Review of Summerslam

Summerslam (1988 TV Special)
7/10
The Mega Powers vs The Mega Bucks
12 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This was the first ever Summerslam PPV show and what a fun night it was. Built around the ongoing war between The Mega Powers Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage and the Mega Bucks, this was an entertaining evening with a fun main event.

So let's kick things off with the Fabulous Rougeaus Jacques and Raymond taking on the British Bulldogs Davey Smith and Dynamite Kid in a fun tag match. Time runs out on this match and we have a draw. Boo. Let them fight. Let them fight! This was followed by Bad News Brown getting a fairly decisive victory over Ken Patera. Patera, a former intercontinental champion sadly had his bets days well behind him.

Next up we have the evil narcissistic Rick Rude taking on the Yunk Yard Dog. Rick Rude revealed a picture of Jake "The Snake" Roberts' wife on his tights as he was taking off from the turnbuckle. This brought an angry Roberts out to the ring and he was throwing punches from the cheap seats, needless to say the ref saw this and Rude picked up the win by Disquaification.

Next up we have a set up for the Intercontinental Championship match later in the night with the Honk Tonk Man telling everyone that he doesn't know or care who his opponent is ass he has been the IC Champon for over a year and will beat whoever challenges him. Mean Gene's about to tell him who his opponent is , but HTM tells him he doesn't want to know.

Next we have the Bolsheviks Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov losing to the Towers of Pain in a big man match. Brother Love comes out to do an interview with Jim Duggan prompting me to hit the fast forward button.

Next Honky makes his way to the ring microphone in hand daring his opponent to come out and face him. There's a long silence, the guitar music hits, the crowd goes wild and out runs The Ultimate Warrior. Honky looks mortified, tries to get out of the match, but it's too late for that. Warrior gets the win and so ends the longest IC Title reign in WWE history.

Next we get Don Maruco taking on Dino Bravo, a rematch from Wrestlemania IV. Bravo capitalises on a distraction from his manager to defeat Maruco.

This is followed by the now popular fan favourites the Hart Foundation taking on evil Monsters Demolition for their WWE Tag Team Titles. An din the end it was the Hart Foundation's former manager Jimmy Hart, now with Demolition, who cost the Harts the match slipping his megaphone to Smash who knocked out Bret Hart to get the pin.

Next up was a brief match between the Big Boss Man, a bad guy at this point of time, and Koko B Ware. Koko had his chances to win this one, but it was the Big Boss Man who overpowered his opponent to pick up the win. The next match saw Jake the Snake Roberts DDT Hercles to get the pin.

Which leads us to the Main Event of the evening Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, The Mega Powers with Miss Elizabeth taking on Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant, The Mega Bucks with Virgil and Bobby Heenan. All of the managers get involved, but Miss Elizabeth semi undressing herself distracts everyone long enough for Hogan to clear the ring and pin DiBiase for the victory. Hogan and Savage lift Elizabeth up on their shoulders in celebration. DiBiase is thwarted once again, the war nearly won. And the real question going forward: what was it going to take to stop the Mega Powers?
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