Vince McMahon vs. The World

[Johnny Sorrow]

Pretty sure there's one on the first Hulkamania comm release.

Yup, and it's from The Philly Spectrum. And it's really good.

 

I bought that tape when I was 14, it was the first WWF Videotape release along with Best of the WWF Vol. 1 and...I THINK... "Wrestling's Bloops, Bleeps, and Bodyslams" or something like that.

 

It actually came with a small pamphlet explaining how to do lots of moves complete with diagrams. No shit. It was awesome.

[Matt D]

A quick glance shows two 1984 Hogan/Valentine matches easily available online, one apparently being the MSG match from 7/23.

[Strummer]

Valentine was actually Hogan's first "No worko with Mr. Stiffo" as he complained to management that Greg worked too stiff and they changed programs. Can't remember who Hogan moved onto (Studd?)

[KrisZ]

Yeah he was going to Ventura but he got hurt so he ended up with Studd.

[Strummer]

that's right as now I remember Heenan mentioning he was first going to manage Ventura before Jesse's blood clots moved him (Bobby) to Studd for the Hogan program

[Jingus]

Ventura's version of history is usually suspect at best, but on that one he agrees with the consensus. He was planned to have a huge big-money feud with Hogan, since the sheer charisma of both guys would easily be a good enough combination to overcome even Jesse's godawful ring skills. But then the doctors discovered those nasty clots in his lungs, which put the brakes on his in-ring career for good. (Although he did do a few scattered tag matches after that, which never really get discussed.) Of course, Jesse being Jesse, he claimed that his disease was due to wacky covert government hijinks, agent orange in this case. But then again, agent orange really was some hideously poisonous shit, so it easily could have caused that kind of illness if he was directly exposed to it and he might be telling the truth here too.

[jdw]

The WWF vs. The AWA is interesting because outside of a few cards here and there (like the June 1984 debut card), the WWF shows did pretty miserably attendance-wise. The tide turned after the Thanksgiving 1985 show for good, but the fans seemed to resist embracing the WWF even when the AWA product wasn't enthralling them either (as witnessed by the lackluster attendance in parts of 1984 and 1985).

 

I've got tape of clips of those WWF shows from the Met in that time frame. The sports guys (who always covered wrestling cards with results and highlights on the late news the night of and night after a card) noted that attendance at the WWF shows was brutal and the matches were abysmal. Hometown bias? Somewhat, but I think that the Twin Cities fans really gave Verne every chance they could to win that war simply because they envisoned losing the local flavour that their cards had if the generic-card WWF won out.

 

It's the one element that I think a lot of fans didn't realize was going to happen until it was too late. I think AWA fans (specifically in Minneapolis) picked up on this while it was happening.

 

I think it also explains why the wrestling market in Minnesota pretty much collapsed after the AWA died, if not a bit before. Too many years being the center of the wrestling world with the AWA in town made it too hard to embrace WWF cards 4 times a year, with little or no meaning other than the "national" feuds and matches.

This is an example where it would be interesting to go back and parse through the WONs, Mat Results and Torch (once it started) for more infor on these shows where Graham is missing data. Here are the Twin City cards with Hogan from 1984-87:

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - June 17, 1984

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned David Schultz

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - August 26, 1984

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Gene Okerlund defeated George Steele & Mr. Fuji

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - October 28, 1984

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan fought Big John Studd

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - December 29, 1984

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated the Iron Sheik

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - March 17, 1985 (5,500)

Jesse Ventura defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - June 1, 1985 (2,700)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Don Muraco

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - July 21, 1985 (4,000)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Roddy Piper

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - November 28, 1985 (15,000; near sell out)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan (w/ Mr. T) pinned Randy Savage (w/ Bobby Heenan)

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - January 20, 1986 (4,500)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - February 22, 1986

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Ricky Steamboat defeated King Kong Bundy & Bobby Heenan

 

Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - August 17, 1986 (11,500)

Paul Orndorff defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan

 

St. Paul, MN - Civic Center - November 2, 1986 (10,409)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Orndorff

 

St. Paul, MN - Civic Center - February 8, 1987 (13,383)

Hercules defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan

 

St. Paul, MN - July 8, 1987

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Killer Khan

 

St. Paul, MN - Civic Center - October 25, 1987 (4,346)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan fought the One Man Gang

 

The Thanksgiving 1985 show really stands out, to the degree of being inexplicable. Then we have a strange number for Bundy, are missing data for the tag, Hogan-Ordorff doing business, then Hogan-Herc doing better business than Hogan-Orndorff and Hogan-Bundy. Not quite getting that.

 

I think Mr. Mike wrote a lot of stuff about the War going on. I haven't read it in a decade and a half, but I seem to recall at points if felt really bleak for the AWA, long before late 1985. Perhaps he was based in Chicago, but I thought he was in the Twin Cities.

 

That's one of the things with those old WON's: attendance numbers can be be in a variety of places, then corrected/changed the following issue. Probably need to identify the cards/areas the need a closer eyeball, and over time folks can add data.

 

John

[KrisZ]

Well look at what the AWA was offering up on their Thanksgiving competition show with Blackwell vs. Hayes and the annual battle royal on top. Hogan vs. Savage will smoke that one everytime.

[jdw]

Did any of those Hogan/Valentine matches make tape? For some reason, that match intrigues me.

These both were taped:

 

New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - July 23, 1984 (15,000)

Televised on the MSG Network

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Greg Valentine at 10:33 with the legdrop; prior to the bout, Capt. Lou Albano escorted Valentine to ringside

 

Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum - August 4, 1984 (12,908)

Televised on the PRISM Network

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Greg Valentine with a clothesline and the legdrop at 11:18; after the bout, Valentine shoved referee Dick Kroll out of the ring (Hulkamania, Best of Hulkamania)

 

They're both out there in circulation.

 

John

[jdw]

Well look at what the AWA was offering up on their Thanksgiving competition show with Blackwell vs. Hayes and the annual battle royal on top. Hogan vs. Savage will smoke that one everytime.

Understood. More along the lines of the prior Hogan appearance: Hogan-Piper several months after Mania, drawing "4,500". That one doesn't make a lot of sense. Savage in November 1985 wasn't as big of a star as Piper yet, but attendance went up 11K?

 

I can see the WWF doing poorly on non-Hogan shows, as they do that into 1986 and 1987. But 4500 for Piper-Hogan and 4K for Hogan-Bundy (who had the big push leading up to Mania) sandwiching around that 15K for Hogan-Savage on Thanksgiving... doesn't that strike anyone else as odd?

 

I don't know if KHawk went to any of those shows and maybe has some knowledge. I just toss those shows out, among others, that are probably worth taking a deeper looking into the WON and Mat Results.

 

John

[KrisZ]

Maybe you can chalk that up to Savage being a hot wrestler at that time. I remember everyone being in awe of Savage at that time because there was no one in the WWF working like him plus he had Elizabeth who there wasn't anyone who looked like that in that company either. Hogan/Savage did big business everywhere it went and it makes you wonder why they didn't go harder nationwide with it.

[KrisZ]

Let's look at the Hogan/Savage matches on record.

 

WWF @ Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum - September 28, 1985

Televised on the PRISM Network - featured Gorilla Monsoon & Dick Graham on commentary:

Moondog Spot defeated Rick McGraw

King Kong Bundy defeated Steve Gatorwolf

Scott McGee defeated Rene Goulet

Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. defeated Paul Orndorff & Bruno Sammartino via count-out

Don Muraco defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification

King Tonga defeated Barry O

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage (the 1st known Hogan / Savage bout)

 

WWF @ Toronto, Ontario - Maple Leaf Gardens - October 13, 1985 (17,000)

Shown live on closed circuit TV across southern Ontario, eastern MI, and western NY; Frank Tunney's NWA ring, with NWA style turnbuckles and apron, were used for the show; featured Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura on commentary

Scott McGhee pinned Barry O at 10:22 with a powerslam after O hit the corner

Tony Parisi pinned Rene Goulet at 11:55 with a Cannonball off the top

Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik defeated George Steele & Cpl. Kirschner via disqualification at 16:33 when Steele hit Sheik with a chair as Sheik had the Camel Clutch applied on Kirschner

Iron Mike Sharpe pinned SD Jones at 5:24 after the momentum of a Jones' crossbody put Sharpe on top

Terry Funk defeated Steve Gatorwolf via submission with a sleeper at 7:00

WWF Tag Team Champions Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine (w/ Johnny V) defeated The British Bulldogs at 19:00 when Beefcake pinned Dynamite after Valentine attacked the challenger behind the referee's back

Dino Bravo pinned Mr. X with a side suplex at 3:50

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) at 14:00 after Hogan lifted his boot to block the challenger's flying elbowsmash; after the bout, Hogan sustained a double axe handle from the top to the floor before eventually clearing Savage from the ring

 

I don't have the Toronto attendances but that was a huge crowd for their first match in Toronto.

 

They shot the TV angle with Savage attacking Hogan 9 days later in Poughkeepsie which aired on November 9th.

 

WWF @ Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena - November 16, 1985

Terry Gibbs defeated Jack Armstrong

The Spoiler defeated Billy Anderson

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Tony Garea

Terry Funk pinned Scott McGee at 8:27

Pedro Morales defeated Alexi Smirnoff

Johnny V, WWF Tag Team Champions Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine defeated Mike Rotundo, Dan Spivey, & Mr. Wrestling II

Paul Orndorff defeated Roddy Piper in a steel cage match at 9:01 by escaping the cage

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage at 14:32

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - November 17, 1985

The Spoiler defeated Scott McGhee

Mr. Wrestling II defeated Terry Gibbs

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Tony Garea

Ivan Putski defeated Matt Borne

Pedro Morales defeated Alexis Smirnoff

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey

Paul Orndorff defeated Terry Funk

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Minneapolis, MN - Met Center - November 28, 1985 (15,000)

WWF World Champion: Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Long Island, NY - Nassau Coliseum - December 5, 1985

Gino Carabello defeated Jim Powers

Steve Lombardi defeated Paul Roma

Cpl. Kirschner defeated Les Thornton

Dan Spivey defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification

Cousin Junior defeated Terry Gibbs

King Tonga defeated Moondog Spot

Hercules defeated Scott McGhee

WWF Tag Team Champion Greg Valentine defeated Mr. Wrestling II

WWF Tag Team Champion Brutus Beefcake defeated Mike Rotundo

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Randy Savage & Jesse Ventura

 

WWF @ Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena - December 16, 1985

Terry Gibbs defeated Jack Armstrong

The Spoiler defeated Billy Anderson

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Tony Garea

Terry Funk defeated Scott McGhee

Pedro Morales defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Johnny V, WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated Danny Spivey, Mr. Wrestling II, & Mike Rotundo

Paul Orndorff defeated Roddy Piper

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Landover, MD - Capital Centre - December 25, 1985

Terry Funk vs. Junkyard Dog

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

Also included 9 other bouts

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - December 26, 1985

Ivan Putski defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Dan Spivey defeated Barry O

Cousin Luke defeated Moondog Spot

Adrian Adonis defeated Scott McGhee

The British Bulldogs defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake via disqualification

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Bob Orton Jr.

Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - December 30, 1985 (20,225; sell out)

Televised on the MSG Network - included Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary:

SD Jones pinned Ron Shaw with an inside cradle at 18:36

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/14/86: Jim Neidhart fought B. Brian Blair to a time-limit draw

All American Wrestling - 1/12/86: Hercules (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Jose Luis Rivera via submission with a backbreaker at 9:51

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/20/86: Adrian Adonis pinned Lanny Poffo with a bulldog at 8:20

Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out at 9:55 after Savage jumped from the top rope to the floor, hitting Hogan in the head with the world title belt and then waking the referee up so that he could make the count; after the bout, Savage put the title belt around his waist and left ringside with it until Hogan attacked Savage in the aisle, brought him back into the ring, reclaimed his title belt, and beat up Savage until the challenger was able to escape the ring and run backstage (Best of the WWF Vol. 6)

Big John Studd pinned Tony Atlas with a flying bodypress at 12:15

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/20/86: The Haiti Kid pinned Butch Cassidy at 10:32 with a reverse roll up (Best of the WWF Vol. 6)

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/30/86: Jim Brunzell pinned Bret Hart at 13:55 with a backslide; after the bout, Hart attacked Brunzell and threw him to the floor

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/20/86: WWF Tag Team Champions Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine (w/ Johnny V) defeated Uncle Elmer & Hillbilly Jim at 4:29 when Beefcake pinned Elmer after Valentine came off the top with a double axehandle as Elmer had Beefcake caught in a bearhug, with Beefcake then falling on top for the win (WWF's Greatest Matches 86)

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - late 85 / early 86

Pedro Morales defeated Barry O

SD Jones defeated Rene Goulet

King Tonga defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Hercules defeated George Wells

The Killer Bees defeated The Hart Foundation

Don Muraco defeated Ricky Steamboat

Roddy Piper defeated Paul Orndorff in a lumberjack match

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena - January 21, 1986

Terry Gibbs defeated Jack Armstrong

The Spoiler defeated Billy Anderson

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Tony Garea

Terry Funk defeated Scott McGee

Pedro Morales defeated Alexi Smirnoff

Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine, & Johnny V defeated Mike Rotundo, Mr. Wrestling II, & Dan Spivey

Paul Orndorff defeated Roddy Piper

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - January 27, 1986 (20,225; sell out)

Televised on the MSG Network - included Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura on commentary:

Prime Time Wrestling - 2/10/86: Danny Spivey pinned Rene Goulet with a bulldog at 18:11

Prime Time Wrestling - 2/10/86: Iron Mike Sharpe fought George Wells to a double count-out

Prime Time Wrestling - 2/10/86: Ted Arcidi defeated Tiger Chung Lee via submission with a backbreaker at 8:25

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/30/86: Paul Orndorff defeated Big John Studd (w/ Bobby Heenan) via disqualification at 5:13 when Heenan interfered as Orndorff attempted to bodyslam Studd; after the bout, Orndorff cleared Heenan from the ring

Terry Funk defeated Scott McGhee at 16:02

Prime Time Wrestling - 2/10/86: Pedro Morales pinned Moondog Spot with a sunset flip at 6:30

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/30/86: Sivi Afi pinned Ron Shaw at 6:52 with a flying bodypress; Afi was billed as 'Superfly Afi' for the bout

Adrian Adonis defeated Junkyard Dog via disqualification at 6:11

George Steele defeated Barry O via submission with the flying hammerlock at 3:01

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated The British Bulldogs at 10:31 when Beefcake pinned Dynamite

Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out after Hogan hit the steel ring post shoulder-first at 12:59; after the bout, Hogan put the challenger in a bearhug until officials and other wrestlers broke it up (Best of the WWF Vol. 7, Macho Man Randy Savage & Elizabeth)

 

WWF @ Richmond, VA - Coliseum - February 9, 1986

Roddy Piper vs. Cousin Luke

Junkyard Dog vs. Terry Funk

Ricky Steamboat vs. Don Muraco

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage

 

WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - February 17, 1986

Televised on the MSG Network - included Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary:

Lanny Poffo defeated Rene Goulet

Prime Time Wrestling - 2/24/86: The Hart Foundation (w/ Jimmy Hart) fought The Killer Bees to a time-limit draw at 18:48 as Brunzell covered Hart following a dropkick (Best of the WWF Vol. 8, The Bret Hart Story: The Best There Is, Was, and Ever Will Be)

Ricky Steamboat pinned Don Muraco in a martial arts match

Tony Atlas pinned Barry O following a gorilla press slam

Adrian Adonis defeated George Steele via disqualification

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/30/86: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Freddie Blassie) defeated Cpl. Kirschner & Dan Spivey at 9:41 when Sheik pinned Kirchner with a boot to the sternum

King Tonga defeated Les Thornton

Prime Time Wrestling - 2/24/86: King Kong Bundy pinned George Wells with the Avalanche and a splash at 3:17

Prime Time Wrestling - 2/24/86: Ted Arcidi defeated Terry Gibbs via submission with a bearhug (Best of the WWF Vol. 8)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned WWF IC Champion Randy Savage in a lumberjack match after George Steele tripped Savage, allowing Hogan to hit the legdrop for the win; other lumberjacks included: Lanny Poffo, Danny Spivey, Ricky Steamboat, King Tonga, Tony Atlas, Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Cpl. Kirchner, Les Thornton, Bary O, King Kong Bundy, Don Muraco, The Hart Foundation (Macho Man Randy Savage & Elizabeth)

 

WWF @ Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena - April 26, 1986

Featured Ken Resnick & Jack Reynolds on commentary (Resnick's debut as WWF commentator and Reynolds' last appearance)

Prime Time Wrestling - 5/12/86: Bret Hart pinned Sivi Afi at 10:33 by catching him coming off the ropes and hitting a backbreaker across his knee

Tony Atlas pinned Hercules at 9:31 with a sunset flip

Prime Time Wrestling - 5/12/86: George Steele pinned Jim Neidhart at 3:52 after hitting him with a foreign object as Neidhart was distracted by the referee and shoved him down with a chair

Cpl. Kirchner pinned Iron Mike Sharpe at 10:28 with a Samoan Drop

Hillbilly Jim defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification at 8:51 when Adonis began choking Jim with his pink scarf after twice pushing down the referee; after the bout, Hillbilly cleared the ring

Tito Santana pinned Bob Orton Jr. at 9:51 when the momentum of a crossbody by Orton put Santana on top

Prime Time Wrestling - 5/12/86: Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff defeated The Killer Bees at 11:41 when Sheik pinned Brunzell after Volkoff hit a double axe handle to the back of the head as Brunzell had Sheik in a sleeper

Prime Time Wrestling - 5/12/86: Jake Roberts pinned Scott McGhee at 7:02 with the DDT

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned WWF IC Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) at 11:46 after Hogan lifted his boot to block the challenger's flying elbowsmash; after the bout, Savage knocked out the referee and came off the top to the floor with the world title belt, only for Hogan to catch him in mid-air, throw him back inside the ring, and regain possession of the belt

 

WWF @ Boston, MA - Boston Garden - May 24, 1986

Televised on NESN - included Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary:

David Sammartino pinned Tiger Chung Lee at 12:27 with a small package; after the bout, Lee attacked Sammartino before leaving ringside

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/16/86: Iron Mike Sharpe pinned Tony Garea at 11:35 after Garea hit the corner face-first

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/16/86: Jim Neidhart pinned Lanny Poffo at 5:29 with a fistdrop from the middle turnbuckle after Poffo failed a somersault splash

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/16/86: Bret Hart pinned Sivi Afi at 10:20 when the momentum of a flying bodypress by Afi put Hart on top

King Kong Bundy (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Tony Atlas at 6:18 with an elbow drop after the Avalanche in the corner

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/16/86: Hercules pinned Scott McGhee at 8:05 with a backbreaker

Cpl. Kirchner pinned Nikolai Volkoff at 7:26 after reversing a powerslam attempt into a cradle, though Volkoff's shoulders were clearly not down for the entire count; after the bout, Volkoff attacked Kirchner before leaving ringside

Prime Time Wrestling - 6/16/86: Pedro Morales, WWF Tag Team Champion Davey Boy Smith, & Dan Spivey defeated Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, & Johnny V at 11:20 when Spivey pinned Johnny V following a backbreaker from Morales

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out at 13:58 after coming off the top to the floor and hitting the champion with his own title belt, moments after referee Danny Davis had been knocked down by Hogan; after the bout, Savage knocked out the referee and attempted to leave ringside with the title belt but Hogan dragged him back inside the ring and regained possession of the belt; only the world title was on the line

 

WWF @ Boston, MA - Boston Garden - June 27, 1986

Televised on NESN - included Gorilla Monsoon & Gene Okerlund on commentary:

Mr. X pinned Rudy Diamond

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/14/86: King Tonga pinned Pete Doherty at 4:20 with a diving headbutt

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/14/86: Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey defeated Les Thornton & Tiger Chung Lee at 12:16 when Spivey pinned Thornton with a bulldog

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/14/86: Pedro Morales pinned Moondog Spot with a reverse roll up at 7:25

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/14/86: Harley Race pinned Tony Atlas with a sunset flip at 8:27

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/14/86: Billy Jack Haynes defeated Moondog Rex via submission with the full nelson at 5:38 (Best of the WWF Vol. 8)

Jake Roberts defeated Ricky Steamboat via count-out

Prime Time Wrestling - 10/28/86: King Kong Bundy defeated Junkyard Dog via disqualification at 7:21 when JYD hiptossed referee Danny Davis with his chain; after the match, JYD powerslammed Davis

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned WWF IC Champion Randy Savage at 7:12; after the bout, Adrian Adonis joined in attacking Hogan (Hulkamania 2)

Paul Orndorff defeated Don Muraco via referee's decision after the time limit expired

 

WWF @ Miami, FL - Knight Center - August 6, 1986 (5,342)

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Les Thornton

Dick Slater defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey defeated The Hart Foundation via count-out

Hercules defeated Pedro Morales

Dory & Jimmy Jack Funk fought Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik to a no contest

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Boston, MA - Boston Garden - August 9, 1986

Televised on NESN - included Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary:

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/25/86: Lanny Poffo pinned Mr. X with a somersault splash at 7:17

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/25/86: Dick Slater pinned Pete Doherty at 6:45 with an elbow off the top to the head

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/25/86: Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik (w/ Slick) defeated The Hart Foundation at 6:39 when Sheik tripped Neidhart, who had Volkoff up for a slam, and Volkoff fell on top for the pin (Best of the WWF Vol. 9)

Tony Atlas vs. Ted Arcidi

Ricky Steamboat pinned Jake Roberts at 17:21 with a roll up as Roberts attempted to revive the referee; after the bout, Roberts attacked Steamboat, hit the DDT, and draped Damien on his opponent until Ted Arcidi and Dick Slater made the save (Jake 'the Snake' Roberts)

Junkyard Dog vs. Greg Valentine

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/25/86: Tito Santana fought Bob Orton Jr. to a 30-minute time-limit draw (Best of the WWF Vol. 10)

Cowboy Lang vs. Lord Littlebrook

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & George Steele defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage & Adrian Adonis at 10:25 when Hogan scored the pin following the legdrop (Hulkamania 2)

 

WWF @ Ottawa, Ontario - Landsdowne Park - August 21, 1986

Pedro Morales vs. Bob Orton Jr.

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr.

Little Koko vs. Little Tokyo

? defeated George Steele via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage

 

WWF @ East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands - December 8, 1986 (9,000)

Dick Slater defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Mike Rotundo & Danny Spivey fought Jacques & Raymond Rougeau to a double disqualification

Kamala pinned King Kong Bundy with a splash at around the 5-minute mark

Pedro Morales defeated Nikolai Volkoff via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage via disqualification in a non-title match when Honkytonk Man interfered

Sika defeated Cpl. Kirschner

Blackjack Mulligan defeated Steve Lombardi

SD Jones defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Hillbilly Jim defeated Jimmy Jack Funk

Junkyard Dog & George Steele defeated Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake after JYD hit Valentine with a chair

 

WWF @ East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands - January 5, 1987 (15,826)

WWF Superstars taping:

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/14/87: Billy Jack Haynes defeated King Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan) via disqualification at 9:40 when Heenan interfered as Haynes had the full nelson applied; after the bout, Haynes applied the hold to Heenan until Race made the save

Prime Time Wrestling - 1/14/87: Sivi Afi pinned Frenchy Martin at 6:50 with a sunset flip over the top rope

The Can-Am Connection fought Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake to a double disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Ricky Steamboat defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage & Honkytonk Man

 

WWF @ Hartford, CT - Civic Center - May 23, 1987

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Rochester, NY - War Memorial - June 3, 1987

Wrestling Challenge taping:

The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) defeated Jose Estrada & Jimmy Jack Funk

Hercules defeated an unknown via submission with the full nelson

Don Muraco pinned Lanny Poffo

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/20/87: Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Slick) defeated Billy Jack Haynes via disqualification at 4:33 after Haynes stole Slick's cane, broke it over Volkoff's back, and chased both men backstage

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/13/87: Hillbilly Jim (w/ Little Beaver) pinned Iron Mike Sharpe at 6:54 by hitting Sharpe with his own forearm after Sharpe became distracted from chasing Beaver around ringside

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) with a roll up after the challenger missed the flying elbowsmash (History of the WWF Heavyweight Championship)

 

WWF @ Salt Lake, UT - Salt Palace - July 3, 1987 (7,884)

The Jumping Bomb Angels defeated WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Judy Martin & Leilani Kai via count-out

The One Man Gang defeated Brady Boone

Ken Patera pinned Hercules

Butch Reed pinned Tito Santana after Slick tripped Santana from the outside

Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. defeated Jerry Allen & Steve Gatorwolf

SD Jones defeated Tiger Chung Lee

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage with the legdrop

 

WWF @ Los Angeles, CA - Sports Arena - July 4, 1987

SD Jones defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Ken Patera defeated Hercules

Tito Santana fought Butch Reed to a draw

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage with the legdrop after Elizabeth took a chair away from the challenger

Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. defeated Jerry Allen & Steve Gatorwolf

The Jumping Bomb Angels defeated WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Judy Martin & Leilani Kai in a non-title match

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - July 5, 1987

SD Jones defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. defeated Jerry Allen & Steve Gatorwolf

Butch Reed defeated Scott Casey

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Hercules

WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Judy Martin & Leilani Kai defeated the Jumping Bomb Angels

Ken Patera defeated Paul Orndorff

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome - July 6, 1987

WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Leilani Kai & Judy Martin defeated the Jumping Bomb Angels

SD Jones pinned Tiger Chung Lee

Bob Orton Jr. & Don Muraco defeated Steve Gatorwolf & Jerry Allen

Butch Reed defeated Scott Casey

Koko B. Ware defeated Danny Davis

Ken Patera defeated Paul Orndorff

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Hercules in a chain match

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Glens Falls, NY - Civic Center - July 15, 1987

WWF Superstars taping:

Dan Kroffatt defeated an unknown

Jake Roberts pinned WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man in a non-title match after guest ringside enforcer Mr. T punched the champion

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) with the legdrop after Elizabeth took a chair from the challenger

 

WWF @ Halifax, Nova Scotia - July 18, 1987 (sell out)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Denver, CO - McNichols Arena - July 19, 1987 (6,796)

Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. when Muraco was pinned after accidentally sustaining a blow from Orton

Jerry Allen pinned Barry Horowitz

Don Muraco pinned Hercules

Ron Bass pinned Lanny Poffo

Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out after hitting Hogan with the title belt; after the bout, Hogan went backstage, dragged Savage back out, and reclaimed the stolen championship belt

Brady Boone pinned Jose Estrada

Rick Rude pinned Scott Casey

King Harley Race pinned Tito Santana

 

WWF @ Albuquerque, NM - Tingley Coliseum - July 20, 1987 (8,546)

Jose Estrada pinned Brady Boone

Jerry Allen pinned Barry Horowitz

Rick Rude pinned Lanny Poffo

Ron Bass pinned Scott Casey

Jim Powers & Paul Roma defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr.

Tito Santana pinned King Harley Race

Don Muraco pinned Hercules

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage at around the 7-minute mark

 

WWF @ Oklahoma City, OK - State Fair Arena - July 21, 1987 (4,544)

Lanny Poffo vs. Rick Rude

Tito Santana vs. King Harley Race

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Bristol, TN - Viking Hall - July 25, 1987 (3,948; sell out)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Wichita, KS - Kansas Coliseum - July 26, 1987 (7,932)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Madison, WI - Dane County Coliseum - August 4, 1987 (7,557)

WWF Superstars taping:

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/17/87: Bob Orton Jr. defeated George Steele via disqualification

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/24/87: Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated the Shadows when Raymond scored the pin after a double team move off the top at 6:24

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/24/87: Junkyard Dog fought Ron Bass to a double count-out at 8:07

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/30/87: Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (w/ Jimmy Hart) via disqualification when the champions illegally double teamed the challengers; Lanny Poffo & Don Muraco did commentary for the bout

Ted Dibiase defeated an unknown

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Chicago, IL - Rosemont Horizon - August 8, 1987 (14,967)

Brady Boone pinned Jose Estrada

Lanny Poffo pinned Iron Mike Sharpe

WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Leilani Kai & Judy Martin defeated Angie Minelli & Theresa DuBois

Rick Martel pinned Tama at 17:11; after the bout, Martel was double teamed by both Islanders

King Harley Race pinned Scott Casey

Rick Rude pinned Tony Garea (sub. for SD Jones)

Koko B. Ware defeated Danny Davis via count-out at 4:46

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage (w/ Danny Davis & Miss Elizabeth) at 7:49; Mr. T was the special referee for the bout

 

WWF @ Springfield, IL - Prairie Capital Convention Center - August 15, 1987 (matinee) (8,302; sell out)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Ft. Wayne, IN - Allen County War Memorial - August 15, 1987 (9,716 paid)

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

 

WWF @ Denver, CO - McNichols Arena - August 16, 1987 (6,974)

David Sammartino pinned Terry Gibbs

SD Jones pinned Frenchy Martin

Chavo Guerrero pinned Jose Estrada

Demolition defeated The Killer Bees when Brunzell was pinned after Mr. Fuji interfered and hit him with his cane

Danny Davis defeated George Steele via disqualification after Steele hit referee Dave Hebner

WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri pinned Velvet McIntyre.

Billy Jack Haynes (sub. for Ken Patera) (w/ Ken Patera) pinned King Harley Race after Patera hit Race with his arm cast

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage; Mr. T was the guest referee for the bout

 

That would be their last bout until 1989.

[jdw]

Here's another data dump to add to the thread for future reference.

 

These were the top Metros in the US in the 1990 Census. I chose 1990 rather than 1980 because:

 

* Expansion was in the middle of the decade

* this is where the country was headed rather than where it had been

 

If you're expanded business, you want to grab (i) Big and (ii) Growing. Which makes 1990 data more reasonable: it's where the WWF and Hogan were headed.

 

Could get more anal on this by adding in growth % for the decade, but I don't think it's that critical.

 

19,549,649 New York (1)

14,531,529 Los Angles (2)

8,239,820 Chicago (3)

6,727,050 DC/Baltimore/N VA (4)

6,253,311 SanFran / San Jose / Oakland (5)

5,892,937 Philly (6)

5,455,403 Boston (7)

5,187,171 Detroit (8)

4,037,282 Dallas / Fort Worth (9)

3,731,131 Houston (10)

3,192,582 Miami / Fort Lauderdale (11)

2,970,328 Seattle / Tacoma (12)

2,959,950 Atlanta (13)

2,859,644 Cleveland (14)

2,538,834 Minneapolis / St. Paul (15)

2,498,016 San Diego (16)

2,492,525 St. Louis (17)

2,394,811 Pittsburgh (18)

2,238,480 Phoenix (19)

2,067,959 Tampa/St. Petersburg (20)

1,980,140 Denver (21)

1,980,140 Cincinnati (22)

1,793,476 Portland (23)

1,607,183 Milwaukee (24)

1,582,875 Kansas City (25)

1,481,102 Sacramento (26)

1,443,244 Norfolk (27)

1,380,491 Indianapolis (28)

1,345,450 Columbus (29)

1,324,749 San Antonio (30)

1,285,270 New Orleans (31)

1,224,852 Orlando (32)

1,189,288 Buffalo / Niagara Falls (33)

1,162,093 Charlotte (34)

1,157,585 Hartford (35)

1,134,350 Providence (36)

1,072,227 Salt Lake (37)

1,062,470 Rochester (38)

1,050,304 Greensboro (39)

1,007,306 Memphis (40)

985,026 Nashville (41)

958,839 Oklahoma City (42)

951,270 Dayton (43)

948,829 Louisville (44)

937,891 Jacksonville (45)

865,640 Richmond (46)

863,518 West Palm Beach (47)

861,424 Albany (48)

855,545 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill (49)

852,737 Las Vegas (50)

846,227 Austin (51)

840,140 Birmingham (52)

836,231 Honolulu (53)

830,563 Greenville (54)

755,580 Fresno (55)

742,177 Syracuse (56)

708,954 Tulsa (57)

666,880 Tucson (58)

639,580 Omaha (59)

638,466 Scranton (60)

614,128 Toledo (61)

600,895 Youngstown (62)

595,081 Allentown (63)

591,610 El Paso (64)

589,131 Albuquerque (65)

587,986 Harrisburg (66)

587,884 Springfield (67)

585,960 Knoxville (68)

543,477 Bakersfield (69)

528,264 Baton Rouge (70)

513,117 Little Rock (71)

506,875 Charleston (72)

489,483 Sarasota (73)

485,270 Wichita (74)

480,628 Stockton (75)

 

Stopping at 75 as it's the first obvious breaking point after we drop under 500K. There are some useful metros below that, but we're also reaching the point that it confirms a lot of what we already know further up the list:

 

513,117 Little Rock (71) = a city that warrants some looking into

506,875 Charleston (72) = another CrockettLand problem for the WWF

489,483 Sarasota (73) = another part of FL engulfed in the WWF

485,270 Wichita (74) = another part of the plains expanded into by the WWF

480,628 Stockton (75) = more of CA added

 

I may have missed a metro or two when copying it out of the Census PDF. Let me know if any jump out. More in the next post...

[Al]

Ventura's version of history is usually suspect at best, but on that one he agrees with the consensus. He was planned to have a huge big-money feud with Hogan, since the sheer charisma of both guys would easily be a good enough combination to overcome even Jesse's godawful ring skills. But then the doctors discovered those nasty clots in his lungs, which put the brakes on his in-ring career for good. (Although he did do a few scattered tag matches after that, which never really get discussed.) Of course, Jesse being Jesse, he claimed that his disease was due to wacky covert government hijinks, agent orange in this case. But then again, agent orange really was some hideously poisonous shit, so it easily could have caused that kind of illness if he was directly exposed to it and he might be telling the truth here too.

Talk to any Vietnam veteran and you'll get the same thing really. I don't think anyone really knows the truth about the full effects of Agent Orange.

[KrisZ]

I totally skipped the Bay Area so I need to hit that one next.

[jdw]

I would loosely say that these are elements of the old WWF territory before expansion:

 

19,549,649 New York (1)

6,727,050 DC/Baltimore/N VA (4)

5,892,937 Philly (6)

5,455,403 Boston (7)

2,394,811 Pittsburg (18)

1,189,288 Buffalo / Niagara Falls (33)

1,157,585 Hartford (35)

1,134,350 Providence (36)

1,062,470 Rochester (38)

861,424 Albany (48)

742,177 Syracuse (56)

638,466 Scranton (60)

600,895 Youngstown (62)

595,081 Allentown (63)

587,986 Harrisburg (66)

587,884 Springfield (67)

 

Some, like Rochester and Albany, are a little hard to find WWF shows for in 1983. It's possible that they ran shows in cities in the metro area that are *not* the name of the metro. Similar to running a card in Ann Arbor in the Detriot metro. Or Long Beach and Anaheim and San Bernadino in the LA Metro, where their home base were the regular LA Sports Arena shows. But we'll stipulate these are part of the old WWF territory.

 

Awesome base to expand from: #1, #4, #6 & #7 in size, along with a good sized #18 and other quality metros to promote in. In a lot of territories, cities the size of Hartford and Providence would be excellent second and third cities, if you get the fan base in them interested. So it's a great base, not even touching on being based in NY for the media and entertainment connections.

 

So what was added?

 

Clearly these:

 

14,531,529 Los Angles (2)

8,239,820 Chicago (3)

6,253,311 SanFran / San Jose / Oakland (5)

5,187,171 Detroit (8)

3,731,131 Houston (10)

3,192,582 Miami / Fort Lauderdale (11)

2,970,328 Seattle / Tacoma (12)

2,859,644 Cleveland (14)

2,538,834 Minneapolis / St. Paul (15)

2,498,016 San Diego (16)

2,492,525 St. Louis (17)

2,238,480 Phoenix (19)

2,067,959 Tampa/St. Petersburg (20)

 

Stopping there for a moment to touch on three things:

 

Some of these cities, such as Los Angeles, saw the WWF sending out feelers to in 1983 by running a show or two. I don't think we'll find many of them being successful, and we'll also find that when these metros truly became "WWF Towns" it was via the Expansion and with Hogan. Los Angeles became a very good town for the WWF for years, as did the bay area, during Hogan's run. These cities were very much added to the WWF from 1984 on.

 

Second, that's 18 out of the top 20 Metros in the county that become "WWF Territory". Only Dallas-FW and Atlanta are missing.

 

Third, it's *not* the old WWF Base making up that 18. Only 5 were from the Base, while 13 were via expansion.

 

Given that mass addition, the rest added frankly are overkill. For example:

 

1,980,140 Denver (21)

1,980,140 Cincinnati (22)

1,793,476 Portland (23)

1,607,183 Milwaukee (24)

1,582,875 Kansas City (25)

 

There's 21-25 all added to the WWF territory during Hogan's 1984-92 run. Some were more successful than others, and they had problems with the commission (rather than the fans) in Portland. But there were more fans added to the WWF territory via promoting in those cities. Many more.

 

From 5 of the Top 25 metros in the country (admittedly 4 huge ones) to 23 of the Top 25, 15 of them added via Expansion under Vince and Hogan.

 

Visual to hammer it home:

 

5 of Top 25 Pre-Hogan

23 of Top 25 Hogan

 

Think of this in terms of a business, such as a Food Chain or a Cable Company. You've expanded like that, not just moving into those markets by dominating in them... it's staggering.

 

Running through the rest:

 

1,481,102 Sacramento (26)

1,380,491 Indianapolis (28)

1,345,450 Columbus (29)

1,224,852 Orlando (32)

1,072,227 Salt Lake (37)

951,270 Dayton (43)

948,829 Louisville (44)

937,891 Jacksonville (45)

863,518 West Palm Beach (47)

852,737 Las Vegas (50)

836,231 Honolulu (53)

755,580 Fresno (55)

666,880 Tucson (58)

639,580 Omaha (59)

614,128 Toledo (61)

589,131 Albuquerque (65)

543,477 Bakersfield (69)

489,483 Sarasota (73)

485,270 Wichita (74)

480,628 Stockton (75)

 

Another clear 20 metros out of the Top 75.

 

They don't have to always be doing gangbusters in these cities to add to the WWF's bottom line: remember that the WWE hasn't done gangbusters in every city on every card in the past six years. But the wider fan base means more people who buy the variety of products in the channel, not just house shows. This is important as PPV grew in the Hogan era.

 

Here are ones they clearly had issues with:

 

2,959,950 Atlanta (13)

1,443,244 Norfolk (27)

1,162,093 Charlotte (34)

1,050,304 Greensboro (39)

865,640 Richmond (46)

855,545 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill (49)

830,563 Greenville (54)

506,875 Charleston (72)

 

That's the core of CrockettLand.

 

These ones are the Texas metros other than Houston:

 

4,037,282 Dallas / Fort Worth (9)

1,324,749 San Antonio (30)

846,227 Austin (51)

591,610 El Paso (64)

 

I think by the end of Hogan's 1984-92 run, we'd find some evidence of the WWF promoting in them. We know they had early issues there, and never were off the charts until later in the 90s. But any fans added in Texas were potential PPV buyers, and of other WWF product.

 

Others worth more of look:

 

1,285,270 New Orleans (31)

1,007,306 Memphis (40)

985,026 Nashville (41)

958,839 Oklahoma City (42)

840,140 Birmingham (52)

708,954 Tulsa (57)

585,960 Knoxville (68)

528,264 Baton Rouge (70)

513,117 Little Rock (71)

 

Deep south in there, and the Watts & Jarrett territories. I don't have a great feel for how the WWF did in those areas, though we do know Vince went into TN from time-to-time.

 

The other thing that jumps out looking at all of this is an extension of that early 23-out-of-the-Top-25 point: Vince & Hogan pulled the major ones to an overwhelming degree. The ones they had issues with or we need to look a bit more at are in the lower part of the Top 75:

 

23 of the Top 25

26 of the Top 30

32 of the Top 40

38 of the Top 50

44 of the Top 60

54 of the Top 75

 

It's in the 30s where it starts to pop up with more cities where they had issues, or where you'd need to look.

 

So I'll say it again: From 5 of the Top 25 metros in the country (admittedly 4 huge ones) to 23 of the Top 20, 15 of them added via Expansion under Vince and Hogan.

 

Then add: Is there *anything* Austin could possible have done to match that?

 

We haven't touch on Canada and Europe. Canada is huge, and was regularly promoted in by the WWF starting in Hogan's run. They also started their beachhead in Europe in Hogan's era, in 1987 I want to say. I suspect that some might point to the WWF opening some markets in Europe in the Hogan Era *without* Hogan being on the cards. Who was the tool that got WWF product on TV in Italy and France and Germany, and got it over with the fans? Hogan.

 

Austin is awesome. He took revenue to the next level.

 

In a territory that Hogan was used to build.

 

John

[KrisZ]

WWF @ San Jose, CA - September 30, 1983 (2,000)

The 1st show in Northern California

Buddy Rose defeated Steve Pardee

Rocky Johnson defeated Guy Lambert

Pat Patterson defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Tito Santana defeated Mike York

Jimmy Snuka defeated WWF IC Champion Don Muraco via count-out

Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd

 

WWF @ San Jose, CA - December 2, 1983 (2,500)

Pat Patterson vs. Ivan Koloff

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund vs. WWF IC Champion Don Muraco

 

They waited a while before hitting the Bay Area proper because Vince was trying to buy out Verne and wasn't going into full warfare until Spring 1984.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - April 30, 1984

Paul Orndorff defeated Al Madril

Mil Mascaras defeated Victor Rivera

Andre the Giant won a battle royal

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Tiger Chung Lee at 2:25

Big John Studd defeated Salvatore Bellomo via disqualification

Pat Patterson fought Iron Sheik to a no contest

Sgt. Slaughter defeated Alexis Smirnoff

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana & Jimmy Snuka defeated The North-South Connection

 

Wow what a main event. Hogan vs. Kim Duk.

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – June 7, 1984

Curt Hennig d. Jerry Monti

Fabulous Ones d. Steve Regal & Larry Zbyszko

Bruiser Brody d. Steve O

Abdullah the Butcher fought Blackjack Mulligan to a draw

Nick Bockwinkel & Bruiser Brody d. Da Crusher & Baron Von Raschke

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - July 2, 1984

Alexis Smirnoff defeated Tony Garea

Moondog Rex defeated Steve Pardee

Jimmy Snuka defeated Paul Orndorff

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Big John Studd via count-out at 12:20

B. Brian Blair defeated Tiger Chung Lee

WWF Tag Team Champions Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis defeated the Wild Samoans

Jesse Ventura defeated Terry Daniels

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Moondog Spot

Sgt. Slaughter defeated Iron Sheik via disqualification

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – July 25, 1984 (1,600)

Billy Robinson fought Larry Zbyszko to a draw

Tony Atlas d. Steve Regal

The Road Warriors d. Curt Hennig & Steve O

The Fabulous Ones d. Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito

Jim Brunzell d. Bruiser Brody by DQ

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - August 14, 1984

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan fought Big John Studd to a no contest

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – August 26, 1984 (800)

Curt Hennig fought Steve Regal to a draw

Tony Atlas d. Larry Zbyszko

Jim Brunzell d. Sheik Adnan Kaissey

Mr. Saito d. Stan Lane

AWA World Tag Titles: The Road Warriors © d. Da Crusher & Baron Von Raschke

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - September 17, 1984

David Schultz defeated SD Jones

Iron Sheik defeated B. Brian Blair

Jesse Ventura defeated George Wells

Mil Mascaras defeated Alexis Smirnoff

WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter defeated the Fabulous Moolah

Mad Dog Vachon & the Wild Samoans defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Dick Murdoch, Alexis Smirnoff, & Capt. Lou Albano

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Big John Studd in a lumberjack match

 

WWF @ San Jose, CA - September 20, 1984

Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Guy Lambert

Afa defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Adrian Adonis via count-out

Iron Sheik defeated Ati Tago

WWF Tag Team Champion Dick Murdoch defeated Mad Dog Vachon

Big John Studd defeated Pat Patterson

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – September 27, 1984 (600)

Tia Kalua d. Jerry Monti

Curt Hennig fought Larry Zbyszko to a draw

The Fabulous Ones d. Nick Bockwinkel & Billy Robinson

Tony Atlas & Jim Brunzell d. The Road Warriors

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Martel © d. Mr. Saito by DQ

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - October 16, 1984

The Spoiler defeated Rick McGraw

Big John Studd defeated Steve Pardee

Ivan Putski defeated Alexis Smirnoff via count-out

WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated SD Jones

The Wild Samoans defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The North-South Connection via count-out

Mil Mascaras defeated Moondog Spot

Roddy Piper defeated Rocky Johnson

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated George Steele

 

Two things to note here, AWA was just bombing hard in Frisco and the WWF didn't have to work out hard as you had Tiger, Studd for 3 fucking matches, & Steele as opponents for Hogan. Geez.

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – November 11, 1984 (6,800)

Jimmy Garvin d. Jerry Monti

Mr. Saito d. Steve O

Nick Bockwinkel d. Steve Keirn by DQ

Blackjack Lanza d. Paul Ellering by DQ

Crusher Blackwell battled Bruiser Brody to a DDQ

Tag Team Battle Royal won by Crusher Blackwell

 

Now they are coming back as that tag battle royal was a good draw plus Brody was around.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - November 26, 1984 (11,220)

Bret Hart fought the Spoiler to a draw

Mil Mascaras defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka

Blackjack Mulligan defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Brutus Beefcake & Jerry Valiant

Buddy Rose defeated Rick McGraw

Junkyard Dog & Sgt. Slaughter defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik

 

No Hogan on this card and they still draw 11,220.

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – December 13, 1984 (1,200)

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Martel © d. Jimmy Garvin by DQ

 

UH OH.....well back to normal for this time.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - January 2, 1985

Steve Pardee fought Jerry Monti to a draw

Buddy Rose defeated Chief Jay Strongbow

Don Muraco defeated Swede Hanson

Ivan Putski defeated Guy Lambert

WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter defeated Judy Martin

WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated Tito Santana via disqualification

George Wells defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Junkyard Dog defeated Iron Sheik

Jimmy Snuka & the Tonga Kid defeated Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. via disqualification

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – January 30, 1985 (4,900)

Pat Barrett fought Guy Lambert to a draw

Sgt. Slaughter d. Nick Bockwinkel

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Jimmy Garvin d. Rick Martel © by DQ

Curt & Larry Hennig & Baron Von Raschke d. The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering

No DQ: Crusher Blackwell d. Masked Superstar

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – February 20, 1985 (1,981)

Samu d. Guy Lambert by DQ

John Nord d. Sheik Adnan Kaissey by countout

Steve Regal d. Tom Zenk

Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito fought Curt & Larry Hennig to a draw

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Martel © d. Jimmy Garvin

King Tonga & Masked Superstar d. Crusher Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - February 27, 1985

George Wells defeated Brutus Beefcake via disqualification

Ivan Putski defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Jesse Ventura defated Salvatore Bellomo

Jim Neidhart defeated Swede Hanson

Don Muraco defeated SD Jones

Jimmy Snuka & Junkyard Dog defeated Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr.

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Orndorff via count-out

 

AWA @ Oakland, CA – Alameda County Coliseum – March 16, 1985 (3,400)

Jerry Monti d. Don Stevenson

Buck Zumhofe d. Steve Regal

The Hi-Flyers d. Nick Bockwinkel & Masked Superstar

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Martel © d. Nick Bockwinkel

Crusher Blackwell d. King Tonga by DQ

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - March 18, 1985

Les Thornton defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Jim Neidhart defeated Barry O

George Wells defeated Buddy Rose via disqualification

Mr. Wrestling II defeated Moondog Spot

Rocky Johnson defeated Alexi Smirnoff

The Spoiler defeated Terry Gibbs

Andre the Giant & Junkyard Dog defeated Big John Studd & Ken Patera

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - April 14, 1985

Bret Hart defeated Steve Pardi

Ricky Steamboat defeated Guy Lambert

Paul Orndorff defeated Jerry Monti

Don Muraco defeated Rick McGraw

Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff via count-out

Jimmy Snuka defeated Bob Orton Jr.

Jim Neidhart defeated SD Jones

George Wells defeated Barry O

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Roddy Piper via disqualification

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – May 8, 1985 (5,000)

Samu d. Drew Tossell

Brad Rheingans d. Butch Reed by DQ

Steve Regal d. Buck Zumhofe

Baron Von Raschke d. Jimmy Garvin

Steel Cage: Crusher Blackwell d. Sheik Adnan Kaissey

Steel Cage: Curt & Larry Hennig, & Sgt. Slaughter d. The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - May 20, 1985

Les Thornton defeated Salvatore Bellomo

WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter defeated the Fabulous Moolah

Mr. Wrestling II defeated Matt Borne

Junkyard Dog defeated Barry O

George Wells defeated Moondog Spot

Jimmy Snuka & Ricky Steamboat defeated Bob Orton Jr. & Alexis Smirnoff

WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated Tito Santana in a lumberjack match

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - June 10, 1985

George Wells defeated Jim Neidhart via disqualification

B. Brian Blair defeated Rene Goulet

Herschel Hoffman defeated Jerry Monti

Tony Atlas defaeted Guy Lambert

Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff defeated Bob Orton Jr. & Alexi Smirnoff

Bret Hart defeated Gama Singh

Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff via disqualification

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - July 1, 1985

Adrian Adonis defeated Rick McGraw

Ivan Putski defeated Bob Orton Jr. via disqualification

Jesse Ventura defeated Gama Singh

Paul Orndorff fought Roddy Piper to a draw

George Wells defeated Les Thornton

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Brutus Beefcake

WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated Junkyard Dog

The British Bulldogs defeated Rene Goulet & Alexi Smirnoff

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - August 8, 1985

Terry Funk defeated SD Jones

The Killer Bees defeated Tiger Chung Lee & Alexi Smirnoff

WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter defeated Lelani Kai

Cousin Junior defeated Moondog Spot

Ricky Steamboat & WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Don Muraco & Mr. Fuji

Adrian Adonis defeated Rick McGraw

Paul Orndorff fought Roddy Piper to a draw

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - September 17, 1985

Alexis Smirnoff defeated Rick McGraw

Randy Savage defeated Ivan Putski

The Missing Link defeated Cpl. Kirchner

Mr. Wrestling II defeated Moondog Spot

Adrian Adonis defeated George Wells

The British Bulldogs defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

Junkyard Dog defeated Terry Funk

Ricky Steamboat defeated Don Muraco

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - October 1985

Adrian Adonis defeated Steve Gatorwolf

Les Thornton defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Lanny Poffo

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated Mike Rotundo & Mr. Wrestling II

Uncle Elmer & Hillbilly Jim defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

Andre the Giant defeated King Kong Bundy via count-out

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - October 10, 1985

Pedro Morales defeated Mr. X

The Spoiler defeated Rick McGraw

Ivan Putski defeated Alexis Smirnoff

The Hart Foundation defeated The British Bulldogs

Adrian Adonis defeated Steve Gatorwolf

Terry Funk & Randy Savage defeated WWF IC Champion Tito Santana & Junkyard Dog

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - November 13, 1985

Danny Spivey defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Pedro Morales defeated the Spoiler

WWF Tag Team Champion Greg Valentine defeated Scott McGhee

WWF Tag Team Champion Brutus Beefcake defeated Mr. Wrestling II

Ricky Steamboat defeated Matt Borne

Steve Gatorwolf defeated Guy Lambert

Paul Orndorff defeated Roddy Piper

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - November 17, 1985

The Spoiler defeated Scott McGhee

Mr. Wrestling II defeated Terry Gibbs

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Tony Garea

Ivan Putski defeated Matt Borne

Pedro Morales defeated Alexis Smirnoff

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey

Paul Orndorff defeated Terry Funk

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - December 12, 1985

Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff defeated Cpl. Kirchner & George Wells

Adrian Adonis defeated SD Jones

Rene Goulet defeated Pedro Morales

King Tonga defeated Matt Borne

Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Alexi Smirnoff

Tito Santana defeated Randy Savage

Andre the Giant & Hillbilly Jim defeated Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy, & Bobby Heenan

 

PPW @ San Jose, CA – Civic Auditorium – December 19, 1985

Battle Royal won by Samu

Jay Strongbow Jr. d. Don Stevenson

Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura d. David & Joel Deaton

The Exterminator battled Siva Afi to a no contest

Ricky & Rocky Johnson battled Bob Roop & Kevin Sullivan to a no contest

Chilly Bo Willy d. Mean Little Kevin

Atisanoe d. Leroy Brown

Samu d. Buddha Khan

Farmper Boy Ipo d. Pistol Pete

Magic & Mark Miller d. Billy Anderson & Tim Patterson

Lars Anderson battled Bad News Allen to a no contest

 

Wow here comes Lia Maivia trying to run the Bay Area.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - January 16, 1986 (12,000)

Terry Gibbs defeated Guy Lambert

Hercules defeated Steve Gatorwolf

George Wells defeated Matt Borne

Ted Arcidi defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Dan Spivey defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Adrian Adonis defeated Scott McGhee

Terry Funk pinned Junkyard Dog

Randy Savage & Jesse Ventura defeated WWF IC Champion Tito Santana & Pedro Morales when Savage pinned Santana

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated The British Bulldogs

Paul Orndorff defeated Bob Orton Jr. via count-out

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - February 3, 1986 (9,000)

Dan Spivey pinned Matt Borne

King Tonga pinned Moondog Spot

King Kong Bundy pinned George Wells

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana pinned Randy Savage with the flying forearm

The Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith defeated The Hart Foundation

Alexis Smirnoff pinned Tony Garea

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Adrian Adonis

 

PPW @ San Jose, CA – Civic Auditorium – February 13, 1986 (1,000)

Jay Strongbow Jr. d. Tim Patterson

Debbie Combs & Princess Jasmine d. Sherri Martel & Despina Montagus

Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura d. David Deaton & Don Stevens

Farmer Boy Ipo d. The Exterminator by DQ

Power Team USA d. Mighty Milo & Don Stevens

Rocky Johnson d. Ciclon Negro

Jimmy Snuka d. Buddy Wolff

Battle Royal won by Debbie Combs

PPW Heavyweight Title: Lars Anderson d. Jerry Lawler © by DQ

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - February 16, 1986

Hercules pinned SD Jones

Pedro Morales pinned Rene Goulet

Adrian Adonis pinned Jose Luis Rivera with the DDT

Bob Orton Jr. pinned Steve Gatorwolf

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana pinned Jesse Ventura with a dropkick after Ventura attempted to bodyslam the referee; Santana was still recognized as champion as his title loss did not air until 2/22

Alexis Smirnoff pinned Steve Pardee (sub. for Scott McGhee who broke a rib in LA two days earlier)

Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff defeated Cpl. Kirchner & George Wells when Volkoff pinned Kirchner after Sheik hit Kirchner with a chair

Sivi Afi pinned Matt Borne with a flying bodypress

Junkyard Dog pinned Terry Funk after Jimmy Hart accidentally hit Funk with the branding iron

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - March 19, 1986

Dan Spivey defeated Rene Goulet

Hercules defeated Steve Pardee

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Scott McGhee

George Steele defeated Alexis Smirnoff

The Hart Foundation defeated The Killer Bees

Cpl. Kirchner defeated Iron Sheik

Adrian Adonis defeated Lanny Poffo

King Kong Bundy defeated Uncle Elmer

Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - March 1986

Uncle Elmer defeated Paul Christy

Cpl. Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff via disqualification

King Kong Bundy defeated Dan Spivey

The Killer Bees defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Adrian Adonis

 

AWA @ Oakland, CA – Civic Auditorium – April 13, 1986 (1,800)

Col. DeBeers fought Brad Rheingans to a draw

Scott Ferris d. Boris Zuhkov by DQ

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers d. Steve Pardee & Mike Rotundo

Larry Zbyszko d. Nick Bockwinkel

Bruiser Brody d. Leon White

Sgt. Slaughter d. Nord the Barbarian by DQ

 

This is the first AWA card in the Bay Area I've got on my books in almost a year.

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - April 29, 1986

George Wells defeated Matt Borne at 9:29

King Tonga defeated Alexis Smirnoff at 8:23

Adrian Adonis fought George Steele to a double count-out at 6:25

Hercules defeated Guy Lambert at 7:09

Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage via disqualification at 15:49

Bret Hart defeated Sivi Afi at 11:05

Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine defeated B. Brian Blair (sub. for the Dynamite Kid) & WWF Tag Team Champion Davey Boy Smith at 21:10

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Don Muraco at 7:36

 

AWA @ Oakland, CA – Coliseum – May 30, 1986 (1,500)

Nord the Barbarian d. Steve Pardee

Scott Hall d. Boris Zuhkov

Curt Hennig d. Col. DeBeers by DQ

The Midnight Rockers d. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers

Nick Bockwinkel d. Larry Zbyszko

Battle Royal won by Crusher Blackwell

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - June 18, 1986

SD Jones fought Tiger Chung Lee to a time-limit draw

Big John Studd defeated George Wells

Ricky Steamboat fought Jake Roberts to a double disqualification

Pedro Morales defeated Hercules via disqualification

Dan Spivey & Mike Rotundo defeated the Moondogs

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Paul Orndorff defeated King Kong Bundy, Don Muraco, & Mr. Fuji in a handicap match

 

AWA @ Oakland, CA – Coliseum – June 28, 1986 (1,500)

Earthquake Ferris d. Ali Khan

AWA Ladies Title: Sherri Martel d. Candi Divine ©

Jimmy Snuka d. Jay York

Col. DeBeers d. Brad Rheingans

Scott LeDoux battled Larry Zbyszko to a no contest

Curt Hennig & The Midnight Rockers d. Buddy Rose, Alexis Smirnoff, & Doug Somers

Nord the Barbarian d. Nick Bockwinkel

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Crusher Blackwell d. Stan Hansen © by DQ

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - July 19, 1986 (7,000)

Mike Rotundo & Danny Spivey defeated Jimmy Jack & Dory Funk Jr.

SD Jones defeated the Demon (Steve Pardee)

George Wells defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Ricky Steamboat defeated Jake Roberts via disqualification

Cpl. Kirchner defeated Nikolai Volkoff in a bootcamp match

Tito Santana defeated Iron Sheik

Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook

Junkyard Dog defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage via count-out

 

There we go a show that had no real main angle just killing the AWA show.

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - August 13, 1986

The Machines vs. King Kong Bundy & Big John Studd

The Hart Foundation vs. King Tonga & Sivi Afi

Bob Orton Jr. vs. Tito Santana

Alexis Smirnoff vs. Brickhouse Brown

Billy Jack Haynes vs. Hercules

Adrian Adonis vs. Cousin Luke

Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey vs. the Moondogs

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - September 10, 1986 (4,149)

Owen James (Owen Hart) defeated Terry Gibbs

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Nikolai Volkoff

The Hart Foundation defeated Mike Rotundo & Dan Spivey

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage defeated George Steele via disqualification

Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Alexis Smirnoff

Tito Santana defeated Bob Orton Jr.

The Machines & George Steele (as the Animal Machine) (sub. for Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy, & Bobby Heenan

 

AWA @ Oakland, CA – Coliseum – September 13, 1986 (1,374)

Earthquake Ferris fought Mr. Go to a draw

Larry Zbyszko d. Greg Gagne by DQ

The Midnight Rockers d. Ali Khan & Boris Zuhkov

Jimmy Snuka d. Col. DeBeers by countout

Nick Bockwinkel d. Sheik Adnan Kaissey

AWA World Tag Titles: Buddy Rose & Doug Somers © d. Scott Hall & Curt Hennig by DQ

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - October 9, 1986

Nikolai Volkoff defeated SD Jones

Jim Neidhart defeated Steve Gatorwolf

King Tonga defeated Moondog Spot

Iron Sheik defeated Raymond Rougeau

Tama defeated Moondog Spot

Greg Valentine defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Davey Boy Smith

Bret Hart defeated WWF Tag Team Champion the Dynamite Kid

B. Brian Blair defeated Brutus Beefcake

Mike Rotundo fought Jim Brunzell to a 15-minute draw

Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff won a 12-team battle royal by last eliminating Jacques & Raymond Rougeau; order of elimination: Bundy & Studd, Rotundo & Dan Spivey, Chief Jay Strongbow & Gatorwolf, Smith & Dynamite, Hart & Neidhart, Blair & Brunzell, the Machines, Valentine & Beefcake, the Islanders, the Rougeaus

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - November 6, 1986

Hercules defeated Steve Lombardi

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Kamala via count-out

George Steele defeated Don Muraco via disqualification

Junkyard Dog defeated Jake Roberts

Tito Santana (sub. for Jacques Rougeau) & Raymond Rougeau defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage defeated Ricky Steamboat

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - December 6, 1986 (9,500)

Butch Reed defeated Sivi Afi

Billy Jack Haynes pinned Bob Orton Jr.

Hercules pinned Tito Santana

Honkytonk Man defeated Lanny Poffo

The Killer Bees defeated the Moondogs

WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs defeated The Hart Foundation in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage defeated Roddy Piper via count-out

 

JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – December 30, 1986 (8,500)

Todd Champion d. Pat Rose

Sam Houston d. Teijho Khan

Dick Murdoch d. The Warlord

The Rock n Roll Express d. Arn & Ole Anderson

The Road Warriors d. The Midnight Express by DQ

Bunkhouse Stampede won by Road Warrior Animal

Nikita Koloff d. Tully Blanchard

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Dusty Rhodes by DQ

 

Here comes Crockett into the area and it's a very strong card that did well against WWF.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - January 3, 1987 (15,534)

The Karate Kid & Little Coco defeated Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook

Jerry Allen defeated Steve Lombardi

Honkytonk Man defeated SD Jones

The Killer Bees defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

Junkyard Dog defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Jake Roberts via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Kamala

 

AWA @ Oakland, CA – Coliseum – January 15, 1987 (1,000)

Earthquake Ferris fought The Ninja to a draw

Leon White d. Boris Zuhkov

Sherri Martel d. Candi Divine

Col. DeBeers d. Jimmy Snuka by DQ

AWA World Tag Titles: The Midnight Rockers d. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers © by DQ

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Nick Bockwinkel © d. Larry Zbyszko

 

Someone throw in the towel for Verne.

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - January 23, 1987 (7,500)

Pedro Morales fought Nick Kiniski to a draw

Tito Santana defeated Butch Reed via disqualification

Billy Jack Haynes pinned Dino Bravo

The Killer Bees defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. after the Bees used their masks to switch places in the ring

Ron Bass pinned Cpl. Kirchner

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification at around the 10-minute mark

Jake Roberts fought Paul Orndorff to a double count-out

The Can-Am Connection defeated Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - February 11, 1987

Ron Bass defeated Lanny Poffo

Cpl. Kirchner defeated Jimmy Jack Funk

King Harley Race defeated Junkyard Dog

Iron Sheik defeated Dick Slater

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Nick Kiniski

Bob Orton Jr. defeated George Steele

Adrian Adonis defeated Roddy Piper

Demolition defeated The Killer Bees

The Can-Am Connection defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation in a non-title match

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – February 28, 1987 (9,000)

DJ Peterson fought Kevin Kelly to a draw

Earthquake Ferris d. Boris Zuhkov by DQ

Sherri Martel d. Candi Divine

Greg Gagne, Ray Stevens, & Leon White d. Ryuma Go, Super Ninja, & Larry Zbyszko

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Nick Bockwinkel © battled Curt Hennig to a double countout

Coal Miners Glove Match – SR – Russ Francis: Jimmy Snuka d. Col. DeBeers

AWA World Tag Titles: The Midnight Rockers © d. Doug Somers & Boris Zuhkov

Battle Royal won by Jimmy Snuka

 

And then this comes out of nowhere. Russ Francis = draw?

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - March 17, 1987

Blackjack Mulligan defeated Iron Sheik

Paul Roma defeated Frenchy Martin

Nick Kiniski defeated Steve Lombardi

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Raymond Rougeau

Jacques Rougeau fought Don Muraco to a draw

Kamala fought King Kong Bundy to a double count-out

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Outback Jack

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage, Hercules, & Butch Reed defeated Ricky Steamboat, Tito Santana, & Billy Jack Haynes

 

JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – March 25, 1987 (2,733)

Tim Horner d. Frank Dusek

Robert Gibson fought Rick Rude to a draw

Manny Fernandez d. Tim Horner

Louisville Street Fight: Barry Windham d. Big Bubba Rogers

Jimmy Garvin d. Bobby Eaton

Dusty Rhodes & The Road Warriors d. Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Nikita Koloff d. Ric Flair © by DQ

 

Big drop for Crockett on his next visit.

 

JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Civic Auditorium – April 23, 1987

Baron Von Raschke d. The Barbarian

Bob Armstrong fought Ivan Koloff to a draw

Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin d. The Midnight Express by DQ

Ole Anderson d. Tully Blanchard by DQ

Brad Armstrong & The Road Warriors d. Manny Fernandez, Rick Rude, & Paul Jones

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © battled Nikita Koloff to a no contest

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – May 2, 1987 (2,800)

Sheik Adnan Kaissey d. Buck Zumhofe

DJ Peterson fought Super Ninja to a draw

AWA Women’s Title: Sherri Martel © d. Madusa Miceli

The Midnight Rockers & Ray Stevens d. Kevin Kelly, Doug Somers, & Buddy Wolff

Crusher Blackwell d. Boris Zuhkov

Russ Francis & Jimmy Snuka d. The Mercenary & The Terrorist

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Curt Hennig © d. Nick Bockwinkel

 

I guess Russ Francis wasn't the draw after al.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - May 11, 1987 (7,900)

Paul Roma pinned Steve Lombardi

Demolition defeated the Islanders

Nikolai Volkoff pinned Cpl. Kirchner

Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V (sub. for Adrian Adonis) via disqualification

The Can-Am Connection defeated the Shadows

Kamala defeated George Steele via disqualification

Billy Jack Haynes (sub. for Jake Roberts) pinned Honkytonk Man

WWF IC Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage in a steel cage match

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - June 9, 1987 (2,390)

Sivi Afi defeated Frenchy Martin

Scott Casey defeated Jose Estrada

Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V

Hercules defeated Ken Patera

Paul Orndorff (sub. for King Kong Bundy) defeated Ricky Steamboat via count-out

WWF Women's Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Debbie Combs

Rick Rude defeated Dusty Wolfe

Demolition defeated The Killer Bees

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - July 5, 1987

SD Jones defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. defeated Jerry Allen & Steve Gatorwolf

Butch Reed defeated Scott Casey

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Hercules

WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Judy Martin & Leilani Kai defeated the Jumping Bomb Angels

Ken Patera defeated Paul Orndorff

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – July 7, 1987

Misty Blue d. Kat Leroux

Big Bubba Rogers d. Chris Adams

Barry Windham d. Black Bart

Dory Funk Jr. fought Mike Rotundo to a draw

Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin d. Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff

Dick Murdoch d. Steve Williams

Nikita Koloff d. Arn Anderson

The Road Warriors d. The Midnight Express

The Rock n Roll Express d. Ric Flair & Lex Luger

Steel Cage Match: Dusty Rhodes d. Tully Blanchard

 

UWF @ San Jose, CA – Civic Auditorium – August 11, 1987 (1,800)

Buddy Roberts d. Steve Pardee

Rick Steiner & Shaska Whatley fought Ron Simmons & Sting to a draw

Michael Hayes d. The Terminator

UWF Tag Titles: The Lightning Express © d. Big Bubba Rogers & Black Bart by DQ

Chris Adams d. Terry Taylor by DQ

Nikita Koloff d. Eddie Gilbert

Terry Gordy battled Dick Murdoch to a no contest

The Rock n Roll Express & Steve Williams d. Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger

 

UWF by name only since Crockett bought them out.

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - August 25, 1987 (14,700; 13,200 paid; sell out)

Wrestling Challenge taping:

Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated George Steele (sub. for Ken Patera) & Billy Jack Haynes (w/ an injured Ken Patera wearing a cast on his arm) at 9:31 when Smash pinned Haynes after Ax hit him in the back of the neck with Mr. Fuji's cane as Smash was caught in the full nelson; after the bout, Patera and Steele cleared the ring (Best of the WWF Vol. 15)

Koko B. Ware pinned Barry Horowitz

Brutus Beefcake defeated Danny Davis (w/ Jimmy Hart) via disqualification when Hart interfered

Billy Jack Haynes pinned Rip Oliver with a backslide at 4:30

Don Muraco pinned Bob Orton Jr. at 4:00

Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) pinned Omar Atlas following several flying elbowsmashes; the bout was taped to air in the third hour of Challenge tapings but was re-taped the following day due to Atlas playing a babyface when he was supposed to be heel

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Killer Khan via count-out

9/6/87 - included Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with Bobby Heenan, where Heenan introduced Andre the Giant but Andre quickly went backstage after being heavily booed:

WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Jerry Monti at 3:28 in a non-title match following the Shake, Rattle, & Roll

Rick Martel & Tito Santana defeated Steve Lombardi & Terry Gibbs at 4:15 when Santana pinned Lombardi with the flying forearm

The One Man Gang (w/ Slick) pinned Billy Anderson at 2:36 with the front suplex

Paul Orndorff (w/ Oliver Humperdink) pinned Rex Farmer at 2:33 with the piledriver

Brutus Beefcake defeated Mike Starr via submission with the sleeper at 1:57

The Islanders (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Steve Gatorwolf & Jesse Cortez at 2:52 following a double headbutt

9/13/87 - included Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man & Jimmy Hart; featured footage from the previous week's Superstars in which Bam Bam Bigelow named Sir Oliver Humperdink as his manager as well as footage from the Bigelow / Volkoff match:

Superstar Billy Graham defeated Tim Patterson via submission at 1:47 with the bearhug

Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Ricky Ataki & Pete Ketchum at 3:08 following the Decapitation on Ataki

Jake Roberts pinned Iron Mike Sharpe at 3:35 with the DDT

Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Lanny Poffo via submission with a leglock at 2:21

WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation & Danny Davis defeated Scott Casey, Sivi Afi, & Carl Schmidt at 2:25 when Davis pinned Schmidt with a splash off the top

9/20/87 - included the Randy Savage / Omar Atlas match taped the following day; featured Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with Ken Patera:

The Killer Bees defeated the Shadows at 4:10 after B. Brian Blair hit the Bee Sting flying elbow

Killer Khan (w/ Mr. Fuji) pinned Darrell Nickel at 1:55 with the flying kneedrop after spraying green mist into his opponent's eyes

Don Muraco pinned Tiger Chung Lee with a tombstone at 2:49

King Harley Race, Hercules, Rick Rude, & King Kong Bundy (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Brady Boone, Dusty Wolfe, Rudy Ryder, & SD Jones at 3:50 when Bundy pinned Ryder with an elbow off the middle turnbuckle

Butch Reed (w/ Slick) pinned Jerry Allen at 3:46 with a clothesline off the top

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - September 29, 1987 (3,400)

Ron Bass pinned Scott Casey at around the 14-minute mark with the pedigree

Ted Dibiase pinned Outback Jack at around the 4-minute mark with the powerslam

WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri pinned Velvet McIntyre at around the 13-minute mark by reversing a flying crossbody

Randy Savage pinned King Harley Race at around the 8-minute mark with a reverse cradle

Jim Duggan defeated WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man via reverse decision at around the 10-minute mark; Honky originally got the pin hooking the tights and using the ropes for leverage but Randy Savage came out and told the referee how Honky won, and he reversed the decision

Sivi Afi pinned Terry Gibbs with a flying bodypress at around the 11-minute mark

Superstar Billy Graham defeated Butch Reed (w/ Slick) via disqualification at around the 8-minute mark when Slick interfered with his cane when Graham had the bearhug applied on Reed

Hercules pinned Hillbilly Jim at around the 9-minute mark with a cradle and using the ropes for leverage

WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation defeated Paul Roma & Jim Powers at around the 13-minute mark when Powers was pinned following the Hart Attack

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - October 30, 1987 (6,422)

Rip Oliver pinned Jerry Allen

Billy Jack Haynes fought Ron Bass to a draw

Butch Reed pinned Superstar Billy Graham by using the ropes for leverage

Bam Bam Bigelow defeated King Kong Bundy via disqualification when Bundy stole Sir Oliver Humperdink's cane and used it as a weapon

The Islanders defeated Rick Martel & Tito Santana when Haku pinned Santana; Martel & Santana were not recognized as tag team champions since their win had not yet aired on TV

Iron Mike Sharpe pinned Scott Casey

George Steele pinned Danny Davis

WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man defeated Randy Savage via count-out

 

JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Civic Auditorium – November 9, 1987 (2,000)

Shaska Whatley d. George Wells

Ron Simmons d. Black Bart

The Lightning Express d. The Kodiaks

Nikita Koloff d. Eddie Gilbert

Barry Windham battled Larry Zbyszko to a no contest

The Road Warriors d. Johnny Ace & Luke Williams

Steve Williams d. Dory Funk Jr. by DQ

Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin d. Ric Flair & Lex Luger

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - November 12, 1987

Ron Bass pinned Jerry Monti

Don Muraco pinned Rip Oliver

Ivan Putski defeated Steve Lombardi

Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

The Ultimate Warrior defeated Barry Horowitz

Jake Roberts pinned Hercules

Demolition defeated Ken Patera & Hillbilly Jim (sub. for Billy Jack Haynes)

Bam Bam Bigelow pinned King Kong Bundy

Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil & Andre the Giant) defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out when Andre the Giant interfered and hit a headbutt on the champion

 

AWA @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – November 21, 1987

JT Southern d. Soldat Ustinov

Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski fought Mitch Snow & Alan West to a draw

Adrian Adonis battled Tommy Rich to a no contest

Greg Gagne, Wahoo McDaniel, & Ray Stevens d. Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, & Dick Slater

Battle Royal won by Wahoo McDaniel

AWA World Heavyweight Title: Curt Hennig © d. DJ Peterson

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - December 5, 1987 (7,500)

SD Jones pinned Steve Lombardi

Greg Valentine defeated Koko B. Ware via submission with the figure-4

Don Muraco fought Butch Reed to a double disqualification

Ted Dibiase pinned Ricky Steamboat

The Hart Foundation defeated Brutus Beefcake & George Steele after Neidhart hit Steele with a chair

Demolition defeated Ken Patera & Billy Jack Haynes after Mr. Fuji interfered and hit Haynes with his cane

Jim Duggan pinned King Harley Race

Randy Savage defeated WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man via count-out when Savage pulled the wig off of Peggy Sue and both she and the champion left ringside; during the bout, Jimmy Hart was suspended above the ring in a cage

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - January 17, 1988

Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned the One Man Gang

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - January 30, 1988 (7,600)

Ron Bass pinned Junkyard Dog

The Ultimate Warrior pinned King Harley Race with a cradle

Ted Dibiase defeated George Steele (sub. for Bam Bam Bigelow) via disqualification after Dibiase put a foreign object into Steele's tights and told the referee that they were there

Don Muraco (w/ Superstar Billy Graham) pinned Butch Reed; after the bout, Graham punched out both Slick and Reed

WWF Women's Tag Team Champions the Jumping Bomb Angels defeated Judy Martin & Leilani Kai at around the 15-minute mark when Tateno scored the pin

Ted Dibiase won a 19-man bunkhouse battle royal by last eliminating Jim Duggan & Butch Reed at the same time; George Steele was listed as a participant but never entered the ring, rather just stood at ringside until Junkyard Dog was eliminated; the bout was announced as a 22-man battle royal

Hercules pinned Hillbilly Jim with a roll up while Jim was arguing with the referee

Jim Duggan & Ken Patera defeated Demolition & Mr. Fuji in a handicap match when Duggan pinned Fuji with a clothesline; Billy Jack Haynes was to have been on Duggan & Patera's team but did not show

Jake Roberts fought the One Man Gang to a double count-out at 5:30

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - March 5, 1988 (8,500)

Brady Boone pinned Johnny V with a roll up at the 7-minute mark

Bad News Brown pinned Scott Casey with the Ghetto Blaster at the 8-minute mark

Ricky Steamboat fought Rick Rude to a 20-minute time-limit draw

WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri pinned Rockin Robin at the 9-minute mark with a roll up and grabbing the tights for leverage

Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov defeated Paul Roma & Jim Powers at the 12-minute mark when Volkoff pinned Powers

Cowboy Lang & Chris Dube defeated Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook

Koko B. Ware defeated Hercules via disqualification at the 6-minute mark after dropping Koko crotch-first on the top rope

Hulk Hogan & Jim Duggan defeated Ted Dibiase & Virgil (w/ Andre the Giant) at the 10-minute mark when Duggan pinned Virgil

 

JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Cow Palace – March 16, 1988 (4,500)

Earthquake Ferris battled George Wells to a no contest

Rick Steiner d. Rex Farmer

Larry Zbyszko d. Jimmy Garvin

Lex Luger & Barry Windham d. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard by DQ

The Road Warriors d. The Powers of Pain

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Sting

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - April 30, 1988 (11,104)

Steve Lombardi pinned Brady Boone

Dino Bravo defeated Ken Patera via forfeit when Patera was unable to compete after Bravo attacked and injured him during their arm wrestling contest

Bret Hart fought Bad News Brown to a 20-minute time-limit draw

Rick Rude pinned Don Muraco by using the ropes for leverage

Ted Dibise defeated WWF World Champion Randy Savage via count-out

Lanny Poffo pinned Barry Horowitz

The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hercules

Tito Santana & Rick Martel defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition via disqualification

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - June 1, 1988 (12,120; 9,000 paid)

WWF Superstars taping:

Brady Boone pinned Steve Lombardi at around the 11-minute mark with a German suplex into a bridge

WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Brutus Beefcake after hitting him with Hart's megaphone

Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink) defeated the One Man Gang (w/ Slick) via count-out at 4:00

The Big Bossman (w/ Slick) pinned an unknown with the sidewalk slam; after the bout, Bossman handcuffed his opponent to the ropes and beat him with the nightstick

Andre the Giant & Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Jake Roberts & Jim Duggan at 8:30 when, after Roberts hit the DDT on Rude, Andre headbutted Roberts twice and put Rude on top

Prime Time Wrestling - 7/11/88: WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated Tito Santana & Rick Martel via count-out after Martel suffered the Decapitation on the floor; the attack forced Martel out of action for 8 months with an injury (Best of the WWF Vol. 17)

WWF World Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) pinned Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) with a roll up after Virgil's interference backfired

All American Wrestling - 7/3/88: Brutus Beefcake defeated Mark Ming via submission with the sleeper

Wrestling Spotlight - 7/9/88: Ken Patera defeated Steve Lombardi via submission with the full nelson

6/18/88 - included Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with Rick Rude & Bobby Heenan in which Rude gave the Rude Awakening kiss to a young woman:

The British Bulldogs defeated Terry Gibbs & Barry Horowitz when Dynamite pinned Gibbs with a diving headbutt after being thrown by Smith

The Big Bossman (w/ Slick) pinned Louie Spicolli with the sidewalk slam; after the bout, Bossman assaulted his opponent with the nightstick (Bossman's TV debut)

Bret Hart pinned Jerry Allen with the piledriver; prior to the bout, Bret sent Jimmy Hart backstage; Jimmy refused to leave ringside until Jim Neidhart came down and told him to go

Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink) pinned Tom Stone with a slingshot splash

Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Ricky Ataki via submission with the figure-4; after the bout, Don Muraco and Superstar Billy Graham came to the ring to make Valentine break the hold; Muraco ended up chasing Hart backstage while Valentine attacked Graham and put him in the figure-4; Graham was eventually taken out on a stretcher

Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty defeated Iron Mike Sharpe & the Intruder at 3:09 when Jannetty pinned the Intruder after Michaels hiptossed his partner onto the Intruder (Rockers' TV debut, Before They Were Superstars Vol. 2 DVD)

6/25/88 - included Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with Bobby Heenan, Andre the Giant, Rick Rude, & Hercules, where Heenan announced that King Harley Race had been injured by Hulk Hogan and was forced to vacate the throne; Heenan then tried to lead the crowd in a moment of silence with a 10-bell salute and finished by segment by guaranteeing there would soon be a new king:

Jake Roberts pinned the Conquistador (Jose Luis Rivera) with the DDT

The One Man Gang (w/ Slick) pinned Martin Oliver with the front suplex

The Ultimate Warrior pinned Larry Simpson with the press slam / splash combo

Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Lanny Poffo via submission with the Million $ Dream

Koko B. Ware pinned Steve Lombardi with the Ghostbuster

Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty defeated Barry Horowitz & Mark Ming when Jannetty pinned Ming after Michaels suplexed him onto the opponent

Bad News Brown pinned Tony Leone with the Ghetto Blaster

7/2/88 - included Craig DeGeorge conducting an interview with WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man & Jimmy Hart; included an ‘Update’ segment where Bobby Heenan announced he would crown a new king the following week to replace Harley Race:

Jim Duggan pinned Tom Stone at 1:46 with the running clothesline

George Steele defeated the Intruder via submission with the flying hammerlock at 1:01

Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin) pinned Bill Johnson at 1:58 with the side suplex

The Hart Foundation defeated SD Jones & Brady Boone at 4:41 when Bret pinned Boone following the Hart Attack; during the bout, an insert promo from Jimmy Hart was shown, where he said that even though the Hart Foundation didn’t want him at ringside, he still legally owned their contracts

Don Muraco pinned Darryl Nichols at 1:39 with the tombstone

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated The Killer Bees at 5:45 when Jacques pinned Brunzell following a forearm to the back by Raymond from the top rope as Brunzell attempted a powerslam on Jacques

Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Jose Luis Rivera at 2:23 with the Rude Awakening

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - July 11, 1988 (7,500 paid)

Joe LeDuc defeated an unknown masked wrestler

Dino Bravo pinned Ken Patera

WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man pinned Brutus Beefcake

Andre the Giant pinned Jim Duggan

Terry Taylor pinned Jerry Allen

Bad News Brown pinned Jim Neidhart

The Ultimate Warrior, Tito Santana, & Rick Martel defeated Mr. Fuji & WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition

 

JCP @ Oakland, CA - Kaiser Convention Center - August 6, 1988 (6,000)

Ivan Koloff defeated Kendall Windham

Jimmy Garvin defeated Kevin Sullivan

Nikita Koloff defeated Al Perez in a Russian Chain match

Dick Murdoch fought Ron Garvin to a 15-minute time-limit draw

Sting defeated Larry Zbyzsko

NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo fought Steve Williams to a double count-out

Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification

Dusty Rhodes, Lex Luger, the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Barry Windham, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, & JJ Dillon in Wargames

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - August 12, 1988 (10,500 paid)

Curt Hennig defeated SD Jones

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated The Hart Foundation

WWF World Champion Randy Savage fought Andre the Giant to a double count-out

The Powers of Pain defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov

Jake Roberts pinned Rick Rude

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - September 19, 1988 (6,000)

Terry Taylor pinned B. Brian Blair at around the 16-minute mark by reversing a flying bodypress and grabbing the tights for leverage

Bad News Brown pinned Junkyard Dog at around the 10-minute mark with the Ghetto Blaster

Hercules fought Tito Santana to a 15-minute time-limit draw

WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Andre the Giant via disqualification when Hercules interfered

The Blue Blazer pinned Scott Casey with a sunset flip off the top

Honkytonk Man defeated WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior via count-out at 2:30

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated The British Bulldogs after Ax hit Dynamite with Mr. Fuji's cane

 

WWF @ San Jose, CA - October 8, 1988 (1,500)

Cocoa Samoa defeated Bulldog Bob Brown

Paul Roma defeated Danny Davis

Hercules defeated Ken Patera

Jim Duggan defeated Ted Dibiase via disqualification

The Powers of Pain defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - October 14, 1988

Paul Roma pinned Steve Lombardi

Mr. Perfect pinned Jim Brunzell

The Blue Blazer pinned Jose Estrada

Hulk Hogan pinned King Haku

The Big Bossman pinned Koko B. Ware

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior defeated Honkytonk Man via disqualification

The Hart Foundation defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

Jake Roberts (w/ Cheryl Roberts) pinned Rick Rude after Cheryl slapped Rude

 

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - November 15, 1988 (14,600; 12,200 paid; sell out)

WWF Superstars taping:

Jim Duggan pinned Darryl Peterson

Mr. Perfect pinned Lee Hansen

King Haku pinned Eric Simms

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned Randy Tyler

Brutus Beefcake pinned Ron Bass

The Rockers defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition via count-out

Jake Roberts (w/ Cheryl Roberts) pinned Rick Rude with the DDT; pre-match stipulations stated that the wrestlers could only attempt a pin after hitting their respective finisher; after the bout, Cheryl slapped Rude several times before Roberts wrapped Damien around his opponent

Prime Time Wrestling - 11/22/88: Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Tito Santana via disqualification at 11:59 when Hercules interfered; after the bout, Hercules and Santana cleared Dibiase and Virgil from the ring

Hulk Hogan defeated the Big Bossman (w/ Slick) via count-out after handcuffing Bossman to the top rope and clotheslining him over the top to the outside after Bossman attempted to use the cuffs on Hogan

Prime Time Wrestling - 12/5/88: Ron Bass pinned Ken Patera at 7:24 with an elbow drop after a running kneelift to the back

Prime Time Wrestling - 12/5/88: The Blue Blazer & Koko B. Ware defeated the Conquistadors at 8:57 when Koko scored the pin with a missile dropkick

Prime Time Wrestling - 11/29/88: Akeem, Nikolai Volkoff, & Boris Zhukov (w/ Slick) defeated Sam Houston, Paul Roma, & Jim Powers when Akeem pinned Houston with a splash at 8:49

12/3/88 - included WWF World Champion Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth as guests of the Brother Love Show:

Brutus Beefcake defeated Chuck Campbell via submission with the sleeper at 2:08

Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin) pinned Ricki Ataki at 1:34 with the airplane spin and side slam

Harley Race pinned Jim Gorman at 1:46 with a fisherman suplex; prior to the bout, Race did an untelevised promo saying he wanted to regain his throne from King Haku and that Bobby Heenan never visited him or contacted him while he was injured

The Hart Foundation defeated Barry Horowitz & Iron Mike Sharpe at 2:16 when Bret pinned Horowitz following the Hart Attack

Akeem (w/ Slick) pinned Louie Spicolli with a splash at 1:22

Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Nito Gomez at 1:25 with the Rude Awakening

12/10/88 - included footage of Hulk Hogan and Slick on the Brother Love show from SNME:

Jake Roberts pinned the Black Knight at 2:37 with the DDT

Bad News Brown pinned Frankie Valdez at 1:58 with the Ghetto Blaster

The Red Rooster (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Scott Casey via submission with the Scorpion Death Lock at 2:33

The Rockers fought Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ Bobby Heenan) to a no contest when all four men began brawling on the floor prior to the match beginning; eventually, both teams battled their way backstage with numerous referees and officials trying to seperate them

Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Lanny Poffo via submission with the Million $ Dream at 1:50

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) Sam Houston & Stefan Diablo at 3:37 when Raymond pinned Diablo after a double team move off the top

12/17/88 - included Andre the Giant & Bobby Heenan as guests of the Brother Love Show:

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated Nick Ferrari & Art Penna at 2:45 when Ax pinned Penna with the Decapitation; prior to the bout, an untelevised Brother Love Show segment took place in which Demolition and Mr. Fuji were guests, with Demolition turning babyface, sending Fuji to the back, and verbally abusing Brother Love

Hercules defeated Steve Lombardi via submission with the backbreaker at 1:27

Mr. Perfect pinned Nito Gomez with the Perfect Plex at 2:05

King Haku (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Frankie Valdez with a side kick at 1:42

The Big Bossman (w/ Slick) pinned Pete Kitchum at 1:36 with the sidewalk slam; after the bout, Bossman handcuffed his opponent to the middle rope and beat him with the nightstick

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned Conquistador #1 with the gorilla press slam / splash combo at 1:32

Greg Valentine & Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Paul Brown & Rex Farmer at 4:10 when Brown submitted to Valentine's figure-4, applied while wearing the Heartbreaker shin guard

 

NWA @ San Francisco, CA - Civic Auditorium - November 30, 1988 (2,700)

Ron Simmons pinned the Italian Stallion at 5:53 with a flying shoulder block

Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose to a 20-minute time limit draw

NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Eddie Gilbert (sub. for Dusty Rhodes) & Bam Bam Bigelow at 14:36 when Flair pinned Gilbert

NWA TV Champion Mike Rotunda pinned Ron Simmons (sub. for Nikita Koloff) at 16:06 when Steve Williams swept the challenger’s leg out as he attempted a suplex into the ring

Rick Steiner defeated Steve Williams via disqualification at 2:51 when Mike Rotunda interfered; after the bout, Ron Simmons helped make the save

NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors fought Sting & Lex Luger to a double count-out at 12:41

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - December 17, 1988 (10,000)

Boris Zhukoff pinned Lanny Poffo

Tito Santana fought Greg Valentine to a draw

Bad News Brown pinned Jim Powers; after the bout, Powers was assaulted by the Powers of Pain and ended up being taken backstage on a stretcher

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Powers of Pain via pinfall

Ted Dibiase pinned Hercules after Virgil hit Hercules with his own chain

Akeem pinned Koko B. Ware

WWF Women's Champion Rockin Robin pinned Sensational Sherri

Hulk Hogan pinned the Big Bossman with the legdrop after breaking the handcuffs

 

NWA @ Oakland, CA - Kaiser Convention Center - January 14, 1989 (1,900)

Mike Golden defeated CW Bergstrom

The Russian Assassins defeated the Junkyard Dog & Ivan Koloff

Dick Murdoch defeated Ray Candy

Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Rick Steiner, & Michael Hayes defeated NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering

NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Sting

Lex Luger won a bunkhouse battle royal

 

NWA is dying everywhere at this time.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - January 21, 1989 (10,000; 8,500 paid)

The Red Rooster pinned Boris Zhukov

The Blue Blazer pinned Iron Mike Sharpe

WWF Women’s Champion Rockin Robin defeated Sensational Sherri

Brutus Beefcake defeated Rick Rude

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior defeated King Haku

Bret Hart fought Honkytonk Man to a double disqualification

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated the Bushwhackers after Jimmy Hart interfered

Andre the Giant pinned Jake Roberts

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - March 10, 1989 (14,700; 13,700 paid; sell out)

Tim Horner pinned Jose Luis Rivera

The Red Rooster pinned the Brooklyn Brawler

Big John Studd pinned Akeem after a bodyslam; due to the poorness of their matches, Studd was told before the match that if he was unable to slam Akeem then he would be let go

The Bushwhackers defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

Bad News Brown pinned Tito Santana

Jim Duggan pinned Rick Rude

WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior via count-out

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - May 13, 1989 (13,900; sell out)

During the event, San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos gave a plaque to Hulk Hogan, declaring it Hulk Hogan Day in the city

Paul Roma pinned Boris Zhukov

Dino Bravo pinned Hercules

WWF Women's Champion Rockin Robin pinned Judy Martin

The Bushwhackers defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

Bret Hart fought Mr. Perfect to a draw

Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out

Roddy Piper (sub. for Jake Roberts) pinned Ted Dibiase

 

NWA @ Oakland, CA - Kaiser Convention Center - June 1, 1989 (1,243)

Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated the Raider & Jack Victory

Butch Reed defeated Ranger Ross

Steve Williams defeated Tony Garcia

Dick Murdoch defeated Bill Irwin (sub. for Bob Orton Jr.); the bout was advertised as a bullrope match with Gary Hart banned from ringside

Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotunda; the bout was advertised as Scott Steiner vs. Rotunda in a suplex match, with Sullivan scheduled to face Eddie Gilbert in a taped fist match

NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Michael Hayes in a Badstreet match

The Road Warriors fought the Samoan Swat Team to a no contest

Ricky Steamboat defeated the Great Muta via disqualification

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - June 17, 1989 (approx 15,500; sell out)

The Genius pinned Jim Powers

Jimmy Snuka pinned Honkytonk Man

Tom Magee pinned Tim Horner

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Big Bossman & Akeem via disqualification

The Barbarian pinned Jim Neidhart

Rick Martel pinned Tito Santana

Bad News Brown pinned the Blue Blazer

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Randy Savage

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - July 10, 1989 (6,490)

The Brooklyn Brawler pinned Jerry Monti

Dino Bravo pinned Mark Young (Mark Scarpa)

The Rockers defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

Tito Santana defeated Rick Martel

Bad News Brown pinned Greg Valentine

The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF IC Champion Rick Rude via count-out

Dusty Rhodes pinned Ted Dibiase

 

Take away Hogan & Savage and the house drops almost in half.

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - August 8, 1989 (14,000; 13,500 paid; sell out)

WWF Superstars taping:

During the taping, both Pepper Gomez and Pat Patterson were introduced to the crowd; two fans were ejected from the event for holding up a NWA banner during the show

Boris Zhukov pinned Mark Young with an elbow drop after Young slipped off the top rope

Ted Dibiase pinned Hillbilly Jim

Barry Windham defeated the Red Rooster via count-out

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/21/89: Mr. Perfect fought Tito Santana to a 20-minute time-limit draw; after the bout, Santana cleared Perfect from the ring

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/21/89: Honky Tonk Man & Dino Bravo (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated The Hart Foundation via disqualification at 8:56 when Neidhart used Jimmy Hart's megaphone as a weapon on the opposition after the manager tried to interfere (WrestleFest 90)

Barry Windham pinned Louis Spicolli; the match was later redone

The Ultimate Warrior pinned Andre the Giant at around the 20-second mark following three clotheslines

The Bushwhackers defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via disqulification when the champions illegally double teamed one of the challengers

The Big Bossman pinned Bob Ellis (not the original); after the bout, Dusty Rhodes made the save and stole a second nightstick from Bossman

Prime Time Wrestling - 8/21/89: WWF IC Champion Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Tim Horner at 4:45 with the Rude Awakening; after the bout, Rude opted not to give his 'Rude Awakening' kiss, saying no woman in the audience was worthy

Dusty Rhodes pinned the Big Bossman with the elbow drop at around the 5-minute mark

Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri & Zeus) defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out at around the 8-minute mark; after the bout, Hogan bodyslammed Zeus

8/26/89 - included WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake as guests of the Brother Love Show in which some of Brother Love's hair was cut by Beefcake as Hogan held Love down with one foot; featured an 'Update' segment showing highlights from the 8/21 Prime Time Wrestling in which Roddy Piper and Rick Rude had to be held apart on the set; included comments from Randy Savage, Zeus, & Sensational Sherri regarding their match at Summer Slam:

The Rockers (w/ Tito Santana) defeated the Black Knight (Billy Anderson) & Tim Patterson when Patterson was pinned following a double flying fistdrop

Koko B. Ware pinned Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) with a roll up at 2:26 as Valentine argued with Ron Garvin at ringside

Rick Martel (w/ Slick, Jimmy Hart, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau) pinned Jerry Monti with a kneedrop off the top at 2:29

Dusty Rhodes pinned Barry Horowitz at 1:32 with the Bionic elbow drop

WWF Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Stephan DeLeon & Louis Spicolli at 1:59 when Anderson pinned DeLeon following a spike piledriver behind the referee's back

The Ultimate Warrior pinned Steve Vega at 1:15 with the press slam / splash combo; after the bout, Warrior attempted to carry Vega backstage but was confronted by Bobby Heenan; as Warrior was distracted by Heenan, Andre the Giant came up from behind and choked him out

9/2/89 - included the Big Bossman & Slick as guests of the Brother Love Show in which they discussed Dusty Rhodes; featured an 'Update' segment showing highlights from the Rude / Warrior match at Summer Slam; included comments from Jake Roberts regarding his return to the ring:

The Bushwhackers defeated Pete Ketchum & Don Stevens at 2:54 when Luke scored the pin following a double gutbuster

Bad News Brown pinned Jim Gorman at the 2-minute mark with the Ghetto Blaster

King Jim Duggan pinned Hank Morgan with the running clothesline at 2:32

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jim Evans & Dennis Bertroch at 2:58 when Jacques pinned Bertroch with a kneedrop after Raymond tripped him from the outside

Ron Garvin pinned the Intruder with a right hand punch at 2:53

Jimmy Snuka pinned Mike Lucca at 2:18 with the top rope splash

Haku (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Ricki Ataki at 2:24 with a side kick to the face

9/9/89 - included Roddy Piper as a guest of the Brother Love Show in which Piper stuffed dental floss, toothpaste, and mouthwash in Love's mouth after saying he had bad breath, moments after Love insulted Piper; moments later, Bobby Heenan appeared and distracted Piper long enough for Rick Rude to sneak up behind Piper and throw the mouthwash in his eyes; Rude then hit the Rude Awakening on Piper and spat more mouthwash at Piper until several officials, including Rene Goulet, Blackjack Lanza, Pat Patterson, and Chief Jay Strongbow, came out to break it up; featured an 'Update' segment with highlights of Andre the Giant attacking the Ultimate Warrior two weeks earlier, with comments from both men:

Brutus Beefcake defeated Chuck Campbell via submission with the sleeper at 2:42

Barry Windham pinned Louie Spicolli with the superplex at 1:58

Demolition defeated Boris Zhukov & Jake Milliman at 2:34 when Ax pinned Milliman following the Decapitation

The Big Bossman (w/ Slick) pinned Bob Allen at 1:38 with the sidewalk slam; after the bout, Allen was handcuffed to the top rope and beaten with the nightstick until Dusty Rhodes made the save, hitting Bossman with the nightstick he had stolen several weeks earlier; Rhodes then attempted to handcuff Bossman to the ropes until Slick came in to make the save, with Rhodes then taking possession of the second nightstick

Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Jim Evans via submission with the Million $ Dream at 2:05

Hercules defeated Darryl Nickel via submission with the backbreaker at the 2-minute mark

The Powers of Pain (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Tom Stone & Dale Wolf at 2:07 when the Barbarian pinned Stone with a clothesline off the top as Warlord held Stone in the air

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - October 20, 1989

Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude

 

WWF @ Oakland, CA - Coliseum - November 26, 1989 (6,000)

Earthquake, Brutus Beefcake, and Demolition were no-shows due to being in a car accident; most of the talent had not arrived when the show started, due to driving from Fresno and dealing with holiday traffic; included a 45-minute intermission and a Bobby Heenan interview segment designed to kill time

Sam Houston defeated the Conquistador

Koko B. Ware defeated Barry Horowitz

Mr. Perfect defeated Jimmy Snuka

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior defeated Andre the Giant via reverse decision

Mr. Perfect won a battle royal

Also included Rick Martel and the Genius

 

WWF @ San Francisco, CA - Cow Palace - December 26, 1989 (matinee)

Bret Hart pinned Al Perez with the piledriver

Bad News Brown pinned Jimmy Snuka by using the ring ropes for leverage

Hercules defeated Conquistador #1

Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov defeated the Bushwhackers

Dusty Rhodes defeated the Big Bossman in a ball & chain match

The Genius defeated Paul Roma

Mr. Perfect defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out

[Strummer]

Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum - August 4, 1984 (12,908)

Televised on the PRISM Network

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Greg Valentine with a clothesline and the legdrop at 11:18; after the bout, Valentine shoved referee Dick Kroll out of the ring (Hulkamania, Best of Hulkamania)

This match is at least semi famous for appearing in clipped form on the episode of the A Team Hogan did a guest spot on.

[KrisZ]

Buffalo didn't become a Vince town until around October 1982 as Tunney quit promoting it or Vince bought it out from under him.

[jdw]

Good... "Pre-Expansion WWF". Perhaps not thriving, but I don't know if it ever took off huge after 1984. A lot of Upstate New York looks like that: part of the WWF pre-expansion, but not a massively pushed region. Possibly due to facility seizes. I would think that some of those cities got newer, bigger facilities as the 80s and 90s went along.

 

John

[KrisZ]

GCW started running Cleveland in 1980 after they bought it out from the Sheik then bought Cincinnati from Crockett in 1982 and they were doing really solid there so of course Vince was going to go after them.

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - November 13, 1983 (2,000)

Jimmy Snuka vs. WWF IC Champion Don Muraco

Pat Patterson vs. Ivan Koloff

WWF World Champion Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter

 

This is the first known foray by Vince into the big cities of Ohio as he has run Youngstown, Warren, and a couple of more spots.

 

NOVEMBER 27, 1983 – CINCINNATI, OH – RIVERFRONT COLISEUM

(Les Thatcher – Promoter)

> National Tag Team Title Match: Brett & Buzz Sawyer d. the Road Warriors © to win title

(Title Switch Never Acknowledged)

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - December 11, 1983 (1,200)

Jimmy Snuka vs. WWF IC Champion Don Muraco

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - January 8, 1984

WWF World Champion Iron Sheik defeated Pat Patterson via disqualification

 

JANUARY 22, 1984 – CINCINNATI, OH – RIVERFRONT COLISEUM

(Les Thatcher – Promoter)

> Ronnie Garvin vs. Johnny Rich

> King Kong Bundy vs. Pez Whatley

> Tommy Rogers vs. Les Thornton

> Jake Roberts vs. Brett Sawyer

> Mr. R & Buzz Sawyer vs. The Road Warriors

> National Heavyweight Title: Ted DiBiase © vs. Brad Armstrong

 

MARCH 18, 1984 – CINCINNATI, OH – RIVERFRONT COLISEUM

(Les Thatcher – Promoter)

> Sweet Brown Sugar d. Jesse Barr

> Les Thornton d. Tommy Rogers

> Brad Armstrong d. Larry Zbyszko

> The Spoiler d. Pez Whatley

> The Road Warriors d. Jay Youngblood & King Kong Bundy

> Taped Fist Match: Jake Roberts d. Ron Garvin

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - March 20, 1984

Sgt. Slaughter defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Tony Atlas defeated Jerry Valiant

Akira Maeda defeated Bobby Colt

Iron Sheik defeated Tony Garea

B. Brian Blair defeated Mr. Fuji

Jimmy Snuka defeated Sika

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Masked Superstar

Andre the Giant won a battle royal

 

WWF still not bringing in the big guns yet.

 

APRIL 15, 1984 – CINCINNATI, OH

(Les Thatcher – Promoter)

> Tommy Rogers d. Rocky Jones

> Sweet Brown Sugar d. Bob Roop

> Tim Horner d. Les Thornton

> Brad Armstrong d. the Spoiler by CO

> Wahoo McDaniel & King Kong Bundy d. the Road Warriors

> Lights Out Match: Ron Garvin d. Jake Roberts

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - April 21, 1984

B. Brian Blair defeated Steve Lombardi

David Schultz defeated Ivan Putski

Spike Huber defeated Billy Travis

Tiger Chung Lee defeated Pete Sanchez

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Greg Valentine via disqualification

Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff fought Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson to a no contest

 

Time to get serious now as they have brought Hogan in.

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Gardens - May 26, 1984

Terry Daniels defeated Larry Kean

Tony Garea defeated Mr. Fuji

Rene Goulet defeated Billy Travis

Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Paul Orndorff defeated SD Jones

Don Muraco defeated Salvatore Bellomo

Jimmy Snuka defeated Greg Valentine

Sgt. Slaughter defeated David Schultz

 

JUNE 7, 1984 – CINCINNATI, OH

(Les Thatcher – Promoter)

> Les Thornton versus Tim Horner ruled a NC

> Jake Roberts d. Sweet Brown Sugar

> Nikolai Volkoff d. Tommy Rogers

> Nikolai Volkoff d. King Konga

> Ted DiBiase, Arn Anderson & the Spoiler d. Ron Garvin, Bob & Brad Armstrong

> Jimmy Valiant d. Adrian Street

> Battle Royal: Jimmy Valiant (Winner)

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Gardens - July 1984

Jesse Ventura defeated Jack Morris

The Moondogs defeated Bobby Boyers & Billy Travis

Rocky Johnson defeated Mr. Fuji

Big John Studd defeated Chief Jay Strongbow

Greg Valentine defeated Ivan Putski

Roddy Piper, WWF Tag Team Champions The North-South Connection defeated Jimmy Snuka & the Wild Samoans

 

JULY 8, 1984 – CINCINNATI, OH

(Les Thatcher – Promoter)

> Steve Travis d. Steve Starr

> Mike Sharpe versus Nikolai Volkoff ruled a NC

> Tim Horner d. Les Thornton

> The Spoiler d. Brad Armstrong

> Texas Death Match: Ron Garvin d. Ted DiBiase

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - October 4, 1984

Pat Patterson defeated Mr. X

David Schultz defeated Tony Garea via count-out

Ken Patera defeated Samula

Judy Martin defeated Desiree Peterson

Brutus Beefcake defeated Salvatore Bellomo

Junkyard Dog defeated WWF Tag Team Champion Adrian Adonis

WWF Tag Team Champion Dick Murdoch defeated SD Jones

Andre the Giant fought Kamala to a no contest

 

This is the first WWF card I have for Cleveland and after they bought out Ole, he scaled back the Northern tours a lot.

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - November 2, 1984

Brutus Beefcake defeated Tony Garea

The Tonga Kid defeated Charlie Fulton

The Spoiler defeated SD Jones

WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated Tito Santana via disqualification

Junkyard Dog defeated Mr. Fuji

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Samula

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Orndorff

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - November 16, 1984

Bret Hart defeated Steve Lombardi

Ken Patera defeated Billy Travis

Ivan Putski defeated Jerry Valiant

Mike Rotundo defeated Dave Pagen

Bob Orton Jr. & Paul Orndorff defeated Rocky Johnson & SD Jones

WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine defeated Tito Santana via disqualification

Mr. Wrestling II fought Terry Gibbs to a draw

Paul Orndorff won a battle royal

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - December 14, 1984

Tony Atlas defeated Terry Gibbs

Mr. Wrestling II defeated Moondog Rex

Mike Rotundo defeated Moondog Spot

Blackjack Mulligan defeated Mr. Fuji

Jimmy Snuka & the Tonga Kid fought Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff to a no contest

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - Convention Center – December 29, 1984

Bret Hart defeated Rene Goulet

Johnny V defeated Gama Singh

Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated the Moondogs

Big John Studd defeated Ivan Putski

Junkyard Dog defeated Brutus Beefcake

Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine

 

JANUARY 11, 1985 – CLEVELAND, OH

(Ole Anderson – Promoter)

> The Italian Stallion d. Chick Donovan

> Ron Ritchie & Brian Adidas d. the Hollywood Blondes

> Tommy Rich d. Bob Roop

> Ron Garvin d. Wahoo McDaniel by CO

> National Tag Team Title Match: Ole Anderson & Thunderbolt Patterson d. Bill & Scott Irwin to win title

> Tag Team Battle Royal: Ron Garvin & Tommy Rich (Winners)

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - January 26, 1985

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Pat Patterson

Ivan Putski defeated Brutus Beefcake via disqualification

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Steve Lombardi

Mr. Wrestling II defeated Les Thornton

Iron Sheik defeated Mr. Wrestling II

Junkyard Dog & Ivan Putski defeated Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - Convention Center - January 30, 1985

Bret Hart defeated the Spoiler

David Sammartino defeated Rene Goulet

Paul Orndorff defeated Ivan Putski

Jim Neidhart defeated Mr. Wrestling II

Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis via disqualification

Big John Studd & Ken Patera defeated Andre the Giant & Junkyard Dog via count-out

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - February 15, 1985

Bret Hart defeated Rene Goulet

WWF Tag Team Champion Barry Windham defeated Terry Gibbs

WWF Tag Team Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Iron Sheik

Jimmy Snuka & Tony Atlas defeated Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr.

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Rick McGraw

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Brutus Beefcake

 

MARCH 7, 1985 – CLEVELAND, OH

(Ole Anderson – Promoter)

> Doug Somers d. Paul Diamond

> Chick Donovan d. Joe Palardy

> Bob Roop & Mr. Kareem Muhammad versus Thunderbolt Patterson & the Italian Stallion ruled a NC

> Brass Knuckles Match (No DQ): Ole Anderson d. Scott Irwin

> Ron Garvin d. Ron Starr

> Tommy Rich d. Rip Rogers by DQ

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - March 20, 1985

The Cobra defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Bret Hart defeated Rene Goulet

Jimmy Snuka defeated Matt Borne

Don Muraco defeated Tony Atlas

WWF Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

King Kong Bundy defeated Swede Hanson

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Brutus Beefcake via disqualification

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - March 22, 1985

Bret Hart fought Matt Borne to a draw

Bob Orton Jr. defeated the Cobra

Jim Neidhart defeated Rick McGraw

WWF Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

Ivan Putski defeated Moondog Spot

Andre the Giant & Jimmy Snuka defeated Ken Patera & Big John Studd

 

APRIL 6, 1985 – CINCINNATI, OH – CINCINNATI GARDENS

(Ole Anderson – Promoter)

> Devil Blue & Bob Roop vs. Ronnie Garvin & Italian Stallion

> NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © vs. Tommy Rich

 

APRIL 20, 1985 – CLEVELAND, OH – CONVENTION CENTER

(Ole Anderson – Promoter)

> Scott Irwin d. Ben Alexander

> Joel Deaton d. Paul Diamond

> Italian Stallion d. Ron Starr

> Lumberjack Match: Thunderbolt Patterson d. Mr. Kareem Muhammad

> National Heavyweight Title: Ronnie Garvin © d. Bob Roop

> Loser Leaves Town: Pez Whatley d. Rip Rogers

> The Road Warriors d. Brett & Buzz Sawyer

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - April 26, 1985

Bret Hart defeated Rick McGraw

Johnny V defeated SD Jones

The British Bulldogs defeated Rene Goulet & Moondog Spot

Bob Orton Jr. defeated Mr. Wrestling II

Jim Neidhart defeated Salvatore Bellomo

Jimmy Snuka defeated Roddy Piper via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Brutus Beefcake

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum – May 4, 1985

Ricky Reeves d. Kim Duk

Joel Deaton d. Stoney Burke

Scott Irwin d. Italian Stallion

Buzz Sawyer d. Ivan Koloff

Manny Fernandez & Thunderbolt Patterson d. Arn & Ole Anderson

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - May 5, 1985

King Kong Bundy defeated Tony Garea

Paul Orndorff defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Ricky Steamboat fought Bob Orton Jr. to a draw

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Big John Studd via count-out

Barry O defeated Tony Viccaro

The Hart Foundation defeated George Wells & SD Jones

Tony Atlas defeated Matt Borne

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convention Center – May 18, 1985

Scott Irwin d. Italian Stallion

Mike Davis d. Joel Deaton

Tommy Lane fought Pez Whatley to a draw

Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title: Buzz Tyler © d. John Tatum

National Heavyweight Title: Ronnie Garvin © d. Bob Roop

National Tag Titles: Manny Fernandez & Thunderbolt Patterson d. Arn & Ole Anderson © by DQ

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – June 1, 1985

Nikita Koloff vs. Buzz Sawyer

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convention Center – June 15, 1985

Joel Deaton d. The Eliminator

Pez Whatley d. Tommy Lane

John Tatum d. Yukon Eric

National Heavyweight Title: Black Bart © d. Brett Sawyer

Texas Death: Ole Anderson d. Thunderbolt Patterson

Jimmy Valiant d. Superstar Billy Graham

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – July 13, 1985

Brett Sawyer d. Mike Davis

Thunderbolt Patterson d. Bob Roop

The Midnight Express d. Italian Stallion & Pez Whatley

Dick Slater battled Kevin Sullivan to a no contest

National Heavyweight Title: Black Bart © d. Ronnie Garvin

Buzz Sawyer d. Arn Anderson

Jimmy Valiant d. The Barbarian by DQ

Jimmy Valiant d. Paul Jones by countout

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – July 17, 1985

Italian Stallion d. Bob Roop

Thunderbolt Patterson d. Mike Davis

Magnum TA d. Ivan Koloff

Dusty Rhodes d. Tully Blanchard

Dick Slater d. Abdullah the Butcher by DQ

The Midnight Express d. Brett Sawyer & Pez Whatley

Arn Anderson fought Buzz Sawyer to a draw

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - August 11, 1985

George Steele defeated Barry O

The Missing Link defeated Swede Hanson

Jesse Ventura defeated Jimmy Jackson

Ricky Steamboat & WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Don Muraco & Mr. Fuji

WWF Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

Andre the Giant defeated Big John Studd via disqualification

 

WWF has moved up to the big building now.

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – August 18, 1985

The Midnight Express d. Brett & Buzz Sawyer

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - September 2, 1985

Lanny Poffo defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Moondog Spot defeated Steve Lombardi

Junkyard Dog defeated Barry O

King Kong Bundy defeated Swede Hanson

Ricky Steamboat defeated Don Muraco via disqualification

The British Bulldogs defeated The Hart Foundation

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Roddy Piper via disqualification

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – October 6, 1985

Starship Eagle d. Mike Davis

Denny Brown d. Pat Tanaka

Superstar Billy Graham d. Sam Houston

National Heavyweight Title: Terry Taylor © d. Black Bart

The Rock n Roll Express d. Abdullah the Butcher & Thunderfoot by DQ

Arn Anderson d. Starship Eagle

Tully Blanchard d. Ronnie Garvin

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © fought Magnum TA to a draw

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – October 26, 1985

Jerry Lawler d. Tony Viccao

Krusher Khruschev fought Pez Whatley to a draw

National Tag Titles: Arn & Ole Anderson © d. Sam Houston & Jimmy Valiant

The Rock n Roll Express d. Ivan & Nikita Koloff

Tully Blanchard d. Ronnie Garvin by DQ

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Magnum TA d. Ric Flair © by DQ

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – November 2, 1985

The Midnight Express d. Sam Houston & Rocky King

Don Kernodle d. Jim Lancaster

Pez Whatley d. Thunderfoot

Texas Death: Ron Bass d. Buddy Landell

Russian Chain: Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev d. The Rock n Roll Express

Lumberjack: Tully Blanchard d. Ronnie Garvin

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – November 16, 1985

Pez Whatley d. Tommy Lane

Sam Houston d. Mike Davis

Ron Bass fought Buddy Landell to a draw

Abdullah the Butcher battled Manny Fernandez to a no contest

Tully Blanchard d. Ronnie Garvin

Dusty Rhodes, Billy Jack Haynes, & Magnum TA d. Arn & Ole Anderson, & Ric Flair

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH – Coliseum – November 29, 1985

WWF World Heavyweight Title: Hulk Hogan © vs. Roddy Piper

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – December 7, 1985

Ronnie Garvin fought Ivan Koloff to a draw

The Rock n Roll Express d. Abdullah the Butcher & The Barbarian

Jimmy Valiant d. Black Bart

Magnum TA d. Ole Anderson

The Road Warriors d. Krusher Khruschev & Nikita Koloff

Texas Death Match: Dusty Rhodes d. Arn Anderson

Bunkhouse Stampede won by Magnum TA

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - December 26, 1985

Ivan Putski defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Dan Spivey defeated Barry O

Cousin Luke defeated Moondog Spot

Adrian Adonis defeated Scott McGhee

The British Bulldogs defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake via disqualification

WWF IC Champion Tito Santana defeated Bob Orton Jr.

Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - late 85 / early 86

Pedro Morales defeated Barry O

SD Jones defeated Rene Goulet

King Tonga defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Hercules defeated George Wells

The Killer Bees defeated The Hart Foundation

Don Muraco defeated Ricky Steamboat

Roddy Piper defeated Paul Orndorff in a lumberjack match

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – January 10, 1986

Jim Lancaster d. Pat Tanaka

Black Bart d. Larry Wilson

Don Kernodle d. Thunderfoot

Pez Whatley d. Al Snow

The Barbarian battled Ron Bass to a no contest

Steel Cage Match: The Rock n Roll Express d. Ivan & Nikita Koloff

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – January 12, 1986 (6,000)

Denny Brown d. Pat Tanaka

Robert Gibson d. Black Bart

Manny Fernandez d. The Barbarian

The Midnight Express d. Sam Houston & Jimmy Valiant

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Dusty Rhodes by DQ

US Heavyweight Title: Magnum TA © d. Tully Blanchard

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - February 2, 1986 (matinee)

King Tonga defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

George Steele defeated Steve Lombardi

Tony Atlas defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Junkyard Dog defeated Hercules

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Terry Funk

Cpl. Kirchner defeated Iron Sheik

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated The Killer Bees

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - February 2, 1986

Dan Spivey defeated Barry O

King Tonga defeated Paul Christy

Ted Arcidi defeated Moondog Spot

Hillbilly Jim defeated Steve Lombardi

King Kong Bundy & Big John Studd defeated Tony Atlas & Lanny Poffo

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage defeated George Steele via disqualification

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated The British Bulldogs

Paul Orndorff defeated Roddy Piper in a steel cage match

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – February 9, 1986 (7,000)

Black Bart d. Jim Lancaster

Ivan & Nikita Koloff, Baron Von Raschke d. Ron Bass, Don Kernodle, & Pez Whatley

Manny Fernandez d. Ivan Koloff

The Rock n Roll Express d. The Midnight Express

Taped Fist: Tully Blanchard d. Jimmy Valiant

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Ronnie Garvin

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - March 8, 1986

Tony Atlas fought Hercules to a draw

WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated The British Bulldogs

King Kong Bundy defeated Hillbilly Jim

Paul Orndorff defeated Roddy Piper via disqualification

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – March 16, 1986 (10,000)

Sam Houston d. Gene Ligon

Jimmy Valiant d. Golden Terror

Arn Anderson d. Dusty Rhodes by DQ

Leo Burke d. Pez Whatley

Jimmy Garvin d. Denny Brown

Magnum TA d. Tully Blanchard

The Midnight Express d. The Rock n Roll Express

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © battled Ronnie Garvin to a no contest

Double Chain: The Road Warriors d. Ivan & Nikita Koloff

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - April 20, 1986

Sivi Afi fought Moondog Spot to a draw

Cpl. Kirchner defeated Paul Christy

Bret Hart defeated Jim Brunzell

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Jim Neidhart

George Steele defeated Iron Sheik via disqualification

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Junkyard Dog defeated King Kong Bundy & Dory Funk Jr.

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convention Center – April 27, 1986

Teijho Khan d. Italian Stallion

Black Bart d. Sam Houston

Jimmy Valiant d. Pez Whatley by DQ

Magnum TA d. Baron Von Raschke

Indian Strap/Texas Bullrope: Dusty Rhodes & Wahoo McDaniel d. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

The Midnight Express d. The Road Warriors by DQ

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Ronnie Garvin

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convention Center – May 25, 1986 (4,000)

Denny Brown fought Steve Regal to a draw

Manny Fernandez d. Black Bart

Ricky Morton d. Thunderfoot

Magnum TA d. Baron Von Raschke

Dusty Rhodes d. Arn Anderson

The Midnight Express battled The Road Warriors to a no contest

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Robert Gibson

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - June 7, 1986

Tony Parisi pinned Steve Lombardi

Iron Sheik defeated Tony Garea

Nikolai Volkoff defeated Cpl. Kirchner in a No DQ match

David Sammartino pinned Les Thornton

The Killer Bees defeated The Hart Foundation

Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs via count-out

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Big John Studd via disqualification when Bobby Heenan broke the champion's pin attempt

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Stadium – July 9, 1986

The Barbarian & Shaska Whatley d. Sam Houston & Nelson Royal

Hector Guerrero d. Black Bart

Jimmy Garvin d. Todd Champion

Jimmy Valiant d. Baron Von Raschke

Manny Fernandez & Ronnie Garvin fought Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev to a draw

Tully Blanchard d. Wahoo McDaniel by DQ

Nikita Koloff d. Magnum T.A.

Dusty Rhodes & The Rock n Roll Express d. The Midnight Express & Jim Cornette

Steel Cage Match: Dusty Rhodes & Road Warrior Hawk d. Arn & Ole Anderson

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Road Warrior Animal by DQ

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Municipal Stadium – July 13, 1986

The Barbarian d. Todd Champion

Don Kernodle d. Black Bart

Arn Anderson & Krusher Khruschev fought Ronnie Garvin & Sam Houston to a draw

Jimmy Valiant d. Baron Von Raschke

The Rock n Roll Express d. Ivan & Nikita Koloff

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - July 18, 1986 (8,500)

Bret Hart defeated Scott McGhee

King Harley Race defeated Lanny Poffo

Pedro Morales defeated Jim Neidhart

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy via disqualification

Don Muraco defeated Cousin Luke

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Bob Orton Jr. defeated George Steele via disqualification

WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs defeated Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine in a steel cage match

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - August 8, 1986 (7,000)

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Terry Gibbs

Dick Slater defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Ricky Steamboat defeated Jake Roberts

Hercules defeated Brickhouse Brown

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy & Bobby Heenan in a handicap match

Dory & Jimmy Jack Funk defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

The Haiti Kid defeated Butch Cassidy

Pedro Morales defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage via count-out

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum – August 21, 1986

Steve Regal d. Denny Brown

Krusher Khruschev d. Italian Stallion

Ivan Koloff d. The Warlord

Jimmy Garvin d. Todd Champion

Ronnie Garvin d. Nikita Koloff

The Rock n Roll Express fought Arn & Ole Anderson to a draw

Tully Blanchard d. Wahoo McDaniel

The Midnight Express d. America’s Team by DQ

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – August 23, 1986

Buddy Landell d. Denny Brown

Ronnie Garvin battled Krusher Khruschev to a no contest

Dick Murdoch d. Ivan Koloff

The Kansas Jayhawks d. The Barbarian & Shaska Whatley

Jimmy Valiant d. Paul Jones

The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering d. The Midnight Express & Jim Cornette

Magnum TA d. Nikita Koloff

Steel Cage: Dusty Rhodes d. Big Bubba Rogers

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - August 24, 1986

Hercules defeated Cousin Luke

Ted Arcidi defeated Rene Goulet

Bob Orton Jr. fought Pedro Morales to a draw

WWF Women's Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Jean Kirkland

WWF IC Champion Randy Savage defeated George Steele via disqualification

WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs defeated Terry & Dory Funk Jr.

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Orndorff via disqualification

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – September 4, 1986

Misty Blue vs. Linda Dallas

Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title: Black Bart © vs. Todd Champion

Buddy Landell vs. Jimmy Valiant

The Kansas Jayhawks vs. Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev

US Heavyweight Title: Magnum TA © vs. Nikita Koloff

NWA World Six-Man Tag Titles: Dusty Rhodes & The Road Warriors © vs. Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, & Ric Flair

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - September 13, 1986 (21,000)

Hercules pinned Cousin Luke

Koko B. Ware pinned Mr. X

The Killer Bees defeated Jimmy Jack Funk & Jose Luis Rivera when Blair pinned Funk

Dick Slater pinned Steve Lombardi

Saturday Night's Main Event #7 - 10/4/86 on NBC - featured Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included Gene Okerlund interviewing Roddy Piper in his locker room to open the show, where Piper was shown with his injured leg and was told by doctors not to wrestle; featured footage of Ventura interviewing Slick, Nikolai Volkoff, & Iron Sheik upon their arrival outside the arena:

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Paul Orndorff (w/ Bobby Heenan) via disqualification at around the 11-minute mark when Adrian Adonis interfered; moments later, Roddy Piper made the save, using his crutch, and hit Adonis with the weapon; later in the show, it was announced Adonis had sustained a separated shoulder as a result of the blow; during hte bout, Heenan was taken backstage by security, after constant interference, and locked in a room backstage (Adonis' last appearance for 2 months)

Ricky Steamboat pinned Jake Roberts at 6:17 in a Snake Pit match with a reverse cradle; after the bout, Roberts continued to attack Steamboat and was about to place Damien on him but Steamboat took his komodo dragon out of his bag and scared Roberts from the ring

Roddy Piper pinned Iron Sheik (w/ Slick) at the 43-second mark with a small package and grabbing the tights for leverage after blocking a suplex attempt; Pedro Morales was scheduled to be Piper's replacement, due to injury, but Piper came out and threatened Morales with his crutch to go backstage

WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs defeated Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine (w/ Johnny V) in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1 - Valentine defeated Dynamite via submission with the figure-4 at 4:46; fall #2 - Dynamite pinned Valentine at 8:22 with a diving headbutt off of Beefcake, who was caught in a fireman's carry by Smith; fall #3 - Smith pinned Beefcake at 12:18 with a cradle suplex

Kamala (w/ the Wizard & Kimchee) pinned Lanny Poffo at 1:43 with a splash; after the bout, Kamala attepted to hit a splash off the top but was stopped by his handlers

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – September 14, 1986

Bill Dundee d. Sam Houston

Ronnie Garvin fought Buddy Landell to a draw

Misty Blue d. Linda Dallas

Dick Murdoch d. Arn Anderson

Wahoo McDaniel d. Tully Blanchard by DQ

The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering d. Ivan Koloff, Krusher Khruschev, & Baron Von Raschke

The Rock n Roll Express d. The Midnight Express

Steel Cage: Nikita Koloff d. Magnum TA

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum – September 23, 1986 (1,600)

Don Kernodle d. The Barbarian

Manny Fernandez & Jimmy Valiant d. Baron Von Raschke & Shaska Whatley

The Rock n Roll Express d. Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev

Nikita Koloff d. Ronnie Garvin

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © fought Dick Murdoch to a draw

 

WWF @ Cincinatti, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - September 29, 1986

Steve Lombardi pinned George Wells

Tito Santana pinned Steve Regal

Mike Rotundo pinned Bret Hart

Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff defeated Big & Super Machine

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - October 25, 1986

Steve Regal defeated Jerry Allen

Hillbilly Jim fought King Harley Race to a no contest

Dick Slater defeated Johnny Mann

Roddy Piper defeated Bob Orton Jr.

Hercules defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Don Muraco defeated Junkyard Dog via count-out

SD Jones defeated Barry O

Big & Super Machine defeated King Kong Bundy & Big John Studd

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – November 9, 1986 (6,500)

Ricky Lee Jones d. Bill Dundee

Don Kernodle d. Shaska Whatley

Baron Von Raschke d. Gary Royal

Rick Rude d. Hector Guerrero

Manny Fernandez d. Wahoo McDaniel

Brad Armstrong & The Rock n Roll Express d. The Midnight Express & Big Bubba Rogers by DQ

Steel Cage: The Super Powers d. Tully Blanchard & Ric Flair

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – November 22, 1986

Nelson Royal d. Rocky Kernodle

Shaska Whatley d. Alan West

Don Kernodle d. Bill Dundee by DQ

Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev d. The Lightning Express

Indian Strap: Wahoo McDaniel d. The Barbarian

The Rock n Roll Express d. Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude by DQ

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - November 28, 1986

Pedro Morales defeated Steve Lombardi

The Karate Kid & Pepper Gomez defeated Lord Littlebrook & Little Tokyo

Billy Jack Haynes fought Hercules to a draw

King Harley Race defeated Hillbilly Jim via disqualification

Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated the Islanders

Kamala deeated King Kong Bundy

Roddy Piper & George Steele defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr.

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – December 6, 1986

Tim Horner d. Eddie Roberts

Jimmy Valiant & Baron Von Raschke d. Gary Royal & Pez Whatley

Ricky Lee Jones d. Super Destroyer

Denny Brown fought Hector Guerrero to a draw

NWA World TV Title: Tully Blanchard © d. Brad Armstrong by countout

Texas Tornado Match: The Kansas Jayhawks d. Ivan Koloff & Krusher Khruschev

Big Bubba Rogers d. Ronnie Garvin by countout

Scaffold: The Road Warriors d. The Midnight Express

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - December 28, 1986 (11,500)

Dino Bravo defeated Tony Garea

Blackjack Mulligan pinned Nikolai Volkoff in a matter of seconds

Pedro Morales defeated Tiger Chung Lee

Hercules defeated Cpl. Kirchner

The Hart Foundation defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

WWF Women's Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Leilani Kai

Dick Slater fought Iron Sheik to a double count-out

Sika defeated Moondog Spot

Lanny Poffo defeated Jimmy Jack Funk

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Kamala via disqualification at around the 5-minute mark

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – January 4, 1987 (7,000)

Vladimir Petrov d. Jim Lancaster

Street Fight: Big Bubba Rogers d. Ronnie Garvin

Bobby Eaton d. Baron Von Raschke

NWA World Tag Titles: Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude © d. Tim Horner & Dick Murdoch

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Nikita Koloff d. Ric Flair © by DQ

Bunkhouse Stampede won by Dusty Rhodes

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - February 1, 1987

Tito Santana vs. Butch Reed

WWF Tag Team Champion Davey Boy Smith & ? (sub. for the Dynamite Kid) vs. The Hart Foundation

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Kamala

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - February 1987

Dan Spivey defeated Demolition Smash

Paul Roma defeated Steve Lombardi

Dino Bravo defeated Brad Rhiengans

Dick Slater defeated Jimmy Jack Funk

Hercules fought Billy Jack Haynes to a double count-out

Jake Roberts fought Tito Santana to a draw

The Can-Am Connection defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Kamala

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – February 9, 1987

The Kansas Jayhawks d. The Thunderfoots

Lex Luger d. Ricky Lee Jones

Bob Armstrong d. Jimmy Garvin

Ronnie Garvin, Wahoo McDaniel, & Dick Murdoch d. Big Bubba Rogers & The Midnight Express

Steel Cage Match: Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude d. The Rock n Roll Express

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © fought Nikita Koloff to a draw

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - March 15, 1987

Greg Valentine defeated Haku

Ron Bass defeated SD Jones

Dick Slater defeated the Assassin

Jake Roberts defeated Iron Sheik

Tama fought Brutus Beefcake to a draw

Honkytonk Man defeated Koko B. Ware

Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat, & George Steele defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage, King Harley Race, & Adrian Adonis in an elimination match

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – March 21, 1987 (3,500)

Dutch Mantell d. Italian Stallion

Lazertron d. Denny Brown

Bob & Brad Armstrong d. Gary Royal & Thunderfoot

Wahoo McDaniel d. Vladimir Petrov by countout

Barry Windham d. Lex Luger by DQ

Steel Cage Match: Ole Anderson d. Big Bubba Rogers

Steel Cage Match: Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin d. The Midnight Express

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – May 3, 1987 (2,500)

Baron Von Raschke d. Jim Lancaster

Ivan Koloff d. Tim Horner

Lazertron d. Denny Brown

The Midnight Express d. Bob & Brad Armstrong

Arn Anderson battled Ole Anderson to a no contest

Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger battled The Road Warriors to a no contest

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Jimmy Garvin by DQ

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - May 7, 1987 (1,251)

Brad Rheingans defeated Frenchy Martin

Lanny Poffo defeated Jimmy Jack Funk

Ron Bass pinned Pedro Morales

Demolition defeated The Killer Bees

Koko B. Ware pinned Danny Davis

Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo fought Jacques & Raymond Rougeau to a double disqualification

WWF IC Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy Savage in a steel cage match

 

There is a victory for Crockett although both shows didn't do great.

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - May 8, 1987 (8,000)

Outback Jack defeated Steve Lombardi

Brad Rheingans defeated Frenchy Martin

Ron Bass defeated Pedro Morales

Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

Kamala defeated George Steele via disqualification

Jim Duggan pinned Iron Sheik

WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation defeated The British Bulldogs in a steel cage match

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned King Harley Race

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - June 5, 1987

Steve Lombardi defeated Sivi Afi

Tiger Chung Lee defeated Brad Rheingans

George Steele defeated Danny Davis via count-out

Brutus Beefcake, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Johnny V, Dino Bravo, & Greg Valentine

The Islanders defeated Paul Roma & Jim Powers

SD Jones defeated Pete Doherty

Randy Savage defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification in a lumberjack match

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum – June 11, 1987 (1,500)

Tully Blanchard d. Todd Champion

Thunderfoot d. Jim Lancaster

Rocky King d. Thunderfoot #2

The Midnight Express d. Italian Stallion & Kendall Windham

Nikita Koloff d. Arn Anderson by DQ

Steel Cage Match: Ronnie Garvin d. Jim Cornette

Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Jimmy Garvin

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – July 9, 1987

Misty Blue d. Kat Leroux

Lazertron & Kendall Windham d. Ivan Koloff & Paul Jones

Jimmy Valiant d. Basher

Ronnie Garvin d. Spike

Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts d. Angel of Death & Big Bubba Rogers

Jimmy Garvin d. Manny Fernandez by DQ

The Rock n Roll Express d. The Midnight Express by DQ

Barry Windham d. The Barbarian

Terry Gordy & Steve Williams d. Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch

War Games: Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, & The Road Warriors d. The Four Horsemen

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH – Coliseum – July 17, 1987

WWF Women’s Tag Team Champions Judy Martin & Leilani Kai defeated the Jumping Bomb Angels

Sam Houston defeated Barry Hart

Junkyard Dog defeated Jose Estrada

Tito Santana fought the One Man Gang to a double disqualification

Hillbilly Jim defeated King Kong Bundy

Killer Khan defeated Outback Jack

Rick Martel defeated Tama

WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man defeated Brutus Beefcake

 

JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Municipal Stadium – July 26, 1987 (25,460)

Jimmy Valiant d. Ivan Koloff

Ronnie Garvin d. The Barbarian

Tully Blanchard fought Jimmy Garvin to a draw

The Rock n Roll Express d. The Midnight Express

 

That card was before an Indians game IIRC.

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – August 20, 1987

Kendall Windham d. Jim Lancaster

Rocky King d. Teijho Khan

Denny Brown d. The Gladiator

Sean Royal d. Italian Stallion

Jimmy Garvin d. Colt Steel

Barry Windham d. Ivan Koloff

Lex Luger battled Nikita Koloff to a no contest

The Rock n Roll Express d. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Ronnie Garvin by DQ

 

WrestleFest 87 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - September 6, 1987 (matinee) (4,000)

Sika defeated Jerry Allen

Ron Bass defeated SD Jones

The One Man Gang defeated Junkyard Dog

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Killer Khan

Brutus Beefcake defeated Hercules

Paul Orndorff defeated King Kong Bundy

Rick Martel & Tito Santana defeated the Islanders

 

WWF @ Cleveland, OH - September 27, 1987 (3,000)

Lanny Poffo defeated the Red Demon

WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri defeated Velvet McIntyre

The One Man Gang defeated George Steele; after the bout, Steele was taken backstage on a stretcher

The Islanders defeated Rick Martel & Tito Santana

Jerry Allen defeated Frenchy Martin

WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man pinned Ricky Steamboat

Outback Jack defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Paul Orndorff pinned King Kong Bundy at 3:22

 

UWF @ Cleveland, OH – Convocation Center – October 7, 1987 (6,500)

The Canadian Kodiaks d. Bob Morgan & Curtis Thompson

Kevin Sullivan d. David Isley

The Road Warriors d. Joe Lynn & Mac McGyver

The Four Horsemen d. Brad Armstrong, Tim Horner, Mike Rotundo, & Barry Windham by DQ

Sting d. Colt Steele

The Road Warriors d. Mike Force & Bob Morgan

Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes d. Black Bart & Rick Steiner by DQ

The Sheepherders d. Shane Douglas & Ron Simmons

Western States Heritage Title: Barry Windham © d. Eddie Gilbert by DQ

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ronnie Garvin © d. Tully Blanchard by DQ

Steel Cage Match: Dusty Rhodes & The Road Warriors d. Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, & Lex Luger

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – October 11, 1987 (2,200)

Jimmy Valiant d. The Terminator

The Kodiaks d. Italian Stallion & Kendall Windham

Black Bart d. Bugsy McGraw by DQ

Terry Taylor d. Ron Simmons

UWF Tag Titles: The Lightning Express © d. The Sheepherders

The Midnight Express fought Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes to a draw

Barry Windham d. Dick Murdoch by DQ

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ronnie Garvin © d. Ric Flair

 

Survivor Series 87 - Richfield, OH - Coliseum - November 26, 1987 (21,300)

Thanksgiving Night

Pay-per-view bouts - featured Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included a feature on Ted Dibiase showing how he spent his Thanksgiving, along with footage of his recent appearances in which he made fans do things for money; featured Craig DeGeorge interviewing WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man & Jimmy Hart on the interview podium in which Honky laid out an open challenge, even to Hulk Hogan, and mentioned that Randy Savage was nothing

Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth), Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat, & Brutus Beefcake defeated WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart), King Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan), Danny Davis, Hercules, & Ron Bass in an elimination match at 23:38; Duggan fought Race to a double count-out at 4:30; Beefcake pinned Bass with a high knee at 6:57 after Savage made the blind tag; Honky pinned Beefcake with the Shake, Rattle, & Roll at 10:47 after Davis hit Beefcake from behind; Roberts pinned Davis with the short clothesline and the DDT at 15:06; Savage pinned Hercules with the flying elbowsmash after a top rope chop from Steamboat at 20:56; Honky was counted-out when he left ringside after sustaining an atomic drop from Savage

The Fabulous Moolah, Velvet McIntyre, Rockin Robin, & the Jumping Bomb Angels defeated WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri, WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Lelani Kai & Judy Martin (w/ Jimmy Hart), Dawn Marie, and Donna Christianello in an elimination match at 20:12; McIntyre pinned Christianello with a victory roll at 1:56; Robin pinned Dawn Marie with a crossbody at 4:15; Sherri pinned Robin with a bodyslam and suplex at 6:52; Martin pinned Moolah at 10:51 after an illegal double clothesline by the Glamour Girls; McIntyre pinned Sherri at 14:53 with a victory roll; Kai pinned McIntyre at 17:18 by blocking a victory roll, dropping McIntyre throat-first over the top rope, and dropping backwards; Kai was pinned at 18:34 following a crossbody off the top; Martin was pinned following a clothesline off the top after the other Bomb Angel dropkicked Jimmy Hart off the apron

WWF Tag Team Champions Tito Santana & Rick Martel, The British Bulldogs, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau, Jim Powers & Paul Roma, and The Killer Bees defeated The Hart Foundation (w/ Jimmy Hart), the Islanders (w/ Bobby Heenan), Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov, Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji), and Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine (w/ Johnny V) in an elimination match at 36:10; Santana pinned Zhukoff with the flying forearm at 1:42; Demoliltion Ax pinned Jacques at 5:45 after Jacques missed a crossbody off the top; Demolition was disqualified at 9:10 after shoving the referee to the mat; Neidhart pinned Santana at 12:05 after Bret hit Santana with a double axe handle to prevent Neidhart from being pinned; Haku pinned Dynamite at 19:54 with a thrust kick after Dynamite hurt himself delivering a diving headbutt; Roma pinned Valentine at 23:35 with a sunset flip off the top as Valentine attempted to put the figure-4 on Powers; Brunzell pinned Bret after Tama dropkicked Hart onto Brunzell, with Brunzell rolling on top for the win; Blair pinned Tama with a sunset flip into the ring after putting on a mask

Andre the Giant (w/ Bobby Heenan), Rick Rude, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed (w/ Slick), & the One Man Gang defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink), Paul Orndorff, Ken Patera, & Don Muraco (sub. for Superstar Billy Graham) in an elimination match at 24:07; Hogan pinned Reed at 3:06 with the legdrop after a double clothesline from Hogan and Orndorff; the Gang pinned Patera at 8:45 after both men hit a clothesline, with OMG falling on top; Rude pinned Orndorff at 10:25 with a roll up and using the tights for leverage after Bundy attacked Orndorff from behind; Muraco pinned Rude with a powerslam at 11:20 after Rude jumped over Hogan; OMG pinned Muraco at 12:56 with a splash after a headbutt from Andre; Hogan was counted-out at 18:05 when Bundy and OMG prevented him from returning to the ring; Bigelow pinned Bundy at 20:32 with a slingshot splash into the ring after Bundy missed a splash in the corner; Bigelow pinned OMG at 22:52 after OMG missed a splash off the top; Andre pinned Bigelow with a butterfly suplex after Bigelow missed a splash in the corner; after the match, Hogan returned to the ring and blasted Andre in the head with the world title belt

 

A historic show which cemented Cleveland as a WWF town.

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – December 13, 1987 (1,800)

Steve Williams d. Jim Lancaster

Larry Zbyszko d. Mighty Wilbur by countout

Ivan Koloff d. Mike Rotundo

Bunkhouse Stampede won by Mighty Wilbur

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Sting

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard fought The Super Powers to a draw

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - December 28, 1987 (8,000)

Hercules pinned Junkyard Dog

Dino Bravo pinned Hillbilly Jim

Rick Rude pinned the Ultimate Warrior

The British Bulldogs defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov via disqualification

Don Muraco pinned Butch Reed with a small package

Danny Davis pinned Sam Houston

The One Man Gang defeated Jake Roberts via count-out

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Andre the Giant & King Kong Bundy when Bigelow pinned Bundy

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – January 23, 1988 (3,000)

Jimmy Valiant d. Jim Lancaster

Tully Blanchard d. Jimmy Garvin by countout

Ivan Koloff & The Warlord d. The Rock n Roll Express

Nikita Koloff fought Larry Zbyszko to a draw

Lex Luger d. Arn Anderson

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Sting d. Ric Flair © by DQ

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - Early 1988

Dino Bravo defeated Koko B. Ware

Sam Houston defeated Danny Davis

Ricky Steamboat fought Rick Rude to a double count-out

Greg Valentine defeated Brutus Beefcake

WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri defeated Velvet McIntyre

WWF Tag Team Champions Rick Martel & Tito Santana defeated The Hart Foundation

Randy Savage defeated WWF IC Champion Honkytonk Man via disqualification

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – February 26, 1988 (3,500)

Sting d. The Terminator

Barry Windham d. Mike Rotundo by DQ

Ole Anderson & Lex Luger d. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard by DQ

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © d. Sting

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Riverside Coliseum – March 18, 1988 (3,500)

Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin d. Rick Steiner & Mike Rotundo by DQ

Lumberjack: The Road Warriors d. The Powers of Pain

NWA World Tag Titles: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard © d. Lex Luger & Barry Windham by DQ

NWA World Heavyweight Title: Ric Flair © battled Sting to a no contest

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - May 6, 1988

Barry Horowitz defeated Jose Luis Rivera

Brady Boone defeated Steve Lombardi

WWF Women's Champion Sensational Sherri defeated Desiree Peterson

Dino Bravo defeated Ken Patera when the bout was stopped due to injury

Bam Bam Bigelow fought the One Man Gang to a double disqualification

Haku & Sivi Afi defeated Don Muraco & Hillbilly Jim

WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Ted Dibiase

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - June 3, 1988

Bret Hart fought Bad News Brown to a draw

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum – July 21, 1988 (4,000)

Bugsy McGraw d. Rip Morgan

Rick Steiner d. Ron Simmons

Al Perez d. Tim Horner

Ronnie Garvin d. Chris Champion

The Rock n Roll Express d. The Sheepherders

Jimmy Garvin & Mighty Wilbur d. Ivan Koloff & Russian Assassin

The Fantastics d. The Midnight Express

Mike Rotundo battled Steve Williams to a no contest

War Games: Nikita Koloff, Lex Luger, The Road Warriors, & Sting d. The Four Horsemen & JJ Dillon

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - September 9, 1988 (6,000)

Hercules pinned B. Brian Blair

Jim Powers pinned Jerry Valiant

Jake Roberts pinned Bobby Heenan (sub. for Rick Rude) with the DDT

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated The British Bulldogs

Dino Bravo pinned Koko B. Ware

Brutus Beefcake defeated Ron Bass via disqualification

WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Andre the Giant via disqualification

 

JCP @ Cincinnati, OH - October 22, 1988 (1,800)

NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Sting & Ron Simmons

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - November 23, 1988 (6,500)

The Blue Blazer pinned Danny Davis

The Rockers defeated the Conquistadors

Mr. Perfect defeated Koko B. Ware

Hillbilly Jim defeated Jose Estrada

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Jim Powers & Paul Roma

Jake Roberts defeated Rick Rude

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior defeated Honkytonk Man

Hulk Hogan defeated the Big Bossman via count-out

 

Survivor Series 88 - Richfield, OH - Coliseum - November 24, 1988 (13,500)

Thanksgiving Night

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior, the Blue Blazer, Jim Brunzell, Sam Houston, and Brutus Beefcake defeated Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart), Greg Valentine, Ron Bass, Bad News Brown, and Danny Davis; Beefcake defeated Davis with the sleeper; Bad News pinned Brunzell with the Ghetto Blaster after Brunzell hit the corner; Bad News was counted-out when he walked out of the match following a confrontation with Valentine; Bass pinned Houston by blocking a monkey flip out of the corner and hitting a running powerslam; Valentine defeated the Blazer with the figure-4 after Honky pushed Blazer off the top; Beefcake fought Honky to a double count-out when they fell through the ropes as Beefcake had the sleeper applied; Warrior pinned Bass with a running double axe handle; Warrior pinned Valentine with a running double axe handle

The Powers of Pain, The Hart Foundation, The British Bulldogs, Jim Powers & Paul Roma, and The Rockers defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji), the Conquistadors, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ Bobby Heenan), Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart), and Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov; Bret pinned Raymond Rougeau by blocking a backdrop attempt and using an inside cradle; Zhukov pinned Powers when the momentum of a flying crossbody put Zhukov on top; Jannetty pinned Zhukov with a sunset flip into the ring after a blow to the midsection by Michaels; Blanchard pinned Bret when Hart pinned himself with a German suplex into a bridge; Michaels & Jannetty fought Anderson & Blanchard to a double disqualification for brawling in the ring and eventually fighting to the backstage area; Smash pinned Dynamite with a clothesline after Dynamite missed a diving headbutt off the top; Demolition was counted-out after Mr. Fuji pulled the rope down, causing Smash to fall to the floor (Fuji switches alliegance to the Powers of Pain and stays at ringside for the rest of the match); the Barbarian pinned a Conquistador with a running headbutt off the ropes after Fuji tripped the Conquistador; after the match, Demolition cleared the ring of the Powers of Pain and Fuji (Dynamite Kid's last match in the WWF; Davey Boy Smith's last match for almost 2 years)

Andre the Giant (w/ Bobby Heenan), Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin), Mr. Perfect, Harley Race, and Rick Rude defeated Jake Roberts, Ken Patera, Jim Duggan, Tito Santana, and Scott Casey (sub. for B. Brian Blair); Rude pinned Patera with the Rude Awakening after kicking Patera in the face; Bravo pinned Casey with the side suplex; Santana pinned Race with the flying forearm; Andre pinned Santana by blocking a sunset flip and using a sit-down splash; Duggan was disqualified after hitting Bravo with the 2X4 after Frenchy Martin attacked Duggan on the floor; Roberts pinned Rude with the DDT after pulling Rude's tights down; Andre was disqualified for choking Roberts unconscious; Perfect pinned Roberts seconds later

Hulk Hogan, WWF World Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth), Koko B. Ware, Hillbilly Jim, and Hercules defeated the Big Bossman (w/ Slick), Akeem, Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil), King Haku, and the Red Rooster (w/ Bobby Heenan); Savage pinned Taylor with the flying elbow after a bodyslam by Hogan; Akeem pinned Hillbilly Jim with a clothesline and splash; Bossman pinned Koko with the sidewalk slam after Koko missed a splash in the corner; Dibiase pinned Hercules with a roll up and using the tights for leverage as Hercules was distracted by Virgil on the apron; Savage pinned Dibiase seconds later with a roll up as Dibiase was distracted by Hercules on the floor; the Bossman was counted-out as he and Akeem double teamed Hogan on the floor and handcuffed him to the bottom rope; Akeem was disqualified for pushing the referee as he and Bossman double teamed Savage in the ring; Hogan pinned Haku with the boot to the face, bodyslam, and legdrop after Miss Elizabeth got the handcuffs off Hogan (Hulk Still Rules DVD)

 

Big difference in attendance here which was interesting.

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - February 4, 1989 (5,500)

The Red Rooster pinned the Brooklyn Brawler

Tito Santana pinned Nikolai Volkoff

Tim Horner pinned Jose Estrada

WWF World Champion Randy Savage pinned Bad News Brown

Hercules pinned King Haku

Big John Studd fought Akeem to a double count-out

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Powers of Pain

 

Clash of the Champions V "St. Valentine's Massacre" - Cleveland, OH - CSU Convocation Center - February 15, 1989 (5,000)

Shown live on TBS - featured Jim Ross & Magnum TA on commentary; included Bob Caudle interviewing Ricky Steamboat, with his son, in which Steamboat talked about the family unit, challenging for the NWA World Title at Chi-Town Rumble, and his match later in the show; during the segment, Caudle & Steamboat reviewed recent footage of NWA World Champion Ric Flair attacking Steamboat on World Championship Wrestling, with Steamboat eventually dominating; featured Bob Caudle conducting an in-ring interview with Flair, alongside Hiro Matsuda and several women, regarding his upcoming title defense against Steamboat; moments later, Flair called for Steamboat to come out, which he did, and made fun of Steamboat going to bed each night with the same woman; after the two shared words, Steamboat tore off Flair's suit jacket, shirt, and pants with the two brawling until Steamboat sent Matsuda to the floor and fought with Flair into the crowd; Steamboat then returned to the ring and wrapped the remains of Flair's suit around his own body and put on Flair's sunglasses; included Caudle conducting a backstage interview with NWA TV Champion Rick Steiner, with Michael Hayes bringing Steiner in for the interview, with Steiner discussing his match later in the night and his upcoming title defense at Chi-Town Rumble against Mike Rotunda:

Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated the Russian Assassins (w/ Paul Jones) at 13:16 when Eaton scored the pin with the Rocket Launcher after Lane kicked the Assassin in the head; during the bout, Paul E. Dangerously cut an insert promo in which he said Cornette would be out of the NWA after Chi-Town Rumble; moments later, Dangerously joined the commentary team for the remainder of the match

Butch Reed pinned Steve Casey with one knee on the chest at 17:43 after a gorilla press slam and shoulderblock off the top (the end of Casey's undefeated streak)

Lex Luger pinned the Blackmailer (Jack Victory) (w/ Hiro Matsuda) at 12:59 with a superplex (Blackmailer's sole appearance)

NWA US Tag Team Champions Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams (w/ Kevin Sullivan) defeated Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton at 13:24 when Williams pinned Fulton after Rotunda came off the middle turnbuckle behind the referee's back with a stomp to the head as Fulton had Williams covered; earlier in the show it was mentioned that any member of the Varsity Club could defend the titles; during the bout, NWA TV Champion Rick Steiner cut an insert promo about his title defense against Rotunda at Chi-Town Rumble

Ricky Steamboat pinned Bob Bradley at 6:25 with a karate chop off the top and the crossbody off the top; prior to the bout, Steamboat was escorted to the ring by his wife Bonnie and son; during the match, there were several chants of "We Want Flair"

NWA TV Champion Rick Steiner pinned Rip Morgan in a non-title match with a belly to belly suplex at 4:41; during the bout, Mike Rotunda cut an insert promo about his upcoming match with Steiner at Chi-Town Rumble

NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champions - Genichiro Tenryu & NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) fought Mike Rotunda, NWA US Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams (sub. for Sting, Michael Hayes, & the Junkyard Dog) to a double disqualification at 5:47 when Sting, Hayes, & JYD appeared and all three teams began brawling; prior to the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a backstage interview with Sting, Hayes, & JYD regarding their title shot; moments later, after the challengers went back to their dressing room, Sullivan appeared and locked a gate behind them; security finally unlocked the gate mid-way through the contest

 

Interesting there as Savage/Bad News not drawing great again and gets beat by a Clash show that had no buildup at all and a makeshift lineup.

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - March 17, 1989 (10,000)

Tim Horner defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Jim Duggan & the Bushwhackers defeated Dino Bravo, Jacques, & Raymond Rougeau

Hercules fought Bad News Brown to a double count-out

King Haku pinned Rick Martel

The Red Rooster pinned the Brooklyn Brawler

Hillbilly Jim pinned Boris Zhukov

Hulk Hogan defeated the Big Bossman in a steel cage match

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - April 30, 1989 (8,300)

Paul Roma pinned Boris Zhukov

Mr. Perfect pinned Bret Hart

Dino Bravo pinned Hercules

WWF Women's Champion Rockin Robin pinned Judy Martin

Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan via count-out

The Bushwhackers defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

Koko B. Ware defeated the Warlord via disqualification

Jake Roberts pinned Ted Dibiase

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - May 1989

The Genius pinned Jim Powers

Honkytonk Man defeated Hillbilly Jim

Brutus Beefcake pinned Greg Valentine

The Red Rooster defeated the Brooklyn Brawler

The Rockers defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau

Jim Duggan defeated Haku

Big John Studd defeated Andre the Giant via disqualification when Haku entered the ring after Jim Duggan hit Andre from behind with his 2x4

 

WWF @ Cincinatti, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - June 4, 1989

Andre the Giant vs. Big John Studd

Jacques & Raymond Rougeau vs. The Rockers

 

NWA @ Cleveland, OH - Convention Center - June 16, 1989 (1,500)

Brian Pillman pinned the Raider (Doug Gilbert)

NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Scott Hall & Randy Rose

Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated the New Zealand Militia

Terry Gordy pinned Scott Steiner by using the ropes for leverage

Steve Williams pinned Bill Irwin

The Road Warriors fought the Samoan Swat Team to a double count-out

Sting fought Terry Funk to a double count-out

NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Ricky Steamboat by using the ropes for leverage

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - June 25, 1989 (8,300)

Mark Young pinned Iron Mike Sharpe

The Barbarian pinned Jim Neidhart

Jimmy Snuka pinned Honkytonk Man

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Big Bossman & Akeem via disqualification

Mr. Perfect pinned Koko B. Ware

Bad News Brown pinned Paul Roma

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan (w/ Miss Elizabeth) pinned Randy Savage; during the cover, Sensational Sherri attempted to break the pin but was prevented from doing so by Elizabeth

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - July 1989

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition vs. the Big Bossman & Akeem

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - August 12, 1989 (1,500)

Barry Windham pinned Sam Houston

The Brooklyn Brawler pinned Dale Wolfe

Koko B. Ware pinned the Genius

The Bushwhackers defeated the Powers of Pain via disqualification

WWF IC Champion Rick Rude pinned Jim Neidhart

Rick Martel pinned Tito Santana

Dusty Rhodes pinned Akeem (sub. for the Big Bossman)

 

NWA @ Cleveland, OH - August 15, 1989 (3,500)

Television taping

Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Lt. James Earl Ray defeated the Ding Dongs

Bobby Eaton pinned NWA Tag Team Champion Jimmy Garvin after Stan Lane interfered

Ron Simmons & Cuban defeated Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich after Sheik hit Gilbert with the flag

NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Brad Armstrong

Rick & Scott Steiner defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification

The Great Muta pinned Scott Hall

NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Terry Funk

Tommy Rich pinned Cuban

NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Brad Armstrong

Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey defeated the Ding Dongs; after the bout, the Dongs were unmasked

Rick & Scott Steiner (w/ Missy Hyatt and Robin Greene aka Woman) defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Lt. James Earl Ray

Sting defeated the Great Muta via disqualification

NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Tommy Rich

 

Nice win there for Crockett even though the WWF card is oddball.

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - September 21, 1989 (14,000; 12,000 paid)

WWF Superstars taping:

Earthquake Evans (w/ Slick) defeated an unknown

Prime Time Wrestling - 10/9/89: Brutus Beefcake defeated Boris Zhukov via submission with the sleeper at 7:01; after the bout, Beefcake cut some of Zhukov's beard

10/7/89 - included the Genius as a guest of the Brother Love Show where he introduced Mr. Perfect as his new protege, who then appeared with entrance music for the first time:

Demolition defeated Barry Horowitz & Tony Burton when Smash pinned Burton at 3:19 after dropping Burton throat-first on the top rope

Barry Windham pinned Reno Riggins at 2:53 with the superplex

Jim Duggan pinned Alan Reynolds at 2:04 with the running clothesline

Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Red Tyler at 2:25 with the Shake, Rattle, & Roll

Hercules defeated Boris Zhukov via submission at 2:15 with the backbreaker

Jake Roberts pinned Brian Costello at 2:24 with the DDT (Jake's return bout on TV)

Akeem (w/ Slick & the Big Bossman) pinned Jim Merkel at 1:08 with a splash

10/14/89 - included Randy Savage & Sensational Sherri as guests of the Brother Love Show; included the first announcement of all the matches to take place at the Survivor Series:

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned Dusty Wolfe at the 1-mintue mark with the gorilla press slam and splash; after the bout, Warrior kicked his opponent underneath the ring, chased him underneath it, and then returned ringside with Wolfe, showing that he had painted his opponent's face

The Powers of Pain (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Mark Young & Larry Lawson when Barbarian pinned Lawson with a clothesline off the top as Warlord held Lawson in the air

Bret Hart pinned Tom Stone at 3:18 with a piledriver

Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jim Evans via submission at 2:59 with the shin guard assisted figure-4

The Red Rooster defeated Brian Costello via submission at 1:47 with the chickenwing

Bad News Brown defeated Scott Colton & Mitch Casey in a handicap match at 2:38 after first pinning Colton with the Ghetto Blaster at 2:20, and then pinning Casey with the same move

The Bushwhackers defeated the Brooklyn Brawler & Ray Oakley when Luke pinned Oakley at 2:26 following a double gutbuster

10/21/89 - included Dusty Rhodes as a guest of the Brother Love Show; featured highlights from the Hogan / Dibiase match from SNME; featured an 'Update' segment showing highlights of the Martel / Santana match from SNME and the aftermath:

Jimmy Snuka pinned Al Burke with the splash off the top at 2:16

WWF Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Warren Bianchi & Tim Horner at 3:16 when Bianchi was pinned following a spike piledriver behind the referee's back

Dino Bravo (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Jim Evans with the side suplex at 1:15

Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Bill Woods at 1:27 with the Rude Awakening; after the bout, Rude opted not to give his 'Rude Awakening' kiss to the woman who had been selected, with Rude saying he was right when referring to everyone in Cincinnati as 'sweat hogs'

Ron Garvin defeated Craig Green at 1:53 via submission with the Scorpion Death Lock

Mr. Perfect (w/ the Genius) pinned Paul Roma with the Perfect Plex at 2:18

Saturday Night's Main Event #23 - 10/14/89 on NBC - featured Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura on commentary:

Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) pinned Jimmy Snuka at 5:38 with a roll up after hitting him in the kidney with Sherri's loaded purse while Sherri distracted the referee; after the bout, Snuka avoided Savage's flying elbowsmash and attempted the splash off the top before Sherri covered Savage to protect him; moments later, Snuka cleared the ring of both Savage and Sherri

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Ted Dibiase (w/ Zeus) with a small package at around 10:30 after Dibiase accidentally hit Zeus; after the bout, Jake Roberts made the save with Damien as the champion was being double teamed; earlier in the bout, Roberts came ringside to even the odds but chased an interfering Virgil backstage after Virgil stole the snake bag (The Immortal Hulk Hogan, last portion of match featured on Hulkamania Forever)

Roddy Piper pinned Haku (w/ Bobby Heenan) with a belly to belly suplex at 3:02

Tito Santana (w/ the Red Rooster, Brutus Beefcake, & Dusty Rhodes) fought Rick Martel (w/ Slick, the Big Bossman, Akeem, Jimmy Hart, & Honkytonk Man) to a double disqualification at around 11:00 when all the wrestlers at ringside began brawling in the ring before the babyfaces cleared the opposition from the ring

The Bushwhackers defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 3:15 when Butch pinned Jacques following a double gutbuster; Jimmy Hart was in the Rougeaus' corner for the bout until he ran backstage after being depantsed by the Bushwhackers

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - September 29, 1989

The Genius defeated Mark Young

Honkytonk Man defeated the Red Rooster

Ron Garvin defeated Greg Valentine

Mr. Perfect defeated Jimmy Snuka

Demolition defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via disqualification

Roddy Piper fought Rick Rude to a double count-out

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior defeated Andre the Giant

 

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - December 30, 1989

Earthquake vs. Mark Young

Koko B. Ware vs. Conquistador #1

Karate Chris Dube & Little Koko vs. Little Tokyo & Cowboy Cattrell

Ron Garvin vs. Greg Valentine

Demolition vs. WWF Tag Team Champions Andre the Giant & Haku

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior vs. Dino Bravo

Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude (lumberjack match)

[KrisZ]

Good... "Pre-Expansion WWF". Perhaps not thriving, but I don't know if it ever took off huge after 1984. A lot of Upstate New York looks like that: part of the WWF pre-expansion, but not a massively pushed region. Possibly due to facility seizes. I would think that some of those cities got newer, bigger facilities as the 80s and 90s went along.

 

John

Yeah they ran mostly colleges and the old War Memorial in Syracuse up until like 85.

[Loss]

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - August 12, 1989 (1,500)

Barry Windham pinned Sam Houston

The Brooklyn Brawler pinned Dale Wolfe

Koko B. Ware pinned the Genius

The Bushwhackers defeated the Powers of Pain via disqualification

WWF IC Champion Rick Rude pinned Jim Neidhart

Rick Martel pinned Tito Santana

Dusty Rhodes pinned Akeem (sub. for the Big Bossman)

 

NWA @ Cleveland, OH - August 15, 1989 (3,500)

Television taping

Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Lt. James Earl Ray defeated the Ding Dongs

Bobby Eaton pinned NWA Tag Team Champion Jimmy Garvin after Stan Lane interfered

Ron Simmons & Cuban defeated Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich after Sheik hit Gilbert with the flag

NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Brad Armstrong

Rick & Scott Steiner defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification

The Great Muta pinned Scott Hall

NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Terry Funk

Tommy Rich pinned Cuban

NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Brad Armstrong

Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey defeated the Ding Dongs; after the bout, the Dongs were unmasked

Rick & Scott Steiner (w/ Missy Hyatt and Robin Greene aka Woman) defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Lt. James Earl Ray

Sting defeated the Great Muta via disqualification

NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Tommy Rich

 

Nice win there for Crockett even though the WWF card is oddball.

 

WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - September 21, 1989 (14,000; 12,000 paid)

WWF Superstars taping:

Earthquake Evans (w/ Slick) defeated an unknown

Prime Time Wrestling - 10/9/89: Brutus Beefcake defeated Boris Zhukov via submission with the sleeper at 7:01; after the bout, Beefcake cut some of Zhukov's beard

10/7/89 - included the Genius as a guest of the Brother Love Show where he introduced Mr. Perfect as his new protege, who then appeared with entrance music for the first time:

Demolition defeated Barry Horowitz & Tony Burton when Smash pinned Burton at 3:19 after dropping Burton throat-first on the top rope

Barry Windham pinned Reno Riggins at 2:53 with the superplex

Jim Duggan pinned Alan Reynolds at 2:04 with the running clothesline

Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Red Tyler at 2:25 with the Shake, Rattle, & Roll

Hercules defeated Boris Zhukov via submission at 2:15 with the backbreaker

Jake Roberts pinned Brian Costello at 2:24 with the DDT (Jake's return bout on TV)

Akeem (w/ Slick & the Big Bossman) pinned Jim Merkel at 1:08 with a splash

10/14/89 - included Randy Savage & Sensational Sherri as guests of the Brother Love Show; included the first announcement of all the matches to take place at the Survivor Series:

WWF IC Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned Dusty Wolfe at the 1-mintue mark with the gorilla press slam and splash; after the bout, Warrior kicked his opponent underneath the ring, chased him underneath it, and then returned ringside with Wolfe, showing that he had painted his opponent's face

The Powers of Pain (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Mark Young & Larry Lawson when Barbarian pinned Lawson with a clothesline off the top as Warlord held Lawson in the air

Bret Hart pinned Tom Stone at 3:18 with a piledriver

Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jim Evans via submission at 2:59 with the shin guard assisted figure-4

The Red Rooster defeated Brian Costello via submission at 1:47 with the chickenwing

Bad News Brown defeated Scott Colton & Mitch Casey in a handicap match at 2:38 after first pinning Colton with the Ghetto Blaster at 2:20, and then pinning Casey with the same move

The Bushwhackers defeated the Brooklyn Brawler & Ray Oakley when Luke pinned Oakley at 2:26 following a double gutbuster

10/21/89 - included Dusty Rhodes as a guest of the Brother Love Show; featured highlights from the Hogan / Dibiase match from SNME; featured an 'Update' segment showing highlights of the Martel / Santana match from SNME and the aftermath:

Jimmy Snuka pinned Al Burke with the splash off the top at 2:16

WWF Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Warren Bianchi & Tim Horner at 3:16 when Bianchi was pinned following a spike piledriver behind the referee's back

Dino Bravo (w/ Jimmy Hart) pinned Jim Evans with the side suplex at 1:15

Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Bill Woods at 1:27 with the Rude Awakening; after the bout, Rude opted not to give his 'Rude Awakening' kiss to the woman who had been selected, with Rude saying he was right when referring to everyone in Cincinnati as 'sweat hogs'

Ron Garvin defeated Craig Green at 1:53 via submission with the Scorpion Death Lock

Mr. Perfect (w/ the Genius) pinned Paul Roma with the Perfect Plex at 2:18

Saturday Night's Main Event #23 - 10/14/89 on NBC - featured Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura on commentary:

Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) pinned Jimmy Snuka at 5:38 with a roll up after hitting him in the kidney with Sherri's loaded purse while Sherri distracted the referee; after the bout, Snuka avoided Savage's flying elbowsmash and attempted the splash off the top before Sherri covered Savage to protect him; moments later, Snuka cleared the ring of both Savage and Sherri

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Ted Dibiase (w/ Zeus) with a small package at around 10:30 after Dibiase accidentally hit Zeus; after the bout, Jake Roberts made the save with Damien as the champion was being double teamed; earlier in the bout, Roberts came ringside to even the odds but chased an interfering Virgil backstage after Virgil stole the snake bag (The Immortal Hulk Hogan, last portion of match featured on Hulkamania Forever)

Roddy Piper pinned Haku (w/ Bobby Heenan) with a belly to belly suplex at 3:02

Tito Santana (w/ the Red Rooster, Brutus Beefcake, & Dusty Rhodes) fought Rick Martel (w/ Slick, the Big Bossman, Akeem, Jimmy Hart, & Honkytonk Man) to a double disqualification at around 11:00 when all the wrestlers at ringside began brawling in the ring before the babyfaces cleared the opposition from the ring

The Bushwhackers defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (w/ Jimmy Hart) at 3:15 when Butch pinned Jacques following a double gutbuster; Jimmy Hart was in the Rougeaus' corner for the bout until he ran backstage after being depantsed by the Bushwhackers

I know you were talking about a house show versus a TV taping when referencing the NWA victory, but to me, the bigger story here is the WWF running a TV taping in the same market the month after the NWA ran one and drawing nearly four times the crowd.

[Jingus]

Hogan-Herc doing better business than Hogan-Orndorff and Hogan-Bundy. Not quite getting that.

The Herc show was smack in the middle of the buildup to Mania III, and Minneapolis isn't that far from Detroit. Could that have made a difference? Barring that, maybe some kind of new television syndication deal or something along those lines which could have tipped the balance?

 

I can see the WWF doing poorly on non-Hogan shows, as they do that into 1986 and 1987. But 4500 for Piper-Hogan and 4K for Hogan-Bundy (who had the big push leading up to Mania) sandwiching around that 15K for Hogan-Savage on Thanksgiving... doesn't that strike anyone else as odd?

Could there have been some other factor we just don't know about? Was Thanksgiving traditionally a huge wrestling holiday tradition in AWA country? Did they maybe just promote that Savage card a hell of a lot harder than the others? Because, yeah, the card alone doesn't explain it at all.

 

Deep south in there, and the Watts & Jarrett territories. I don't have a great feel for how the WWF did in those areas, though we do know Vince went into TN from time-to-time.

I don't have the numbers in front of me, and didn't live through the period myself. But from anecdotal evidence from my buddies, Memphis was the toughest nut for Vince to crack in the WWF in the early days. It was the hometown of the last major territory, and the local fans were awfully loyal. Allegedly, the WWF could do about as well in much smaller towns like Chattanooga or Murfreesboro as they did in Memphis. Until they hired Lawler, anyway, and the hardcores were then more willing to come out for the Fed.

 

But it seemed like Nashville was always relatively strong for them, considering its population size. Nashville had long been home to a truly obsessive equal-opportunity wrestling audience who would happily show up for any promotion which ran there. WWF, Crockett, WCW, CWA, USWA; it didn't matter. Even ECW drew a nice house when they ran their only show there, in late 99. In the late 90s and early 00s, there were plenty of indy shows in the area which routinely drew hundreds of people on a weekly basis. But then TNA worked its magic upon us, and KICK WHAM TOWN ASSASSINATED nobody ever drew nearly as well there again. Also probably didn't help that the WWE ran the infamous Katie Vick sketch there live around the same time, too. When TNA recently ran a house show there with Jeff Hardy in the main, it was considered a freakin' miracle when they drew 1200; even though it's Jarrett and Dixie's hometown.

 

Is there *anything* Austin could possible have done to match that?

This thread has made a stronger case for Hogan than any I've ever seen in the eternal debate. Still, it's awfully tough to compare the two since they were in such completely different circumstances. If the WWF had someone in 84-86 who was as insanely popular with the general public and oddly innovative with his gimmick and presentation as Austin was in 98-99, Vince would have had a decent chance of pulling off the same stunts he did. But, they did have someone that popular and relatively innovative right there already with Hogan, so the argument is kinda moot.

[Strummer]

WWF @ Richfield, OH - Coliseum - August 8, 1986 (7,000)

Billy Jack Haynes defeated Terry Gibbs

Dick Slater defeated Iron Mike Sharpe

Ricky Steamboat defeated Jake Roberts

Hercules defeated Brickhouse Brown

WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy & Bobby Heenan in a handicap match

Dory & Jimmy Jack Funk defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai VolkoffThe Haiti Kid defeated Butch Cassidy

Pedro Morales defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage via count-out

who missed their flight to set up this one?

 

another oddball card (Hogan in a handicap match, heel vs heel, midgets, Pedro Morales in the final match in 1986)

 

it's fun searching Graham's (awesome) site for wacky house show lineups. My favorite might be a C show headlined by George Steele vs Danny Davis in a cage match!