
Welcome to another edition of Seanomaniac
Wrestling Reviews, the only wrestling review series on the internet that
continues to tear the house down like a Walter match! It’s time for Saturday
Night’s Main Event of October 26th in 1988, the last main event
before Survivor Series 1988! We have a tag team championship match, we have
Jake Roberts vs Rick Rude and The Hulkster is in action. What a night of action
and it’s live now!
Jake The
Snake Roberts W/ Cheryl Roberts vs Ravishing Rick Rude W/ Bobby Heenan
A feud that
has been brewing for months, Rude was turned down by the wife of Jake Roberts,
leading to Rude wearing tights with Jake’s wife’s face airbrushed onto his
tights. Roberts wants to destroy Rude for obvious reasons and this should be an
excellent rematch of their Wrestlemania IV match which was hampered by the time
limit expiry finish.
Rude
continues to wind up Roberts, here we go with the two brawling in the ring.
Wrist-lock from Roberts, Rude dives over the ropes for a break but Roberts
drags Rude back into the ring. Arm-wrench, Rude leapfrogs Roberts but gets
caught with a right hand, DDT time but no, Rude powders out to Heenan. Wrist-lock
from Roberts, Rude ducks and nails a clothesline. Roberts meets the turnbuckle hard,
Roberts is swinging wildly and missing as Rude drills Roberts with precise
right hands. Elbow to the head, Rude taunts Cheryl at ringside, Irish whip to
the corner from Rude. Roberts collapses, the damage to the lower back too much.
Rude grinds his hips at Cheryl, Irish whip to the corner. Rude poses for too
long, clothesline from Roberts.
Left jabs
from Roberts, big right hand floors Rude. Roberts ties up Rude and allows
Cheryl to slap Rude in the face, the two brawl on the floor. Roberts hits the
ring-post hard, Rude grinds in the ring like a boss. Rights and lefts from
Roberts, back drop from Roberts. DDT attempt is countered as Rude scores with a
back drop, fist drops and Rude climbs to the top rope. Massive diving fist drop
from Rude for two, Rude Awakening is blocked with biting from Roberts.
Roberts
hangs onto the ropes from an Irish whip, Roberts fakes a punch and Rude ducks,
DDT from Roberts, the crowd goes wild. Rude is out but Roberts looks to rip the
tights off of Rude, Heenan calls for Andre before attacking Roberts. Andre
attacks Roberts, throwing him to the floor but Andre forgets about Roberts and
his snake, Roberts has Damien and oh my goodness, Andre is terrified of snakes,
who knew?
That is some
old-school fun wrestling, a classic feud between Roberts and Rude, much better
than their Wrestlemania match. Crowd is electric and the build up to that DDT
is tremendous, love the whole sequence and Andre and Heenan are tremendous
during this segment, this was a whole lot of fun and Roberts gets a measure of
revenge against the dastardly Rick Rude.
Winner:
Jake The Snake Roberts over Rick Rude via DQ!
(WWF
World Tag Team Championship Match) The Hart Foundation vs Demolition © W/ Mr.
Fuji & Jimmy Hart
Neidhart and
Ax begin, Ax backs Neidhart into the corner. In comes Smash, Demolition beat
down Neidhart. Neidhart counters a suplex with ease, tag to Bret. Irish whip
and kick by Bret, dropkick floors Smash. Bret goes to the middle rope, Bret’s
rope elbow drop for two. Arm-wrench from Bret, Smash counters with a
clothesline. Tag to Ax, Demolition choke Bret in the corner with Neidhart
jaw-jacking with the referee. Tag to Smash, Smash clubs Bret in the corner.
Snapmare and reverse chinlock, tag to Ax. Ax boots Bret in the face, Neidhart
is getting frustrated on the apron.
Bret blocks a right, Smash has been rocked.
Clubbing blows from Smash, Bret ducks a clothesline and scores with a clothesline.
Bret tags Neidhart, Nedihart runs wild. Dropkicks and clotheslines, the match
has broken down. Demolition are whipped into one another but look at this, here
comes The Rougeau Brothers. Neidhart chokes Jimmy Hart, Jacque hands the
megaphone to Smash who cracks Neidhart in the back of the head, Demolition
retain their championships.
Decent tag team
match, Ax and Smash work a nice heat segment on Bret who sells his ass off as
he always does, Neidhart comes in like a house of fire and we have quite the
finish building up a feud between The Hart Foundation and The Rougeau Brothers.
Winners: Demolition
over The Hart Foundation via Megaphone To The Head!
King Haku
W/ Bobby Heenan vs Hulk Hogan W/ Miss Elizabeth
Haku cheap
shots Hogan, back-rake from Haku. The King attacks the throat of Hogan, Haku
bites the head of The Hulkster. Throat thrust from Haku, Hogan dodges an elbow
drop, Hogan tees off with right hands.
Big right hand floors Haku, Heenan distracts Hogan but Haku cannot take
control. Chops from Hogan, Irish whip and an axe bomber from Hogan. Series of
elbow drops and a boot to the head from Hogan, chop from The Hulkster. Heenan
grabs Hogan’s leg, allowing Haku to attack Hogan.
Choke from
Haku, Hogan rallies using the crowd’s energy. Rake to the eyes from Haku, Hogan
eats a double chop to the head, Savate Kick from Haku and Hogan is down on the
floor. Heenan berates Hogan as Haku looks to continue his control. Hogan waits
on the floor, Haku looks for a diving chop but Hogan pulls Heenan in front as a
shield. Heenan is down and hurt, Hogan has used his wits to even the playing
field in this match. Haku drills Hogan with a clothesline in the ring, diving
headbutt from Haku.
Suplex from
Haku, Hogan powers out of the pin at two. Haku continues to chop and thrust but
Hogan is Hulking Up. Right hands and a massive big boot, Atomic Leg Drop and
Haku has been defeated by Hulk Hogan. Hogan celebrates with Miss Elizabeth.
Standard
Hogan Match, the interaction with Heenan was great stuff, anytime Heenan is
involved, it is gold. Haku got some great offense in the match too, all you
could hope for from a Hogan match on Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Winner:
Hulk Hogan over King Haku via Atomic Leg Drop!
Ken
Patera vs Dino Bravo W/ Frenchie Martin
Bravo
applies the side headlock, two men clash with neither man backing down. Patera
back drops Bravo, scoop slam too. Bravo powders to the floor, re-entering the
ring at his pace. Headbutt to the ribs, Patera is rammed into the turnbuckles.
Left jabs and a massive right from Bravo, choke in the corner. Patera reverses
an Irish whip and punishes Bravo, ten punches in the corner. Snapmare and elbow
to the face, scoop slam by Patera.
Shoulder
block by Patera, Patera wants his Full-Nelson but Bravo makes it to the corner.
Irish whip to the corner, boot from Bravo. Inverted atomic drop and Bravo
applies his Sidewalk Slam for the win. Squash match, little sizzle and little
steak. DUD!
Winner:
Dino Bravo over Ken Patera via Sidewalk Slam!
The Big
Bossman W/ Slick vs Jim Powers
Knees and clubbing
blows from Bossman, Irish whip. Powers slides through the legs and applies a
sleeper before Bossman backs into the corner, corner splash from Bossman.
Headbutt and taunting from Bossman, leg across the back to Powers. Two-handed
choke and throat thrust from Bossman, bearhug from Bossman. Powers is whipped
off the ropes, dropkicks out of nowhere before a Bossman Slam ends this one
before it began. Another squash with little substance, Bossman handcuffs Powers
to the ropes while using the nightstick to punish Powers. DUD!
Winner:
Big Bossman over Jim Powers via Bossman Slam!
Not a memorable
episode of Main Event, you do get a great match out of Rude and Roberts leading
to the setup of a feud between Roberts and Andre The Giant. Andre’s expressions
were very funny too but this is an episode that does little to advance
storylines leading into Survivor Series so I guess we will see where we are
going next! Thanks for reading and remember: There’s always another night!

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