WWF Prime Time Wrestling 1/27/86 1st match Mr. Fuji vs SD Jones(hey we got nowhere to go but up after this........ I hope!!! This match had the gall to go thru a commercial break(why God Why) If I had to sum up this bout in two words(Lord I wish it were that easy), those two words would be Trapezius hold! Three damn times in 14 damn minutes! SD hit him with three headbutts sprung of the ropes to hit another, got caught with a belly-to-belly suplex and Fuji wins! This was mind-numbing tedious boring and dumb and those were the positives!
Match #2 Johnny Rodz vs "Iron" Mike Sharpe Joined in Progress (this match between two solid undervalued workers joined in progress, but I had to sit through 11 minutes of that awfulness in the 1st match that I can't get back, my brain hurts (all credit to Mr RJ Gumby for the last complaint!) Simple match but done well! Rodz was very over with this MSG crowd(good to see a crowd acknowledge a guy who busted his ass in front of them for years give him his due.) At one point Rodz does a beautiful kick to Sharp coming from the apron over the tope rope, catapulting into the ring in one fluid motion. Finish saw Rodz get pushed off a head lock, hit a shoulder tackle, Sharpe drops down Rodz jumps over hits the ropes. Sharpe meanwhile gets up in a flash adjusts his black forearm band(horrible hockey injury very slow healer like 15 years or more) and nails Rodz across the throat with a clothesline for the victory! Another one in the win column for "Canada's greatest athlete" (Gretzky who?)
Match #3 "Now it's game time here on Prime time Wrestling" "It's random tag team match for no good reason time" "This week's participants are Danny Spivey and Lanny Poffo vs AJ Petruzzi and Moondog Spot!" A glorified squash for Spivey and Poffo Won with a Spivey bulldog on Petruzzi.
Match #4 Ron Shaw vs King Tonga Mid-card heaven continues with this barnburner( my guess the rating for this show to this point -2.5 that means 2 people and a child who didn't own televisions at the time we're told about the show and said if they had TV's they would not have watched it!) Tonga won with a thrust kick in case you were wondering.
Match #5 is the weekly "Flashback" Match segment. I don't know how this qualifies as a flashback when it could have taken place no earlier than 4/1/85. As Sheik and Volkoff face the team they beat for the belts Barry Windham and Mike Rontunda in a championship rematch, from WrestleMania 1 which took place on 3/31 of 1985. This rematch took place at the famed Boston Garden. Sheik and Volkoff had atomic heat that looks honestly scary at times! Match begins with many heel miscues like Sheik using is "loaded" boot to kick Volkoff in the throat, after Windham moved. Or Volkoff setting Windham on the ropes to counter a headlock and then turning to showboat to the crowd. Only to have Barry hit a flying body press when he turns back around! Well timed good spots. The heels got the heat on Windham by a knee to the back by the Sheik as Windham hit the ropes. Barry got suplexed and put in an abdominal stretch(the logic of putting that tall of an opponent in that hold escapes me, but a small gripe at best.) Rotunda has to come in and make the save as Sheik applies the dreaded Camel Clutch. Barry hits a suplex of his own and makes the "hot" tag. Finish was very simple Ref is trying to get Windham back in his corner. Meanwhile Rotunda has sheik in a small package. Volkoff runs in reverses the maneuver puts Sheik on top. Ref turns sees it just in time to count Rotunda's shoulders to the mat for 3! The heels triumph!
Main event WWF championship title bout As Hogan defends against his childhood buddy Brutus Beefcake! Good match by Hogan standards. Comedy early with Hogan mocking Beefcake's strut. Beefcake got the advantage by following Hogan into the corner with a clothesline. Brutus sent Hulk into the ringpost on the outside a little later. Hogan took a powerslam for a near fall. The finish was not your standard legdrop finish, this one had a wrinkle thrown in. Hogan hit the big boot and legdrop combo. As he was going for the Pin, Johnny V(Beefcake's manager) jumped up on the apron. Hogan grabs him, while this is happening Brutus gets up runs to the ropes and goes to hit the champ with his high knee(Beefcake's finisher) Hogan moves Brutus hit Johnny V who falls to the floor. Hogan scoops Beefcake with a "schoolboy" rollup for the pin! That show felt like it took days!
Match #3 "Now it's game time here on Prime time Wrestling" "It's random tag team match for no good reason time" "This week's participants are Danny Spivey and Lanny Poffo vs AJ Petruzzi and Moondog Spot!" A glorified squash for Spivey and Poffo Won with a Spivey bulldog on Petruzzi.
Match #4 Ron Shaw vs King Tonga Mid-card heaven continues with this barnburner( my guess the rating for this show to this point -2.5 that means 2 people and a child who didn't own televisions at the time we're told about the show and said if they had TV's they would not have watched it!) Tonga won with a thrust kick in case you were wondering.
Match #5 is the weekly "Flashback" Match segment. I don't know how this qualifies as a flashback when it could have taken place no earlier than 4/1/85. As Sheik and Volkoff face the team they beat for the belts Barry Windham and Mike Rontunda in a championship rematch, from WrestleMania 1 which took place on 3/31 of 1985. This rematch took place at the famed Boston Garden. Sheik and Volkoff had atomic heat that looks honestly scary at times! Match begins with many heel miscues like Sheik using is "loaded" boot to kick Volkoff in the throat, after Windham moved. Or Volkoff setting Windham on the ropes to counter a headlock and then turning to showboat to the crowd. Only to have Barry hit a flying body press when he turns back around! Well timed good spots. The heels got the heat on Windham by a knee to the back by the Sheik as Windham hit the ropes. Barry got suplexed and put in an abdominal stretch(the logic of putting that tall of an opponent in that hold escapes me, but a small gripe at best.) Rotunda has to come in and make the save as Sheik applies the dreaded Camel Clutch. Barry hits a suplex of his own and makes the "hot" tag. Finish was very simple Ref is trying to get Windham back in his corner. Meanwhile Rotunda has sheik in a small package. Volkoff runs in reverses the maneuver puts Sheik on top. Ref turns sees it just in time to count Rotunda's shoulders to the mat for 3! The heels triumph!
Main event WWF championship title bout As Hogan defends against his childhood buddy Brutus Beefcake! Good match by Hogan standards. Comedy early with Hogan mocking Beefcake's strut. Beefcake got the advantage by following Hogan into the corner with a clothesline. Brutus sent Hulk into the ringpost on the outside a little later. Hogan took a powerslam for a near fall. The finish was not your standard legdrop finish, this one had a wrinkle thrown in. Hogan hit the big boot and legdrop combo. As he was going for the Pin, Johnny V(Beefcake's manager) jumped up on the apron. Hogan grabs him, while this is happening Brutus gets up runs to the ropes and goes to hit the champ with his high knee(Beefcake's finisher) Hogan moves Brutus hit Johnny V who falls to the floor. Hogan scoops Beefcake with a "schoolboy" rollup for the pin! That show felt like it took days!
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