WWF Wrestling Channel 8/7/87: Legend returns + Jake shocker
Jul 30, 2016 23:39:49 GMT
Post by thecommish on Jul 30, 2016 23:39:49 GMT
WWF: Wrestling Challenge
Taped: 7/30/1987
Aired: 8/7/1987
Hersheypark Arena (Hershey, PA)
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan
Gorilla Monsoon: Welcome everyone to Wrestling Challenge! I’m Gorilla Monsoon - and joining me as always is Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan. Brain, where’s the Family today? I haven’t seen them around much lately.
Bobby Heenan: Don’t you worry, Monsoon. The Family is in a rebuilding phase - thanks to an investment from my good friend the Million Dollar Man, the Family will soon be good as new.
Gorilla Monsoon: I’ll believe it when I see it, Brain. Fans, today we have two blockbuster moments from WWF Superstars yesterday - a major announcement from WWF President Jack Tunney about who will face World Heavyweight Champion the Million Dollar Man at SummerSlam. Also, we’ll have the debut of the Brother Love Show - this guy’s a real piece of work! His guest will be none other than Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts!
Bobby Heenan: This goof Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake promised to sign to deliver a contract for a steel cage match at SummerSlam - all I’ll say is he committed highway robbery!
Gorilla Monsoon: In the ring this week, we’ll have the Slickster’s #1 client Bam Bam Bigelow going up against Scott Hall. But first, they are hanging in the rafters for this one, it’s ‘Mr USA’ Tony Atlas teaming with one SD ‘Special Delivery’ Jones against the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions Demolition! Here come the champions right now!
Cue the intro music:
WWF Tag Team Championship
Demolition
(with Mr. Fuji)
(Champions)
VS.
Tony Atlas & SD Jones
(Challenger)
Ax and Smash are vicious as ever under the command of the devious one Mr.Fuji. Demolition trap SD Jones in their corner and both drive their forearms across this back. Smash connects with the back-breaker, and then Ax comes off the second rope with the elbow drop across the chest. Demolition Decapitation. Ax makes the cover as Smash drills the entering Tony Atlas with a clothesline, as referee Joey Marella makes the three count!
WINNERS: WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS DEMOLITION
Gorilla Monsoon: Demolition will defend those belts against the most exciting team in the World Wrestling Federation - The Rockers - at SummerSlam! Let’s go to Mean Gene Okerlund, standing by with the Macho Man and the lovely Miss Elizabeth.
Mean Gene Okerlund: Macho Man Randy Savage - the Million Dollar Man has put a price on your head - and Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan is looking to collect. At SummerSlam, you face Bobby Heenan’s hired gun - Big John Studd!
Macho Man Randy Savage: Fee, fye fo fum, I smell the blood of giiiiiiiiiant dud, yeah! Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heeeeeeenan, you love doin’ dirty work, don’t yoooooooou? Well Bobby the Braaaaaaaain, bring on your giant! History beckons the Macho Maaaaaan - all Big John Stud is iiiiiiiiiiis a roadblock! The Macho Man is gonna bust right through it, yeeeeeeeah he is!
Mean Gene Okerlund: Miss Elizabeth, are you confident that the Macho Man can slay the giant?
Miss Elizabeth: Oooooh yeah!
Mean Gene Okerlund: There you have it! We’ll be right back with Wrestling Challenge!
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
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Gorilla Monsoon: Right now, let’s go back to yesterday’s edition of WWF Superstars to the debut of the Brother Love Show. Stay with this one, fans - this Brother Love is a piece of work, but there’s quite a surprise coming up!
[VTR]
WWF Superstars - Joined in progress
7/30/1987
The Brother Love Show
Brother Love: Wel-come to the Brother Loooooooooove Show - AAAAAAAAAAY looooooooooooove you! Brother Looooooooove just wants to thank my friend, yooooooooour friend, and MAAAAAAAAAAAAH benefactor - Brother Million Dollar Maaaaaaaan - for helping me to spread the loooooooooove to all of yooooooou! Now, I was supposed to have Bruuuuuuuutus the Baaaaaarber here todaaaaaay, but Brother Brutus isn’t feeling the loooooooove! So, my guest today, a gooooooooooood friend, Brother Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts!
Cue the intro music:
A sneering Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts makes his way onto the Brother Love Show set, with Damien slung over his shoulder in a brown bag.
Brother Love: Brother Jake the Snake, AAAAAAAAAAY am… sooooo… sorry! AAAAAAAAY am… sooooo… sorry that Brother Bruuuuuuuuutus the Barber is too scaaaaaaared to show up on the Brother Looooooooooooooove Show today, like he promised!
Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts: Brother Love, do you really blame him? The first time that the snake struck, I destroyed his hero - the almighty Hulk Hogan. Hulk Hogan is gone. He’s never coming back to the World Wrestling Federation. The next time the snake struck, Brutus Beefcake ended up in the hospital himself. I wouldn’t be surprised if Brutus Beefcake is half-way to China right about now.
Half-way to China? No way! Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake is now standing right behind Jake the Snake - startling Brother Love.
Brother Love: Brother Snaaaaaaaaaake, brother snaaaaaaaake! Watch out Brother Snaaaaaake!
Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts whips around and puts up his dukes - but Brutus Beefcake just smiles and holds out the contract he promised to bring!
Brother Love: What is the meaning of thiiiiiiiis, Brother Barber?!
Brutus Beefcake: Brother Love, nobody’s buying your con! Anyone on the Million Dollar Man’s payroll is nothing but garbage in the eyes of the Barber, dude! As for you Jake the Snake, I told you I had a contract for a steel cage match at SummerSlam. If you’re a man of your word, sign on the dotted line!
Jake the Snake snickers, then snatches the contract and pen. Roberts never takes his eyes off the Barber as he flips to the back page, and then looks down and signs on the dotted line!
Brother Love: Are you happy now, Brother Baaaaaarber! You just agreed to your last match EEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEER in the World Wrestling Federation?
Brutus Beefcake: What are you talking about, you blowhard?
Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts: Maybe that DDT I gave you knocked you a little loopy. See, last time, we were in the ring, Jack Tunney's goons pulled my off you. This time, we’re in a steel cage. Nobody can stop me from giving you as many DDTs as I want. Mercy is not in the snake’s nature… and I’ll show you no mercy at SummerSlam.
Brutus Beefcake: No, no, no, Snake Man! I never said it was ME who you’d be facing in the steel cage!
Brother Love: Whaaaaaat in the name of…
Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts: What’s that supposed to mean, Beefcake?
Brutus Beefcake: Sunday night, August 28 at Madison Square Garden - Jake the Snake, you have a steel cage match with… HUUUUUUUUUUUULK HOOOOOOOOOOGAAAAAAAN!
Brother Love: No! No! No! You can’t do this, Brother Barber!
Brutus Beefcake: You just got out-snaked, Jake! Hulk Hogan will be at SummerSlam - and you’re going to be locked in a 15-foot high steel cage with him! Now, hit the Hulkster's music brother because he's coming back to the WWF!
The camera zooms in on Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts’ disgusted snarl as he realizes he’s been outsmarted by the Barber and the Hulkster!
[End VTR]
Gorilla Monsoon: That’s right, fans! The Hulkster is coming back to the World Wrestling Federation at SummerSlam - and he’s stepping into a steel cage with the Snake!
Bobby Heenan: Highway robbery, Monsoon! And how dare the Barber cast aspersions on the Million Dollar Man? He’s lucky Jake the Snake didn’t drop him with a DDT on the spot.
Gorilla Monsoon: Gimme a break, Brain! We’ll be right back!
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
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WWF SummerSlam: Control Center
With Mean Gene Okerlund
Mean Gene Okerlund: The eyes of the sports world are fixed on Madison Square Garden, where the superstars of the World Wrestling Federation will bring you SummerSlam. Hello fans, I'm Mean Gene Okerlund. As we now know, Hulk Hogan will make his return to the World Wrestling Federation when he steps into a steel cage against Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts - the man who injured him. That's right, The Hulkster is back and he will be in Madison Square Garden - the site of his first-ever WWF Heavyweight Championship win back in 1984.
However, the night will be filled to the brim with the biggest superstars of the World Wrestling Federation going head-to-head. World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions Demolition put the titles on the line against the sensational Rockers! And, we’ve heard Bobby Heenan in past weeks, he’s giving the Living Legend Larry Zbyszko an ultimatum. The Living Legend must regain the Intercontinental Championship from the Ultimate Warrior - or he’s out of the Heenan Family. Right now, let’s here from the Ultimate Warrior!
[VTR]
Ultimate Warrior: The sun has set on the Bobby Heenan Family! The man at the center of the sun is the Woiyah! YOU Larry Legend believe you can walk on the fourth plane with the Woiyah?! YOU Larry Legend must test yourself on the fourth platform - (snort!) - and only then will you learn if you can stand against the Woiyah! YOU Larry Legend, the Woiyah has looked into your eyes - you are not one with yourself! No man who sells his soul ever is! At SummerSlam, the power of destrucity will expel you from our plane - and YOU Larry Legend will know… you cannot walk… WITH THE WOIYAH!
[End VTR]
Mean Gene Okerlund: The Ultimate Warrior, intense as ever! President Jack Tunney has also promised that the Million Dollar Man will defend the World Wrestling Federation Championship against a WWF legend. Stay tuned, fans! More on that situation later on - and you will NOT want to miss it! I’ll be back next week with news - for SummerSlam Control Center, I’m Mean Gene Okerlund. Now, let’s get back to the ring!
Cue the intro music:
‘The Living Legend’
Larry Zbyszko
VS.
Paul Roma
Bobby Heenan tells Gorilla Monsoon that he’s keeping an eye on this match very closely - because Larry Zbyszko is on shaky ground with the Heenan Family. However, Heenan grows more impressed as Zbyszko is relentless as he works over the shoulder of the Young Stallion.
Larry Zbyszko could have the win after a running shoulder-breaker, but then applies the applies an STF! Monsoon has never seen a submission move quite like this one, and it’s not long before Roma has to submit! Bobby Heenan tells Monsoon that this is the Larry Zbyszko he’s wanted to see for weeks now - he’s got that killer instinct now!
WINNER: LARRY ZBYSZKO
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
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Gorilla Monsoon: Before our main event, let’s go back to WWF Superstars to find which legend will be facing the Million Dollar Man for the World Wrestling Federation Championship at SummerSlam. You do NOT want to miss this!
Bobby Heenan: It’s disgusting, Monsoon!
[VTR]
WWF Superstars - joined in progress
7/30/87
Mean Gene Okerlund: Million Dollar Man! Virgil! You two gentlemen are not scheduled to be here at this time - this is President Jack Tunney's time to make a major announcement!
Million Dollar Man: Tunney, the time for games is over. Now, Virgil here has reached out to your office several times this week with several proposals - proposals that could make your life more… comfortable. I am scheduled to be at my summer home in Hyannis Port on August 28 - I will NOT be coming to SummerSlam. If you want me to defend this title - it will be on my terms!
Jack Tunney: You should know, Mr. Dibiase, that money cannot buy everything! Your money is no good when it comes to the World Wrestling Federation board of directors. So unless you want to surrender that World Wrestling Federation Championship right now, you WILL be at SummerSlam on August 28 to defend your title.
Million Dollar Man: Tunney, you and I both know, everybody’s got a price! So, name yours! Money is no object to the Million Dollar Man.
Jack Tunney: Mr. Dibiase, I don’t think you’re hearing me! You WILL be defending your title at SummerSlam, and I think it’s time you meet your opponent. In fact, here he is right now..
Cue the entrance music:
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IT’S ‘ROWDY’ RODDY PIPER!!!!!
THE HOT ROD IS BACK IN THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION!
Roddy Piper smiles that devilish smile as he extends his arms to soak in the cheers of the fans - as the camera pans over to the Million Dollar Man absolutely freaking out!
The Rowdy Scot steps up to the podium now and goes to square up to the furious Million Dollar Man, only for Virgil to step in the way.
Roddy Piper: Well hello there sunshine! Hey Teddy, you always let the hired help do your dirty work? Don’t you worry none, Virgie, you can unfurl those brows, man. See, I don’t need to fight you right now. I don’t need to fight the Million Dollar Moron right now. See, I gots me a title match in Madison Square Garden - the most famous arena in the world. I done a lot of things - I’ve main evented WrestleMania, I knocked out Mr. T, I just filmed a big Hollywood movie. But I ain’t never been World Wrestling Federation Champion. Well rest assured Teddy boy, that’s about to change! Take your money and shove it pal - because THE BOSS… IS BACK!
The Million Dollar Man storms off with Virgil right behind him, while a smiling Roddy Piper throws his arms up in the air again to soak in the cheers.
[End VTR]
Gorilla Monsoon: The Hot Rod is back - and we have an announcement of our own! ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper will be here next week on Wrestling Challenge to go one-on-one with Johnny Ace.
Bobby Heenan: This is highway robbery, Monsoon! First Hogan, now Piper? This is dark day in the World Wrestling Federation.
Gorilla Monsoon: Brain, I think you’ll find only creeps on the Million Dollar Man’s payroll will agree with you. I, for one, cannot wait to see the Hulkster and the Hot Rod back in the World Wrestling Federation ring. It’s main event time - let’s send it down to Howard Finkel.
Cue the music:
Wrestling Challenge TV Main Event
‘American Starship’
Scott Hall
VS.
‘Beast from the East’
Bam Bam Bigelow
(with ‘The Doctor of Style’ Slick)
Scott Hall is mauled early on by the Beast from the East, but the American Starship fights back with some elbows. Hall rocks Bigelow with a big clothesline that actually manages to take the Beast from the East off his feet. Bigelow manages to drill Hall with a spinning wheel kick, and covers for a near fall before the Starship kicks out.
Bam Bam Bigelow now climbs up top and leaps off for the flying headbutt - only for Scott Hall to roll out of the way! Hall is back to his feet and boots Bigelow twice, before shooting him off the ropes. Hall connects with a big shoulder-block and covers for another two. Slick now slides Bigelow the cane now, and Bam Bam nails the American Starship right in the gut.
Referee Earl Hebner calls for the disqualification here as Bam Bam Bigelow drives the Doctor of Style’s cane over and over - right into the gut! Finally, a dozen prelim wrestlers hit the ring and Slick pulls his Beast from the East away. A furious Scott Hall pulls himself up, but he’s favoring those ribs.
WINNER: AMERICAN STARSHIP SCOTT HALL - VIA DISQUALIFICATION
Gorilla Monsoon: Brain, there is no way Scott Hall will let this brutal attack go. Bam Bam Bigelow better be ready for round two with the American Starship.
Bobby Heenan: Hall’s a sissy. I think I see him crying!
Gorilla Monsoon: We’re all out of time for this week’s edition of Wrestling Challenge. Join us next week to see the one and only ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper in action against Johnny Ace. We’ll see you then!
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