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Rock Star Gary reflects on…NWA Bunkhouse Stampede ’88
Live from Uniondale, NY Airdate: January 24, 1988 Attendance: 6,000 Hosted by Jim Ross & Bob Caudle This was Jim Crockett Promotions’ second foray into PPV. Can you guess how…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on WWF Royal Rumble ’88
Live from Hamilton, Ontario Airdate: January 24, 1988 Attendance: 16,200 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura “Why pay for a bunkhouse when there’s a free Rumble on…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…Saturday Night’s Main Event XIV
Taped from Landover, MD Airdate: January 2, 1988 (taped 12/7) Attendance: 11,000 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura To begin the show, Roberts welcomes us to 1988…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on SNME XIII!
Taped from Seattle, WA Airdate: November 28, 1987 (taped 11/11) Attendance: 16,000 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura So it’s Thanksgiving weekend of 1987. Both Survivor Series…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on NWA Starrcade ’87
Live from Chicago, IL Airdate: November 26, 1987 Attendance: 8,000 (sold out) Hosted by Tony Schiavone & Jim Ross Since 1983, Starrcade had been an annual tradition for Jim Crockett…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…Survivor Series 1987
Live from Richfield, OH Airdate: November 26, 1987 Attendance: 21,000 Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura WWF’s message to all the cool kids in 1987: “Starrcade who?…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on Saturday Night’s Main Event XII
Taped from Hershey, PA Airdate: October 3, 1987 (taped 9/23) Attendance: 9,000 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan To begin the show, the Intercontinental Champion Honkytonk Man…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on the Great American Bash ’87
Taped from several cities Airdates: several dates Attendance: varied by location Hosted by Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross with token appearances by Bob Caudle and David Crockett As you can…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…WCWA Parade of Champions ’87
Taped from Dallas, TX Airdate: May 3, 1987 Attendance: 5,900 Hosted by Bill Mercer While dedicated to the memory of David Von Erich, this show is also dedicated to the…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on SNME XI
Taped from South Bend, IN Airdate: May 2, 1987 (taped 4/28) Attendance: 9,345 (sold out) Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura For all of my SNME faithful…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on Crockett Cup ’87
Live from Baltimore, MD Airdate: April 10 & 11, 1987 Attendance: 9,300 (4/10), 13,000 (4/11) Hosted by Tony Schiavone Instead of the early matinee followed by a night session like…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on WrestleMania III
Live from Detroit Pontiac, MI Airdate: March 29, 1987 Attendance: 93, 173 (announced), 78,000 (75,700 paid) Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura With the previous…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on SNME X!
Taped from Detroit, MI Airdate: March 14, 1987 (taped 2/21) Attendance: 21,000 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura Opening the show, Hogan spews his need for vengeance…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…Saturday Night’s Main Event IX
Taped from Hartford, CT Airdate: January 3, 1987 (taped 12/14) Attendance: 10,000 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura To open the show, Orndorff and Heenan run down…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…Saturday Night’s Main Event VIII
Taped from Los Angeles, CA Airdate: November 29, 1986 (taped 11/15) Attendance: 16,000 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura So, if you didn’t get enough of a…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…NWA Starrcade ’86
Live from both Greensboro, NC & Atlanta, GA Airdate: November 27, 1986 Attendance: 16,000 in Greensboro, 14,000 in Atlanta Hosted by Bob Caudle, Johnny Weaver, Tony Schiavone, and Rick Stewart…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event VII
WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event VII Taped from Cleveland, OH Airdate: October 4, 1986 (taped 9/13) Attendance: 21,000 Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura First, Jesse welcomes…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…NWA Battle of the Belts III
Live from Daytona Beach, FL Airdate: September 1, 1986 Attendance: 8,000 Hosted by Gordon Solie and Stan Rhoads…
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…WWF The Big Event!
Live from Toronto, ON Airdate: August 28, 1986 Attendance: 74,000 Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon, “Luscious” Johnny Valiant, and the “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd This event is sponsored by Chex Mix.
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Rock Star Gary reflects on…WCCW Parade of Champions ’86
Live from Irving, TX Airdate: May 4, 1986 Attendance: 24,121 Hosted by Bill Mercer Back on February 18, to separate themselves from the National Wrestling Alliance (and Jim Crockett Promotions…
