From the Tampa Sun Dome. It's probably more Global Dome than Sky Dome in terms of size.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund talks to Bass. Jack Bass (TM Bryan Alvarez) calls his spurs The Maverick Brothers, Bret and Bart, and his whip Miss Betsy. The Bros. are going to tenderize Beefcake's head.
Hair match, Ron Bass vs. Brutus Beefcake- we see a history package, with Brutus first cutting up Miss Betsy, and then Bret and Bart cutting Beefcake’s forehead to keep him out of Summerslam. Beefcake tells Gene he doesn't wanna forget any of it. It's apparently a matter of hair, which Gene couldn't understand. Bass attacks to start, choking Beefer with Betsy. Beefcake pushes him into the corner to break free, then retrieves the whip. Bass bails why Brutus snaps the whip. Bass knees him to the gut, but the Booty Man hits a heinie, I mean high knee. Brutus knocks him off the apron teice, not letting him back in. Brutus punches him down three times, and rops a fist. He punches the Outlaw about the head several times, and does his strut. Brutus rams him into the top turnbuckle, but takes a big atomic drop. Bass gives him a gutbuster, and puts him on the top like it's a damn Royal Rumble. He kicks Brutus in the gut and he falls to the floor. Back in, Bass elbows him in the gut, and kicks a charging Beefcake in the tummy. He rams Brutus to the mat once more. Why is he focusing on his midsection? Soften up his forehead or something. Bass gvets a piledriver, which is a good step, but won't pin him. Bass pantomimes haircutting, and then drops Brutus throat-first on the top. Bass then pulls him up again, and gestures at the hedgeclippers. A big clothesline drops Brutus, and that time he covers but doesn't hook the leg. Bass thinks he won, and grabs the clippers. He misses a clothesline and gets caught in the sleeper, and his arm falls three time. *1/4. This is apparently what happens when Bass gets most of the offense. After a break Brutus is cutting Bass' hair. He gets shaved down to stubble. The Outlaw was in the Royal Rumble later that month, and then I believe he disappeared from the WWF.
Gene talks to Slock, Bossman and Akeem. Gene said Boss Man gave Hogan the worst beating he's ever seen Hulk take. Gene then thinks to ask why Boss Man is even there, seeing as how Akeem is wrestling him. He's there because Hogan's a repeat offender, apparently. Does it count if they're all from the same sex tape?
Hulkkkster says he and the Hulkamaniacs have faced trouble before, but tonight he has Miss Elizabeth in his corner. Gene suggests he's outmanned, and who should wander in? The WWF champion, that's who! "The scales of justice have tipped a little more in my way!" Hulk says. Savage is going to watch with Gene.
Akeem vs. Hulk Hogan- Savage and Gene are in a dungeon, apparently. Savage pulls down his glasses when Hogan opens the ropes for Liz. Fuck- we get tesased by the Slam of the Night again. I couldn't find the original video from the last SNME, probably won't this one, either. Hulk evades an Akeem charge, slams Slick into him, and the ref somehow counts a pin with Slick sandwiched. Hulk stuffs his headband in Akeem's mouth, goes outside and throws Slick into Boss Man. He punches away at Akeem, who dances groggily. Hulk mocks that, and fails to slam Akeem. Akeem drops an elbow, and punches away. He whips Hogan to the corner, but Hulk gets out of the way of a charge. He rams Akeem around to the buckles, but can't drop him with a clothesline. He knocks Boss Man off the apron, and drops Akeem with a clothesline. He works the arm, and Akeem pulls him down by the hair. Hulk hammers away, and finally drops Akeem with an axebomber. He whips Akeem into Boss Man, chops away at the former OMG, and again drops him. Hogan dances at Akeem, who lays on the top buckle. Boss Man gets back up, Hogan whips Akeem to the corner, but he pulls the ref in front of Hogan to get squashed. Boss Man comes in and works over Hogan with the nightstick. Macho thinks Hulk will be OK, as we see him finally getting his ass kicked, with Liz going to find Macho unlike the other way around. We also see Sam Houston randomly in the hallway, a full year after I figured he had left the WWF. Akeem goes up to the middle rope, and Liz finds Savage. He tells her Hulk will be OK. Hulk starts the Hulk Up sequence, proving Savage correct. He clotheslines Akeem, punches Boss Man and Slick off of the apron, and with the ref up the match is somehow continuing. He follows Boss Man out and rams his head to the apron, and atomic drops Slick into BBM. Back in, he hits the big boot on Akeem, which doesn't drop him. Hulk slams Akeem, hits the ropes, but Boss Man waffles him with the nightstick for the DQ. *1/2. BBM chokes Hogan with the stick, as Liz gets in the ring. The heels menace Liz, and Boss Man slips handcuffs on her. Macho finally shows up swinging a chair. Jesse points out Savage only showed up once Liz was in trouble. Liz goes over the check on Hulk, and Macho grabs her by the arm and questions that.
Gene talks with HTM and Jimmy Hart. Being the challenger doesn't change Honky's strategy. He just goes about being the greatest Intercontinental champion of all time.
WWF Intercontinental championship, Honky Tonk Man vs. The Ultimate Warrior (c)- Honky is doing the time-honored tradition here of doing lots of jobs now that his title run has ended. Jinder Mahal is currently in the midst of his, which hopefully will continue. Okerlund asks Warrior why give Honky a shot now, when he's prepared for Warrior? "Victory was mine once; it will be again," Warrior shouts. Honky bails when Warrior enters. I had to pause the video, as McMahon claimed Honky could make history, by being the first man to regain the Intercontiental championship. At that point in time Pedro Morales, Don Muraco and Tito Santana were all two-time champions. Currently, Chris Jericho sits at nine and The Miz has eight, though the title today isn't nearly as prestigious as it was back in the heyday. Warrior chases Honky down the aisle, and press-slams him back to and into the ring. Warrior leapfrogs Honky, and boots him in the face. Hart jumps on the apron, an Warrior knocks his and Honky's noggins. Warrior hits a back elbow, and picks Honky up by the throat. Warrior punches away in the corner, and whips Honky and battering rams him in the other corner. He whips Honky again, but this time the pool is empty. Honky then whacks Warrior with Hart's megaphone while he has the ref tied up. Honky drops axehandles to the Warrior's back, and Hart chokes him while the ref is distracted. Honky kicks and punches Warrior in the corner, but the champ is starting to get his special. Warrior rams Honky's head to the buckle, and hits a big clothesline. Warrior criss-crosses the ropes, but lands on knees. Honky gets a two-count off of that. Honky hits a clothesline but falls down himself. Honky then misses two clotheslines, and a flying shoulderblock from Warrior gets the duke. *1/2. The match did everything it needed to do; I just wouldn't call it technically good or anything.
Gene talks to the Twin Towers and Slick. Slick wonders how close the Mega Powers are. "How many more of these beatings can Hulk Hogan survive?"
Jesse talks to Bobby Heenan and the Red Rooster. Rooster was undefeated. Jesse and Heenan talk about Rooster's shortcomings.He's got the one thing he needs to get to the top of the WWF- Heenan's brain. And Bobby says he's done his part, Rooster needs to do his.
Red Rooster vs. Tito Santana- Heenan is mic'ed, for some reason. Ha, a young Bill Alfonso is the referee. They lock up, Taylor (Terry, Terrence if you're nasty) slaps him, and Tito responds with a punch. Tito leapfrogs, and gets a dropkick. Heenan talks to George Steinbrenner in the front row. Heenan asks "What do you do with these people?" to which Big Stein of course replies "fire them!" A splashing Tito hits knees, and Rooster stomps him. He does a kind of reverse Stone Cold Stunner, and chokes Santana. Santana punches away, as Heenan tells the ref to step in. Rooster goes for a sunset flip, but Tito punches out. Tito rams his head to the corner and strikes him about the stomach. tito gets a baaaack bodydrop, and goes for the figure four. Rooster pulls his hair to stop that, and Heenan yanks Taylor outside and shoves him. Rooster then shoves him back. After a break Tito suplexes Rooster back in from the apron. Rooster kicks Tito on a backdrop attempt. Taylor drops a knee for two. Rooster gets two off of a backbreaker. Taylor tries a suplex, and Tito gets a small package for two. They fight over a backslide, and Tito gets two. Tito whips him to the corner but eats boot. Taylor gets a piledriver for two. Taylor gets a hot shot but tries to go for a sharpshooter instead of pinning him. Tito clotheslines him over the top, and Heenan throws him back in. We then get 2018's favorite pin, the distraction rollup. *3/4. Heenan slaps Rooster while he's arguing with him, and Taylor punches him. He whips Heenan into the top buckle, and he takes a good bump. Heenan lays on the top buckle and Taylor keeps working him over. He throws Heenan throw the middle rope to the post, and then when Rooster hits him he does an amazing flip bump. This was all well and good, but why did he remain the Red Rooster after this? And why did he go from an incompetent student to some sort of chicken man? The mind wobbles.
Gene is with someone named Curt Hennig. Never heard of him. He makes no mistakes, and has the perfect wrestling hold. Koko B. Ware will see said hold tonight.
"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig vs. Koko B. Ware- I saw Hennig's WWF debut at Wrestlefest in summer 1988. His opponent was the man who became the Red Rooster. Hennig chops Ware in the corner, but gets hiptossed and slammed. Koko dropkicks Perfect to the floor. McMahon surprisingly corrects Jesse, that it's perfectly, not "he likes his matches to go perfect." Hennig pounds away in the corner, and hits a kneelift. Koko reverses a whip, and gets an armdrag. Hennig grabs a headlock, Koko leapfrogs twice and gets an armdrag. Perfect knees him in the gut, and forearms his back. He rams Koko's head to the buckle, but Koko responds in kind. Standing dropkick levels the Birdman, and he rolls out by Frankie the macaw. Koko gets a clothesline back in, but misses a charge to the corner. Hennig grabs him and hits the Perfectplex for the win. ** Hennig remains undefeated. I think he's just Mr. Perfect from Wrestlemania V on.
Gene talks to the Megapowers. and Liz. "The Megapowers team are as one," Hogan says. Savage says he could feel every blow Hogan received. Gene doesn't grill Savage on why he didn't help, then. Jesse calls the promo a cover-up.
This was a slightly above-average episode. The top match topped out at two stars, but everything did what it needed to do to advance angles (the breakup of the Mega Powers) or put guys over (Warrior). Obligatory Clash book plug- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078HRSNZ1 .
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