I typed this out last night, and decided to post it today. So, here.

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We start in the studio, with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan.

Before we go to the first match (when I say we, I mean us, the viewers) there's a Bigelow vignette that shows the tattoos on his head and that he looks like a rough and tumble, mean son of a bitch.

Sivi Afi v. Macho Man Randy Savage. Savage is my favorite wrestler, so if it ever seems like there's any bias toward him, well, there is. Take that. Afi pulls off a flying head scissors off the top rope and a rana IN FUCKING 1987. What the fuck. He misses a Dynamite-ish flying headbutt off the top rope, and gets dumped to the outside. Savage does his axehandle from the top rope to the outside, then tosses Afi back in. Savage Elbow finishes at 2:16. To give a little bit of insight to my rankings, I would usually give this sort of match *. But for the rana, at that time, I add 1/2*. That's not something you see in '87. The rating is *1/2.

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Gorilla and Heenan argue about whether or not Heenan has signed Bigelow, and this is the trend for the entire show. As that is the case, I won't reference it again.

Now, we go to the Boston Garden for the next match, One Man Gang vs. Jose Luis Rivera. The rest of the matches are from the Garden, from this same Garden show. Looking at the entire card, it's crap. Most of what they show here isn't, but I would never pay for a show with the headliners on this card. Bruno is the draw, here. Just a squash. Punch, choke. Front suplex finishes at 4:13. DUD.

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Then, back from the break, the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, is throwing money to the crowd. Not because he's a nice guy, as he so elequently states, but rather because he loves to watch people beg.

That's followed with a special report with Craig DeGeorge, about Dangerous Danny Davis. I WOULD say to fastforward, but there's some good, lesser seen highlights here. Probably my favorite part of this show, and I marked for the Savage/Santana IC title change.

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The next match is Dino Bravo w/Johnny V v. Scott Casey.

Casey starts off the action with an atomic drop, hiptoss, scoop slam and armdrag. Another armdrag, and the armwringer sequence is ended with a Bravo chop. Inverted atomic drop by Dino, and Casey is tossed out. Chinlock by Bravo, then a back elbow. A gutwrench suplex and legdrop by Bravo follows, and Casey tries to reverse the tide with a backdrop. However, the tide does not stay reversed, as Dino hits his side suplex for the win at 6:00. *1/4, I've seen WAY worse.

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Heenan says Bam Bam Bigelow was the one to approach him about being managed by the Brain, as we segue to a MACHO MAN OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYEAHHHHHH promo. He says he'll be the next World Champioon, and that the Madness is UP HERE and

Hulkamania is DOWN HERE.

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Cowboy Bob Orton v. Jerry Allen is the next match. The WWF should have kept Allen and pushed him. I mean it. Allen goes up and elbows Orton almost immediately, then crossbody's Orton for a two count. Orton gives Allen a delayed back suplex and kneedrop. Orton then dumps Allen to the concrete floor. Allen tries a sunset flip in, but Orton holds the ropes so he doesn't go down for a count. Orton goes up for a pump splash, but he eats knees. An Allen hiptoss and dropkick gets one, as Orton's feet are on the ropes. Allen brings it to the center for a 2 count, and then Orton gives Allen an inverted atomic drop. Orton stomps on his face, and gives him a backbreaker after parading Allen around the ring while holding him, and then an Orton superplex finishes at 6:27. I enjoyed it, but there are some flaws in this match. I'll still give it **.

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It's Paul Roma vs. Shadow #1. I'm not giving this a full review, although it was better than I thought it would be. Roma is disgustingly juiced. Seriously, it's gross. The highlight of the match was Roma taking a sick bump to the concrete, after missing a crossbody on #1 while he was tied in the ropes. He missed the ropes entirely instead of grabbing them to slow himself down a bit, and he landed right on HIS FUCKING HEAD. I can't believe he got up from that. Flying crossbody huh, you ain't kidding. Roma won the match, it was **.

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To Studio G we go, and Gorilla exposes Heenan as faking his neck injury, when he brings in a doctor that says the x-ray of "Heenan's neck" is that of a young woman. Heenan storms off without his neckbrace. He sold this injury for a long time.

Jim Powers vs. Shadow #2. I'm not watching that shit. Put the two teams in a tag match and save everyone the trouble. Powers won, I FF'd through the entire match. I don't do that often, but if it's some bullshit like that, I am. Never during PPV's, though.

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We come back from the commercial and Gorilla has on a neckbrace of his own. Funny shit.

The feature match is Tito Santana vs. the Magnificent Muraco.

They both lockup and trade armwringers, and Muraco begins to stall. Please, don't. Then we have what looked to be a blown spot, as both guys are trying moves as Santana comes off the ropes, and they ram right into each other. Muraco works on the left knee, a neckbreaker, spinning toehold and grapevine type hold are the high points of this leg work, and when attempting to reapply a spinning toehold, Tito kicks Muraco and Muraco flies into the steel ring post. Tito sells the knee pretty well, until Muraco clotheslines him in the corner. Then Muraco charges into the corner and Tito rolls through with a sunset flip for the win at 8:22. *. Bob Orton and Muraco have words after the match, and after their words, Muraco decides to shake Santana's hand. In no uncertain terms, Orton tells Muraco to screw himself.

And that's it!

Rating: Above-average. Since a lot of the matches on the Prime Time show are similar and formulaic, I base my rating on the vignettes and promos. They delivered, this time.