WWF '88: 4/4/88 PrimeTime Wrestling!

. Should be awesome if you stick with it. I've really grown accustomed to Butch Reed lately so I'd like to somewhat of a push for him.

Make it stick, I'd find a better WrestleMania IV graphic too, looking good though. I still wish you would have included house shows on the schedule as well though.

WWF Wrestling Challenge: Saturday 2nd April 1988...God this layout is hard on my eyes. And I thought your normal results were hard to read properly. Size two it, and I'm not speaking it for my own preference. Like the amount of highlights shown from the previous weekend's WrestleMania IV extravaganza, looking forward to how Jim Duggan tries to take down André the Giant. Harley Race with a win was good, keep him pushed. The British Bulldogs as well. I'm surprised we haven't seen any insert promos during matches, something to look into in the future. Intrigued to see whether a match between One Man Gang and Bam Bam Bigelow is booked again. Brutus Beefcake was fine, his business with the Honky Tonk Man is surely not over yet. Don Muraco being put over by Superstar Billy Graham was nice to see. Ron Bass was so bad. Good win I guess, ah, liked Junkyard Dog getting involved. What did the JYD even do at WrestleMania? I assume he was in the battle royal. Looking forward to Jake Roberts facing Harley Race, but an extended feud with Rick Rude would have worked better for me, they had a classic last weekend in my eyes. Oh God, Ken Patera's still around? Hah. Overall, not too bad a starter show. Keep these shows coming, as soon as possible.

Keep Savage Champ as long as possible! Also, the results are hard to read like DTP said. I'll be reading.

First off you've really done a good job researching the era and it has paid off with how it has come out. Liking what you're doing with the Duggan/Andre feud and glad you are probably going to give them a feature bout at an SNME, the segment on Superstars was well written. Bad News Brown could be a fun opponent for Savage at an SNME event though you seemed to stop in mid sentence "no one in the locker room is," No one in the locker is WHAT Hammers? Anyway Roberts/Race should be a fun little feud as well, like that you went down the Muraco/Graham road and Demolition/Bulldogs road as well. The Junkyard Dog/Ron Bass segment was also well done.

Overall good stuff, yeah the format could probably use some work. It seems like you're sticking close to what the WWF did in a couple of cases whilst interjecting your own stuff and you've managed to pull it off well. Keep it up.

WWF Primetime Wrestling gets under way with Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan welcoming everybody to the show. They shortly talk about what took place with Andre the Giant, and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan from Superstars of Wrestling before mentioning that they will reshow it on this very programme later on. They also make mention that a few of the stars competing today in matches will be The Hart Foundation, One Man Gang, and our opening contest, that will feature Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat taking on Steve Lombardi.
The cameras switch over to the Wrestling Report with Gene Okerlund who talks about the upcoming Saturday Night's Main Event taking place on April 30th on the NBC Network. Gene talks about the two already announced matches in Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs "The King" Harley Race, as well as Demolition putting the WWF Tag Team Championships on the line against The British Bulldogs. Gene then talks about "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan challenging Andre the Giant to a match at the event but getting no official answer, until now where the camera switches to a pre-taped interview with Bobby Heenan who has Andre standing behind him. Heenan seems angrier than usual as he calls Duggan a criminal for using his 2x4 against Andre, trying to give him brain damage. Heenan says that Andre will turn down no challenge because he is afraid of no man, not even a big oath with an even bigger plank of wood. The match at Saturday Night's Main Event is on! At this point, Andre yells and makes the motion that he's going to strangle Duggan.
A segment takes place where "Outlaw" Ron Bass is being interviewed about his actions on Wresting Challenge towards Junkyard Dog. Bass says that ever since the incident has happened, he's received threats for being a racist but that isn't the case at all. He did what he did to Junkyard Dog simply because he could and it was fun. Bass says he'll continue to attack Junkyard Dog because it's really, really fun.
A graphic appears on the screen reminding everyone to watch this weeks Superstars of Wrestling where Rick Rude will be in action as well as start "The Rude Awakening" tour where he invites attractive females from the crowd to join him in the ring. Following this a segment takes place with Ted DiBiase who has his man Virgil beside him. DiBiase says that he should be the WWF Champion right now, but Hulk Hogan decided to get involved in matters that doesn't concern him. DiBiase says that he will be WWF Champion soon enough, because sooner or later, everyone has a price for the Million Dollar Man!
A pre-taped interview is shown showing WWF Champion, Randy Savage standing beside Hulk Hogan and the lovely Miss Elizabeth. Savage says that he has heard several of the roster proclaiming that they coming for the WWF Championship but the man that has got his attention is Bad News Brown. Brown thinks he is big and mighty after winning the battle royal at Wrestlemania and feels he is worthy enough to challenge for the WWF Challenge. Savage excepts Bad News Brown's challenge and says that at Saturday Night's Main Event, Macho Madness is coming at ya! Hulk Hogan gets a bit of mic time by saying What ya gonna do, Bad News Brown with the Macho Man Randy Savage comes for you!
The aftermath of the Andre the Giant match from Superstars of Wrestling is shown, showing "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan run down to the ring with his 2x4 in hand and challenging Andre to a match at Saturday Night's Main Event. As you know, the scene takes a left turn as Andre attacks Duggan and attempts to choke the life out of him. Andre attempts to then headbutt Duggan only for "Hacksaw" to lift his 2x4 in the way causing Andre to headbutt the plank of wood. Andre would fall down to the canvas out cold and eventually come around where he'd attack WWF Officials before being calmed down by Bobby Heenan.
The camera pans back to the studio where Heenan and Monsoon get ready to end the show, they talk about Saturday Night's Main Event which is shaping up to be an unmissable show, and remember to stay tuned all week for all World Wrestling Federation shows for all your updates.

Must have missed this. Didn't expect a classic diary from the Indy mod. I'm not a huge classic fan but I'm going to follow this. Everything looks clean and crisp. The only thing I worry about is how long you'll keep this up. Don't know really what to say about the booking. Roberts/Young main eventing seems odd to me but I guess thats what happened at the time. Prime Time seems very squash heavy but again I guess thats what its like. Lombadi jobbing on any show is brilliant esp if its to the legend Steamboat. The Superstars of Wrestling layout did look dodgy, hopefully you space it out a bit better. Overall, this looks good. Looking forward to how you book this in the long run. Good luck and keep this up.