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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 18, 2013 3:53:28 GMT -5
Wow, he's aged pretty rapidly since his brief run in WCW in 1999. On topic: what was the kayfabe reason Strike Force broke up again? And was there ever a blow-off match? I don't remember the late 80s except for a few specific events... Never a proper blow-off match as I recall, but they always went for each other first thing in Rumbles for quite a few years and did six man tags for a couple years after. I'm not even sure they had a televised singles match against one another.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Jan 18, 2013 4:08:31 GMT -5
Wow, he's aged pretty rapidly since his brief run in WCW in 1999. On topic: what was the kayfabe reason Strike Force broke up again? And was there ever a blow-off match? I don't remember the late 80s except for a few specific events... Never a proper blow-off match as I recall, but they always went for each other first thing in Rumbles for quite a few years and did six man tags for a couple years after. I'm not even sure they had a televised singles match against one another. WWF @ Cincinnati, OH - Riverfront Coliseum - September 21, 1989 (14,000; 12,000 paid) Saturday Night's Main Event #23 - 10/14/89 on NBC (9.5) - included opening comments from Roddy Piper, Randy Savage & Sensational Sherri, the Bushwhackers, Ted Dibiase & Zeus, and WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan regarding their upcoming matches; featured Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included footage from Savage's coronation ceremony; featured Ventura conducting a backstage interview with Savage & Sherri regarding his winning the crown and upcoming match with Jimmy Snuka; included Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Snuka regarding his upcoming match; featured a video package highlighting Zeus' altercations with Hogan at the previous two Saturday Night's Main Events and at Summer Slam; included Ventura conducting a backstage interview with Dibiase, with Zeus, regarding his upcoming match with Hogan; featured Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Hogan regarding his feud with Zeus and upcoming match with Dibiase; included a video package highlighting the feud between Piper and Rick Rude; featured Ventura conducting a backstage interview with Bobby Heenan & Haku regarding Haku's upcoming match with Piper; included Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Piper regarding his upcoming match; featured Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Dibiase, with Zeus, in which Dibiase cut a promo on Jake Roberts' interference in his match and blamed him for not being WWF World Champion; moments later, Zeus cut a promo on facing Hogan at the Survivor Series; included Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Rick Martel & Slick regarding Martel's upcoming match with Tito Santana; featured Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Piper regarding his victory and going through the members of the Heenan Family; included Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with the Bushwhackers regarding their upcoming match against Jacques & Raymond Rougeau; featured Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Hogan regarding his win over Dibiase, injury at the hands of Zeus, and facing Dibiase's team at the Survivor Series: Randy Savage (w/ Sensational Sherri) pinned Jimmy Snuka at 5:37 with a roll up and grabbing the tights for leverage after hitting Snuka in the kidney with Sherri's loaded purse; after the bout, Savage attacked Snuka and attempted the flying elbowsmash but Snuka moved out of the way; moments later, Snuka set Savage up for the splash off the top but Sherri covered Savage, with Snuka then leaping off, knocking Savage to the floor and scaring Sherri from the ring WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Ted Dibiase (w/ Zeus) with a small package at around the 8-minute mark after Dibiase accidentally hit Zeus with a clothesline when Hogan moved out of the way; early in the match, Jake Roberts appeared ringside to distract Dibiase but left after Virgil appeared and stole Roberts' snake bag, with Roberts chasing Virgil backstage; after the contest, Zeus wrenched Hogan's neck, with Dibiase then throwing the referee to the floor and applying the Million $ Dream until Roberts returned and slid Damien into the ring, clearing Dibiase and Zeus to the floor (The Immortal Hulk Hogan) Roddy Piper pinned Haku (w/ Bobby Heenan) with a belly to belly suplex at 3:02 (Legends of Wrestling: Roddy Piper and Terry Funk) Tito Santana (w/ the Red Rooster, Brutus Beefcake, & Dusty Rhodes) fought Rick Martel (w/ Slick, the Big Bossman, Akeem, Jimmy Hart, & the Honkytonk Man) to a double disqualification at around the 9-minute mark when all the wrestlers at ringside began brawling in the ring; prior to the bout, Gene Okerlund conducted a backstage interview with Santana - after Martel made his appearance with his Survivor Series teammates - in which Santana said he had a plan of his own; moments later, after Santana made his entrance, Santana's teammates appeared one by one to be in his corner; after the match, Santana, Rhodes, Beefcake, & the Rooster cleared their opponents from the ring
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Post by repomark on Jan 18, 2013 5:52:25 GMT -5
I think they did have a few televised one on one matches after the break up - but I would struggle to name the time and place. I distinctly remember in the WM7 recap package before the Martel v Jake Roberts blindfold match that Roberts came out and interfered whilst "blind" when Tito was fighting Martel on Superstars. He grabbed Tito by mistake.
Should have been a Summerslam 89 match - or even kept it going to Wrestlemania 6. Given Martel was against Koko B Ware and Tito was jobbing to the Barbarian at that show, they could easily have gone with a longer Martel v Tito match instead and the Barbarian squashing Koko (if they needed either on the show).
Back on topic, Strike Force were formed when Tom Zenk left WWE for NWA/WCW. At the time he was one half of the CanAm Connection with Rick Martel - who were extremely over and destined to win the WWF tag titles. They threw Martel with Tito to take the slot the CanAm's would have had and it never quite worked as well.
That would be my opinion why Strike Force aren't held in that same "legend" bracket.
Also, some have covered the kayfabe break up of Strike Force, but thought would throw in a further description. The part about Tito convincing Martel to team with him again after Martel had been absent through injury is true, and at their WM5 match they faced the Brainbusters. During the match, Tito went for his patented Flying Forearm, but missed and accidentally hit Martel.
Later in the match, Tito went to tag Martel, but Martel refused and walked out. This left Tito at the mercy of the Brainbusters and he was quickly spike piledrivered and beaten.
Martel does an hilariously bad interview with Mean Gene following the match explaining how he "was doing fine on his own and was sick of carrying Tito on his back" although he stumbles over his words through out.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 18, 2013 5:57:02 GMT -5
I think they did have a few televised one on one matches after the break up - but I would struggle to name the time and place. I distinctly remember in the WM7 recap package before the Martel v Jake Roberts blindfold match that Roberts came out and interfered whilst "blind" when Tito was fighting Martel on Superstars. He grabbed Tito by mistake. Should have been a Summerslam 89 match - or even kept it going to Wrestlemania 6. Given Martel was against Koko B Ware and Tito was jobbing to the Barbarian at that show, they could easily have gone with a longer Martel v Tito match instead and the Barbarian squashing Koko (if they needed either on the show). Back on topic, Strike Force were formed when Tom Zenk left WWE for NWA/WCW. At the time he was one half of the CanAm Connection with Rick Martel - who were extremely over and destined to win the WWF tag titles. They threw Martel with Tito to take the slot the CanAm's would have had and it never quite worked as well. That would be my opinion why Strike Force aren't held in that same "legend" bracket. Also, some have covered the kayfabe break up of Strike Force, but thought would throw in a further description. The part about Tito convincing Martel to team with him again after Martel had been absent through injury is true, and at their WM5 match they faced the Brainbusters. During the match, Tito went for his patented Flying Forearm, but missed and accidentally hit Martel. Later in the match, Tito went to tag Martel, but Martel refused and walked out. This left Tito at the mercy of the Brainbusters and he was quickly spike piledrivered and beaten. Martel does an hilariously bad interview with Mean Gene following the match explaining how he "was doing fine on his own and was sick of carrying Tito on his back" although he stumbles over his words through out. And since has bizarrely claimed the above as described was a shoot.
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