WWF Fan Favorites: These Fans Are Stupid (Includes Full Video)
Fan Favorites
Commentators: Sean Mooney, Lord Alfred Hayes, Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan
Host: Sean Mooney
This is another random Coliseum Video but a good bit shorter than most of them. I’m not sure what that is going to mean and now I’m wondering what this is going to wind up being. Hopefully these aren’t the kind of lunkheaded fans who don’t like exactly the same things I do so let’s get to it.
This appears to be from around 1992.
The opening video seems to preview the card.
Sean Mooney welcomes us to the tape and says the card has all been chosen from fan requests.
From February 19, 1991 in Fort Myers, Florida.
Earthquake vs. Ultimate Warrior
Jimmy Hart is here with Earthquake…and this is from WrestleFest 91, even down to the same commentary. Earthquake jumps him to start and gets taken down with some running shoulders. That’s enough to send Earthquake outside while Warrior goes after Hart. The cheap shot lets Earthquake take over and power Warrior into the corner back inside. Earthquake crushes him in the corner and slowly hammers away. Stomping and an elbow set up the Earthquake, which of course triggers the comeback. Warrior hits the running clotheslines and a slam sets up the Warrior Splash for the pin at 5:41.
Rating: C-. Ok so they can’t all be winners. There was pretty much nothing here, but it just makes me wonder how things would have gone if Earthquake was the first real challenger for Warrior when he won the WWF Title. He would have been a perfect foil for Warrior and certainly fresh, but that doesn’t leave much for Hogan and that’s a problem. Unfortunately it wound up being Warrior’s problem, though the match was nothing remotely special anyway.
Post match Warrior throws Hart at Earthquake.
From February 18, 1992 in West Palm Beach, Florida (and from Battle Of The WWF Superstars 1992).
Randy Savage vs. Berzerker
Savage ducks some clotheslines to start but Berzerker hammers away. They go outside to keep up the pounding before going back inside so Berzerker can throw him over the top again. Back in again and Berzerker hits a piledriver before throwing him back outside for a slam on the exposed concrete.
They head inside again with Savage fighting back and commentary talking about how this is an EXCLUSIVE for Battle Of The WWF Superstars 1992, because that’s how cheap this tape is. The referee is ducked and Mr. Fuji throws salt in Berzerer’s eyes by mistake. A top rope cane shot sets up the top rope elbow to give Savage the pin at 4:08.
Rating: D. There are some outstanding Savage matches throughout history but there are also a lot that are basically him doing nothing but the basics before doing something to set up the elbow. This was the latter and the match was what you would expect. Thankfully Savage would get into a feud with Ric Flair soon after this and re-energize everything
From May 19, 1992 in Lexington, Kentucky (featuring Papa/Mama KB and I in the front row)
The Mountie/Beverly Brothers vs. Undertaker/Legion Of Doom
The Genius/Jimmy Hart/Paul Bearer/Paul Ellering are here too. For some reason the Genius mocks the other team before the match, which feels REALLY STUPID. Animal shoves Blake into the corner to start but Blake actually comes out with a powerslam of all things. That earns Blake a powerslam from Animal (I’ll let you guess which was better) and the villains all bail out to the floor.
Beau comes in and gets scared away by Hawk, meaning it’s time for another meeting on the floor. Back in and Hawk elbows him to the floor and the chase lets Beau get in some ax handles. Those work as well as Beau Beverly ax handling Hawk is going to and it’s a gorilla press to send Beau flying. Mountie comes in and gets to face Undertaker, who is having none of this I AM THE MOUNTIE jazz. A choke on the ropes has Mountie in more trouble so it’s back to Hawk vs. Blake.
For some reason Blake wants Hawk to try a running shoulder, which sends Blake flying. Hawk misses a charge into the post though and the bad guys actually get to take over for a bit. Beau adds a middle rope Hennig necksnap but Blake misses a middle rope headbutt. Animal comes back in to clean house, including a heck of a flying shoulder. A double DDT drops the Brothers and everything breaks down. Beau gets caught in the Dooms…actually a top rope Hart Attack (the old version) for the pin at 13:32.
Rating: C-. And that might be the match of the tape thus far. This was basically just a nothing house show match with the massive appeal being the Undertaker and LOD teaming up (though there was a heck of a potentially interesting….something with the managers on the floor). The Beverlys and Mountie were a weak team no matter what, but it was nice to see such an awesome team getting to slaughter people. Oh and one more thing: I’m supposed to believe that someone wrote a letter asking to see this specific six man? Really?
From This Tuesday In Texas (my goodness this is a lazy tape).
Intercontinental Title: Bret Hart vs. Skinner
Hart is defending and works on the arm to start, followed by some atomic drops. A running clothesline puts Skinner on the floor before it’s right back to the arm. Some cranking on the mat has Skinner in more trouble so he grabs the hair, only for Hart to twist the arm some more. Oh yeah this isn’t interested Hart and it’s showing.
Back up and Hart is sent hard into the post and Skinner gets in some choking on the floor. An abdominal stretch goes on, with Monsoon complaining about the form (there’s your free Bingo square), followed by a shoulder breaker to give Skinner two. The alligator claw to the throat has Hart in more trouble, though he does insist that it was a forearm. The chest first whip into the buckle lets Skinner go…for the leg? Even Heenan realizes that’s a bad idea and it’s the reverse DDT for two on Hart.
Skinner goes up and dives into a raised boot, which lets Hart start the comeback. The Russian legsweep and middle rope elbow give Hart two and he kicks Skinner outside to break up a rollup. Skinner goes up and gets slammed down, setting up the Sharpshooter to retain the title at 13:46.
Rating: C-. What were you expecting here? This is a match that I’ve seen a bunch of times as it’s on both the pay per view and Supertape 92. Hart clearly wasn’t interested and can you blame him? The match is against Skinner six days after he and Shawn Michaels headlined Survivor Series in a pretty great match. How hyped was he supposed to be here?
From March 10, 1992 in Biloxi, Mississippi (and from WrestleFest 1992).
Natural Disasters vs. Nasty Boys
The Boys have Jimmy Hart with them. Sags elbows away at Typhoon to start and tries a slam for some reason (the team never was that bright). Typhoon slams him instead and hits a splash in the corner so it’s off to Knobbs vs. Earthquake. Knobbs is dropped a few times to start and a slam makes it even worse.
An elbow to the back (after what looked like some missed timing) has Knobbs in more trouble but Sags gets in a cheap shot from the apron (I wonder if that was supposed to happen the first time) to take over. The Boys take turns beating on Earthquake, who just sits on Sags’ chest for two as Knobbs makes the save. Everything breaks down and Hart brings in the helmet. That’s cut off by Typhoon and Earthquake drops an elbow to pin Sags at 6:28.
Rating: D. This was a fittingly bad ending to an awful tape. There was nothing going on here with the Boys not being able to do much against the monsters. The Disasters winning off a basic elbow tells you just about everything you need to know here, as this was somehow less interesting than it sounds.
Mooney gets more letters and wraps it up.
Overall Rating: D-. I mean….dang man. What is there to say about something like this? There was nothing going on with this whole thing and nothing resembling a match you might want to see. It isn’t even a lack of star power as you have the Ultimate Warriors, Savage, Hart, the LOD and Undertaker but they couldn’t work miracles. This felt like something thrown together in about five minutes with the Mooney bookending segments probably filmed in even less time. Just nothing to see here and incredibly disappointing as they could have easily found anything better than most of this stuff.
Results
Ultimate Warrior b. Earthquake – Warrior Splash
Randy Savage b. Berzerker – Flying elbow
Undertaker/Legion Of Doom b. The Mountie/Beverly Brothers – Top rope Hart Attack to Beau
Bret Hart b. Skinner – Sharpshooter
Natural Disasters b. Nasty Boys – Elbow to Sags
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