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Well if the Armageddon tradition carries on, then HHH will win the Main Event.

Hart Foundation and Danny Davis vs. British Bulldogs and Tito Santana --- Wrestlemania 3 On 2/86, Danny Davis was the referee when Savage clonked Santana w/ brass knucks and won the IC Title in Boston. Later in the year, Davis was reffing in a very shady manner. Faces would walk out of Danny Davis matches to protest his horrendous officiating. The climax of this is when he blatantly cost the British Bulldogs the Tag Titles against the Hart Foundation on SuperStars on 1/87 by not even being in the ring when DBS would have his opponent pinned. Davis was in cahoots w/ the Harts and would be suspended for life from refereeing by Jack Tunney on a later ep of SuperStars. He'd later officially join the Hart Foundation as the 6-Man tag match for WMIII was all set.

He yells in meetings. He even yelled at my daughter. That may work for a bingo hall drawing 500 people per night but not here in WWE. We are a publicly owned company. Mr. Heyman's actions are inexcusable. We adhere to a higher level of moral fiber than the antics he pulled off in Philadelphia. Sure, the ECW dvd has sold some copies here and there but you and I both know it was due to WWE's superior prodiction value. That is what connects to the general public. Not guys plummeting from 1,000 feet in the air through a bunch of burning tables. This is WWE. We adhere to a higher level of moral fiber than that. Plus, the guy wears baseball caps all the time. Regards, Vincent K. McMahon --- A man of high level of moral fiber

Thanks HTQ! Good stuff.

Jake Roberts vs. Andre --- Wrestlemania 5 During the 10/88 SNME, Roberts had Rude obliterated when Heenan called for backup and it was Andre the Giant. In desperation, Roberts grabbed the snake and Andre froze like a deer in the headlights. He was screaming "I DON'T LIKE THAT BOBBY! BOBBY!!!" He eventually had some sort of "heart failure" and collapsed on the mat while Jake and the fans celebrated. The Snake would help to cost Andre the WWF Title the next month on SNME. At SurSer 88, Andre was DQed for strangling Roberts past the 5 count. Jake was then quickly pinned by Hennig. At RR89, Andre chucked Jake out a little over 2 minutes after making his entrance. Roberts returned w/ Damien and caused Andre to eliminate himself. The whole feud was based on Andre being physically superior to Roberts w/ The Snake having no prayer . . . unless he got a hold of Damien . . . much like the WMV match played out.

(In no order) 1980s - Capt Lou Albano - Rowdy Roddy Piper - Lucious Johnny Valiant - Bobby Heenan - Iron Sheik 1990s - Bobby Heenan - Chris Jericho - Owen Hart - Evil Doink - IRS --- For as goofy as this character could have been, Rotundo did an awesome job of attempting to make it feel somewhat legit while still keeping it entertaining/light-hearted enough for it to work (Quit crying and start PAYING!). 2000s - Ric Flair - Kurt Angle - Vince McMahon - Heel Rock - Norman Smiley/Glacier tandem

^^^ Well, I cheated. I got all that from the CVs I have as I didn't get into wrestling until late 1988-early 1989. Heenan was indeed perfect for Andre as he did all the talking also for the Hogan/Andre contract signing and brought forth Hogan's best acting (snicker snicker) "Sign it if you're gonna sign it! Grrrrrr!"

No feud for Jake/Hercules SS88 other than Herc being a Heenan family member since Jake was having his heated feud w/ Rick Rude at the time that was going around the horn. As for Funks vs. Santana/JYD at Wrestlemania 2, JYD had a match w/ Terry Funk. When Funk was in trouble, Hoss debuted (actually acknowledged as Dory by Vince) and double teamed JYD. During the SNME rematch, Jimmy Hart interfered and Funk picked up a pinfall victory. Hart was then branded by JYD. Both of these matches are on CV's Grudge Matches. I believe at this time, JYD/Santana were on-and-off tag partners so they teamed up at WM2 to even the odds against the dastardly Funks . . . JYD was pinned again. As for Hogan vs. Bundy at Wrestlemania 2, Bundy challenged Hogan to a title match on the 3/1986 SNME and then squashed Steve Gatorwolf. Fuji came down w/ "Asian Flu" and could not accomany Muraco for his title match w/ Hogan so Heenan was allowed to take his place. W/ Muraco in trouble, Bundy ran in and proceeded to give Hogan several Avalances and big splashes. This sent Hogan to the hospital in kayfabe terms but obviously recovered in plenty of time to beat Bundy at WM2.

To elaborate on the Hogan/Andre feud . . . Hogan gets a big ol trophy for his 3rd Anniversary as WWF Champion on Piper's Pit. Andre comes out as gives him a firm handshake and says "3 Years to be a champion is a long time" and walks off. Piper sells it like a shoot but plays it off and asks to be cut off the air while murmuring w/ Hogan about what happened. Next week on PP, Andre gets a smaller trophy and Hogan barges in just as Andre is about to speak and starts rambling about Andre's virtues. Andre walks off much to the confusement of Piper/Hogan. Next week, Ventura compares the size of the 2 trophies and challenges Piper to bring Hogan the next week if Ventura can bring Andre. Challenge accepted. Next week, Andre comes out w/ Heenan, challenges him to a WM3 title match, and rips off Hogan's shirt/cross. Andre leaves and Hogan accepts. On the 3/1987 SNME, they are in a battle royal together when w/ the help of the distraction of Paul Orndorff, Andre sneaks up behind Hogan, headbutts him, and chucks him out. Moments later, everyone in the ring roll Andre over the top rope and Hercules would eventually win the BR. If you find it on ebay for a reasonable price, Coliseum's Brains Behind the Brawn has an excellent 15 minute-ish synposis on the Hogan/Andre feud as does Hulkamania 3.

^^^ IIRC, Owen was cracking me up during that tape w/ his mocking of MOM.

Mine would have to be Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits. Just 90 minutes of primo Piper footage including Piper's Pit w/ himself. More SNME was another good one. Rockers/Busters, Blazer/DiBiase, Hogan/Bossman in the cage match, Rooster's face turn, ect.

^^^ I will say I cracked up on Heat a while back when Maven was getting the better of Garrison Cade early in the match. In frusturation, Cade marched over to the ref and frantically pulled his hair then his tights in rapid fire motion to show the ref he was being cheated.

Dude, just bother Dave and leave the board alone.

Ah, looks like Dusty will be named WCW booker in the near future. That can't miss. Thanks HTQ!

I loved it when he channeled his Men at Work days and drove the forklift that supported Judy Bagwell.

I THINK it was 5/85.

Put that down to Eric. He made the call to take Jericho off TV in the last months of his stay. Quite why they didn't bury him on the way out, I don't know. FWIW, he was jobbed out for the most part from January until April. He would pick up a win here and there against the likes of Saturn and Lizmark Jr but was mostly fodder for guys like Booker T and Scott Steiner. And I believe his last ever loophole was weasling his way back into the US Title Tournament after Steiner eliminated him. There was an injury and Jericho kissed up to President Flair and w/ him was . . . JoJo Dillion himself. Sadly, he lost again to Booker T in the tourney. . . and then lost again in a non-tourney match to Booker T.

^^^ Great stuff! Thanks.

I'll be getting the box set for Christmas . . . I think. The evolution of Kramer is very interesting. He starts out as a mysterious almost creepy neighbor you wouldn't want to cross to a mysterious kooky neighbor that seems to invent a new noise every week. Same w/ George. He's cheap the whole time but at least he sincerly means well for the first few seasons and is very concious of how others perceive him . . . but somewhere along the way, he stops giving a shit and starts double crossing people and doing whatever it takes to get what he feels he needs. Obviously, this goes on in just about every sitcom but I love Seinfeld so I notice it a lot more here.

I have that match on tape. It's a fun 10-12 minute match. Nothing extrordinary but definitely unique. I don't believe there was any blood either.

Didn't Nash and Hogan legit want Jericho in the nWo at this time? When Jericho wouldn't go for it, his WCW career went in the pooper.

Throwing in a somewhat random one: At Survivor Series 1990, Adnan clonked Tito Santana w/ the flag and Slaughter hooked the camel clutch. The bell rang w/ Slaughter celebrating as The Fink announced . . . Sgt. SLAUGTHER! . . . has been DISQUALIFIED!!! Your winner and sole survivor TITO SANTANA! (Cue awesome Santana theme) What can I say . . . I mark for The Fink and Tito Santana.

What? I want to know more about this... July 24, 2000: General Rection and Cpl. Cajun defeated Rey Misterio Jr. and Disco Inferno, Mark Jindrak and Shawn O’Hare, and Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak in a "Four Team Caged Heat Elimination Match" WCW needed 3 top contending teams to face Kronik in a Fatal 4 Way match at New Blood Rising. So, they took the 4 top challenging teams and put them in Caged Heat. IIRC, O'Haire/Jindrak casually escaped first, then The Perfect Event, and finally MIA also escaped meaning that the Filthy Animals would be left off that Tag Title match at the ppv. They won the gold the very next night though.

Up Next . . . a trip in a time machine as we go back to 1999 and witness Val Venis vs. Viscera!

This reminds me of a Coliseum Exclusive match or somethin w/ the uninspired commentary actually focused on the match and its participants.