I watched this show while sleeping over at our friends the Ludwigs' house when it aired when I was a kid. I believe my brother was also there, hanging out with the two older boys. Yep.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan says it's spring cleaning time in the WWF. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan says when you wrestle one member of the Heenan Family, you're wrestling them all. Slick says call the police; they were robbed at Wrestlemania IV. "Macho Man" Randy Savage says the Madness will surround the One Man Gang.
From Springfield, Mass. We see footage of Duggan walloping Andre with his 2x4 when the Giant was choking him.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund with Hercules, Heenan and Andre. Bobby says Jigsaw Jim won't get away with hitting Andre. The Giant bellows out a good "Hooooo!"
Hercules vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan- Gene talks to Duggan. He says Herc is a yo yo at the bottom of Heenan's chain. Duggan reminds us Andre cost him the WWF title at WMIV. I'm impressed they acknowledged that; today's WWE never would. Ventura says Duggan sounds like a "wounded water buffalo in heat." They lock up , then Duggan reverses an attempted ramming of his head to the turnbuckles. Herc tries an Irish whip, but gets clotheslined. Herc takes a breather. Duggan drags him back in by the hair, and flips him back inside. Duggan hits a baaaack bodydrop, but misses a kneedrop. He works over the knee until Duggan tries a charge, which he misses. Herc chokes him on the middle rope, and stops a Duggan comeback by tossing him outside. Back in Herc hits a back elbow. Heenan cheapshots duggan while he's laying on the apron, so Duggan grabs the 2x4, chasing Heenan who does a spectacular bump to the floor. Herc jumps Duggan as he returns the board. Herc locks in a bearhug, Duggan fights out but Herc hits a flying knee. More rope-assisted choking. Duggan hits a knee off the ropes and hits an axehandle. He punches Herc in the corner, and gets a hiptoss. Duggan goes into the three-point stance, hits the clothesline, but Heenan breaks up the pin. Andre then assaults Duggan as Herc holds him. The Ultimate Warrior then runs out, giving Duggan his board. I believe that's the Warrior's first SNME appearance. *1/4
We see Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake cutting Jimmy Hart's hair at WMIV. Gene talks to Hart and "Dangerous" Danny Davis, who has a bag of barber tools of his own.
Danny Davis vs. Brutus Beefcake- Gene interviews the Barber. "All work and no place gives Brutus a dull blade," Beefcake says. Brutus proclaims it 2 for 1 night, and shows Gene the hair he cut off of Hart. Hart runs for cover upon Brutus' arrival. Brutus and Davis lock up, and Beefcake shoves him down. Davis hits a forearm that Brutus no-sells. Beefcake musses up his hair, and rams him into the buckles. Brutus hiptosses Davis, who gets a cheap shot while the ref tries to separate them. Davis chokes Beefcake with the bottom rope, and Hart comes at Beefcake with the hedgeclippers. Brutus knees Davis in the jaw, and slams him. Hart pulls Davis to the floor, as he seems legitimately dazed from that knee. Brutus whips Davis and locks on the sleeper. Hart tried to interfere but the ref stopped him. Brutus wins *, and then cuts Davis' hair. He also spraypaints him, nWo style. Guess we know where they got that. Thank you, Disciple.
YOU can watch footage here of Gang vs. Savage at WMIV; I'm not that far in my rewatch of that show. Gene talks to Slick and OMG. "We beat the dude once, we'll beat him again," Slick says.
WWF championship match, One Man Gang vs. Randy Savage (c)- Slick is shuckin' and jivin' on the way to the ring. Gene talks to the champ and Liz. Gene congratulates LIz on being the first woman to manage a WWF champion. Macho's tone toward Liz has really changed at this point. Gang backs Savage into the corners, and Savage uses elbow strikes. Gang tries a crossbody, and falls on top of Gang. OMG tosses him outside, but Savage jumps to the top and gets two off of a bodypress. Savage snaps Gang's throat on the top for two. Gang backs him into the corner and works him over. He picks Savage up by the throat, and chokes him with his boot. Slick then chokes Savage with his cane while Gang distracts the ref. Gang misses a clothesline, and Savage darts outside to chase Slick. When they go through the ring Gang drops an elbow on Savage to turn the tide. OMG Rakes Savage's face, as Slick taunts Savage. Gang misses a charge, and Savage elbows him in the head. Savage clotheslines him over the top, then goes up and drops the axehandle. Gang knocks a cameraman down with him. Savage goes up as the Gang regains the ring, but gets punched in the gut. Big bodyslam, and gang goes to the middle. He misses the 747 splash, and Slick goes after Liz. Savage turns his attention to Slick, and Gang hits him. OMG lifts Savage by the throat gain, but Slick whallops Gang with the cane by mistake. Savage drops the elbow for the win. **1/2. This was a sprited match, Gang held up his end, and made Savage look like a credible champion. And thankfully Hogan wasn't around to steal Savage's spotlight.
Gene talks to the British Bulldogs. Gene says Demolition wants to dip Matilda in chrome, and use her as a hood ornament. The Bulldogs asure him that won't happen.
Demolition vs. British Bulldogs- Ouch, this is even non-title. How the mighty had fallen, though they challenged at Wrestlefest that summer. Jesse interviews the Demos and Mr. Fuji. Matilda apparently be mounted on Fuji's Wineabago, and they'll take it down to the Grand Canyon. Smash and Davey start. Smash pounds on him, but Davey tags Dynamite, who clotheslines and headbutts Smash. Smash grabs the top rope but misses an elbow. Ax in, but Dynamite holds his arm for Davey to jump on. Dynamite back in, but Smash pounds on his back. Doubleteam, and Smash gets a backbreaker. Smash bearhugs Dynamite, who headbutts out of it. Ax gets the tag, and cuts off one for the Bulldogs. Demo doubleteams. Dynamite boots a charging Smash in the corner, and tags Davey Boy. He slams both Demos, and dropkicks Ax. Dynamite gets the tag, but Smash shoulderblocks him down. He heaves Dynamite outside, where Fuji puts the boots to him. The Dogs (with Matilda) chase Fuji to the back. Something, something, Fuji dog joke. I hope she eats him. The Demos also head back, but the refs stop them. You know, people diss how obvious the commercial break spots on Raw are these days, but these SNMEs overuse the "match stops for some reason as people head to the back" spot, too. So of course after the break the match is restarted.
Davey has the cane when they return and is hitting Ax with it. The bell rings, and they double clothesline Smash. Demos win by DQ. * I'm baffled by this whole segment.
Gene is with Superstar Graham and Don "The Rock" Muraco (yep; get used to it). Superstar is gonna fight fire with fire.
Don “The Rock” Muraco vs. Ted Dibiase- Dibiase tells Gene he was robbed of the belt twice. “I am the champion.” Dibiase attacks as Muraco is distracted by Virgil. The Rock gets a backdrop and punches him down. He rams Dibiase’s head to the buckle, and Ted bails. Graham gives him lip outside. Thry lock up, and Rock shoulderblocked him down. Dibiase misses an elbowdrop and gets clotheslined. Powerslam by the Rock, but Virgil puts his foot on the rope. Graham menaces him after that. Dibiase gets a clothesline for two. Vertical suplex gets another near fall. Side suplex as well. Rock gets a Russisn legsweep coming off the ropes, and elbows him off the ropes. A powerslam gets two. He chops Dibiase in the throat, but when Dibiase begs off he gets sucker punched. Dibiase bodyslams him and gets the pin, even though Rock's foot is on the rope. *
Gene talks.to Savage. Macho Madness has momentum, while Dibiase is.going.to.be bankrupt.
Rick Rude vs. Koko B. Ware- Why is Rude’s music changed on the Network? Just baffling. And then after his promo it's normal again! Hey-Zeus. Rude pounds Koko, who is on the apron. Koko leapfrog, then a dropkick. Koko takes charge but gets cheap-shotted. Rude works his back and kidneys. Snap suplex. Rude drops a chop from the top rope, then chokes Koko on the bottom rope. Rude hits a dropkick, but misses a second. Baaack bodydrop but he misses a splash and clotheslines himself on the top rope. Rude awakening puts him away. *½
Vince and Jesse wrap things up over a couple of segments. This episode wasn't actively bad or offensive, though it featured to WMIV rematches and a couple of matches that were done several times in this era. The fact it took me a week to get through the show is more about me than anything else.
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