Roberts goes for the snake in the bag but then delivers a stomach breaker. Okerlund sends it to the actual broadcast team as Roberts decks McGee with a right hand. Studd says he’s not afraid of snakes and Bundy says there are no asterisks in the record books, only says whether they won or lost. Roberts unload with right hands and rams McGee into the corner. The bell sounds and Roberts is in the purple tights with green snake imprints while McGee is in the red trunks. Okerlund in the voiceover says Roberts is the newest heel in the WWF and Heenan scoffs at the terminology Okerlund uses to describe him. We then go to our first bout.Ĭommentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Alfred Hays and Ernie LaddĪpin Madison Square Garden is the date and venue for this non-legendary squash match. Okerlund runs down what we’re about to see as the truo howl with laughter. Okerlund and Heenan go back and forth and Studd says Okerlund is gonna get the splash before the tape is over. Studd says he’s not a villain, he’s a very aggressive wrestler. Heenan says Okerlund to keep his mouth shut. He introduces guest hosts Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd. Cue the 1985 Coliseum Video opening and Mean Gene Okerlund is our host today….scratch that. Will it be good to highlight the bad? Let’s find out. This tape is to showcase the villains both past and present that ran roughshod over the WWF. We saw Roddy Piper get his own tape and some of the heel managers were highlighted in THE AMAZING MANAGERS but this one, we got em all. The WWF was the first to truly market and specialize the heels as well as the faces. You saw Lawler but was there a spotlight on Bill Dundee? There was no 4 Horseman tape in the Carolina’s. You didn’t see a Nick Bockwinkel t-shirt or video tape. However, what all the regional territories failed to capitalize on was the other side of the spectrum. From Verne Gage acting in The Wrestler, to Jerry Lawler being all over Memphis to WWF’s own Hulkamania. Showcasing the top babyface stars was nothing new in wrestling. Like I had mentioned on ROWDY RODDY PIPER’S GREATEST HITS, the WWF had hit on a revolutionary concept.
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