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Vince McMahon moderates tonight’s panel of Gorilla Monsoon, Slick, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.  Monsoon does some revisionist history, saying that Sid Justice spent more time eyeing Hulk Hogan in the SummerSlam main event last year instead of serving as the special guest referee.  Heenan contends that Sid did nothing wrong in the Rumble so people need to get off his back.  Slick argues that people lost respect for Sid when he acted like a crybaby after not getting the WrestleMania title shot.  After showing video footage of Sid’s heel turn, Monsoon gives faint praise to Sid for outwitting WWF President Jack Tunney and getting him to change the WrestleMania main event so he could face Hogan.  Perfect concludes the segment by ranting about how he was not consulted by Tunney before rebooking Flair’s WrestleMania title match.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

We’ve got some matches from Jakked/Metal this week, which was WWF’s Saturday syndicated show for a while. We’ve mainly got this one today because it features Perry Saturn Vs Mike Bell in quite an infamous bout. Some of the other matches looked fun though so we’ll review them all as it shouldn’t take long.

I’ll list which episode the matches are from if you want to hunt them down.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are calling the action, kicking off a new taping cycle in Lubbock, Texas, which is where the recent Saturday Night’s Main Event was filmed.  Heenan is wearing a red jacket that says “Indiana’s Favorite Bobby” on the back.

Footage of Sid Justice’s recent heel turn airs.

Lord Alfred Hayes’ Special Report recaps the changes that WWF President Jack Tunney had made to the WrestleMania VIII main event.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are in the booth, starting a new cycle of television tapings from Amarillo, Texas.  According to the historyofwwe.com, the taping took place on January 28.

A replay of Sid Justice’s heel turn on Saturday Night’s Main Event airs, along with Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake’s promo with Gene Okerlund.  Footage of Sid destroying the Barber Shop on last week’s Wrestling Challenge is shown too.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are on commentary, concluding the taping in Fort Myers, Florida. Monsoon rants about Sid Justice turning heel on Hulk Hogan on Saturday Night’s Main Event, saying that Sid has made an enemy for life.

Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan provide commentary for the thirtieth edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event and the first episode of the program to not air on NBC.  The show was filmed in Lubbock, Texas on January 27 and, according to oswreview.com, it drew an 8.2 rating (an estimated 14.3 million viewers), higher than any Saturday Night’s Main Event program since the twenty-fifth edition, which aired on January 27, 1990.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are commentating, broadcasting the last episode of the taping cycle in Daytona Beach, Florida.

This show features a new, upbeat rock lead-in song.  Vince McMahon moderates the usual panel of Gorilla Monsoon, Slick, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.

A replay of WWF President Jack Tunney’s WrestleMania VIII press conference from Superstars airs.  Afterward, Monsoon chastises Sid Justice for not conducting himself like a gentleman like Hulk Hogan.  Monsoon adds that Sid did well in the Royal Rumble but he does not have the same credentials as Hogan, so it makes sense that Hogan is getting the title shot.  Heenan concedes that Hogan is a big draw and does a lot for charity but Tunney bows to him all the time.  Perfect adds that Sid was right that Hogan cannot beat Ric Flair but disagrees that Sid can beat Flair.  McMahon concludes the segment by saying that the main event for this weekend’s Saturday Night’s Main Event will see Hogan and Sid team up to face Flair and the Undertaker.  Randy Savage will also face Jake Roberts.

The WrestleMania VIII press conference that aired on Superstars starts the show, along with rebuttal comments from Randy Savage and Sid Justice.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are calling the action, taped from Fort Myers, Florida.

WWF President Jack Tunney’s WrestleMania VIII press conference leads off the show.  WWF Champion Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, and Bobby Heenan appear.  Flair tells the media that the five title contenders, who are seated, are great wrestlers but he beat them all in the Royal Rumble.  After Flair leaves, Tunney steps to the microphone and announces that he has chosen Hulk Hogan to face Flair.  This angers Sid, who was rising up with a smile on his face when Tunney turned to him before announcing Hogan’s name.  As Sid tears some papers apart, Hogan does a generic promo about how Hulkamania will run wild on Flair at WrestleMania.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are on commentary, broadcasting another episode from Daytona Beach, Florida.  Perfect is happy that Tunney chose Hogan because that is who Flair wanted to face.

Vince McMahon hosts the typical panel of Gorilla Monsoon, Slick, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.  Heenan calls into a hotline to vote for Ric Flair’s opponent and casts a ballot for Hulk Hogan.  Slick says he will vote for Roddy Piper.

The SmarK Rant for WWF Action Zone – 10.23.94

Although KrisPLettuce doesn’t have MUCH WWF stuff in the archive, here’s an interesting one that people have asked me for in the past.  I’d rather cover this than Superstars in 1994, that’s for sure.

So this was another attempt for Vince to create a new franchise show on USA, replacing All American, which predictably lasted a few months before he got bored of it and it turned into another recap show.  In retrospect it’s a miracle that Monday Night RAW survived Vince’s new toy syndrome and went on to have the run it did.  But this was quite the show to start out.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are commentating today’s show, which kicks off a new taping in Fort Myers, Florida.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on January 8.  Heenan gets worked up about Ric Flair winning the Royal Rumble, screaming about how he has now become the wealthiest man in the world.  Monsoon becomes angry at Heenan and walks off the set before the intro to the show.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are calling today’s action, starting a new taping cycle in Daytona Beach, Florida.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on January 7 and drew a crowd of 12,000 fans.

The New Foundation squash from Prime Time Wrestling is the first match on the show.

Vince McMahon moderates tonight’s panel of Gorilla Monsoon, Slick, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.  McMahon tells viewers that Ric Flair won the WWF Championship at The Royal Rumble and Heenan and Perfect gloat.  Slick offers his hand in congratulations and Heenan and Perfect ignore him.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, live from Albany, New York.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show drew a crowd of 17,000 fans.  Despite more than a month of hype, the show drew a disappointing 1.80 buyrate (an estimated 260,000 buys), which was a sizeable drop from the 2.40 buyrate (440,000 buys) of the previous year’s Royal Rumble.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are calling the action, announcing the go home show for The Royal Rumble, which also concludes a taping in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are in the booth for the final Superstars before The Royal Rumble.  They are concluding a four-show taping cycle in Austin, Texas.  Perfect vows that Ric Flair will win the Rumble.  McMahon tells viewers that the Mountie is the new Intercontinental titleholder, defeating a flu-addled Bret Hart a night earlier to capture the belt in Springfield, Massachusetts.  He adds that the Mountie will be defending the title against Roddy Piper at The Royal Rumble.

Randy Savage’s defeat of the Barbarian, which aired on Prime Time Wrestling on December 30 of the previous year, airs.

Vince McMahon hosts tonight’s panel, made up of the regular guests of Gorilla Monsoon, Slick, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.  This is the last Prime Time episode before The Royal Rumble.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are broadcasting, continuing the long taping cycle in Corpus Christi, Texas.  Heenan says that his hands are sweating in anticipation of the Royal Rumble.