WWF Wrestling Observer News (2.17.86)

[Bruiser Chong 0]

I picked up a lot of WO newsletters last fall and figured some of the content would of interest. If these garner any kind of response, I'll start posting a mix of WWF/NWA/UWF notes, but for now, we'll stick with the reason I bought them: WWF notes.

 

WWF tidbits from the February 17, 1986 issue:

 

- Wrestlemania II changed from 3/31 to 4/7 for booking reasons. Meltz speculates a Hogan vs. Savage lumberjack match as a possible main event.

 

- Main event in San Francisco saw Hogan beat Adrian Adonis, which was labeled as fairly heatless. This is surprising because of Hogan's popularity and the gay act getting Adonis over as of late.

 

- Wouldn't surprise Meltz for the Bulldogs to win the titles at Wrestlemania.

 

- The Wrestling Album's a bomb. It peaked at No. 84 on the charts and none of the singles took off. Meltz suspects it still made money, but not the kind that was expected.

 

- A 2/7 show features a double main event of Roddy Piper vs. Hillbilly Jim and Uncle Elmer vs. Jesse Ventura.

 

- Hogan was on Love Boat and heard it was awful.

 

- Talks about a passage about Vince from Howard Cossell's new book. Vince called him up in 1984 and wanted him to be his announcer. Cossell flat-out refused, citing doing boxing was bad enough and he wasn't going to kill his career to call phony wrestling matches. Vince responded with a "fuck you" and told him wrestling was going to be the biggest sport in the country and that he didn't need him anyway.

 

- Says he finally saw Hogan vs. Savage from MSG, but that it wasn't good.

 

- Jake Roberts is WWF-bound.

 

Since this one was pretty short on news, I'll post the following week's stuff in a bit.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Keep 'em coming Bruiser. I love reading these old news bits.

[Jingus 0]

- Main event in San Francisco saw Hogan beat Adrian Adonis, which was labeled as fairly heatless. This is surprising because of Hogan's popularity and the gay act getting Adonis over as of late.

So everyone was surprised that Adonis doing an over-the-top stereotypical flaming faggot evil heel gimmick didn't get over in SAN FRANCISCO?

[OldSchoolWrestling 0]

I picked up a lot of WO newsletters last fall and figured some of the content would of interest. If these garner any kind of response, I'll start posting a mix of WWF/NWA/UWF notes, but for now, we'll stick with the reason I bought them: WWF notes.

 

Thanks for posting. I would love to see the UFW/NWA and even AWA if possible.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Good stuff, keep it coming. I also echo the above sentiments about an over the top gay character not drawing heat in San Francisco.

[Guest JohnFTW]

I love reading about this kind of stuff from the 80s.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

Lovin this stuff Bruiser. Cheers!!!

[HarleyQuinn 0]

I also love reading this stuff.

[Vern Gagne 0]

I'd love to hear the Cossell/Vince phone conversation.