Second point by in large the commentary is dreadful! They tried the gimmick of female color commentators in each city. This was beyond horrible! Personally I hold the company much more responsible for the awful commentary than all the tech issues that plagued the show. At least with the 3 city thing they were trying to innovate. There is no excuse for the decision to put those 3 famous ladies mic side! More on each of them as we go.
Commentators Vince McMahon and Susan Saint James
Match #1 Paul Orndorff vs Don Muraco with manager Mr Fuji Orndorff is super over on Long Island on this night. Our 1st technical issue of the night comes right away as right as the bell rings McMahon tries to throw to pre-recorded video comments by both men,but because the match has already started, I guess we get just the audio of the promos piped in over the opening moments! This was clunky and distracting. After a fast exchange of bodyslams "Mr Wonderful takes over with an arm drag into a bar. Muraco attempts several escapes but each time Orndorff steadfastly holds on to the arm. Muraco gets the advantage after hoisting Orndorff up on his shoulders and hitting a good looking Samoan drop. Don keeps the uperhand for an astonishing 30 seconds at most. He hits one punch and gives Paul one head in the turnbuckle then both began fighting along the ropes! The both guys do a awkward double tumble to the floor. The ref has a super quick ten count! So Mania2 the biggest show of the year ends in a six minute rushed double coutout with 2 of the best workers in the company, yea!!! I have seen this bout many times and every time it bothers me all over again! Why??? Saint James said almost nothing the whole match, witch after her performance in the next match will seem like a blessing!
Match #2 IC title Match Champ Randy Savage vs George "The Animal" Steele In the late 1960's thru the 70's George Steele was tremendous Monster heel. Late in his career he became a beloved comedy figure and he was great at both! This feud i gotta say made no sense to me even at 7 years old! Macho Man was a far superior wrestler! Did anybody take Steele as a threat? Here is the match in a nutshell, Steele chased Savage Around the outside of the ring several times finally catching him and biting his leg through the boot. Leading Susan Saint James a very well thought of actress to scream with sadistic glee "BITE HIS LEG OFF GEORGE!" This whole thing was strange! Steele bit Savage in the arm picked him up by the throat and destroyed a arrangement of flowers over his head! Savage had taken the flowers from a ringside fan to use on Steele but the Animal turned the tables. The most brutal offense of the match was the dreaded '" FLOWERS TO THE SKULL! .....George did kick out of a top rope elbow a very rare thing vs Savage in that era! Steele attempted to kill Savage by biting open a turnbuckle taking the stuffing out of said buckle and shoving it down the throat of Savage! The finish was simple Steele is pummeling Randy in the corner, the ref steps in and backs him off. When Steele goes back over Savage scoops his legs George hits the deck and Randy puts both feet on the ropes for leverage and the pin! Savage grabs Liz and goes to the back like he has a cab waiting! Steele eats another buckle and leaves. There is your IC Title bout! At best not a good use of Savage at worst a utter waste of talent and time!
Match # 3 Jake Roberts vs George Wells Be still my heart a wrestling match at a wrestling show! Good News this was by a wide margin the best bout the LI fans saw live! The bad news that's a very low bar! This was a all action 5 minutes as Wells did very well hitting Roberts with a fling tackle a good knee lift and a jarring powerslam! The tide turned when Jake beat George back in the ring and caught George coming thru the ropes with his own kneelift(A move that was his finish prior to the DDT). He then hit the afore mentioned DDT and got the victory! Roberts then got Damian out of his bag and wrapped him around the body of Wells! Vince and Saint James acted as if they were gonna faint from a combo of fright and disgust!
Match #4 the New York Main event A 10 rd boxing match as Mr T faces "Rowdy" Roddy Piper! The match with legit the most heat on the whole card as these 2 didn't loke each other at all! I am not gonna really go over the "boxing"in this match. This was Carny spectacle at its best! A barley contained real fight is what it feels like. It was in my eyes sorta boring but man the crowd who cheered Piper throughout loved it! The match ended in rd4 when Piper shoved the ref down and bodyslamed T! If you have never seen it watch it just for the atmosphere if nothing else!
Of the three cites involved in Mania2 this was the weakest card! you had a double countout, a joke on an IC title match that was smoke and mirrors. A glorified squash match where the star of the match was a actual snake. The main event was a snapshot of WWF of that era spectacle over skill!... Tomorrow Chicago!
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