WWF Wrestling Challenge 8/21/87: HOGAN SHOCKER!!!!
Aug 20, 2016 20:43:59 GMT
Post by thecommish on Aug 20, 2016 20:43:59 GMT
WWF: Wrestling Challenge
Taped: 7/30/1987
Aired: 8/21/1987
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, you’ve got some kind of major announcement today, right?
Bobby Heenan: Monsoon, you’ve made a lot of cracks about what you call the dwindling of the Heenan Family. Later today we’re going show a very special interview on that very subject from The Brother Love Show. All of the ham ‘n eggers out there won’t want to miss it.
Gorilla Monsoon: Sure, Brain. Sure. Anyway, right here today we have a six-man tag team match - a preview of SummerSlam. Before they battle the Nasty Boys and the Honky Tonk Man, we’ll see the Hart Foundation and Brutus the Barber Beefcake in action. Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts in action as well - he’ll tangle with Scott Hall. All that and more!
Cue the music:
BRITISH BULLDOGS VS. TERRY GIBBS & JOHNNY RODZ
Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith have a very tall order ahead of them at SummerSlam against the Twin Towers - but they’re looking very good here. Davey Boy presses Rodz above HIS head three times and then slams him to the canvas. Dynamite Kid climbs up to and flies off with the diving headbutt to score the three count.
WINNER: BRITISH BULLDOGS
[VTR]
WWF SUPERSTARS - Joined in progress
Mean Gene Okerlund is standing by with Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts.
Mean Gene Okerlund: Joining me now is the man who will step into the steel cage with Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam in just one week’s time. Jake Roberts, are you ready?
Jake Roberts: I have a question. Where is Hulk Hogan? I really wanna know, man. Beefcake says he’s coming to SummerSlam, but Hogan is nowhere to be found. Maybe just maybe Hogan smartened up and isn’t actually coming to SummerSlam. Maybe Hogan wants to continue to walk. Maybe Hogan wants to live a semi-normal life. I don’t think he’s coming to SummerSlam, Mean Gene. Consider it the Snake’s intuition. Just trust me.
Mean Gene Okerlund: Unbelievable! Jake the Snake says Hulk Hogan will NOT be at SummerSlam. Say it isn’t so!
[END VTR]
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
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Gorilla Monsoon: Right now, let’s go the Brother Love Show… with the Brain himself.
[VTR]
WWF Superstars - Joined in progress 8/20/1987
The Brother Love Show
Brother Love: Hello broth-ers and sis-ters and wel-come to the Broth-er Loooooooooove Show - I looooooooooooove you! Mah guest todaaaaaaaaay is mah goooooooood friend and yooooooours… Broth-er Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heeeeeeeeenan! Wel-come Broth-er Brain!
Bobby Heenan: Brother Love, it’s a pleasure to be here. And what a special occasion this is!
Brother Love: The pleasure is aaaaaaaaall mine, Broth-er Braaaaaaain! Now, you know that Broth-er Loooooooove has aaaaaaaaaall the respect in the wooooorld for yooooooou - but other people! Other people, Broth-er Brain, they saaaaaay the Heeeeeeenan Family is in disarray.
Bobby Heenan: I’ve heard Monsoon say it. I’ve heard McMahon say it. I’ve heard these humanoids say it. I hope you’re all laughing it up - laugh your heads off! Because at SummerSlam I will rock the wrestling world!
Brother Love: Do tell, Broth-er Brain! Do tell!
Bobby Heenan: Brother Love, at SummerSlam, I will announce the biggest free agent signing in the history of the World Wrestling Federation. This is a new era of the Heenan Family and I promise the humanoids out there that nothing will be the same. I’m warning the World Wrestling Federation now, laugh now because you’ll never laugh again after SummerSlam!
Brother Love: Oh my goooooodness, Broth-er Brain! Broth-er Love can’t waaaaaaait! That’s all the time we have for the Broth-er Love Show this week - I looooooooooooooove you!
[End VTR]
Gorilla Monsoon: What’s going on, Brain? What exactly are you talking about?
Bobby Heenan: You’ll find out at SummerSlam, Monsoon. Just like all of these ham ‘n eggers.
Gorilla Monsoon: I’ll believe when I see it. Let’s go back to the ring!
Cue the music:
THE HONKY TONK MAN (W/ JIMMY HART) VS. SD JONES
The Colonel leads his number-one client down to the ring, and the fans are none too pleased. Honky stalls as usual, but uses his nefarious tactics and interference from Jimmy Hart to keep the advantage. Honk Tonky connects with the Shake, Rattle n’ Roll to score the win.
WINNER: THE HONKY TONK MAN
GORILLA MONSOON: We'll be back with the Hot Rod!
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
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Gorilla Monsoon: Let’s go back to All-American Wrestling for an interview with the Hot Rod himself, Rowdy Roddy Piper!
[VTR]
WWF Superstars 8/20/87 - Joined in Progress
Mean Gene Okerlund: My guest at this time, the man who will challenge the Million Dollar Man for the World Wrestling Federation Championship at SummerSlam. Please welcome ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper!
Mean Gene Okerlund: Roddy, we are one week away from your return to Madison Square Garden. But let’s be honest - it’s been six months since you stepped into a WWF ring. Are you physically ready to face the Million Dollar Man?
Roddy Piper: Nice to see you, cueball! I love ya, Mean Gene! I love ya! You bring up a good point. See, man, it’s been a while since I been in the ring. But when you’re Rowdy Roddy Piper, it’s all second nature, man. Dibiase is the best of the best - that’s why he has that belt. But Dibiase, even if you’re the best of the best, it don’t mean you’re better than Roddy Piper.
Mean Gene Okerlund: Outside the ring is the 7’4 eighth wonder of the world, Andre the Giant. We all remember your wars with Andre - do you think he’ll be an impartial enforcer?
Roddy Piper: Nobody had more fights with Andre than me. I’m man enough to admit I never beat Andre - but he never beat me neither. I got respect for the giant - all I ask is that he stay out of my way and let me take care of business. And if I were Virgil, make I’d take the night off with the giant on the outside.
Mean Gene Okerlund: We are one week away from the Million Dollar Man against the Hot Rod. Fans, order now!
[End VTR]
Cue the music:
HART FOUNDATION & BRUTUS THE BARBER BEEFCAKE VS. IRON MIKE SHARPE, BARRY HOROWITZ & THE TERRORIST
The trio will be in action at SummerSlam against the Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart’s Nasty Boys and the Honky Tonk Man. The Anvil and the Hitman connect with the Hart Attack on Terrorist, and then Beefcake comes off the ropes with a big knee drop for the pin.
WINNERS: HART FOUNDATION & BRUTUS THE BARBER BEEFCAKE
Mean Gene Okerlund: We’ll be right back with our featured match!
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COMMERCIAL BREAK
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Mean Gene Okerlund: We’re back fans and joining me at this time, the ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage and the first lady of the World Wrestling Federation… Miss Elizabeth. Macho Man, we’re one week away from your showdown with Big John Studd at Summerslam.
Randy Savage: I can feeeeel it in the air, Mean Gene. I can feeeeeel the excitement for SummerSlam. The Macho Man is ready for Big John Studd - it dooooesn’t matter how big he is, no I don’t. The bigger they are, yeah, the haaaaaarder they fall. Big John Studd, destiny beckons the Macho Man - and there ain’t noooooooothin’ you can to stop it. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Mean Gene Okerlund: Fans, call your local cable company now. You don’t want to miss SummerSlam, next Sunday night at WrestleMania.
Cue to the music
JAKE ‘THE SNAKE’ ROBERTS VS. SCOTT HALL
The Snake is one week away from stepping inside the ring against Hulk Hogan - or is he? Jake Roberts gets rocked by Scott Hall early on, but a questionable low shot allows him with to connect with the short-arm clothesline. Jake works over the neck and then drops Hall with the DDT for the three count. What a win for the Snake!
WINNER: JAKE ‘THE SNAKE’ ROBERTS
Howard Finkel: The winner of this contest…
Jake the Snake snatches the microphone: I wanna know where he is, man? Where’s Hogan, Finkle? Where is he? He ain’t coming to SummerSlam, Hogan’s a coward, man.
The camera pans to the aisle, there’s a WWF ring attendant carrying a box to the ring. Jake sees him and wants to know what he’s doing - and the attendant hands him the box.
Jake Roberts: What’s this about, man? You got a present for the Snake? How sweet...
Jake Roberts pulls the top off the box… his eyes bug out! The camera pushes in to the open box to reveal…
A RED AND YELLOW SNAKE!!!!!
AND NOW THE MUSIC!!!!!!
HULK HOGAN IS SENDING A MESSAGE TO JAKE THE SNAKE!!!!
IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE AT SUMMERSLAM!
A freaked out Jake the Snake backs up, grabs Damien and slides out the ring before jetting to the dressing room.
Gorilla Monsoon: Jake Roberts just got the message - Hulk Hogan will be at Summerslam! We’re all out of time for this week’s edition of Wrestling Challenge. Join us next week to see
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