World Wrestling Federation (1990-)

[ErictheDragon]

Originally airing 2/4/1991 on HBO.

We start with a match from the most recent episode of Wrestling Challenge which sees High Energy (Boko B Ware & Tom Zenk) defeat The Bolsheviks (Ivan Koloff & Boris Zhukov) with steroid sunsetflips.

Footage of Tito Santana's celebration with the majority of the face roster after winning the Royal Rumble is shown. Gorilla confirmed,s that barring a title change, Santana will face Terry Funk for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania VII live on PPV from the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Ohio.

"Dangerous" Dan Spivey defeats Mike Williams with an over the shoulder Powerbomb. Interestingly Slick is out with Spivey and in a split screen promo, SLick says he promised to rebuild Black Diamond Enterprises and it starts with bringing in Spivey to finally rid of of that "bald headed bum" Bad New Brown, It continues next week where he promised the return of the Twin Towers.

Clips of Black Bart eliminating Manny Fernandez from the Royal Rumble is shown. Gorilla praises Bart for standing up for himself while Ventura wants to hear what the King of the Outlaws has to say about this.

Tugboat defeats Joe Turner in a match from Wrestling Challenge.

Still shots from the Loser Leaves Town Steel Cage match are shown. Due to the excessive amount for blood, many are in black and white.

Greg "The Hammer" Velentine makes Tom King submit to the figure four.

The Killer Bees w/Capt Lou defeat Mike Wallace & The Minotaur with the "Stinger" on Wallace. Minotaur is enraged after the match and flattens Wallace with "Running with the Bulls"

'Thrilling" Tom Brandi defeats The Iron Sheik with a flying body press in a match from the recent show in Madison Square Garden.

Feature Match.

The Northen Invasion (Chris Benoit, Dino Bravo & Kerry Brown) w/'Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeat The Commonwealth (Dynamite Kid, Danny Boy Collins & Biff Wellington) when a pier six brawl allowed Brown & Bravo allowed the latter to pin Welington.

[spaldoni]

High Energy are rising the ranks 

I can't wait for Funk vs. Tito. They're going to have a barn burner at Mania 

Slick isn't playing around. Spivey's some serious muscle and it could be bad news for Brown 

I think Bart and Manny are going to work things out with an old fashion fight 

Tugboat and Hammer get some shine 

Great angle with Minotaur. Perfect for his character 

Good to see Brandi still thrilling the crowds

Northern Invasion win a battle against the Commonwealth. I'm sure this war isn't over yet. 

[ErictheDragon]

No Prime Time this week due to scheduling conflicts so here are the results of WWF Weekly TV.

RAW 2/9/91

"Thrilling" Tom Brandi defeats Horace the Psychopath with a diving body press. Horace bodyslams a member of the Ring crew in his anger.

Mean Gene's Update reveals that at WrestleMania VII, March 22 from the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Ohio will see "America the Beautiful" performed by the one of a kind Willie Nelson!

Col Debeers defeats Tom King with the face first pile-driver. Before he even got into the ring, Debeers got into a verbal altercation with a black audience member and he got so visible angry at the man for....some reason that security took the liberty of getting between them.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Tony Burton with the DDT.

The Texas Outlaws join Sean Mooney, Funk tells Mooney to keep his Yankee trap shut because there's Outlaw business that need's handling. He's been watching Bart and Fernandez bicker like a couple of schoolgirls and he's sick and tired of being sick and tired of it. Says he spoke to WWF President Jack Tunney and he's gotten them a match, against each other at the next Saturday Night's Main Event on Feb 22 from the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland Maine and he expects them to settle their differences like MEN. And as for Murdoch, since he's the only one acting like he's got some sense he'll be taking on Tito Santana at that same SNME and he'll be the one making sure that Mexican jumping bean doesn't make it to Richfield.

"Dangerous" Dan Spivey with "The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Len Wagner in just 44 seconds with the Powerbomb.

Wrestling Challenge 2/10/91

Haku with "Sensational" Sherri Martel defeats Alan Reynolds with the "Tongan Death Grip"

Lord Alfred Hayes' Special Report informs the audience that at WresteMania Dan Spivey will take on Bad New Brown and if Brown wins, he gets Slick in the ring for five minutes!

"The Boy from New York City" Jimmy Valiant w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano defeats Dale Morrisson with the "Groovin' elbow".

The Genius defeats Peter Whatson with the "Honor Roll"

Billy Jack Haynes defeats Mr.E with the Full Nelson.

The Twin Towers (One Man Gang & King Kong Bundy) w/Slick defeat The Spirit Warriors (Wahoo McDaniel & Navajo Warrior) after Bundy hit NW with the "Avalanche" then talked in OMG who hit the 747.

[spaldoni]

I got a good laugh at Horace slamming the poor ring crew member. I'm liking this character build 

You have to have celebs at WrestleMania and Willie Nelson's a big one to get the event going 

It didn't take Debeers long to start some trouble 

I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for Jake. Whatever it is, he'll make it good 

Funk's right, that's how Manny and Bart should settle things. I hope Tito watches his back at SNME 

Spivey vs. Brown with the Slick stipulation is definitely a Mania match 

Good showcases for Haku, Valiant, Genius and Haynes 

Bundy and OMG as the Twin Towers is an awesome pairing! 

With your roster, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun putting the Mania card together. Can't wait to watch it all unfold. 

 

[LastStopTour]

Tom Brandi appears to be on a path somewhere with a bit of a push after some decent wins.

The Texas Outlaws appear to be imploding. Have a feeling they are going to look very different in a short amount of time.

[kevinmcfl]

Sorry for falling behind here.  Great job with the Royal Rumble!  They are hard to write.  Interesting choice with Tito getting the big win. I can't wait to see where he goes with this.  He was always one of my favorites.

Great job with Lawler!  I heel in the WWF and a babyfave in Memphis!  Seems like everything is normal in the world.  I'm enjoying this shared agreement.

It doesn't matter where or what time period but Dusty vs Funk always works.  Great job with this feud but it will be interesting to see where Funk and his buddies go from here.  Seems to be a bit of a rocky time period for them.

Earthquake as IC Champ is interesting as it is going to take a monster to get his shoulders down and the belt off of him.  Should be a fun run!

Can't wait for the push towards Wrestlemania!

[ErictheDragon]

Originally airing 2/18/91 on HBO.

We start with a tag team battle royal from the 2/16 edition of RAW. When the smoke clears the Twin Towers are standing tall having earned the right to face the Ronin for the tag belts at Mania.

The Tito Santana interview from the 2/17 edition of Wrestling Challenge is shown. Santana puts over his log tenure in the WWF and say he's been a tag champ, he's been the IC champ and now, at the grandest stage of them all, he'll complete the trinity when he becomes the new WWF Champion. Ariba!

The Berzerker defeats David Isley from Wrestling Challenge.

Okerlund is in Toys R Us with Duggan hyping the new WWF trading cards.

"Dangerous" Dan Spivey w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Disco Inferno. Split screen promo sees Slick say that's not a snowball's chance in the Sahara of Bad News Brown getting past his main man Spivey. That fives minutes ain't never gonna happen! He's so confident that he's got his lawyers hard at working striking that stip entirely...because of how unnecessary it will be.

We get a match from a recent live event at the Copps Coliseum pitting Ranger Ross against "The Ace" Bob Orton. Ross gets the win with the "Combat Kick" but the real story is that as he's celebrating Col Debeers and he's fighting mad for some reason. The two trade words and look ready to come to blows when security gets between them.

The Brian Knobbs v Bobby Fulton match from a recent Wrestling Challenge taping plays. The match ends in a double DQ when both their partners get involved. We're informed that a rematch for the IC tag tites will take place at SNME.

The Billy Jack Haynes squash from a recent RAW is shown.

Mean Gene gives the WrestleMania update, recapping all confined matches and revealing that America's favorite talk show hosts, Regis Philbin & Kathy Lee Gilford will be at Mania. Stay tuned over the coming weeks to what exactly they'll be up to.

Silver King defeats Darryl Woodworth in a match from this weeks RAW.

Feature Match.

WWF Intercontinental Championship.

"The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats Tatanka after a distraction from Martin lead to the "Earthquake" splash.

[spaldoni]

WrestleMania is heating up because the Twin Towers are on their way for a shot at Ronin. Big time match! 

Tito deserves his shot and man has he earned it. I still say him and Funk are going to put on a blockbuster. 

Slick and Brown have been a fun feud. Slick's confidence and getting lawyers involved is great stuff 

No doubt about it, a Ross/Debeers feud will be money! 

Nasty Boys and Fantastics are exploding. I hope this feud goes to Mania. 

Regis and Kathy Lee join Willie for Mania. WWF giving Mania the star power 

Earthquake gets in a solid defense against a game Tatanka. 

I like that you give us matches from different locations. Nice change of scenery and a cool little touch. 

[ErictheDragon]

Originally airing 2/25/91 on HBO.

A replay of the Navajo Warrior-Haku match from RAW airs. Wahoo is supportive throughout but NW ultimately succumbs to the "Tongan Death Grip".

Mean Gene's Update confirms that Col Debeers & Ranger Ross will go one-on-one at SNME.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Terrance Blaylock with the DDT. Split screen sees Robert say he's found the path that will take him to WrestleMania and the next time you see him it'll be too late for the poor soul who's been chosen to be his victim.

A replay of Terry Funk's "Outlaw summit" is seen before Manny Fernandez's squash from Wrestling Challenge plays. Split screen sees Fernandez vow to "knock some sense into Bart so he'll know his place in the Outlaw pecking order."

We Man Gene's WrestleMania VII report. He runs down the card so far with promises of more to come.

The Biff Wellington-Kerry Brown match from Wrestling Challenge airs. Double disqualification as both men's stablemates get involved.

The Berzerker gets a dominant win. It's announced that at SNME he'll face Brutus Beefcake with the winner challenging Jerry Lawler for the King's crown at Mania.

WrestleMania VII promos with Mooney. Bad News Brown says he'll tear through Slick's latest flunky and FINALLY give him the a**whooping he's had coming for months. Black Bart says at Mania he's "takin' the Bull by the dang gum horns" when he shows "Terry's boy" Fernandez who he's messing with.

Billy Jack Haynes' squash from RAW is shown. 

Feature Match.

High Energy defeat The Nightares with stereo sunsetflips.

[ErictheDragon]

Full Card for Saturday Night's Main Event.

Main Event.

1991 Royal Rumble Winner Tito Santana vs "Captain Redneck" Dick Murdoch w/WWF Champion Terry Funk

Black Bart vs "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez

WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.

The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs)(c) vs The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers)

King's Crown Contender's match.

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs The Berzerker

Ranger Ross vs Col Debeers

[spaldoni]

Once Haku clamps on the Tongan death grip, it's all over 

Ross gets his shot at Debeers 

I feel sorry for Jake's next victim 

I like the Manny/Bart storyline. Two stablemates ready to solve their problems the Outlaw way 

Looks like Biff and Brown's stables will be getting involved soon. A good single's match with everybody brawling at the end is always good heat. 

Beefcake and Berzerker will battle for a shot at the crown. Either way, Lawler's in for a big challenge. 

I can't wait for the Brown/Slick blow off at Mania. Everybody wants to see Slick get some bad news. 

High Energy and the Nightmares is a fun TV main event. 

SNME will be determine a lot for Mania. 

[ErictheDragon]

Airing live on NBC, The World Wrestling Federation proudly presents...

February 28, 1991

Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Maine

On Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse "The Body" Ventura

Col Debeers defeats Ranger Ross. Ross had the "Combat Kick" line up but Debeers shoved the ref into the line of fire. Ross managed to stop himself but in the confusion, Debeers hit a low blow which he followed with the fiance first Piledriver for the three. Debeers continued to lay into Ross after the bell, screaming furiously about "your kind". He throws Ross to the outside, lifts a section of the mat and hits another face first Piledriver onto the concrete! Security and medic both rush to Ross side but Debeers isn't leaving. Finally Jim Duggan charges down with his trusty 2x4 which send the Colonel into retreat. Duggan stays close keeping watch as Ross is stretchered out.

King's Crown Contender's match.

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake defeats The Berzerker by countout. Berzerker goes for a running boot but Beefcake dodges and Barzerker goes sailing over the top rope. Berzerker almost breaks the count but Beefcake hits "A little off the top" sending back down for the ten count.

WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.

The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs)(c) vs The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) ends in a no contest as all four men end up brawling in the ring and the ref cannot restore order.

"Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez defeats Black Bart in what was a hard hitting but clean match until Fernandez raked Bart's eyes setting up the "Flying Burrito". Fernandez actually offered a handshake but Bart wasn't having it and walked away to a positive reaction from the fans.

Lord Alfred Hayes and The Ultimate Warrior are showing off the variety of WWF merchandise on sale. We get some comedy with the stuffy posh of his Lordship bouncing off the utter madness that is the Warrior until Jake Roberts storms the set and blindside's the Warrior hitting him with some of the merch, bouncing his head off the table they were using before finally planting him with the DDT.

Main Event.

Tito Santana defeats "Captain Redneck" Dick Murdoch w/WWF Champion Terry Funk by countering the Brain buster into an inside cradle. Funk is furious and attacks Santna with the branding iron. Security and lower card wrestlers hit the ring to protect Santana (and the WrestleMania main event). Noticably, Manny Fernandez comes out to aid the Texas Outlaws but Black Bart doesn't.  The show ends in absolute chaos with Monsoon and Ventura frantically selling Mania.

[spaldoni]

Things get crazy right off the bat as Debeers gives Ross a brutal beating. Luckily Duggan makes the save. Debeers vs. Duggan will be pure gold 

Beefcake gets a poetic countout win over Berzerker to get his shot at the crown

Nasties and Fantastics will fight another day 

Manny just couldn't keep it clean. 

Great segment with Jake attacking Warrior. Went from light hearted comedy to serious drama in a second. 

Tito gets the win and Funk sends a message. The road to Mania just got real. 

All your Mania pieces are coming together 

[ErictheDragon]

WWF Live Events.

3/1/91. Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Disco Inferno defeats Russian Pitbull #2 with the "Chartbuster"

"Thrilling" Tom Brandi defeats Horace the Psychopath with a flying body press.

The Bolsheviks (Ivan Koloff & Boris Zhukov) defeat The Spirit Warriors (Wahoo McDaniel & Navajo Warrior) when Iva hit NW with the chain.

"8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant defeats "The Ace" Bob Orton with a Legdrop.

The Berzerker defeats Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka with a running Boot.

The Northern Invasion (Chris Benoit, Dino Bravo & Kerry Brown) w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats The Commonwealth (Biff Wellington, Danny Boy Collins & Dynamite Kid) when during a pier-six brawl, Martin managed to hit Wellington with the Canadian flag allowing Bravo to hit a power slam.

WWF Intercontinental Championship

"The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake(c) w/Frenchy Martin defeats Silver King when King tried to bodyslam Quake but Martin reached in and grabbed his leg.

3/2/91

Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.

Airing live on the New England Sports Network.

On Commentary: Jesse "The Body" Ventura & Lord Alfred Hayes

*Tonight's main attraction is a tournament to determine who challenges for the IC title at Mania*

Quarterfinals.

Dynamite Kid defeats Greg "The Hammer" Valentine by countering the figure four into an inside cradle.

"Crippler" Chris Benoit w/Frenchy Martin defeats 'Thrilling" Tom Brandi after avoiding a flying body press and hitting a dragon suplex.

Billy Jack Haynes defeats The Genius with the Full Nelson.

Haku w/"Sensational" Sherri Martel defeats "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan after a distraction by Col Debeers.

Sensational Power (Hercules & the Wrlord) w/Sherri defeat The Bushwhackers (Butch & Luke) with a double shoulderblock on Butch.

Semifinals

"Crippler" Chris Benoit defeats Dynamite Kid after Martin distracts the ref allowing Kerry Brown to interfere.

Billy Jack Haynes defeats Haku by DQ when Haku refused to break the "Tongan Death Grip" after Haynes got to the ropes.

The Kiler Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano defeat The Nightmares with the "Stinger".

Finals 

Billy Jack Haynes defeats Chris Benoit. Benoit looked to hit Haynes with the ring bell but Dynamite Kid ran down and took it from him. Benoit was so busy yelling at DK Hynes was able to come up behind him and lock in the Full Nelson.

3/3/91

Maple Leaf Garden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Minotaur defeats a local talent with "Running with the Bull".

"The Boy from New York City" Jimmy Valiant w/Capt Lou defeats The Iron Sheik with the "Groovin' elbow".

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine defeats Tugboat with the figure four.

High Energy (Koko B Ware & Tom Zenk) defeat The Russian Pitbulls with a double dropkick.

Col Debeers defeats Biff Wellington with the face first Pildriver. Huge heat for Debeers.

Dynamite Kid vs "Crippler" Chris Benoit w/Frenchy Martin ends in a 20 mi time limit draw.

WWF Tag Team Championship.

The Ronin (Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki)(c) defeat Sensational Power (Hercules & Warlord) w/Sherri after Hase countered a Herules running clothesline into a Ura-nage.

The Ultimate Warrior defeats Jake "The Snake" Roberts by DQ when Roberts slide out of a military press and hit Warrior with a low blow. Roberts grabbed a chair and went to hit Warrior who ducked and hit a flying shoulder block that sent Roberts into retreat.

[spaldoni]

R.I. gets a fun card with legends like Andre and Snuka along with hot new talent like Brandi and Disco. The Commonwealth/Northern Invasion feud is drawing some good heat. 

Loved the tournament in Boston. Billy Jack looks strong as he heads to Mania to face Earthquake. Everybody will want to see if he can clamp the full nelson on Quake. 

In Toronto, Debeers continues to get nuclear heat. High Energy is winning their way to a title shot. The Ronin have momentum going into Mania. Jake and Warrior turn up the heat on their new rivalry.