The SmarK Rant for WWF Wrestling at the Chase – 02.04.84
By Scott Keith on 18 November 2023
The SmarK Rant for WWF Wrestling at the Chase – 02.04.84
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Taped from St. Louis, MO
Your hosts are Mean Gene & Vince McMahon
Mr. Fuji v. Craig Carson
Fuji tries some martial arts on the ropes, but Carson fights back and puts him down with a headbutt. Fuji with a cheapshot to take over and he puts Carson down with knee strikes and a spinkick. Fuj with the devastating neck massage on Carson and he runs Carson into the turnbuckles and puts him down with a chop. Fuji keeps working the nerve pinch and then finishes with the Banzai splash at 5:26.
The Masked Superstar v. Jose Martinez
Superstar takes him down with a snapmare and works a chinlock for a bit, but Martinez fights back with chops until Superstar cuts him off with a slam for two. Superstar with a facelock, but Martinez reverses him into a cradle for two. Superstar beats him down again and works him over in the corner. Slam gets two, but Superstar picks him up. Neckbreaker finishes at 3:56.
Mil Mascaras v. John Henry
Mascaras takes him down with armdrags and a headlock, but Henry claims that the tights were pulled. Mil works the arm, but Henry slams out of that, only to miss a splash. Mascaras with a bodypress for an awkward two count as Henry appears to be in the ropes and the ref isn’t sure whether to count. And then Mascaras tries to wrap him up in the abdominal stretch but Henry can’t really take the move, so Mascaras rolls him up for the pin instead at 4:10. I don’t know why they stuck Mascaras in there with a big awkward jobber.
Mean Gene interviews our weekly series of guys, who all want to win the battle royale THIS FRIDAY in the Kiel Auditorium. Masked Superstar! Ivan Putski is gonna take $30,000 and drink a lot of beer and dance a lot of polkas! Roddy Piper and Dr. D are gonna leave the ugly women to Andre the Giant! Hulk Hogan is pretty pumped up and he’s gonna press slam John Studd right out of the ring and claim the money! So Studd storms out and claims that NO ONE can slam him, and Hulk offers him a chance to prove it RIGHT NOW. So Studd wants in but Piper desperately holds him back while the crowd goes crazy.
Big John Studd v. Lou Winston
So Winston tries for a slam and that doesn’t work, so he throws dropkicks instead and Studd shrugs those off. Winston keeps fighting, but Studd slams him and finishes with the bearhug at 1:40.
Meanwhile, in MSG, Hulk Hogan wins the World title for about the 10th time in the past two weeks on these shows and celebrates with Andre the Giant.
VICTORY CORNER! WITH SPECIAL GUEST DR D!
David once again talks about how he wants to visit all the honky tonks and win the World title from Hulk Hogan.
Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas v. Bobby Colt & Pat Hutchinson
Atlas has MURDOCH written on his chest tonight so apparently he’s a big supporter of Fox. He slams Hutchinson a few times and it’s over to Colt, so Rocky hits him with an armdrag and the champs work him over in the corner. Atlas rams the jobbers into each other and Rocky puts Hutchinson in a body vice, then Atlas comes off the top with a headbutt on him. Press slam and Rocky comes in again, but Hutchinson collapses when he’s whipped into the ropes, so Rocky just pins him at 3:00. Oh man this was all kinds of bad.
Afterwards, Atlas does a crazed promo on Dick Murdoch, telling him that the tag titles mean nothing to him compared to PRIDE and SOUL. And Rocky doesn’t like Murdoch’s chances when Atlas gets a hold of him.
Next week: Mr. Fuji v. Andre the Giant!