The archives continue once again with Saturday Night’s Main
Event. Today I bring to you the Halloween edition aired on November 2 in
Hershey, PA.
The show opens with Okerlund interviewing Bobby Heenan. To
emphasize what King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd were going to do to Hulk
Hogan and Andre later on, he smashed two pumpkins together. So… they’re going
to ignore them and form a mediocre rock group in Chicago?
Oh but then Hulk Hogan comes on, calling Heenan a weasel and
continued to rant about how tonight was going to be a fair fight until Andre
the Giant cut him off to get ready. Thank you Andre. Have a peanut.
Piper told Jesse Ventura that he loved interrupting the
wedding and that Elmer and Hillbilly Jim were going to be made fools of on
Piper’s Pit.
Finally, Okerlund interviewed Terry Funk and Jimmy Hart
about Funk’s debut against Junkyard Dog. Funk claimed he was going to house
train the Dog.
Match: Junkyard Dog vs. Terry Funk (with Jimmy Hart)
Dog dominated the match, even driving Funk from the ring and
going after Hart. Eventually Dog would be so distracted by Hart that Funk was
able to clock him with Hart’s dropped megaphone. After the match, Junkyard Dog
pulled Hart’s pants off and made his mark with Funk’s branding iron.
Winner: Terry Funk with a megaphone and pin.
This match was good. It had a strong start, but slowed after
Dog went for Hart the first time. It might have been better if Funk got the
megaphone the first time instead of letting Dog get distracted a second time. Hart
getting branded was amusing though. 3/5
It’s the Halloween episode so the show cuts to a pie eating
contest. Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth were dressed as Tarzan and Jane, Junkyard
Dog was a mummy, King Kong Bundy was Abe Lincoln, Tito Santana was Zorro, Hulk
Hogan was Hercules, Hillbilly Jim, Uncle Elmer, and Cousin Junior were the
Three Musketeers, Captain Lou Albano was Julius Caesar, Bobby Heenan was Davy
Crocket, and finally The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Voloff were… Batman and Robin.
Excuse me while I die a little inside. Captain Lou won.
Up next was Piper’s Pit. Piper continued to mock the wedding
on the previous Saturday Night’s Main Event. The segment is usually good, but
this one was completely forgettable.
Then there was the pumpkin dunk contest between Cousin
Junior and Bobby Heenan, who won.
Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan (with Lou Albano) vs. King
Kong Bundy and Big John Studd (with Bobby Heenan)
Hogan and Bundy started off, Hogan on the primary offensive
(is there any other way a match can start with Hogan?). However, Studd was able
to get the drop on Hogan for a few seconds, but it didn’t last. Once Andre was
in, he got tangled in the ropes, causing Bundy and Studd to go completely after
him. After the match, Hogan and Andre made the point that the two can’t ever
beat them fairly.
Winners: Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant by
Disqualification
This match was ok. It would have been better if either Studd
or Bundy had more offensive without Andre being tangled in the ropes. The All
Powerful Hogan should have been toned down a few notches here too. If Studd and
Bundy would have won, the match probably would have been good. 2/5
Between matches, they cut to Vince McMahon at Roddy Piper’s
rented American house, showing how he celebrates Halloween: bowling ball candy
apples, foil covered bricks and stealing the kids’ candy, which turned out well
for him when they were actually chocolate coated red peppers. This was pretty
funny in a very odd sort of way.
Then Gene interviewed Hulk Hogan (don’t they have OTHER
talent?), who said that those kids outsmarting Piper gave him faith in kids all
over the world. So… getting even with someone you don’t like is honorable? That
was pretty inconsistent with how Hogan usually is.
Match: Kung Fu match between Mr. Fuji (with Don Muraco) and Ricky
“the Dragon” Steamboat
Mr. Fuji tried to get some starting in chops, but they were
blocked by Steamboat who was able to get an early going. Fuji did get some good
strikes and dominated in the middle of the match. Once Steamboat executed a
suplex, he was able to get the edge back.
Winner: Ricky Steamboat with a dropkick and pin
This match was good and fun to watch. There’s nothing I can
really say about it. It wasn’t one of Steamboat’s best matches, but it wasn’t
bad. The suplex and dropkick that ended it were really good. 3/5
Match: Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) vs. Tito Santana
My information says that this match was on the card, but I
couldn’t find video for it. What I have says it ended in a double countout with
both of them fighting on the floor outside the ring. Since I can’t watch it, I
can’t really say anything about it.
The show closed with a pumpkin passing contest. The faces
won.
This show… was ok. I wasn’t able to find one of the matches,
but it probably wouldn’t have made it better. The Halloween sketches were
pretty fun, and the thing at Piper’s house was the best of them. If I had to
choose a favorite match, it’d be the Funk/Junkyard Dog Match. 2.67/5
That finished it for today! Coming up Friday: The Wrestling
Classic!
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