1990-01-13 WWF Superstars of Wrestling

Hosting Superstars of Wrestling this week are none other than Jesse 'the body' Ventura and Vince 'What a maneuver!' McMahon.  I'm expecting to see a few squash matches and lots of old school promos with the Royal Rumble being one week away.

'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan def. Tony Burton (1*) 

I think that 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan may be my least favourite wrestler of all time.  However, he might just be my second favourite Hacksaw of all time, behind runaway winner 'Hacksaw' Higgins.  Here he is taking on Tony Burton ahead of an upcoming clash with the Big Boss Man at the Royal Rumble.  McMahon & Ventura pay absolutely no attention to the 'action' at all, instead prefering to talk about Hacksaws relatives who work for NASA.  Ventura suggests that they are either janitors or apes, which is surely going to be the highlight of the episode.  The match itself is basically a procession of 'Hooooooo's, thumbs in the air, dumb faces and little else.  The three point stance clothesline finishes Burton in just over two minutes (2:14).

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Sean Mooney starts hyping the show later in the evening at the Boston Garden.  The Colossal Connection will be facing Demolition, who cut a promo stating that they are going to win back their title belts.  Next up is the Macho King Randy Savage who will be facing good old Hacksaw.  He cuts an entertaining promo with Queen Sherri, which emphasises the point that Duggan is very stupid.

Oooooooohhh Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaah!

'Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase [w/Virgil] def. Dale Wolfe (1*)
Next up is the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase.  I like watching this guy work, he has a nice move set.  He puts together a series of various suplexes, swinging neckbreaker, piledriver & a powerslam before applying the 'Million Dollar Dream' sleeper hold for the win.  Ventura & McMahon discuss democracy, Ventura stating that the Million Dollar Man should be able to buy whatever number he likes in the Royal Rumble.  Once again, they don't call a single spot in the match, but it's funny (2:38). 

Next up is the Brother Love show.  His special guest this week is the Intercontinental Champion, The Ultimate Warrior.  In a fairly messy segment, The Ultimate Warriors music hits half way through the interview and he thinks that there are 28 other guys in the Royal Rumble, instead of 29.  He walks in circles around Brother Love, talks about the Warriors & destiny a lot, builds his feud with Dino Bravo, before running off like a maniac.  This is a fairly typical Warrior promo

 

Brother Love with the Ultimate Warrior

 

A whole host of promos follow building up to the Royal Rumble.  We hear from The Honky Tonk Man, Dusty Rhodes, 'Ravishing' Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, Bad News Brown, The Hart Foundation & Hulk Hogan.  All think they are going to win it, my highlight of this segment is Dusty Rhodes Yellow polka dot singlet, which is truly a sight to behold.

 

Dusty Rhodes - A Common Man (In Yellow Polka Dots)

'The Model' Rick Martel def. Jerry Monti (1*)

Martel wins this match quickly with a backbreaker followed by his Boston Crab finish.  Ventura sees a lot of himself in 'The Model', and he and McMahon continue to completely ignore the action in the ring.  During the match, Brutus ' The Barber' Beefcake cuts an incredibly camp promo wearing Martels rain jacket and hat, which he tore up on the previous weeks edition of Superstars. 

Finally, a couple more promo's for the event at the Boston Garden.   Honky Tonk Man is up first and he wants to hit Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka with his guitar.  The Ultimate Warrior is back on next, and this is completely insane.  "The Voodoo Dolls that others feared, those are the things I had to eat" is possibly the most nonsensical thing that he has to offer today.

Nice work on commentary by McMahon & Ventura made this one fun to watch.