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Happy Wednesday Everyone!

We’ve got another owner mandated scenario this week. For those of you who haven’t read my Rebooking features from the past two weeks; this scenario entails me getting some form of order/direction from the owner of the promotion requiring me to book a certain match at the event. I’m free to book the rest of the show to my own whims, but one particular match MUST be mandated by the owner. This week it’s WrestleMania XII getting the rebooking treatment, with Vince McMahon demanding that we continue to run the WWF on Diesel Power™.

Yes, in this scenario I’m imagining that Vince McMahon has had one of his many stubborn turns and has demanded that Big Daddy Cool remain the WWF Champion into WrestleMania XII, as Vince refuses to let it go in an effort to thoroughly Roman Reigns his giant WWF Champion.

Thus I’ve been diligently set to work with the goal of coming up with a WrestleMania XII Main Event match for ol’ Big Daddy, although thankfully Vince has at least allowed me to dethrone the big lug. Thus here comes WrestleMania XII with Diesel closing the show. Wish me luck.

You can view the original card for the show by clicking below;

Card with guide « WWF WrestleMania XII « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Mr. Perfect are on commentary, taped from New Haven, Connecticut.  McMahon announces that Hulk Hogan regained the WWF Championship but WWF President Jack Tunney has an announcement to make about the title switch later.  Piper warns Perfect against interfering in any of his matches like Ric Flair has done against Hogan.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, live from San Antonio, Texas.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show drew a sellout crowd of 8,000.  The show drew a buyrate of 1.00, which roughly equates to 140,000 buys.  Those were less than half of the number of households that bought Survivor Series, making the WWF quickly abandon this experiment of doing small, cheap, weekly pay-per-views.

A replay of WWF Champion the Undertaker and Paul Bearer’s promo at the end of Survivor Series is shown.

The roundtable of Vince McMahon, Gorilla Monsoon, Sean Mooney, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect jump into an argument over whether WWF President Jack Tunney should have the right to digitally censor Ric Flair’s championship belt.

A replay of WWF President Jack Tunney’s Survivor Series announcement that Randy Savage is immediately reinstated and will face Jack Roberts at This Tuesday in Texas is shown.  There is also a replay of Tunney announcing a rematch for the WWF Championship between the Undertaker and Hulk Hogan from the Survivor Series pay-per-view.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are commentating today’s episode, which kicks off a new taping cycle in Springfield, Massachusetts.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on November 12 and drew a sellout crowd of 8,900.

A replay of WWF President Jack Tunney’s Survivor Series comments about Randy Savage and Jake Roberts is shown.  Tunney’s later comments ordering a rematch between the Undertaker and Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship are also shown.

The SmarK Rant for Monday Night RAW – 11.06.96

There are many stupid and unimportant episodes of RAW that I’ve reviewed covering 95-96, but this is not one of them.  By the end of 1996, the USA Network was tired of getting their ass kicked by Nitro as much as Vince was, and they moved RAW up an hour in order to compete.  They also encouraged the WWF to be more edgy with their programming, and so, this is what we got.  Here’s a link to the Kevin Kelly interview on PTBN covering the show in detail:

http://placetobenation.com/place-to-be-podcast-episode-142-kevin-kelly-and-the-11496-raw/

Happy Saturday Everyone!

We’re going to review WrestleMania VII today because we’re nearing Mania in real life and I’ve always enjoyed this show. The Main Event is Sgt Slaughter defending the WWF Title against Hulk Hogan, in a feud that had a very tasteless build but at least delivered when they got in the ring. The other big match is Macho King Randy Savage facing The Ultimate Warrior with both respective wrestlers’ careers on the line.

If you’d like to view the card, you can do so below;

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1768&page=3

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Mr. Perfect are in the booth, starting a new round of television tapings from New Haven, Connecticut.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings were held on November 13.

McMahon tells fans that the Undertaker is the new WWF Champion.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan handle commentary, broadcasting live from Detroit, Michigan.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show, which took place on November 27, drew a crowd of 17,500.  The show’s buyrate was 2.20 (300,000 buys), a steep decline from the 3.0 number of the prior year’s edition (400,000 buys).

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I actually think WWF WrestleMania VIII is a decent enough show overall, although it loses steam after the great Ric Flair Vs Randy Savage match. I decided to set myself a challenge this week, whereby I assume that I’ve been mandated to do a certain thing by the promoter and then have to book a show to fit this criteria.

In this instance, I’m rebooking WrestleMania VIII under the assumption that Vince McMahon has demanded that the Main Event be Ric Flair Vs Hulk Hogan. In real life, McMahon decided he needed something different on top, which is why we got Hogan against Sid and Flair against Savage. In this reality though Vince has decided that we’re going to do Flair Vs Hogan and it’s up to me to book the rest of the card.

With that in mind, let’s see what I can cook up.

As always, please feel free to share your own booking ideas and thoughts in the comments section.

You can view the real card for the event by clicking below;

Card with guide « WWF WrestleMania VIII – “Friendship Torn Apart!” « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database

Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan handle commentary duties for this Prime Time special, which aired on USA Network on the evening of November 24.  The matches were taped in Utica, New York on November 11.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the card drew a sellout crowd of 5,000 fans.

The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Jake the Snake Roberts

Given the recent discussion of Jake with the A&E doc, this seemed like a natural one to have another look.

Released mid-87

Your hosts are Craig DeGeorge and Johnny V, who goes on a funny rant about the snake and does his impression of it.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, concluding the tapings in Dayton, Ohio.

The day before this show, the Arsenio Hall Show played host to a WWF Tag Team title match between the Legion of Doom and the Nasty Boys.  Gene Okerlund, Jake Roberts, and Hall were commentators and Okerlund also served as ring announcer.  Here is a breakdown of that match:

Vince McMahon moderates tonight’s panel of Gorilla Monsoon, Roddy Piper, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.

Monsoon argues that the Undertaker and Paul Bearer failed to take out Hulk Hogan on Superstars.  However, Perfect makes a good point that the Undertaker was unfazed by Savage’s chairshot, showing that nothing will stop the Dead Man from winning at Survivor Series.

The Bushwhackers-Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster tag team match from Wrestling Challenge airs.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary, taped from Dayton, Ohio.

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Randy Savage are doing commentary, still taped from Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Piper urges WWF President Jack Tunney to reinstate Savage so he can compete at Survivor Series.

The Rockers’ squash from Prime Time Wrestling is the first match on today’s show.

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 12.01.97

I was trying to get caught up with Nitro again before I went back to these, but I just can’t resist.

The cheesy opening for the show that talked about Arsenio Hall and Oprah is gone.  Vince McMahon welcomes fans to a new format where he sits at the head of a table.  Gorilla Monsoon and Roddy Piper are to his right and Bobby Heenan and Mr. Perfect are to his left.

The participants debate Sid Justice’s injury.  Piper argues that Sid should show up to Survivor Series with his cast on, while Heenan and Perfect dismiss that because WWF President Jack Tunney will not allow for that to happen.  Monsoon adds that Tunney needs to make a decision about Randy Savage’s reinstatement so the Big Bossman and the Legion of Doom can plan strategy for their elimination match.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

I’ve never watched WrestleFest 1988 in full before but I have seen the Main Event. That actually won’t change here as I’m watching the Silver Vision version and I believe they cut some of the matches out. This was a big stadium show where Andre The Giant and Hulk Hogan would seemingly settle their long running feud inside a Steel Cage. I think this might have been their last big singles match together but they would face off in tag team matches after this show.

You can view the card by clicking below so you can see what matches I’m missing;

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=62053&page=2