Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Miss Elizabeth do a promo, seemingly from the Twilight Zone. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan promises a "huge" surprise for Hulk Hogan tonight, and proclaims "Bundymania" will live forever. Gee, what could Heenan's surprise be?
From Seattle, Wash. I wonder if this was the post-Thanksgiving weekend. That would put this airing two days after the first Survivor Series, though this show would've been taped earlier.
We take a look at Danny Davis hitting George "The Animal" Steele with a ring bell. "Mean" Gene Okerlund talks to Steele, who is playing with an Elizabeth figure. Please tell me we're done with the Liz-Savage-Steele stuff.
"Dangerous" Danny Davis vs. George Steele- Steele bites to begin, and rams Davis to the buckle. He picks up Davis by the throat, and Danny bails. Davis attacks but Steele no-sells and knocks the former referee to the floor. Then reread the last sentence twice. Finally Steele rolls out after Davis, and Steele grabs a chair. When he drops it Davis hits him with a foreign object, and chokes Steele with it. After that spot is repeated a few times, Steele lifts him with a hammerlock, and the ref calls for the bell. -* Somehow it was actually a DQ against Davis. Other than Steele not being on the Survivor Series, why were they wasting network TV time on this?
We see footage from the last SNME, of Bret keeping Savage from pinning the Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontiental championship. I think there was bigger news coming out of that segment than how the match ended.
Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Randy Savage- Ok, now we see Honky Tonk shoving down Liz before hitting Savage with the guitar. Apparently his earlier promo was from the Danger Zone. Savage tells Okerlund "vengeance is mine." We see Brian Bosworth after a commercial break. Macho chases the Hart Foundation, and hammers Bret. He sends Bret into the post outside. Hart sells his shoulder. Macho pounds away but misses a charge. Hart chokes Mach in the corner, then drops elbows. Macho kicks Bret coming off the ropes, and the ref makes him break after a hair pull. Bret bumps from the apron to the guardrail, as he is wont to do. Savage then knocks Jimmy Hart and Jim Neidhart’s noggins. He then goes for an axe handle on Bret, who hits Savage with the megaphone when he lands. Neidhart then tosses savage back in. Bret kicks savage in the gut as he comes off of the ropes. Beer drops a leg, and slams savage into the buckles (like a safer Buckle Bomb). Bret pile drives Savage for two. Bret sort of misses a corner charge, then Savage whips him into the opposite corner. Savage neck snaps him, then hits an axe handle for two. Bret hits a back breaker, then misses the elbow off the middle buckle. Savage leaps over the top while snapping Hart’s throat on it, for two. The ref pulls Savage away as he smothers Bret against the ropes, and Savage gets backdropped over the top on a failed charge. Savage holds his ankle outside, and I think that might be legit. Liz unties his boot, and the Hart’s swarm like sharks. The ref let Savage regain his composure, as he lays bootlegs on the mat. Bret attacks the ankle, then rams it into the post. Bret drops a knee to the ankle, then applies an Indian Deathlock. Savage pushes Hart into the post again, and gets two. Hart works on the ankle, and grabs a half-crab. Bret slams Savage, but Macho rolls through for the win. ***3/4. Savage tries to hit Jimmy with the megaphone, while still selling the ankle. This just makes me angry all over again about Savage wasting a year facing Steele when he could have more matches like this one.
Heenan tells us humanoids we must have as much brains as this runt (Okerlund) has hairs on his head.
WWF championship, King Kong Bundy vs. Hulk Hogan (c)- The surprise is Andre, justl like last month. Hogan talks about a blue tint to his muscles, or something. His secondary survival system will wipe out the heels. Hulk jaws at Andre, who says that’s my belt. The two butt heads, and exchange shoves. Hulk grabs a headlock, and he can’t knock Bundy down with shoulderblocks. A knee lift drops Bundy, though, and gets two. Hogan goes for a slam but Bundy falls on top for two. Bundy then attacks Hogan’s back. Bundy slams Hogan but misses a kneedrop. Hulk then gets his special, and even sort of hits the Axebomber. He drops elbows for two. Hogan punches away, but gets forearmed off of the ropes and clotheslined. A kneedrop gets two, and Bundy grabs a chinlock. Hulk eventually Hulks Up. Bundy misses a clothesline and Hulk punches him. Big Boot, but when he goes for the legdrop Andre trips Hogan. Bundy tries to attack, but Hogan punches him which knocks him to the floor. Andre takes off his jacket, but Howard Finkel announces if Andre doesn't leave right now Hogan will win the match. I think the trip should've been enough reason to end the match. Heenan and Bundy plead with the giant to leave, and cooler heads prevail. Andre knocks down a camera man as he leaves.
The match resumes and Bundy headbutts Hogan. He rams Hogan to the top buckles, but Hogan reverses and gets a clothesline. Now Hogan rams him to each buckle, and gets chopped. Hogan hits a flying knee but misses and elbowdrop. Bundy works over Hogan's back for two. Bundy stands on Hogan's back and gets a bearhug. Hogan elbows Bundy's head, but gets droppedd by the big man. Bundy hits an avalanche, then splashes Hogan on his back for two. Hulk Up sequence begins, and Hulk slams Bundy. KKB rolls outside, and pulls Hulk out with him. Hulk pushes Bundy in, and Heenan grabs his ankle. Bundy wins by countout. *1/2. Hulk then knocks Bundy out of the ring, and pulls Heenan up by the throat. He drops the brain, and does it again. And again.
Gene talks to Hercules, who will now be without his manager. The fake pillars behind them is a nice touch.
Hercules vs. Bam Bam Bigelow- Gene talks to Bigelow and his manager Oliver Humperdink. Jesse isn't sure who is uglier, Bigelow or Humperdink. That's a tough call. I really liked Bigelow in this era, and wish things would have worked out for him in the WWF. They shoulderblock each other, and no one budges. Herc knees him to the midsection and pounds away, and whips Bigelow to the buckles. Jercules misses a charge but gets a back elbow, then clotheslines Bigelow over the top. Hercules forearms him while he's on the apron. Bigelow then snap mares him over the top. They brawl outside, to the delight of Boz. Bigelow slams him as the bell rings. Was not expecting a draw this early in Bigelow's run. Bigelow gets on the mic and says he didn't come there for a draw, and if Herc has guts let's finish it. They continue and got into the three-point stance. Neither man falls from that. They run it back, and when Herc goes low Bigelow cartwheels over him. Bammer then knocks him down with a shoulderblock, and punches him on the mat. Bigelow misses a dropkick, and Herc measures him with elbows. He drops a knee but stops to taunt. Herc goes up to the top, but Bam Bam catches him. He military presses Herc, slams him, then hits his apron slingshot finisher for the win. *3/4. Herc also got busted open.
Boz and friends yell to Jesse when they return from break. Gene talks to Bundy and Andre. It's odd that Bundy was gone soon after this, since they put him over Hogan. Bundy called this the greatest night of his life. Ventura strolls in to congratulate Bundy.
Gene then talks to the Hulkster. Hogan calls it a shallow victory. He hopes Andre is in Bundy's corner if they have a rematch. Hulk will have the Hulkamaniacs in his corner. I guess I was forgetting they had two SNME matches.
Vince asks Gene if he has an update on Heenan's neck. Gene said no, but who cares, and then Jesse shoved him.
Bret-Savage was great, and the Hogan-Bundy match served a Giant purpose. It may not seem like it, but the shows are slightly improving, George Steele notwithstanding.
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