From: kzim@ucrmath.ucr.edu (christopher zimmerman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: WWF Prime Time Wrestling - 28/12/92
Date: 30 Dec 92 02:08:17 GMT
Organization: University of California, Riverside

WWF Prime Time Wrestling, shown on the USA Network 28.12.92

The "Panel of Experts" includes Randy Savage, Hillbilly Jim, Vince McMahon,
Bobby Heenan, and Jerry Lawler (suit).  Vince says that this is the last two
hour PrimeTime.  Next week will be a one hour Best-of show, and the next week
will be "Monday Night Raw," "live from New York."

Virgil v. The Berzerker (All commentary by Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby "The Brain"
Heenan except where noted otherwise)  Heenan:  "Doesn't that guy have a last
name?"  Berserker misses, Virgil hits, runs into boot.  Berserker with slam and
cover.  RIGHT.  Virgil with psuedo-boxing, clothesline, arm wringer.  Berserker
with claps and clothesline, then throws Virgil out and husses.  Virgil with
heads to the gut and sunset flip for 2.  Berserker comes back with his own head
to the gut.  Boot to the head.  The next boot to the head try results in Virg
grabbing the "size 16" and tripping the other foot, and the Berserker grabs the
ropes.  Berserker with eye rake, slam, knee to the chest, 2.  Chin lock, but
darn it the arm only falls twice.  Virgil plays the canvas as if it were a set
of bongoes and gets up.  Elbows, face slam.  Clothesline from the second rope
and 2 count.  Shoulder block and Berserker takes an involuntary trip outside the
ring.  Virgil punches repeatedly, preventing Nord from reentering the ring.  The
second time in, he grabs the sword.  The ref and Virgil hightail it and Virgil's
theme plays.  Fuji was conspicuous by his absence.  What would happen at Rumble
Royale if Berserker and Yokozuna were the last two wrestlers?  A Berserker face
turn?  Why not, he's already got a fan-favorite mark chant.

Flashback:  Gorilla Monsoon and Heenan are feeding some "wild" animals,
including a couple Bushwhackers.  From 1988.

Crush v. Kerry Davis.  Crush now has new, metallic purple shin guards.  Heenan
says there are only six letters in the Hawaiian alphabet, and Crush's inset
interview proves he's right.

Mean Gene Okerlund brings you Update, sponsored by the WWF Fan Club.  Look for a
new single, "WWF Slam [Jam]," in your local record hut.  It debuted at #4 in
Great Britain!  But then, they thought Sigue Sigue Sputnik was pretty hot stuff
too.  Video shown.  Everywhere the Warrior should be, Papa Shango shows up
instead (although he has no vocals).  Although Davey Boy Smith is in the single,
he is not referred to by name by Gene, instead included in the lump sum term
"...and a host of others," which includes...um...no one else.  Yes, that is
Savage wearing the Ultimate Maniacs outfit.  Clips are mostly WM8, SummerSlam,
and SNME.

Vince brings up Perfect and Heenan reminds us of Hennig's illiteracy.

Skinner v. Buck Zumhoff.  Here's a riddle I just wrote:
Q:  What's the difference between Skinner and the Brooklyn Brawler?
A:  Um, let me get back to you on that.
Monsoon thinks Yokozuna is the odds-on Rumble Royale favourite.

Vince welcomes out Gorilla Monsoon, who is supervising the set destruction.  The
bombshell is dropped that Heenan will not be appearing on the new show.

Bob Backlund v. Damien DeFreshMaker.  Believe it or not, 'Mentos won't shake
hands, yep.  DeMento starts off well, slam after slam, albeit verrry slow.
Backlund does some of those wrestling moves as a counter, but they don't look as
painful as repeated slams.  DeMento with head in the gut, smacks, shoulder
block, 2 count.  Another 2 count.  Chin lock.  If it weren't for DeMento's
tongue waggling I'd have fallen asleep by now.  Backlund has the least exciting
resurgence I've ever seen.  Bad dropkick, but DeMento still somersaults over the
rope out of the ring.  Backlund follows, and somehow we end up with a countout
win for Backlund.  DeMento, after discussing it with the sky, lets it go.  To
his credit, Backlund acts like he wants some more.

Flashback:  Heenan, in a Western, gets thrown through a window.  From 1989.

Money, Incorporated v. Jumpin' Jim Brunzell and Mike Collins.  Brunzell's ring
attire just gets uglier and uglier.  Brunzell performs adequately against IRS,
but then tags, and...well, you know.  Rare event:  Nasty Boys give an entire
inset interview without removing their shades.

Okerlund with the Rumble Royale Report, sponsored by ICOPRO.  Okerlund stresses
Pay-Per-View, unlike the Sacramento syndicated shows' RRR.  Berzerker, Backlund,
DiBiase, Tatanka, Undertaker, Yokozuna.  Bad Fuji interview.  New entrants:
Nature Boy Ric Flair (interview), Macho Man Randy Savage, Irwin R. Schyster,
Virgil and Mr. Perfect (interview).  Hmmm, only five names?  I guess Nailz or
Duggan was #6 until their untimely unemployment.  New match:  Big Boss Man vs.
Bam Bam Bigelow.  And, yes, Hart/Ramon.  Interview from Hart.

Promos:  ICOPRO (Hart), Slim Jim (Savage), "Out of Gas" Game Boy cartridge.

Lawler says a Rumble Royale without the King is like having a WWF show without
Heenan.  Monsoon is moving/removing walls.

Repo Man v. Martyr Jannetty.  Repo has control early, and by gosh is funny too.
They have the old sunset flip attempt, but heel gets his balance and prepares to
punch the face's nose, but at the last minute the face pulls away and the heel
gets knuckles to the canvas.  Ha ha ha...Jannetty gets lots of offense and Repo
is hilarious as the target.  Repo finally gains momentum with a surprise
clothesline which cause Jannetty to do a full somersault.  Repo breaks all the
rules and throws everything he's got at Jannetty, which takes all of 15 seconds.
One reverse chin lock later, Jannetty gets a mild resurgence, but you know Repo
get four or five more 2 counts before Jannetty gets the REAL comeback.  For a
change, Jannetty wins with a crucifix.  This match wasn't all that bad, I'm just
lazy in describing this week.  Last week's squashfest hanging heavy on my style
didn't help.

Flashback:  The Berzerker, under Fuji's direction, throws Jamison off of Titan
Towers.  Unfortunately, he lives.  From 1990.

Papa Shango v. Todd Becker.  Shango's smoke smells "just like the inside of the
Undertaker's urn."  For some reason, the Undertaker is mentioned yet again.
Shoulderbreaker, pin.  And for good measure, Shango shoots some sparks out of
his voodoo stick (wotta surprise).

Vince thinks an Undertaker/Papa Shango matchup would be swell.  Aha!  I guess
Shango WILL be staying around, if only to fill Nailz' UT dates.  Jamison makes
an appearance.  Vince says Jamison will be on Monday Night Raw.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Sean Mooney tells us if we're ever near the Manhattan Center
(not MSG, sorry), we should buy tickets and go see the show in person.  Phone
number.  Heenan calls up Tunney.

Flashback:  Hacksaw Jim Duggan blows up Heenan's rented Cadillac.  From 1990.

Slick gives it to ya.  He may end up with Kamala yet.

Tatanka v. Bret "Not Red" Tyler (Vince McMahon, King Jerry Lawler, Heenan)  Get
this, *Vince* derides *someone else* for making fun of stereotypes!  Look at
that Clown!  Of course, Tatanka, like Perfect, is a proponent of ICOPRO.  Clown
mops up the floor, Tatanka's moccasins, his thighs, his chest, and the swings
around the mop to smack him in the face, ending his undefeated streak.  I could
yet like this Clown.

Savage surreptiously hides Lawler's crown, and Heenan is conned into signing a
bill for the set demolition.

Raymond Rougeau (!) interviews Yokozuna.  For some reason, Rougeau talks more
than Fuji and Yokozuna combined.  I guess Joe ? is out, or this is taking the
place of a Nailz interview.

Beverly Brothers v. The Nice Guys.  At least with the Genius absent for this
match, I get to hear more Beverly music.  Crowd is chanting "Nas-tee."  Spare
me.  At least Blake gets to give Knobbs a pitstop of his own.  I guess now that
the Nasty Boys are faces, Sags can't break the rules by saving his partner.
Heenan can't believe the fans simply flocked to the Nasty Boys, and so quickly
too!  See Knobbs beat up the wrong guy.  See Sags yell out "Nasty!" to encourage
his tag team partner!  Yeah, the standard face vs. heel tag formula is followed
to the letter, except we get the surprise double disqualification ending when
the ref gets too annoyed with not having control of the match.

Flashback:  The Queen doesn't REALLY hate the British Bulldog, does she?  Of
course not, this FBI/CIA footage land Heenan in a heap of trouble.  From 1991.

Wade Boggs introduces us to his good friend Mr. Perfect.  This particular
"vignette" was awarded at Cannes for Most Judicious Use of Editing.  Amazingly,
no soundtrack awards were given.

Heenan says HE taught Boggs to hit, and also got him the Yankee contract.

Lance Cassidy v. Barry Hardy.  The Clown grabs Cassidy's jacket from the ring
boy and tapes a "KICK ME HARD" sign to it.  I leave the rest to your
imagination.  Heenan:  "There's two kinds of music I hate...country and
western."  Give the Clown credit, he beats up cowboys AND Indians.

Sean Mooney announces a new Saturday morning WWF show.  Jamison walks in wearing
Lawler's crown.  

Promos:  WWF Cartridges, Exact Acne Treatment, Spiderman Nintendo Cartridges

Next week:  The "Best" of PrimeTime, well, everyone who's still working for
Vince anyway.  Wonder if we'll see Piper.

I'll be checking out this Saturday show, as well as the "new" All-American
Wrestling, to see if I need to report those as well as the new Monday night
show.  If it turns out this Monday night show is only an hour (and I think
that's what they were hinting--it also explains a new hour of WWF on USA), I'll
probably double my reports.  Of course, it could just be more syndicated
re-hashings, too.  I guess we'll know in a couple of weeks.

Happy new year!

Christopher Robin Zimmerman       =I have my Royal Rumble ticket=
  / kzim@watserv.ucr.edu / kzim@ucrmath.ucr.edu / zimmerma@ucrengr.ucr.edu /

PS I apologize for apparently using all 80 columns in this post.  I'll soon be
back at school, and my friendly newsreader/writer.