This week, we look back at an issue of PWI that went to press March 15, 1989 and sold for $2.25 in the U.S, $2.95 in Canada, and £1.50 in the U.K., plus we get bonus coverage from The Wrestling Observer! In this issue, the magazine asks fans to vote for the winners in the first round of a dream tournament they’ve set up, Matt Brock bashes his least favorite World champion, and we get a new number one in the ratings. Let’s get right to the latter…
And here’s the Ratings Analysis:
Next, we begin proper with Between Falls, the mailbag section, where James from Troy, New York, says Hulk Hogan will always be number one, and if it wasn’t for him, Randy Savage wouldn’t have won the WWF championship in the first place. On the other hand, Richard from Randolph, Massachusetts says he wants to give Savage a big thumbs up for telling it like it is: Hulk Hogan is a jealous prima donna who only cares about himself.
Onto another subject: Suzie and David from Reynoldsburg, Ohio were confused by the AWA’s championship battle royal for the AWA title. It began as a regular battle royal, but when it got down to Tom Zenk and Larry Zbyszko, it turned into a regular match with pinfall attempts. Then Zbyszko dumped Zenk over the top rope to win. None of these rules were explained by announcer Larry Nelson before or during the match, and it was difficult to follow. (Honestly, the AWA didn’t have a bad idea here, but they needed to explain it and commit to it: when a battle royal gets down to two guys, it turns into a regular match. Instead, they tried to have their cake and eat it too, and no one knew what was going on.)
Meanwhile, Sal from Derby, Connecticut says the Ultimate Warrior will defeat Randy Savage for the WWF title unless Hulk Hogan does it first. And Ron from Biloxi, Mississippi thanks PWI for its close-up and pinup of Missy Hyatt, saying, “Missy is by far the most beautiful woman in all of wrestling. The only problem is there’s rarely anything ever written about her.” Ron says he hopes Missy someday becomes a wrestler.
Then there’s Marty from Greensboro, who says the NWA is changing and not for the better. He misses the days of 1985 and 1986 when Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair fought for the World title and Tully Blanchard and Magnum T.A. battled for the U.S. championship. Tony from New York, however, disagrees, saying the NWA is looking better than ever by opening its checkbook and signing stars like Dan Spivey, the Samoan Swat Team, and the Iron Sheik. He suggests the NWA continue to acquire talent, such as the Ultimate Warrior, the Rockers, and Sid Vicious.
Next, it’s Ringside with Bill Apter where Bill reports that former wrestler/promoter/broadcaster Paul Boesch died on March 7, 1989 of a heart attack. He was 76. Boesch was the host of Houston Wrestling, television’s longest running wrestling program and is credited with inventing the cage match, which was originally called a “fences match.” He was awarded PWI’s editor’s award in 1987.
In other news, Dusty Rhodes defeated U.S. Steel (Fred Ottman) on March 11 at the Tampa State Fairgrounds to win the Professional Wrestling Federation title. On the same card, Al Perez defeated Mike Graham for the FCW heavyweight title. In World Class, Eric Embry is gone after losing a loser-leaves-town match to Gary Young. In Stampede, Steve Blackman has turned bad and is now a member of Karachi Vice.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Golden and Robert Fuller were stripped of the CWA tag team championship when Golden declared he hated the CWA fans and left, and they also lost the World Class tag belts in a match against Jeff Jarrett and Kerry Von Erich. In the CWA, Jeff Jarrett won the CWA heavyweight title by defeating Dutch Mantel, and John Paul and Tracey Smothers won the vacant tag team belts in a tournament final over Robert Fuller and Perry “Action” Jackson.
Big news in Tokyo: Antonio Inoki lost to Riki Choshu on February 22.
In the Atlantic Coast Wrestling Federation, Robert Gibson is teaming with his brother, Rick. Meanwhile, Ricky Morton continues to wrestle in the CWA and also wrestles for several independent federations.
In the AWA, Stanley Blackburn has retired, and Verne Gagne is looking for a new president.
In the WWF, Jimmy Snuka is back after a four-year absence and is wrestling dark matches. There are also rumors that Roddy Piper may return to wrestle.
And you’re up to date!
Next, From the Desk of Stuart M. Saks, where Stu says that sooner or later, Hulk Hogan will have to retire, and wrestling will be looking for its next great superstar. Stu is often asked who will be the next Hulk Hogan, but he says that’s the wrong question. There’s only one Hulk Hogan. Right now, he’s the most marketable commodity in wrestling who turns down more appearances than he makes, and it’s tempting to think the quickest route to success is to clone him. However, it’s foolish for the fans, the media, and the promoters to depend upon a second coming of the Hulkster to be a savior. What’s more likely to happen is that someone else will emerge in his own way to lead the next generation of superstars.
Next, it’s In Focus with Bob Smith. Normally, this column belongs to Craig Peters, but Craig has a new baby girl, Alexandra, who was born on March 7, so Bob’s filling in. He reports that Kenny “Sky” Walker of the New York Knicks, who won the 1989 slam-dunk championship during the NBA’s all-star weekend, is a big NWA fan. Kenny, who grew up in Georgia idolizing Dusty Rhodes, has joked that he might transition from the NBA to the NWA. “Of course,” he says, “I’d have to come up with some kind of awesome finishing move, like a clothesline where I’d go flying through the sky. Or maybe I’d jump off the top rope and call it the ‘Sky Hawk.’ I think I’d like that.”
Bob then moves on to talk about the Terry Taylor, asking, “What the heck happened to this guy?” Bob says Bobby Heenan is owed an apology. Outsiders assumed it was Bobby Heenan who was messing up Taylor’s career, rechristening him the Red Rooster and making him look foolish. But now Taylor is doing it all on his own, complete with a red stripe in his hair and a ridiculous turkey-like strut. Taylor, a former UWF TV and World Class Texas champion, used to be a top talent. Now he’s feuding with Steve Lombardi. Bob says he’d prefer Foghorn Leghorn.
Next, No Holds Barred with David Rosenbaum, where Dave looks at events that changed the landscape of wrestling with ripple effects nobody could have predicted and speculates what would be different had the events not occurred.
- June 2, 1987, Buffalo: the Honky Tonk Man upsets Rick Steamboat for the WWF Intercontinental title. What happened after? Everything changed. The fans hated Honky Tonk so much, Randy Savage suddenly became a hero. The Megapowers were formed. Steamboat, who essentially lost his spot to Savage, left the WWF and eventually joined the NWA. Savage went on to win the WWF title, and Steamboat went on to win the NWA title. So what would be different had Honky not won the IC strap? Honky would be nothing, Hogan and Savage would not have become friends, Savage would not have won a World title, and there’s a good chance Steamboat or Savage would be the IC champ. As for the World championships? It may be that we’d be looking at Ted DiBiase as WWF champ and Ric Flair would still hold the NWA crown.
- June 29, 1986, Denver: Stan Hansen fails to appear for an AWA title defense. What happened after? Nick Bockwinkel was awarded the championship by default, Hansen departed from Japan, where he wrestles for the most part today, and the AWA has never been the same since. How would things be different had Hansen shown up for the match? He might still have the belt, it wouldn’t be considered a subpar trophy (currently held by Larry Zbyszko), and the AWA would be in much better shape.
- October 14, 1986, Greensboro: Magnum T.A. crashes his car into a utility pole and nearly kills himself. What happened after? Magnum retired, Nikita Koloff became a fan favorite and befriended Dusty Rhodes. How would things have been different had the crash not happened? Wrestling would be richer because Magnum T.A. was world championship caliber and probably the most popular wrestler in the NWA. Nikita would have remained a rulebreaker, and the two might even be wrestling for the NWA World championship in 1989.
- January 23, 1984, New York: Hulk Hogan substitutes for an injured Bob Backlund and defeats the Iron Sheik for the WWF title. What happened after? Hulkamania ran wild, and wrestling entered a period of unprecedented growth. But what if Backlund wrestled instead? Nothing would be different. Backlund would have probably lost, and nothing would have stopped Hogan from winning the WWF title at some point. Destiny had a place set for Hulk, and there was nothing Backlund or the Sheik could have done about it.
Next, Matt Brock looks at Larry Zbyszko. Brock says that he’ll never forget August 9, 1980 when Zbyszko wrestled Bruno Sammartino at Shea Stadium. The fans were firmly on Bruno’s side, Brock was sympathetic toward Larry. In an article from 1980, he wrote, “The Larry Zbyszko story is a unique poignant tale of frustration and pain, of embattled friendship, of lost dreams and elusive hopes. Imagine what Zbyszko went through, the agony of declaring war on his best friend. He’s an ambitious man frustrated by inopportunity, a guy unfortunate enough to feel it’s his best friend blocking his path to the top.” Matt looks back at the article and says it’s garbage. “The fact that I came up with such sentimental drivel makes me want to set fire to the Pro Wrestling Illustrated morgue.” He says today he knows that Zbyszko is a slimy, no-talent underachiever who has been smelling up the sport for the past 17 years, and the fact that he now has the AWA belt around his waist is an insult to Verne Gagne, Gene Kiniski, Nick Bockwinkel, and even Jerry Lawler. Zbyszko spent 1988 single-handedly destroying the Western States title by taking it off the wrestling map, and now he’s doing the same in 1989 for the AWA championship. It’s not that he’s a horrible wrestler, it’s that he’s not interested in what’s good for the sport. He’s just interested in Larry Zbyszko. (Damn, Matt was cranky!)
Next, Off the Top Rope with Eddie Ellner, where Eddie points out that he predicted the Megapowers meltdown before anyone else. Onto his mailbag: Todd from Hillsboro says Ricky Steamboat didn’t appear to climb his way up the NWA ladder of contention before getting a title shot against Flair and speculates that Steamboat might have greased some palms. Ellner agrees that Steamboat’s path to the NWA title was not exactly a circuitous one, though this is likely for two reasons: one, he was proven commodity who didn’t need to prove himself all over again, and two, the higher-ups knew Steamboat would draw money as a challenger and put him in the position to do so to benefit the company’s bottom line. Besides, Ellner says, the important thing is that Steamboat wasn’t gifted the championship. He earned it by doing something neither Sting or Luger could do: pin Ric Flair when it mattered.
Next, Dolores from Nashville, who describes herself as a curious teenager, says she thinks Jerry Lawler could beat Kerry Von Erich without cheating and says Kerry is very good, but Jerry is better. Eddie says he thought curious teenagers read Playboy, not PWI.
And finally, Karen from Myrtle Beach says she enjoys Eddie’s column, but Eddie’s references to Dusty Rhodes’ eating habits are in poor taste. “Dusty has proven himself time and time again as a hero worthy of the adoration wrestling fans choose to bestow upon him. His commitment to a fair and honest lifestyle provides a wonderful example to children and adults alike. He has unshakable standards, and he is a role model in an era sorely lacking in them.” Eddie says, “Are you sure you don’t mean ‘roll’ model?” He then says Dusty’s girth represents all that’s wrong in the sport, and his incessant toadying to officials, federation executives, and fans, not to mention his fair-weather sense of friendship, all illustrate a standard: a double standard.
Let’s cut in here and see what Dave has to say in The Wrestling Observer newsletter:
– Dave goes over the lineups for WrestleMania V and Clash of the Champions VI (both April 2), and notes that the lineup for the Clash show is garbage as far as competition for Wrestlemania, outside of the Flair-Steamboat main event.
– Buyrate info for Chi-Town Rumble is still unconfirmed, with the NWA claiming 220,000 buys and the WWF claiming the show did less than 100,000. (It was 130,000.)
– Brian Pillman is back in Stampede after failing to get a deal with the NWA and is feuding with Larry Cameron.
– The AWA cancelled a TV taping in Pittsburgh due to a poor advance and turned it into a house show before suddenly having a 3000 person walk-up for one of the most successful shows they’ve run in ages. (Verne can’t even go out of business properly!)
– Dave clarifies that the Dusty Wrestling Federation isn’t called The Wrestling Federation, it’s PWF, or Pro Wrestling Federation.
– World Class is doing a weird thing where they have the World Class World tag titles, held by the Von Erichs, and then just the World Class tag titles as well. (That doesn’t sound confusing in the least.)
– Dave notes that Cactus Jack Manson is underrated, and especially crazy in the way he takes bumps.
– Kerry Von Erich was doing a house show in Wisconsin and brought a local 140-pound amateur wrestling champion from school into the ring with him for a quick exhibition, at which point the kid destroyed him and took him down several times. (Don’t mess with Wisconsin.) The Von Erichs then claimed the whole thing was a work.
– Sid Vicious finally debuted in New Japan, losing to Tatsumi Fujinami in 7:28 to end his challenge for the IWGP title. Inoki watched him wrestle and immediately lost interest in using him again.
– Inoki’s new plan to get himself over again is working the opening matches of his shows, to show that Riki Choshu is the #1 guy and thus he needs to work his way back to the top again to get another title shot.
– Rick Steamboat replaced Ric Flair on the current All Japan tour, but Baba is having none of it and won’t let any of his top guys do the job to Steamboat because it’s “not believable” that Steamboat could beat, say, Tenryu.
– Lance Russell no-showed his own farewell show in Memphis, bound for the NWA.
– Stanley Blackburn has officially retired from his position as President of the AWA. Dave thinks that Blackburn actually retired in January and it just took Verne two months to figure it out.
– Over in New Japan, the Russians looked impressive, but the shows aren’t drawing enough to justify the alleged “tens of millions of dollars” needed to bring them in. They’ve already had to scale back the invasion to three guys in order to keep costs under control.
– Down in Puerto Rico, it turns out that Tony Atlas and the Youngbloods were actually listed as witnesses in the trial of Jose Gonzales, but by an amazing stroke of bad luck, the subpoenas and plane tickets didn’t arrive until after the trial ended, because of unexplained reasons. “You know, a clerical error or something,” Dave notes.
– Hogan’s movie “No Holds Barred” was screened for the first time in LA this week. No word on the quality of it.
– They’re sticking Tony Schiavone with Lord Al Hayes on Wrestling Challenge to start, as Dave notes that poor Tony went from working with David Crockett to working with British David Crockett.
– Funny bit from the WWF, as a newspaper is fact-checking and asks the PR department if Randy Savage and Elizabeth are married. The WWF says, no, they’re not married, so the paper actually investigates this and discovers their marriage certificate in Kentucky and that they’ve been married since 1984. So the paper goes back to the WWF with this info, and the PR department says, no, they weren’t lying, in fact the characters of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth are unmarried, and that’s what they meant all along. (Take notes, Donald Trump.)
– This year, for a change, the WWF is going to tape the TV that will air after Wrestlemania after WrestleMania so it’s not so easy to figure out results.
– Dave just brutalizes the current NWA product, as the TV shows are a mess and bear no relation to what’s being pushed on the house shows.
– And finally, Dave thinks a big Japanese star will coming into the promotion soon, and he’ll have more info next week.
Next, the feature article about Ricky Steamboat, who says he’s not a real champion until he beats Luger & Sting. The real substance of the article is that Flair had lots of babyface challengers to wrestle, such as Sting, Luger, Rick Steiner, Ricky Morton, Dusty Rhodes, and Steamboat himself. Steamboat, by comparison, doesn’t have a ready list of capable heels ready, with only Flair, Mike Rotundo, and Barry Windham as serious challengers. (And Windham, the magazine speculates, might steer clear to let Flair have an unobstructed path.) Who else is there? The Iron Sheik? He’s past his prime. Butch Reed? C’mon. That’s why Steamboat, if he wants to prove himself to be a real champion, will need to wrestle guys like Sting and Luger. For his part, Steamboat says he’s not challenging them, but they’re welcome to have all the title shots they want. “I know I’m not a real champ until I beat them.” Sting and Luger say they’d like to wrestle for the title, but they don’t see the NWA setting the matches up. “Put it this way,” says Sting, “the promoters have this idea that the fans need somebody to root for and somebody to root against. They don’t understand that plenty of fans love to see great wrestling and can root for both men.” Flair, however, says he doesn’t see why Steamboat needs to wrestle those guys, insisting he’s the only challenger who matters. “I beat both Luger and Sting several times, so why should Steamboat wrestle inferior competition? They were never world champion, so they don’t fit into the equation.” Steamboat, however, says Sting and Luger are every bit as good as Flair, and he wants to take on all competitors.
Next, a Press Conference with Paul E. Dangerously, who has transitioned from managing the defunct Original Midnight Express to managing the Samoan Swat Team. (And thus began Paul’s association with the Anoaʻi family.) Dangerously says he knew the Original Midnights were finished, and it was time to move on to the next big thing. He was able to sign the SST by promising to lead them to real championships as opposed to settling for cheap belts in Texas, and he says that one day he’ll be managing all the champions, including the World champion. (As if this guy would ever manage a World champion.)
Next, PWI has set up a dream tournament, and YOU get to pick the winners! (Well, to be more exact, readers in 1989 got to pick the winners.)
The first round bracket is as follows:
- Randy Savage vs. Larry Cameron
- Lex Luger vs. Jerry Lawler
- Ric Flair vs. Sid Vicious
- Barry Windham vs. Andre the Giant
- Rick Steamboat vs. Tom Prichard
- The Ultimate Warrior vs. Larry Zbyszko
- Hulk Hogan vs. Kerry Von Erich
- Sting vs. Bam Bam Bigelow.
Next an article about the night they had to carry Hulk Hogan away on a stretcher! It happened after a six-man tag team match where Hogan teamed up with Ronnie Garvin and Hacksaw Jim Duggan to take on Dino Bravo and the Rougeau Brothers. The match itself was nothing much, as both teams were disqualified, but afterward, Bravo put Hogan in a bear hug and refused to let go for several minutes. Afterward, barely a sound could be heard in the arena as fans watched Hogan being carted away. The article then puts over Bravo’s strength and builds him up as a potential title contender should Hogan win the WWF Championship at WrestleMania V.
Next, an article about why Big John Studd is afraid of Andre the Giant. This piece talks about Studd’s loss to Andre at WrestleMania I and says Studd never really got over it, probably leading to his temporary retirement. Now Studd is back, and he’s going to have to go through Andre to become the real giant of the WWF. He seems to be content, however, taking on Akeem at house shows and refereeing at WrestleMania V instead of wrestling. “I can’t believe the WWF blew this one,” wrestling fan John Sammon of Atlanta says, noting that a Studd/Andre match at WrestleMania V would be much more interesting. PWI speculates that Studd doesn’t want to repeat the WrestleMania I experience and might be intentional ducking his nemesis this time around.
We move on to Scouting Reports, covering tag teams:
Next, an article about how AWA’s Diamond Dallas Page ruined Don Muraco’s career, which is a curious mix of Kayfabe and reality with PWI making up a story to give Page some heat and make Muraco look less flakey. Muraco had revived his career in Stampede Wrestling and was North American champion before failing to defend the title and being stripped. Meanwhile, he no-showed after being advertised to compete in the AWA’s battle royal for the vacant AWA championship. It turns out it was all part of a plot by Dallas Page. The Diamond One talked Muraco into coming down to wrestle for the vacant AWA title but talked him out of participating in the battle royal with the promise of a one on one match against the winner. “Why take on 17 other guys for the title when I can get you a match against the winner?” It turned out it was all a ploy by Page to keep Muraco out of the battle royal and increase the chances of Col DeBeers, Pat Tanaka, and Paul Diamond—all managed by Page—of winning. Meanwhile, Muraco, who had been training in the states for the battle royal, failed to defend the Stampede title within the mandated 30 day period and was stripped.
Next, Arena Reports…
And onto Wrestling Enquirer…
- NWA champ Ricky Steamboat is challenging the winner of Savage/Hogan WWF title match at WrestleMania V to a winner take all match. Savage and Hogan haven’t responded.
- Michael Hayes has returned to his rulebreaking ways.
- Jimmy Valiant is managing The Destruction Crew, Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom (later known in as the Beverly Brothers) in the AWA.
- Rick Steamboat successfully defended his NWA title in Yokohama, Japan against Shinichi Nakano and Tiger Mask. He did not do so well in tag team matches, however.
- Former WWF champion Bob Backlund will be wrestle Nobuhiko Takada in Osaka, Japan.
- Sid Vicious submitted to International Wrestling Grand Prix champion Tatsumi Fujinami in Tokyo after Fujinami applied a Boston crab. Vicious said he was suffering from jet lag.
- Dynamite Kid has not wrestled for several weeks is contemplating retirement due to increasing back and arm pain stemming from a back injury he sustained December 13, 1986. He says rest might help, but then again, it might not. “Well just have to wait and see.”
And here’s PWI’s monthly poll lets fans weigh in on the AWA using a battle royal to fill their vacant World championship.
And finally more from Dave and The Wrestling Observer newsletter…
– The NWA is basically ignoring the buildup for Clash of the Champions VI and not even mentioning it on TV. (This is because booker George Scott didn’t want the TV show to hurt the Flair-Steamboat house show rematches, which in turn tanked Clash VI and sank the buildup to the next pay-per-view, WrestleWar.)
– The WWF actually has already broken the all-time gate record at press time for WrestleMania V, with $1.6 million.
– The Saturday Night’s Main Event on Mar 11 featured a Rockers v. Brainbusters match would be Match of the Year in any other year, but this year it’s already been beaten. Dave thought it was a strong show overall. (The tag team match was good, but honestly, I don’t think it was MOTY good.)
– Titan screened “No Holds Barred” for distributors, and no one wants to pick it up and actually distribute it. The only company that even bid was a small outfit called New Vista that no one has ever heard of. Dave notes that whoever releases it would probably be facing criminal charges for allowing this bomb to escape anyway. Jesse Ventura, who plays a commentator named “Jesse Ventura” in the movie, won’t even talk about it. (It was eventually distributed by New Line Cinema.)
– In an historic note, Turner raided a front office staff member from the WWF for first time. Don Glass was the guy booking arenas for Titan, and now he’ll do it for TBS for twice the pay.
– Ricky Steamboat is doing prelim tag matches in Japan for Baba and losing, while NWA World champion mind you, while Flair vacations in Hawaii. There’s actually tons of heat from the Japanese press on Baba over this, because Steamboat is half-Japanese and was traditionally treated like a native when he wrestled there before. Dave’s theory is that Baba is trying to downplay the importance of the NWA title.
– Dave clarifies that the Sumo Hara who will be debuting in Stampede is in fact rookie Tatsumi (Koki) Kitahara.
– Don Muraco has agreed to return to Stampede to drop the North American title to the winner of a Davey Boy v. Makhan Singh #1 contender match.
– For those wondering what happened to John Paul after he quit the AWA, he’s now in Continental teaming with Tracy Smothers as the Mason Dixon Connection.
– Eric Embry, who lost a loser-leaves-town match a couple of weeks back, returned to TV without explanation, defending the lightheavyweight title against a 330 pound Botswana Beast.
– Super Black Ninja has been pushed out by the Von Erichs and will debut for the NWA shortly.
– Dusty Rhodes ran his big Homecoming card in Florida, celebrating his return to the main event there, and sold about 200 tickets in a 3000 seat arena, basically just filling ringside seats.
– Chris & Mark Youngblood returned to Puerto Rico to win the tag team titles, and Dave notes that you can draw your own conclusions about their role in the Bruiser Brody cover-up from that.
– George Scott has issued a list of house rules for wrestlers in the NWA:
- All employees must be in the building one hour before the start of the show.
- Babyfaces and heels can’t mix in public.
- No profanity at house shows or TV tapings.
- Wrestlers or managers are not allowed to use the house mic before intermission.
- No low blows.
- No using chairs, tables or the guard railings.
- No fighting outside the ring before intermission.
- No touching referees.
- Wrestlers must wear collared shirts when arriving for and leaving from shows. Reporters covering the show backstage must wear suits and ties.
- No spitting at any time. (“What about Iron Sheik?” Dave wonders)
- No pulling down tights.
- No wives, girlfriends, children or pets backstage.
- No long distance phone calls from the WCW offices in Atlanta.
– Super Black Ninja debuted as “The Great Muto” in the NWA.
– Brian Pillman finally got a deal to come into the NWA, and they want him as a tag team wrestler to start. He was apparently given two names as partners, neither of which actually work for the promotion yet.
– The decision has apparently been made not to renew the contracts of Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express.
– Michael Hayes turned heel on Lex Luger in the Omni because they want to use Hayes as a color commentator with Jim Ross and he’s funnier as a heel. Plus this gives them an excuse to bring in Terry Gordy.
– Jimmy Snuka and John Tenta got tryouts on the WWF TV tapings, and Snuka got a job out of it. Tenta did not. (Yet.)
– Dave makes a pitch for keeping the title on Savage at WrestleMania V, as houses for his title defenses are sellouts across the board, while Hogan sells out his shows just by being Hulk Hogan, so really there’s no need to change the title. If you’re doing sellouts on the A-show and B-show, why change it? Plus then you can build to an even bigger rematch at Summerslam and put the belt on Hogan there.
– Titan did its annual bloodletting, cutting a dozen people including the Conquistadors, Sam Houston and Ron Bass.
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