Reminiscing the jobber matches era from "WWF Superstars"
The Chosen One
"WWF Superstars of Wrestling"--and it did appear under other names such as
"WWF Cavalcade", "WWF Superstars" and "Maple Leaf Wrestling". But the
premise of the show was basically the same: week after week after week we
got to see WWF stars squash no-name jobbers (Sonny Blaze, Barry Horowitz,
Tom Stone). The matches were so one-sided that the jobbers barely got any
offence in.
Aside from the jobber matches, we got to see the Brother Love Show. In
retrospect, I can say that Brother Love was a brilliant interview concept...
smart marks can appreciate the subtle humour. The Brother Love Show did end
around 1991 and the interview segment was taken over by Brutus Beefcake's
"Barber Shop" and Paul Bearer's "Funeral Parlor" but lacked the panache of
the original. Another feature of "WWF Superstars" was the WWF event center
where wrestlers would give 30-second promos (all pre-taped of course).
But a good reason for watching these jobber-only matches shows was to see
angles and storylines being furthered out. It was on these shows where we
got to see the hilarious Dino Bravo-Ultimate Warrior pushup contest. If
you'll remember, both wrestlers had to pick someone out of the audience to
sit on their backs to do the pushups. Well there was this big fat guy
(obviously a plant) sitting in the audience and all the marks were pointing
at him so Jimmy Hart summoned him. The fat guy sat on Bravo's back and he
was able to do about six pushups. The fat guy was doing an excellent job
acting all meek and befuddled. When it was Warrior's turn, all the fans
were popping like crazy, Warrior was in his PCP-induced faze psyching
himself out and then the fat guy leaped on top of Warrior's back and
splashed him. Jesse Ventura was doing color commentary at the time and he
said: "See McMahon! Warrior's back collapsed! He couldn't even do one
pushup!" (ROFL!!!). As it turned out, the big fat guy was Earthquake and it
was all a "stinking setup" (as said by the babyface shill Vince McMahon).
Once every three months or so, we got to see a non-jobber match, examples
such as Dino Bravo VS. Ron Garvin, Jake Roberts VS. Virgil, Money Inc. VS
the Steiner Brothers, Bob Backlund VS Bret Hart; for those of us who did not
have cable (to watch Saturday Night's Main Event or the new WWF RAW show
that began in 1993), these were special matches. Once, when they started to
show more non-jobber matches, Vince McMahon had the gall to say "how lucky
we were to be watching these matches for free on TV" !!!
The point of WWF on TV back then was that you should go to the House shows
or buy PPV's to see non-jobber matches. Ever since the RAW-Nitro TV ratings
wars I see fans on the wrestling internet message boards complaining that
"Raw and Nitro sucked last night". If these people would remember how
barren WWF TV was 10 years ago of good matches, they wouldn't be saying
these things.
Now of course I enjoy watching RAW every week--even when the show is sub-par
because I remember how it was like to watch WWF TV back then hoping for
Vince McMahon to bless us with a non-jobber match once in a while.
Sometimes I miss these jobbers-only matches shows from back then, and I do
have one episode of "WWF Superstars" on videotape that I watch every few
months.
The Midnight Bomber
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> I first got into WWF wrestling on TV in 1988. There was a program called
> "WWF Superstars of Wrestling"--and it did appear under other names such as
> "WWF Cavalcade", "WWF Superstars" and "Maple Leaf Wrestling". But the
> premise of the show was basically the same: week after week after week we
> got to see WWF stars squash no-name jobbers (Sonny Blaze, Barry Horowitz,
> Tom Stone). The matches were so one-sided that the jobbers barely got any
> offence in.
>
> Aside from the jobber matches, we got to see the Brother Love Show. In
> retrospect, I can say that Brother Love was a brilliant interview
concept...
> smart marks can appreciate the subtle humour. The Brother Love Show did
end
> around 1991 and the interview segment was taken over by Brutus Beefcake's
> "Barber Shop" and Paul Bearer's "Funeral Parlor" but lacked the panache of
> the original.
Ohhh...oh my son. Be careful what you consider "The original" out here...I
think fans of wrestlers in kilts might want a few words with ya. ;)
I do agree with ya though..i loooooooovvvvveeeeddd BL.;)
--
Boom baby, boom! I am the evil Midnight Bomber what bombs at midnight!
GraDee
furthered storylines so they didn't have to give away PPV matches on a
regular TV show...
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Paul VanRavenstein
>
>
> Ohhh...oh my son. Be careful what you consider "The original" out here...I
> think fans of wrestlers in kilts might want a few words with ya. ;)
>
I would have to agree that Pipers Pit was waaaay better than the Brother Love
show. The Pit is the classic.
tufrusky
Brooks, Paul Roma; every week they got the shit beat out of them. And Pipers
Pit would have to be the original, Brother Love came out in the kilt for a
while.
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