Ryan Navigates '90 - #88 (11/17)
"GOBBLE GOBBLE, YOU SCUM!"
Good day!
Welcome to another Saturday Special at the Navigation! WWF Superstars gets a new intro and logo, Arn Anderson defends the TV title in a rematch against Terry Taylor, and all kinds of Memphis will be coming your way.
In addition, Hamada's UWF gifts us with a frenetic ten-woman elimination tag match.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17th
UWF Lucha Primera Class II, Night 6
Elimination Match: Jungle Jack (Aja Kong & Bison Kimura), Madusa Miceli, La Diabolica & Xóchitl Hamada vs. Manami Toyota, Mariko Yoshida, Esther Moreno, & Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi) - Well, this should be fast-paced and ridiculous. Xóchitl (pronounced “so-cheel” from what I understand) is the daughter of Gran Hamada and elder sister of Ayako. She was also married to Silver King for a while.
I'm not super familiar with Diabolica or Moreno, but, like Hamada, are both from Mexico. Madusa is rocking a fringy Zubaz look, which kinda rules. Kong’s arm is heavily bandaged after that war of a cage match one week prior.
Madusa and Moreno start off, with Moreno using agility to escape a wristlock before Miceli puts her down with a lariat. Moreno ducks a spinning kick and lands a dropkick to send Madusa to the floor, where Moreno follows with a tope suicida! Takahashi and Diabolica enter the match, with the latter getting the upper hand by repeatedly ramming the Honey Wing into the top rope.
Hamada tags in and tosses Takahashi around by her hair, then Kong comes in and trucks her with a huge shoulderblock. Toyota comes in and meets the same fate. Kimura comes in for a double-team flapjack on Toyota, but Toyota comes back and tags Yoshida in for a flapjack and an elbow.
Bison chokes Yoshida out, then Madusa comes in for a swinging neckbreaker and a couple of windmill uppercuts.
Toyota tags in and gets into a brawl with Madusa that ends with the American dragging Toyota to her corner. Diabolica tags in, but takes a back body drop and a flying armdrag. A dropkick sets up a diving headbutt press for two, then Kaoru tags in, only to get clubbed down by Diabolica. However, Kaoru comes back with a series of armdrags and a butterfly suplex for two.
Takahashi comes in as her and Toyota hit Diabolica with a double dropkick, then Hamada comes in and falls victim to multiple headlock takeovers from Takahashi. Takahashi gets a top rope butterfly suplex, but the pin is broken up by Kimura. Kaoru re-enters and gets a nice anklescissors and vertical suplex on Hamada, but La Diabolica tags back in and hits a quebradora to regain control for her team.
Diabolica applies a Boston crab, but soon releases it so that Kimura can hit a slingshot backbreaker. Hamada traps the arms, and Kong comes in for a buttdrop on the exposed ribcage of Kaoru! Kimura slingshots Kaoru into a clothesline from Kong, causing her to land again on Bison’s knees.
Kimura continues working over the back, locking in a camel clutch that transitions into a cobra stretch, all while teasing Kaoru’s teammates with a tantalizingly close tag. Kong heads in and dumps her throat-first on the top rope, then hits a vertical suplex for two (as Takahashi breaks up the cover).
Kong applies a Canadian backbreaker, but Kaoru gets a roll-up for two and tags in Moreno! She is immediately beset by Kong, then Diabolica tags in. Moreno uses her quickness and lucha skill to evade Diabolica. She gets a victory roll variant, but it’s broken up.
Madusa and Toyota come in, with Toyota getting the best of that exchange with a suplex and a dropkick. Takahashi tags in and, after much resistance, locks in a figure four.
Toyota hits a splash from the top rope on a prone Madusa, who soon manages to reverse the hold and get to the ropes. Kimura tags in and slugs away at Takahashi, getting two off a gourdbuster. Hamada comes in and hits a powerbomb for two, then Toyota tags back in, as does Kimura. Toyota traps Bison in the rolling cradle, but the pin is again stopped.
Kong checks back in and hits a nasty sitdown atomic drop, Moreno re-enters and gets bowled over by Kong, then Hamada comes in for a highly-athletic exchange with Moreno. Esther hits a dropkick, but Hamada comes back with a rebound elbow and a dropkick to send Moreno out.
Hamada capitalizes with a tope suicida, then Diabolica hits a tope con hilo. Back in, Moreno takes another Hamada dropkick, but a second-rope elbow misses. Moreno fires back with a bridging German for three and the first elimination!
Kong comes in and squishes Moreno against the corner and absolutely brickwalls her with an avalanche. Moreno tries to come back with a crossbody, but Kong dodges. The slippery Moreno manages a roll-up, but Kong kicks out. Diabolica tags in for a pair of flapjacks, but Moreno comes back with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors and a dropkick. She heads up for a moonsault, but that misses.
Diabolica scales the ropes, but she also misses! Moreno again ascends the ropes, but she’s cut off, then Diabolica hits a top rope belly-to-belly to eliminate Moreno and even up the sides.
Yoshida re-enters and misses a dropkick, then she attempts...something off the ropes, but it doesn’t quite connect, allowing Diabolica to regain control. However, Yoshida comes back with a pair of monkey flips and a crossbody for two.
Toyota comes in and blasts Diabolica with a dropkick, but one to Kimura misses the mark. Toyota gets a flash backslide for a close two, then she peppers Bison with a series of dropkicks, including one off the second rope that gets a two. A butterfly suplex gets another near-fall, then Kaoru comes in for a series of butt presses for two.
Diabolica and Yoshida tag in, with Yoshida getting a pair of dropkicks and a sunset flip roll-up to eliminate Diabolica!
Madusa hits a spinning kick on Yoshida, but Toyota comes in and gets another battery of dropkicks. She counters a Boston crab with a roll-up for two, but Madusa gets a sunset flip for her own near-fall. Moments later, the Japanese Ocean Suplex from Toyota eliminates Madusa! Kong’s team is now at a 4-2 disadvantage.
Kimura re-enters, and the eliminated members of Kong’s team all pull Toyota out and hold her in place for a tope suicida! Yoshida follows with one of her own, then Toyota hits a pescado! Kaoru hits a nice springboard plancha, then Takahashi gets her own plancha. Now KONG heads up as the crowd is losing its mind! She hits a plancha onto the whole pile to a huge pop.
Back in, Kimura gets a backslide for two, but Yoshida reverses a hairpull into a crossbody for two. Seconds later, Kimura hits a bridging fallaway slam to pin and eliminate Yoshida.
Takahashi comes in and hits some flying facecrushers, then gets a Northern Lights fisherman’s suplex…but Kong comes in and whacks her with the ever-present tin box! Kaoru comes in and meets the same fate. However, Kaoru comes back with a dropkick and tries to use the tin box on Kong…but it’s ineffective!
Kong no-sells the blows and drops her with a package piledriver…but Kaoru kicks out! Another nasty piledriver follows, but Toyota breaks the cover. Toyota tags in and gets a sunset flip on Kong, but Kimura interrupts. However, Takahashi gets her own roll-up on Kimura for the three! Now Kong’s down 3-1.
Seconds later, Kong brute-forces a pin on Toyota just by sitting on her chest and forcing her shoulders down.
Kaoru gets a hurricanrana on Kong for two, then the Honey Wings hit a double back suplex. They head up to opposite corners and hit tandem elbow drops for two. Both even pile on top of Kong, but she again kicks out!
A double clothesline is ducked by Kong, but the Wings evade HER clothesline attempts. They try a double roll-up, but Kong just sits down on both of them. The Wings kick out, so Kong heads up…but Toyota grabs her foot! The Honey Wings try to cut Kong off at the pass, but she headbutts both of them back down to the canvas. Kong crushes BOTH of them with a top rope splash, and pins them at the same time to win the match as the sole survivor!
****1/2 - Yeah, this was as insane and fun as I expected, with balls-to-the-wall action throughout. Tons of rapid-fire sequences throughout, and there were enough tags in and out to keep everything moving at a rapid clip. Even though the match was over 25 minutes, it still felt too short. They could have EASILY filled twice that amount of time.
Even though the eliminations seemed like they were bunched together, they didn’t feel overly rushed or unearned, which can be a problem with elimination tag matches. They did play rather fast and loose with the tags and legal competitors, but those are minor quibbles at the end of the day.
I enjoyed the story of Kong’s team mostly playing it fair until they were at a major disadvantage, then they unleashed the interference and the dreaded tin box. Kong looked like an absolute monster here, especially when she was handling the Honey Wings at the end.
Moreno really stood out to me here with her lucha-based offense, athleticism, and poise, and Diabolica and Hamada also impressed. I also really liked this version of Madusa, as her scrappy, messy style and aesthetic were an entertaining contrast to the grace and skill of her opponents.
WWF Superstars of Wrestling
It’s a NEW ERA for WWF Superstars of Wrestling! We’ve got a shiny new intro and a new logo!
This one HEAVILY features the Ultimate Warrior emitting multi-colored lightning and shooting frickin’ laser beams from his eyes.
SO MANY COLORS! It’s absolutely insane.
Next, we’re treated to another episode of The Brother Love Show. Vince McMahon on commentary says Love won’t be at Survivor Series. Well, just you wait. Sadly, Love is no longer rocking the neckbrace. He could have milked that for MONTHS.
Love’s guests this week are The Warriors! Ultimate Warrior, Texas Tornado, Hawk, and Animal all come out, and this is a true pharmaceutical dream team. The street value of whatever was in their bloodstream must have rivaled the GDP of most small countries.
Love straight-up tells Ultimate Warrior that his team doesn’t stand a chance this coming Thursday at Survivor Series. WARYAH says they’re surrounded by a forcefield created only by the power of his Warriors.
Kerry says he’s SICK of listening to Love’s big fat mouth! No one has defied the Spinning Tornado Punch, or have beaten the Legion of Doom or the Ultimate Warrior! Now that’s just blatant Rick Rude erasure, though it could simply be Kerry being stunned. He threatens Love with a discus punch of his own.
Animal says his team has defied ALL the odds on this earth and survived things you couldn’t imagine! Hawk say that, at Survivor Series, the strong will survive! WHAT A RUSH!
Warrior then says that after his quartet turns back the Perfect Team, they’ll move on to the Grand Finale and will once again be proclaimed victorious. Warrior then brings up the egg, saying that if anything comes out that resembles Brother Love, he’ll SCRAMBLE IT.
That was kind of a fun promo, mostly from Ultimate Warrior of all people. I do like that he brings up not only his match, but also the Grand Finale AND the egg business. I will also say that linking Warrior with the Road Warriors and the Modern Day Warrior was kinda clever.
Next, it’s the SURVIVOR SERIES REPORT with Mean Gene Okerlund!
This Thursday night, it’s FEAST OR FAMINE! Contact your local company! Make that telephone call today!
Egg.
Gene goes over the rules of the elimination matches, then runs down the lineup. He hypes The Warriors vs. The Perfect Team as we get an quick promo from Perfect and Demolition.
Mr. P says it’ll be the END of the Warriors! Ax says they’ll leave Texas Tornado’s scrawny neck for Mr. Perfect! Crush says we may hate them, but they don’t care! In fact, they love it! Smash says they’ll survive, and Mr. Perfect says those painted pansies will get the paint slapped off their faces!
Gene talks about The Vipers (Jake “The Snake” Roberts, “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka, & The Rockers, a squad who could rival the drug intake of the Warriors) vs. The Visionaries (“The Model” Rick Martel, The Warlord, & Power & Glory). Martel’s team name is a brilliant dig at Jake’s recent blindness issues.
Next, it’s The Alliance (Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana, & The Bushwhackers) vs. The Mercenaries (Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zhukov, & The Orient Express). Zhukov is subbing for Akeem, who had left the company not too long ago.
That has got to be one of the worst early Survivor Series matches in terms of star power. SO MANY GEEKS.
We hear from the Mercenaries. Slaughter opens with “GOBBLE GOBBLE, YOU SCUM”, which makes the entire prospect of this match worth it. This Thursday, the Mercenaries will TAKE NO PRISONERS. They will destroy the Alliance, and THAT’S AN ORDER.
We get the Alliance’s rebuttal. Luke and Butch say they’re BLOODY READY for the Survivor Series! Volkoff warns the Mercenaries that they are COMING. Oh, dear. Tito Santana says that Slaughter is going down, BABY!
We now hear about The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Koko B. Ware, & The Hart Foundation) vs. The Million $ Team (Ted DiBiase, Rhythm & Blues, & a MYSTERY PARTNER). I wonder who THAT could be.
Next, Gene discusses The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Big Boss Man, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, & Tugboat) vs. The Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Dino Bravo, Haku, & The Barbarian). Haku is subbing for Rick Rude, who of course had left the WWF not long before this. Haku NOT being the original choice for the team is a bit odd considering him and Barbarian would be a team not too long after this. Maybe this is when they got the idea?
We hear from the Hulkamaniacs, BROTHER. Duggan is excited, and the Disasters will have a long night, TOUGH GUY! Tuggers says the Disasters will have the worst beating of their lives due to the power of Hulkamania! Boss Man talks about heart, soul, justice, and believing in yourself! The Hulkster says him and his best friends will turn the Disasters into ONE BIG NATURAL DISASTER! WHATCHA GONNA DO!
Make that telephone call right now! Oh, and if you have the newest issue of the WWF Magazine, there’s a scorecard you can fill out. Make your predictions for who will make the Grand Finale Match of Survival!
Also, don’t forget the giant turkey egg! Spoilers, Gene!
Man, that Grand Finale match really seems like an afterthought in the ramp-up leading to the show.
USWA Championship Wrestling
“Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and Sam Lowe/Bass, both sporting “Memphis Mafia” shirts, come out for an impromptu interview with Dave Brown at the desk. Gilbert again proclaims himself the new king of Memphis, then he asks to go over the USWA TOP TEN.
10) Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy
9) “Mr. Excitement” Dick Slater
8) “Captain Redneck” Dick Murdoch (Eddie: “He drinks a lot of beer!”)
7) “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff
6) Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
5) Bam Bam Bigelow
4) “Dr. Death” Steve Williams
3) Jeff Jarrett (with tons of screaming from the young girls in the crowd)
2) Jerry “The King” Lawler
1) “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert
Eddie celebrates his #1 status before heading to the back. Gilbert demanding the Top Ten be read is pretty hilarious, as is the list again being full of people who barely even sniffed Memphis, if at all. I love how many of the ACTUAL Memphis guys, like Bill Dundee, Brickhouse Brown, or Jeff Gaylord aren’t even on that list.
Barbed Wire Match: Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert - This was from the Mid-South Coliseum on November 12th. Within a few seconds, Lawler launches a fireball at Gilbert!
The King punches Gilbert around and lacerates him via the barbed wire, but Dirty White Boy and Doug Gilbert run in for the DQ finish.
Yes, a DQ finish. In a fucking barbed wire match.
And, yes, that was the whole match. It lasted 1:45, per Cagematch.
The beating continues unabated as the announcer explains that most everyone else has already left the arena. Lawler gets busted open and stuff-piledriven as the segment ends without anyone rescuing the King. Well, that beating just…kept going.
Eddie Gilbert and company make their way back to the commentary desk. Doug talks about how they’re the Memphis Mafia who beat people up. He presents Dave Brown with a lime green Memphis Mafia shirt.
Brown politely declines the new apparel, then Eddie crows about beating Lawler’s brains out, claiming he didn’t need help to do so! The fans let him have it while Eddie talks about an upcoming six-man Hospital Elimination match, where competitors are eliminated when they bleed.
Eddie runs down a list of stars who aimed to be the next king of Memphis, but he was BORN to be the king.
When Lawler finally understands this and steps out of the way, then the gang-style beatings will stop.
In that Hospital Elimination match, it’ll be Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, and Jeff Jarrett against the Gilberts and BLACK MAGIC! No, not Norman Smiley, but a thinly-veiled jab at WCW’s Black Scorpion.
It’s a rather large masked man covered head-to-toe in black, which will make it a challenge with the first blood-esque rules.
Hot Stuff asks the mystery man if he’ll take care of Lawler, Dundee, and Jarrett for him, to which he grunts enthusiastically. Oh, it’s one of THOSE masks.
Gilbert claims they beat Lawler for FIFTEEN MINUTES that past Monday, which must have sucked ass for the live crowd if true. Eddie vows to take Lawler out of professional wrestling this Monday night!
Gilbert’s promos are great, but that barbed wire deal was a dud. The match was criminally short, and that beatdown just never ended.
Dave then brings out the babyfaces, and holy hell, that is some attire on Lawler and ESPECIALLY Dundee.
Lawler says that Black Magic is a big guy, but Eddie Gilbert has a big mouth. Oh, got his ass. He reiterates that the other babyfaces were already showered and out of the Coliseum when the beatdown was taking place.
The King talks about having plenty of friends, then warns Eddie about his. He moves onto the Hospital Elimination Match. The Gilberts and Black Magic are all going to bleed before Monday night is over.
Dundee then rips into Hot Stuff, saying that the big difference between himself and Gilbert is that, while Dundee fought Lawler for the title of King, Eddie bought himself a scepter and crown. Lawler is a better man than Eddie, his old man, and his stinkin’ brother! Memphis belongs to Lawler, Dundee, and Jeff Jarrett!
Jarrett calms things down a bit, saying they weren’t there last Monday for Lawler, but they’ll be there this week. He warns Eddie that their issue is far from over.
Come Monday night, we’re coming for you!
Lawler then reminds us of the rules for the Hospital Elimination match before pledging to get all three opponents this coming Monday.
Really good promo from the faces here. Lawler again does a good job of explaining things without being dull or feeling like he’s beating you over the head with plot points, and Dundee was good and fired up. Jarrett also held his own here.
NWA Pro
NWA World Television Championship: Arn Anderson (c) vs. Terry Taylor - It’s the anticipated rematch from last week’s solid little TV bout. An inset promo from Arn says that Taylor “rose like a phoenix from the ashes” and almost pulled it off last week, but this is what Anderson does for a living. I like that he used a bird simile for the former Red Rooster.
Taylor dodges a couple of armbar attempts, then we get some fierce collar-and-elbow action. Arn finally gets ahold of the arm and lands a fireman’s carry takeover, but Taylor escapes via a headscissors. Seconds later, Arn rattles him with a shoulderblock, then hits another one, but Taylor counters a third one with an armdrag.
Arn misses an elbowdrop, then Taylor starts to work over the arm. Arn escapes an armwringer with a stiff bodyslam in rather smooth fashion.
The Enforcer dumps Taylor to the floor and biffs him into the guardrail as NWA PRO ROLLS ON…
…and we’re back with both guys slugging it out in the ring, with Taylor getting the best of that exchange. I love Arn’s punch-drunk selling. Taylor drops a knee to the head for two, and we get corner punches that end with an atomic drop by Arn. He hoists Terry up, but Taylor gets a sunset flip for two as we’re down to two minutes!
Taylor counters a DDT with an inside cradle for another near-fall, but Anderson catches Taylor with a hard elbow for repeated two-counts. Arn rains down the punches as one minute remains. Anderson stomps and continues to go for covers, then he ducks a punch and hits a back suplex for two.
Arn drills Taylor with a gourdbuster as we’re down to 15 seconds. Time expires as Arn drops Taylor with a piledriver. Anderson retains the title as we get our second time limit draw in as many weeks.
**1/2 - This definitely didn’t feel as complete a match as last week, but it was still very good, quick action for about 6-7 minutes. It was very one-sided by the end with Arn dominating, but Taylor stayed in it until the end.
I did like Arn trying desperately to put Taylor away despite retaining if it went to the time limit, as he had something to prove and didn’t want to have another rematch justified.
NWA World Championship Wrestling
Jim Ross and Bob Caudle are with Theodore R. Long and that mystery present that we caught a glimpse of last week. Do we get to find out WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!?
Long believes it’s from one of his rich friends. He opens the box, which contains Gwyneth Paltrow’s head a fancy hat (which he puts on over his doo-rag in a pretty funny moment), a piece of paper he assumes is the bill (which he hands to JR), white gloves, and a blazer. Long clues in that it’s a chauffeur’s outfit (“this must be for you or Bob!”).
Ross explains that the piece of paper is the contract that Long signed for the upcoming Clash of the Champions. Ross goes over the stipulations cited in the contract, where Long will win Ric Flair’s yacht and limo if Ron Simmons or Butch Reed win the match, and the Horsemen don’t get another tag title match. If Flair or Arn Anderson win, they’ll get the rematch at Starrcade, and there’s a new stip on there that Long wasn’t aware of: he’d have to be the Horsemen’s limo driver for a day!
Naturally, Long is pissed that he overlooked the stipulation, but he restates his confidence in his men.
I’m not really into the connotations of Long being forced into servitude should his charge lose, but he’s at least been very entertaining during this feud and this segment.
USWA Live Event
This is from a live event in Nashville, Tennessee.
We join “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert vs. Jeff Jarrett in a “Coward Waves the Flag” match in progress. Eddie Marlin has Jarrett’s flag, while Doug Gilbert corners his brother. As a reminder, Jarrett or Gilbert will lose the match if their respective cornerman waves the flag.
Hot Stuff applies a Boston crab to Double J, and Jarrett tells Marlin not to wave the flag.
Jarrett powers out, but Gilbert maintains control and dumps him to the floor. However, Jarrett snatches the leg and runs it into the trusty ringpost. Back in, Jarrett takes a chair and just demolishes Gilbert’s leg with it. Double J DARES Doug to wave the flag as USWA ROLLS ON…
…and we’re back as Jeff continues working aggressively over the leg. Jarrett applies a half-crab and taunts Doug by saying “wave the flag or I’ll break his leg!”. Jarrett resumes the offensive on the knee, but Eddie fights out of a figure four attempt. Doug hands his brother some knuckledusters, which Eddie uses out of the ref’s sight to blast Jarrett in the chops.
I mean, he didn’t have to hide it; it’s a No-DQ match. Hot Stuff socks him again and tosses the weapon to Doug. Eddie drills Jarrett with a DDT, but Marlin refuses to surrender. Gilbert continues pounding away and taunting Marlin, who shouts words of encouragement to Simply Irresistible.
Eddie goes for a headlock, but Jarrett gets a kneebreaker, then kicks Gilbert’s leg out of his, uh, leg. Jarrett again uses the chair to his advantage, continuing to wallop the compromised limb. Back in, Jarrett unlaces the boot and continues dropping elbows on the knee, prompting Eddie to tell Doug to wave the flag. However, Doug refuses!
Seconds later, Jeff shoulderblocks Hot Stuff into referee Frank Morrell. Alright, time for some fuckery! Jarrett locks in the figure four, and Doug waves the flag like crazy, but the referee’s out! Sam Lowe/Bass tries to intervene, but Old Man Marlin beats his ass.
However, that distraction allows Doug to assault Marlin from behind with the chair. Bass grabs Marlin’s flag, and hides himself just out of the ref’s view, and waves it like crazy. Morrell is very slow to get his bearings, so they have to stall for a bit until Doug runs over and waves Marlin’s flag again.
Morrell finally sees it, thinks it was Marlin waving the flag, and awards the match to Eddie Gilbert!
I’m not sure how much of the actual match we got to see, but the action was actually quite good for the most part. Jarrett attacked Gilbert’s leg with intensity and viciousness, while Gilbert expertly used dirty tactics to build heat.
Eddie hiding the knuckledusters was a bit odd, though. He could have just did it in plain sight since Jarrett was freely using the chair earlier. I did like Joe Pedicino on commentary explaining why Jarrett untied Gilbert’s boot (to take away the support that wrestling boots provide).
However, things really fell apart with that ending. It’s possible that Morrell got knocked legit loopy, which really messed with the timing of that finish. Even Eddie Gilbert was looking around going “WTF” while in the figure four. Also, I know that Morrell was supposed to be out of sorts, but he couldn’t take an extra moment to actually try to see which second was actually waving the flag?
THE TUGBOAT TRIBUNE
As always, the news comes courtesy of Dave Meltzer and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
André the Giant is returning to the WWF in time for the Royal Rumble. The reason: because Herb Abrams was using him, and Vince McMahon is that child who tosses a toy aside, then suddenly wants it back when someone else plays with it.
No, André won’t be in the giant egg.
Speaking of Herbie and Vincie, Abrams advertised Rick Rude for upcoming TV tapings, and that set McMahon off because Rude was still technically under contract with the WWF.
Rude didn’t end up appearing, but Vince still inundated Abrams with litigation threats.
The UWF now cannot refer to former WWF guys by their old gimmick names or refer to their past time with the Fed.
The card for WrestleMania VII, which is TOTALLY going to fill the Los Angeles Coliseum, is set. Get ready for a DOUBLE main event of heel “Rowdy” Roddy Piper vs. Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan vs. Mean Mark Callous (under whatever gimmick they have lined up for him)!
The AWA is somehow still around, but they’re not producing any new television, only running old episodes in their ESPN slot.
The rumor mill has it that Jerry Jarrett will be getting that slot come 1991.
NEXT TIME: Clash of the Champions: THANKSGIVING THUNDER! Oh, and some more Abrams’ UWF.
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