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Aaron Wood Presents The WWE Vintage Collection: Ep. 5 (Koko, Perfect, The Tag Champs Daddies & The Hart Foundation)
By Aaron Wood
Jul 6, 2008 - 9:21 AM
Well, yes indeed, the secret is now out, and the "international guest" on this week's 3:10 Countdown on Club WWI was indeed ME! And who would have thought I'd have made the most controversial pick of the show, huh? I can only encourage you all to go to "The Club" and take a listen.
Gene Okerlund opens up the show as usual as he tells us we're going back to October of 1990 as we'd see the tag champs of the Hart Foundation face Greg Valentine and Honky Tonk Man and that we'd see Mr. Perfect, Curt Hennig, go for IC gold against Kerry Von Erich, The Texas Tornado. However first off, we'd see the Birdman, Koko B. Ware against The Warlord.
The Warlord vs. Koko B. Ware (Originally aired on the MSG Network on October 19th, 1990)
Monsoon and Heenan are on the mic here. We join things just after Warlord has taken off his bits and bobs and Gorilla ribs Heenan about choosing Barbarian over Warlord. Koko beckons Warlord over to the corner, but ducks the shot. They lock up, but that doesn't work well for the far smaller B. Ware. Warlord shoves Koko into the corner and poses. However, he spends too long jaw jacking with the crowd, and Koko attacks. He goes up top and hits a double axe handle before pushing him down for a 1 count and when Warlord kicked out, he sent Koko flying. Koko stays on top with shots to Warlord, but Warlord picked him up by the throat but slams him down. Gorilla talks about Mr. Perfect "breaking things" backstage which prompts Heenan to leave. Warlord whipped Koko hard into the corner. Warlord then locked on a bearhug.
Koko teased punching him to get out of it, but Warlord squeezed harder. Eventually Koko slapped Warlord's ears, prompting the break of the hold. Warlord choked Koko in the ropes. However, in the corner, Koko blocked a Warlord charge and hit a missile dropkick for a 2 count. However, Warlord gave a running Koko a Stungun onto the top rope and that was all she wrote as Warlord made the pin for the win.
WINNER - THE WARLORD
Gene welcomed us back after the break, as he prepared to talk about Mr. Perfect, Curt Hennig. He called him one of the best ever and talked about how he went for a whole year undefeated. However, here we would see Hennig in a match with a man who defeated him for the IC Title at the Summerslam a couple of months previous, Kerry Von Erich, then known as The Texas Tornado.
The Texas Tornado vs. Mr. Perfect - Intercontinental Title (Originally aired on the MSG Network on October 19th, 1990)
Lord Alfred Hayes has now joined Monsoon at ringside as Bobby Heenan was with Hennig. Perfect got the jump on Tornado as he got in the ring, before clotheslining him right back out. Hennig prevented Von Erich form getting into the ring with kicks and knees. However Tornado pulled Perfect out and downed him before getting in the ring himself.
Perfect got back in, but Tornado sent him right back out over the top rope again. Perfect got back in the ring and Tornado wrung the arm. A lot. And it looked sore. Perfect was whipped into the corner, but came out right away and locked in a sleeper. However, Kerry ran Curt into the corner before locking in a sleeper of his own. However, Hennig countered, to an extent, by forcing Tornado to change it into a side headlock. Hennig took control with a snapmare and a neck vice.
Perfect downed Tornado with a right hand, before hitting some more to Von Erich in the corner. Tornado reversed a whip attempt, only to send Perfect into the referee. Then Perfect ducked a clothesline, with Von Erich hitting the poor sod in the blue shirt. Hennig hit the Perfectplex, but there was no-one to count. Hennig stood up and looked over the ref as we took a break.
We rejoined with the referee still down and Perfect taking off a turnbuckle pad. He sent Von Erich into the turnbuckle. For whatever reason, Perfect made a cover with the ref still out of it. Eventually, the ref crawled over and made a SLOW count, with Tornado kicking out just before three. Tornado hit the Tornado punch before hitting another to send Perfect to the floor. The brawled on the outside. Tornado sent Perfect into the steel post and Von Erich dived in as the bell rang. The ref's decision was that he counted both men out. Either way, Texas Tornado was still champion.
RESULT - DOUBLE COUNTOUT - TEXAS TORNADO REMAINS IC CHAMPION
We cut to a post-match promo from Heenan and Perfect who were bitching about the result and the poor officiating.
Next up...one Tag Team champion's father takes on the other Tag Team champion's father...
We came back to Gene who told us that Dusty Rhodes made his New York debut in the late 70's, and they had never seen anything like him before. What? They never saw a fat guy? And when he returned in 1990, he had not changed one bit.
Ted Dibiase vs. Dusty Rhodes (Originally aired on the MSG Network on October 19th, 1990)
Well, especially given the timing, there has to be some sort of cosmetology about showing this match, because obviously, we have Ted Dibiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes as World Tag Team Champions. And also, let us not forget about Dibiase's "bodyguard" Virgil,, who was given that moniker because it was a rib on Dusty, since that is his real name!
Dusty came out and rolled into the ring as Ted & Virgil stomped on the rotund wonder. However, Rhodes came them a double clothesline and a pair of bionic elbows to send them form the ring. Heenan was once again at ringside. Dibiase took his time getting back in the ring, but when he did, for some reason, the ref walked right in front of Dusty, allowing Dibiase to get a cheapshot in and take control. However, a whip was reversed and Ted ran into a bionic elbow. That was followed up with an atomic drop, which sent Dibiase into Virgil, who had gotten on the apron.
A back elbow knocked Ted down, but Virgil grabbed Dream's boot. Rhodes "gave chase" on the outside and put a sleeper on Virgil, but Million Dollar Man attacked from behind. The crowd chanted for Dusty as he recovered on the outside. However, Dibiase hit Rhodes's head off the guardrail. Dibiase got back out and sent Dusty into the ring post as we took a break.
We came back with Dusty still down, and Million Dollar Man stomping on his head. A pair of elbow drops only scored a 1 count. Dibiase put on a chinlock, but Dusty got out of it with shots to the gut. He then small packaged Ted for 2. However, Dibiase was up first and he put Dusty in a sleeper on the mat. Gorilla chose this moment to debate plumber's charges with Heenan. Dusty eventually made it up to his feet, but he was hit with a knee to the gut. Dibiase went for the Million Dollar Dream, but Rhodes sent him into the corner before hitting a Lil' Flip, Flop and Fly. Mounted punches in the corner by Dusty. Well, I say punches. I mean Bionic Elbows, with one more sending Teddy out. Virgil got on the apron and Dusty attacked. Dibiase came in with the ring bell, but Dusty grabbed it and used it on Ted. Even though the ref had his back to Dusty at the time, he called for the DQ anyway.
Dusty ran wild on Dusty and Virgil until Dibiase kneed Dusty in the back and then smacked Rhodes in the head with the bell.
WINNER BY DQ - "MILLION DOLLAR MAN" TED DIBIASE
Okerlund sent it to promos form each of the men we just saw. We saw Dusty speaking to Alfred Hayes first. Dusty said things had gotten personal. He said they had gotten good at buying people, but he was gonna bring in his son, Dustin, to face the pair. We then saw the heels. Dibiase cackled at the idea saying that beating up "two peons were better than one". He said Dusty & Dustin would be laying, and Dustin would be crying for help.
As it goes, that match would take place on the next MSG show, with the heels again winning, in a match that features on the Dusty Rhodes DVD.
Up next would be our main event for the week as The Hart Foundation defended their Tag Titles.
Gene welcomed us back one more time. Before winning the Tag Titles, The Hart Foundation were a team everyone wanted to beat. But now they were champion, it was as if they were wearing targets. But they were all business. Here they would face the Honky Tonk Man and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, who were known as Rhythm & Blues. I have writing Rhythm. Thank the non-existent lord for Spell Check...
The Hart Foundation vs. Rhythm & Blues - World Tag Team Titles (Originally aired on the MSG Network on October 19th, 1990)
We join things mid-match as Anvil had Hammer's arm as he tagged in Bret, and right away, Monsoon's on the "Boxcar" references. Hart avoided a corner charge, with Hammer's shoulder hitting the ring post. Anvil came back in off the tag. A shoulder block sent Valentine flying. Honky Tonk distracted Anvil, allowing Valentine to attack. Honky came in off the tag. He stomped at Anvil, but Neidhart came back and put on a bearhug, although Valentine quickly broke that up. Honky put on a front facelock. Valentine distracted the ref, which nullified the tag the Harts made, and allowed the heels to hit a double team for a 2 count on Anvil. Neidhart and Valentine exchanged shots, but Honky punched Bret off the apron, distracting the ref. Hammer got another 2 count on Nattie's daddy as we took a break.
We came back as Hammer was still in control of Anvil, although Anvil came out the corner with a big clothesline, downing both men. Tags were made to each side and Hitman went right after Honky Tonk. Atomic drops to both heels was followed up by a noggin' knocker. Hart rolled Honky up, but saw Valentine coming, so he clotheslined him. Small package by Hart was broken up. Hart hit a backbreaker and elbow from the second rope, but Hammer broke it up again. Anvil dumped him out. The referee ended up being distracted by Anvil's antics, which allowed the heel the chance to hit Hart with the guitar. However, Bret ducked and Honky took the EL KABONG~! shot. Bret made the cover and scored the three count.
WINNERS & STILL CHAMPIONS - THE HART FOUNDATION
Scheme Gene thanked us once again for joining him. See you next time!
OVERALL - Good times this week, as we saw some good stuff here, especially the two middle matches, although the opener was OK and the closer was fine. it is funny that most of the matches this week featured someone whose children are (or in the case the case of Von Erich, have been) in the WWE system in recent times, with Lacey Von Erich, Amy & Joe Hennig, Ted Dibiase Jr., Cody Rhodes and Nattie Neidhart. And this stuff was just 18 years ago.
Aaron Wood is really still just getting over the finale to the latest season of Doctor Who that aired last night. He doesn't want to give too much away here, especially to Mike Rickard, but it was a cracker. He also really enjoyed doing the 3:10 Countdown, although is thinking something a little more "negative" next time, so he can have some fun ripping it apart, especially if he's doing TNA. He also didn't realise it was Sunday and not Monday until long after he woke up.
When he's bored, and he gets bored easily, you can normally find him on the WWI Forums or playing "Wrestler" on Facebook with many of his WWI friends. Or he'll be playing one of his many PS3 games, which include Burnout Paradise, Unreal Tournament 3, Uncharted, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue and GRAND THEFT AUTO IV~!~!~!~!. You can find him with the username "aaron24wood", if you want to so battle with him.
Aaron's mood today was...a little shocked...
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