Welcome to my third ever Super Card. Like my previous Super Card posts, I am going to analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1987 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. I say four, technically it’s a six show year as there were three Great American Bash events. My only rule is that I cannot … Continue reading 1987 Super Card
Welcome to my second ever Super Card. Like my previous Super Card post, I am going to analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1986 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. I say four, technically it’s a five show year as there were two Great American Bash events. My only rule is that I cannot … Continue reading 1986 Super Card
|Date: July 10, 1988|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 14,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a cheesy montage which displays most of the tonights matches. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (c) vs. Sting & Nikita Koloff – NWA Tag Team Championship match Previous PPV matches: This is a first time match between these two teams. The Great American Bash PPV Record: Sting … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1988
Welcome to my first ever Super Card. What I’m going to do here is analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1985 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. My only rule is that I cannot select a wrestler twice. Sounds easy enough? The four PPV’s I am wading through are Wrestlemania (the original), WCW Great … Continue reading 1985 Super Card
Welcome everybody to the fifth of my rebooking series, this time I’m rebooking Wrestlemania 5. This show had a massive 14 match card and there’s a lot to pick away at it. Results Stipulations Hercules defeated King Haku (with Bobby Heenan) Singles match The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man) (w/ Slick) defeated The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) Tag team match Brutus Beefcake vs. Ted DiBiase (with Virgil) ended in a double countout Singles match The Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch) defeated The … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 5
|Date: January 24, 1988|Venue: Nassau Coliseum |City: Uniondale, New York|Attendance: 6,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Bob Caudle and Jim Ross welcomes us to the the finals of the Bunkhouse Stampede. Nikita Koloff (c) vs. Bobby Eaton – World Television Championship match Background: For weeks Jim Cornette has had his sights set on the Television Championship held by Nikita Koloff. He’s actually been hyping up Stan Lane … Continue reading Bunkhouse Stampede 1988
|Date: November 26, 1987|Venue: UIC Pavilion |City: Chicago, Illinois|Attendance: 8,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross welcome us to Starrcade 87 and they are excited about 5 title matches tonight. Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin & Sting vs. Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner & Larry Zbyszko Background: There isn’t really much background to this feud but in UWF Michael Hayes and Eddie Gilbert have a … Continue reading Starrcade ’87
|Date: July 31, 1987|Venue: Orange Bowl |City: Miami, Florida |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Manny Fernandez vs. Randy & Bill Mulkey Previous PPV matches: This is a first PPV match involving these three men. Great American Bash PPV Record: Manny Fernandez is 3-1 at this event, The Mulky Brothers debut tonight. Match: We join this match already in action with Manny Fernandez in control. Fernandez has control … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1987 – Miami
For this post I am going back in time to pick apart the 1980’s PPV scene in WWE. I have extracted loads of statistics from the first real decade for WWE PPV and broken it all down here for you. I hope it makes for an interesting read and maybe you’ll learn a thing or two! 1980’s PPV Ranking 1. Survivor Series 89 (61/100)2. Survivor … Continue reading WWE 80’s Stat Pack
|Date: July 18, 1987|Venue: Memorial Stadium |City: Charlotte, North Carolina |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Jimmy Valiant, Lazer Tron & Kendall Windham vs. Sean Royal, Gladiator #1 & Gladiator #2 Previous PPV matches: This is a first time 6 man tag team match between these men. Great American Bash PPV Record: Jimmy Valiant is 3-1, Lazer Tron is 1-0, Kendall Windham is 1-0, Gladiator #1 is 0-1 … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1987 – Charlotte
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