[upbeat music playing]
[narrator] The WWE, what the world is watching.
[Gorilla] Welcome to New York City and welcome to Madison Square Garden,
the site of some of sport's and entertainment's
greatest events of all time and here we are in this site
for the World Wrestling Entertainment's SummerSlam '88.
[bell rings]
[upbeat music playing]
[Gorilla] Take a look. The excitement is here.
The pandemonium is here.
You can-- the electricity is in the air, you could cut it with a knife.
It's a happening.
It's SummerSlam '88 here in the Mecca arena
of Madison Square Garden.
And it is going to be something else.
Don't you dare leave your seat because this is gonna be a happening.
Hello, everyone. I'm Gorilla Monsoon along with "Superstar" Billy Graham.
And this is, indeed, Superstar, a happening.
Yes, it is, Gorilla. And the one thing I believe that overshines
the appearance of Jesse "The Body" as a special guest referee
is the return of Hulk Hogan,
my personal friend and hero, the man I call,
the man with the bionic bicep has returned tonight.
-It's pandemonium, brother. -Well, everyone.
We're all waiting for The Mega Bucks taking on The Mega Powers.
This thing is gonna end once and for all.
Perhaps it is a vendetta
on the part of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage
as they take on Ted DiBiase
and "The Eighth Wonder of the World" André the Giant.
Somebody could get put out of commission here, Superstar.
[Graham] Yes. I got no question about it, Gorilla Monsoon.
Somebody's gonna go down, go down hard and maybe go down permanently, brother.
I hope it's The Giant and The Million Dollar Man.
It will be a classic-- oh, what is that?
Oh, look at this.
It's The Fabulous Rougeaus.
Let's go down to our ring announcer, Howard Finkel.
-[bell rings] -Ladies and gentlemen,
our opening contest is a tag team match
scheduled for one fall.
Currently in the ring to my right,
hailing from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
but soon to relocate in the United States,
at a total combined weight of 474 pounds,
here are Jacques and Raymond,
The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers.
[Gorilla] Well. Take a look at the size of those American flags, Superstar.
…opponents.
[Graham] They paid a lot for those, didn't they?
[Gorilla] Well, they didn't put a whole lot of money into that.
There's the music which means only one thing,
on their way led by Matilda,
Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith, The British Bulldogs.
Listen to this ovation.
[Howard] …The British Bulldogs.
[crowd cheering]
["Rule, Britannia" playing]
[Gorilla] Standing ovation here, Superstar.
[Graham] Deservedly so, Gorilla Monsoon.
The British Bulldogs are one of the most fantastic combinations
in the World Wrestling Entertainment today, brother.
They deserve a standing ovation. They're incredible.
And we're gonna see some fantastic moves out of this group
of tag team competitors right before our eyes.
[Gorilla] No question about that.
British Bulldogs, of course,
former World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions.
And what champions they were.
[bell rings]
[Gorilla] Rougeaus-- Fabulous Rougeaus
extending a hand and a token of friendship.
[Graham] Oh, look at Davey Boy Smith.
Look at the body-- see, that's the difference
in the tag teams right there, Gorilla Monsoon.
The power of Davey Boy Smith, I believe give the--
give the British Boys the edge because of his power.
[Gorilla] Davey Boy not wasting any time,
doing a number on Jacques right off the bat.
[Gorilla] Well, they haven't fallen prey to any of these antics
by The Fabulous Rougeaus.
-[Graham] No, no. -[Gorilla] They're going to show everybody
they're nice guys and that they love the US of A
when in fact I think everyone knows better.
[Graham] No question about that, Gorilla.
They know they're trying to put a sham on everybody.
And we're not buying it for one minute.
And Davey Boy Smith is not buying it.
Look at the power he possesses out there, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Jacques is down on his back in the center of the ring.
I think the game plan of the Rougeaus-- The Fabulous Rougeaus has gone awry here.
They certainly didn't wanna start out this way.
[Graham] No. And they were very distraught with Davey Boy Smith, Gorilla Monsoon,
because as I mentioned earlier, he has the power.
He possesses more power in this ring than any other competitor.
That's what's gonna give The British Bulldogs the edge
is the power of Davey Boy Smith, I believe, in the end.
[Gorilla] Raymond lending a little sympathetic hand there.
Tag was made and Jacques is in fact out of there.
Let's see how Raymond fares
against the powerhouse, Davey Boy.
Back it up. Let's go.
[Gorilla] Oh, jerked him right around in that corner.
[Joey] Let's go. Move it. Hey, break it up.
[Gorilla] Referee stepping right in between, dangerous move there.
Whoa.
He's trying to open the door for Raymond,
wouldn't waste any time taking advantage of the situation.
How quick the tide can turn. No one knows any better than you…
-[Graham] That's right. -[Gorilla] …"Superstar" Billy Graham.
[Graham] No question about it, Gorilla Monsoon.
I tell you what-- look at that move by Davey Boy Smith.
[Gorilla] Oh, monkey flip attempt by Raymond,
and beautiful maneuver by Davey Boy
and there's the tag to Dynamite.
-Oh, double headbutt. -[Graham] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] Pandemonium of applause in Madison Square Garden tonight,
Gorilla Monsoon.
What a way to start the evening.
[Gorilla] We've just begun here, SummerSlam '88.
It is indeed a happening.
[Graham] There's no question about it. The British Bulldogs are primed.
They're ready. They wanna take the Rougeau Brothers out, Gorilla Monsoon.
They wanna take them out big time tonight, brother.
[Gorilla] Well, they'd like to use them as a stepping stone,
possibly get a title shot against the current reigning
World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions, Demolition.
[Graham] Oh, no question about it, brother.
That's the-- that's your ultimate goal of tag team wrestling, is Demolition.
[Gorilla] Beautiful leapfrog. Oh, look at that maneuver.
Dynamite put the brakes on and really clobbered him.
[Graham] The headbutt.
The-- he's famous for that headbutt, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] He certainly is.
A devastating arsenal possessed by both Dynamite and Davey Boy.
You have to have those kind of moves, Superstar, if you wanna be a champion.
[Graham] No question about it.
[Gorilla] Matilda keeping a close eye on everything that's going on.
[Graham] And right now, Gorilla Monsoon, Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid
have got total control of this match from start.
Soon as the bell rang and to this point, they've been in total control, brother.
[Gorilla] Well, it was the experience of The British Bulldogs
that put them in this position.
And Jacques and Raymond have looked very lethargic to this point.
[Graham] No offense. No offense, Gorilla Monsoon.
Brother, the Rougeau Brothers have shown no offense.
It's been all Davey Boy Smith, all Dynamite Kid, man.
And they're on fire. They wanna get down and they wanna get this thing over with.
[Gorilla] Once again, in the Mecca here, Madison Square Garden
as this capacity crowd looking on.
[Joey] One, two, three.
[Gorilla] Twenty something thousand plus on hand
for this World Wrestling Entertainment event.
SummerSlam '88, a happening indeed.
Dynamite maintaining control.
Boy, that's so important in tag team wrestling.
Oh, what a clothesline.
Literally almost took his head off.
There's that continuity that's so important in tag team wrestling.
[Graham] That's right, Gorilla Monsoon. Tagging your partner in and out,
and neither one of The British Bulldogs have been in trouble yet.
[Gorilla] Sunset flip. Can he get the leverage?
He got him down, couldn't get that one shoulder down.
-Oh, look at this. -[Graham] Oh, what a move.
[Gorilla] Reverse sunset. Shoulders down, no.
Both teams pulling out all the stops.
[Graham] Look at those fast tags, Gorilla Monsoon, in and out, in and out.
I haven't seen the Rougeau Brothers tag in maybe once so far.
British Bulldogs probably at least a dozen times.
[Gorilla] It's quickness that counts.
Continuity is so important.
You would think that a team like the Rougeaus,
that brother instinct, Superstar,
sometimes gives you that little bit of an edge.
But it hasn't been that way yet.
[Graham] No, it hasn't. And I tell you what.
The British Bulldogs, they want them bad.
That's the difference.
The British Bulldogs want them bad, man.
They wanna take them out and they wanna take them out big time.
And they're gonna pull out all the stops, Gorilla Monsoon.
They're about to hurt these people.
[Gorilla] Look out. Double whip and--
oh, a couple of forearm shots there.
Raymond down, Jacques shouting from the outside, two count.
He came out the back door.
-Dynamite-- oh, Matilda. -[Graham] Oh, isn't she--
[Gorilla] Matilda, she knows what's going on.
She knows what it's like to have the gold in the family.
[Graham chuckles]
Nice dropdown over the top goes Dynamite--
oh, look at that from the outside,
Jacques pulling the leg.
Referee did not see it.
Had he, it would've constituted an automatic disqualification.
And just like that, the pendulum has swung.
[Graham] Oh, and ever did it swing.
Uh, Davey Boy Smith in complete control of this match.
And now Jacques Rougeau right on top of things,
kicking the hamstring, Gorilla Monsoon,
and putting some torque down on that ankle, brother.
[Gorilla] He's doing a lot of work.
Look at this. This doesn't help that-- collateral lateral ligament very much.
[Graham] No, it doesn't. [chuckles]
-It doesn't help-- -[Gorilla] Watch the pressure here. Oh.
That could put you out of commission permanently.
Rougeau's certainly know how to dish out that punishment
once they get the opportunity.
Right down on the patella, full body weight.
[Graham] Right now, Gorilla Monsoon,
we're gonna find out how tough Davey Boy Smith is,
just exactly what he's made out of, brother, right here and now.
[Gorilla] Oh, look out. He went for a monkey flip.
But Jacques had it figured out.
He, sort of, telegraphed that move a little bit
because he wasn't close enough to the ropes to begin with.
-Oh, make a wish. -[Graham] Now--
[Gorilla] They wish they could get a victory over The British Bulldogs.
-That's what they're wishing. -[Graham] Yes, they are.
And now both hamstrings are in a bit of trouble
because of that wishbone move by the Rougeau Brothers, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Notice how they've cut the ring in half now, Superstar.
[Graham] No question about it. They're in their corner.
And they wanna stay in their corner, brother.
[Gorilla] Oh, really going to work on the left leg of Davey Boy.
Not a thing Dynamite can do about it as they have cut this ring in half,
keeping all the action on their side.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And listen to this capacity crowd
trying to give Davey Boy a little additional help.
[Graham] That's right. They're pumped up for it, Gorilla Monsoon.
They're pumped up for it. They wanna see the man make the tag.
If he's gonna crawl, no matter what he's gonna do,
he's got to get to Dynamite Kid.
Oh.
-Jacques goes over and nails him. -[Gorilla] Look out.
No tag made here.
Double team effort and Raymond stays in.
He's not the legal man. There was not a tag made.
[crowd booing]
[Gorilla] As they continue to go to work on that left leg of Davey Boy's.
[Graham] And I tell you what. That snap that they just gave
by Dynamite Kid is only gonna irritate them.
It's not gonna settle them down, brother.
[Gorilla] Irish whip and once again backdrop.
Oh, yes, he nailed him with it.
Davey Boy in a whole lot of trouble.
[Graham] Gorilla, in my opinion right now,
if Davey Boy Smith stays in here much longer,
Dynamite Kid's gonna have to initiate a move and go in the ring,
take his man and drag him back to the corner,
clean the ring out to get his man back so he can get a tag
because that man is in dire, dire straits at this point.
[Gorilla] I doubt very much and imagine this magnitude should he do that,
the referee would see fit to disqualify their team.
-I don't think so. -[Graham] No. Well, he's got a fire count
to get him out anyway.
-[Gorilla] Take a shot. -[Graham] That's right. Your man is hurt--
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
Three-quarter nelson and small package but couldn't hold him.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Almost got out.
[Graham] Well, I guarantee you one thing.
When Davey Boy finally does get out,
the left leg-- Dynamite Kid might have to wrestle
the rest of this match for him because the left leg has been tortured,
stretched, pulled, bent, stepped on, kicked on
for almost five minutes straight now, Gorilla Monsoon, brother.
[Gorilla] Talk about gutsy guys.
You won't find one any more gutsy than Davey Boy.
[Graham] And he'll never say give up. He'll never surrender, brother.
[Gorilla] You'll have to tear the leg off. I'm afraid.
[Graham] Oh, yeah.
-[Gorilla] Up and around. -[Graham] Look at that move.
[Gorilla] And he turns it into a standing monkey flip,
and now he makes the tag and Dynamite Kid is on fire.
[crowd cheering]
Dynamite exploding. Irish whip into the corner,
suplex coming up.
[Graham] Oh, lightning speed.
[Gorilla] Nobody does it exactly like that.
Oh, headbutt, could be all over.
One, two-- no.
[Graham] Gorilla, I think Dynamite Kid should have dropped three
or four headbutts on him before he went for the cover.
Then I think he might have got him.
[Gorilla] Another beautiful suplex.
I'm surprised that Jacques didn't run in there.
Foot on the ropes.
Ring presence so important here.
Know exactly where you are.
Oh, Raymond off to the concrete.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And Davey Boy right there but there's Jacques and now to--
whoa, pandemonium is breaking loose here, into the steel barricade.
[Graham] That shows you how bad The British Bulldogs want this match,
Gorilla Monsoon, they're gonna bend some rules, brother,
they're gonna get rough, they're gonna take things into their own hands, my man.
They're gonna get down out here.
[Gorilla] Jacques didn't waste any time in getting around,
take a look at the multitudes
here at SummerSlam '88.
Boy, and the entire the world has been talking about this event,
and now it is in fact happening.
[Graham] That's right, Gorilla Monsoon, and I've never seen the people
of Madison Square Garden so pumped,
so excited, so on top of this thing in the history of Madison Square Garden
as long as I've been in this building, brother, and it's been some time.
[Gorilla] Unfortunately, for a lot of folks who wanted to be here…
there wasn't enough room, Superstar.
[Graham] No, they turned thousands away on the street,
there's no doubt about that.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
Powerslam perhaps coming up.
The patented maneuver of Davey Boy, there it is, power finale.
[Graham] What a move that was.
[Gorilla] And Jacques comes in immediately.
He knew that was the end.
[Graham] Oh, he knew it was the end, he had to save his man.
No way could he get up from that.
Because I think that powerslam was gonna set up a flying headbutt
by Dynamite Kid, that's what I thought was coming.
[Gorilla] Dynamite, second turnbuckle on the inside and look at this,
come on, ref, illegal man inside the ring there.
[Graham] And he did some damage to Dynamite Kid there, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] They're not in there in a hurry, though too, didn't he?
[Graham] Yes, he did. He got in and did the damage and got out.
[Gorilla] Right on the back of the neck.
[Joey] Two…
[Gorilla] Dynamite came down hard and heavy.
[Graham] Dynamite doesn't know what building he's in right now, Gorilla.
He's out cold.
He doesn't know what building, what state, he doesn't know where he's at, brother.
[Gorilla] Tag made as Raymond is hurt and he got out,
fresh man in there,
Jacques with a very injured Dynamite.
He dropped right in the sternum, hooks the leg.
Good three-quarter nelson and he might've had him there.
Talk about guts, British Bulldogs don't have to take a backseat to anybody.
[Graham] No question about it, and it looks like the Rougeau Brothers
have got a resurgence of power and confidence, Gorilla Monsoon, brother.
They're going to town, breaking rules right now.
[Gorilla] Well, Davey Boy came in and gave him that opportunity,
of course it's hard to just stand there in the corner
as we both know so well, Superstar, when your opponent is getting--
when your partner is getting clobbered out there.
[Graham] Oh, no question about it.
You know, your-- if your partner goes down and it all might be over,
you've got to watch out for your partner.
If he gets in trouble, brother, go ahead and step in the ring,
make a move, commit yourself and get something done, man.
[Gorilla] Abdominal stretch locked on.
Take a look at that left leg of Jacques, Superstar.
He's not gonna get a-- he's gonna get the kind of leverage
you need to make this hold a real submission hold.
He has to have that foot hooked.
[Graham] He needs to grapevine that ankle, right, Gorilla?
[Gorilla] Absolutely.
[Graham] To really put the torque on and the pressure on.
-There it goes, man. -[Gorilla] Oh, Davey Boy came in.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] No tag made here as Raymond steps in
and Jacques rolled out underneath that bottom rope.
-[crowd booing] -[Graham] No tag whatsoever,
but don't blame the referee, uh, Gorilla.
His back was turned, trying to put Davey Boy Smith out.
[Gorilla] Well, the very simple rule, Superstar, if you see it, you allow it.
-If you don't see it, you don't. -[Graham] That's it.
[Gorilla] Rule book is very specific about that…
but Dynamite's still in trouble here.
-[Graham] Oh, but he's trapped. -[Gorilla] Oh, look at that power move.
[Graham] That was a gutsy move, Gorilla Monsoon, brother.
[Gorilla] Caught him right in a kisser with that reverse knife edge.
Look at this now. They've forgotten about the rule book.
[Graham] Oh, I told you that at the beginning, brother,
that when you go for it, go for it the big way.
[Gorilla] Look out.
[Graham] Oh.
[Gorilla] Could be all over. Jacques hooks the leg, two-count, no.
Dynamite came right out the back door right at the last split second.
Double reverse chin lock.
The referee's gotta be very cautious here.
This could easily be turned into a smother.
Davey Boy, concerned, fresh, ready to come in there.
[Graham] Well, see, here's an opportunity for Jacques Rougeau to catch his breath
and apply a hold, put some pressure on Dynamite Kid,
torture the man a little bit, but yet regroup himself.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
[Graham] Look at the power Dynamite Kid is showing here, Gorilla.
-He's coming up, brother. -[Gorilla] Look at this.
He's gonna end up picking him up, yes.
-Dynamite. -[Graham] Oh,
he's gonna walk to the corner with him.
[Gorilla] Look at this.
Oh, come on.
Dynamite literally hoisted him right up there, brute strength.
[Graham] That was one of the most courageous moves I've seen
because the man is definitely out.
He's definitely hurt, but he went for a gut check, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] He certainly did.
[Graham] He wouldn't have done well if it weren't for that move right there.
And he was on his way to walking that man over to his corner, making a tag.
[Gorilla] Rougeaus in control earlier on.
It was, in fact, British Bulldogs who had it all their way,
but it seems like eons ago right now.
[Graham] Look at that double team, Gorilla Monsoon.
Like you said a few minutes ago, man, the rules are starting to be broken now.
[Gorilla] Well, Rougeaus, once they get the upper hand, they are relentless.
They stay on you.
[crowd booing]
[Gorilla] Smile now on the face of Raymond.
There wasn't one there seven or eight minutes ago.
[Graham] No, but they're in control. As you mentioned, Gorilla Monsoon,
that Dynamite Kid has taken a licking, brother.
He's taken a beating, but look at the power.
Once again, he's gonna try to attempt to stand up with this man
and walk to his corner, brother.
That's courage with a capital C, my man.
[Gorilla] Power display by Dynamite and rammed him right back into the corner.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Gorilla Monsoon along with "Superstar" Billy Graham
here in Madison Square Garden for the SummerSlam '88.
It is a happening.
Referee, losing control of this one in a hurry.
Small package right in the center.
Shoulders down. No one there to count.
Two-count. He could've had a ten-count if he'd gotten over there earlier.
Well, in matches of this-- another abdominal stretch,
but right near his corner.
Matches of this magnitude, Superstar, I believe in more than one referee.
[Graham] Oh, no question about it.
These people are going to town, man.
And, uh, you got to go ahead and, uh, get down and, uh,
you know, it gets out of control.
One man can't handle four men.
That's just all there is to it, especially when they're going
like they're going here.
[Gorilla] Two-count, no. That left shoulder came out of there.
[Graham] Dynamite Kid is so gutsy, Gorilla Monsoon.
This kid is so gutsy, man.
He's gonna fight to the death if he has to.
[Gorilla] Struggling for all his worth to get back to his own corner.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] He made the tag. The referee did not see it.
He's not gonna allow it.
[Graham] That's why we need two refs, Gorilla. You just mentioned it.
We could use another referee out here right now, brother.
[Gorilla] In the meantime, Dynamite taking further punishment
from the double team effort by The Fabulous Rougeaus.
It could be all over here. Two-count, no.
Where does he find the strength to do that?
[Graham] Instinct.
Instinct to survive, Gorilla Monsoon, my man. Instinct to survive.
[Gorilla] Headbutt right downstairs by Dynamite.
[Graham] Look at this.
[Gorilla] There's a tag.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Davey Boy in, Irish whip. Look out.
Oh, nice maneuver by Jacques
to avert that dropkick.
Davey Boy--
Oh, reversal once again.
-Oh, there it is. -[Graham] There it is.
-[Gorilla] Powerslam. Oh. -[Graham] Oh.
Oh.
[Gorilla] Inadvertently crotched him on the top rope.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] I don't know if it was a mistake or if it was planned, but it worked.
What a move that was.
[Gorilla] I think he was trying to drop him right out in the fifth row.
[Graham] Oh. Oh. We have a--
-[Gorilla] All four men inside now. -[crowd cheering]
[Graham] Pandemonium breaking loose
in Madison Square Garden, Gorilla Monsoon, my man.
[Gorilla] Oh, here it comes,
the patented maneuver of The British Bulldogs.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] Come on, referee, get over there and make the count.
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] The bell is ringing.
I don't think he disqualified anybody.
[Graham] No, he didn't.
[Gorilla] Perhaps the time limit has expired.
[Graham] Well, we've gotta get a ruling here, uh, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Let's go down and get the official announcement.
-[bell rings] -[Howard] The time limit has expired
and the referee's official decision,
this contest is ruled a draw.
[Gorilla] A draw indeed as the time limit had expired.
Early on in the match, it was all British Bulldogs.
And then the tide turned and The Fabulous Rougeaus had their way.
Dynamite's unhappy, so is Davey Boy.
Look at The Fabulous Rougeaus, Superstar. They think they should be the winners.
[Graham] Oh, yeah. They think they should be the winners, man.
But I tell you what, there's no way, brother.
Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy-- Davey Boy Smith, they want some more time.
[Gorilla] They might be asking for an additional five minutes here.
[Graham] Sure they're doing that, man.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at that, two sucker punches.
And there go The Fabulous Rougeaus.
[Graham] Go after them all the way to the locker room.
[Gorilla] The Dynamite Kid is right behind them.
[Graham] That's what I'd say, brother. Take it back to the locker room
and finish it in the showers if you have to, brother.
[Gorilla] Oh, wow.
What a way to start off here, SummerSlam '88.
Some very important news as Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
will not able to wrestle and here's the reason why.
You'll see some exciting footage.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Look at this. Burton's gonna go nighty-night.
[Jesse] I'm gonna see my beautiful Hollywood face.
That's what I'm gonna see.
[Vince] Brutus "The Barber" putting Burton to sleep.
He-- wait a minute. Bass…
-[Jesse] Whoa. -[Vince] "Outlaw" Ron Bass clobbering.
[Jesse] You know what they say, McMahon.
"Payback is tough, don't they?"
Or in my words in Predator, "It's payback time."
[Vince] Whoa. Look at that.
"Outlaw" Ron Bass cleaning the ring and now has Miss Betsy
wrapped around the throat of Brutus Beefcake, dragging him around.
Beefcake being dragged by "Outlaw" Ron Bass.
[Jesse] You know, in my opinion…
[Vince] It shook the lights right out on him.
[Jesse] …Beefcake brought this all on himself.
What he's getting, he asked for, as far as I'm concerned.
[Vince] Ron Bass with the whip around the throat,
look at him pulling up but stepping down on the back of the head as hard as he can.
[Jesse] Why wonder? It's like the Outlaw said,
"If Beefcake thinks it's funny now,
"I wonder if he's laughing face down on that mat, I doubt it."
[Vince] I would doubt it as well, but right now standing up-- wait a minute.
What's he have in his hand? He's got that spur.
You don't think that he's gonna--
what is "Outlaw" Ron Bass going to do with that spur?
Beefcake is helpless.
He's almost had the life choked out of him.
What-- Bass, he's raking away on the forehead,
now to the eye area.
I think we can-- what's he doing with that spur?
[Jesse] Ooh.
[Vince] Bass-- oh, no, he's--
He's cut him. That's what he's done.
[Jesse] This is vicious, McMahon, vicious.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Ron Bass holding that spur high for all to see
and he's used it on the head of Brutus Beefcake.
Now back with Miss Betsy, choking more.
Bass-- oh, look at that.
Beefcake is just being dragged around the ring like a--
like a carcass of some kind.
"Outlaw" Ron Bass…
[Jesse] You know, I don't mind this so bad, McMahon.
I look at this as payback for all of them haircuts
for the last two years that The Barber's administered to people
when they were knocked out.
[Vince] He's back at it again, fighting the officials in the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Here comes some of the wrestlers. Someone has to stop this.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Ron Bass "The Outlaw"…
was all over Beefcake who obviously is in severe condition.
Medical attention is on its way.
[Gorilla] Well, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
taking the advice of his physician,
will not wrestle for the Intercontinental title
against The Honky Tonk Man here at SummerSlam '88.
But we have been informed that there will indeed
be an Intercontinental title defense.
We don't have a clue who that may be at this time,
but it will be the number one contender.
And with that, let's go to our ring announcer.
[bell rings]
[Howard] This contest is scheduled for one fall.
-Sit down, you little creep. -[Howard] Currently in the ring
from Harlem, New York, weighing 271 pounds,
Bad News Brown.
Yeah.
[upbeat music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
[Gorilla] Bad News not even waiting for the bell,
attacking immediately.
[Graham] Well, he's living up to his reputation, Gorilla Monsoon, brother.
He's been aggressive and, uh,
wanting to get the job done early here at SummerSlam, you understand?
Now what Patera's gonna have to do here, brother,
is forget about being a nice guy 'cause he is a nice guy.
Former Olympic Champion, Pan-American Games Champion,
world champion, all champions of everything weight lifting.
But he's got to throw his rule book aside tonight
facing Bad News Brown because obviously,
Bad News Brown is not gonna abide to any rules that he can get away with.
[Gorilla] He breaks the rule book whenever possible.
He doesn't care. Oh, look at that clothesline.
Desperation move out of the corner by Kenny.
Now, the jacket's off.
Oh, look at him. He's on fire.
-It's payback time. -[Graham] Yes, it is.
And he better stay on fire now and don't let up.
If he gets Bad News hurt, which I think he is hurt,
he better stay on him, brother, for all his worth, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Patera knows what winning is all about.
Oh, what a shot.
Yeah, baby.
Get up, Brown.
[Gorilla] He's got those mighty pythons, Superstar, just…
-[Graham] Yes, he does. -[Gorilla]…like you had in your career.
[Graham] No question about it. But also, he's got the big legs.
Look at the legs on the man, the power of the thighs, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] And plants him with a slam. Patera off the ropes.
Oh.
-Bad News smelled that one. -One, two…
[Graham] But as I mentioned, Gorilla, my man-- uh, my man, Ken Patera,
brother, is gonna have to forget about being a nice guy tonight.
He's gonna have to forget about abiding by the rules.
He's gonna have to get just as tough, just as mean,
and nasty as Bad News Brown if he has a chance in this match.
[Gorilla] Oh, headbutt right between the eyes.
Had it not been for that top rope, Patera would have been a ringsider.
[Graham] Oh, he would have been in the third row, my man.
[Gorilla] He's out there now. He's on the apron.
Come on. Get off the rope.
One, two, three…
[Gorilla] Come on, ref. He's right on his throat there.
[Earl] You're about to break that side of the rope
-[Bad News] Oh, yeah? -[Earl] Enough. I'm telling you.
[Graham] And I guarantee you one thing, Gorilla Monsoon,
that Ken Patera weathers the storm.
When he gets his second wind back, he's gonna come back, brother, strong.
And he's gonna do some choking of his own, some kicking of his own.
And he's gonna do some-- uh, some real, uh, aggressive moves here just like Bad.
He's gonna return the favor, brother.
[Gorilla] He certainly has the ability to do that.
Look out. Rammed head first into the top turnbuckle.
Those eyes, uh, almost rolling over.
No mercy.
[Graham] That's a good way to get a concussion, brother, right there.
[Gorilla] How well you and I know about all those things, Superstar?
[Graham] Oh, I'll tell you what, it's a much safer seat
-where we're at tonight, Gorilla Monsoon. -[Gorilla laughs]
Beautiful reverse knife edge by Bad News.
Look, he's measuring him now. Oh.
[Graham] That was a direct shot on the jaw, brother.
One, two…
[Graham] And that's a direct choke right in front of the referee.
-Get him off now. -Shut up.
[Gorilla] Sometimes it seems to me that Bad News doesn't really care
about winning or losing, just to go out there and punish somebody.
[Graham] Oh, no question about it, man.
He's a-- he's a-- you know,
he's an aggressive person and he wants to hurt people.
[Gorilla] Oh, put his head down and paid for it.
[Graham] Now, Patera should attack right now,
get it together, brother, and make your move on the man right now.
There we go.
[Gorilla] Kenny plants an elbow right in the kisser and another one.
[Graham] He should start using those big legs and lay some boots
into his head, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Oh, nice maneuver, a takeover pinning combination.
[Graham] Too soon for a pin. Too soon, Gorilla.
The bad man knew-- Bad News, man,
is not hurt about enough for a pin right now.
You gotta get him hurting more.
[Gorilla] Patera sends him in for the ride.
Nice clothesline.
That'll give you a negative attitude.
Cover once again.
Doesn't bother to hook a leg or any, I can't believe that.
The consummate wrestler that Patera is,
well, he's taken some pretty bad shots in there so far.
He might not be thinking clearly.
-Two-count. That was close. -[Graham] Oh, no question about it.
He's gotta hurt this man some more
before he goes for a pinfall, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Small package.
[Graham] He kicked out at one there.
See, I'm trying to get a message to Patera.
You gotta hurt the man more before you go for the pin because he's tough.
[Gorilla] Oh, there's the bear hug.
-Now, that'll get some damage done. -[Gorilla] One of his patented maneuvers.
[Graham] And that's a perfect position, Gorilla Monsoon.
Patera's got the bear hug on, perfectly underneath the man's arm.
His face is away from, uh, Bad News' face where he can't rake an eye.
The man's got it locked on tight.
[Gorilla] Well, I think it's kind of a toss-up
between whether Patera loves the bear hug or the full nelson most.
That was sort of a toss-up for you too, Superstar.
[Graham] Oh, no question about it. I love them both.
The bear hug was my move.
I was-- and I always brought to my knees about this point.
I got way down.
I got some serious leverage going for myself.
Patera needs to drop some knees, brother.
[Gorilla] Stuck a finger right in the eye. I don't care how powerful you are.
[Graham] Well, he got his head up.
He got his head-- he got his head up so he can reach his eye, Gorilla Monsoon.
That was the mistake Patera made in the bear hug. He got his head up.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, going for the full nelson.
Almost got it.
Oh, no. He's turned around.
And-- whoa, Bad News right to the ropes immediately.
[Graham] Boy, Bad News is trying to avoid that like a plague, man.
[Gorilla] Oh, he didn't want any part of that.
Patera, second turnbuckle on the inside, bombs away
right on the back of the neck.
And he's giving the sign for that full nelson once again.
He nailed it. If he gets those fingers locked, forget about it.
-Didn't make it. -One, two.
-Come on. -[Graham] I think he's gotta go
for some more battering onto Bad News, man.
He's gotta kick him. He's gotta stomp him.
He's gotta hurt the man some more. The man is too strong.
He's making a move for the rope every time the full nelson goes on.
Bad News has enough in him to make it to the ropes.
That should give, uh, Patera a clue right there.
[Gorilla] Irish whip in by Kenny. Whoa. He put his head down as well.
I guess the punishing blows are taking their toll now.
[Graham] Oh, it's definitely a seesaw, back and forth, Gorilla Monsoon.
But I tell you what, Kenny Patera is still in the game, brother.
That's proof right there by that kick.
[Gorilla] Patera with those roundhouse rights.
That'll take a lot out of you.
Sends him in and he turned around in that corner in a hurry.
He felt something was coming.
[Graham] He stepped loose. He stepped loose.
And I believe both men are pretty well exhausted at this point.
[Gorilla] Look out. Oh, Patera rammed his shoulder
right into the steel post.
[Graham] And he could've dislocated his--
[Gorilla] Oh, there it is, the Ghetto Blaster.
He caught Patera right in the back of the neck.
-[Graham] Oh, what a move that was. -[Gorilla] I believe it's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] Holy mackerel.
[Graham] It is over.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Whoa. Might call this a little bit of an upset
here in SummerSlam '88.
Let's get the official word.
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] Here is your winner,
Bad News Brown.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Bad News Brown.
Let's go back and take a look at what went down only moments ago
here in Madison Square Garden.
[Graham] You see Patera, Gorilla Monsoon, making a charge.
Bad News steps out of the way.
Patera rammed his shoulder into the steel post.
Moves out of the center of the ring.
Bad News measures him up and, boom, the Ghetto Blaster, brother.
Patera's out cold for the easy pin, man.
I believe the shoulder into the turnbuckle--
into the post did most of the damage.
One, two, three. He's history.
[Graham] They put up a gallant fight.
[Gorilla] It certainly was. It was a combination of a couple of things.
And the first one, I believe was that
shoulder ramming into that steel post.
You don't know perhaps, maybe the side of the head
hit that steel post as well.
But the Ghetto Blaster really put him away.
Right now, let's go to The Mega Powers.
All right. The heat is on here at SummerSlam '88.
This awesome twosome, The Mega Powers,
later on tonight here to meet The Mega Bucks
comprised of André the Giant and "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.
Hulk Hogan, I know you're ready.
Well, you know, Mean Gene, they've already made a believer out of me, man.
A couple of hours before the match,
you can already feel Madison Square Garden rumbling, brother.
I know what Hulkamania feels like.
I know what the Macho Madness feels like.
But together as one, that's The Mega Powers.
We definitely are the strongest force in the universe.
And the dude here is going in with a clear conscience.
I've never felt so much electricity.
Oh, yeah. I'm talking the mania and the madness together.
It's The Mega Powers, yeah.
And besides that, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, oh, yeah, we have a secret weapon.
-Oh, yeah. -Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Hold on, gentlemen. Secret-- what?
This is-- this is the "First Lady of Wrestling" Elizabeth.
That's the secret weapon?
You better believe it, "Mean" Gene. You don't think we'd go into this thing
without the 24-inch pythons loaded, brother.
We've got Elizabeth, our secret weapon.
And the last thing those Mega Bucks are gonna see
is the kiss of death, "Mean" Gene.
-Yeah. -Oh, my. Ladies and gentlemen,
-stand by for this one. -What are they gonna do
when The Mega Powers come running through?
No way to stop us. Uh-uh. No way.
Oh, yeah.
[Gorilla] Mega Powers indeed ready with their secret weapon.
Let's go to our ring announcer.
-[bell ringing] -["Striptease" playing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring area with his manager,
-Bobby "The Brain" Heenan… -[Gorilla] Oh, here it comes.
[Howard] …from Robbinsdale, Minnesota,
weighing 252 pounds,
"Ravishing" Rick Rude.
[Gorilla] Bobby "The Brain" Heenan leading the way down
for his man, "Ravishing" Rick.
-Boy, he surely got a package. -[Graham] Oh.
Brother, he's got an ego, man, that's so big.
Uh, he's in outer space somewhere, Gorilla Monsoon,
maybe on Neptune, I don't know.
-Something made me say-- -Cut the music.
-[Gorilla] Oh, here it comes. -[Graham] Yeah, yeah.
Here we go again, man.
We gotta sit through it one more time, brother.
[crowd cheering]
What I like to have right now…
is for all you fat, ugly,
inner-city sweat hogs…
keep the noise down while I take my robe off
and show the ladies
what a real, sexy man looks like.
-Hit the music. -[crowd cheering]
["Striptease" playing]
[Gorilla] Well, here it comes. Get your cameras ready.
-[Graham] You get your camera ready. -[Gorilla] Oh.
[Graham] I don't need one, brother.
[Gorilla] I'll tell you, this guy really cut-up, Superstar.
[Graham] Oh, he's ripped to the bone. No questions about it.
He's ripped to the bone.
What's on his tights? That looks like the Junkyard Dog to me, brother.
-[Gorilla] Sure it does. -[Graham] Oh, yeah.
-[laughs] -[Gorilla] Junkyard Dog front and back.
I tell you, the Junkyard Dog can easily be all over this guy.
[Graham] Oh, yeah. And he will be.
I tell you what, I got the lowdown
-on that man right there. -[Howard] And his opponent…
-["Grab Them Cakes" playing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Graham] The Junkyard Dog. -[Gorilla] Grab them…
[Howard] …from Charlotte, North Carolina,
weighing 282 pounds,
the Junkyard Dog.
[Gorilla] Listen to this ovation for JYD.
[Graham] They're standing on their feet, Gorilla Monsoon.
They're standing there and there's pandemonium breaking loose
for The Dog, brother.
That's one of my main men out here, Junkyard Dog
I love that chain he carries in the ring.
I don't know what he wants but-- he isn't gonna stop him
with that chain around his neck.
♪ You know what And then ya' G-R-A-B… ♪
[Gorilla] Look at Rude. Oh, look at this,
-Pearl Harbor job. -[bell ringing]
[Graham] But-- Gorilla Monsoon, I believe that Rude knows
he's gotta take it to Junkyard Dog early if he's gonna get the job done.
[Gorilla] Look at that backdrop. He almost did a 360.
And The Dog right down. Whoa.
And another headbutt, and Rude is out of there.
[Graham] I love it. I love it.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] You know how Junkyard Dog got that bald spot on his head
don't you? Going around giving headbutts to Mack trucks,
Cadillacs, Rolls-Royces.
[laughs] He-- he'll give a headbutt to the side of a building, brother.
[Gorilla] Heenan doing a little consoling job for his man,
"Ravishing" Rick, and he needs it right now.
-[Graham] Yeah, I think-- -[Gorilla] He caught one right square
-in the kisser. -[Graham] Yes, he did.
[Gorilla] He's not thinking about posing right now, is he?
[Graham] Oh, no. Posing is over, brother.
His, uh, aspirations of working for Chippendales is now history.
He's gotta worry about the Junkyard Dog and the Junkyard Dog is ready, brother.
[Gorilla] What would possess a guy, Superstar,
to have some wrestling tights made like that?
Why would you wanna provoke a guy like JYD any more than you already have?
[Graham] You wouldn't want to. I mean, if you're in your right mind,
I would not wanna provoke the dude right there, man.
Right there, don't-- you don't need to provoke him 'cause he's bad news.
And that headbutt, I can't believe hurt him,
the one he just missed. His head's too hard.
[Gorilla] Oh, nice short clothesline by Ravishing,
who's going to the outside, up on that high-risk move territory.
He's perched up there.
Nailed him. Double axe handle.
Must've caught him on the forehead, or maybe right around the nose.
Because otherwise, he wouldn't have knocked him down with that move.
[Graham] No way. No way. His head's too hard.
And I'm telling you, everything he does,
every blow he lands on the top of Junkyard Dog's head
is just a-- is just a byproduct of what's gonna happen, brother,
'cause he's gonna bounce back out of it.
Right there, you can't hurt the man's head.
-That's his trademark. -[Gorilla] Listen to the chant going on,
Superstar, JYD, by this capacity crowd.
And he is gonna rise to the occasion.
And look at Rude.
[Graham] Rude's, uh, Rude's attacking the man.
That's what he's doing right now. He's attacking the man.
But the Junkyard Dog, brother, like I said,
he's got a head as hard as coconut, my man.
And you ain't gonna do no damage if you stay on the man's head.
If you go to the stomach, maybe yes. To the throat, the eyes, yes,
but not to the skull of the Junkyard Dog, brother.
[Gorilla] Well, the last thing you want to do is trade blows with JYD.
He'll come out with the short end of the stick
as we look over the shoulder of The Weasel,
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
[Graham] And I think Rude took this hold for one reason.
Just think about it, he gave the Junkyard Dog
about 15 blows to the head and it didn't even faze him.
And now he's-- I got to think about this thing for a while here, brother.
What do I do next?
[Gorilla] Well, Heenan once again, distracting the referee.
Always says to me, "No, I'd never do that."
-Look at that look on that kisser. -[Graham] Oh, that face.
That pale, pale deathly look he has all the time,
the most unhealthy look I've ever seen.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] Listen to the people of Madison Square Garden, brother.
[Gorilla] They know who he is. He's The Weasel.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Reverse chin lock by "Ravishing" Rick.
I don't believe he'll be able to hold JYD down with this.
[Graham] No, no, no. He's not gonna hold The Dog down with this hold, brother.
[Gorilla] Doesn't have enough body weight.
[Graham] That's it. And I was just gonna say,
the Junkyard Dog's got more bodyweight, more leverage.
And he's gonna come out of it, brother.
[Gorilla] A couple of elbows in the midsection,
made him turn it loose in a hurry.
Irish whip coming up.
Oh, he hit it hard.
Oh, a big right boot right under the chin of The Dog
and he's down once again.
[Graham] And that was on the button, Gorilla Monsoon.
-[Gorilla] Two-count. -[Graham] Right on the button, brother.
[Gorilla] Whoa, was that close?
Well, as "Mean" Gene would say,
"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades."
[Graham laughs] That's exactly right.
That's exactly right. And Rude goes back to the same hold.
All he's doing is catching his breath and saying,
"Man, I'm pulling the guy around the ring.
I'm beating him. I'm kicking him. I'm hitting him.
I-- and he still won't go down. He won't stay down."
The Junkyard Dog is one tough human being, brother.
[Gorilla] You can say that again.
[Graham] And you-- and you're gonna do nothing by hitting him
on the top of the head with an elbow.
Not a thing, brother. The skull is too thick, my man.
[Gorilla] Let's give some credit to "Ravishing" Rick here.
He's given away some poundage in there.
-[Graham] Oh, yeah. He sure is. -[Gorilla] He's given away some power.
Oh, now he's thinking about doing some of those posing moves.
Going to work now.
-[Graham] It backfired on him, brother. -[Gorilla] Certainly did.
JYD was a little bit too tall and a little bit too strong for that move.
[Graham] And look at the look of the Junkyard Dog, brother.
He's got the look in his eyes. He's coming in for the kill.
He's gonna show no mercy, Gorilla, my man, no mercy.
[Gorilla] Dog stalking him.
A couple of right hands in the breadbasket.
Now he goes upstairs.
Look out.
[crowd cheering]
-[Graham] Oh. -[Gorilla] Headbutt city, whoa!
He would've went down, but he held him up.
[Graham] That's what he needs to do.
[Gorilla] Oh, went after Heenan.
Heenan was probably gonna get up on the apron.
Oh, reverse neckbreaker.
-Really caught him off guard there. -[Graham] Yes, it did.
[Gorilla] That's what I'm talking about,
those managers getting involved at ringside,
as Rude goes up to the top.
It's a long way down from there.
[Graham] If The Dog could move, he better move
-because if he has anything left in there. -[Gorilla] Oh, look at this!
[Graham] Oh, is that Cheryl Roberts' face, brother?
-[Gorilla] Certainly is. -[crowd cheering]
-[Graham] Oh, man. That's disgraceful. -[Gorilla] Exposing the--
Oh, look at this, Jake "the Snake" out of nowhere.
And this place is going bananas.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] Oh, man. Look at that shot to that forearm.
[Gorilla] Rude with a 360 over the top rope down.
[bell ringing]
[Graham] Go on and get him, Snake. Go on and get him, brother.
[Gorilla] Jake "the Snake" obviously watching this match.
He took one look at that move and he was in there.
[Graham] And that was a wrong move for Rick--
for "Ravishing" Rick Rude, brother.
Jake "the Snake" is irate. Oh, is he irate?
I'd say, "Jake, go back and find out what locker room he's in
and take control, brother, and get him right now."
[Gorilla] I'm sure this is gonna cost The Dog the match.
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the winner of this bout as a result of a disqualification,
-"Ravishing" Rick Rude. -[crowd booing]
[Gorilla] Well, you can't just appear there out of nowhere
without constituting an automatic disqualification.
That's interference in the match.
Junkyard Dog, uh…
[Graham] Well, The Snake, he's consoling the Junkyard Dog right now, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Well, you know, there's no denying,
-you can't-- well, let's look at it. -[Graham] Here goes the replay.
-[Gorilla] Here it comes right here. -[Graham] In midair--
-He pulls down… -[Gorilla] Look at this.
[Graham] …his second pair of tights with Cheryl Roberts on the tights,
which enrages-- which enrages The Snake, man,
watching from a monitor in his locker room.
And he's heading in the ring at any time, brother.
What an insult to the man's wife.
[Gorilla] Came in out of nowhere and unloaded,
we're gonna take a look at-- and look at this.
Watch this 360 job he does, right there. Oh.
That could terminate your career in a hurry.
The Brain ushered him out of there before any further damage is done.
Oh, that was a beauty.
Right now, we're gonna go to "Mean" Gene Okerlund
with the reigning Intercontinental Champion,
The Honky Tonk Man.
All right.
Some rather shocking news at SummerSlam '88.
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, because of injury,
unable to challenge the Intercontinental Champion,
The Honky Tonk Man tonight.
I don't know if that makes you happier or not, Jimmy Hart.
Let me tell you something, baby. We're always happy.
You see, Brutus is smart.
He knows the greatest Intercontinental Champion
of all time is The Honky Tonk Man.
I knew something like this is gonna happen.
I knew Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake wasn't gonna wrestle
the greatest Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion of all time.
But The Honky Tonk Man, being the humanitarian that I am,
I'd say World Wrestling Entertainment, give me anybody.
-Let me have somebody to wrestle. -[Gene] Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
You will be defending the Intercontinental title here tonight…
-Oh, yes, I am. -…in Madison Square Garden.
And there is rumor of afloat right now that a very formidable man
will be stepping into the ring with you tonight to challenge you for that title.
-That man happens to be… -Stop. Don't-- no,
don't you say who it is because I don't want 'em to know.
I don't want anybody to know because I wanna surprise everybody.
-I want this to be the biggest-- -[Gene] Wait a minute.
This man has extraordinary physical capabilities
-and very excited about this opportunity. -Oh--
-Oh, so what? -[Gene] He is none other than--
Don't you-- don't you say who it is.
I said I wanted to surprise them because I don't care who it is.
See, The Honky Tonk Man,
the greatest Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion of all time
can shake, rattle, and roll anybody the WWE throws at me.
-[Gene] And you like surprises? -I love 'em. I want--
All right. Jimmy Hart and, of course, the Intercontinental Champion…
The Honky Tonk Man.
They're gonna be part of SummerSlam '88 right here.
[Gorilla] Well, could be a big mistake on the part of The Honky Tonk Man.
You get geared up to wrestle one guy
and all of a sudden, you're not wrestling him.
You're gonna have to face somebody else.
Who knows who that is, let's go to ringside.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] This is a tag team contest scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first in my left, the manager,
"The Doctor of Style" Slick.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] Huh. Slick looks clean tonight, doesn't he?
[Howard] And he represents
-from the Soviet Union… -[Gorilla] He is Slick. I got--
[Howard] …at a total combined weight of 583 pounds,
Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov,
-The Bolsheviks. -[crowd cheering]
[Graham] I gave-- I gave Slick a first name. Oil.
-[Gorilla] Oil, huh? -[Graham] Yeah.
-How do you like Oil Slick? -I can see you right now.
-We got a congregation… -[Gorilla] Oh, no.
…of illiterate people
because you know by now to stand on your feet
and show a little respect while comrade Volkoff sing…
[Graham] That's when he know he's in New York, brother.
Talking to these people,
-calling them illiterate. -[Gorilla] Look at here.
[Graham] Does he know he's just a few blocks away
from 8th Avenue?
Huh, what's wrong with this guy, man?
[Nikolai singing in Russian]
[Gorilla] Nikolai Volkoff giving us his rendition of the
Russian national anthem,
which certainly leaves a lot to be desired.
[singing in Russian]
[Gorilla] Perhaps we'll get the short version.
[Graham] Yeah, I hope we get the short version to save,
uh, to save hearing this thing too long.
maybe the Powers of Pain will shorten that for 'em
because I guarantee you one thing, brother.
-When they interfere-- -[Howard] And their opponents…
-[Graham laughs] -[Gorilla] Here they come.
[Graham] That's it. Look at that mass coming out here, Gorilla Monsoon, brother.
[Howard] To be led towards the ring, by their new manager…
[Gorilla] Now under the tutelage of The Baron.
[Howard] …The Baron, from parts unknown out--
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] Oh, they're gone.
The bell is underway.
They didn't wanna wait for any kind of introduction.
They want the action to begin.
[Graham] That's right, Gorilla Monsoon.
And this is the way to start a match in the World Wrestling Entertainment,
brother, if you wanna get down and get something done.
You start it, brother, you go out there and get going.
You don't wait for no introduction, man.
You take over just like The Barbarian and The Warlord did,
they took over, brother.
[Gorilla] Nikolai is out of there. Boris still in the ring.
Bell has gone. Officially, it's underway.
Oh, from the outside, Nikolai grabbed the boot.
[Graham] And not only they're big-- are they big, Gorilla, but they can move.
The Barbarians move.
-Oh, what a double clothesline. -[Gorilla] Double clothesline.
[Graham] Unbelievable.
[Gorilla] Boris Zhukov wishing he were somewhere else
and he's about to go there.
[Graham laughs] And Volkoff going around to check him out.
He's gonna play the role of a paramedic right now, brother.
-And Slick… [laughs] -[Gorilla] Slick hides behind the post.
[Graham] I was just gonna say that. He's hiding behind the post.
[Gorilla] As we look over the shoulder of The Baron.
[Graham] I think he took a look at The Baron, brother,
and, uh, was gonna go to higher ground.
[Gorilla] Look at this. Nikolai wide open.
-Oh. -[Graham] Oh.
[Gorilla] Right in the esophagus area.
[Graham] Karate thrust, Gorilla Monsoon. Unbelievable.
The power that these two men possess, the mass on their body,
the muscle density, brother, is unbelievable.
And the Russians, brother, they're talking it over, man.
[Gorilla] Nikolai with Excedrin headache number five.
[Graham] And neither one of 'em are in any hurry to get back in, brother.
[Gorilla] You can bet, Superstar, that before this match began,
that Slick had a definite game plan for The Bolsheviks
against this powerhouse team.
-[Graham] Oh, no question about it. -[Gorilla] It's all gone down the tubes.
[Graham] Yeah, yeah, that surprise start. See, that's what I'm talking about.
They attacked in the beginning of the match,
man, and threw everything out of sync for the Russians.
[Gorilla] But if you're a first class manager,
"Superstar" Billy Graham, isn't that one of the things you tell your guys?
Be look-- on the lookout for this.
There could be a surprise attack here.
-[Graham] No question. -[Gorilla] If so, this is what you do.
[Graham] No question. If so, you adapt. You gotta have a backup plan, brother.
It looks like Boris Zhukov is taking over a little bit right here, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Reversal into the corner. Look at the size of the cranium on Boris.
-[Graham] Oh. You mean his head? -[Gorilla] Oh.
[Graham laughs] God, it's a size of a basketball, brother.
[Gorilla] Look at this. Fatal mistake.
-[Graham] I think he tried to-- -[Gorilla] Getting choked out here
by his own shoulder strap.
[Graham] And now the big-- the big Warlord comes
and he's bigger than The Barbarian, brother.
And that's hard to do, but look at the size of this man.
-[Gorilla] Not an ounce of fat on him. -[Graham] Oh, no, man.
The man's arms are 24, 25 inches around, brother.
[Gorilla] And look at the speed and agility.
Whoa, excuse me.
-[Graham] Oh. -[Gorilla] I don't-- oh.
Look at the look on the face.
[Graham] Hey, can you imagine this guy coming home and knock on your door
-and asking your daughter out for a date? -[Gorilla] Oh, please.
[Graham] Or maybe a double blind date with your two daughters?
-[Gorilla] Oh. -[Graham laughs]
I'd call the police.
[Gorilla] Irish whip and ducks underneath the clothesline.
Look out. Oh, gut wrench suplex.
Belly to belly job.
[Graham] Where's the referee?
[Gorilla] Referee trying to keep everybody out of there that doesn't belong in there.
Slickster is up on the apron.
-[Graham] Now, Gorilla-- -[Gorilla] He's got that cane too.
-You gotta watch him. -[Graham] Yes, we do.
We go back to your point made earlier, in a match like this,
especially you and me, two referees,
no one human being is gonna control these four monsters out here tonight.
[Gorilla] Well, I think The Baron should get involved here
and keep the Slickster in his place.
[Graham] Yeah, he needs to go over
and have a talk with the Slick man, all right.
-Maybe give him a straight right-- . -[Gorilla] Oh, look at that.
Tag team rope right around the throat here,
choking out The Warlord.
[Graham] And now they're doubling up on him, they're doubling up real good.
Volkoff and Boris holding him. Volkoff kicking it in.
-[Gorilla] Didn't hurt him all that much. -[Graham] Oh, he had gone off his feet.
[Gorilla] Still trying to get that lung passage open there
and get some air inside of him
with some oxygen.
[Graham] With all this-- exactly, Gorilla.
With all-- with all this beating, The Warlord is still on his feet, brother.
They haven't brought him to his knees yet.
So that tells you something right there.
Not only they're big and strong, but they can take some punishment, man.
[Gorilla] Certainly can. He's like a tree in there.
[Graham] Oh. A big giant sequoia, brother, that's what he is.
Unbelievable.
[Gorilla] Now, Boris just distracting the referee once again,
which allowed Nikolai to pull The Warlord back into the corner.
Look at the Slickster. Come on.
[Graham] And look at The Warlord. He broke it.
Turned around and nailed Volkoff.
Oh, that's power.
[Gorilla] Should've nailed Slick one time while he was at it.
[Graham] I agree.
[Gorilla] But it's still in the control of The Bolsheviks
at this particular point in time.
Reverse chin lock. There's a smother right there.
[Graham] Oh, they're choking him out right there, Gorilla,
no question about it.
No question about it.
[Gorilla] Oh.
[Graham] And still on his feet, The Warlord.
[Gorilla] Hasn't gone down yet.
[Graham] No, brother, with all this kicking, choking,
and punching going on, The Warlord is on his feet, man.
[Gorilla] Bolsheviks have thrown everything but the kitchen sink.
Maybe we'll see that before this it's over.
[Graham] Oh, yeah, we might. Yeah.
[Gorilla] Snapmare finally takes him off his feet.
And a reverse chin lock by Boris Zhukov.
[Graham] I think The Baron's is taking your advice.
-He's going after Slick. -[Gorilla] He's going around.
He's got-- Slickster's backing up, but he's got that cane
and he's retreating.
[Graham laughs] Take a look at The Baron.
Whoa.
I'd back up from The Baron too if I saw him coming at me, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Sort of a strange look on that kisser.
[Graham] Yes, yes.
Maybe a Fright Night look, you know.
The Warlord has taken about three, uh, three minutes
of straight punishment here, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] And still coming back.
-Look at those roundhouse rights. -[Graham] Still coming back, brother.
-Oh, is he powerful? -[Gorilla] Nikolai can't believe it.
Oh, there's a roundhouse kick.
[Graham] And that didn't take him off his feet.
[Gorilla] Tag made to Boris who steps in wide open now.
Double slingshot coming up.
Oh, they went for a double back drop and he dropped both of them.
[Graham] Fantastic move. It backfired. The big man dropped the big elbows down.
[Gorilla] All he's got to do now is to turn around and tag his partner.
[Graham] Oh, The Barbarian wants in back, Gorilla Monsoon.
He's fresh, brother. He's ready to go.
-[Gorilla] There it is. -[Graham] There it is.
[Gorilla] Look at the quickness here on The Barbarian.
Oh, nailed him.
Another karate shot in there.
Oh, scooped up 300 pounds plus, Nikolai.
[Graham] Look at that back kick.
What a reverse thrust kick that was, man.
-Barbarian-- -[Gorilla] He's on fire.
[Graham] Oh, he's taking control, Gorilla Monsoon.
My man, he's taking control, brother.
Oh.
[Gorilla] Plants one right underneath the chin.
Barbarian having a good time at the expense of the Bolsheviks.
[Graham] Another kick, knocked Volkoff right over the top rope, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] And out of there, tags The Warlord.
[Graham] Oh, it's time to take it to the--
[Gorilla] Zhukov left all alone.
Oh. Double flying tackle.
[Graham] Unbelievable.
[Gorilla] Scoop slam.
-He's gonna plant him somewhere. -[Graham] He made a tag
while he scooped him too, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Oh, power slam. Nailed him. Barbarian-- oh,
-stick the fork in Boris. He's done. -[bell ringing]
[Graham] Nobody gets up from that move, Gorilla Monsoon.
-Nobody on the face of the earth, brother. -[Gorilla] Let's get the official word.
-["Powers of Pain" playing] -[bell ringing]
[Howard] Here are your winners,
The Powers of Pain.
[Gorilla] Listen to this ovation.
And rightly so.
["Powers of Pain" playing]
[Graham] And the Russians are making their way out, brother.
-They wanna go home. -[Gorilla] I can't wait
until these two individuals meet Demolition.
[Graham] Down the line, it's gonna happen, Gorilla Monsoon.
Down the line, brother. It's gotta--
[Gorilla] Let's go back and take a look at what went down. Here comes--
[Gorilla] Right here, Gorilla Monsoon, The Warlord slams the Bolshevik.
Barbarian on the top rope, flies off with the greatest of ease,
then headbutt right to the side of the ribcage, brother.
One, two, three, it is history, my main man.
Oh, what power they possess.
["Powers of Pain" playing]
[Gorilla] They're on their feet in unison
and giving the accolade so richly deserved to these two individuals.
They are gonna be a handful here in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
We'll be watching 'em.
[crowd chatter]
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Howard] And now ladies and gentlemen…
Brother Love.
[Gorilla] Oh, no.
["Love My Brother" playing]
[Gorilla] Unfortunately, we're gonna have to deal with this.
Take a look at that piece of work right there.
Look at all the-- oh, he's got some new rings too.
Wonder who he whizzed for those.
This guy's only happy when somebody is stuffing money in his pocket.
["Love My Brother" playing]
[Gorilla] I don't know what he's smiling about.
There's a tremendous booing going on here.
Brother Love hasn't won any fans here in Madison Square Garden.
Yeah, we know. You got the nice rose,
the white teeth, and the deep pockets…
with his message of love.
-I love you. -[Graham laughs]
Brother, well, New York doesn't love you. [laughs]
[Gorilla] Boy, he's disgusting.
[Graham] Can you imagine this guy walking down 8th Avenue, what would happen to him?
And you know,
tonight is a very special night,
not only…
because Brother Love is here,
but World Wrestling Entertainment
promised Brother Love
a very special guest.
Now, the only thing
that makes this guest special
is the fact the he is indeed
Brother Love's guest.
They also promised me
that it would be someone who needed to learn
a lesson of love.
And this person
does indeed need to learn
a lesson of love.
[Gorilla] You can bet this is somebody he don't like.
-My guest… -[Graham chuckles] What's your first clue?
…at this time,
welcome brother
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.
[Gorilla] Oh, you're gonna hear this place explode.
[Graham laughs]
And they have exploded Gorilla Monsoon,
and I don't believe that Brother Love really wanted to interview this man.
I think he wanted somebody along the lines of Bobby Heenan or something like that,
not "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, brother.
[Gorilla] Listen to the, "Oh, yeah".
[crowd cheering]
You know, I've come out here for just two reasons.
One, I wanna share this with everybody.
-Oh! -[crowd cheering]
Come back here, come back here.
And the other thing, I wanted to tell you
to your made up face,
what a phony you are, Brother Love.
[crowd cheering]
Well, well, well, just a moment.
Just a moment, brother Duggan.
You know, I look at you
and I see a man
who has no love,
no love in your heart.
No love whatsoever.
And you need to learn about love.
You know, you should look around here
in World Wrestling Entertainment…
-Oh! -…because…
[crowd cheering]
Oh!
…because you see, there are men here
who do know the meaning of love.
Now, take one brother, Dino Bravo.
The man loves his country.
He loves his country.
Something that I don't see in you.
I see no love of anything in you, not--
Wait a minute, wait a minute, phony.
The people in Canada are not proud of Dino Bravo.
-Yes, they are. -And don't you ever dare
question the patriotism of "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.
-Oh! -[crowd cheering]
Don't you dare question
when Duggan's blood has flowed
to help keep this country free.
-Oh! -[crowd cheering]
Well, you know, I look at you and I see a man
with a weapon.
I see a man…
carrying a two-by-four.
That does not--
that does not show me love.
No, you're looking around-- you're looking around for someone possibly
to jump get from behind, hit with this two-by-four.
You have no love in your heart when you carry a…
Get out of my face!
[crowd cheering]
And understand one thing,
this is the WWE.
It's not Sunday school.
[crowd cheering]
And if it needs policing
then "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan is--
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
If it needs policing, I don't see any badge on your chest
that says you're a policeman.
Get your hands off of me.
This is all the badge that I need,
two-by-four.
And understand one thing,
if you keep talking the way you are,
I'm not going to dirty this Grade A hams on you.
What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take this two-by-four,
and I'm gonna put it where the sun doesn't shine.
[crowd cheering]
Now, I'm gonna give you a count of five
to get out of here or all these people
are gonna be in for a real treat, tough guy.
What?
You would not touch me with that two-by-four.
I am a man of love.
One.
[crowd] One!
Well, brother Hacksaw,
I'm wearing glasses.
Two.
[crowd] Two!
Well, I am a man of love.
Three.
[crowd cheering]
I love you.
Four.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Boy, did you ever see Brother Love
move that fast, Superstar?
[Graham] Oh, I love it, man.
I wish-- I wish that Duggan should've went ahead
and connected with the two-by-four, brother.
-[Gorilla] I'll tell you what, if he has… -Oh!
[Gorilla] …many more guest like "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan,
Brother Love will not last very long here in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Graham] He'll be out of business.
He'll be totally out of business, brother.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, really put him through Brother Love, I love it.
["Love My Brother" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, this contest is for
-the Intercontinental Championship. -["Cool, Cocky, Bad" playing]
[Howard] And it is scheduled for one fall.
Approaching the ring, led by his manager,
"Colonel" Jimmy Hart,
from Memphis, Tennessee,
weighing 248 pounds,
here is the Intercontinental Champion,
-The Honky Tonk Man. -[Gorilla] Big smile on the face
of The Honky Tonk Man, he doesn't even know who his opponent is.
[Graham] That's right, brother. But he's always confident.
You know, he may be one of the greatest Intercontinental Champions.
I tell you, the guy has had that title over two years now, Gorilla Monsoon.
And, you know, the man has-- the man has brought some top people
all the way with him on the line.
I mean, he's confident, brother.
I've never seen the man without confidence.
[Gorilla] Well, that goes without saying.
He's got "The Colonel," "The Mouth of the South," Jimmy Hart.
I am, for one, am certainly anxious to find out
who in fact is the number one challenger,
now that Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake has been shelved temporarily.
[Graham] No question about it, but it doesn't look like The Honky Tonk--
[Gorilla] Nobody sent any word up to us, Superstar.
[Graham] Nothing to us, brother, and The Honky Tonk Man doesn't care, man.
-[Howard] And his opponent… -[Graham] He don't even wanna know.
[Gorilla] Here he comes. Who is his opponent?
Come on, Howard.
Howard doesn't even know.
[Graham] Howard Finkel, the announcer, doesn't know.
-Come on, brother. Let's get it together. -[Gorilla] He shook his head.
[Honky Tonk Man] Get me somebody out here to wrestle, I don't care who it is.
[Graham chuckles] Oh, ho, ho, ho.
-[Gorilla] Honky Tonk says he don't care. -[Graham] Don't say that, brother.
Don't say that, my man.
There's some people back there in the locker room
who would take this man apart.
[Gorilla] We're all waiting here with anticipation
-as to the-- who the opponent will be. -[Jimmy Hart] Come on, baby.
[Gorilla] Oh, maybe we haven't got an opponent.
[Graham] Well, maybe we have an opponent but,
you know, maybe he's still lacing up his boots.
-Who knows, man? -["Unstable" playing]
-[Gorilla] Wait a minute. Wait a minute. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Somebody's music.
[Graham] That's familiar music, brother.
[Gorilla] They've exploded here in the Garden.
I don't see anybody yet.
-[Howard] Here is the challenger. -[Gorilla] Oh, whoa!
-[Howard] Weighing two-- -[Gorilla] It's The Ultimate Warrior.
[Graham] One man-- oh, look at him attack.
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] This place has gone bananas.
[Graham] Oh, the warrior lord--
I mean, Gorilla Monsoon, look at him take over, man.
That's what you do when you want something, you go out and get it, baby.
[Gorilla] Ultimate Warrior exploding here on The Honky Tonk Man.
Beautiful flying tackle.
The bell has gone, and it's officially underway.
[Graham] The Warrior doesn't know what to do, he's so excited.
[Gorilla] The title definitely up for grabs here.
[Graham] Oh, we can get a new champion right now, Gorilla Monsoon.
Right now, brother, we can get a new champion.
-I'm here to tell you. -[Gorilla] Big splash, hooks the leg.
-[Graham] That's it. -[Gorilla] He got it.
[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] History has been made here.
[Graham] Oh, my goodness!
I love it. I love it.
-[crowd cheering] -[Gorilla] Look at this place go bananas.
[Graham] Pandemonium has run wild in Madison Square Garden, my man.
[Gorilla] History, once again, made here in Madison Square Garden.
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] The winner of this contest,
and new Intercontinental Champion,
The Ultimate Warrior.
-["Unstable" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Graham] It had to be record time, Gorilla Monsoon.
It had to be record time, brother.
[Gorilla] It is unbelievable, the Garden has gone strictly bananas.
History made as part of SummerSlam '88,
a newly-crowned Intercontinental Champion.
-[Graham laughs] He went out-- -[Gorilla] The Ultimate Warrior.
-Whoa, look at him. -[Graham] Yeah.
He went out and crowned himself.
He went out and took the belt, brother, and crowned himself.
[Gorilla] Let's go back and take a look at the pandemonium that just happened.
[Graham] A big clothesline-- a big clothesline by the Warrior,
and all the damage was already done, here he comes in for a big body,
uh, body slam right there, brother, and he--
-[Gorilla] What a splash. -[Graham] Big splash,
wrapped him up, both legs in the air, no way out, brother.
We got a new champion, my man.
[Gorilla] Wow.
[Graham] Oh, look at The Ultimate Warrior.
[Gorilla] Take a good look
at the new Intercontinental Champion,
The Ultimate Warrior.
-What a piece of work. -[Graham laughs]
That did last long.
[Gorilla] They're still stunned here in the Garden.
[Graham] Oh, they're still standing,
and they're on their feet, Gorilla Monsoon.
-[bell ringing] -[theme music playing]
[Gorilla] Well, we're back folks,
and boy, what a long way from being over, Superstar.
[Graham] Well, that's exactly right.
[Gorilla] And history has already been made.
[Graham] No question about it.
We got a new Intercontinental Champion and we're--
What is that? What…
Boy, do I have some news for you two guys?
Excuse me. What is-- what are you doing here?
Well, I'll tell you what I'm doing here.
I'm here to make a special report
-on how-- -[crowd chanting] Weasel! Weasel!
You wanna go over the edge, pal?
Don't you talk to me like that.
Now, I'm here to make a special report
on what André the Giant, Ted DiBiase,
The Mega Bucks are up to,
and what Hulk Hogan,
"Macho Man" Savage, The Mega Powers are up to.
I'm gonna tell it all, right now.
-Go ahead. -Okay. I'll tell you.
André right now is reading the Wall Street Journal.
DiBiase has four suitcases opened and he's counting the money.
Virgil is standing in the corner enjoying it all.
-I hear through my through my great guy-- -Do you hear them?
[crowd chanting] Weasel! Weasel!
-Turn around. Pay attention here. -Hey.
Thirty stories up, knock it off now.
-Stop it. -I'll hold him up. I won't let you--
I'll get my-- no, you wouldn't do that, would you?
What are The Mega Powers doing?
I've heard from my sources they have put
their dresser in front of the door.
-Nobody can get in. -That's it.
-They're screaming. They're begging. -That's it. That's it.
-No, they're not. -Lies.
There won't be any lies on this program.
-Let's go to our ring announcer. -[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
this contest is scheduled for one fall.
Coming down the aisle, towards the ring,
from Sunset Beach, Hawaii,
weighing 275 pounds,
"The Rock" Don Muraco.
["Magnificence" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] Hey, Superstar, does that bother you?
[Graham] What's that, Bobby?
[Heenan] Does that bother you hearing that music?
Knowing that you have to sit here
and do nothing except beat your lips?
[Graham] Well, in other words, you're calling me a cripple now, right?
You're hoping I-- …being paralyzed, right?
[Heenan] I never said that.
[Graham] Well, you're implying that I'm gonna-- I'm a cripple.
[Heenan] Hey, it's the tie-dye fit, swear it.
[Gorilla] You're talking to the former
World Wrestling Entertainment Champion here.
[Heenan] I like that word, "Former."
[Gorilla] Well, you got any former champions?
-I doubt it. -[speaking French]
[Gorilla] Oh, listen to this piece of work.
Why don't you go back to France, or wherever it is you came from?
And this guy, I'll give you half the fare to get there.
-[bell ringing] -[horn blaring]
[Graham] You know, let me tell you something about--
right now about the-- about the man right over there, Dino Bravo.
He says he's the World's Strongest Man,
-Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. -[Heenan] That's right.
[Graham] But when he performed that way in the demonstration,
then he pointed out demonstration, not a contest, brother.
There were no legal weights involved,
there were no legal skills involved,
there were no legal officials involved.
And as far as I'm concerned, Jesse "The Body" Ventura
was not a valid referee or a spotter.
What I'm saying right now, brother, I'm gonna wrap it up.
If he was to prove how strong he is, let him bench press,
have a contest with a man he's standing in the ring with right now
and we'll see who the World's Strongest Man is.
How do you like that, brother?
[Heenan] Okay, Superstar. He's already proven himself.
-If you wanna talk legal-- -[Gorilla] To who?
-[Heenan] To me and the world. -[Gorilla] Oh, excuse me.
[Heenan] Now, if you wanna talk legal, then drive 30 miles an hour.
Other than that, why don't you just shut up?
[Graham] Well, I-- you know,
-the point is-- -[Heenan] The man pressed 718 pounds.
[Graham] The point is, I happen to know what I'm talking about, brother--
[Heenan] Oh. Now, I'm not taking nothing away from you, Graham.
You know, you were the former World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
you had the physique of physiques.
You were probably the most powerful man in wrestling, but…
Dino Bravo is the strongest man in the world. And you were never that.
Muraco is not that.
[Gorilla] Yeah. Frenchy told you all of that.
-[Graham] Exactly. -[Heenan laughs]
[Gorilla] Oh, Muraco going to work.
Beautiful hip lock.
And look at the power of The Rock here. Oh!
That takes some brute force to do that.
And look at the speed--
-[Heenan] Get out. Get out. Get out. -[Gorilla] You're not gonna bail--
[Graham] That's your world champion, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
Taking a walk off of a couple of arm drags, brother.
The Rock is on top of his game tonight, my man.
[Heenan] Yeah, but you gonna know one thing too, Graham.
Wrestling is not all moves, physical and speed, it's mental.
So, he got out of that ring and took a walk
because he wanted to, and he's gonna psyche Muraco.
See, Muraco is easy to psyche for two reasons.
One, he's not the brightest guy in the world,
and two, he used to hang around with you.
-[Gorilla] Oh, please will you stop? -[Graham] Oh, well. Excuse me.
[Gorilla] What kind of mental help do you think that Bravo is gonna get
from that other piece of garbage at ringside.
-[Heenan] Frenchy? -[Gorilla] Frenchy Martin, yeah.
[Graham] He gives him inspiration.
[Gorilla] Oh, yes.
[Graham] Carrying around a sign,
"We don't like you as USA, USA stinks."
-[Heenan] Yeah, but that's freedom-- -[Graham] He's a total ignorant.
[Heenan] But that's freedom of speech, you can say that.
[Graham] Oh, of course, it's freedom of speech.
He don't like our country, but he loves our dollar, brother.
Doesn't he, Bobby "The Brain"?
[Gorilla] Tide has turned here in this one.
-[Heenan] He likes a lot of dollar. -[Gorilla] Oh, nice reversal.
Hard into the corner, and another hip lock by The Rock.
Bravo can't seem to find the key here.
Monkey flip out of the corner.
[Graham] And I'll tell you what, Gorilla Monsoon, my main man,
and Bobby "The Weasel" "The Brain" Heenan.
-[Heenan] Hey. -[Graham] I had a talk with The Rock
earlier in his own private locker room, brother.
And he told me he was going to take this man out.
And I said just a weightlifting contest,
when he gets done with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine,
revenging my injury, almost crippling me
and paralyzing the Superstar, brother,
and I'm here to tell you that Muraco on a one-on-one basis
will bench press more than Dino Bravo.
[Heenan] All Muraco is good for right now
is going back to Hawaii
and changing the oil on the buses
that goes from the beach to the airport.
[Gorilla] Will you stop?
[Graham] Have you told him that in person?
[Heenan] I would, but I can't find him.
[Graham scoffs] I'll lead you right to his locker room, partner,
-soon as the matches are over. -[Heenan] I don't have time…
-[Gorilla] Tide has going back and forth. -…to talk ignorance.
The momentum has switched several times already in this matchup.
Whoa. The Rock, face-first into the turnbuckle.
That'll take some starch out of you, I don't care how big you are.
[Graham] Yeah, and those boots to the sternum will take it
right out of you, too, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Look at this, inverted atomic drop ahead, yes.
He nailed him with it.
Bravo wasting a lot of valuable time here,
precious moments going by.
-[Heenan] Yeah, but he knows he's got him. -[Gorilla] Oh, yeah.
[Heenan] He's the strongest man in the world, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Well, only in your opinion and Frenchy's,
and maybe The Body's.
[Graham] Oh, definitely The Body's, he was there to spot the man.
He was the only official, could you imagine,
Jesse "Where Did The Body Go" Ventura,
the only official and the only spotter on the scene,
come on, brother.
[Heenan] You know why he was the only spotter there?
-I happen to be out of town that evening. -[Gorilla] Oh, great.
Oh, look at this, reverse neckbreaker by The Rock.
[Graham] By the way, Heenan, who invited you up here, brother?
[Gorilla] Nobody invited him.
[Graham] This is between me and the Gorilla, my man.
[Gorilla] He's here uninvited.
[Heenan] I'm usually the host of all the programs, me and the Gorilla do.
You snuck into though the backdoor.
-You're just nothing but a freeloader. -[Graham laughs]
[Gorilla] He's here due to a diminishing number of requests.
-[Graham laughs] -[Gorilla] Elbow missed by Bravo.
Both men now have expended themselves quite a bit.
And this one's up for grabs.
-[Graham] Yes, it is. -[Gorilla] This one could go either way.
[Graham] It's a seesaw battle, Gorilla Monsoon, brother.
[Heenan] Does Graham get a lot of fan mail?
[Gorilla] Does Graham get a lot? I would assume he does.
[Heenan] He'd get a lot more but he ran out of stamps.
-[Gorilla] Oh, will you stop? -[Graham laughs]
Bobby, have you ever walked down 8th Avenue alone in New York City,
you, yourself, personally?
[Gorilla] Frenchy's on the apron
and he got clobbered by The Rock.
[Graham] And The Rock fired up, brother.
The Rock is going to town, my main man.
My double main man, why not, brother.
[Gorilla] That's what's gonna happen to you.
Oh, referee down as he got kicked,
-but only for a moment. -[Graham] Oh!
[Gorilla] Oh, the side suplex.
-[Heenan] The strongest man in the world. -[Gorilla] Oh, it's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Graham] All right. I want a new referee.
[Heenan] The strongest man in the world.
[Graham] Someone who stays out of the way, brother.
-[Heenan] Don't make a move towards me. -[Graham] And then continues--
-[Heenan] Don't-- no. You don't touch me. -[Gorilla] You're out of here, Heenan.
-Let's get the official word. -[bell rings]
[Howard] Here is your winner,
"Canada's Strongest Man"
Dino Bravo.
["La Marseillaise" playing]
[Gorilla] Dino Bravo, wow.
Kind of an upset victory.
Plenty more action still to come.
Right now, we're gonna take you to Sean Mooney, with Jesse "The Body".
Standing next to me right now is the man handpicked
by World Wrestling Entertainment President, Jack Tunney,
to be the special guest referee
in this bout involving The Mega Powers,
as they take on The Mega Bucks.
A lot of controversy surrounding this decision,
and Jesse you have added to this controversy by accepting money
from "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.
First of all, let me say this, Mooney,
this is the first good decision,
President Jack Tunney has ever made, in my opinion,
because I'm the only man searching worldwide
who could step into this ring
and take care of a match of this magnitude.
Now, you're accusing me of accepting money
from "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.
Well, are you a fool, huh?
-I saw it. People witnessed it. -Well, let me add it-- yeah, you saw it.
He walks up, he stuffs hundred dollar bills in my jacket.
Hey, if somebody wants to give me money, I'm no fool.
I'm gonna take the money.
Well, we all await the actions of Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
[Gorilla] Well, he could've reached in his pocket and taken the hundreds out
and given 'em back, but he didn't.
-Let's go to our ring announcer. -[bell ringing]
[Howard] This contest is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team Championship.
It is scheduled for one fall.
Currently in the ring are the challengers.
At a total combined weight of 515 pounds…
[Gorilla] Boy, The Hitman and The Anvil would certainly want
to get their titles back, Superstar.
[Graham] And they might get 'em back. Gorilla.
-[Howard] …The Hart Foundation. -[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Listen to the ovation for The Hart Foundation.
-["Demolition" playing] -[Howard] And they're opponents…
led towards the ring by their manager, Mr. Fuji…
[Gorilla] The hard rock music of Demolition.
Leading the way, Mr. Fuji
and the former manager of The Hart Foundation,
"The Colonel," "The Mouth," Jimmy Hart.
[Graham] Yeah, you talk about a winning…
we're living in one right now.
But I tell you what, the Demolition, their intimidation is enough.
[Howard] …Demolition.
[Graham] You understand what I'm talking about?
But now that they got the-- now they got the traitor,
now, all that's gonna do is give more emphasis
to The Hart Foundation, brother.
The Anvil and Bret Hart, they're gonna look over
and look at Jimmy "The Mouth of the South", "The Colonel",
and say, "Brother, you're going down along with Demolition."
[Gorilla] Well, you know, every team, I don't care who they are,
whether they're champions or whether contenders,
they all have their faults
and nobody knows the faults of any team better than its manager,
and I'm sure that The Colonel has spilled his guts
to Mr. Fuji and the Demolition
on whatever flaws may be
in The Hart Foundation.
[Graham] Oh, no question about it, Gorilla.
Can you imagine that conversation with the--
with The Mouth of the South and the--
and the man from Japan, you understand?
Sitting around in the fireplace talking things over.
Oh, it must've been brutal. Must've been brutal.
[Gorilla] Bell's gone. This one underway
for all the marvels, the gold on the line.
We've seen history made already here tonight in Madison Square Garden
as The Ultimate Warrior has become the new Intercontinental Champion.
Perhaps The Hart Foundation, The Anvil and The Hitman,
can once again regain the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team titles.
[Graham] I totally agree, Gorilla Monsoon,
because The Hitman and The Anvil, they're on top of their game.
They've never looked sharper.
They've made a comment, a statement on television.
They don't need the Mouth of the South, brother.
They got brains in their heads and they can think for themselves, my man.
And that's what they're gonna do.
They're gonna think for themselves,
wrestle for themselves, and fight for themselves.
[Jimmy Hart] How about that Hitman, huh?
[Gorilla] Look at the look, confidence
on the face of Ax and Smash.
The Hitman giving away a lot of power and size here.
[Jimmy Hart] Hit him! Hit him! Hit him!
[Graham] Yeah, I would say he's definitely the smallest man out there
and he probably weighs about 240 or 250 himself.
[Jimmy Hart laughing]
[Gorilla] Look at the ease in which he picked him up
and just planted him like a tree.
Oh, a little bit slow on that maneuver though
and The Hitman was out of there in a hurry.
A couple of big roundhouse rights and he's exploding.
Oh, and went for Smash as well.
[Graham] Yes, he did. He tagged him.
[Jimmy Hart speaks indistinctly]
[Gorilla] Both teams possess a great deal of continuity, so important.
Oh, look at this reverse roll-up.
[Graham] Oh.
[Gorilla] He wouldn't have got him anyway because Smash was poised
-and ready to come. -[Graham] Yes, he was,
and now Smash comes in, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Oh, ran right into a beautiful arm drag.
The Hitman has what I like to call excellence of execution.
[Graham] Very good. Yes, he does.
And here comes The Anvil, brother. He's from another planet.
Take a look in his eyes sometimes up close, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] The powerhouse is in there now.
Can you imagine a guy saying
he left professional football because it wasn't rough enough?
[Graham] Exactly, right. That's when he claims, man.
He played in four or five teams,
and he said, "This ain't tough enough for me.
I wanna get in there and hurt somebody."
Oh, and he's hurting somebody right now.
[Gorilla] He's putting the hurting on the Smasher.
[Graham] I'm trying to figure out who The Anvil looks like.
He's got a jarhead like a marine,
but his got a beard like the ZZ Top, you understand?
[Gorilla] Nice reversal there and a shoulder block
sends Smash down to the canvas.
He ran over him like a freight train,
and a little-- yeah, you better talk about it.
[Graham] And he better talk fast, too.
[Gorilla] Oh, beautiful maneuver from the outside, illegal,
but he got away with it.
Ax planted a boot right in the back of the neck of The Anvil.
[Graham] What I'm saying, Gorilla Monsoon, my man, hitting ideas,
that the fact that the-- that The Mouth of the South
has turned against The Hart Foundation
is gonna get The Hart Foundation even more determination to win this match.
And when they win the match
and they're gonna go outside and grab The Colonel
and do some damage to The Colonel.
[Gorilla] But let's make everyone aware at home, Superstar, that in fact,
The Colonel, The Mouth of the South,
still has the contract of The Hart Foundation.
[Graham] Yes, it's a valid contract. But if I was that man right there,
-with the cameras on, I'd wanna sit-- -[Gorilla] Traitor.
[Graham] Yeah, I'd sit down a corner if I was him, brother.
I'd let these big boys go ahead and do what they wanna do.
[Gorilla] Irish whip, put his head down, he'll pay for that one.
Can't do that. Cardinal mistake made by Ax.
The Anvil looking to get over to The Hitman and he does.
[Jimmy Hart] Come on, big boys. They're getting no help--
[Gorilla] A little bit shaky right now is Demolition.
No tag made there.
Drop kick and a beauty.
[Graham] Beautiful drop kick, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Referee having his hands full, once again, with outside interference.
Oh, he ran it, that right arm and shoulder right into the steel pole.
[Graham] Yes, he did. And that's what took Ken Patera out
earlier in the evening, that same type of move, Gorilla Monsoon.
When the shoulder meets head-on with that steel post, brother,
the shoulder's got to go.
[Gorilla] Hart Foundation, in trouble
here in SummerSlam '88 in the Garden,
as The Mouth doing what he does best,
antagonizing people.
[Graham] Yeah. Running his mouth
and The Hitman just ran up to the man,
The Mouth of the South right there.
[Gorilla] The Devious One at ringside, as well,
directing traffic out there,
and he does a good job of that.
[Graham] Oh, you gotta give him credit,
the man from Japan, brother, he knows how to manage.
[Gorilla] Former co-holder of the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team title itself on a number of occasions,
with a number of different partners, now managing the champions.
…four, five.
[Gorilla] And Ax just axing away.
[Graham] Again, another example where we could use another referee,
-Gorilla Monsoon. -[Gorilla] Absolutely.
[Graham] Another referee here, because it's altogether--
one man can't handle these four people out here.
We've seen it over and over again tonight.
One man can't handle them.
[Gorilla] Look at that, ramming shoulder-first,
that injured shoulder, right into the top turnbuckle.
-Hitman is in excruciating pain right now. -[referee] One, two, three…
[Graham] Yes, he is.
He's working on that rotator cuff area, Gorilla Monsoon,
that tie into the shoulder.
And it looks like it's swelling to me, brother. The Hitman is in trouble.
The Hitman is in dire straits right now.
[Gorilla] Well, his partner is indeed still confident,
because if nothing else, The Hitman will not quit here.
[Graham] Oh, never give up.
And one thing that my main man, Lord Alfred Hayes always told me,
he says, "Watch the legs.
When the legs started to get rubbery, that's your tip off."
And I saw The Hitman's legs, brother, starting to-- starting to--
[Gorilla] Shoulder breaker coming up on that injured shoulder.
[Graham] The Hitman looks like he's totally out of it right now.
I'm surprised the Demolition didn't go for a pin right there, Gorilla Monsoon.
-I'm really surprised. -[Gorilla] I think they're looking
for a submission, Superstar.
[Graham] Yeah. You look it that way, yeah. I don't-- I don't disagree with that.
[Gorilla] If I were the manager, I wouldn't be looking for a submission,
not from these two.
Another quick tag made.
He's wide open, The Hitman.
[Graham] And here comes some damage right here, watch this move.
He's gonna go up in the air with him and come down with a foot, I believe it.
Unless he--
well, it looks like he's just putting pressure on it with his right boot,
but I thought he's going to lift that shoulder up in the air
and come down on it with a boot.
They're torturing Bret Hart right now.
[Gorilla] Bret Hart needing desperately to make a tag here,
or this thing is gonna be over very shortly.
[Graham] And The Anvil better get sick and tired
of what's going on and come in the ring.
He's got five seconds to get in and out, brother.
He needs to make a move right now, get over there,
do some damage to the Demolition and pull his man back to the corner.
Now, his man's on the floor in bad company.
[Gorilla] In the wrong part of town.
Look at that, arm behind him and ran right into the steel post.
[Graham] Gorilla Monsoon, if this continues with this pace,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart is gonna be useless as a partner in the rest of this match.
-His shoulder's probably broken. -[Gorilla] Well, he may have already
reached that point, Superstar.
But he's not a quitter,
he's not gonna give up on you in there,
at time seems to be impervious to pain.
-[Graham] I think you can have-- -[Gorilla] Why isn't the--
why isn't The Anvil around there?
[Graham] That's what I'm talking about.
The Anvil should make a move.
Get on the floor, go around, pick his partner up,
and bring him back to the corner, and tag him, brother.
Make a move Anvil, come on, brother.
[Gorilla] Physically carry him around to the…
[Graham] That's right. that's the name of this game.
[Graham] The World Wrestling Entertainment,
make a move and go get your man if he's in trouble, brother.
[Gorilla] Now, look at this.
[Graham] I couldn't stand to see my partner
take this much abuse right now, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Demolition has forsaken the arm
and look at this, ducks underneath,
a clothesline with that injured shoulder.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Now, he's very close to where he can make a tag.
[Graham] I think the clothesline was with the good arm, Gorilla Monsoon,
his right arm, he took the clothesline with.
[Gorilla] Yeah, maybe it was.
[Graham] Yeah. There he is right there. There's a tag coming up.
-[Gorilla] There it is. -[crowd cheering]
[Graham] Referee.
[Gorilla] Anvil's in there, the referee did not see the tag,
he's not gonna allow it.
[Graham] As you mentioned earlier,
he can't allow what he doesn't see, brother.
[Gorilla] In the meantime, The Hitman taking further punishment.
Irish whip him hard into the top.
-Look. Boy, did he nail… -[Graham] Oh.
That knee almost took his jaw, Gorilla, almost took his jaw.
[Gorilla] Brought it up right at the perfect split second.
[Graham] Oh, what a shot that was.
There's the tag.
There is the tag.
Referee saw that one.
And The Anvil's on fire.
A drop kick by the big guy.
[Graham] Come on Anvil, do your thing right now, brother.
[Gorilla] Scoop slam and another one.
Madison Square Garden has gone bananas--
[Graham] They're on their feet. That's right.
They're on their feet, brother, Gorilla Monsoon.
They're on their feet.
What a powerful clothesline that was,
sent Demolition right onto the floor, brother.
No one left to wrestle.
[Gorilla] The Anvil has cleared the ring.
[Graham] And they're on their feet.
Pandemonium has broken loose in Madison Square Garden.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, swing shot right over the top.
[Graham] Oh!
[Gorilla] As he continues to flail away.
[Graham] Oh, he's tough. What a move that was.
[Gorilla] All kinds of action going on now inside, outside the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And The Anvil's on fire and in good shape.
Power slam, yes.
We could have new champions here.
One, two-- oh.
-[Graham] Oh. -[Gorilla] Got that left arm out of there.
Boy, was that close?
[Graham] That was close, brother.
A fraction of a second off, that's all it was,
a fraction of a second, my man.
[Gorilla] Smash, in the whole heap of trouble here.
[Graham] What kind of move is this?
-Oh! -[Gorilla] Slammed his own partner.
[Graham] Anvil thought he was driving football sled right there, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] One, two-- no.
Look at Ax, just now getting back up on the ring apron.
What a golden opportunity that was for The Hart Foundation.
They had Ax out of commission but couldn't put Smash away.
[Graham] That's right.
And they need to bring Smash back in their corner, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Well executed backbreaker but now--
[Graham] That's some reason right there. There we go.
That's what we've been talking about all night.
If your man's in trouble, go on and help him out, brother.
And The Anvil's doing just that, man.
[Gorilla] All four-- Fuji on the apron and he gets down.
And Fuji catches another one, and a third shot.
-Oh, look at this. -[Graham] Oh.
[Gorilla] The Colonel got the megaphone to Ax
and he just clobbered The Hitman with it.
-A miscarriage of justice. -[bell ringing]
["Demolition" playing]
[Gorilla] I don't believe it.
Let's get the official word.
[Howard] The winners of this contest,
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Demolition.
[Gorilla] Demolition retaining their title.
I'm not exactly sure what went down there
but somewhere out of nowhere--
Well, let's go back and take a look.
[Graham] Okay. Gorilla, here we got the-- here we got the replay coming up.
The Mouth of the South makes a move to the ring, sees his man in trouble.
And what's he bringing with him?
He's bringing the megaphone,
tossed the megaphone into Demolition.
And here he comes to the back of Bret man--
of The Hitman's head, knocks him out cold, brother.
He was in the position for a piledriver,
hit the man on the back of the head with the mega-- with the megaphone,
knocked him out cold,
and now he's trying to hide it, trying to conceal it.
[Gorilla] Really did a number as he was running out of there earlier,
he came back at the most opportune time
to get the weapon to his men,
and they retain their title.
Right now, let's go to meet Gene Okerlund with The Honky Tonk Man.
All right. I'm back in the locker room
with the former Intercontinental Champion, The Honky Tonk Man.
-Just leave me alone. -Definitely disappointing for him tonight.
-No Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake… -Just leave me alone, would you?
…and then losing the Intercontinental title to The Ultimate Warrior--
-Leave me alone. -I beg you--
I've been ripped off, I've been robbed.
Ever since I've been in the WWE,
they tried to do something like this to me.
They jumped me from behind.
They beat me up out there with some Warrior.
I said I'd wrestle anybody, but I didn't say I'd wrestle The Warrior.
No, but they sent The Warrior out there.
They sent some Warrior out there.
That's my belt.
That belt belongs to me. I'm the greatest of all time.
I'll always be the greatest of all time and I don't care what you do, Warrior.
That's my belt. The belt belongs to me, Gene. It's mine.
I've held it longer than anybody and I'm gonna get it back
if it's the last thing I'd do in the WWE.
I'm gonna get my belt back. It's my belt.
-It's his. We just signed a contract. -At the risk of something negative,
The Honky Tonk Man I think he walked into this building
a little overconfident tonight.
A veritable zoo back at the locker room, but in the meantime,
there is action in the Garden.
Let's go back to Gorilla and the Superstar.
[Gorilla] Well, The Honky Tonk Man really bent out of shape.
He said he would wrestle anyone, but not the Warrior.
[Graham] Yeah, do you-- I can't make sense out of that statement, brother.
[Gorilla] Warrior is indeed the new Intercontinental Champion.
Let's go to our ring announcer.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] This contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
the individual who is managed by "The Doctor of Style" Slick.
[Gorilla] Look at this acquisition by the Slickster.
[Howard] …in Cobb County, Georgia,
weighing 357 pounds…
[Gorilla] I kind-- I kind of think that Slick found this guy
-while Slick was doing a little time. -[Howard] …the Big Boss Man.
[Graham laughs] Yes. Yes.
Yeah, that's good. I like that, Gorilla.
Slick was doing time and he was the prison guard.
Oh.
["Piledriver" playing]
[Howard] From Union City, Tennessee…
[Gorilla] Oh, they're on their feet once again here in Madison Square Garden…
[Howard] …The Birdman.
[Gorilla] …Koko B. Ware and Frankie.
[Howard] …Koko B. Ware.
[Gorilla] Piledriver.
[Graham] Piledriver, man, that's right.
♪ You can tiptoe around ♪
[Gorilla] Frankie doing his thing.
♪ But don't make a sound
♪ You make the little sound of romance ♪
[Gorilla] I tell you what,
Koko given away a lot of weight here, Superstar.
[Graham] That's right, Gorilla Monsoon.
I bet he's given away probably 100 pounds, at least 100 pounds body weight.
-The little man, Koko B. Ware… -[bell ringing]
[Graham] …the short man out there's gonna have to make
some fast, fast moves, brother.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this. Slickster-- oh, distracted hum just enough…
for the Big Boss Man to lower to boom from behind.
[Graham] And what I wanna know is when is the referee get in there
and take the badge off of the Big Boss Man.
-[Gorilla] Got some dangerous-- -[Graham] …take that silver star off, man.
Yeah, he's got some dangerous gear on, man.
You understand, he thinks he's back in Cobb County Jail with the prisoners.
He's gonna kick Koko B. Ware just like some prisoner, man,
throw food back on his face someday.
I can see it in the big man's eyes, brother.
[Gorilla] Koko came right back in and is on the attack.
Upstairs, downstairs, sends the big guy in-- no, reversal.
Oh, beautiful duck under.
Dropkick.
Big guy almost went down.
-[Graham] Oh. -[Gorilla] Oh, he's tied up.
[Graham] That's good enough.
[Gorilla] He's literally tied up.
[Graham] That's good enough.
[Gorilla] Koko with a big flying headbutt on the Big Boss Man.
[Graham] This could be a major upset right here, Gorilla Monsoon, my main man.
This could be a major upset of the evening, brother.
[Gorilla] Well, he get out of there.
[Graham] Oh, look how wobbly he looks.
[Gorilla] Slick's looking very concerned.
[Gorilla] The Big Boss Man hasn't been treated like this
since his induction here to World Wrestling Entertainment.
But of course, he's never stepped in there with Koko before either.
[Graham] And I tell you what, the Big Boss Man, brother,
is carrying the handcuffs on his belt.
I just took a shot of that right there, man.
He's got his handcuffs with him.
See 'em right there on his left hip?
[Gorilla] He's got a lot of dangerous equipment out there in the ring.
He ran right into that front facelock.
[Graham] And what I'm talking about is why doesn't Jack Tunney,
the President of World Wrestling Entertainment,
take some steps against the Big Boss Man and clean his act up?
Because he did-- if he doesn't do it,
I'll go out there and take some step and clean him up myself, brother.
[Gorilla] We have-- we have raised the ire of "Superstar" Billy Graham
-and he's gonna take control here… -[Graham] Yeah, I'll take the job.
[Gorilla] …if somebody doesn't do something…
[Graham] I'll take Jack Tunney's job, brother,
and straighten things out, my man.
[Gorilla] Everybody looking for the job
of World Wrestling Entertainment President,
-as a big splash in the corner-- -I told him to do that.
-[Gorilla] Yeah. You told him to do that. -I told him to do that.
[Gorilla] We know that, Slick.
[Graham] Well, he did hurt him bad.
He hurt him bad, Gorilla.
He hurt him real bad, man. There's his keychain.
[Gorilla] Took the wind right out him.
[Graham] Oh, yes, it did. Yes, it did.
The Big Boss Man stays on now.
I think he's gonna wrap things up.
-I don't think Koko can come back. -[Gorilla] Frankie not happy
with what's going on here and I don't blame him.
[Graham] Well, we're gonna see how tough Koko is right now,
Gorilla Monsoon, my man.
We're gonna see what the little Koko man is made up out of right here, brother.
[Gorilla] In for the ride.
Oh, clothesline, decapitation time.
[Graham] Almost took his head off.
[Gorilla] Down for the cover.
Oh, he did want, he could have had the three count.
[Graham] That might have been a mistake.
[Gorilla] It's a mistake in my book, Superstar.
[Graham] Anytime you do it.
[Gorilla] Absolutely, you got somebody down for the count, you take it.
[Gorilla] Otherwise it'll turn around, eventually, and haunt you.
[Graham] It appears that the Big Boss Man wants to do some torturing here.
He wants to punish Koko B. Ware.
He wants to make an example out of him to every other wrestler
in the World Wrestling Entertainment watching right now,
saying, "This could happen to you. You could be next."
[Gorilla] Gorilla Monsoon here with "Superstar" Billy Graham.
SummerSlam '88 so far has been unreal
and a whole lot is still to come.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham chuckles]
He might have kicked some teeth out.
[Gorilla] He might have had his tongue out.
-[Graham] That's right. Yeah. -[Gorilla] Oh, he did that, too.
[Graham] He could have bit his tongue off or he might've lost some teeth.
All it did was enrage the Big Boss Man.
[Gorilla] Look out, bomb's away. Oh.
[Graham] Oh.
[Gorilla] That's close to 400 pounds.
[Graham] Koko looks like he's out on his feet, Gorilla.
[laughs]
[Gorilla] Big smile on the kisser of that piece of garbage.
Boss Man in the position right now
where he can do just about anything he wants to Koko.
He's done everything but beat him.
[Graham] Everything but beat him. Everything but bend him.
I don't know if Koko's got anything left in him.
-And there's the Oil Slick. -[Slick] That's it, Boss Man.
[Gorilla] Plants him, looks like he picked the spot
exactly where he wanted him.
-[Graham] He's going off with a splash. -[Gorilla] Oh, he went over
and asked the Slickster if he could do it now,
if he could finish him off.
[Graham] Is he absolutely gonna go up the top rope, Gorilla Monsoon?
[Gorilla] Look at this. What a high-risk move for this big guy.
-[Graham] I don't believe my eyes. Oh! -[Gorilla] Bombs away. Oh!
And the little man got out of the way partially.
[Gorilla] Turned-- he turned just enough that cut the force of blow down.
[Graham] Yes, that's right.
He took a part of the blow on the back, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Didn't have enough energy to get all the way out of there.
Oh, he got out that time.
[Graham] Oh. [chuckles]
He won't need a chiropractor to adjust that injury, Gorilla Monsoon.
-That does it right now. -[Gorilla] Absolutely not.
[Graham] No. No way, brother.
[Gorilla] He'll be singing with the sopranos in the shower.
[Graham laughing]
[Gorilla] Look at this, Koko found some new energy now.
Got that adrenaline flowing in his body.
[Graham] Yeah, he was inspired by Sugar Ray Leonard
being here tonight, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this, second turnbuckle,
now going all the way up to the top.
He's gonna fly.
-[Graham] Oh! -[Gorilla] A beautiful dropkick.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] The Garden has exploded.
[Graham] I think he's too big to pick him up and piledrive him, man.
[Gorilla] Oh, he nailed him. One, two-- no.
Did you see that?
He pushed him off like yesterday's garbage.
[Graham] Yes, he did, brother.
Yes, he did. Unbelievable.
But I don't think Koko-- as I mentioned before,
I don't think Koko can get up there and piledrive the man.
He's too big. Now, this is--
[Gorilla] Look at the power of the Big Boss Man
as he just jerked Koko right out over that top rope.
[Graham] Yeah, he dumped him.
He dumped him right over the top, Gorilla Monsoon, brother.
And Koko right now, brother, he better tighten up.
[Gorilla] Oh, there it is.
That patented side move of his, flattened him. It's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Gorilla] Oh.
I think he bewildered Koko B. Ware
and then put the finishing touches on.
[Howard] The winner of this contest,
the Big Boss Man.
[Gorilla] Big Boss Man chalking up another one in the win column.
He has been unreal since coming here to the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Let's see if he's gonna put the handcuffs on Koko B. Ware.
[Graham] Well, I tell you what, he might have problems here because--
[Gorilla] Oh, look, he nailed him with the nightstick.
[Graham] Come on. What about a suspension?
-[Gorilla] Right in the rib cage. -[Graham] I know Jack Tunney,
the President of World Wrestling Entertainment, is watching
and I want this man suspended for that, brother.
[Gorilla] Some fines could be in order.
Frankie looking down at the defeated Koko B. Ware.
Let's go back and take a look at what transpired.
[Graham] Okay. Here we go, Gorilla Monsoon.
The big man throws him in for the rope,
catches him up with that side splash, right there,
350 pounds coming out on Koko B. Ware's way too much.
-One, two, three, just like that, brother. -[Slick] That's the way it is, boy.
-[Gorilla] Wow. -[Graham] Just like that, man.
[Gorilla] That's a lot of humanity going down on--
[Graham] And here we go with a cheap shot, Gorilla…
with a billy club in the ribs.
[Gorilla] That thing weighs about 25 pounds,
and he planted it right in the ribs of Koko on to be victory of the big guy.
Right now, we're gonna take you to Sean Mooney
along with the newly crowned Intercontinental Champion,
a man who has just exploded on the scene here
in Madison Square Garden, surprising everyone,
and most of all, The Honky Tonk Man,
referring to The Ultimate Warrior.
[Sean] It is a different story here in the locker room
with The Ultimate Warrior, the new Intercontinental Champion.
And Warrior, you are now a champion in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Honky Tonk Man, you thought it was something
like out of a comic book, brother,
but we're talking about real life.
I was sitting in parts unknown,
waiting for the next spaceship to a higher place,
and the lightning bolts came down from the sky, and the warrior spoke,
and he said, "Make it to the Garden,"
where The Ultimate Warrior showed.
And Honky Tonk Man, you gave the challenge,
and The Ultimate Warrior,
and the little warriors with all their painted faces,
rose to the challenge and they conquered.
I've taken all the little warriors through all their darkness and all their pain.
And Honky Tonk Man, if you want a piece of me,
or anybody thinks they can take on all the warriors,
I'm not hard to find,
I'll be on the next spaceship
to parts unknown.
Well, the new Intercontinental Champion,
The Ultimate Warrior, big days ahead for him.
And right now, let's go back to "Superstar" Billy Graham
and Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] He said, "If you want it, come and get it." He's got it.
[Graham] He's wound up, brother.
[Gorilla] Boy, he is something else, he's a piece of work.
Let's go down to the ring.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] This contest is scheduled for one fall.
In the wing to my left,
weighing 275 pounds,
the mighty Hercules.
[Gorilla] Hercules, another-- where's The Brain?
Why isn't The Brain down there with him?
[Graham] Why isn't The Brain down there? That's a good question, brother.
Maybe he went out the exit instead of the entrance when he left here.
[Gorilla] He could be lost somewhere--
[Howard] …weighing 249 pounds,
Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
[Gorilla] Listen to this tremendous thundering ovation
for Jake "The Snake" Roberts
along with Damien, second duty for him.
[Graham] Oh, yes, second duty is right.
I tell you what, though, earlier tonight, Gorilla Monsoon,
I talked with Jake "The Snake" Roberts and I said, "Look, man…"
I know your mind is on 'Ravishing' Rick Rude,
but you got to get your mind off Rude here for a minute
and get your mind on Hercules,
because Hercules will cut you off and put you down.
The man is unbelievably strong, brother,
and don't look past Hercules to Rick Rude.
Take care of what-- take care of your business what's in the ring right now."
[Gorilla] Let me ask you this, Superstar.
Here we are, SummerSlam '88, Madison Square Garden,
literally going all over these United States
at home to all our pay-per-view viewers everywhere, millions of them.
Here's a guy, a match of this magnitude, why isn't his manager down there?
I don't believe this.
[Graham] I don't understand where Bobby Heenan is.
I don't know what he's doing, brother, but this man is out there alone,
and that could prove the difference.
But I tell you what, Hercules, brother,
is one, one strong--
why do you think they call him Hercules? Well, look at that body.
Look at his traps, look at his delts, look at his pecs, latissimus dorsi,
serratus magnus, he's got it all covered, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Jake "The Snake" Roberts does not wanna stand there
and trade punches with Hercules.
You'll come out with a short end of the stick.
He's gotta be cunning and do things just like that.
Beautiful knee lift-- oh, he gave the sign already for the DDT.
Oh, Herc went out the back door.
He didn't want any part of it.
[Graham] Oh, no, brother. As soon as he felt that he was gone, man.
I tell you what, brother, you can smell that hold coming,
and if you don't get out of it right now, you're out for the night.
[Gorilla] Well, The Brain obviously did one thing,
he taught him to counter for that.
[Graham] Yeah, he prepped him real good for it anyway.
[Gorilla] "Get out of town" is the counter.
[Graham] Yeah, that's right.
Maybe The Brain's afraid of the snake in the bag.
I don't know why he's not out there.
-He left us, he-- -[Gorilla] He may be--
he may be preoccupied with The Mega Bucks.
[Graham] Yeah, there's no question about that, Gorilla Monsoon.
When he was up here, he was totally rattled.
-He was like a different man. -[Gorilla] Boy, he was.
He blocked about six shots there by Hercules.
There's the speed and agility,
oh, and the power of Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
He wishes that that was "Ravishing" Rick Rude…
-[Graham] Oh, yeah, no question about it. -…and not Hercules.
Every time he hits him, every time he slams him,
every time he picks him up and throws him around the ring,
he's saying, "That's for you Rick Rude."
But that might be a mistake, Gorilla Monsoon.
I'm here to tell you, brother, that might be a mistake.
Don't get too far ahead of your game.
Concentrate on what you're involved with right now.
[Gorilla] Well, sometimes easier said than done
when it becomes a family affair, Superstar.
[Graham] No question about it.
[Gorilla] Beautiful move by Herc, but Jake held on.
[Graham] He held onto the headlock, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] He certainly did.
[Graham] I've never seen that done before.
The man took a back suplex and held on and maintained the headlock.
[Gorilla] I think what happened was, as he went down,
Hercules didn't get his right arm out of there in time for the blow
to have the proper effect, enabling Jake "The Snake" to hold on.
But when you talk about messing with somebody's wife…
[Graham] Yes.
[Gorilla] …you know, that's serious stuff.
[Graham] I totally agree. I totally agree.
[Gorilla] And there is a vendetta right now.
[Graham] There's bad blood, brother.
It's called bad blood across the United States.
Jake "The Snake's" wife embarrassed, humiliated on national television
of World Wrestling Entertainment, brother.
Do you understand what I'm talking about? And the man will not sleep at night.
The man cannot sleep, he told me, until he resolve this issue.
[Gorilla] Jake "The Snake" Roberts is currently here at Madison Square Garden.
With Hercules, but you can bet that his mind
is on Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] And Rick Rude I'm sure is watching on somewhere
in his locker room right now Jake "The Snake," Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Oh, you can bet.
[Graham] And right now Hercules, brother--
look at the body, look at the power and the muscle mass.
[Gorilla] Whenever Rude is in the ring, Jake is watching.
Whenever Jake's in the ring, "Ravishing" Rick is watching.
[Graham] Oh, yeah, it goes-- it goes hand-in-hand, brother.
They don't let each other out of their sight.
I tell you what, and I wouldn't doubt it if Rick Rude tries to make an attempt
to come down here and nail The Snake, man, one more time.
[Gorilla] Oh, look at this.
Oh, what a powerful reverse chinlock. It might hurt.
[Graham] Is it ever?
And I tell you what, Gorilla? When I put that hold on,
when I was wrestling, I used it to talk to my opponent.
A perfect position to tell your opponent, brother, "You're going down.
It's only a matter of time."
You can intimidate your man right there with that hold
because you could talk to him.
[Gorilla] Certainly can, but right now,
Jake is taking the power away from that hold
as he has gotten up to his feet,
but he ran into a nice short clothesline by the Herc.
Oh, that was a-- what a power shot that was?
[Graham] Yeah. We heard that all the way up here
at the top of Madison Square Garden.
All the way up here, we heard that pop, Gorilla Monsoon.
-[Gorilla] Two count. -[Graham] Look at this.
That was a half-hearted pin, brother.
[Gorilla] Very nonchalant cover by Herc.
[Graham] Oh, yeah, nonchalant.
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan should've taught the man better than that, brother.
You got to hook some legs, hook some ankles, hook some arms, man.
[Gorilla] You-- let's speculate a little bit further, Superstar.
Do you think for one moment that when we chased that weasel out of here,
that perhaps he got caught in an escalator or an elevator or something and--
[Graham laughs] You mean, within the confines
of Madison Square Garden?
[Gorilla] Well, perhaps he's not gonna…
-[Graham] He's out there-- -[Gorilla] …make it down for this match,
perhaps he won't make it down for The Mega Bucks' match.
[Graham] Let's hope so.
Let's hope his out there on 8th Avenue somewhere,
wandering in circles, beating on the door trying to get back in.
That'd be the greatest thing that could happen to Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
Get lost in Time Square. [laughs] I love it.
[Gorilla] Herc still going to work with this reverse chinlock,
and he is zapping the strength
out of Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
[Graham] Yeah, he's not gonna make him submit
with this hold, Gorilla Monsoon, brother,
but he's gonna take some steam out of him.
He's gonna wear the man down, you understand what I'm talking about?
[Gorilla] Well, nobody ever beat anybody with a reverse chinlock,
but it's a beginning-- it's a…
-[Graham] Beginning of an end, possibly. -[Gorilla] …beginning of the end, yes.
There's a method to his madness, that's for sure.
Referee checking to make sure it's not a choke.
[Graham] And the-- plus the added body weight of Hercules
laying on top of the Snake man.
Right there, the way he does have a hold on him,
but look at the body weight being pressed down upon the Snake man, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Jake trying to reach that bottom rope
and Herc not allowing him to do it, jerks him back.
[Graham] I tell you what, I've never seen Hercules look better.
He looks like he's on top of his game tonight.
He's fine-tuned, his body has never looked better.
He appears to have never been stronger.
And Jake "The Snake" might have a long night ahead of him right here.
I got to give Hercules credit where credit is due, brother.
He looks like he's ready and he's acting like he's ready.
[Gorilla] He's got that confident look on his kisser.
And Jake is fighting it.
He's got to get to his feet to alleviate that downward pressure,
take some of the strain off of there.
Elbow in the midsection, not enough to break it.
Second one doesn't either, but-- oh, nice reverse hammerlock.
[Graham laughs]
[Gorilla] He left himself wide open and he's out of there.
[Graham] What a shot that was by Hercules, brother.
He threw that elbow, reverse elbow.
-And look at that shot of his body. -[Gorilla] Well…
[Graham] This guy's in a tremendous shape.
[Gorilla] …Herc's fresh, Snake's in trouble.
[Graham] And I'm surprised--
[Gorilla] As we look at this capacity crowd here
at Madison Square Garden.
[Graham] And they're in a state of shock right now
because they wanna see the Snake Man win this match in a bad way.
[Gorilla] I'll tell you what, I've seen Jake "The Snake" Roberts
in a whole heap of trouble on a number of occasions,
and this guy somehow rather always manages to reach down,
deep down inside with that little extra something,
get that adrenaline going, get that intestinal fortitude working.
He is something.
-[Graham] Yeah, I think you're talking-- -[Gorilla] Oh, look at that move.
Hercules hesitated,
and the Snake just dragged him out over the top.
[Graham] What a counter move that was, Gorilla Monsoon.
A desperation move by Jake "The Snake" Roberts, brother.
He knew he was going out and going down.
What a smart move that was. What a smart move, brother.
[Gorilla] Well, he showed me something because that was pure power.
He didn't have any leverage at all.
[Graham] Oh, I think he has some hair though.
[Gorilla] Oh, nice clothesline by Herc.
[Graham] Oh, Hercules, man, he looks unbelievable.
I tell you, I'm totally impressed with this guy.
And Jake "The Snake" Robert is hurt.
And he's hurting big time right now.
[Gorilla] And Herc's starting to unload with a heavy artillery
and right back in a chinlock.
He's had success with it, so he's going back to it.
Oh, look at this drop move right on the chin.
Oh, he nailed Herc right on the chin.
[Graham] Yes, he did.
That could've dislocated his jaw, brother Gorilla.
And it might've dislocated his jaw.
Herc is wandering around like he's staggering,
like he's half knocked out.
He's a little bit of a target right now, brother.
[Gorilla] Look at the Snake, he's measuring him now
with lefts and rights, left jabs.
[Graham] I love it. I love it.
[Gorilla] Oh.
Sugar Ray would've been proud with that one.
[Graham] Yes, he would've.
What a right hand that was, brother.
[Gorilla] He's winding him up here.
There's that short clothesline, that patented jab of his.
[Graham] You know what follows that short clothesline, don't you brother?
[Gorilla] They're screaming for it.
[crowd cheering]
[Graham] They're on their feet in Madison Square Garden.
[Gorilla] Thousands wanna see it.
Oh, look at that counter move by Herc.
[Graham] That's the power.
That's the power that comes into play right there.
That's the edge of Hercules has over the Snake Man.
[Gorilla] He missed the knee lift,
came right down on the back of his head.
[Graham] And I guarantee you one thing,
Jake "The Snake" is not thinking about Rick Rude right now.
[Gorilla] Absolutely not. Came right down on the back of the head,
that external occipital protuberance area,
that'll knock you right into the middle of next Wednesday.
[Graham] Yeah, I'm gonna look that up in the dictionary. That one.
[Gorilla] And Herc with an elbow drop, the beauty. Could be all over here.
One, two-- no, the Snake slithers out the back door.
[Graham] Yes, he did. Resilience on the Snake's part.
And Herc says, "Why don't count a little faster, referee.
Keep that count one, two, three a little quicker."
Oh, Hercules, his confidence right now.
[Gorilla] Well, the Snake think he wasn't paying attention, but he was.
Oh, sneaks over the back.
[Graham] He did it.
[Gorilla] He nailed him with a DDT.
[Graham] He pulled him up, Gorilla.
I don't believe my eyes, but can he pin him?
Does he have enough?
[Gorilla] He's rolling around there. Now, he's rolled over on top, one--
-[Graham] Yes. -[Gorilla] He got him.
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
-[Graham] Oh. -[Gorilla] Let's get the official word.
[Howard] Here is your winner,
Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
[Gorilla] Jake "The Snake" Roberts,
what a fantastic move,
pulling a DDT right out of nowhere.
And look at them, they're on their feet.
[Graham] Out comes the snake, that's what I wanna see.
How big is the python, brother?
-How big is that snake? -[Gorilla] Here comes Damien.
Whoa, excuse me.
[Graham laughing] Oh.
-[Gorilla] Some 15-foot at least. -[Graham] Oh.
Look how big that snake is.
[Gorilla] Oh, he's sticking it right in the face of Hercules.
[Graham] And Hercules doesn't even know it.
He's out cold.
The DDT took him out cold, brother Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Look at that.
Damien just doing whatever he or she wants to do.
Let's go back and take a look.
[Graham] All right, Gorilla, what we got here
is a body slam by Hercules,
but the reverse of Jake "The Snake" did it,
turned into the DDT, brother.
And down goes Hercules, head first.
And now the Snake Man has got to roll over,
which he does, and pins the man, one, two, three.
Bringing out the reptile now, out comes the reptile,
the serpent, brother.
[Gorilla] It was a beauty on a victory right now.
Here's what lead up to The Mega Powers taking on The Mega Bucks.
[crowd cheering]
"No way," goes Macho Man
that surrounds you now.
[Vince] André, gesturing as if--
look at that.
Look, André may be challenging, I don't know.
Look.
Wait a minute.
[crowd clamoring]
[Vince] From behind,
Ted DiBiase knocking the Macho Man off the platform.
Savage, out there with André.
-André, choking-- -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Vince] Oh, a kick. Look at this.
What a team effort.
On concrete,
André the Giant and Ted DiBiase hammering away,
kick-- look at Virgil, holding Elizabeth.
[Jesse] What's Elizabeth gonna do?
Virgil is doing Elizabeth a favor, keeping her out of the way.
[Vince] He's making her look at it.
Look, he's holding her and he's making Elizabeth look
at this attack, this double team, big strikes.
Guys, give me a break.
Randy Savage is issuing a challenge
to take on Ted DiBiase and André the Giant
in a tag team match.
And Savage says he'll select his partner at a later date.
So, the challenge is out.
And now another question presents itself,
will mister Heenan, The Giant, and DiBiase accept this challenge?
And you ask me, will we sign for that?
Read my lips humanoid,
-yes, we will. -[Vince] How about that.
The big announcement.
You know, gentleman, this maybe your lucky day, Mr. Heenan…
[Jesse] That is the biggest announcement, McMahon.
-…because just prior to this interview… -[Vince] What do you mean?
…the Office of the President indicated to me that a referee has
in fact been assigned to this matchup…
-[Vince] Who? -[Sean] …to this challenge
by the "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
And that guest referee…
-[Vince] Is who? -…is none other than…
-Jesse "The Body" Ventura. -[Vince] What?
[crowd cheering]
-Jesse? -[Jesse laughs]
[Vince] Jesse Ventura.
You…
You of all people.
[laughter]
[Vince] And look, André and Ted DiBiase apparently very pleased
with the announcement.
I've got me a tag team partner.
And he's the greatest tag team partner
that anybody in the world could ever have.
-[Jesse] Oh, they knew this. -And here he comes right now.
-["Real American" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Yes.
Look at this.
[Jesse] It's the Macho's partner.
[Vince] There he is, Hulk Hogan.
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you what, McMahon,
now I know why Jack Tunney came to me to referee this
-because I'm the only man in the world… -[Randy] Hulk Hogan, yeah.
[Jesse] …that he can get law and order on these four.
Because I have it from a very good source,
that "The Body" Jesse Ventura
is deathly afraid
of one man,
that being "The Eighth Wonder of the World"
André the Giant.
Now, your being deathly afraid of André, will that have any bearing?
You see this, Brother Love?
[crowd laughing and cheering]
I could step back into the ring tomorrow
and probably become the world champion if I wanted to.
Do you think I'm afraid of anybody?
[Vince] Hard to be humble when you're great.
Whoa. Whoa.
Brother Heenan, Brother Brain, it is good to see you.
-What are you doing out here? -[Vince] What is this?
[Heenan] Jesse "The Body", my good buddy.
André the Giant has a little something here he'd like you to listen to.
Jesse, I just want to say something.
You better pay good attention, all right?
[Brother Love] Brother Million.
And remember…
Jesse Ventura…
when you pay attention…
to The Million Dollar Man,
it always,
and I mean always…
pays off.
[laughs]
[Gorilla] Well, Superstar, we saw the ham hock of André the Giant
stuck in the face of Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
We saw the Benjamin Franklins stuffed into the pocket
of Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
You know, Jesse "The Body" Ventura
to me, a man who was a Seal with the United States Navy,
a man who was my, uh, colleague
in the broadcast position.
I would be very surprised--
well, I'm not gonna be surprised.
Let's find out what Jesse's gonna do.
-Let's go to ringside. -[bell rings]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
this is the main event of SummerSlam.
[Gorilla] This is what we've been waiting for.
[Graham] This is it, Gorilla.
[Howard] It is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
At this time,
here is the special guest referee,
Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
[Gorilla] Jesse "The Body" Ventura making his way down here.
Oh, that's not Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
[Graham] No, that's a Macho Man look-a-like right there.
[Gorilla] There he is.
-What kind of referee attire is that? -[Graham laughs]
That's Hollywood style, brother.
Hollywood style, my man.
-Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard. -[Gorilla] Tell you what,
he wants to be known
-as Jesse "The Movie Star Body" Ventura. -[Graham] That's exactly right.
Hey, if you're gonna pose, take off your jacket and your shirt,
then pose, brother.
[Gorilla] Can't believe he's not wearing an earring.
[Graham laughing]
I'll tell you what, did you notice something on that clip we just saw,
he didn't give any money back, did he?
-[Gorilla] No, he didn't give a dime back. -[bell rings]
-[Graham] No. -[Howard] And now, ladies and gentlemen,
team number one to be led towards the ring
by manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan…
-[Gorilla] Oh, they found him. -[Howard] …and bodyguard, Virgil,
here are The Mega Bucks.
At a total combined weight of 780 pounds,
making his summer residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts…
[Gorilla] Well, supposed to be a tag team match,
there's already four guys on their way out in the ring.
[Graham] That's exactly right. I'll tell you--
[Gorilla] And I'm not sure about the guy that's already in there.
-[Graham] Yeah. -[Howard] And his partner
from Grenoble in the French Alps,
"The Eighth Wonder of the World"…
[Graham] And I'll tell you what happened earlier
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan,
he just simply discarded Hercules.
He just said, "Man, you're on your own. I got more important things to do."
That's what happened, I believe.
-That's how treacherous he is. -[Gorilla] And he-- and he wonders why
he doesn't have any champions to this day.
-[Graham] There you go. -[Howard] And their opponents…
[Gorilla] Oh, listen to the eruption.
["Pomp and Circumstance" playing]
[Gorilla] It's gonna be deafening here.
It is deafening.
[Howard] To be led towards the ring by their manager…
[Gorilla] Here they come.
[Howard] …"The First Lady of Wrestling" Elizabeth,
-here are… -[Gorilla] Look at the Hulk.
-[Howard] …The Mega Powers. -[Gorilla] Look at the condition he's had.
[Graham] Yes, Gorilla. He definitely looks better, brother.
[Gorilla] And look at Elizabeth, did you ever see her lovelier?
[Graham] Yes. She's never looked finer, she's never looked prettier.
The Macho Man has never been more… more ready,
and The Hulkster, brother, is definitely on top of his game.
He's been in the gym training.
He looks in the best shape of his career, brother.
[Gorilla] This indeed is The Mega Powers.
[Howard] And his partner, from Venice Beach, California…
[Graham] Oh, what a beautiful robe that is.
-[Howard] …weighing 302 pounds… -[Graham] It probably cost $10,000.
[Gorilla] At least.
Hulkster pointing a finger at the big guy, The Giant.
-[Graham] There's my man right there. -[Gorilla] Listen to that ovation.
[Graham] Oh, yes, they're all on their feet, Gorilla, brother.
They're standing--
they're standing in total ovation to the Macho Man,
Elizabeth, and The Hulkster, brother.
They love 'em.
[Gorilla] What a combination.
Hulk Hogan joining forces with the reigning World Wrestling…
-[Graham] Oh, how beautiful she is. -[Gorilla] …Entertainment Champion,
the Macho Man.
And now, both of them under the guidance of Elizabeth.
[Graham] Oh, that's right. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Elizabeth really got lucky
when Hulk decided to jump over to the Macho Man's team.
I'm telling you, brother.
[Gorilla] This is gonna be a happening, it already is.
I don't see much confidence on the face of The Million Dollar Man
as he's whispering, and André looks upset as well.
[Graham] Well, uh, Jesse "The Body" is trying
to give some instructions here, Gorilla.
He's trying to get some order. He's telling them, "I'm the boss.
You follow my orders, and you listen to me."
That's what he's talking to them right now.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] André sticks out a hand looking for a handshake,
forget about it.
[speaking indistinctly]
I want the manager, you, you, and you…
[Gorilla] Jesse's saying "I want all the managers out."
-Out on the floor. -[Graham] Well, that's a good move.
That's a smart move, get them out of the ring soon.
[Gorilla] I'd like to see him send them all back to the locker room.
-[Graham] Exactly right, Gorilla. -[Gorilla] But that's not gonna happen.
He's just sending them outside the ring.
[Graham] Well, I'll tell you what, Jesse "The Body" is taking control.
I'm not giving that much credit right now.
The match hasn't started yet as you--
-as you can see. -[Gorilla] No, absolutely not.
[Graham] But, uh, so far, he's, uh-- he's showing his authority here.
[Gorilla] Now, he's got all the managers outta there.
Now, he's gonna end up with two guys in and two guys out,
and we'll get a bell.
[Graham] Well, I'll tell you what, brother,
they're talking it over right now, who's gonna start,
who's gonna step on the apron,
who's gonna-- who's gonna crank this thing up first.
And there's Elizabeth looking on right now, wondering--
-[Gorilla] She's concerned. -[Graham] Oh, yeah, sure she's concerned.
She's concerned about both of these men right now.
Jesse "The Body" tightening up the, uh, tag team rope right there.
[Gorilla] Hulkster not happy about something.
[Graham] Jesse's changing the corner of the tag rope.
[Gorilla] Placed it in a neutral corner.
[Graham] No, he doesn't like where they were originally placed.
He's moved them, Gorilla.
You get your hands off of me.
[Graham] Oh.
[Gorilla] Having a few words, and unkind ones with The Hulkster.
[Graham] And Jesse doesn't like where the tag ropes
were originally placed in the ring,
so he took upon himself to move 'em.
[Gorilla] Well, neutral corners are neutral corners.
-I don't understand that at all. -[Graham] I agree.
I don't know what he's doing. He's got something in mind, though.
[Gorilla] Those two guys can float around like a couple of thieves in the night.
Anyway, doesn't matter where they're gonna end up.
[Graham] Yeah, they will float around, too.
[Gorilla] Savage explaining something to The Hulkster.
He's not happy.
[crowd cheering]
-[Graham] He wants to start. -[Gorilla] He wants to start.
[Graham] That's right, Gorilla,
-we both know that. -[Gorilla] The Hulkster wants to start.
Hulkster finally agreed stepping out of there.
-Macho Man will be starting… -[bell ringing]
[Gorilla] …with André.
[Graham] Starting with The Giant.
[Gorilla] Turned around and rammed right into the big guy.
I don't think he expected to see him there.
[Graham] I don't know if that was too smart, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] I don't think he expected André this fight.
[Graham] No, he did not. No, he did not.
[Gorilla] And now DiBiase's in there.
Why did André get out? He had him right where he wanted him.
[Graham] Maybe André's waiting for The Hulkster, brother,
because you know, there's a bitter feud there that'll never-- that'll never quit.
[Gorilla] Never ending.
-[Graham] Never. -[Gorilla] No, definitely not.
[Graham] Now, the-- now, The Million Dollar Man
-is calling for The Hulkster. -[Gorilla] He wants The Hulkster.
[Graham] He's got a lot of nerve, brother.
[Gorilla] Savage saying, "I'd be more than glad to oblige."
There's the tag.
There he comes.
[Graham] There he is, brother. There's my man.
My double-main man right there.
The Hulkster, the man with a bionic biceps, brother,
the one and only Hulkster, brother.
[Gorilla] The electricity is so thick in here.
You could cut it with a knife.
This is what it's all about.
This is what they've been waiting for.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Spun around, look out, atomic drop, perhaps.
Yes, he nailed him.
And right into the Macho Man.
-Big roundhouse and another one. -[Graham] Back and forth.
-[Gorilla] He looks like… -[Graham] Oh.
[Gorilla] …the big bear of the arcade.
[Graham] And the Macho Man just shoved Jesse "The Body" Ventura out of the way.
Just shoved the man out of the way and say, "Hey, brother, don't bother me."
[Gorilla] Jesse "The Body" so far, staying out of the way.
Oh, what a clothesline by The Hulkster.
Boy, he looks in great shape.
[Graham] He looks cut.
He looks ripped to the bone for a man that weighs over 300 pounds, brother.
[Gorilla] Tag made. Look at this tag team effort.
Oh, nailed him.
[Graham] Double chop, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Double elbow. Look at Heenan.
Heenan's on the apron.
[Graham] He better get off the apron, too, brother.
[Gorilla] And rammed right into that neutral corner face first.
Another quick tag made.
Boy, this team has got some continuity, that's what they're gonna need.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And The Hulkster pulling out all the stops here.
[Graham] He has to, Gorilla.
He has to tonight, brother.
[Gorilla] The Body preoccupied with something.
[Graham] André the Giant, he had him over in his corner, talking to him.
[Gorilla] See another quick tag made. Look at this.
Savage up on top, his favorite spot.
Bombs away. Double axe handle right between the eyes.
And a knee drop by The Champ.
[Graham] There's Elizabeth looking on, Gorilla.
-[Gorilla] She looked confident, too. -[Graham] Yes, she did. Yes, she did.
[Gorilla] Whoa.
Savage stuck that finger right in Jesse's face.
[Graham] Right in his nose, telling him to get a little faster count, man.
[Gorilla] And that's about ten tags already.
[Graham] Oh, a double foot.
Both of them kicked him straight in the face.
-[Gorilla] Two count. -[Graham] How can you kick out from that?
I'll never know.
[Gorilla] Came right out the back door.
Hulkster never bothered to hook a leg.
Elbow, planted him.
And another one.
-Another one about to come, yes. -[Graham] A third one.
[Gorilla] Three in a row.
[Graham] Oh, he went over to The Giant and got caught.
[Gorilla] Thought André was coming, André was not.
And look at this now. Savage inside, André--
Well, The Body is losing it here.
[Graham] Oh, he's losing it real fast.
-He's going where Elizabeth-- -[Gorilla] Elizabeth's up on the apron.
[Graham] She weighs a 103 pounds, what's she gonna do?
Leave her alone, brother, and go check out Virgil.
[Gorilla] Just keep your eye on Heenan and Virgil.
-Don't worry about Elizabeth. -[Graham] That's right.
[Gorilla] There's a tag, as the big guy steps in.
[Graham] Pandemonium's breaking loose here, Gorilla,
in Madison Square Garden, my man.
[Gorilla] Whoa, André right down onto the sternum…
-[Graham] Five hundred plus-- -[Gorilla] …on The Hulkster.
[Graham] Five hundred and fifty pounds, right there on his chest, brother.
One, two!
…three!
[Graham] The rope right across his throat with The Giant standing on it, man,
that doesn't do too much good for your throat.
[Gorilla] Heenan telling him to step right on his throat.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] As the Hulk rams right into that size 22.
[man] You got--
[Gorilla] Jesse keeping out of the way there.
He doesn't wanna get clobbered by either one of these guys.
[Graham] I don't blame him right now.
I'd give them-- I'd give them instructions from a distance.
I'd warn them about five feet away.
[Gorilla] Take a look, Jesse, that may be a choke, stick your nose in there.
[Graham] Yeah, come on, man, get a little closer.
However, it does appear The Giant's got him on his traps.
He's got the Hulk here on his traps,
trying to cut off the blood circulation and the nerves down to the shoulder area.
[Gorilla] André squeezing for all he's worth
and The Hulkster now, down to his knees.
[Graham] Oh, he's pinching deep into the traps, Gorilla.
-[Gorilla] Now, André goes to the max. -[Graham] Now, he's really got him.
The trapezius maximus, he's got a grip on it, brother,
and The Hulkster's on the floor.
[Gorilla] Elizabeth clapping there,
shouting words of encouragement.
-[Graham] Wait a minute. -[Gorilla] I'm sure nobody can hear her.
[Graham] André the Giant just took off the top of his wrestling gear…
-[Gorilla] Right around his neck. -[Graham] …and he's choking The Hulkster.
He's choking him.
[Gorilla] Took that singlet and wrapped it right around The Hulkster's throat.
[Graham] That's right. That's right.
He's choking him out right now, brother.
Jesse's blind through it.
Jesse was sidetracked, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] Oh.
DiBiase with a thrust kick right to the midsection.
Hulk's in deep in trouble here.
[Graham] Oh, he's getting double teamed with a big wave right now.
Come on, Hulkster, suck it up, brother, and get over to the Macho Man.
[Gorilla] Hulk been on the receiving end here for the last five or six minutes.
Whip in him by DiBiase, caught him with a nice clothesline.
Over for the cover for-- you're not gonna beat the Hulk this way.
[Graham] No, no. He didn't even grab the leg, Ted DiBiase.
What's wrong with him?
He must be thinking about he should have gave Jesse more money.
He didn't even hook a leg, hook an arm, he hooked nothing, brother.
[Gorilla] Right arm came right out of there.
[Graham] You just don't lay on The Hulkster and get a pin.
[Gorilla] Once again, two-count.
Well, the right arm was up in the air, but wasn't even in the down position.
-That's a choke right there. -[Graham] Sure, it's a choke.
Come on, Jesse, open your eyes.
Get him off the throat and put them on the chin, man.
[Gorilla] Look at that, that's a choke.
[Graham] That's obvious to me and everybody else,
and the 30,000 people in Madison Square Garden.
It's obvious that that's a choke.
Come on, Jesse, do your job, man.
Show some integrity out there, brother.
[Gorilla] Macho Man climbed all the way up to the top turnbuckle
to get the attention of Ventura, just tell him that it's a choke.
[Graham] Is he blind or what? Come on, Jesse.
[Gorilla] Look at The Hulkster managing to get to his feet.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And this place is going bananas once again
but DiBiase got a handful of hair now.
[Graham] He's got hair and he's grabbed him
because he's got the throat, Gorilla Monsoon,
and Jesse Ventura refuses to stick his hand in there and shut the hold.
Come on, Mega Referee, get something done, man.
[Gorilla] Hulkster now being squeezed out here.
[Graham] He's literally being choked out, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] DiBiase putting the pressure on when referee's looking.
It's on the side of the neck,
stopping the flow of blood to the brain.
And when he's not looking, it's on the throat.
[Graham] There you go. Exactly right.
-Perfect combination. -[Gorilla] Look at this.
You expect to get a count like that?
No way. Forget about it.
[Graham] That's the first time Ventura's been down in the composition tonight.
[crowd chanting] Weasel! Weasel!
[Gorilla] Chant calling on weasel,
as The Hulkster is in trouble here.
Savage pacing back and forth.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] And look at the adrenaline
that's flowing to the body of The Hulkster.
[Graham] He's hulking up, Gorilla.
He's hulking up big time, brother.
[Gorilla] This place is going bananas as well.
Those are shots through the midsection,
and another one, and a third one.
And he's out of there.
Ducks underneath the clothesline.
-[Graham] Double clothesline. -[Gorilla] Oh, double clothesline.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Who's gonna get over to make the tag?
That's the question here.
Both men needing desperately now to make a tag.
[Graham] And I think Hulk needs to get out of there worse
than the-- than The, uh, Million Dollar Man.
[Gorilla] Look at those two conspiring.
[Graham] Sure, they're conspiring, brother.
I'm surprised. Come on, Hulkster. Crawl over there and make the tag.
[Gorilla] He's gonna make it. Yes.
[crowd cheering]
Savage in, and fresh, and unloading with roundhouse rights.
Winding him up here, hard into the buckle.
The champ on fire.
-Backdrop, oh, did he hit hard? -[Graham] Oh.
What a shot that was.
What a backdrop.
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] Watch this leverage move.
Oh, beauty.
[Graham] Go for a pin right now.
-Go off the top and go for a pin. -[Gorilla] Savage on the top turnbuckle.
Bombs away.
He nailed him. Could be all over?
[Graham] Right now, Gorilla, he's gotta go for it.
The Hulkster keeping Giant out of the ring
if the Macho Man can only go for the pin right now.
-[Gorilla] Look at this. Oh. -[Graham] Oh.
I don't understand why he didn't make a move for a pin, Gorilla.
I really don't.
[Gorilla] Well, it's tough when you're in there.
It's easy when you're up here.
-[Graham] Split second decision. -[Gorilla] Blocked.
And Savage remaining in control here.
Now, another reversal.
Oh, ducked underneath that one. Look out.
High crossbody.
One, two-- no.
[Graham] Oh, caught him with a clothesline,
coming off the rope bar, Gorilla.
In comes The Giant.
In comes the big mastodon himself, brother, the big prehistoric Giant.
[Gorilla] André's been standing out there. He's fresh. He's ready to go.
He just nailed him with a big roundhouse right.
And now, shoulder blocks into that corner.
[Graham] Oh, come on, Jesse.
Can't you just warn The Giant?
Get a count going.
[Gorilla] Guys in the ropes there, you got to give him a chance to get up.
[Graham] Oh, he picked him up by the throat, Gorilla Monsoon.
[Gorilla] André doing whatever he wants right now.
-[Graham] Sitting on him. -[Gorilla] Oh, sitting right on his head.
[Graham] And the neck is caught against that rope.
That could dislocate the neck, Gorilla Monsoon, my man.
[Gorilla] Where is the ref? Come on, Jesse.
Do your job in there.
[Graham] Show some integrity, Jesse. "Where did The Body Go" Ventura.
Show some integrity, man.
Get in there and at least warn The Giant.
Jesse's ten feet away from the action.
[Gorilla] André with the devastating headbutt just reached over,
made the tag to The Million Dollar Man once again.
He comes in under a little different circumstances right now,
and he's ready to unload.
-Suplex coming up. -[Graham] There it is.
[Gorilla] Oh, well-executed.
[Graham] Going for a pin. Hook a leg, DiBiase.
-That's a good one. -[Gorilla] He did. Two count-- whoa.
Close, but no cigar.
Sort of a hush has fallen over Madison Square Garden.
[Graham] Yes, that's right, Gorilla.
The people can't believe that the Macho Man
is taking such a beating.
And he's in dire straits right now, brother.
-Big time dire straits. -[Gorilla] Uh-oh.
Backbreaker by The Million Dollar Man.
And look at this. He's wasting some valuable moments here.
He wasted too many of them.
[Graham] Oh, get to The Hulkster.
The Macho Man doesn't know what corner he's in, Gorilla Monsoon.
I'm telling you, brother, he doesn't know which corner he's in.
He's going to a neutral corner.
That's how bad he's hurt.
[Gorilla] Well, originally, that was his corner.
Now, he sees him.
There's the tag. Jesse saw it as well.
And The Hulkster's in there.
He wants a piece of this guy.
[Graham] Oh, he looks great.
The Hulkster looks fantastic.
[Gorilla] Hulk with those big roundhouse rights,
sends him in for a ride and follows him right in.
[Graham] What a clothesline that was, Gorilla.
It's a wonder it didn't take his head off.
[Gorilla] Hulkster with a suplex.
[crowd cheering]
-[Graham] Hulkster can wrap up right now. -[Gorilla] Here comes André.
-He catches one. -[Graham] Oh, he got The Giant. He got it.
[Gorilla] And the big man's brought down.
[Graham] The Giant knocked out cold.
[Gorilla] Look at this, Savage going up to the top turnbuckle.
André's down and out.
[Graham] What's he doing up there? He's not the legal man in.
[Gorilla] Come on, Jess.
-[Graham] The sleeper… -[Gorilla] A sleeper.
[Graham] …on André. Oh.
[Gorilla] Oh, André.
[Graham] Just took the big size 20 foot up.
[Gorilla] Right in the kisser of Savage.
[Graham] Oh.
That should have broken his jaw, dislocated his neck.
[Gorilla] Look out from behind.
Hulk never saw it coming.
[Graham] Come on, Jesse, get in there, man.
[Gorilla] We got an illegal man in the ring now.
And André has cleared the ring of everybody.
[Graham] The Mega Power is on the floor right now.
They need to make it back to the ring.
Jesse Ventura's starting the count.
[crowd cheering]
-[Gorilla] Both hurt bad out here. -[Graham] Oh, they're hurt bad.
[Gorilla] Elizabeth's up by the apron.
[Graham] I don't think she should be there.
I don't think Elizabeth should-- s
she should be on the floor trying to help her man.
[Gorilla] Jesse over there, telling her right now,
-"You gotta get out of here." -[Graham] Get on the floor, Elizabeth,
and help your man.
Forget about Jesse Ventura.
[Gorilla] Elizabeth just went around the corner.
She's not going down to the floor.
-Jesse's in a hawk now. -[Graham] No, no, no.
She's got to get on the floor and help her people out.
[Gorilla] Both guys out. Look at Heenan, he's up on the apron and Virgil as well.
Everybody's on the apron.
[Graham] In the meantime, Jesse has stopped the count.
There's no longer a count going on, Gorilla Monsoon.
-[Gorilla] Oh, look at this. What is this? -[Graham] Oh.
She took off her dress.
She took of her skirt, Gorilla Monsoon.
I don't… [laughing]
[Gorilla] Elizabeth has shocked everybody.
Look at Jesse, he doesn't know what to do.
-[Graham] I don't believe my eyes. -[Gorilla] Look at The Million Dollar Man.
-He doesn't know what to do. -[Graham] …You don't know what to do.
[Gorilla] Look at André, he's bewildered.
[Graham] Everybody's shocked.
Everybody's on their feet, Gorilla.
Oh, as ever-- is Elizabeth ever lovely?
[Gorilla] What a move by Elizabeth.
[Graham] Is she ever lovely tonight, brother?
Elizabeth-- [laughs]
-[Gorilla] This is unreal. -[Graham] I can't believe it.
It's pandemonium.
[Gorilla] Look at this.
[Graham] All right.
[Gorilla] Savage nails The Giant from behind.
Heenan gets nailed.
Hulkster…
-[Graham] Slams him in. -[Gorilla] …slams The Million Dollar Man.
[Graham] Yes, he did.
[Gorilla] Look at this, he's got him set up.
Bombs away perhaps.
[Graham] Come on, Macho.
-[Gorilla] Oh, the perfect flying elbow. -[Graham] Get on, brother.
-Get on. And the leg. -[Gorilla] And a leg drop.
[Graham] Get down there and count, Ventura.
[Gorilla] Jesse right there, one, two…
[crowd cheering]
[Gorilla] …oh, he didn't wanna count to three.
-[Graham] I love it. -[Gorilla] He hesitated.
-[Graham] I love it. -[Gorilla] But it's over.
-[Graham] Oh. -[Gorilla] Let's get the official word.
-["Real American" playing] -[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this contest,
The Mega Powers,
undefeated World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Hulk Hogan.
[Gorilla] Madison Square Garden is going bananas.
[Graham] What a decoy.
What a decoy Elizabeth was.
Unbelievable.
[Gorilla] Elizabeth certainly turned the tide in this one's--
[Graham] Oh, does she look happy.
Oh, does she look happy.
[Gorilla] When no one else knew what to do, she knew what to do.
[Graham] Brother, she shocked the world.
She shocked the world.
The Hulk just threw her dress out to the audience.
I don't believe it.
André the Giant, The Million Dollar Man are history, brother.
[Gorilla] They were bewildered, befuddled, and bewitched.
[Graham] Exactly. And so were we.
And so were the millions of people around this nation watching this telecast.
Elizabeth swirled out the surprise, my man, Gorilla.
[Gorilla] They're on their feet here as one in Madison Square Garden.
[Graham] Thirty thousand people on their feet, Gorilla Monsoon.
Thirty thousand strong in Madison Square Garden, brother.
[Gorilla] And these two, The Champion, the "Macho Man" Randy Savage
and The Hulkster, the former champion, giving them exactly what they want.
[Graham] And, Gorilla, it's hard to look at Hulk Hogan
and the Macho Man with Elizabeth standing in there.
[Gorilla] Well, certainly is.
[Graham] I'm sorry. Well, definitely it is, brother.
[laughs]
It's hard to watch them pose, brother.
[Gorilla] You're gonna have to look hard and long to find a team
-to ever compare with these two… -[Graham] Right there.
-[Gorilla] individuals. -[Graham] My man with the bionic biceps.
That's a new term for Hulkster.
The man with the bionic biceps, brother.
[Gorilla] Mega Powers proving here in Madison Square Garden…
-[Graham] I love it. -[Gorilla] …along with Elizabeth
where they were indeed hit by The Mega Bucks.
Did you know this, Jesse?
Superstar, Jesse, very reluctant with that three--
[Graham] Oh, the Macho Man had to help him down the third count.
He didn't wanna do it because he was paid off and we all know it.
But it's history now, brother.
The Mega Power proved to the world
they're the greatest tag team combination
on the face of the earth, my man.
[Gorilla] There must have been some additional dollars
change hands other than what we saw.
[Graham] Oh, yes.
And he threw the skirt out again.
[Gorilla] Hulkster along with the Macho Man extremely happy
about the turn of events here.
Oh, there with their manager,
the lovely Elizabeth,
who proved to everyone here tonight
just exactly how important she is.
[Graham] That's exactly right, brother. Exactly right.
And there's not one soul has left this building, Gorilla Monsoon, not one soul.
They're staying, brother, to see the acclamation, my man.
They're staying to see Hulk Hogan run and the maniacs, the madness.
They're staying to see Elizabeth.
The pandemonium has broken the news, brother.
I've never seen nothing like it.
I've never felt this pandemonium before
in this building as I have tonight, brother.
[Gorilla] SummerSlam '88 has far surpassed my expectations.
[Graham] And Elizabeth has surpassed my expectations.
[Gorilla] Absolutely. History was made here.
See you all, folks.
We'll see you at the Leonard-Lalonde fight
on November 7th at Las Vegas.
And we'll see you Thanksgiving at the Survivor Series.
Until then, Gorilla for the Superstar, so long, everybody.
♪ Fight for your life ♪