WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VIII Review

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VIII Review

December 17, 2012 (edited March 19, 2024)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Saturday Night's Main Event VIII
Tagline: None
Date: November 29, 1986
Location: Los Angeles, California
Live or Tape: Tape (Taped November 15, 1986)
Arena: Los Angeles Sports Arena
Attendance: 16,000
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Interviewers: “Mean” Gene Okerlund and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Other: None
Broadcast: NBC

NWA Starrcade 1986 Review

NWA Starrcade 1986 Review
May 17, 2012 (edited February 23, 2024)
By Ryan Porzl

Starrcade 1986 VHS Cover

Event: Starrcade 1986
Tagline: The Night of the Skywalkers
Date: November 27, 1986
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina & Atlanta, Georgia
Live or Tape: Live
Arena: Greensboro Coliseum & The Omni
Attendance: 16,000 (Greensboro) & 14,000 (Atlanta)
Announcers: Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver (Greensboro) and Tony Schiavone & Rick Stewart (Atlanta)
Interviewers: Johnny Weaver (Greensboro) and Rick Stewart (Atlanta)
Other: Bob Taylor (Starrcade Control Room)
Broadcast: Closed Circuit Television

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VII Review

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VII Review
November 26, 2012 (edited December 8, 2023)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Saturday Night's Main Event VII
Tagline: None
Date: October 4, 1986
Location: Richfield, Ohio
Live or Tape: Tape (Taped September 13, 1986)
Arena: Richfield Coliseum
Attendance: 21,000
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Interviewers: “Mean” Gene Okerlund
Broadcast: NBC

WWF The Big Event Review

WWF The Big Event Review

November 30, 2011 (edited November 5, 2023)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: The Big Event
Tagline: The Biggest Event of All Time
Date: August 28, 1986
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Live or Tape: Live
Arena: CNE Stadium
Attendance: 64,000
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon, "Luscious" Johnny Valiant, & "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
Interviewers: “Mean” Gene Okerlund
Broadcast: Home Video

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VI Review

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VI Review
October 12, 2012 (edited October 24, 2023)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VI Review
Tagline: None
Date: May 3, 1986
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Live or Tape: Tape (Taped May 1, 1986)
Arena(s): Providence Civic Center
Attendance: Unknown
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
Interviewers: “Mean” Gene Okerlund
Other: None
Broadcast: NBC

NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament 1986 Review

NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament 1986 Review
August 5, 2023
By Ryan Porzl

Crockett Cup 1986 VHS

Event: Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament 1986

Tagline: None
Date: April 19, 1986
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Live or Tape: Live
Arena(s): The Superdome
Attendance: 3,500 (afternoon) and 13,000 (evening)
Announcers: None
Interviewers: None
Other: None
Broadcast: Home Video

WWF Wrestlemania 2 Review

WWF Wrestlemania 2 Review
November 15, 2011 (edited February 28, 2023)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Wrestlemania 2
Tagline: What the World Has Come to/The Premier Sporting Event of the Year!
Date: April 7, 1986
Location: Uniondale, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California
Live or Tape: Live
Arena(s): Nassau Coliseum, Rosemont Horizon, and LA Sports Arena
Attendance: 40,085 (Combined)
Announcers: Vince McMahon & Susan St. James (Uniondale); Gorilla Monsoon, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, & Cathy Lee Crosby (Chicago); Jesse "The Body" Ventura, "Lord" Alfred Hayes, and Elvira (Los Angeles)
Interviewers: Vince McMahon, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, and "Lord" Alfred Hayes
Others: Ernie Ladd (guest commentator)
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View, Closed Circuit Television

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event V Review

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event V Review
August 10, 2012 (edited December 31, 2022)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Saturday Night's Main Event V
Tagline: None
Date: March 1, 1986
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Live or Tape: Tape (Taped February 4, 1986)
Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: Unknown
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Interviewers: “Mean” Gene Okerlund
Broadcast: NBC

NWA Superstars on the Superstation Review

NWA Superstars on the Superstation Review
December 27, 2022
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Superstars on the Superstation
Tagline: None
Date: February 7, 1986
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Live or Tape: Tape (Taped February 2, 1986)
Arena(s): The Omni
Attendance: 10,000
Announcers: Tony Schiavone and David Crockett
Interviewers: Magnum TA
Other: Magnum TA (host) and Linda Curry (host)
Broadcast: TBS

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event IV Review

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event IV Review
June 13, 2012 (edited May 1, 2022)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Saturday Night's Main Event IV
Tagline: None
Date: January 4, 1986
Location: Tampa, Florida
Live or Tape: Taped (December 19, 1985)
Arena(s): USF Sundome
Attendance: Unknown
Announcers: Vince McMahon, Jesse "The Body"Ventura, and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (first match only)
Interviewers: "Mean" Gene Okerlund and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Broadcast: NBC

We start with clips of Hulk Hogan & "Mean" Gene with Hogan preparing for his famous python protein as it's his gasoline when he gets ready for that no good rattlesnake Terry Funk but he tells Okerlund not to tell Funk the recipe as they try it. We then see Roddy Piper, Jesse Ventura, and the Hillbillies on the beach with Piper looking out with binoculars saying they're getting their yearly bath while Ventura says he thought he smelled bacon. Piper says he's worried about one thing but Ventura asks what's there to worry about with Piper saying after tonight Humphrey the humpback is going to be out of a job as we go to the intro.