[1986-12-13-WWF-Philly Spectrum] Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff

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WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff - WWF Philly 12/13/86 Steel Cage

With this I have seen close to every Hogan title defense from 1986, I think 86 is an underrated year for the Hulkster lots of fun opponents. This is light years better than the SNME cage match but I am not surprised as the house show matches were more raw and visceral at the time. While the SNME finish is iconic, it is nice to get a definitive finish here. Orndorff attacks to start as expected. Theres different type of clubbering and I am just not into Orndorff’s brand of clubbering. I really like all of Orndorff’s cutoffs…Ballshot, jumping knee to the back on the Hogan escape, eye rake and cage shots. They do the whole Hogan pulls him back in over the top of the cage by the hair which I never love but you get a cool visual of Mr. wonderful eating the cage upside down. Bobby The Brain locked the cage door for some reason. They both go into the cage. Hulk-Up! Here comes the Brain. Hogan shoves him off and sends him into the Cage. It is a race and Hogan wins over the top and crowns Wonderful with the Championship Belt for good measure. Fun Cage Match not a ton of meat on the bone but it was enjoyable while it lasted. Feud underperformed in my opinion, Orndorff up there with Muraco as my least favorite Hogan opponent. *** 1/2