JerryvonKramer Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Let's analyse this briefly: New Japan tour Boston Feb 11th - Iron Sheik Philly Feb 18th - Masked Superstar MSG Feb 20th - Paul Orndorff Pittsburgh Feb 24th - Iron Sheik LA Feb 25th - Masked Superstar St. Louis March 2nd - Big John Studd Baltimore March 3rd - Paul Orndorff Landover March 4th - Iron Sheik Salisbury March 5th - David Schultz Altoon March 8th - David Schultz Sacramento March 9th - Big John Studd LA March 10th - Iron Sheik East Rutherford March 11th - David Schultz Boston March 17th - David Schultz St. Louis March 23rd - Big John Studd LA March 24th - David Schultz MSG March 25th - no match Philly March 31st - no match Utica April 1st - Afa Buffalo April 2nd - Sika St. Louis April 6th - Big John Studd Altoon April 7th - Paul Orndorff Johnstown April 8th - David Scultz Detroit April 13th - David Scultz Boston April 14th - no match Dayton April 15th - Paul Orndorff Cincinnati April 16th - Greg Valentine MSG April 23rd - no match Pittsburgh April 27th - no match Baltimore April 28th - Greg Valentine Oakland April 30th - Tiger Chung Lee Shots with no dates: Binghamton (Afa), Iron Sheik (Erie), Niagra Falls (Paul Orndorff), Troy (David Schultz). Westchester County May 2nd - David Schultz Utica May 3rd - David Schultz Philly May 5th - Iron Sheik Hazleton May 6th - Paul Orndorff Then it's a New Japan tour. So in this period of three months or so: Iron Shiek - 6 matches. But notably, these are all big venues: Boston Gardens, Spectrum, LA, Cap Centre and a monster gate in Pittsburgh. Basically a return bout for the title in all the major markets. In March he transitions to Slaughter feud. Masked Superstar - 2 matches. My impression is that these bouts were a hold over and Hogan was simply plugging in for Backlund. Paul Orndorff - 6 matches. He has Hogan's only MSG match in this period, debuted the month before. Worked the previous month in Baltimore vs. Backlund. He's basically a midcard heel at this time, being managed by Piper and tagging with him or else having IC shots vs. Tito. He's a placeholder opponent on smaller shows. Big John Studd - 4 matches. For whatever reason Studd worked all three Kiel shows in St. Louis. Your old-fashioned three-match program in a big venue. The other date is a completely random incursion into Sacramento, for a small show, the first time WWF ever ran there. David Schultz - 10 matches. Clearly Hogan's "go to" opponent in this period and the most major program aside from Iron Shiek. Seems like Orndorff might have got injured and Schultz subbed which might have inflated the number a bit. Greg Valentine, Afa - 2 matches. Placeholder opponents. Along the lines of Bobby Duncum vs. Backlund. Sika, Tiger Chung Lee - 1 match. Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Nice analysis Parv. It's a very wide variety of programs by WWF standards and none of them were referred to at all on WWF TV except local promos. They weren't feuds at all they were just random matches. Even the Piper thing is so brief as a feud, ditto Bundy. I would argue that Hogan's first real true, month plus long, went in all the major markets and was nearly exclusive was Orndorff and that's nearly 2.5 years into the run! Gotta assume a lot of this was spread the Hogan money around to various opponents because once he comes back in 88 he works with far far far less people per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hogan had fueds with Muraco and Savage that I thought went around the horn. They definitely did the three at the Garden deal with both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I typed up the raw data for the rest of the big arena matches from 84. Must dash. Analysis later. May MSG - Schultz Kiel - Orndorff June Philly - Iron Sheik Kiel - Orndorff MSG / Boston / Pittsburgh - no match (carried by Slaughter vs. sheik) Quebec - Goulet LA - Orndorff July Philly - Orndorff Chicago - Studd Boston - Orndorff Meadowlands - Andre tag vs. Studd, Adonis, Murdoch Kiel - no match Pittsburgh - Orndorff MSG - Valentine Cap Centre - Orndorff August Philly - Valentine Boston - no match Toronto - Valentine Kiel - Steele LA - no match Chicago - Studd Pittsburgh - Orndorff Omni - Schultz MSG - no match September Kiel - Steele Philly - no match Boston - no match Detroit - Ventura Toronto - no match Pittsburgh - no match MSG - Studd (sub for Ventura) Kiel - Mr. Fuji Cap Centre - Orndorff Chicago - Steele October Omni - Studd Boston - Piper (first ever match) Toronto - no match Pittsburgh - Studd (sub for Ventura) Philly - Studd (sub for Ventura) Meadowlands - no match LA - Studd Cap Centre - no match Chicago - Studd Toronto - no match MSG - Studd St. Louis - Kamala (Andre subbed for Hogan) Omni - no match November Boston - Piper Pittsburgh - Studd Philly - no match Chicago - tag with Mad Dog Vachon vs. Fuji / Steele Cap Centre - no match Omni - no match MSG - no match LA - no match December Philly - no match Detroit - no match Cap Centre - no match Boston - no match Toronto - Volkoff (Hogan subbed for Slaughter) Meadowlands - Studd Chicago - no match Omni - Orndorff Kiel - Beefcake MSG - Iron Sheik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Savage yes sort of. Muraco no that was just in MSG and a handful elsewhere. Nothing on TV to set it up though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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