Through the Years: WWF Matches & Angles from Royal Rumble ’89 to WrestleMania V

 

Despite already having reviewed the Main Event 2, I must cut back to some matches that happened before that. I tried to make sure not to review very many that happened before the Mega Powers breakup, as we’ve already covered that. I really like the way things are headed with this company, and apparently so did the fans. After the turn angle, the house show crowds were enormous. They were as large as the crowds at the WWF’s previous peak in 1985. There’s also been an infusion of athleticism that should make watching these matches much more fun.

 

– January 16th, 1989, from Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario

 

Mr. Perfect vs. Rick Martel

Pre-Match Thoughts: This is one of those matches that sounded too good not to watch. I have no idea if it will be good as Martel was coming back from a long hiatus. There’s some sort of time limit, but I don’t know what it is.

Match Review: These two lock up, and Perfect takes Martel down with a great arm drag. He follows with a hip toss, and a fireman’s carry. His offense looks so crisp. Martel decides to hit Perfect with an elbow instead of allowing himself to be outwrestled, and Perfect comes back with punches. Martel gives Perfect his own hip toss, a bodyslam, and a dropkick to knock him out of the ring. That was great offense. Perfect gets back in, and they do a great rope running sequence that ends in a Martel arm drag. Sadly, we go to a commercial and the match was certainly clipped. This was a fantastic start to a match, that’s for sure.

We come back from that commercial with Perfect missing a charge, only to give out a back suplex anyway. Perfect rams Martel’s face into the canvas, as the announcers talk about Martel’s six month injury that wasn’t. Martel gets hit with a knee lift, and Perfect keeps working on the head and neck area. He puts Martel in a front face-lock, and whips Martel into the corner. Martel tries a springboard cross body, but misses for a 2 count on Perfect’s part. Perfect gets thrown hard into the buckle, and does some great bumping on his head after getting kicked a lot. Martel gives him a backdrop, and all of a sudden the bell rings for the time limit. What the hell, that was only 10 minutes.

My Thoughts: What a bummer! That match was going great and they got cut off before being able to go through the whole thing. I’m sad about this. I can only rate it **1/2 due to that, but it was going to be far better. Apparently Martel was working illegally in the United States and when he went home, he wasn’t able to come back. So, he was still going to be out for a while longer.

 

– Taped to air January 16th, 1989, on Prime Time Wrestling

 

A WRESTLER DEBUTS

 

So, the Red Rooster and Bobby Heenan were trying to patch things up on PTW. Gorilla Monsoon was trapped in the middle of it. Heenan and Rooster shake hands with each other, then Rooster gets slapped by Heenan. Monsoon admonishes Heenan for that, and…WHAMMO THE BROOKLYN BRAWLER comes in with a stool and takes out Rooster and Monsoon. Rooster gets slammed through some sort of shelf, and Heenan gets to host the rest of PTW by himself. That should have finished with Monsoon running in and taking Heenan out, but it did not.

 

– January 23rd, 1989, from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York

 

The Brain Busters vs. The Rockers

Pre-Match Thoughts: No Heenan at the side of his Brain Busters. That’s too bad, but it’s really irrelevant. This is the match that is on Shawn Michaels WWE DVD. I remember it being a fantastic match, hence its inclusion here. This is such a great matchup, four great workers making things happen.

Match Review: Arn Anderson and Shawn Michaels will start it off. Arn runs over to knock Jannetty off the apron, then ducks out to avoid a shot from Michaels. Marty is waiting for him and takes him out, then Tully takes his turn getting beaten up. Michaels and Arn will keep it going, with Arn slapping his opponent. Michaels gives him a drop toe-hold, and Tully tags in. Shawn gives Tully an arm drag, and Marty comes in with a knee to the arm. Michaels and Jannetty switch places without tagging, and the referee is cool with it. It happens once again, to the delight of the crowd. Jannetty works an armbar, and kicks Tully into the corner. Over to a hammerlock now, and Tully reverses to a wristlock. Arn rushes in, and Marty takes them both down with an arm drag. He gives them both a dropkick, a bodyslam to Arn, and hits Tully on the way down from the top rope. The Busters try a double suplex, but Michaels runs in to catch his partner and the Rockers give the Busters superkicks in stereo! Wow! Tully tries to give Marty a bodyslam, Marty reverses that and gives Tully an atomic drop, but Michaels misses a dropkick. Tully misses an elbow drop on him, and Arn comes in with a shoulderblock to take Michaels out. Michaels backflips out of a charge from Arn, then gives him a hip toss and hurricanrana. Michaels sends Blanchard over the top, then they give Arn a double dropkick. Tully gets up to the apron and kicked off with a double dropkick! This match is great stuff. Marty sends Tully into the feet of Michaels, and Michaels tags in. Tully tries a slingshot suplex, but Michaels turns it into a cradle for 2. Tully tries to take a break, and causes Michaels to run full speed into a clothesline from Arn. That was a dirty move. Arn drags Michaels back into the ring, and throws him into Tully’s knee. Blanchard makes the tag, and uses the rope to clothesline his foe. He struts around the ring, and distracts the official so Arn can choke Michaels. Tully covers, it gets a 2 count. He puts a chinlock on Michaels, and tags out shortly after. Arn misses a series of elbow drops, and Michaels rolls to the apron. He tries to come in with a sunset flip, but Arn tags out after being turned over. Michaels gets dumped to the outside, and Tully tries to ram him into the buckle. Michaels does so instead, flies off the top with a cross body, it gets 2. Arn puts an abdominal stretch on Michaels, and they switch for Tully to do the same. Arn legally tags in, gets rolled up in a small package, but the referee was slow and could only count 1. Arn goes back to a chinlock, and sets Michaels up for a double team shot that gets 2. Tully tags back in, and takes Michaels down with a headlock. Shawn bridges to a backslide for 2, and Tully comes back with an inverted atomic drop. Arn gives Michaels a SPINEBUSTER, it gets another 2 count after Marty breaks it up. Shawn hits Arn with a low knee, and FINALLY makes the tag out.

Jannetty is on fire, and takes both guys out with punches. He gives the Busters a noggin-knocker, and sets up Shawn for a big leap off his shoulders! It gets 2. Marty picks Tully up for a suplex, and Arn grabs Marty’s leg to cause Tully to fall on top of him. He continues to hold the leg to make sure Marty can’t kick out, and that gets the win for the Brain Busters at 16:14!

My Thoughts: I was fairly surprised to see the Brain Busters winning that match. Michaels performed amazingly as a face in peril, and was very believable in his role. The offense here was great too. It wasn’t just chinlocking nonsense, but real moves, quick double teams, and great tag team wrestling. Tully and Arn could have had great longevity in the WWF considering they were able to put on such great matches and make other teams look good. **** and recommended. One thing I was also thinking about was how well the Brain Busters fit in the WWF even though they didn’t have Vince’s preferred look.

 

– February 3rd, 1989, from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

Greg Valentine (w/Jimmy Hart) vs. The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Intercontinental Championship

Pre-Match Thoughts: It’s strange to see Valentine facing the top guys, and this is a good opportunity to take a look at it. This took place at the Main Event 2, but did not make the live show and was taped instead. I’m also trying to see whether or not Warrior gets any better over the course of these random matches. This match appears to have been intended to be on a Coliseum Video. Tony Schiavone has joined the WWF, and is now on commentary!

Match Review: Warrior decides to start the match by giving Valentine a running shoulderblock, then he turns his attention to Jimmy Hart and chases him around the ring. Valentine tries to attack from behind, but it doesn’t work. Warrior then has Jimmy Hart jump on his back, so he throws him in the ring. The Hammer hits Warrior with his shin guard, and drops an elbow. Valentine straps it back to his leg, and kicks Warrior with it. Warrior throws Valentine into the buckle a few times, and gives him a bodyslam. He misses an elbow drop, and Valentine follows with an elbow drop that lands for 2. He heads up top, and hits Warrior with a flying punch. Warrior rams Valentine’s face into the mat, shakes the ropes, and I think we’re already nearing the end. He gives Valentine a clothesline, and is so blown up he can barely even run. Warrior drills him with the flying sholderblock, and Hart decides to run in with the shin guard. He gets caught before being able to do it, and Warrior picks him up for a press slam. Hart gets dropped on Valentine, and the Warrior picks up the shin guard. He hits Valentine with it, and retains his title at 3:43.

My Thoughts: It appears this match was the last one, as many fans left afterward. This was nothing special at all, and there was nothing here to justify his current push or any greater one. 1/2*, I was going to watch a match of his where he faced Haku, but it’s for the best that I don’t waste my time.

 

– Taped to air February and March 1989, on Superstars

 

THE MILLION DOLLAR BELT

 

It’s about time we get to this part of the Million Dollar Man character. He wants to create his own championship, and he’s going to do exactly that. This skit is so cool, how did this guy get booed? I would cheer so hard for this guy.

 

His belt is finished, and DiBiase is wearing a CAPE. WHAT A GUY. WHAT A LAUGH! The look on DiBiase’s face when he saw the belt was amazing. This is one of the best vignettes that I’ve ever seen.

 

Finally, the people will get to see this new belt, but they must suffer through Brother Love first. It’s annoying as hell to have to listen to this guy, I get really pissed off whenever I hear him talking. What a belt it was. This made DiBiase’s gimmick look like the real deal to me.

 

– Taped to air February 11th, 1989, on Superstars

 

THE MEGA POWERS SPEAK

 

Hogan is hilarious in his interview, he feels betrayed. He says he tried to let these little things slide. What little things? This guy is too much. He says that when Savage laid him out in the first aid section, THAT’S WHEN YOU TURNED LOVE TO HATRED MACHO MAN. He said that he didn’t want love from Elizabeth, but now he wants a title shot, and he wants to take back what’s his because he was never beaten for it. This was a great interview.

 

That interview was followed up by the Macho Man with Jesse Ventura. Macho accuses Hogan of having lust in his eyes, and says you’d have to be blind if you don’t see it. Ventura asks Macho if he’ll put the title on the line against Hogan, and Macho is going to think about it. This is going places.

 

Here’s another one from Savage. Once the match was announced, this was cut. Savage also had a problem with Hogan coming down during his matches, and mugging for the people and all that stuff. This is amazing stuff, a true crazy man interview. Savage is doing the most amazing character work I’ve ever seen with this stuff. To suggest this wasn’t one of the best promos I’ve ever seen would be a lie. It absolutely was.

 

Hogan responds with one of his own. These promos are just amazing, perfectly produced, and spoken from the heart. Hogan went full blown crazy at the end of his too. Sadly, they went from this to airing debates. Savage was supposed to debate Hulk Hogan in a special on USA, but Savage didn’t show up.

 

– Taped to air February 19th, 1989, on Wrestling Challenge, from Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona

 

The Honky Tonk Man (w/Jimmy Hart) vs. Jim Neidhart

Pre-Match Thoughts: This match is weird as hell, and as we know, the teams with these two in them went on to face each other at WrestleMania V. This is one way to build towards that match, which is weird considering that lower card matches at Mania didn’t always get that kind of build. This was the feature match on Wrestling Challenge.

Match Review: Neidhart chases HTM out of the ring, and is ready for combat. HTM is not. Neidhart gives him a back elbow, and an atomic drop as well. A big right hand knocks HTM out of the ring, and the Anvil follows him out. He chases him around the ring, and gets clocked by Jimmy Hart when the referee has his back turned. Both guys are in the ring now, and HTM taunts him relentlessly. The Anvil kicks him in the gut, and gives HTM a clothesline. He follows with a bodyslam, and nails him with a shoulderblock. He puts HTM in a bear hug too, and Greg Valentine runs down to the ring. That leads to HTM getting disqualified at 3:19. Valentine and HTM beat the crap out of the Anvil, and finally Bret Hart rushes out to make the save.

My Thoughts: That was a terrible match, but Bret Hart was set up to look very good. As build for a WrestleMania match, minor as that was, there’s no problem with it. DUD match, good job making Bret look like a hero.

 

– February 20th, 1989, from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York

 

The Ultimate Warrior (WWF Intercontinental Champion) vs. Randy Savage (WWF Champion)

Pre-Match Thoughts: This is not a title match. The building was full for this one, this was a huge match. They popped big houses around the country with this match. Savage got booed very loudly, still received some cheers though. Putting these two together for house show matches was a great idea, as long as neither guy was ever made to look weak. Warrior got an enormous pop, I’m sure at this point Vince knew that he was going to be the guy for him.

Match Review: Warrior blocks a turnbuckle shot, ducks under a clothesline, and hits Savage with a flying shoulderblock to knock him to the outside! Warrior press slams him back into the ring, and given that Warrior is blown up, Savage decides to kill time. He blocks a backdrop after that, and tries to give Warrior a flying body press from the top. Warrior catches him, puts him in tree-of-woe position, and stomps a mudhole in him. Warrior gives Savage 10 punches in the corner, but misses a charge to the opposite side. He hits Warrior with a knee in the back to knock him to the floor, and heads up top for BOMBS AWAY. He’s making Warrior look so good in this match. He gives Warrior his leaping rope clothesline, and drops a knee for 2. Now he puts Warrior in a chinlock, getting the crowd very involved in willing Warrior back from it. He gets out of the chinlock, and immediately clotheslined for 2. Savage follows with a double axehandle from the top, and Warrior kicks out at 1! Warrior comes back with a suplex, it gets 2. Rick Rude heads down to the ring, who knows what for. Warrior gives Savage a clothesline in the corner, and follows with an atomic drop for 2. Savage rolls up Warrior, it gets another 2 count. Warrior rams Savage into the mat, and misses a big splash. Savage crawls over for a cover, and it gets 2. Rude is hilarious with his posing at ringside, here. Warrior begins to shake the ropes, and Rude is trying really hard to get his attention. He cannot, so Warrior decks Savage a bunch of times. He nails Savage with a couple of clotheslines, and powerslams him. He finally notices Rude, and starts chasing Rude around the ring! Warrior catches up to him and slugs him, then Warrior has Rude in a choke hold. Savage comes off the top and hits Warrior to release it. Of course, Savage beats the count back in, and Warrior is counted out at 9:34.

Rude and Savage celebrate, then Warrior climbs into the ring to throw Savage out of there. Rude gets clotheslined by Warrior, picked up and press slammed. Warrior came out of this one looking great.

My Thoughts: This was pretty good, I thought. Savage managed the match well, and made Warrior look like a legitimately capable wrestler. Everyone knows he’s not, but that’s how it looked. Savage carried him and the match was really interesting. I’d give it **3/4. The finish was what you’d expect with a match like this, but the crowd was on fire. The obvious problem with Warrior is that he was blown up after 2 minutes.

 

– Taped to air February 25th, 1989, on Superstars, from the Convention Center in Tuscon, Arizona

 

Mr. Perfect vs. The Red Rooster

 

This is silly, so it doesn’t deserve the full treatment. These guys are good wrestlers, that’s why I’m watching it. Rooster gives Perfect a great hip toss, then follows with some arm drags and a dropkick. I don’t know why this guy didn’t get pushed. There’s an insert promo with Brooklyn Brawler, who rips up an issue of WWF Magazine that had Rooster pictured in it. Brawler makes his way down to the ring now, watching the match and distracting Rooster. Brawler takes a swing at Rooster, then Rooster heads to the outside and beats him up. Why is the referee counting out Rooster when he’s getting his ass kicked? Of course, Mr. Perfect wins the match, because he’s perfect. Even though Brawler interfered on his behalf. No rating for the match, it was only 2 minutes long. Now, what I don’t understand is that Brawler didn’t face Rooster at WrestleMania. Maybe this will make more sense later.

 

– March 8th, 1989, from the County Coliseum in Odessa, Texas

 

Ted DiBiase (w/Virgil) vs. Bret Hart

Pre-Match Thoughts: This has been on a ton of DVD and VHS releases. That’s a sign this match is really good. DiBiase demands that he be introduced as the MILLION DOLLAR CHAMPION from now on. After this match, I will do that. This match has no commentary, which makes things weird.

Match Review: Bret attacks DiBiase to start things off, and gives him a Russian leg sweep for 2. Bret follows with an atomic drop, and a cross body for 2. DiBiase ducks out, and gets the full bore treatment from the fans outside the ring who don’t like him. He climbs back in, and Bret has his cradle attempt blocked. He comes back with a small package for 2, and DiBiase has to take another break. He does some great trash talk at Bret, then turns his back and gets pulled back into the ring the hard way. DiBiase gets tied in the ropes, so Bret busts out his amazing cross body into the ropes spot when DiBiase moves. That is such a dangerous looking spot, but it’s probably not at all. When Bret climbs back in, DiBiase puts the boots to him. He also chokes the former tag team champion, and rams him into some turnbuckles. He gives Bret a clothesline, and drops an elbow for 2. DiBiase then climbs up to the second turnbuckle, and comes down with an elbow. After a fist drop, DiBiase gives Bret a suplex for a 2 count. He goes for another one, but Bret reverses it into one of his own. They trade punches with each other, and eventually DiBiase back suplexes Bret for another 2 count. After a few turnbuckle shots, DiBiase follows with a backbreaker for 2. Bret tries a small package, it gets another 2 count. He does so once again, and perhaps DiBiase should watch out for that move. He throws Bret to the outside, into the apron, and back in. DiBiase fist drops Bret for 2, and puts a chinlock on him. Bret gets up and reverses to a wristlock, but DiBiase uses the old heel hair pulling tactic to maintain control. Virgil runs distraction with the referee, allowing DiBiase to choke his opponent. This is getting a lot of heat. Bret gets up and out of it, then he and DiBiase take each other out with a clothesline. DiBiase heads up top again, and it turns out Bret was playing possum. He slams DiBiase down from the top, and after some punches, Bret’s finally making his big babyface push. He nails DiBiase with a back elbow, then drops one for a 2 count. Bret gives DiBiase a backbreaker, and heads up to the second rope for his elbow that gets a close 2 count. This match is really awesome. Bret misses a charge to the corner, hitting the buckles with a high knee. DiBiase decides to use a SPINNING TOE-HOLD, but Bret kicks him over the top and down to the floor. He follows DiBiase out with a PLANCHA, and sadly, both guys get counted out at 15:59.

Virgil tries to hit Bret, but Bret won’t tolerate it. He chases him around the ring, and then DiBiase tries to attack from behind. Bret knocks him out of the ring with a headbutt, and that’s the end of the segment.

My Thoughts: I was really happy with this match, not so much with the finish though. As a wrestling match, you didn’t get to see many like this in the WWF. This was a very well put together match, with the right mix of hope spots during DiBiase’s control segment. They kept the crowd engaged as a result. Both guys also pulled out nice moves and used techniques that made sense. This was also one of Bret’s first chances in a while to have a long singles match with somebody. He wasn’t quite being pushed, but he wasn’t losing matches to guys like Ted DiBiase. I’d give the match ***3/4 and recommend it. The pace was just right, and both guys worked incredibly hard. Obviously, they had the intention of putting on a great match.

 

– March 18th, 1989, from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York

 

Mr. Perfect vs. Ron Garvin

Pre-Match Thoughts: Into the home stretch of this article with two more matches. There’s also a match on this show between the Rockers and Brain Busters, but I’m saving watching another matchup until Saturday Night’s Main Event. Hennig and Garvin could be a hard hitting match, could have some great bumps. Schiavone is on commentary again!

Match Review: Garvin pushes Perfect to the canvas, and nails him with a right hand to send him to the outside. Perfect doesn’t like these punches at all. What he does is slap Garvin, and chop him. Garvin comes back with some of his own, and they knock Perfect over the top rope! Perfect puts Garvin in a headlock upon his entering the ring, and continues to pull hair to keep it on. This started so well and has slowed down so much. Perfect chops Garvin a couple times, but Garvin comes back with his own, and a headbutt too. He rakes Perfect’s eyes, and once again the man tumbles out of the ring. Garvin rams him into the buckle, and back in he goes. Garvin puts a sleeper on Perfect, but lets go and rams him into the buckle a few more times. Garvin lands his very realistic looking punches, and rolls Perfect up for a 1 count. He goes for a piledriver, but Perfect backdrops him…only for Garvin to roll through with a sunset flip for 2. Perfect tries his own sunset flip, and Garvin blocks it with a punch. He follows with an elbow drop, it gets 2. They take each other out with a collision spot, Perfect gets up with the ability to take control first. Garvin uses a rope clothesline to take Perfect out, and heads up top. He comes down with a cross body, but Perfect reverses it for the 3 count at 12:21.

My Thoughts: The crowd liked this match much more than me. It was very basic, but they kept the crowd hot and interested in the remaining matches. **, I’m sure they could have done better, but it wasn’t their job to go out there and burn the crowd out.

 

Big Boss Man (w/Slick) vs. Hulk Hogan in a STEEL CAGE MATCH

Pre-Match Thoughts: I’m pretty sure this is the one with the fucked up, insane superplex spot. I remember watching this match as a kid and being wowed by that spot. I know they do this again at Saturday Night’s Main Event, but I don’t care. I need to watch it right now. Before it starts, Hogan chases Slick away from ringside. I’m sure he comes back, but I haven’t watched this match since I was 9 years old.

Match Review: Hogan decides to choke Boss Man with his tank top, and he follows with a clothesline. He hits Boss Man with a back elbow in the corner, and a big boot too. Hogan gives Boss Man a suplex, Boss Man comes back with a poke to the eye. He climbs up for the first time, and can’t make it. He and Hogan fight atop the cage, and Boss Man knocks Hogan down from the top rope with a headbutt. Boss Man tries to leave the cage again, and Slick is out to cheer him on. The crowd is NUCLEAR for this. Hogan grabs Boss Man by the throat, and chokes him until he climbs back up to the top of the cage. Now Hogan chokes him, and sets him up for the BIGGEST SPOT I EVER SEEN, THE TOP OF THE FUCKING CAGE SUPERPLEX. I can’t believe they pulled that off. Boss Man has a big gash in his head, as they sit on the canvas to recouperate from that hold. The referee has to walk in to make sure both guys are conscious, and Hogan barely sits up before the count of 10. He does his seizure selling, and tries to crawl toward the door. He makes it to the door and starts crawling down the stairs, but Boss Man clutches to his leg and pulls him back in. Hogan bites Boss Man, but Boss Man comes back with a spinebuster. He follows with a headbutt, and decides to take a chain from Slick. He chokes Hogan with it, and believes Hogan is damaged enough for handcuffs. He tries to hit Hogan with them, but gets thrown into the cage instead. Hogan tries to climb up, but Boss Man stops that immediately. Hogan gives him a bodyslam, and has the handcuffs! He hits Boss Man in the face with him, and does so a few more times. He sends Boss Man hard into the cage, across the ring a few times and back into it. Hogan DROPS THE LEG, and of course Slick runs into the ring. He stops Hogan from climbing out, as Boss Man is now wearing a full crimson mask. Hogan knocks Boss Man down and crotches him on the top rope, then handcuffs him to it! Slick tries to unlock the cuffs, but Hogan reaches the floor first and wins at 11:14!

Hogan walks to the cage door, and plasters Boss Man with a chair! Now it’s Slick’s turn. Hogan has the nightstick, and I can’t stop laughing at how he’s acting. He stops Slick from leaving the cage, and sends him hard into the fence. Boss Man pulls his manager out, and I suppose this feud has been lost.

My Thoughts: Of course, most of the talk about the match would relate to that spot. It was the kind of thing that you can’t quite forget. The rest of the match was quite good and Boss Man got opened up big time. Hogan performed very well too. They rolled through a lot of big spots and didn’t mess up anything. The superplex spot was just too much though. ***1/2, which is great for a match between these two. I haven’t watched their SNME match, but I anticipate the same thing. There was so much heat in this one, though.
One of the biggest pieces of news heading into WrestleMania, was Vince McMahon’s efforts to eliminate athletic commission oversight of wrestling. He told the New Jersey commission that wrestling was fake. This would allow him to not have to pay certain state taxes and have a doctor mandated to be at ringside. In response, they sent many wrestlers out to the media to say that Vince McMahon was willing to lie about wrestling being fake in order to not pay taxes. WrestleMania V was in New Jersey, so the tax they’d have to pay for having that show overseen by an athletic commission would be quite large. I don’t really know whether or not regulations being removed was great for the industry. Would all of the wrestler deaths have happened anyway? Would they have been able to keep business going? I wonder. In any case, considering that wrestling isn’t a sport, it should not have been regulated by an athletic commission.

Lastly, they told some talent to hit the bricks. Won’t be seeing the likes of Sam Houston, Danny Davis, Ron Bass, and the Conquistadors in a wrestling capacity anymore.

 

That’s it for these months. Heading into WrestleMania V, anticipation was no doubt really high. They had a set of super hot feuds with Ultimate Warrior and Rick Rude, Hogan vs. Savage, Andre vs. Jake, Demolition and the Powers of Pain…they really set things up well. There were also some great matches over these months, and a lot of enjoyable stufs besides that as well. Perhaps the best stuff in any assorted article that I’ve written. Next up, we’ll have a review of Saturday Night’s Main Event #20!

Best: The Rockers vs. The Brain Busters. This is a great feud, and they have a match on Saturday Night’s Main Event!

Worst: Exposing the business by stating to an athletic commission that it isn’t real. Come on man.