War! The Ultimate Warrior declares war, here on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. “I’m the champion!” Andre the Giant bellows again. WWF champion Randy ”Macho Man” Savage likens his bout with Andre to David vs. Goliath. Ted Dibiase is sending Virgil after his slave, Hercules. Hulk Hogan does his first promo on this show about going on Brother Love’s interview segment. Yep.
From Sacramento, California.
Gene talks to Mr. Fuji and the Super Ninja 1. This is the only time I ever saw this character, who I believe was Rip Oliver under the mask.
WWF intercontinental championship, Super Ninja 1 vs. The Ultimate Warrior (c)- Gene talks to the champ. “War holds no secrets for.me, war holds only victory.” Ninja attacks to start, but Warrior no-sells and catches a kick. He catches another and flips the Ninja backwards. Warrior leapfrogs him, and kicks Ninja to the floor. Warrior press-slams him back into the ring, and shakes them ropes. He rams Ninja's head to the buckles, and back elbows him off of the ropes. Another clothesline drops him, and Warrior presses Ninja. A splash finishes him. * I thought they were going to give Ninja a little offense for drama.
We see Ted Dibiase buying Hercules from Bobby Heenan as a slave. I forgot the Megapowers feud kind of transitioned to this.
Virgil vs. Hercules- Hercules tells Gene he is a free man. This whole story would've been better if Herc actually won the feud. Dibiase and Virgil doubleteam to begin, but Herc gets a double clothesline. Herc gets a baaaaack bodydrop on Virgil, and clotheslines him to the floor. Herc chases Dibiase around outside and through the ring, and clotheslines Virgil. Herc hits a back elbow, and hits one to the mat. Dibiase jumps on the apron, but Virgil doesn't capitalize. Herc hits him downstairs, and rocks him with a kneelift. He drops Virg with a clothesline, but kicks at Dibiase instead of following up. Virg hits Herc, but gets clotheslined again. Herc hits a powerslam, and gets the pin. * This accomplished what it set out to do. Herc tosses Virgil onto Dibiase, and swings his chain so Dibiase can't enter the ring.
We see footage of Andre getting scared of Damian on the last SNME. I still don't like this whole deal. Gene talks to Andre and Heenan. When Gene suggests Andre has a phobia, Andre is ready to wallop him. Heenan stops that and says everyone knows Andre is the champion, and "we'll get it back tonight."
WWF championship, Andre the Giant vs. Randy Savage- This match should feel like a bigger deal, but I think the Hacksaw Duggan and Jake Roberts feuds knocked Andre down a few pegs. Gene talks to the champ and Liz. Gene says "why risk it all in front of 35 million people..." Sure, Gene. On the Something to Wrestle With podcast about Savage, I believe Bruce Prichard said Andre didn't like working with Randy. And holy shit- Vince throws it to the Mountain Dew Slam of the Night, but they don't show it! Booo! I'll have to see if I can find the original airing of this show. Anyway, Savage went to attack but Andre grabbed him by the throat. Savage tries to fight, but Andre grabs him. He knees Savage in the corner, and squashes him there. Savage eventually kicks him, but he gets caught again. Andre chokes Savage with the Tarzan part of his singlet. Savage shoulders him in the corner, but Andre stops him. Andre headbutts him down, then chokes him against the top rope. He whips Savage down, then chokes so more. He holds Savages arms, but Savage pops him in the chin with his head. Andre takes over again, though. Savage gets loose and axehandles him to the head, then kicks him when he's down on one knee. Jake Roberts wanders out, which can mean only one thing- we're close to a commercial break. He put the snake bag under the ring. It's funny to see Jake, Liz and Macho all on the same side here. Savage goes out and tells Jake to leave, and the Snake whispers something to him. When we resume Savage hits an axehandle to Andre as Heenan looks under the ring for Damian. Savage kicks away at the Giant, who is preoccupied by the search for Damian. Savage axehandles Andre while his back is turned. Heenan is overturning chairs on the floor. Andre headbutts Savage down, and repeadteldy butt-drops him. Savage rolls out after Heenan. Andre flips him back in, as Heenan finds Damian and tries to leave with him. Jake chases Heenan into the ring, then Savage whips Heenan into Andre. Andre gets tied in the ropes, and Savage tosses out Heenan. Savage invites Jake in, and he lets out Damian. Heenan gets Andre free before the snake gets to him, though. McMahon says this was a double-disqualification. *
Gene is with Duggan. Hacksaw likes to keep things simple. You’ll raise another flag.in the U.S.A. Over his dead body. He also insults Dino Bravo’s flag, because of course he does.
Boris Zhukov vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan- winner gets his flag raised. Not sure why his promo was about Bravo. Duggan chases Zhukov off with the board to begin. They slug it out, and Duggan gives him an atomic drop. Clothesline, and Boris bails. They lock up and roll around the ropes, and Zhukov takes advantage with a punch. He knees Duggan when he goes to backflip the Russian, but he takes over again with punches. Both men miss moves, and Boris bites Duggan's head. Zhuchov whips Duggan, but gets clotheslined. Duggan executes a scoop slam, then hits the 3-point stance clothesline for the win. * He then salutes his flag. Comrade Trump would be proud... or would he?
We see Hulk's first appearance on the Brother Love Show, when the Big Boss Man beat him and handcuffed him to a railing.
Speaking of Bruce Pritchard, it's the Brother Love Show. We then see Gene interview Hulk, as they watch Love introduce Slick instead of Hulk. Love then brings out the Hulkster. Love cuts off the posing. He asks Hulk how it felt.when the Boss Man whipped his back. He pulls the mic away, and says it must have felt real good. Love asks what was going through his mind while he was getting beaten, and he and Slick answer for him. Hulk then grabs the mic, and threatens to show him the school of hard knox, Hulkamania-style. Hulk then asks the heels how they’d like it if a Hulkamaniac did the same thing to them, and answers himself. Judge Hogan would also pass the execution on Love. Hulk grabs Slick, and tosses him to the floor. Love nails Hulk from behind, tells Hulk he doesn't want to lose control again, and Hulk slams him. Hulk then handcuffs him to the top, and clotheslines him over it. Brother Love could have lost an arm!
Jesse talks to the Rougeaus and Jimmy Hart. The big scoop is the Rougeaus have moved to the U.S., in Memphis. I hate three fourths of the people on my screen here.
The Young Stallions vs. The Rougeaus- Powers and Jacques start. Jacques shoulderblocks then dropkicks Powers. Powers grabs a headlock, monkeyflips fails. Jacques axehandles him, Rougeaus doubleteam. They do a press backbreaker thing, and Jacques hits a flying back elbow for two. Jacques misses a twisting bodypress, and Powers tags Roma. Roma clotheslines Raymond and slams Jacques, and hits a fistdrop. Clothesline Raymond, and a missile dropkick gets two. Powers and Jacques brawl, and then with the ref distracted they hit their doubleteam move for the win. *1/2 Could have been decent with time.
Jesse talks to Andre and Heenan. Jesse says "Andre, I can't believe you're afraid of a snake," an Andre grabs him by the lapels. Andre tells Jake to fight like a man. Gene tells Jake that Andre obviously has a phobia. He says he and Damian won't stop until they've totally consumed one giant.
Gene talks to Hogan about his interview earlier. Being the executioner apparently turned him on. It won't be the electric chair or gas chamber, brother. With 20/20 hindsight, this interview sounds really bad.
I'm not sure I'd recommend this episode. Andre-Savage should've been a bigger deal, and the other matches are that great. What would be great, however, is for you to click one of the links on the right for one of my ebooks. In fact, today (1/28),you can get it for free- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078HRSNZ1 . Thanks for your support.
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