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Post by Rated R on Mar 22, 2012 15:03:12 GMT -5
WWE: An ‘Unofficial’ HistoryWhether it be WWE, WWF or even WWWF, World Wrestling Entertainment has been the leading company in professional wrestling. During it’s time there has been many official histories of the company, but never has any of these histories been as definitive as the one you are about to read. With this history we look to not only show you all the big events that happened on the screen, but also delve backstage and examine the actions and decisions that made the WWE such a colossal powerhouse. We will begin from what can be considered the true start of a new era in professional wrestling – WrestleMania I. OOC Notes - This is, obviously, a complete rewrite of WWE’s history. Some things may remain the same but many more will change. - This will be written in the form of a handbook while all pay per views will be written in full. - Updates won’t have a strict ‘time period’ such as monthly and will vary in length especially during the early portions of the diary.
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Post by Rated R on Mar 22, 2012 15:03:33 GMT -5
Current Entry Roster(As of October 1985)Andre The Giant Barry Windham Big John Studd Bob Orton Bret Hart Brutus Beefcake Chris Adams Corporal Kirschner Davey Boy Smith Don Muraco Dynamite Kid Fabulous Moolah George Steele Greg Valentine Hillbilly Jim – Inactive; Broken Leg; Out until October 1985 Hulk Hogan Iron Sheik Jim Neidhart Johnny Rodz Junkyard Dog King Kong Bundy Lanny Poffo Leilani Kai Matt Bourne Mike Rotunda Moondog Rex Moondog Spot Nikolai Volkoff Paul Orndorff Randy Savage Rene Goulet Ricky Steamboat Roddy Pipper Salvatore Bellomo S.D. Jones Tito Santana The Missing Link Tony Atlas Tony Garea Velvet McIntyre Wendi Richter Winona Littleheart ManagersMANAGER | CLIENTS | Bobby Heenan | Barry Windham, Big John Studd, Terry Funk | Captain Lou Albano | Mike Rotunda | Freddie Blassie | The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff | Jimmy Hart | Greg Valentine, King Kong Bundy & The Hart Foundation | Jesse Ventura | Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth | Jimmy Valiant | Brutus Beefcake | Mr. Fuji | Don Muraco & The Missing Link |
Tag TeamsIron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff The British Bulldogs – Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid The Hart Foundation - Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart
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Post by Rated R on Mar 22, 2012 15:03:48 GMT -5
Championship History(Beginning March 1985)WWF ChampionshipHOLDER | # | DATE WON | DATE LOST | NOTES | Hulk Hogan | 1 | January 23rd 1984 | Current | Fifth Longest Title Reign |
WWF Intercontinental ChampionshipHOLDER | # | DATE WON | DATE LOST | NOTES | Greg Valentine | 1 | September 24th 1984 | July 8th 1985 | Third Longest Title Reign | Ricky Steamboat | 1 | July 8th 1985 | Current | - |
WWF Tag Tean ChampionshipHOLDER | # | DATE WON | DATE LOST | NOTES | The U.S. Express | 1 | January 21st 1985 | May 11th 1985 | - | Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff | 1 | May 11th 1985 | Current | - |
WWF Women's ChampionshipHOLDER | # | DATE WON | DATE LOST | NOTES | Leilani Kai | 1 | February 18th 1985 | March 31st 1985 | Fourth Longest Title Reign | Wendi Richter | 2 | March 31st 1985 | Current | Record Number of Title Reigns Third Longest Title Reign |
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Post by Rated R on Mar 22, 2012 15:04:06 GMT -5
Schedule (As of April 1985)
TV Shows
WWF Prime Time Wrestling (Tuesdays) WWF Tuesday Night Titans (Tuesdays) WWF Championship Wrestling (Saturdays) WWF All American Wrestling (Sundays)
1985 Pay Per View Schedule
WWF WreslteMania I (March 31st 1985)
WWF Saturday Night's Main Event I (May 11th 1985; TV Special) WWF Saturday Night's Main Event II (October 5th 1985; TV Special) WWF Saturday Night's Main Event III (November 2nd 1985; TV Special) WWF The Wrestling Classic (November 7 1985)
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Post by Rated R on Mar 22, 2012 15:04:25 GMT -5
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Mar 22, 2012 15:12:44 GMT -5
I am very interested in seeing what changes you are gonna make in the history of WWE. This seems like it's going to be super long and I really hope you keep this up for a long time.
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Post by duan on Mar 22, 2012 15:44:56 GMT -5
holy moly this is going to take a lot of work. i hope you can do it because it would be interesting!
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Post by DTP. on Mar 22, 2012 16:42:11 GMT -5
Looking great.
But your roster says "As of April 1985" whilst your calendar says "As of March 1985".
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Post by Red Dragon on Mar 23, 2012 3:47:45 GMT -5
Good luck Rated R. Its a ballsy idea but with the tallent you got you can pull it off. As long as you keep this up I'm sure this will be great. Good luck.
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Post by Rated R on Mar 23, 2012 16:42:24 GMT -5
WrestleMania IMarch 31st 1985; Madison Square Garden- Prior to the official start of the show Gene Okerlund sang the national anthem. While the announce team managed to stay silent during the rendition after it finished Okerlund received some mocking from Jesse Ventura who was working commentary alongside the legendary Gorilla Monsoon. 1.) Tito Santana Defeated The Executioner. For those not aware, The Executioner was in fact Buddy Rose. Santana was working with a disadvantage in this one as The Executioner went after his leg which had been injured by Greg Valentine and had required surgery. Despite this Santana put on one hell of a performance as these two went back and forth. The Executioner capitalised on a few mistakes that Santana made but in the end this was Tito Santana’s night as he connected with the flying forearm smash and followed it up with the Figure Four Leglock for the submission victory. - Prior to the next match Lord Alfred Hayes got a few words with King Kong Bundy and his manager ‘the mouth of the south’ Jimmy Hart. Hart said that Bundy is a force like no other, that he is the ultimate big man in the WWF. Bundy says that whatever loser they’ve sent to face Bundy here tonight is going to wish they’d never even been born once his man King Kong Bundy is done with them. 2.) King Kong Bundy (w/ Jimmy Hart) Defeated S.D. Jones. Jimmy Hart was right, by the end of this Jones definitely regretted getting involved in this match. This one lasted about thirty seconds as Bundy tore him apart and finished him off with the Big Splash. Following the match Jimmy Hart went crazy, shouting that Bundy was the next big thing. - Prior to the WWF Tag Team Championship match the challengers Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff, accompanied by Freddie Blassie, made their way to the ring. Nikolai began singing the Soviet national anthem much to the distaste of the crowd before being unceremoniously cut off by the theme of the WWF Tag Team Champions Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda, the U.S. Express. The U.S. Express ran to the ring quickly to shut Nikolai up, this match starting with a bang. 3. WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH) The U.S. Express [c] (w/ Captain Lou Albano) Defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Freddie Blassie). The fan favourites were pretty clear in this one, the 20,000 fans inside of Madison Square Garden fully behind the tag team champions of Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda. And they didn’t let the fans down, taking the fight to Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff throughout. The challengers fought back just as hard and with Freddie Blassie in their corner had a definite advantage. We nearly saw new champions in this one as a distraction from Blassie let Volkoff hit an illegal low blow on Windham but Captain Lou Albano ran Blassie off and Rotunda hit Volkoff with the Airplane Spin to get the pinfall and retain the titles much to the delight of the crowd. - A pre-taped interview featuring Ricky Steamboat aired next, with Gene Okerlund getting some words about his upcoming match with Matt Borne. Steamboat said that he respected Matt Borne as a competitor but that tonight he intended to win. Steamboat called this the year of the Dragon, stating his intentions to become the WWF Intercontinental Champion by the end of the year. 4.) Ricky Steamboat Defeated Matt Borne. A good little back and forth match. Borne was incredibally underrated because he could actually put on a solid match, and when put in the ring with a star like Ricky Steamboat this one could have been a sleeper hit of the show. Both men went back and forth in the short amount of time that they had with the crowd firmly behind Steamboat. Steamboat backed up his claims of this being the year of The Dragon and connecting with a top rope flying crossbody to take the pinfall. - With the WWF Intercontinental Championship match up next we saw two pre-taped interviews held by Lord Alfred Hayes with challenger Junkyard Dog and Intercontinental Champion Greg Valentine. Both men essentially laid out why they deserve to be the Intercontinental Champion, with JYD exclaiming that he is going to show Valentine and Jimmy Hart exactly how a real man wins while Greg Valentine points out that he injured Tito Santana not so long ago, and that he’ll do the exact same thing to that freak Junkyard Dog. 5. WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH) Greg Valentine [c] (w/ Jimmy Hart) Defeated Junkyard Dog. With the Intercontinental Championship on the line in this one both men knew exactly how important a victory would be, especially here at the first ever WrestleMania. JYD started things out by swinging his chain around, a fact that seemed to rattle the usually collected Valentine. From there this one got rough as both men threw all of their strength into the fight. This one was all about who the stronger, tougher man was and it looked like it was going to be Junkyard Dog at one point as he hit the Thump only for the pinfall to be broken up by Jimmy Hart. Junkyard Dog ran Hart around the ring and when Jimmy rolled into the ring JYD followed straight into a massive headbutt by Valentine, followed by a pinfall using the ring ropes to give Valentine the cheap victory. - Following the match Greg Valentine continued beating down on Junkyard Dog, being joined by Jimmy Hart inside the ring. Suddenly Tito Santana hits the ring, having history with Greg Valentine after the Intercontinental Champion injured his leg months prior. Santana quickly cleared the ring, nailing Valentine with the flying forearm in the process. It was clear to all that problems between Greg Valentine and Tito Santana had not finished, they had only just begun. 6.) David Sammartino (w/ Bruno Sammartino) Defeated Brutus Beefcake (w/ Johnny Valiant). I don’t think anybody out there would call David Sammartino a great wrestler but the fact that his involvement brought the legendary Bruno Sammartino with him was enough to make this one interesting. Beefcake carried Sammartino through this one to a passable match but for most of it people just seemed to be waiting to see if Bruno would get involved. And he did. When David was thrown out of the ring Johnny Valiant attempted to get involved only for Bruno to make the interception, punching Valiant straight to the floor. Bruno continues beating on Valiant to Beefcake’s surprise and he was even more surprised when David rolled into the ring, ducked under a clothesline and rolled Brutus up for the pinfall. - We move to two pre-recorded interviews by Lord Alfred Hayes between Big John Studd, and his manager Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan, and Andre The Giant. Up next they’ll be facing off in a body slam challenge with Studd and Heenan putting up $15,000 dollars and Andre putting his career on the line. Heenan says that Andre likes to think of himself as the best big man in this business, but that here tonight Studd is going to prove that he is wrong, Studd is going to body slam Andre and end his career. Andre simply stated that tonight he slams Studd because he is bigger, and he is better. 7. BODY SLAM CHALLENGE; $15,000 vs. Andre’s Career) Andre The Giant Defeated Big John Studd (w/ Bobby Heenan). This one wasn’t a fast paced contest by any means, but I don’t really think anybody expected it to be what with the size of these two men. Andre was perhaps one of the most over faces in the WWF at this time second only to Hulk Hogan and the fans were clearly behind him which really put Studd over as a big time heel and having the always entertaining Heenan in his corner definitely helped. Studd and Andre went at it with a series of slow but hard hitting offence all intended to lead up to the body slam which would end this match if hit. Studd did look like he was about to slam Andre but just couldn’t summon up the strength, and Andre promptly slammed Studd afterwards to take the win, the money and most importantly to save his career. - Prior to the WWF Women’s Championship match international music superstar Cyndi Lauper performed “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” live. 8. WWF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH) Wendi Richter (w/ Cyndi Lauper) Defeated Leilani Kai [c] (w/ Fabulous Moolah). At this point in the WWF the women’s division didn’t exactly have a whole lot of depth. In fact, all of the women on the full time roster were involved in this match! Regardless Richter and Kai put on a decent entertaining match and it was a good way to settle people down ahead of the massive main event. Richter seemed to have things tied up a number of times only for Moolah to save Kai. That’s when Cyndi Lauper had enough and knocked Moolah straight onto her ass to the delight of the fans. Richter followed up by hitting Kai with the sitout DDT to take the pinfall and to become the new WWF Women’s Champion! - Prior to the main event we went straight back to the duelling interviews as Gorilla Monsoon spoke with the teams of Hulk Hogan and Mr. T and their opponents for tonight Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. Piper focused on mocking Mr. T, saying that Hogan couldn’t find any real friends backstage so he went and got a hack from Hollywood who doesn’t know the first thing about wrestling. Piper promises that tonight he teaches Mr. T who really is the baddest man in the WWF. Hogan and Mr. T speak about how Piper is so arrogant and cocky because he knows he doesn’t have any chance of beating them here tonight. Hogan says that by the end of the night Piper will be running scared, because Hulkimania is going to be running wild! - With the main event about to begin we are introduced to our special guest referee Pat Patterson and the special outside referee – boxing legend Muhammad Ali! 9.) Hulk Hogan & Mr. T (w/ Jimmy Snuka) Defeated Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff (w/ Bob Orton). This was the one everybody had been waiting for and with all of the combined celebrity that was either in the ring or at ringside it was easy to see why. Hogan and Piper squared off to begin with and proved exactly why they are the top two guys in the company right now by putting on a really entertaining brawl. It was a little while into the match before Mr. T was tagged in, he wasn’t a wrestler so you can’t really blame them. Mr. T entered the ring and squared off with Roddy Piper, quickly proving that he doesn’t need any help from Hogan as he’s as tough as they come. The match turned into a massive brawl on the outside towards the end with both Snuka and Orton getting involved. Orton laid out Snuka with the cast before being knocked out by a punch from outside enforcer Muhammad Ali! The match went back to the ring where Piper and Orndorff were soon overcome by the strength of the Hulkster. Piper was thrown out of the ring and blocked from getting back in by Mr. T (although he really didn’t seem that interested in getting back involved anyway) and had to watch as Hogan slammed Orndorff and hit the massive Legdrop to take the pinfall victory! Hulk Hogan and Mr. T were victorious in the main event of the very first WrestleMania, a show which would just set up the many more to come.
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Mar 24, 2012 13:48:57 GMT -5
Wrestlemania I was cool. Most of the matches had the same results as the actual show, but never expected huge changes. Great to see the US Express retained their titles, as I wanted Sheik and Wolkoff to feud longer with the US Express before winning the belts. In my opinion, I would have liked to see Junkyard Dog to win the Intercontinental Title, but hopefully he becomes IC Champion soon. The rest of the show was great, can't wait to see more.
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Post by Matt on Mar 25, 2012 0:11:29 GMT -5
So much potential here. Honestly, there is not too much to comment on at this point, but I am so eager to see you take this in a different direction. Best of luck!
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Post by Fury on Mar 25, 2012 4:46:44 GMT -5
There's so much you can do with this and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do moving forward with your own stuff and how different the wrestling world is for years to come. Wrestlemania was a good write-up as well, kind of wish you still had Andre throw the money into the crowd as that was my favourite moment from Wrestlemania I but it's really no big deal. Keep it up.
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Post by DTP. on Mar 28, 2012 12:57:19 GMT -5
WWF WrestleMania: Sunday 31st March 1985...Nice opening contest with Tito Santana beating the Executioner. I always forgot that Gene Okerlund sang the National Anthem this year. I hope you keep King Kong Bundy going a bit strong over the next few years, I was a fan. Additionally I always forget that Jimmy Hart managed Bundy. Squash win against Special Delivery Jones got Bundy over like hell for sure. Looking forward to where he goes next. The US Express retaining the WWF World Tag Team Championships? I'm not so much a fan of that. I just feel like tonight was destined for the heel heat of Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff securing the win and gaining the titles, rather than losing. But then again, the fans would have popped loud for Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda in the Garden. Ricky Steamboat focusing on the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship eh? I'd dig it. Steamboat and Greg Valentine would have some amazing matches, better than what their WrestleMania IV encounter was. Good, obvious win against Matt Borne following this. Junkyard Dog and Valentine's interviews were captured well, and I liked Valentine retaining the title against the JYD in a sneaky fashion. David Sammartino? Ugh, this guy. I suppose the win by the second generation superstar against Brutus Beefcake was for a better cause, I was just never in love with David. André the Giant beating Big John Stood in the Body Slam Challenge was great. I hope André's career develops over the years. Cyndi Lauper performing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"? Doubt that would have happened, and if it did, God save me. Wendi Richter beating Leilani Kai did its job, hopefully Richter doesn't get screwed out of the WWF World Womens Championship from this point on. And lastly, nice hype for the main event tag team match. Hulk Hogan and Mr T going over Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper was obvious, needed to happen. I still hope that Orndorff turns face soon, just to turn back heel on Hogan. It was a big storyline for its time. Overall, not a lot was changed from the show, I'm going to have to follow this diary to see what's to come next.
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Post by Rated R on Apr 1, 2012 20:23:58 GMT -5
April 1st 1985 – May 10th 1985Following their highly entertaining encounter at the inaugural WrestleMania nobody really expected things between Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper to settle down as the WWF headed towards the first ever episode of Saturday Night’s Main Event. During an edition of Piper’s Pit Roddy Piper invited Hulk Hogan onto the show, claiming to want to ‘make peace’ with the WWF Champion. Hogan, being the respectable champion that he was accepted the invitation, although he brought backup in the form of his WrestleMania partner Mr. T. Theceleb’s appearance cause things to get heated as Piper continually mocked him until Mr. T swung at him, promptly causing Bob Orton and Paul Orndorff to appear and jump both Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, leaving them down and out. In the following weeks the tables turned as Hulk Hogan requested a match with Roddy Piper, wanting to shut the loud mouth Scot up once and for all. Piper decided that messing with Hogan was more fun than getting the title shot and continually ducked away whenever Hulk Hogan appeared. Following a successful championship defence against Paul Orndorff Hulk Hogan was again attacked by Roddy Piper and Bob Orton. Piper said that Hogan could have his match, but announced that it would be with his bodyguard Bob Orton at the first ever Saturday Night’s Main Event! Throughout the period Mr. T would make rare appearances during taped segments to continue his association with the WWF despite numerous reports that he did not get along with Roddy Piper backstage. In fact Mr. T rubbed a number of wrestlers the wrong way with his superior attitude, and was only kept around due to the attention he brought to the company and his friendship with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan. < *** > Andre The Giant found himself unable to rid himself of the meddling of Bobby Heenan and fellow big man Big John Studd, despite having bested Studd at WrestleMania in the body slam challenge. Andre and Studd fought a number of times on live events, often coming to an inconclusive result due to interference by Bobby Heenan. Their feud was supposed to come to a head during the Madison Square Garden show on April 22nd only for Studd to brutally attack Andre prior to the match, injuring the Giant and taking him out of action indefinitely. In the following weeks Bobby Heenan would use this fact as a way to propel Big John Studd to new levels of stardom, quickly becoming one of the most talked about heels in the World Wrestling Federation. Prior to Saturday Night’s Main Event it was announced that Big John Studd and Bobby Heenan would be guests on a special edition of Piper’s Pit. < *** > Intercontinental Champion Greg Valentine may have successfully defended the championship against Junkyard Dog but he found himself with not one, but two high profile challengers heading into Saturday Night’s Main Event. Firstly Tito Santana made his big return from an injury inflicted by Greg Valentine at WrestleMania and in the following weeks made it very clear that he wanted his shot at Valentine. Alongside Santana Ricky Steamboat also made his claim to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship, meaning Greg Valentine had tough challenges coming from both sides. Which is exactly why he brought in fellow Jimmy Hart client King Kong Bundy to watch his back. Valentine and Bundy proved to be a tough duo to topple as they proved when they dismantled Junkyard Dog who was only saved from injury by the combined efforts of Ricky Steamboat and Tito Santana. These opposite forces were booked to collide at Saturday Night’s Main Event in six man tag action with Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat and Junkyard Dog facing off against Greg Valentine, King Kong Bundy and Matt Bourne. < *** > WWF Tag Team Champions The U.S. Express found that simply beating the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff simply wasn’t enough as the Freddie Blassie managed foreigners continued coming after them in the weeks following WrestleMania. On the April 22nd Madison Square Garden show The U.S. Express teamed up with Tony Atlas to successfully overcome Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff and George Steel. Following the match Sheik and Volkoff attacked Steel, bringing U.S. Express back to the ring to fight off the foreigners, cementing Steel as a face. However that did not stop Sheik and Volkoff as they began to use even more villainous methods at the urging of their manager, the increasingly maniacal Freddie Blassie. Following an attack by Sheik & Volkoff on the champions’ manager Captain Lou Albano The U.S. Express accepted their challenge to a televised rematch at Saturday Night’s Main Event. < *** > In Other Events...Brutus Beefcake’s feud with David Sammartino continued with Brutus becoming almost obsessed with getting David’s father, the legendary Bruno Sammartino, into the ring with him. Obviously retired Bruno wanted nothing to do with it but did get involved numerous times to stop Beefcake’s assaults on David Sammartino. Things would come to a head on the April 22nd Madison Square Garden show as Bruno returned to the ring, teaming with David Sammartino to defeat Brutus Beefcake and his manager Johnny Valiant. Having become a two time Women’s Champion at WrestleMania Wendi Richter found herself defending the belt against all comers, but there was none more persistent than the Fabulous Moolah, who argued that you couldn’t be a true Women’s Champion until you had defeated the very best female wrestler in history – herself. Richter had no problem in getting Moolah to back up her big claims, agreeing to defend her recently won Women’s Championship at the first ever episode of Saturday Night’s Main Event. After losing his former client George Steel following his face turn Mr. Fuji went out looking for a brand new star to manage and came back with a very formidable one – former two time Intercontinental Champion Don ‘The Magnificent’ Muraco. With Fuji in his corner Muraco went on a noticeable winning streak, including toppling top stars such as Tony Atlas and Jimmy Snuka. < *** > WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event I CardMay 11th 1985; Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, New York)WWF Championship MatchHulk Hogan [c] vs. Bob Orton WWF Tag Team Championship MatchThe U.S. Express [c] vs. Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat & Junkyard Dog vs. Greg Valentine, King Kong Bundy & Matt Borne WWF Women’s Championship MatchWendi Richter [c] vs. Fabulous Moolah Plus...Piper’s Pit with special guests Big John Studd and Bobby Heenan
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Post by Fury on Apr 2, 2012 19:51:14 GMT -5
I like the way this is written out, good length as well for each segment. I like drawing out the Hogan/Piper feud even though they'd met one on one at this point it'll be big when Hogan can finally get his hands on Piper and pin him. I think Andre and Studd should've delved off into separate feuds following Mania, I think someone else should've taken out Andre as I don't know what's left for Studd in the downtime. Hopefully the Valentine/Santana rivalry ends shortly and he can move onto the feud with Steamboat, the Valentine/Santana stuff had kind of worn out its welcome by this point, not sure how I feel about Bundy as Valentine's body guard, but I'll wait and see though I feel like Bundy is someone who should just be squashing people on his own. I do like Brutus potentially feuding with Bruno, Brutus is someone who I'd like to see you give a solid heel push to and maybe even a mini feud with Hogan down the line would be fun. I feel like Muraco and Fuji were already together prior to this point, but don't quote me on that. Anyway I like them together and the fact that you seem to be giving Muraco a mini push I did like his feud with Hogan at this time.
Overall I thought it was written & presented well but was a bit of a mixed bag in terms of booking, some things I liked, some things I didn't. But it's definitely off to a positive start and I look forward to more.
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Post by Rated R on Apr 5, 2012 13:24:43 GMT -5
WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event I May 11th 1985; Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, New York)The inaugural edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event kicked off with a special video opening package to the theme “Obsession” by Animotion. At the time, this was popular music. Immediately following the opening video we moved to some pre-recorded comments from the WWF Champion Hulk Hogan alongside his corner man for tonight, Mr. T. Hogan talked about how Roddy Piper wants to put his bodyguard into the ring instead of being a man and facing him himself then that’s fine, because soon enough Piper is going to feel what happens when the ‘Hulkimaniacs’ run wild. Mr. T speaks up, calling Piper a coward and saying that if he gets his hands on him then he’ll knock him out. Hogan says that tonight, Saturday night’s get wild! The show next moved to our announce team of Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura, who ran through tonight’s packed card for the first ever edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event on NBC. Prior to the opening contest, the WWF Tag Team Championship match, Gene Okerlund got a few words with the WWF Tag Team Champions The U.S. Express, accompanied by George Steel, on a special stage to the side of the ramp. Windham and Rotuna, both of whom were fairly good on the microphone, spoke about how they retained the titles at WrestleMania for the people of the United States and that they’re going to do the exact same thing here tonight, but they’re also going to be fighting for their manager Captain Lou Albano, who Iron Sheik and Volkoff injured three weeks ago. They were cut off by the sound of the Soviet National Anthem which was being sung in the ring by Nikolai Volkoff, the challengers having made their way to the ring during the interview. Hearing enough of Volkoff’s terrible singing the U.S. Express stormed the ring to get the match started. 1. WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH) Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff w/ Freddie Blassie Defeated The U.S. Express [c] w/ George Steel. This was pretty similar to their WrestleMania encounter complete with identical ‘run in to interrupt the anthem’ opening. The U.S. Express seemed a little out of sorts with Captain Lou Albano in their corner but George Steel was a decent replacement, proving useful in countering the constant interference of Freddie Blassie. The two teams went back and forth throughout and it looked like the backing of the fans was going to lead to a successful title defence but it was not to be when outside of the ring Nikolai attacked George Steel. Barry Windham went to make the save but that left Mike Rotunda to fall victim to the Camel Clutch in the ring, giving Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff the victory and the titles. We next moved on to a very special Saturday Night’s Main Event edition of Piper’s Pit with host Roddy Piper. Well he usually has Bob Orton Jr. in his corner tonight he was joined by Paul Orndorff with Piper explaining that Orton was too busy preparing to defeat Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship later on in the show. Piper spent a few moments mocking Hogan before introducing his guests for tonight, the man who took out Andre the Giant – Big John Studd along with his manager Bobby Heenan. Heenan did the majority of the talking as he and Piper had a good laugh at Andre The Giant’s expense. Heenan called Studd the strongest man in the WWF, a claim that Orndorff took some offense to as he squared up to Studd. Piper didn’t attempt to calm things down, instead making jokes and trying to spur both men into a fight. Before the two strongmen could come to blows they were interrupted by the arrival of a very familiar face – a returning Andre the Giant! Andre approached the ring, with Piper and Orndorff bailing, while Studd stood tall, not wanting to back down. Heenan screamed at Andre to enter the ring but when he did so Heenan quickly exited, leaving Studd and Andre to exchange blows. Studd seemed to have the upper hand before Andre delivered a Big Boot and clotheslined Studd right over the top rope. Studd and Heenan backed up the ramp while Andre watched. Things were far from finished between these two. 2.) Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat & Junkyard Dog Defeated Greg Valentine, King Kong Bundy & Matt Borne w/ Jimmy Hart. The big backstory to this one was that all three of the faces have been gunning for Greg Valentine’s Intercontinental Championship, so the idea that getting the pin here would gain one of them a title match was definitely in play. Valentine had the big equalizer in the form of King Kong Bundy who was simply dominant at this point in time, running through everybody who got into the ring with him. Matt Borune, well, he just seemed like the sixth man used to fill out the final spot. He got in a little bit of offence but he was mostly a punching bag to give Valentine and Bundy some time to breath. The ending stretch saw the faces taking control. Noting this Valentine and Bundy left Matt Borne in the ring to the mercy of all three faces finishing manoeuvres, Steamboat hitting the flying crossbody to get the pinfall. We then moved to a pre-taped segment where Music sensation Cyndi Lauper was hosting a special Mother’s Day Party for the WWF stars. A number of big stars were there including Hulk Hogan with his mother and Junkyard Dog with good old Bertha Dog. As the party is in full swing Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff enter and complain about how their mothers invites came too late. They were swiftly ejected by the U.S. Express following the events of earlier tonight. Freddie Blassie remained however along with a young woman who he claimed was his mother. Soon enough The Fabulous Moolah came in and told Lauper that she was banned from ringside for the upcoming Women’s Championship match. Moolah got into an argument with Lauper’s mother that resulted in Moolah being pushed to the ground. We were then treated to the music video of Lauper’s new single, ‘The Goonies R Good Enough’ from the movie The Goonies and featuring several WWF stars. 3. WWF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH) Wendi Richter [c] Defeated The Fabulous Moolah. The problems between Richter and The Fabulous Moolah had been going on for quite a while now and with Richter having won her second Women’s Championship at WrestleMania from the Moolah managed Leilani Kai this was an opportunity for Moolah to finally get the title off of the young star. Despite her age Moolah could still keep things entertaining in the ring and there is little argument why she is considered one of the all time greats. These two kept things fairly slow before Richter countered a body slam, Richter rolling Moolah up for the controversial victory to retain the title. - Prior to the main event we got interviews by Gene Okerlund with WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, with Mr. T, and the challenger Bob Orton Jr. and his running buddy Roddy Piper. Piper does most of the talking for Orton, saying that Hulk Hogan runs around like he runs the world, but that they’re going to show him exactly what it’s like to fight a better man. Piper claims Hogan’s a coward and that if he wants to fight him, all he has to do is ask. On the other hand Hogan and Mr. T call Piper the coward, saying that he can’t keep running forever because sooner or later Hogan is going to get his hands on him. Hogan asks Piper what he’s going to do when all the Hulkimaniacs run wild over him! 4. WWF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH) Hulk Hogan [c] w/ Mr. T Defeated Bob Orton Jr. w/ Roddy Piper. This was mainly used to continue the ongoing feud between Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper as the two lead into an inevitable one on one sometime down the road. The match kicked off with Piper distracting Hogan, allowing Orton to launch a cheap opening attack on the WWF Champion that gave him control during the first quarter of the match. From there it was the traditional back and forth power game as both men tried wearing down the other. Hogan was undoubtedly the stronger of the two here but Orton had the unfair advantage in having the evil genius that is Roddy Piper in his corner. Piper saved Orton from losing a number of times, continually dodging Mr. T in the process, but sooner or later he got caught out, Mr. T blasting him with a right hand that floored Piper. This distraction lead Orton walking right into a big boot from Hogan, followed by a massive powerslam and then finally the Legdrop to finish Orton off and give Hogan the victory. Hogan celebrated the victory with Mr. T as Piper scowled from the outside to end the debut episode of Saturday Night’s Main Event.
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Post by DTP. on Apr 6, 2012 6:42:37 GMT -5
WWF Saturday Night's Main Event: Saturday 11th May 1985...Nice, I always found how Saturday Night's Main Event shows were booked interesting. Good way to open up with some hype up interviews with the U.S. Express, although it is strange that George Steele is managing them here. Usually though, I believe the main event would go on last and the undercard would proceed afterwards. So realistically the WWF World Tag Team Championships match should have gone on last. But that's just me I guess. There was a title change, so that's all that matters really. Liked the cheap win by Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, I could really get behind them as champions. Did like the Piper's Pit segment to help promote the feud with the Heenan Family and André the Giant, very nice way to follow that feud with a giants brawl. I was a big fan of Big John Studd. Up next, a filling but satisfactory six man tag team win for Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat and Junkyard Dog against Greg Valentine, King Kong Bundy and Matt Bourne, nice exchange but good to see the good guys get an old-school win. Cyndi Lauper's segment was good, just used to promote the Rock 'n' Wrestling Era of the World Wrestling Federation. Was surprised to see Wendi Richter retain the WWF World Womens Championship, but good call against the Fabulous Moolah. Back here two title changes on one show would have been considered overkill. Once again I liked the hype-up interviews between Hulk Hogan and Mr T & Orton Jr and Roddy Piper, nearly identical situation to WrestleMania last month. Obvious that Hulk wasn't going to lose the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, but where does Paul Orndorff fit with Piper and Orton Jr at this point? A good show, maybe a little backwards to the original format, but nevermind, was a good read.
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Post by Rated R on Apr 9, 2012 12:49:14 GMT -5
May 12th – July 15thFollowing Hulk Hogan’s victory over Bob Orton Jr. at Saturday Night’s Main Event the problems between the WWF Champion and Roddy Piper would continue. Piper and Bob Orton would end up attacking Mr. T in the middle of the street, injuring him and taking him out of Hogan’s corner (in truth it was a way for Mr. T to be written off of WWF TV as his attitude in the locker room nearly led to a mutiny amongst the roster). Hogan would find a new ally in the form of Jimmy Snuka, who had previously been in his corner at WrestleMania I. Hogan and Snuka would come out on top against Piper and Orton in tag team action at Madison Square Garden. Piper would then turn once again to Paul Orndorff in the hopes that the added firepower would be enough to take out Hogan. Things had been tense between Orndorff and his manager Bobby Heenan, with Heenan wanting more success than Orndorff had managed thus far, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity for him to prove his worth. Orndorff would successfully come out on top in a match with Jimmy Snuka and challenged Hogan for the WWF Championship at a number of live events. However Orndorff never managed to successfully take the title off of Hogan despite the added assistance from Roddy Piper, Bob Orton Jr. and Bobby Heenan. Following another loss to Hogan Paul Orndorff, alongside manager Bobby Heenan, appeared on an edition of Piper’s Pit. Roddy Piper claimed than Orndorff was washed up and that he may as well quit. The war or words turned physical as Piper slapped Orndorff and Orton attacked him from behind. Shockingly it would be WWF Champion Hulk Hogan who would come to Orndorff’s aid, cementing Mr. Wonderful’s face turn. From here Roddy Piper would move away from the WWF Championship scene and into a feud with Paul Orndorff. However those left the challengers spot wide open. Enter Don Muraco, who had been on a vicious winning streak against some of WWF’s top stars. With Mr. Fuji at his side Muraco launched an attack on Hogan that would leave him out of action for several weeks. It seemed like Hulkimania may have finally met it’s match. < *** > Andre The Giant’s return at Saturday Night’s Main Event meant problems for Big John Studd and Bobby Heenan, the men responsible for injuring him. Despite Studd’s insistence that he could once again take care of Andre the two never seemed to come face to face thanks to the machinations of Heenan. First Bobby Heenan enlisted the assistance of the debuting Terry Funk to go after Andre and hopefully take him out long before Andre got his hands on Big John Studd. Funk’s violent hardcore style caused problems for Andre who was slowly worn down by Terry Funk but refused to quit, continually coming after Heenan and Studd week after week. This resulted in a showdown at Madison Square Garden between Andre The Giant and the Bobby Heenan managed Terry Funk. Despite the massive size different Funk’s psychotic nature and never say quit attitude made him more than a match for the gigantic Andre. Despite attempted interference by Big John Studd Andre slammed Funk and pinned him, sending a very real warning to Studd that he was still coming for him. < *** > Greg Valentine’s mission to keep hold of the WWF Intercontinental Championship became even harder in the months following Saturday Night’s Main Event. When he badmouthed King Kong Bundy, blaming him for not keeping his challengers at bay, Bundy told Valentine to get lost with an Avalanche Splash, causing more than a little bit of tension amongst Jimmy Hart’s stable of wrestlers and letting both Tito Santana and Ricky Steamboat get a run at the champion. Tito Santana, who was attempting to get revenge on Valentine for injuring him early in the year, got the first one on one challenge but was unsuccessful thanks to the intervention of Jimmy Hart. Having retained his title against Tito Santana Greg Valentine confidently, and arrogantly, accepted the challenge of Ricky Steamboat to put the title on the line early in July. Valentine attempted to injury Steamboat prior to their meeting but was stopped by the intervention of Tito Santana. During the match itself Jimmy Hart convinced King Kong Bundy to make his presence known. Bundy’s interference nearly led Valentine to a successful defence but Junkyard Dog made the save. This lead to Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat hitting his signature diving crossbody and pinning Valentine to become the new Intercontinental Champion! < *** > In Other Events...At the beginning of June Jesse Ventura exited the announce booth and announced that he had found the greatest professional wrestler in history, a guaranteed future WWF Champion. For a number of weeks he hyped up this ‘hot prospect’ before eventually introducing him in Madison Square Garden. The man in question? Randy Savage. Accompanied by Jesse Ventura and Savage’s high class girlfriend Miss Elizabeth Savage made a big debut, defeating Tony Atlas. Savage would go on to impress with victories over Tito Santana and former WWF Tag Team Champions Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda definitely proving Ventura’s claims true. With Don Muraco running riot over the WWF Mr. Fuji introduced another new addition to his list of clients when he brought in the highly mysterious, highly volatile Missing Link. With little known about his past The Missing Link proved uncontrollable by anyone other than Mr. Fuji, who led Link in an early attack on Tito Santana in order to ‘prove his might’. Santana and Link would feud throughout the forthcoming month with The Missing Link coming out on top more often than not. New WWF Tag Team Champions Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff weren’t quite finished with the U.S. Express as former champions Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda went back after the men who had cheated to take the titles. When the two teams met once again inside the ring it was the Tag Team Champions who came out on top once again. However with the U.S. Express behind them for the time being it was another international affair that lead the tag team division as the British Bulldogs stepped up, defeating The Hart Foundation and the U.S. Express to determine their spot as the number one contenders. This period also saw Wendi Richter continue to feud with The Fabulous Moolah, the debut of the highly patriotic Corporal Kirschner and the return of former WWF Tag Team Champion Dino Bravo, who had a short feud coming out on top against Tony Atlas. We also saw the departure of both David and Bruno Sammartino as it became apparent that the WWF had only been keeping David around in order to keep Bruno Sammartino on TV.
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Post by Fury on Apr 15, 2012 21:32:13 GMT -5
I liked Sheik & Volkoff winning the titles though it seems it is a month too late if you were going to go through with it. Nice Pipers Pit segment, well written and I enjoyed the brawl between the two big men. Steamboat getting the pinfall was good, liked Valentine and Bundy bailing on Borne. Mothers Day segment was a lot of fun to read. Nice victory for Richter, there wasn't a whole lot for Women's wrestling back then but Richter really was the face of the division. Hogan/Orton was a fun main event, Hogan going over is the right call obviously and I'm looking forward to more of the Hogan/Piper feud, good SNME.
May 12 - July 16 Liked The Mr Wonderful face turn and how you wrote up the build towards it, Piper/Orndorff feud should be fun with Orton and Hogan involved. As I said I really liked the series of matches with Hogan and Muraco so glad you went down that path. Terry Funk is definitely an interesting choice for a Heenan managed guy, I like it though and the Andre stuff sounded good. Liked that Steamboat went over for the Intercontinental Title and look forward to what you have in store for him. Savage in the WWF should be a lot of fun, hopefully a push to the moon for him. Missing Link is an alright addition, could be intriguing to see what you do with him. Bulldogs/Sheik/Volkoff could be a fun feud, hopefully you don't have the Bulldogs win the titles right out of the gate as I'd like to see more from Sheik/Volkoff.
Overall really enjoyed these last two updates, keep it up.
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