Feb 5th - 16 years ago

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Twin Refs, The Shoulder up at one, A Millionaire, A Giant, 4 years of Dominance comes to end....

 

HULK HOGAN VS ANDRE THE GIANT

 

 

SK's review:: WWF Main Event #1 (Feb. 1988)

 

- "Three years is a very long time." - Andre the Giant, on Piper’s Pit prior to Wrestlemania III.

 

- Live from Indianapolis, IN.

 

- Your hosts are Vince & Jesse.

 

- Hogan training video starts us off. He’s pumped, brother!

 

- Review of WM3 and the Andre situation for the casual fans.

 

- WWF World title: Hulk Hogan v. Andre the Giant. This could be quite possibly the most important single moment in the modern era, just because of all the historical significance and precedence it set, and all the things that followed from it. This was the debut of the new WWF title belt that had been promised prior to Wrestlemania III, but never showed up for whatever reason. It’s of course the familiar design that was just retired last year when Steve Austin won the thing. Hogan does his posing before the match starts. Hogan cleans house on the seconds, then starts punching Andre. This goes on FOREVER, as Andre just keeps absorbing blows from Hogan and won’t go down. Hogan tries going to the top finally, but gets slammed off and suddenly starts selling a back injury like he was just in a career-ending car accident. Andre chokes a lot. He works a bodyslam in, then does a Hogan big boot and falls over in the process. Only quick camera work prevents him from looking like a total idiot. More choking. Still more. Choking, you say? Have some more. Hogan comes back and goes aerial, hitting a clothesline from the second rope and the STINKY WART-INFESTED NASTY GIANT-KILLING LEGDROP OF DEATH, but Virgil is distracting our referee. Hogan stops to argue the point, but Andre lumbers up and grabs him from behind, hitting a half-assed suplex/hiptoss thing and getting a one-count…which is extended into three because the ref keeps counting despite Hogan lifting his shoulder. The crowd is in SHOCK, as Hogan’s four-year title reign has come to an end under suspicious circumstances. HULK SCREWED HULK! Mean Gene pops into the ring for a word with Andre, who barely has the celebratory speech out of his mouth before he hands the title over to Ted Dibiase, becoming the shortest reigning champion in the WWF to date. The weirdness continues, as a SECOND Hebner comes out of the dressing room to argue with the first one. One of course was Dave Hebner, senior WWF referee, and the other was his twin brother Earl, current senior WWF referee. Earl eventually punks out Dave, which is good enough proof of Evil Intentions for Hogan, so he tosses Earl like a shotput into the arms of Dibiase (sending him about 15 feet into the aisleway in the process) and that’s that. ½*

 

- Backstage, he delivers that classic whining interview where he demands to know "how much money [did they spend] on the plastic surgery" while nearly breaking into tears. I was busy crying my own tears – tears of joy at Hogan’s ego-ridden title reign finally coming to an end.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

The lack of replies are depressing How many of you were like me and watched this when you were just a wee mark??

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[BifEverchad 0]

The lack of replies are depressing How many of you were like me and watched this when you were just a wee mark??

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I certainly did. I remember being a wee little mark, and getting the chance to stay up on that Friday Night to watch the most anticiapted wrestling show I've ever had the chance of seeing, was amazing.

 

I remembed the whole show and was probably one of my biggest favorite old school moments ever.

 

I loved the show so much, I tracked down a copy last year and traded with a guy.

[OldSchoolWrestling 0]

I was fucking stunned watching this. I could not believe what I had seen. It was to me one of the top 2 angles I had ever seen up to that point and probably in my top 5 to this day. I've been looking to get a copy of this recently as well.

[caboose 0]

I wish I had seen it, but I was four, and I hadn't even mastered staying inside the lines when colouring stuff in.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

I was 8 years old at the time, and I seriously wished many a bad things on Dibiase and Andre for doing that. I was soooo pissed, I remember this like it was yesterday. One of my maddest moments as a child.......wow, this really makes me sound like a douche.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

I was 6 years old and I remember this like it was yesterday

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

I think it's safe to say this is definately one of the greatest angles in wrestling history. WOW, I miss the good ol' days......

[Caliban 0]

I own all the WWE "big five" PPVs, but I've never seen this. Is it on the "Hulk Still Rules" DVD? If not, does anyone know where I can find it?

[BifEverchad 0]

I own all the WWE "big five" PPVs, but I've never seen this. Is it on the "Hulk Still Rules" DVD? If not, does anyone know where I can find it?

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[DMann2003 0]

See this angle happened 1 year before I became a fan.

 

Besides, the angle we SHOULD be talking about is the one that made ME a fan.

 

And it's celebrating its 15th anniversary- MEAPOWERS EXPLODE!

 

Feb. 1989- MegaPowers vs Twin Towers- Elizabeth injured- Hogan the dummy abandoning his partner (LUST HOGAN)- Savage slapping Hogan to tag him in and then leaving- Savage/Hogan confrontation with Elizabeth on the stretcher- Randy attacking Hulk setting up WrestleMania V.

 

Now that's MY Old School Memory.

 

Thankfully over the past year I got both angles on tape.

[Drury37 0]

Savage/Hogan confrontation with Elizabeth on the stretcher- Randy attacking Hulk setting up WrestleMania V.

It always looked like she was giving birth for some reason when she was on that stretcher.

Thanks.