WWF Wrestling Challenge

07-12-1987 (2x28)

Uitzenddatum: Jul 12, 1987

Taped 6/24/87; Louisville, KY; Louisville Gardens 7/12/87 - included an 'Special Report' segment, focusing on Killer Khan, with footage of him using the green mist against his opponents on the 7/4 Superstars and 7/5 Challenge; included footage of Superstar Billy Graham posing, with a response from Butch Reed & Slick saying that next week Reed would do his own posing routine; included Craig DeGeorge interviewing Bobby Heenan, King Harley Race, King Kong Bundy, & Hercules who joked and laughed about their attack on Ken Patera 2 weeks earlier; included footage of Ted Dibiase appearing at a house show, where he was shown throwing money into the crowd: The Junkyard Dog pinned Brian Costello with the powerslam at 1:53 The Islanders (w/ Bobby Heenan) defeated Jerry Allen & Mario Mancini at 2:42 when Haku pinned Mancini after diving headbutts from both Islanders; during the bout, Johnny V claimed on commentary that he was the one who had signed Bam Bam Bigelow B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell defeated Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr. via disqualification at 4:16 after Orton accidentally punched the referee when Brunzell moved out of the way; after the bout, the Bees cleared their opponents out of the ring with double dropkicks The One Man Gang (w/ Slick) pinned Jim Evans at 1:08 with the front suplex; during the bout, an insert promo by Slick was shown in which he claimed he would be the one to manage Bam Bam Bigelow Hillbilly Jim, Tito Santana, & Billy Jack Haynes defeated Tiger Chung Lee, Terry Gibbs, & Chris Curtis at 2:39 when Santana pinned Curtis with the flying forearm WWF Tag Team Champions Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Cpl. Kirchner & Omar Atlas at 3:15 when Bret pinned Atlas following the Hart Attack