WWF TV Taping: Madison, WI - August 4, 1987
by Scrooge McSuck
We're back at it with the next batch of excitement for our taping of Superstars of Wrestling (and various other programs). Since we last taped for television, we took the show to the Philadelphia Spectrum, Madison Square Garden, and even the War Memorial in Johnstown, PA. Recently, the arrival of Ted Dibiase has been a big deal, as well as the mysterious Bam Bam Bigelow, who has all the managers claiming to have an agreement to be his manager. Rick Martel is without a partner in his feud with the Islanders, and the biggest angle being set up for the live shows is between Superstar Billy Graham and Butch Reed. As I've done recently, we'll cover the three weeks of TV that brings us through the weekend of August 29-30th, then take a look at the extra stuff taped before we move on to take a peak at anything of interest from the Wrestling Challenge taping on August 5th.
August 15th, 1987:Vince McMahon, Jesse Ventura and Bruno Sammartino welcome us to Superstars of Wrestling, promising the in-ring debut of the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, New Ladies Champion Sherri Martel, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage (w/ Elizabeth) vs. Steve Lombardi - Savage is always a popular choice to open an episode. Vince is starting to lean more favorably for Savage (and he's in there with a heel enhancement talent, just in case we missed the memo). It's wild to see Savage selling for Lombardi. Savage works in all his signature spots and finishes with the Elbow at 2:39... Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Dave Wagner - Roberts is between feuds at the moment, not helped by his recent suspension. We get comments from DANNY DAVIS on Damian, which really shows how little they have planned for Jake at the moment. DDT finishes at 2:37 and Wagner gets the Damian treatment... The NEW Dream Team vs. Brady Boone & Sonny Rogers - No intros for the enhancement talent, no Valiant at first to sell the "Battle for Bam Bam" pre-tape. Boone tries to showboat and pays for it. We're again reminded that Tito is working on Spanish commentary. Hmm... Boone does more flip-a-dip before handing things over for Rogers to crash and burn. Bravo with the side slam and Valentine finishes with the Figure-Four at 3:03.
Non-Title Match: Sherri Martel (Champion) vs. Angie Minelli
I can't say with 100% certainty, but I believe this is the first time we have the women of the WWF in action on an episode of Superstars. Before the match, Sherri addresses the live crowd and insists on being recognized as "The Sensational Sherri" going forward. Sherri with a snap mare counter and top wrist-lock takedown into the arm bar. Despite the proclamation of a new name, Vince continues saying "Sherri Martel". Considering we have Rick Martel, that feels extra weird he would use the name for more than one quick mention. Minelli builds some momentum, taking Sherri out of the corner with a monkey-flip, followed by a dropkick. Sherri hangs back to avoid a second dropkick and finishes with a suplex and an awful flying splash at 2:35. Did I mention Tito Santana was doing commentary for the Spanish feed?Rick Martel vs. Barry Horowitz
Martel is still alone fighting both Islanders thanks to that no-good-bum who shall remain nameless until the end of time! Wait, we're giving this match a spotlight, so it must have something significant! Horowitz with first strike, but Martel quickly outwits Horowitz and has him visibly frustrated. Horowitz calls for a test-of-strength and Martel literally walks him across the ring with a head-scissors. We get an inset promo from Heenan and the Islanders, who seem like they have nothing better to do than put an end to Martel's career. Martel and Horowitz continue to have a nice little back-and-forth, but Martel is the better man and finishes with a twisting body press at 2:29. Post-match, Haku and Tama approach the ring, surrounding Martel. The beatdown is on until TITO SANTANA abandons the Spanish commentary table and helps even the odds! The Mexi-Can Connection doesn't have a good sound to it, they'll need to workshop a name. Something that strikes hard with force. Yes, I'm aware thousands of people have made the same joke."The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) vs. Jerry Allen
The in-ring debut for Dibiase, tossing money at the fans like an over-the-top cartoon character... yes, I'm also aware I'm recapping old WWF content. I honestly expected a cop-out bait-and-switch, but Dibiase works the match. He quickly sends Allen into the corner and throws a series of boots to the midsection. He plants Allen with a slam and follows with the angled fist drop. Whip to the ropes, Allen ducks under an elbow and hits a body press for a one-count. Dibiase quickly regains control, hitting Allen with the Hot Shot and finishes with a Cobra Clutch/Leg Sweep combo at 1:52. Not the complete package yet, but we've got plenty of time to get there.Update with Craig DeGeorge - Last week, the One Man Gang was out of line, hitting everyone that got in his way, including the referee, with his front suplex. Jack Tunney is standing by with comment, announcing that the One Man Gang will be fined $10,000 and put on a 30-day probation. We follow with comments from the Gang and Slick, who don't seem too concerned about the punishment.
Craig DeGeorge Special Interview with... "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Bobby Heenan
Heenan points out that Rick Rude has the greatest physique in the Heenan Family, and he was welcomed with open arms by the entire family. DeGeorge says there was someone conspicuous by their absence... Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff. Heenan says he was on vacation and denies any problems inside the Heenan Family. DeGeorge randomly brings up how Orndorff publicly fired Heenan two years ago, so Heenan promises to bring him on the show next week to prove everything is OK.
The Battle For Bam Bam! - The saga continues as we try to find out who will have the managerial rights to the latest and greatest WWF Superstar. Jesse Ventura is with Johnny Valiant, breaking the news that he is out of the running, joining Jimmy Hart in the wasted pile.
Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II - We begin with the weekly hype job for the upcoming album featuring the talent of the World Wrestling Federation. Piledriver is probably the best of the WWF albums, and I don't think it's particularly close. We're teased with some of the names featured, including a 10-second bit of Honkytonk Man's new song, the announcement of Slick's single "Jive Soul Bro, and comments from Rick Derringer, among others.
Local Promos: The WWF returns to Madison Square Garden on Saturday Night, August 22nd (tickets available at the Garden box office and all ticketron locations!). We have a promo from Ricky Steamboat hyping the return match with the Honkytonk Man for the Intercontinental Title, to be contested under Lumberjack Rules. Also on the card... Superstar Billy Graham vs. Butch Reed! Rick Martel vs. Haku! Demolition vs JYD & The Animal! Sherri vs. Velvet McIntyre for the Ladies Title! Tito Santana vs. Ron Bass! CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE (MAYBE). ALSO... The WWF runs the Meadowlands Arena on September 11th! New Dream Team challenges the Hart Foundation! Million Dollar Man vs. The Barber! AND MORE!
August 22nd, 1987: Vince McMahon, Jesse Ventura and Bruno Sammartino welcome us as normal, promising further adventures in the Battle for Bam Bam! We'll see Ken Patera, Butch Reed, Kamala and Sika, The Islanders, Koko B. Ware, and Bobby Heenan promised to deliver Mr. Wonderful.
Ken Patera vs. Tom Stone - Patera already feels like he's cooled considerably, and it won't be getting much better. Both men would end up as draft picks in the AWA Team Challenge Series, for those who like that kind of random tidbit. Patera's work is very dated, and he wins with a simple elbow drop at 2:00... "The Natural" Butch Reed (w/ Slick) vs. Jim Evans - Vince is not pleased by Reed's conduct during the posedown with Superstar Graham. We get comments from Superstar who says his hip is doing fine. LIAR. Reed dominates and drops Evans face-first from a gorilla press for the finish at 2:40. Post-match, he calls out Graham, and the Superstar obliges as we get into a brief physical altercation... The Islanders (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs. Jerry Allen & Mike Richards - Hasn't poor Mr. Allen suffered enough?! The Islanders attack before the bell. Allen is dumped out and Richards is quickly put down with a Super-Kick and double-team jumping headbutt at 0:53... Killer Khan (w/ Mr. Fuji) vs. Billy Golden - Khan has quite the size advantage, looks good to make Khan look like a monster. Even with a dominant performance, Khan still spits the green mist in the eyes of Golden and finishes with the flying knee drop at 1:38... Koko B. Ware vs. Chris Curtis - We don't have much time, so Koko rushes in a missile dropkick and finishes with the Ghostbuster at 0:34. We somehow snuck a Danny Davis promo in there as well!Paul Roma & Jim Powers vs. Kamala & Sika (w/ Kim-Chee)
Hmm... are we... nah. Can't be. Powers and Roma are already in the ring, happy to be here. Like last week with Valiant, Mr. Fuji is not immediately at ringside following the Bam Bam Breaking News. Roma tries to keep his distance and tests Kamala with a shoulder block, and that goes as well as you can imagine. Powers in and takes advantage of some miscommunication. Kamala swats away a dropkick and sends Powers into a Sika headbutt. Whip to the ropes, Powers with a sunset flip and Roma adds a dropkick for the extra touch to get the big man over. Roma and Powers remain in control, working the arm of Sika. Luck runs out and Roma gets caught in the wrong side of town. Heck breaks loose with all four men in the ring. Dropkicks clear out Sika and Kamala goes tumbling through the ropes missing a charge... AND THE TEAM OF POWERS AND ROMA GET THE COUNT-OUT VICTORY AT 4:06! Post-match, Kamala crushes both men in the corner with an avalanche and both are victims of Samoan drops and flying splashes.Update with Craig DeGeorge - The Magnificent Muraco and Bob Orton have SPLIT as a tag team, and it wasn't a peaceful separation as the two came to blows following another loss and took the brawl all over the arena. Orton claims responsibility for Muraco's success, while Muraco says he's a rock that stands alone and doesn't need a manager or partner to help him. LIAR.
Craig DeGeorge Special Interview with... Tito Santana and Rick Martel - We're in the dressing room with Martel and Santana having watched the Islanders destruction of poor Mr. Richards. They'll be STRIKING WITH FORCE BABY. "We're going to strike with lightning force!" We have an official name for the duo; STRIKE FORCE.
Craig DeGeorge Special Interview with... Bobby Heenan - I'm starting to think that DeGeorge is over-worked. Last week, Heenan promised to bring out Paul Orndorff to squash any rumors that there are problems inside the Heenan Family. Orndorff doesn't go along with glazing Rick Rude the way that Heenan wants him and says he's sick and tired of lying to the people and lying to himself. He's gonna tell Heenan something that he's heard before; "YOU'RE FIRED!". He's already got a NEW manager lined up, OLIVER HUMPERDINK. Interesting to introduce him as a babyface manager, those roles are typically a kiss of death. Also, quite the lame insta-turn. Yes, kicking Heenan to the sidewalk is an easy method, but there's ZERO support to cheer for Orndorff, and quite honestly, he's an awful babyface.
The Battle For Bam Bam! - This week, Jesse Ventura is with Mr. Fuji, and OH NO, Mr. Fuji is OUT OF THE RUNNING, leaving us with Bobby Heenan and Slick as the possible options on the table! Fuji has plenty on his table already with Demolition, Killer Khan, Kamala and Sika, he'll be fine.
Local Promos: The WWF visits the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY on Sunday, September 13th. Killer Khan will be on the card, as well as Sika. Demolition takes on Paul Roma and Jim Powers! The King battles The Animal! We'll see MIDGET TAG TEAM ACTION! Jake The Snake goes one-on-one with Dangerous Danny, and in the Main Event, it's The Macho Man taking on Kamala.
August 29th, 1987: Vince McMahon, Jesse Ventura and Bruno Sammartino welcome us to our third and final episode from the taping. This week, we're going to see Mr. Wonderful (with new manager Oliver Humperdink)! Brutus Beefcake will get hair stylist tips! The Heenan Family is in Six-Man Tag Action! We're also going to see The Junkyard Dog, as well as STRIKE FORCE! Also, happy 2nd Birthday to me with this episode.
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (w/ Oliver Humperdink) vs. Iron Mike Sharpe - Just in case we didn't make it clear with the interview taped earlier, here's a clearly defined heel on the enhancement side of the ring. Humperdink has a very casual suit for this taping. It would get MUCH louder. Sharpe from behind, but Orndorff quickly turns things around. Sharpe gets his token offense in, but a Piledriver is all it takes to wrap things up at 3:14... The King, Hercules, and Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) vs. Pete Sanchez, Rick Gantner, and Frankie DeFalco - Heenan is late to the party, like the other managers who received disappointing news about Bigelow. DeFalco is obliterated and Rude puts him away quickly with the over-the-shoulder back breaker at 1:38... The Junkyard Dog vs. Terry Gibbs - Is there anything interesting to say here? He'll take part in the tune "You Only Knew" on the Piledriver Album! Well... that's something. JYD wins with the powerslam at 2:08... The One Man Gang (w/ Slick) vs. Arthur Washington & Jim Milliman - Nikolai Volkoff is with Gang, "originally intended" as a tag team match, but Gang goes it alone and creams the competition, pinning both men at 1:36 following the front suplex... Strike Force vs. Steve Lombardi & Tiger Chung Lee - It's the in-ring debut of Tito Santana and Rick Martel as a team! No music yet, but they have matching white trunks and red jackets! Decent action, Santana finishes Lee with the forearm at 2:49... Demolition (w/ Mr. Fuji) vs. Sivi Afi & Scott Casey - Demolition will be featured on the Piledriver album! Casey and Afi take turns getting creamed, and it's Afi taking the pin following the Decapitation elbow at 2:14.
Update with Craig DeGeorge - Brutus Beefcake is working on his skills as a stylist, and is under the tutelage of Sal Fodera, the world-famous stylist based out of Manhattan! We got the obvious "Beefcake is unskilled" clips of him poorly following instructions. The payoff is that Beefcake is given a diploma that allows him to cut hair anywhere in the world... as long as it is in a wrestling ring, and a VIDEO OF THE INSTRUCTIONS, WINK WINK.
Craig DeGeorge Special Interview with... The Million Dollar Man and Virgil - It's time to get the live crowds to despise Dibiase, and that includes offering financial compensation for humiliating acts. In this case, it's a couple of hundred dollars for a guy to kiss Virgil's foot. Everybody has a price for the Million Dollar Man.
The Battle For Bam Bam! - We're down to the final two options... OH NO, Jesse Ventura is with Bobby Heenan?! No Bam Bam for The Brain! Heenan is already in a bad mood over what Orndorff did to him, and now he doesn't get Bam Bam?! That leaves The Doctor of Style as the last manager standing! He has words that close out the show, looking forward to the announcement next week!
The Greatest Intercontinental Champion - In a short pre-tape, the Honkytonk Man addresses himself as the greatest and runs through some of the previous holders of the belt, including Ricky Steamboat ("he was nothin'!"), Tito Santana ("forget about ‘im!") and the Macho Man (no comment). Well, he was kind enough to not make a negative remark about Savage!
Local Promos: The WWF returns to Madison Square Garden on Monday Night, September 21st and we get a promo from the Hulkster to hype up his title defense against the One Man Gang! Strike Force will be on the card as well, and Jake Roberts battles The Honkytonk Man in Non-Title action.
BONUS CONTENT:
As always, we'll look at any matches or segments of significance that made it to broadcast outside the syndication bubble or were released for home video (or in the modern era, dumped on YouTube via WWE Vault). Dark matches that never made it through include Hulk Hogan defending the WWF Championship against Randy Savage and Superstar Billy Graham vs Butch Reed. There's also an interview taped for Prime Time that introduces the audience to Oliver Humperdink, including a confrontation with Bobby Heenan, setting the table for the reveal later in the taping. Since Prime Time is outside the typical canon, it's weird it was taped and tucked away here.George "The Animal" Steele vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton
Featured on the August 17th episode of Prime Time. If you have paid attention to these TV tapings, you'll probably guess what finish we're getting with The Animal involved. GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHY ARE LANNY POFFO AND DON MURACO CALLING THIS?! Steele controls early but is easily distracted. Orton hits with a back breaker and comes off the top with a springboard splash that only gets a two-count. Steele counters a clothesline by biting the arm, but Orton whacks him with the right arm to send him over the top rope. Steele brings a chair into the ring and lightly taps Orton, who sells it like he just took a cannonball blast. Steele follows him to the floor, still swinging the chair, and they brawl down the aisle until the bell rings at 3:03. You might think we got a really lame double-count out, but nope, it was a really-lame delayed disqualification, giving the match to Orton!The Rougeau Brothers vs. The Shadows
From the August 24th episode of Prime Time. Yes, The Shadows are still around as mostly C-Tour prelim guys, and HOLY GOD, they are doing jobs to guys who haven't won matches on TV in the calendar year 1987. Jacques starts with Shadow Rivera. Rivera cheats to control a test-of-strength, but quickly gives back control. Raymond counters a double top-wristlock and a pair of dropkicks clear the ring. Shadow Moondog is either struggling working with a mask on or doesn't care, I'm undecided. Jacques gets caught in the Shadows' corner and it's time for some HEAT (crowd remains sitting on their hands). The referee misses the tag to Raymond, allowing the Shadows to favorably reposition. Jacques skins the cat and casually tags his partner as Shadow Mac showboats. Raymond runs wild on both geeks and the Rougeau Bomb finishes at 5:47. Jacques and Raymond looked fine, the Shadows were putrid. As usual.The Junkyard Dog vs. "The Outlaw" Ron Bass
Also featured on the August 24th Prime Time. If we were a bit later in the timeline, this would be a heated rivalry, but this is just a thrown together match as JYD has nothing better to do and Bass is literally taking up space all year. Lockup to the ropes and they trade punches. JYD no-sells being sent to the buckle and plants Bass with a slam. They take turns missing drop down attacks and we're back to square one. Dog with a clothesline and headbutt, sending Bass out of the ring. Outlaw with the cut off, hanging Dog up across the top rope. Muraco notes they'll be swinging some meat. MEAT SWINGING MADNESS, BRUTHA! JYD teases a comeback before running into a boot in the corner. We got a DOUBLE CHOKE HOLD and we were damn close to another lame finish, but the match will continue. They continue trading blows, with JYD getting the better with headbutts to the midsection. More brawling on the floor and it's a double count-out at 8:08. We couldn't have just done the lame double choke DQ and saved us 3-4 minutes?WWF Tag Team Championship Match: The Hart Foundation (c) (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Paul Roma & Jim Powers
Featured on the August 30th episode of All-American Wrestling. Original advertisements listed the Foundation vs. Can-Am Connection, but we know what happened there. We're joined in progress, with Neidhart in control of Powers with a chin-lock. Powers escapes with elbows, but Bret is within tag range for the cut off. Whip to the ropes and Powers with a sunset flip, but again, it's too close to the Champions' corner. Powers fights to his corner, but the referee (Mark Yeaton) misses it. Bret sneaks in illegally, hitting a body press for a two. Powers kicks out with enough force to send Hart out of the ring, creating enough separation to FINALLY tag in Roma. He runs wild on both men and takes Hart out of the corner with a monkey-flip. Roma with the abdominal stretch, but Anvil saves. He hangs back to avoid a dropkick and turns Bret over with a Boston Crab! Neidhart with ANOTHER save, coming off the top with an axe-handle and putting Bret on top, but the referee isn't counting and calls for the bell at 3:50 (shown), awarding the match to Roma and Powers via ultra-lame disqualification. From what was here, this was a hot little match, I just wish the whole thing was available.WWF @ LaCrosse, WI - August 5th, 1987:
Is there any interesting content from our latest taping for Wrestling Challenge? We have a few nuggets, but it's a typical Wrestling Challenge taping, as we're very light on anything meaningful for Wrestling Challenge, and we have a few matches taped for other purposes. There's quite a few extra matches taped that I won't cover despite their "exclusive" status, like there's no point in covering a 4-minute Outback Jack vs Iron Mike Sharpe match, Jerry Allen vs Nikolai Volkoff, or a Ron Bass squash taped for Prime Time. The headlining match for the taping is Hulk Hogan defending against Killer Khan.Steve Strong vs. Frankie DeFalco
Steve WHO?! If you're not familiar with the name Steve DiSalvo, he was a muscle guy who was regularly mentioned as a name to bring in and for one reason or another (he's terrible) it never panned out, and his "best" exposure might be as "The Minotaur" at the end of 1990/early 1991 WCW. This match was only featured on french-speaking WWF TV, and Steve has his back to the hard camera constantly, including introductions. Strong attacks immediately and throws DeFalco out of the corner with a hip toss. He hits a crummy diving shoulder block and what I can best describe as a basement dropkick. This guy is a complete zero as far as technique goes. Everything is slow motion, like spots are being called constantly AND needs time to execute. DeFalco is way too kind in going up for a tombstone and sure enough gets dropped on his head to finish this mess at 2:23. Thanks for nothing, Steve.
The Junkyard Dog vs. The One Man Gang (w/ Slick)
YAY, MORE JUNKYARD DOG! Featured on the August 17th episode of Prime Time. We have DON MURACO AND JAKE ROBERTS calling the match. The Gang attacks from behind and they take turns throwing some soft strikes. JYD sends the Gang into the corner and has the big man stumbling and bumbling. JYD with a single leg trip, followed by a series of headbutts to the damaged shoulder. For a monster heel, Gang sells and bumps way too much (get used to this complaint). I'm not saying he needs to take all of the match, but he shouldn't be doing snap mare style bumps. Slick has enough and gets involved, only to get knocked off the apron. Both men get their hands on the cane, the referee gets bumped, and it's an ultra-lame double disqualification at 6:28. Ignoring the "Gang bumps too much", JYD seemed semi-motivated and the Gang was willing to give, so it wasn't total crap, unlike that finish.Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "The King" Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan)
Taped for the August 24th episode of Prime Time. Between this and JYD vs. Gang (quality of work aside), these are decent attractions to fill out the night. Lockup and Race lands a knee to the midsection. Whip to the ropes and Beefcake immediately gets a sleeper. Race gets to the ropes for the break, so Beefcake sends him over the top with a clothesline to make the best of the situation. Race with his goofy "slide down the steps" bump, followed by the backwards tumble into the ring and the big bump out of the corner that younger fans would recognize from Triple H's repertoire. Race with a headbutt to the body to slow down the Barber, followed by an elbow and swinging neck breaker for a pair of two counts. Beefcake blocks a suplex and counters with his own, but misses the follow-up elbow drop. Race with a belly-to-belly suplex for two. Beefcake avoids the big headbutt and starts building momentum again, giving Race a reason to do the see-saw spot in the ropes. Race pulls Beefcake to the floor and misses ANOTHER headbutt! Beefcake seems to have things in hand, slapping on the sleeper, but Heenan hops on the apron, drawing Beefcake's attention. Race takes advantage of the situation, hits Beefcake with a high knee, and covers for three at 11:30. Post-match, Heenan gets caught in the sleeper and prepped for a styling, but Race saves. Hey, this was a good match; Race gave the crowd his signature spots and Beefcake did fine sticking with him. ***The only content worth commenting on as far as Wrestling Challenge is concerned is centered around the big push of The Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiase. For the August 16th episode of Challenge, we got a very famous segment where Dibiase offered $100 for a fan to get on all fours and bark like a dog. For years, the hot story going around was that it was Linda McMahon, but uh... that's definitely not Linda. The poor performance in barking might be the one aspect that we could agree on, but nothing about the woman could possibly lead me to believe it's Linda (and I'm sure at some point in time I fell for the rumor too). Dibiase was not impressed and didn't pay out. See, if you're going to embarrass yourself for money, you better be GOOD at it!
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) vs. Chris Curtis
Taped for the August 23rd episode of Wrestling Challenge. Dibiase brags to the crowd that he's a better man than anyone else because he's rich and they're poor. He waves a small example of what the Million Dollar Man is about. He has $5,000 in his hand to show that he can be a generous man, he's spending that money for someone to do his sweating for him. Dibiase is a MAIN EVENT WRESTLER and he will not expend energy on a preliminary bum. So Mr. Arthur Washington will be competing on Dibiase's behalf. I love Virgil's reluctance and disgust in handing the cash over to Washington, who geeks for the camera. Curtis attacks with axe-handles and cranks on a front chancery. Washington gets zero offense and Curtis puts him down with a back breaker at 1:05. Dibiase isn't too happy with the result, and retrieves the money from Washington's trunks for doing a poor job.Final Thoughts: I didn't expect mid-August TV to be that meaningful, but there's a lot going on here as we make some adjustments to circumstances and introduce some new talent, some of which are expected to be big players immediately. The Battle for Bam Bam continues being one of the focuses every week, as well as the antics of The Million Dollar Man, who not only pays people to perform humiliating tasks, but reneges if they don't perform to his expectations. Rick Martel and Tito Santana have formed Strike Force, Mr. Wonderful turned babyface (eyeroll) to feud with Rick Rude, OLIVER HUMPERDINK is brought in as a babyface manager, Sherri and the Women's Championship is dusted off for Superstars canon, and we have Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II on the way! Quite a fun few weeks of TV.]
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