but I was once again thwarted.
Jesse talks to Dino, Jimmy Hart and Earthquake. Bravo accuses the Warrior of not having brains. I hope Dino is counting Hart as his. Jimmy says Warrior doesn't have Earthquake insurance, and Jesse says it sounds like a case of double indemnity. Vince replies that Jesse doesn't even know what that is. Boy, how dumb do you have to be to not know what double indemnity is? Everyone know that! It's, um...hey, look at that snowy owl! (Runs out the door).
WWF Intercontiental championship, Dino Bravo vs. The Ultimate Warrior (c)- Now Gene talks to Warrior, who says he doesn't have Earthquake insurance. He doesn't need it, because the life that flows into their bodies is not that of the normals. A natural disaster can't prevent him from fulfilling the Ultimate Destiny. Warrior rushes the ring and gets a powerslam. Helwig heads to the top rope, and hits an axehandle. He tries to go up again, and Earthqyake grabs his ankle. When Warrior goes after him, Bravo cheapshots him. Back in, Warrior hiptosses Bravo, but Quake grabs his ankle again. Bravo clotheslines him to the floor, but Warrior rolls under the ring, and then pulls Hart under on the other side. Hart then comes out without his pants. Warrior throws him onto Quake, but Bravo hits him and then Quake body slams him. Bravo axehandles Warrior on the back, and grabs a bearhug. Warrior breaks the hold, and gets one of his own. Bravo rakes the eyes to escape, and hits the side slam for only two. Bravo keeps attacking the back, but Warrior does his own Hulk Up. He headbutts Bravo, punches and clotheslines him, and hits a shoulder tackle. A splash gets the pin. * Quake then imediately clotheslies him, and the Canadains stomp on Warrior. Warrior knocks their noggins, clotheslines Quake, and throws Bravo to the outside. Quake attacks Warrior, and drops a big elbow. He drops another and drags Warrior to the corner. Quake goes to the middle buckle, but Hulk comes out and stands between the two men. A punche drops Quake to the floor, but Warrior yells at Hogan. The ref gets betwen them, but they take turns pushing him, and then another ref, out of the way.
Vince himself is in the locker room, and show the Rumble footage for the umpteenth time, and then the fracas from the last SNME. Hulk says he felt Hulkamania at its peak at the Rumble, but the Warrior was the strongest force to ever attack Hulkamania. He says the clothesline was an accident. He says he wants the Warrior at his best at WMVI, so that's why he came out to help Warrior.
Gene is with Warrior, apparently at the official UW gift shop. What happened tonight was written long ago, Warrior says. He saw walls filled with fear when he looked in Hogan's eyes. I need not your protection, he says to Hogan. He says that he's the chosen one.
Gene talks to Buster. He had a "blast" (as he throws a punch). Buster and Hogan are going out "drinking," Hulk the buttermilk, Buster whole milk. We see a highlight package before fading to black.
One the one hand, this show feels like a kind of a wasted opportunity because of the way the Tyson situation went down. However that perhaps let them focus even more on Hogan-Warrior, which should be the end goal. This episode of The Main Event is certainly a step down from the first one, and probably even the second.
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