Commentary team, Monsoon Okerlund and Cathy Lee Crosby. Crosby was a co-host of the very popular "That's Incredible" TV Show! Her big contribution during the show was saying "Wow" and "I have never seen anything like this"! A real asset!
Match #1 WWF Women's Champion Fabulous Moolah defends her title against Velvet Mclntyre. Do not blink you will miss this whole 90 second bout! Moolah attacks right at the bell, Velvet Takes over after a leap frog with a couple awful looking one footed dropkicks. The Irish lass hits a back elbow then a bodyslam. She goes to the top for a splash, but Moolah moves and Velvet crashes into the canvas(almost popping out of her top when she does! Easily the most exiting moment of the match!) Moolah jumps on her and gets the pin! Nothing to the match really!
Match #2 A flag match, Corporal Kirchner vs Nikolai Volkoff Another really rushed nothing match. As the entrances/pre match stuff by both men takes just as long as the bout! For whatever reason a minute into this 3 minute match the Corp blades and bleeds after getting sent head first into the ringpost twice. Volkoff attacks at the bell throws Kirchner outside does the ringpost thing. Corp climbs back in the ring and he and Volkoff trade punches. During this fracas The ref "bumps when Corp knocks him down on his back swing. When he goes down "Classy"Fred Blassie Volkoff's manager attempts to throw his cane to his man. Kirchner intercepts the throw and smacks the Russian with the cane. The ref is there now and counts the fall! your Winner corp Kirchner! Two matches and tops four minutes of ring time.
Match 3 The 20 man invite Battle Royal The big draw of this match for Chicago two superbowl champ Bears are in the match along with several former/current NFL Players of the era. I will not try to cover every moment of this or any Battle Royal , for that matter a impossible task. So here are the high points! The Bears had just crushed the Patriots 3 months prior in the Super Bowl 46-10 and it wasn't that close. So the two Bears in the Battle Royal were mega stars to these folks. Jimbo Colvert he did a passible post bout interview later. The big star though was no doubt folk hero of that year, William "The Refrigerator" Perry! He and Big John Studd had been having verbal warfare leading into the match! Studd and Fridge did square off with Studd selling several football tackles until he ducked one as Perry charged and "kinda" hip tossed him over the top rope. Perry then did the old "were friends now handshake spot with Studd who was still in the ring and pulled him over the top rope to the floor! A spot most will remember repeated in the 92 Royal Rumble with Sid Justice and Hulk Hogan. The final four men in the ring were Former NFL Star and former pro wrestler Russ Francis, The Hart Foundation and Andre The Giant. Guess who won....Nope Andre! The Harts got rid of Francis and then Andre did the same to the "pink and black attack"! I don't really like traditional Battle Royals much because it is mostly a hard to follow mess! This match in spite of star power had the same problems!
The Chicago main event, For thee WWF Tag titles The champions The Dream Team, Valentine and Beefcake vs The British Bulldogs. Coming the ring with the Bulldogs Capt Lou Albano and A seemingly high as hell Ozzy Osbourne....why?....I have no idea. At least Albano was their manager although he did nothing. Valentine starts the match with Davey Boy and the bulldogs control the early stages. Hitting Valentine with slams and suplexes galore until he goes to the floor! Greg regains control for a few moments by countering a back drop out of the corner attempt with a forearm to the back of the neck. Stunning the Bulldog long enough to tag in Beefcake. Brutus quickly gets out wrestled(huge shock there huh!) and takes a thrashing until Valentine tags back in and comes from the top rope with a forearm onto the back of the neck of a bent over Davey Boy. Neither team gains more than that moments advantage until Valentine moves from a corner charge and Davey strikes the ringpost hard shoulder first! The Dream team goes to work on the shoulder. With Valentine doing damage coming off the middle turnbuckle with a "Hammer" on Smith's outstretched arm. While Beefcake moments later hammerlocks the arm and picks up his foe by said arm and throws him down on it! The crowd popped for that one. It looked brutal! Valentine hits a running shoulder breaker and has the Bulldog down for a two count then laughing breaks the pin and pulls him up at two. The match then turns in the blink of an eye as Valentine grabs a headlock Smith shoves him off into the Bulldogs corner where he and Dynamite Kid, who had been standing with his feet on the middle rope giving his partner encouragement. He and Valentine smash head to head and Kid goes flying off screen off the apron! Valentine is knocked silly and a very groggy Davey falls down on him and gets the pin! New WWF tag champions in a iconic finish! It happens so fast the crowd is stunned. Once it hits them they come unglued! Dynamite landed way back on the concrete even by 2019 crazy standards that bump is crazy! Post Match Ozzy gives a nutty coked out interview where he screams "BRITISH BULLDOGS FOREVER! If you have never seen this bout please take the time to watch it on my facebook (John Morris II) or my Twitter @Mashfan0678) where it will be posted! It is worth it!
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