Big Matches:
The Ultimate Warrior d. Honky Tonk Man - wins Intercontinental Championship
Jake Roberts d. Hercules
The Mega Power d. The Mega Bucks - distraction via underwear

Random Thoughts
-the very first match on the show - The British Bulldogs v. The Fabulous Rougeau's - made me sad. Two pretty good tag teams putting on a pretty good match. Something we just see so rarely in the WWE anymore. I don't buy the "tag teams don't sell" argument... fans don't care if the tag teams are presented in a manner in which they not made to care. Regardless, watching the Bulldogs was always fun.

-Bad News Allen was a guy I saw a few times in his Stampede Wrestling days, when he was Bad News Brown. Legimitately scary guy, as he just seemed like he could tear you to pieces.

-Rick Rude beats the Junkyard Dog. Two guys who probably could have been a bit more in their careers. Rude did headline WCW, but makes you wonder if he could have done the same in the WWE? Junkyard Dog just had so much charisma in the ring. If it was drugs that held him back, as I've heard, then its really too bad.

-one of things that kinda trips me out about watching this is the music. I had a WWF The Music - Piledriver tape when I was a kid and I listened to it endlessly. Still have it somewhere, I think. A lot of those songs are used by the wrestlers on this show. One of those things I just keep noticing.

-the Ultimate Warrior squashes Honky Tonk Man to take the Intercontinental championship in about 20 seconds. Man, the crowd loved Warrior. Man, he really couldn't wrestle. Man, what a way to end an epic title reign. Works because the match was a surprise, with Brutus Beefcake the original opponent but he got "taken out", so Warrior was a surprise replacement. Ah, back when the Intercontinental belt actually meant something.

-perhaps nothing about the show makes me quite as nostalgic as Gorilla Monsoon on commentary.

-Demolition against the Hart Foundation. Another decent tag match and two of my favorite teag teams. Not that Demolition were really anything special - a blatant rip off of the Road Warriors (my actual favorite team), but they still showed how a strong tag division can help a promotion. Would Eadie and Darsow have done much in the WWE as singles competitiors? Unlikely, but as a tag team with a decent (if stolen) gimmick, they did a lot. Then there is the the Hart Foundation... I believe that Bret Hart, like Shawn Michaels, could have gotten over if they started out as single's competitors, but the time they spent in their respective tag teams helped a lot. One of the many reasons that I wish the WWE still cared about tag teams.

-was Roberts vs Hercules a significant enough feud to deserve the secondary main event? Does it count as that? It is positioned as such, and is the third longest match on the card. I don't think I really appreciated Roberts at the time (hey, I was young) beyond his gimmick, but he seems a solid worker.

-and then the main event. Hogan and Savage against DiBiase and Andre. Guys like Savage and DiBiase may be legends, but it still can be eye-opening to go back and watch their work. The whole Mega-Powers thing was actually a pretty good angle, and showed a fair amount of patience as they built it up. I remember this match being a big moment when I was young, simply for getting to see Miss Elizabeth take her skirt off to show off her red panties. She's still lovely, even by today's standards (big hair aside). Interesting way to have the faces win, when you get right down to it.