Loss Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 This is a match I always thought the WWF should have run on a big show. In fact, I would have rather seen Savage/Piper and Dusty/Bad News at WM 6, instead of the other way around. This started out fun with the Piper/Sherri comedy, got pretty pedestrian, then picked up again when they battled each other over the airplane spin. Savage totally made the match when he fell off the top rope because he was so dizzied by the airplane spin he just performed on Piper. I knew this wouldn't have a finish before even watching it. It's a Roddy Piper WWF match after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Piper does some fun stuff at the beginning. I mean, it's basic small packages and stuff but Piper wrestling on the level isn't really what you expect of him. He only ramps up the usual Piper punch-and-kick-fest after Sherri gets involved one too many times. Savage with a pretty epic airplane spin and then he plummets to the floor--I was kind of hoping he'd take his backwards turnbuckle climb all the way and leap off to nowhere. We get the birth of the Attitude Era after the match as the camera gratuitously zooms in on Sherri's exposed rear end after she takes a bump off Piper in the post-match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Nice match up. Agreed these guys needed a PPV type match at some point. Piper seems to always enjoy roughing up Sherri. She gets in her own shots throughout the match though. They trade airplane spins? Savage climbs up the turnbuckle backwards and falls off. Weird they are playing this match for comedy but I laughed. No surprise that there was not a clean finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Piper and Sherri are always great interacting with each other and this match featured a lot of graphic sherri shots including a close up on her ass when her dress came up. Someone alert Doc Sarpolis of this. The action after Savage teased running to the back was pretty bad but the airplane spot was cool and finish was predictably fun. Loss idea for WM 6 match ups sounds like a good alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocSarpolis Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Piper and Sherri are always great interacting with each other and this match featured a lot of graphic sherri shots including a close up on her ass when her dress came up. Someone alert Doc Sarpolis of this. Damn it. I may be starting the wrong kind of rep around here. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Loved Savage's airplane spin. Did he ever use that in another match? He seems legit discombobulated by it even before the fall from the top rope. Decent match between two big names that somehow never had a WWF PPV match, or even a program, against one another. In fact, I think their only other time working with one another in any way was when they teamed with Vince on WWF Superstars in '91. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I think there's a Savage/Bad News match with the same dueling airplane spin spots with Savage in the opposite role. He definitely used it in Memphis a few times as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Loved Savage's airplane spin. Did he ever use that in another match? He seems legit discombobulated by it even before the fall from the top rope. Decent match between two big names that somehow never had a WWF PPV match, or even a program, against one another. In fact, I think their only other time working with one another in any way was when they teamed with Vince on WWF Superstars in '91. There's a handheld of a Piper/Savage match from December '86. They also worked that pre-Wrestlemania III Savage/Adonis/Race vs. Steamboat/Piper/Junkyard Dog elimination match and they had a couple of matches against each other in WCW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I remember that match, really fun indeed. Remember the airplane spin, and remember Sherri... oh Sherri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Imagine the director there, "get a close up quick, on her ass, SHERRI'S ASS! Camera 2 on her ass now!" Highlight of the match was Savage's epic airplane spin. I'm not really a fan of Piper post-85. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laney Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Fun match here and I really wish they would have done a big PPV match between these two as this showed a lot of potential. Savage falling off the top rope after doing the airplane spin was pure gold. The non-finish was lame, but it was to be expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhindsight Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Funny enough, I'm not alone in catching the close-up of Sherri's ass before they flip to the hard camera. Savage does a couple axe handles from the turnbuckle here and of course rocks the airplane spin before getting disoriented and falling to the outside. I often forget that back in 1990 they would play for the count out win so Savage is noticeably upset when Sherri's attempt to keep Piper on the outside results in a DQ win for the Hot Rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 The Airplane sequence was great, Savage tumbling off the top, made my dad legit laugh out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 A decent home video match. I liked the airplane spin battle as much as anyone else, but I missed the shot of Sherri's rear in the postmatch brawl. I didn't miss Piper pulling up her skirt after she did the same to his kilt, though. Interesting that Sherri's attempts to keep Piper out of the ring actually got Savage disqualified; you didn't see that finish in the Hulkamania-era WWF too often. The heel usually got away with stuff like that, like in the November '87 SNME match when Heenan got Bundy a win over Hogan that way. One thing I was always disappointed with when it came to Sherri: the announcers never put over the fact that she'd been ladies' champion and was very dangerous physically as a result. Even when she connects with a nice kick to Piper's head during this match, they treat it the same way as a Fuji cane jab or Heenan cheap shot. Vince really missed the boat here, to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew wardlaw Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Pretty lewd camera shot at the end for 1990. Very uncomfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nothing really new to add, but that airplane spin by Savage was incredible. As was the tumble. For two guys in midcard Hell, they put on a pretty good show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Despite being stuck down the card, Savage and Sherri continue to kill it with this act; they really were perfect for the King and Queen act. In fact, Sherri in general is great with everyone she seems to interact with. As for this, it was fun enough but Savage is the one making it so. Someone looking to do some comedy in current WWE should totally seal the airplane spin - > fall off the top spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactus Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 A dull house show styled match. Not a whole lot happens here. I did enjoy the aforementioned airplane spots. Savage's one puts Claudio Castagnoli's UFO to shame. Really dumb DQ finish as well. This went about 8 minutes and felt twice as long. ★½ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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