Wrestlemania V

[Guest bob_barron]

Wrestlemania V

 

Live from Atlantic City, NJ. Your hosts are Jessie and Gorilla

 

Jake’s sister Rocking Robin sings America the Beautiful.

 

King Haku (w/Brain) v. Hercules

 

Brain gets booed out of the building during his pre-match promo. Haku attacks to start and kicks his ass. Herc gets armdrag and bodyslam. Herc dumps him on ground and clotheslines him out. Herc suplexes him back in and works him over. He goes after Brain and of course Haku kicks his ass. Haku stomps away on the outside and works him over. Two backbreakers get two and Haku slaps on the bearhug. Herc breaks but leaves himself wide open and Haku kicks his ass. Crossbody by Herc gets two. Haku misses crossbody and Herc hammers away. Herc works him over and gets a powerslam for two. Herc eats crescent kick from top but Haku misses from top. Backbody drop gets three for Herc. **1/4 Not bad considering the participants

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- WWF, ?

 

Mean Gene is with The Rockers.

 

Twin Towers (w/Slick) v. The Rockers

 

HBK and Bossman start. Bossman kicks his ass but eats a dropkick. Tag Akeem who dances. HBK moonwalks. Tag Jannetty who works on arm. Tag HBK and they work Akeem over making quick tags. Tag Bossman and they kick Jannetty’s ass. Marty plays face-in-peril. Heel miscommunication occurs- hot tag HBK who cleans house. Akeem clotheslines the shit out of HBK but Bossman misses a splash for two. The Rockers do some double team stuff pissing off Jessie. Double dropkick gets two as Jannetty gets two. HBK goes up top but gets spinebustered and splashed. *** Fun little match- think how much this could’ve rocked had Rockers been sober

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- Bossman is in WWF, as is HBK but he’s retired as of now, Jannetty works indies, Akeem (aka One Man Gang) was in gimmick battle royal

 

Tony Schivone is with Ted Dibase and Virgil.

 

Ted Dibase (w/Virgil) v. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake

 

Staredown, Dibase taunts him so Beefcake kicks his ass. Dibase thumbs the eye but gets backdropped and bails. Back in- Dibase kicks his ass. Beefcake comes back and slams him. He clotheslines him out. Back in- slugfest- Beefcake wins. Virgil cheats enabling Dibase to take control. Fistdrop-2. Dibase works him over and gets a two count. Beefcake gets small package for two but Dibase stomps away. Beefcake reverses suplex. Double clothesline. Dibase gets suplex and gets million dollar dream. Beefcake makes ropes. Beefcake slams him into turnbuckle and hammers away. 10 times into turnbuckle and he gets sleeper. He goes after Virgil and Dibase attacks. Beefcake falls on the outside where he goes after Virgil and AGAIN Dibase attacks. They brawl on the outside for the double countout. * Post-match Virgil gets his ass kicked. WTF was Dibase doing in this match?

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- retired, indies

 

Lord Alfred Hayes recaps the Wrestlemania Bunch with the Bushwhackers. You can’t understand them cause they have food in their mouth.

 

The Bushwhackers v. The Fabulous Rougeaus (w/ Jimmy Hart)

 

Jimmy Hart runs away from them but they steal his coat. Rougeaus attack but they get whipped into Jimmy Hart. Ray and Luke start but the Bushwhackers double team Ray and some more heel miscommunication again occurs so the Rougeaus bail. Rougeaus double team Butch who plays face-in-peril. Double elbow gets two. Jacques chants U-S-A doing an abdominal stretch. The Rougeaus celebrate to much and Ray gets the battering rammed. DUD

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- One of the Bushwhackers has health problems but they did work the gimmick battle royal, Ray is retired, Jacques is retired

 

Bushwhackers lick Sean Mooney post-match.

 

Mr. Perfect v. The Blue Blazer

 

Headlock by Perfect and he gets the hiptoss. Perfect taunts and slaps him but Blazer slaps him. Perfect comes back with the chops and gets a bodyslam and Perfect flies outside on a dropkick and Blazer baseball slides him. Back in- Blazer chops him and works on the arm. Perfect chops away but Blazer gets armdrag and slam. Dropkick, backbreaker-1. Slam-1. Splash hits knees (Really stiff shot too) and Perfect hammers away. Camel clutch as Jessie says hi to Terry, Tyrell, Jade and Jeremiah. ‘Boring’ chant. Idiot. Blind charge by Perfect misses and Blazer gets powerslam for two. Gutwrench suplex-2. Crucifix-2 and Perfect slugs him. Perfctplex. ***1/4- A bit disappointing but still good stuff

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- WWF, dead

 

Jessie Ventura poses to a ‘Jessie’ chant. Lord Alfred Hayes is at a 5K run with Mr. Fuji. We get footage of Fuji finishing and he talks to Hayes.

 

RUN-DMC is doing the Wrestlemania rap. It didn’t suck too much. Video package of POP/Fugi v. Demos. Mean Gene talks to Demolition

 

Demoliton v. Powers of Pain/Mr. Fuji in a handicap match for tag team titles

 

This is all based on the double turn that occurred at Survivor Series 88. Fuji turned on Demos and aligned with POP. Warlord and Ax start. Ax kicks his ass. Smach in there and he continues the abuse. Tag Ax. Demos doubleteam Warlord. The POP and Fugi tripleteam Smash and Barbarian-Smash go. Smash kicks his ass-tag Ax. Demos do more asskicking. Barb comes back-tag Warlord. The Demos kick his ass too but go after Fuji and Warlord takes control. Ax plays face-in-peril as Fuji steps on his throat. Tag Fuji who lays in some shots and tags Barbarian. The POP kick Ax’s ass. Fuji misses a top-rope BUTT splash and Ax gets a clothesline- hot tag Smash who cleans house. Fuji throws the salt but they hit the Warlord and Fuji gets the Demolition Decapitation. ½*  Matched sucked except for Fuji getting his

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- Ax I think is retired, Smash was in gimmick battle royal, Barby works indies, Fuji works in a movie theatre, Warlord is out of wrestling

 

Tony is outside of Macho’s dressing room. He walks in but Macho goes ballistic.

 

Howard Finkel introduces Jimmy Snuka, making his WWF return.

 

Dino Bravo (w/Frenchy Martin) v. Rugged Ronnie Garvin

 

Bravo attacks to start and gets slammed. Bravo works him over. He pins him with one foot on his chest-2. Garvin falls on top of him for two and he splashes him for two. Garvin works him up and rolls him up-2. Sleeper- Bravo makes ropes. Bravo reverses piledriver but gets sunset flipped-2. Bravo comes back and gets the side suplex. ¾*  Post-match Garvin attacks Frenchy.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- dead, retired

 

Strike Force v. Brainbusters (w/Brain)

 

Strike Force hasn’t teamed in a long time.Tully and Martel start. Busters cheat and Tully takes control. Martel fights back and we got a pier-4 brawl. Double dropkick and Busters bail. Martel bulldogs AA for two. Martel and AA have a weird test of strength and AA gets a bodyscissor. Martel reverses to Boston Crab. Tully cheats but Martel tags Chico. Strike Force gets stereo figure fours but AA thumbs Chico’s eyes. Tito pins Tully and bridges Tully for two. Backslide-2. Small package-2. Tag Martel but Chico accidentally hits him.Tully dropkicks him- Tag AA. Chico plays face-in-peril. Crossbody by Tito but Brainbusters continue to work him over. Tito throws AA off the top but Martel refuses the hot tag so the Busters kick his ass. Chico tries to fight back but Tully blocks the monkeyflip. Spike piledriver wins it. ***1/2 Good stuff from 4 great wrestlers

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- All 4 are retired

 

Mean Gene bitches out Martel who cuts a heel promo and makes fun of Tito. Gorilla and Jessie discuss the heel turn.

 

Piper’s Pit is on now. Brother Love comes out instead of Piper. Brother Love “interviews Piper” doing a perfect impression of him. ‘Roddy’. Morton Downey, Jr. comes out smoking a cigarette. Morton makes fun of Love. A pissed-off Piper comes out to a great pop. Piper keeps asking Love questions and pulling the mike away. Piper verbally abuses him as Morton throws cigarettes at Piper. Brother Love almost pulls his kilt off, Piper: I’ll bite your face off if you do that. Piper threatens to rip his kilt off and finally does so. Brother Love runs away.

 

Piper is left with Morton Downey, Jr. Morton keeps blowing smoke in his face pissing of Piper who calls him Morticia. They verbally spar with each other each getting in some great lines. Piper keeps asking Morton to not blow smoke in his face and Morton keeps doing it. Piper finally has enough and sprays Downey with a fire extinguisher. Great stuff.

 

Video package of the Megapowers. Mean Gene is with Hogan.

 

Jake “The Snake” Roberts v. Andre the Giant (w/Bobby Heenan)

 

Big John Studd is ref. Andre and Studd argue. Andre attacks Jake and rams him into the turnbuckle he exposed. Andre kicks his ass as Jake tries to fight back. Andre chokes away. Jake fights back and Andre gets hooked in the ropes and Jake chokes him out. Andre comes back and chokes him. Jake fights back to end the boredom. Irony occurs involving the turnbuckle but Jake gets sent flying out. Andre and Studd argue as Jake gets Damien. Andre nails Studd and Studd shoves him as Dibase and Virgil show up and steal Damien as Jake chases him. Split screen shows Andre choking Studd and Jake getting Damien back. Andre sees Damien and leaves. Jake wins by DQ. -**1/2 Atrociously bad match.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- crackhouse, dead

 

Sean Mooney is in the cheap seats and talks to a Jake fan. Tony is with Sherri.

 

The Hart Foundation v. Rhythm-n-Blues (w/Jimmy Hart)

 

Bret and Honky start. HTM cheats but Bret wins a slugfest. Rollup-2. Bret works him over- tag Greg “The Hammer” Valentine. Bret kicks his ass too. Tag Anvil who gets launched onto Hammer for two. Tag Bret. Bret misses an elbow and becomes face-in-peril as the heels work him over. Honky hits Shake Rattle-n-Roll but tags Hammer. Bret blocks figure for but Hammer works him over. Bret gets crossbody for two but Honky chucks him outside and they continue the beating. Bret almost rolls up Valentine but decides to make the hot tag to Anvil who cleans house. Anvil levels Hammer with a clothesline-2. Heels cheat but Anvil kicks Honky’s ass and tags Bret. Bret kicks his ass. The ref gets distracted with Hammer and Bret is able to bop Honky with the megaphone. ** Nothing match here but Bret always has a good match.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- Bret is retired, rest works indies

 

Video package of Warrior-Rude.

 

The Ultimate Warrior v. “Ravishing” Rick Rude (w/Brain) for WWF I-C Title

 

Rude does his pre-match spiel and the I-C title is on his tights. Warrior kicks Rude’s ass after he tries a Pearl Harbour job.  Bearhug by Warrior and Rude oversells. Arm drops twice, not thrice. Rude thumbs the eye and busts out a top-rope dropkick for one. Warrior slams him and continues to kick his ass. Back to bear hug by Warrior. ‘Weasel’. Ref blocks thumb to the eye. Warrior bites Rude and gives him a backdrop but splash hits knees. Rude works him over and gets a late cover off a piledriver for two. Rude swivels despite his injured back. Rude gets a clothesline for two. Russian leg sweep-2. Rude pulls on his arms- Warrior makes the ropes and shakes them and boots Rude off of him. Flying tackle and he plants his face into the mat twice. Backbreaker- Warrior chucks Rude into ropes. Clothesline and he chucks him into the corner. Shoulderblock into ropes but Warrior misses a blind charge. Warrior blocks Rude Awakening and Rude bails. Back in and Warrior clotheslines him out. Warrior goes to suplex Rude but Brain holds onto Warrior’s leg and Rude covers him for three. *1/4 Could’ve been a lot worse. Warrior kicks the shit out of Brain post-match.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- Arizona, dead

 

Bad News Brown v. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan

 

BNB attacks to start but misses blind charge and Hacksaw works him over. Bad News bails and Hacksaw brings him back in. Hacksaw ducks too early and BNB goes to work but Hacksaw hoooooooos. They both punch each other but BNB thumbs his eye and goes to work. Hacksaw tries to fight back but BNB headbutts away. They brawl on the outside- Hacksaw eats post. Back in- Ghetto Blaster misses and he gets the three point stance. BNB gets a chair, Hacksaw grabs the 2x4 and we have a double DQ. ¼*- I liked the spot of Duggan smacking into the post. Post-match Hacksaw has snot hanging out of his nose. Ewwww.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- ?, XWF

 

Mean Gene is with The Red Rooster. Poor Terry Taylor.

 

The Red Rooster v. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (w/Brooklyn Brawler)

 

Brain is selling his attack from Warrior. Rooster kicks his ass and pins Brain after ramming him into steel post. DUD Post-match Brawler kicks his ass. Rooster runs back in and Brawler runs.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- WWA, battling throat cancer

 

Mean Gene talks to a shaken-up Liz.

 

“Macho Man” Randy Savage v. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship

 

Hogan and Macho were the best of friends until Savage felt he was lusting after Liz and that they didn’t need each other. This put Liz in a diffuclt position. The Austin-Rock-Debra thing was sort of a wink wink to the Megapowers exploding thing.

 

THE MEGAPOWERS EXPLODE! Liz is in a neutral corner. Savage bails to start. Lockup- Hogan shoves him down. Lockup- Macho gets headlock but Hogan gets shoulderblock so Macho bails. Lockup- Savage cheats and gets the headlock and bails again. Hogan chases Macho who puts Liz in front of him. Savage invites Hogan in by parting the ropes but no go. Hogan grabs the headlock. Savage breaks but misses elbow and Hogan punches him. Savage gets the double axehandle and works him over. Savage grabs the air while he has him in an armbar. Hogan pulls the tights and Macho goes flying.  Hogan works over Savage back in and drops the elbows. Savage clotheslines him for two and Hogan blades. Savage hits the chinlock. Hogan breaks and atomic drops Savage but misses elbow. Savage rams into buckle and rolls him up but Hogan breaks. Savage punches the eye and kicks his ass. Savage stalls to much and Hogan kicks his ass. Clothesline by Hulk but he hurts his arm. He bodyslams him over the top rope. Liz runs to check on him but Savage shrugs her away. He pulls Hogan out and they brawl on the outside. Liz blocks Hogan from ramming Savage into steel post so Savage kicks his ass. Liz helps him up royally pissing off Savage. Savage shoves Liz away and Hebner ejects her. Savage does a double axehandle to the outside right on Hogan. Hogan gets dropped on ropes and with Hogan laying on ropes- drops a legdrop on him. Bodyslam by Savage and he drops a leg on him for two. Savage chokes him out with tape. Savage chokes him out and puts one foot on his chest. Flying elbow…gets two. Hogan hulks up, big boot legdrop. ***3/4 As Hogan poses, Jessie rants on Hogan. This match isn’t as good as people say but still a good match

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW- holding up WWA for 5 mil, WWF

 

The Bottom Line- A very bloated WM with way too many matches like last year in an attempt to show off the whole WWF roster. But at least this year there is some good stuff around all the crap so I’d check it out just to see the Megapowers EXPLODE.

 

Recommended.

[Guest Tony149]

Good review. The WWF clipped the Piper's Pit segment off the re-release WWF Home Video version.

[Guest bob_barron]

That's odd since I reviewed the legacy version and it had Piper's Pit.

[Guest Tony149]

That's interesting. Mine doesn't have Piper's Pit.

[Guest TheHulkster]

Mine doesnt have the pit either.

[Guest bob_barron]

I know the WWF released two box sets so maybe one has it and one doesn't.

[Guest DEEP THOUGHT]

This doesn't really belong in this thread, but it's a few bits in Wrestlemania V that I figured some of you might find interesting.

 

- In the opening match between Haku and Hercules, Bobby Heenan is circling the ring with Haku's crown in hand. When he walks in front of Donald Trump on the far side of the screen, he points to Haku in the ring and says "He's a millionaire too".

 

- Second match, when Bossman and Michaels are in the ring. Akeem is on the apron (far side) and says to Slick. "Wazzup Slickster!". Slick responds "Do you know what we need...is a black referee in there!" You'll have to listen closely for this one because the camera isn't on Slick when he says that; it's just picked up by a microphone.

 

- Rougeau Brothers vs. the Bushwackers. Raymond Rougeau bodyslams Luke at one point. It's notable because Luke grabs Ray Rougeau's "Package" with his free right hand. It's quite noticable, though obviously neither Gorilla or Jesse pointed it out.

 

There's probably more, but I only watched the first 50 minutes or so of this show when I noticed all of the above.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Mine has Piper's Pit too.

[Guest Tony149]

That kind sucks to hear one may have it, while the other doesn't. I think they even had a picture of Piper & Downey, but I'm too lazy to check my tape.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Mine has a picture of Piper spraying Downey on the back, yes.  It has the segment too.  I did a review of it when this board first opened.  The other pictures are of Savage giving the Flying Elbow to Hogan, and of Warrior clotheslining Rude over the top.

[Guest RetroRob215]

Mine doesn't have it, but it has a pic of it and it is listed in the little booklet that comes with it.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Yeah it mentions it in my booklet too.

[Guest RetroRob215]

If you look at WrestleMania 12 in the booklet they mention the tag-title match, which isn't on the tape.  The WWF sure knows how to screw up, eh?

[Guest JHawk]

Mine does have Piper's Pit, and while I'm glad it does because I like having complete shows, I find the segment overrated, particularly the Morton Downey Jr. stuff.  The Brother Love stuff is classic, but I got the feeling Downey didn't want to be there.

 

And my version of XII has the Tag Team Title match listed on the box, and of course it's not there since it was actually on the Free for All.  Good thing I have my PPV master so I can watch the whole card.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

My booklet also mentions Huckster vs. Nacho Man for Wrestlemania XII.