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Wrestling Challenge
Date: March 27, 1993
Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan
This is a random show that I found online and figured Id throw it out there. Wrestling Challenge was a Saturday morning syndicated show that was somewhere around what Superstars would be now. Were eight days before Mania 9 so what do you think theyre going to be talking about here? Lets get to it.
Maybe this isnt such a weak show as well be getting the contract signing between Bret and Yoko. Also apparently this past week on Raw, the WWF Hall of Fame was announced and the first entry is Andre the Giant. Not a bad way to start indeed.
Mr. Perfect vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Perfect yells at Heenan on the way in which is kind of funny. He has Luger at Mania. Heenan is complaining about the toga aspect of Mania already. This is from the WWE Classics channel so the far more interesting part is the crawl on the bottom of the screen giving all kinds of old school title changes. In a pop up interview, Luger says hes looking forward to one week from now. Brawler gets in some basic offense but the Perfectplex ends this in two minutes or so.
We get a video on Andre for his Hall of Fame induction, complete with sad music. He passed away about two months before this so it wasnt exactly a big shock that he was going in.
Doink the Clown vs. ???
This is the evil Doink still that scares kids which is kind of awesome. I loved that character and apparently others did too. I mean it works with the Joker doesnt it? No name given for the jobber so far which should give you an idea of what to expect here. The Wrestlemania Hotline is now open!!! Two dropkicks are no sold by Doink and theres a powerbomb for the guys troubles. Belly to back suplex sets up the Stump Puller (The other guy is sitting up and Doink puts the guys head between his legs and pulls his leg up) for the easy submission. Total and complete squash.
Jim Duggan is coming back after Yoko hurt him and hes going to keep fighting. Oh and hes making a new board.
Sean Mooney is running the Control Center. This was where they would run down the card and wed get some promos about various matches. Bob Backlund says he appreciates the people and hes going to teach Razor a lesson in respect. Razor says hes going to teach college boy a lesson. The Steiners say if they beat the Headshrinkers theyll get a title shot. I think thats what wound up happening. See how effective these things can be?
Time for the contract signing for Bret and Yoko. Oh and its a double main event because Hogan and Beefcake need to be said to be in the main event also. Yoko is out first and followed by Bret. Bret is taller than Yoko which is kind of surprising. Jack Tunney is moderating this and hands the pens to both guys. Is that a big ceremonial thing? Bret signs as does Yoko without looking up.
Fuji says nothing of note but Bret says to keep in mind that at Mania hell be ready and focused. Yoko is going to find out why Bret is champion. I thought it was because he made the champion submit in a championship match but thats just me. Yoko of course destroys him and drops the Banzai on him. Heenan brings up the obvious issue: if he hurts him then no match! Bret somehow gets up as the powers of the fans chanting USA drive him I guess. And never mind as hes down again.
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. ???
Still no name for the jobber. Bigelow was supposed to have a match at Mania vs. Kamala but they had to drop it due to time. We keep talking about the toga party and the match with Kamala. Now we shift over to talking about Shawn and Sherri who have recently broken up. Bigelow drops a bunch of headbutts to keep control. Slick, Kamalas manager, says that Kamala is ready as we hit a chinlock. Bigelow picks him up after a splash and kills him with an enziguri. Top rope headbutt ends it after zero offense from the jobber.
Wrestlemania Report has Gene as the host. This is just another version of the Control Center and is more or less a commercial for Mania. Money Inc says theyll win because they have money. Hogan says hes awesome and that God will help his team win. Brutus lists off a bunch of things Money Inc might do to him, all of which are listed off by Hogans character in Suburban Commando as possibly punishments he might get for moving a car. I love inside jokes like those. You can see Hogan fighting back a laugh from that line.
Gene talks about Gonzalez vs. Undertaker and wouldnt you know it, Gonzalez and Whippleman are here to talk. That man is HUGE. Harvey says itll be a burial.
Steiner Brothers vs. ???/???
More nameless jobbers here. Scotty starts off with one of them as the Headshrinkers cant count but say theyll beat the Steiners. Then they start beating each other up. Ok then. Scott keeps destroying Jobber #1. Theres apparently a March to Mania special. I need to try to find that somewhere. Heenan picks Hogan and Beefcake to win at Mania. Hell has officially frozen over and it was frozen by the monkey that is my nephew. What the hell man? HEENAN picked HOGAN??? My mind is blown.
Rick beats on Jobber #2 for awhile. This lack of names thing is weird indeed. Jobber #2 gets some punches so Rick kills him with a clothesline. Belly to belly from the middle rope. Bobby wants to see that happen to a midget for some reason. Back to Scott and Jobber #1 as Gorilla says buy the PPV. Steiner Bulldog ends it.
Rating: C. No idea what else to call this and it likely should be no rating but it ran almost four minutes so well go with average. There was nothing going on at all here but the Steiners did look good. Also the jobbers got in the best offense so far of any jobbers: two right hands. This was nothing but the Steiners looked great.
Another Event/Control Center. Doink says hes done a lot of parties before but this will be his biggest. Vegas is full of losers but Crush is the biggest. He says look into his eyes. This is a creepy promo so they got that right. Mr. Perfect talks about fishing with Wade Boggs and catching a shark after four hours of trying because he never gives up. Not the best promo from him here.
Gorilla and Heenan will be on location next week in Vegas. We get a music video about Mania and thats all for this week. Wow Boss Man was still around at this point? I love the song if nothing else. Its the song they used for a bunch of Manias in this era.
Overall Rating: D+. Well this was boring as hell. Its a 45 minute long commercial for Mania as I expected. These shows often were nothing more than squashes and promos so this did have a place I guess. Its nothing special at all and was just for the final push to Mania. The music video is a great little nostalgia thing though if you like this era. Nothing to see here though.
Date: March 27, 1993
Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan
This is a random show that I found online and figured Id throw it out there. Wrestling Challenge was a Saturday morning syndicated show that was somewhere around what Superstars would be now. Were eight days before Mania 9 so what do you think theyre going to be talking about here? Lets get to it.
Maybe this isnt such a weak show as well be getting the contract signing between Bret and Yoko. Also apparently this past week on Raw, the WWF Hall of Fame was announced and the first entry is Andre the Giant. Not a bad way to start indeed.
Mr. Perfect vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Perfect yells at Heenan on the way in which is kind of funny. He has Luger at Mania. Heenan is complaining about the toga aspect of Mania already. This is from the WWE Classics channel so the far more interesting part is the crawl on the bottom of the screen giving all kinds of old school title changes. In a pop up interview, Luger says hes looking forward to one week from now. Brawler gets in some basic offense but the Perfectplex ends this in two minutes or so.
We get a video on Andre for his Hall of Fame induction, complete with sad music. He passed away about two months before this so it wasnt exactly a big shock that he was going in.
Doink the Clown vs. ???
This is the evil Doink still that scares kids which is kind of awesome. I loved that character and apparently others did too. I mean it works with the Joker doesnt it? No name given for the jobber so far which should give you an idea of what to expect here. The Wrestlemania Hotline is now open!!! Two dropkicks are no sold by Doink and theres a powerbomb for the guys troubles. Belly to back suplex sets up the Stump Puller (The other guy is sitting up and Doink puts the guys head between his legs and pulls his leg up) for the easy submission. Total and complete squash.
Jim Duggan is coming back after Yoko hurt him and hes going to keep fighting. Oh and hes making a new board.
Sean Mooney is running the Control Center. This was where they would run down the card and wed get some promos about various matches. Bob Backlund says he appreciates the people and hes going to teach Razor a lesson in respect. Razor says hes going to teach college boy a lesson. The Steiners say if they beat the Headshrinkers theyll get a title shot. I think thats what wound up happening. See how effective these things can be?
Time for the contract signing for Bret and Yoko. Oh and its a double main event because Hogan and Beefcake need to be said to be in the main event also. Yoko is out first and followed by Bret. Bret is taller than Yoko which is kind of surprising. Jack Tunney is moderating this and hands the pens to both guys. Is that a big ceremonial thing? Bret signs as does Yoko without looking up.
Fuji says nothing of note but Bret says to keep in mind that at Mania hell be ready and focused. Yoko is going to find out why Bret is champion. I thought it was because he made the champion submit in a championship match but thats just me. Yoko of course destroys him and drops the Banzai on him. Heenan brings up the obvious issue: if he hurts him then no match! Bret somehow gets up as the powers of the fans chanting USA drive him I guess. And never mind as hes down again.
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. ???
Still no name for the jobber. Bigelow was supposed to have a match at Mania vs. Kamala but they had to drop it due to time. We keep talking about the toga party and the match with Kamala. Now we shift over to talking about Shawn and Sherri who have recently broken up. Bigelow drops a bunch of headbutts to keep control. Slick, Kamalas manager, says that Kamala is ready as we hit a chinlock. Bigelow picks him up after a splash and kills him with an enziguri. Top rope headbutt ends it after zero offense from the jobber.
Wrestlemania Report has Gene as the host. This is just another version of the Control Center and is more or less a commercial for Mania. Money Inc says theyll win because they have money. Hogan says hes awesome and that God will help his team win. Brutus lists off a bunch of things Money Inc might do to him, all of which are listed off by Hogans character in Suburban Commando as possibly punishments he might get for moving a car. I love inside jokes like those. You can see Hogan fighting back a laugh from that line.
Gene talks about Gonzalez vs. Undertaker and wouldnt you know it, Gonzalez and Whippleman are here to talk. That man is HUGE. Harvey says itll be a burial.
Steiner Brothers vs. ???/???
More nameless jobbers here. Scotty starts off with one of them as the Headshrinkers cant count but say theyll beat the Steiners. Then they start beating each other up. Ok then. Scott keeps destroying Jobber #1. Theres apparently a March to Mania special. I need to try to find that somewhere. Heenan picks Hogan and Beefcake to win at Mania. Hell has officially frozen over and it was frozen by the monkey that is my nephew. What the hell man? HEENAN picked HOGAN??? My mind is blown.
Rick beats on Jobber #2 for awhile. This lack of names thing is weird indeed. Jobber #2 gets some punches so Rick kills him with a clothesline. Belly to belly from the middle rope. Bobby wants to see that happen to a midget for some reason. Back to Scott and Jobber #1 as Gorilla says buy the PPV. Steiner Bulldog ends it.
Rating: C. No idea what else to call this and it likely should be no rating but it ran almost four minutes so well go with average. There was nothing going on at all here but the Steiners did look good. Also the jobbers got in the best offense so far of any jobbers: two right hands. This was nothing but the Steiners looked great.
Another Event/Control Center. Doink says hes done a lot of parties before but this will be his biggest. Vegas is full of losers but Crush is the biggest. He says look into his eyes. This is a creepy promo so they got that right. Mr. Perfect talks about fishing with Wade Boggs and catching a shark after four hours of trying because he never gives up. Not the best promo from him here.
Gorilla and Heenan will be on location next week in Vegas. We get a music video about Mania and thats all for this week. Wow Boss Man was still around at this point? I love the song if nothing else. Its the song they used for a bunch of Manias in this era.
Overall Rating: D+. Well this was boring as hell. Its a 45 minute long commercial for Mania as I expected. These shows often were nothing more than squashes and promos so this did have a place I guess. Its nothing special at all and was just for the final push to Mania. The music video is a great little nostalgia thing though if you like this era. Nothing to see here though.
