Posted January 30, 200619 yr comment_4412818 Is there any footage out there of Demolition's debut in the WWF when Smash was played by Moondog Rex? I've seen pictures of it, which leads me to believe it's out there somewhere.
January 30, 200619 yr Author comment_4412834 I was reading cawthon's site and I see that Demolition's debut match (with Randy Colley as Smash) took place at the same tapings as the Hulk/Andre Piper's Pit segments that started the build to WM3. WWF @ East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands - January 5, 1987 (15,826) WWF Superstars taping: Prime Time Wrestling - 1/14/87: Billy Jack Haynes defeated King Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan) via disqualification at 9:40 when Heenan interfered as Haynes had the full nelson applied; after the bout, Haynes applied the hold to Heenan until Race made the save Prime Time Wrestling - 1/14/87: Sivi Afi pinned Frenchy Martin at 6:50 with a sunset flip over the top rope Rick Martel & Tom Zenk fought Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake to a double disqualification WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan & Ricky Steamboat defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage & the Honkytonk Man 1/17/87 - featured a Piper's Pit with WWF President Jack Tunney, WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan, and Andre the Giant in which Hogan was presented with a trophy for being world champion for 3 years: Ricky Steamboat pinned Barry O with the flying bodypress at 2:37 (Steamboat’s return bout) Kamala (w/ Kimchee) pinned Don Driggers with a splash off the top at the 33-second mark; Driggers was taken out on a stretcher after the match Demolition (w/ Johnny V) defeated Salvatore Bellomo & Mario Mancini when Ax pinned Mancini after the Decapitation at 2:22 (Demolition's debut; Randy Culley aka Moondog Rex played the role of Smash until being replaced by Barry Darsow) Hercules (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Jim Parks via submission with the full nelson at 1:27; after the bout, Heenan challenged Billy Jack Haynes to break out of the hold but, after coming to the ring, Haynes was attacked by Hercules and had the hold applied on him after pushing Heenan B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell defeated Terry Gibbs & Iron Mike Sharpe when Blair pinned Gibbs after the dropkick from Brunzell at 5:32; referee Danny Davis showed favoritism to Sharpe & Gibbs and refused to count at one point when he thought the Bees illegally switched with their masks on, when they didn’t 1/24/87 - included a Piper's Pit with WWF President Jack Tunney, WWF World Champion Hogan and Andre in which Andre was presented with a trophy for being the only undefeated man in WWF history; after Hogan came to the set during the segment, Andre walked off: Paul Orndorff (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Paul Roma with the piledriver at 2:29 Koko B. Ware pinned Steve Lombardi with a missle dropkick at 3:32; prior to the bout, Lombardi threw an injured Roma out of the ring after his bout with Orndorff Rick Martel & Tom Zenk fought Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. (w/ Mr. Fuji) to a double disqualification at 3:57 when all four men began brawling in the ring WWF IC Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) pinned Randy Sharpe with the flying elbowsmash at the 45-second mark; Savage wrestled the bout with his sunglasses on while Sharpe was not able to remove his shirt before the match began Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Scott McGhee & Tony Garea when Bret pinned McGhee after the Hart Attack at 2:43 Danny Spivey, Mike Rotundo, & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Ron Bass, Jimmy Jack Funk, & the Gladiator when Mulligan pinned the Gladiator with a flying back elbow at 3:33 1/31/87 - included a Piper's Pit segment in which Jesse Ventura said he would have Andre the Giant on the set the following week if Roddy Piper could produce Hulk Hogan: Tito Santana & Pedro Morales defeated the Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Slick) via disqualification when Slick interfered and hit Santana with his cane at 3:12; after the match, Santana chased Slick into the ring and bodyslammed him; Butch Reed then came to ringside and carried Slick backstage King Harley Race (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Greg Vance with the cradle suplex at 1:23 Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Al Navarro & Tiger Chung Lee when Raymond pinned Navarro after a double team move from the top at 3:01; during the bout, Dino Bravo came to ringside and walked around the ring before leaving to join the French commentary team Adrian Adonis (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jack Kruger via submission with the sleeper at 1:17 Greg Valentine (w/ Johnny V) defeated Haku via disqualification at 3:03 when Tama tripped up Valentine from the outside, even though Brutus Beefcake had done the same thing earlier to Haku which went unnoticed by referee Danny Davis; Beefcake & Tama joined their partners at ringside midway through the bout Jake Roberts pinned Jerry Allen with the DDT; the bout began during the commercial break
January 30, 200619 yr Author comment_4415013 I guess what I'm asking is if they aired that match. They taped so far ahead then, Colley would have already been replaced by the time the show would air so it wouldn't be unheard of for Vince to not show the match on TV.
January 30, 200619 yr comment_4417294 Or just put a call out for someone on Crazy Max who has it to watch it and get back to you.
January 31, 200619 yr comment_4419538 I think I have 2 matches where Culley was playing Smash 1 wrestling challenge and 1 superstars of wrestling episode
