There had been a big shift in the professional wrestling landscape since The Ultimate Warriors upset win over Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania VI. Warrior had surrendered the Intercontinental Title, allowing Mr Perfect to win a tournament and become IC Champion. In the meantime the Warrior had been challenged by Rick Rude, the man who ended his winning streak at Wrestlemania V, to a match for the WWE Title.
Hulk Hogan had been destroyed by Earthquake not long after his loss at Wrestlemania VI, but the prayers and letters from his Hulkamaniacs had given him the strength to come back and he would make a play for revenge tonight on Earthquake and Heenan.
But first let's start the night with Paul Roma and Hercules aka Power and Glory defeating the Rockers Shawn Micheals and Marty Janetty. Well they beat Janetty anyway, Micheals was hit by HErcules and blew out his knee before the match. Fictional as far as I know. Marty puts up a fight for about 6 minutes, but falls to the mighty Hercules.
Mean Gene gets some words with IC Champion Mr Perfect and Bobby Heenan, and then with his opponent Kerry Von Erich, the Texas Tornado. Von Erich defeated Perfect, winning a short match. The crowd went wild and this was a great moment. Tragically, Von Erich failed a drug test, was fired, and took his own life about a year later. A talented performer, his death was a huge loss for professional wrestling.
Sapphire didn't turn up for her match with Queen Sherri. Sherri had the ref declare her winner by forfeit and forced him to raise her hand. It turned out that Sapphire, Dusty Rhodes' favourite woman had been bought out by the Million Dollar Man, turning on Rhodes.
Next up Warlord defeated Tito Santana in a short match, Mean Gene then interviewed WWE tag Team Champions Demolition and the Hart Foundation about their upcoming two out of three falls championship match. Tonight Demolition was made up of Smash and Cruch, who have the same weird face paint which they use to cheat at various times in the match. They split the first two falls. The end comes with the Legion of Doom drawing Smash out of the ring, giving the Hart Foundation the chance to double team Crush and get the pin. Your winners and new WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation.
Next up we get a series of interviews before Jake the Snake Roberts defeats Bad News Brown by DQ In Brown's final match in the WWE. Brown jabs Snake in the ribs with a steel chair to get the match thrown out.
Next up we have Sgt Slaughter telling us all that Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the rest of America has gone soft by being welcoming to Russians. He brings this up to set up his defection to Iraq and also because Hacksaw is siding with Russian Nikolai Volkoff in the next match.
Well, Duggan and Volkoff have little trouble dispatching the Orient Express in a very short match. Tanaka eats the pin.
This is followed by a other short match with Randy Savage ending his feud with Dusty Rhodes with a victory. Rhodes had just found doubt before the match that Sapphire had turned on him and allied herself with DiBiase. He was easily distracted by Queen Sherri who slipped a loaded purse to Savage for the Macho King to knock him out get the pin.
This leads us to the big match of the night, Hulk Hogans taking on the man who had sideline him earlier in the year Earthquake. Earthquake hits some devastating moves on Hogan, including two splashes, BUt HOgan hulks up and brawls with Earthquake outside the ring, slipping back into beat a 10 count and claiming a count out victory. Hulkamania was back, but the magic would be largely absent this time unfortunately.
Next comes the interviews with Rick Rude and Ultimate Warrior and finally our Main Event as Warrior puts the WWE Championship on the line inside a steel cage. This match is a little more one sided than some of their earlier matches. Rude come off the top of the cage a few times, but Warrior calls down the powers, hits guerrilla press slam and climbs out of the cage. Not a long, or as memorable, as some of their earlier matches.
Well, Hulkamania was back, though diluted, and Warrior continued along his merry way as champion. Just where was all this going? Well, we'd have to wait till Survivor Series to find out.
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