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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 5:51:18 GMT 1
 One Man Gang becomes Akeem
October 29, 1988
Slick promised a repackaged for One Man Gang announcing that The One Man Gang name was no more, but instead he would be known as Akeem, The Formerly One Man Gang was dressed up in a yellow and blue attire with a beard and a hat. |
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 5:53:35 GMT 1
 A GIANT SNAKE SCARE
October 29, 1988After Jake Roberts's final match with Rick Rude on Saturday Night's Main Event, Andre The Giant entered the ring to confront Jake Roberts, after the two exchanged blows with Andre getting the upper hand and tossing the Snake out of the ring, The Snake returned with his snake and it petrified Andre The Giant so much that he fainted in the middle of the ring. |
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 6:06:51 GMT 1
 WWF SURVIVOR SERIES - November 20, 1988 - Landover, MD - Capital Centre
5 on 5 Elimination Match: Team Roberts (Jake The Snake Roberts, Shawn Michaels, Marty Jannetty, Hacksaw "Jim Duggan" & Owen Hart) D. Team Rude (Rick Rude, Boris Zukhov, Nikolai Volkoff, Dino Bravo & Terry Taylor) (Roberts was the Sole Survivor)
5 On 5 Elimination Match: Team Bass (Ron Bass, Harley Race, The Rougeau Brothers & Mr. Perfect) D. Team Beefcake (Brutus Beefcake, Don Muraco, The British Bulldogs & Koko B. Ware) (Perfect was the Sole Survivor)
WWF Women's Championship Match: Rockin Robin D. Leilani Kai
WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: The Ultimate Warrior D. Bad News Brown
WWF Tag Team Championship Match: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard D. Demolition to regain the WWF Tag Team Titles
10 on 10 Elimination Match: Team Flair (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Greg Valentine, Honky Tonk Man, The Big Bossman, Andre The Giant, Haku, Rick Martel, Akeem & Ted Dibiase) D. Team Savage (Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Hillbilly Jim, Ken Patera, Tito Santana, Big John Studd, Junkyard Dog, The Hart Foundation & Hercules) (Flair was the Sole Survivor)
 In the second match of the Survivor Series 5 on 5 Elimination Match, Mr. Perfect who was put on Outlaw Ron Bass's team became the Sole Survivor after an impressive debut in August of 1988.
 The Four Horsemen started Survivor Series off with a bang as Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard captured the WWF Tag Team Titles over Demolition.
In the Main Event, Team Flair & Team Savage faced off with Ric Flair becoming the sole survivor by last defeating Randy Savage in probably one of the biggest Survivor Series Elimination Matches of all time as Team Flair had Big Bossman, Ted Dibiase, Akeem, Honky Tonk Man, Barry Windham, Greg Valentine, Haku, Andre The Giant, Rick Martel & Himself as they defeated Team Savage's team of WWF Champion Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Hercules, The Hart Foundation, Big John Studd, Junkyard Dog, Tito Santana, Ken Patera & Hillbilly Jim. But after the match, Team Flair celebrated and attempted to do more damage to Savage, but Savage's teammates came out to make the save.
 But after, The Macho Man & Hogan had a disagreement with the way Hogan was looking at Elizabeth and carrying her in her arms sensing a tease of jealousy.
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 6:14:58 GMT 1
 THE MEGA POWERS EXPLODE
January 7, 1989
During a Tag Team Match for the Tag Team Titles between The Megapowers against Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, Blanchard tossed Savage over the top rope to the floor onto Elizabeth. Hogan saw what happened and he was carrying Miss Elizabeth. Savage got to his feet and he followed Hogan to the backstage area giving Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard the win by countout. In the Backstage Trainer's Office while Elizabeth was being checked on by Hogan & Savage. Savage told Elizabeth that if it weren't for Hogan, he wouldn't be in that situation. Then the two got into a confrontation with Savage saying that Hogan was jealous that Savage is the WWF Champion and not Hogan, Savage said that if Hogan wanted the WWF Championship, he would face him at the 1989 Royal Rumble. Hogan said that if the Megapowers were going to Implode, then Hogan would accept and may the best man win. Hogan walked out of the Trainer's Room while Savage checked on Elizabeth. |
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 6:39:37 GMT 1
 WWF ROYAL RUMBLE - January 15, 1989 - The Summit - Houston, TX
WWF Tag Team Titles: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard D. The British Bulldogs to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship
King of the WWF: Haku D. Harley Race
Hair vs Hair Match: Brutus Beefcake D. Outlaw Ron Bass
The Bushwhackers D. The Rougeau Brothers
WWF Women's Championship Match: Rockin' Robin D. Candi Devine
WWF Championship Match: Randy Savage D. Hulk Hogan to retain the WWF Championship
Royal Rumble Match: Ric Flair wins the 30-Man Royal Rumble by last eliminating Bret "Hitman" Hart
Order of Entries:
1. Rick Rude (Eliminated Ken Patera & Ultimate Warrior, but was eliminated by Ultimate Warrior)
2. Junkyard Dog (Eliminated by Mr. Perfect)
3. Terry Taylor (Eliminated by Akeem)
4. Demolition Ax (Eliminated by Big Bossman & Akeem)
5. Honky Tonk Man (eliminated by Jake Roberts)
6. Koko B. Ware (eliminated by Akeem)
7. Akeem (eliminated Terry Taylor, Koko B. Ware, Ax & Smash, but was eliminated by Hulk Hogan)
8. Jake Roberts (Eliminated Honky Tonk Man, but was eliminated by Andre The Giant)
9. Mr. Perfect (Eliminated Junkyard Dog, but was eliminated by Hulk Hogan)
10. Don Muraco (eliminated by The Big Bossman)
11. Andre The Giant (eliminated Jake Roberts, but eliminated himself cause of Jake's Snake)
12. Brutus Beefcake (eliminated by Ted Dibiase)
13. Greg Valentine (eliminated by Bret Hart)
14. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (eliminated by Ric Flair)
15. Demolition Smash (eliminated by Big Bossman & Akeem)
16. Big Bossman (Eliminated Ax, Smash, Don Muraco & Hulk Hogan, but was eliminated by Bret Hart, Final 3)
17. Ken Patera (eliminated by Rick Rude,)
18. Bret "The Hitman" Hart (eliminated Greg Valentine, Ted Dibiase & The Big Bossman, but was eliminated by Ric Flair, Runner-Up)
19. Barbarian (eliminated by Hulk Hogan)
20. Ric Flair (eliminated Jim Neidhart, Hulk Hogan & Bret Hart) (winner)
21. Tito Santana (eliminated by Bad News Brown)
22. Dino Bravo (eliminated by Hulk Hogan)
23. Jim Duggan (eliminated by Ted Dibiase)
24. Warlord (eliminated by Hulk Hogan)
25. Hulk Hogan (eliminated Warlord, Dino Bravo, Barbarian, Mr. Perfect, Akeem, Rick Martel & Bad News Brown, but was eliminated by Big Bossman & Ric Flair, Final 4)
26. Ted Dibiase (eliminated Brutus Beefcake, Jim Duggan & Hercules, but was eliminated by Bret Hart, Final 5)
27. Hercules (eliminated by Ted Dibiase, Final 6)
28. Rick Martel (eliminated by Hulk Hogan)
29. Ultimate Warrior (eliminated Rick Rude, but was eliminated by Rick Rude)
30. Bad News Brown (eliminated Tito Santana, but was eliminated by Hulk Hogan)
 In the first main event of the 1989 Royal Rumble, a Major Shock occurred with Randy Savage retaining the WWF Championship cleanly over Hulk Hogan, after the match. Both men shook hands with Hogan & Savage officially splitting up the Megapowers, but closure was reached as Hogan told Savage that he was the man now.
![Remembering Ric Flair's legendary Royal Rumble 1992 performance - Cageside Seats]() Less than 5 months after The Four Horsemen made their debut, Ric Flair came in at #20 in the 1989 Royal Rumble Match and won the Royal Rumble Match by last eliminating Bret "The Hitman" Hart who also had an impressive showing.
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 7:00:13 GMT 1
 WWF WRESTLEMANIA 5 - April 2, 1989
Davey Boy Smith D. Dino Bravo
The Powers of Pain D. Koko B. Ware & Owen Hart
Mr. Perfect D. Ronnie Garvin
WWF Tag Team Championship: Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson D. The Rockers to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles.
Roddy Piper's Return Match: Roddy Piper D. Ted Dibiase
The Hart Foundation D. Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine
Jimmy Snuka D. Terry Taylor
6-Man Tag Team Match: Big John Studd, Jake Roberts & Jim Duggan D. Andre The Giant, Haku & Akeem.
WWF Intercontinental Championship: Rick Rude D. The Ultimate Warrior to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
Steel Cage Match: Hulk Hogan D. The Big Bossman, During the Match. A tall Black Man stood at the entryway of the cage attacking Hulk Hogan, the man's name was Zeus according to Slick!.
WWF Women's Championship: Rockin Robin D. Sensational Sherri to retain the WWF Women's Championship
Bad News Brown D. Hercules
WWF Championship: Ric Flair D. Randy Savage to regain the WWF Championship when Miss Elizabeth turned on Randy Savage.
![All Out of Bubblegum: The Memorable Matches of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper]() Just 2 years after his supposedly "retirement". Roddy Piper made his return to the ring at WrestleMania 5 in a Match against Ted Dibiase and won.
 Rick Rude took the steal of the night at WrestleMania when he stole the Ultimate Warrior's Intercontinental Championship by winning the match and capturing the gold for himself.
 Before Hogan's big match against The Big Bossman in the Steel Cage. A Big Black Man by the name of Zeus attacked Hogan before the match.
 But of course that didn't stop the Hulkster from winning against The Big Bossman as he got revenge on the corrupted Law Officer.
WrestleMania's Main Event closed out with one of the best battles of all time as Ric Flair and Randy Savage clashed for the World Wrestling Federation Championship.
 But a shocking betrayal stunned everyone round the world as the referee was distracted by J.J. Dillon. Elizabeth struck Savage in the face with the WWF Championship Belt and that allowed Flair to sneak in the figure-four leg lock. Savage tried getting out of the hold for 3 minutes, but he started to pass out and the referee awarded Flair with the WWF Championship Belt as the fans similar to WrestleMania 1 threw trash to Ric Flair & Miss Elizabeth.
After, A dejected Randy Savage saw Ric Flair with Elizabeth and the WWF Title Belt over his shoulder with both Flair & Elizabeth sharing a kiss, WrestleMania went off the air with The Macho Man walking away from the Arena.
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 8:46:17 GMT 1
WWF SUMMERSLAM - August 27, 1989 - East Rutherford, NJWWF Tag Team Championship Match: Demolition D. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
Dusty Rhodes D. Greg Valentine
Mr. Perfect D. Owen Hart
The Hart Foundation D. The Rougeau Brothers
Loser leaves the WWF Match: Andre The Giant D. Big John Studd
Big Bossman & Akeem D. The Bushwhackers
WWF Intercontinental Championship: Ultimate Warrior D. Rick Rude to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
Ted Dibiase D. Hercules by Countout
WWF Championship Match: Ric Flair D. Roddy Piper to retain the WWF Championship.
Davey Boy Smith D. Haku
Jimmy Snuka D. Honky Tonk Man
Bad News Brown D. Ronnie Garvin
No Disqualifaction Match: Hulk Hogan D. Zeus
Demolition won back their tag team titles over the Team that defeated them at the 1988 Survivor Series, and that was Blanchard & Anderson.
![WWE Network - Big John Studd made Royal Rumble history 3️⃣3️⃣ years ago today. | Facebook]() After losing to Andre The Giant, Big John Studd posed for the fans one final time in his "Loser Leaves WWF Match" against Andre The Giant.
 The Warrior once again recaptured the Intercontinental Championship for the second straight time making him the fifth man since Don Muraco, Pedro Morales, Tito Santana & Randy Savage to capture the Intercontinental Title twice over Rick Rude.
 In Flair's first PPV Title Defense, he faced Hot Rod himself Roddy Piper, although Piper was close to winning the WWF Championship against Flair. Flair would escape the sleeper hold by using a victory roll to defeat Piper cleanly.
Just like the No Holds Barred Movie. Hulk Hogan put down Zeus in a No Disqualifaction Match to end Summerslam. |
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 12, 2023 9:00:25 GMT 1
 WWF SURVIVOR SERIES - November 26, 1989 - Rosemont, IL - Rosemont Horizon
5 On 5 Elimination Match: Team Rhodes (Dusty Rhodes, The Hart Foundation, Tito Santana and Hercules) D. Team Bossman (Big Bossman, The Powers of Pain, Rick Martel & Akeem) (Dusty was the Sole Survivor)
5 On 5 Elimination Match: Team Bravo (Dino Bravo, Earthquake, Haku & The Rougeau Brothers) D. Team Duggan (Hacksaw "Jim Duggan", Hillbilly Jim, The Bushwhackers & Rugged "Ronnie Garvin". (Earthquake was the Sole Survivor)
5 On 5 Elimination Match: Team Dibiase (Ted Dibiase, Greg Valentine, Mr. Perfect, Barry Windham & Honky Tonk Man) D. Team Roberts (Jake Roberts, Marty Jannetty, Shawn Michaels, Jimmy Snuka & Koko B. Ware) (Perfect was the Sole Survivor)
WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior D. Andre The Giant
WWF Women's Championship Match: Akira Hokuto D. Rockin' Robin
5 On 5 Elimination Match: Team Hogan (Hulk Hogan, Demolition, Roddy Piper & Brutus Beefcake) D. Team Flair (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Ravishing Rick Rude & Zeus) (Hogan was the Sole Survivor)
![Wrestling's Glory Days - LEGENDARY UNDEFEATED STREAKS OF WRESTLING....(By Mike Steele) ~Throughout the many years in wrestling, undefeated streaks have helped certain wrestlers achieve an aura of invincibility that has carried him]()
Just like Last Year's Survivor Series, Mr. Perfect once again became the sole survivor when he was on the side of Ted Dibiase's Team.
 Ultimate Warrior survived his biggest test when he successfully retained the Intercontinental Championship against Andre The Giant.
 Hogan & his Team hulked into victory as they defeated the WWF Champion Ric Flair & his Team. With that win, Hogan is now set to Challenge Ric Flair for the WWF Title on January 21, 1990 at the WWF Royal Rumble!.
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 13, 2023 4:29:10 GMT 1
![Macho Man Randy Savage Full Epic Interview Crush Feud 1994 - YouTube]() The Macho Man breaks his silence
January 6, 1990
It's been one year since the Macho Man Randy Savage was last seen in the WWF after losing the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 5 to Ric Flair but losing the love of his life, Miss Elizabeth to Ric Flair as well, on an edition of Superstars, Savage said for the past 9 months he couldn't sleep or eat or anything, he was on the high as the World Wrestling Federation Champion in 1988, but now. He was used by Elizabeth, He loved Elizabeth, but Elizabeth tore his heart out and that he was on his way back to the WWF to tear Ric Flair and Elizabeth apart, because Elizabeth knew what it was like to be Randy Savage's ally, now she knows what she's going to be like to be Randy Savage's closet enemy because he's coming back sooner than Ric Flair and Miss Elizabeth think. |
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Post by underjohnking on Dec 13, 2023 4:35:33 GMT 1
 Andre The Giant Leaves the Heenan Family
January 6, 1990
"On an Edition of WWF Superstars, Bobby Heenan called out Andre The Giant who had not been seen since Survivor Series because Heenan "banned" Andre for a month and that he wanted to talk to Andre face to face in the new year. Andre came out with Heenan badmouthing him saying that he couldn't do anything right, he couldn't beat Hulk Hogan 3 times. He couldn't hold on to the WWF Championship for as long as he could, he was scared of a snake and above all else. He couldn't beat The Ultimate Warrior for the Intercontinental Championship which left Heenan no choice and that from this day forward, Andre The Giant was officially discharged from the Heenan Family. Heenan slapped him which only made Andre angrier, Andre said that Heenan couldn't fire him from the Heenan Family in fact, he quit. Haku. Barbarian. Rick Rude. Barry Windham. Arn Anderson. Tully Blanchard and WWF Champion Ric Flair who were now officially a part of the Heenan Family ganged up on him. Andre fought back and was able to get his hands on Heenan before being jumped again, with this. Haku challenged Andre The Giant to a match at the Royal Rumble!. |
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