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Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, and Jim Neidhart are calling the action, taped from Portland, Maine.

Vince McMahon, Randy Savage, and Roddy Piper are doing commentary, taped from Worcester, Massachusetts.

Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth.  This show took place in Worchester, Massachusetts, the same site as the recent Superstars tapings.

Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, and Jim Neidhart are on commentary, beginning a new taping cycle in Portland, Maine.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on July 30 and drew a crowd of 7,756 fans.

A replay of Jake Roberts’ heel turn on Superstars is shown.

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Randy Savage are in the booth, starting a new taping cycle in Worcester, Massachusetts.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on July 29 and drew a heavily papered crowd of 14,221.

Jake Roberts tells the Ultimate Warrior that he needs to enter a dark room, where Lucifer awaits him in a coffin.  The Warrior goes inside, and Roberts locks the door behind him, turning the lights on to reveal snakes all over the floor.  The Warrior cautiously gets to the coffin and opens it.  When he does, Lucifer bites him in the face.  The Warrior begs Roberts to open the door as the snake’s poison takes effect, but Roberts refuses, laughing at how the Warrior is affected just like any common man.  Roberts welcomes a “man in black” to see his work, which is revealed to be the Undertaker, and Roberts tells the Warrior never to trust a snake as the Warrior loses consciousness.  Like all the segments to this point, Roberts knocked this one out of the park and his heel turn was shocking for many young fans that had only known him as a babyface.  According to Roberts, the Warrior was bitten several times by snakes when they filmed this segment because he did not shuffle his feet and kicked and antagonized the snakes he was working with.

Jamison hears a radio announcement in Bobby Heenan’s dressing room that six “deranged lunatics” have escaped from the Stanford Sanitarium and have escaped on a yellow bus.

Sean Mooney, Lord Alfred Hayes, and Gene Okerlund are shown blowing up balloons for Randy Savage’s bachelor party.  They are tired and complaining that Heenan, who organized the party, has not done any setup work.  Gorilla Monsoon hauls Heenan onto the set, which has no audience.  Koko B. Ware, the Bushwhackers, and Jamison show up, with the Bushwhackers bringing a long sub sandwich.

Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, and Jim Neidhart are in the booth, concluding the taping in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Bret Hart’s squash from Prime Time Wrestling begins the broadcast.

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Randy Savage are doing commentary for the last episode from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Bobby Heenan is shown speeding into the parking lot because he is late.  He knocks over some traffic cones and puts a “Doctor on Call” notice on his dashboard before rushing into the building.

Sean Mooney and Heenan host this evening’s telecast.  Heenan insists he is good friends with Sid Justice.

Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, and Jim Neidhart call the action, still coming from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  All of them are wearing cowboy hats, something that Heenan is not thrilled with.

Ted DiBiase’s squash from Prime Time Wrestling is shown.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

I’ve been meaning to give this one a review for a while as I don’t think I’ve ever properly sat down to watch any of it outside of the Main Event, and that’s a lot of fun so hopefully the rest of the card will be good also!

This show came about because Vince McMahon was doing his usual Cyril Sneer act of helping himself whilst not hurting the competition by running a pay per view directly opposite Starrcade. He also strong armed a bunch of pay per view providers to not show Starrcade, even though JCP were happy to move their show to a different timeslot in order to accommodate him.

Stunts like this are why I’m glad a company like AEW exists because if Vince had gotten his way then I think all other wrestling companies would be annihilated by now and he’d just be training bodybuilders and failed sports stars at the Performance Centre.

The event ended up being a success so they kept it around, although its importance has wavered a lot in recent years and it’s probably the weakest of the “Big Four” pay per view events, even though the elimination match concept can be fun.

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Randy Savage are doing commentary, still broadcasting from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The Rockers squash from Prime Time Wrestling leads off the show.

Sean Mooney and Bobby Heenan are hosting tonight’s show.

The SmarK Rant for WWF Prime Time Wrestling – 07.24.89

I left off here ages ago because the Network collection originally stopped with the Bobby Heenan Show on July 17 89, but they’ve since added a ton more so we might as well pick it up here again for fun.

Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, and Jim Neidhart are calling today’s action, kicking off a new television taping from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on July 8 and drew a crowd of 13,500.

The Dragon’s squash from Prime Time Wrestling starts the show.

The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 08.13.94

Daylight Savings Time has struck again everywhere in the western world except for Saskatchewan so once again I’m befuddled as to when I should be posting these.  So if they’re up later or earlier, that’s why.

Just a couple of episodes left before Summerslam and then I’m wrapping this show up for good.

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Randy Savage are in the booth, starting a new set of television tapings from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on July 9 and drew a crowd of 8,500.

The Texas Tornado’s squash from Prime Time leads off the telecast.  The only twist is it has new commentary from the Superstars team and Piper talks of getting in another motorcycle accident, thereby scuttling future house show appearances against Irwin R. Schyster.

Irwin R. Schyster reminds Bobby Heenan that the makeup he needs for Prime Time is tax deductible.  Jamison wanders by and is scoulded, deciding not to enter “Dressing Room 3.”  He does go into “Dress Room 4” where he encounters Bret Hart, who tells him that he cannot talk to him because he is busy.  That makes Bret look like a prick, so he gives Jamison his shades to make up for it.

When Heenan makes his entrance he gets a loud applause, but that is because Jamison is behind him when he does so.  Heenan is hosting tonight’s show with Sean Mooney.  Mooney asks Heenan to take it easy on him because his sister is in the crowd.  Heenan immediately asks her if Mooney tried on their mother’s clothes a lot when he was young.

The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Grudge Match

I should note that the cover of the tape calls this “Grudge Matches” but the actual name of the tape is Grudge MATCH, singular.  There was a much crappier version in 1995 that was called Grudge Matches, for those keeping track.

Released March 27 1986 as we return to the glory days of the original Coliseum Videos again.

Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon, who warns us about HATRED going far beyond the boundaries of the squared circle, and cautions us that some of these are particularly violent. Well I’m writing this on Halloween night so that’s fitting.

Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, and Jim Neidhart are in the booth, broadcasting the last show from Fresno, California.