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| -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... |
Darsow and Eadie did have single careers in the WWE. Once Demolition wrapped up in early 1991, Darsow started the Repo Man character. Meanwhile, before putting on the face paint and before being a Machine, Eadie was The Masked Superstar. Both guys were much better suited in the tag team ranks though. As for the whole "Demolition were LOD rip offs", while they may of originally started out as such, they evolved into something much more than that. Up until the WWE started pushing the Roadies as legends in the late 90's, I'd even say Demolition were more over and well known to WWE audiences.
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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.
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Bret did start off as a singles wrestler. However, lack of direction and not getting over led to Bret eventually being put with Neidhart. Being in the Hart Foundation allowed Bret to be pushed without the WWE having to put a lot behind the singles wrestler.
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-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.
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Roberts vs Hercules wasn't a major match, let alone the secondary main event. Much like with Rick Rude vs Junkyard Dog, it was just a thrown on match while the real feud (Rude vs Roberts) continued to go on at house shows. Pay Per View still wasn't the main source of profit back in 1988. So all of these 80's PPV's were more like super shows at MSG, Meadowlands, Spectrum or some other major arena.
If there was a secondary main event, It would of probably have been Warrior vs Honky.
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BTW, do they still have the intermission on the DVD's? The worst part about the show was a full 20 minute plug for an upcoming boxing event that Vince had some stake in.