411 Video Review: Best Of The WWF Vol. 6

The old school Star Wars style opening kicks this thing off

Gorilla Monsoon introduces the tape to start.

Terry Funk v. Leaping Lanny Poffo

This is from Madison Square Garden. Terry Funk taunts Mel Phillips (a guy who he beat the crap out of a while back)

They lock up and Funk pushes him into the ropes. Lockup- Funk again pushes him into the ropes. Lockup- Funk AGAIN pushes him into the ropes and hammers away. Headlock by Funk. Poffo pushes him off and Funk holds onto the ropes so he won’t get punched. Poffo does a backflip for no reason. They lockup and Funker starts chopping the hell out of him. Poffo sends him flying into the rope and Funk bails. They engage in a test of strength and Poffo rolls through and takes control. Funk goes to work on the arm but Poffo backflips and gets a standing arm stretcher. Funk throws him to the mat and stomps away. Back in Poffo gets an atomic drop and Funk falls out. Poffo gets a front facelock but Terry starts beating the hell out of him again. Poffo blocks a figure four but Funk remains on offence. Poffo comes back with punches and kicks. Funk headbutts him and takes him down with a shoulderblock. Funk falls back into the corner and seems to have hurt his head. Funk suplexes him to the outside and Poffo makes goofy faces. Funk suplexes him back in for two. Funk starts arguing with the referee. A reverse neckbreaker by Funk gets two. Poffo gets a sunset flip for two. Poffo hammers away and Funk does a Flair flip. Poffo boots him to the apron and brings him back in. Poffo slams him and hits a moonsault for two. Poffo gets a hurricarana into a rollup for two. Funk gets a sleeper for the win. Pretty good match that kept the crowd into it the whole time. The out of nowhere ending hurt the match a bit though. **1/4

Hulk Hogan v. “Macho Man” Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) for the WWF Title

This is also from MSG.

Lockup and Hogan sends him flying. Lockup- Savage gets a headlock but Hogan hits a shoulderblock. Savage bails and Hogan follows him out there. Savage moves Elizabeth to another part of the ring. Savage bails again just to screw with Hogan. Hogan works on his arm but Savage gouges the eyes and hammers away. Savage snapmares him and drops the knee. Savage misses a kneedrop. Hogan hammers away and hits a running clothesline. An atomic drop sends Savage flying out of the ring. Hogan follows him out there but Savage puts Elizabeth in front of him. They lockup and Savage knees him. Savage goes up top and hits a crossbody but Hogan catches him and hits a backbreaker. Savage goes outside and puts Liz in front of him again. Hogan finally is able to nail him but Savage catches him coming in with a right. Savage hits top-rope double axehandle for two. Savage tosses him outside and hits a top-rope double axehandle to the outside. Savage nails him in the back and stomps away. Savage nails him in the back but Hogan starts Hulking Up. Hogan hits a clothesline and a kick to the back of the head. Big boot and Savage bails again. Hogan moves Liz out of the way and throws Savage back in. Hogan put his head down and Savage boots him. Savage goes up top and hits the flying elbow…for two. Hogan charges at Savage but he moves and Hogan collides with the referee. Hogan gets booted to the outside and Savage comes off the top with a belt shot onto Hogan. Hogan gigs and Savage wins by countout. Match was a lot of fun but a bit too short. **3/4 Hogan attacks him and drags him back to the ring where he hammers away at him and hits a clothesline.

Jessie is on Lord Alfred Hayes’ talk show. They bring up Cprl. Kirschner and Jessie calls people in the Army ‘pukes’. A guy asks Jessie where he gets those ridiculous costumes and Jessie says ‘one set of those costumes could probably by your car’. Another guy asks Jessie if Rachel Ward is jealous of his relationship with Elizabeth. Jessie denies anything is going on. Phil Berk asks a long winded rambling question so Jessie can make fun of him.

The Haiti Kid v. Butch Cassidy

This is also from MSG.

They’re midgets. They do some locking up and Haiti armdrags him twice. Haiti gets a side headlock and a shoulderblock. Haiti gets a bodyslam and two armdrags. Haiti continues controlling the match as they do some midget comedy spots. Cassidy wins a test of strength but Haiti gets a slingshot and continues to control the match. Cassidy finally gets some offence in but Haiti gets a rollup out of nowhere for the win. Well that’s 10 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. DUD

Ivan Putski v. “Luscious” Johnny Valiant (w/Lou Albano)

This a match from the mid 70s.

Putski gets on the mic and yells ‘POLISH POWER!’ Putski goes after Captain Lou so Valiant attacks him to start. Valiant kicks and punches. Putski uses the POLISH POWER!! and starts beating the hell out of Valiant. Valiant bails. Valiant comes back and works him over. Putski comes back with a side headlock and punches him down. Valiant begs off allowing Putski to work the crowd. Putski punches him and armdrags him across the ring. Putski backdrops him but Valiant rakes the eyes. Putski comes back with an axehandle and a butt splash for the win. Match sucked but was inoffensive and had a lot of heat.Ѕ*

We now have ‘Advice for the Lovelorn’ with Lord Alfred Hayes and Vinnie Mac. The joke here is that Lord Alfred is a major prude. Not much here.

Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat v. “Cowboy” Bob Orton

This should rock. Orton gets a headlock and takes Steamboat with a shoulderblock. Steamboat gets an armdrag and the crowd is just going crazy. Steamboat works on the arm and brings the chops as Orton begs off. Orton kips up but his punch is blocked and Steamboat continues to work on the arm. Steamboat with another martial arts shot and he armdrags him. Steamboat continues working on the arm but Orton slams him. Steamboat gets a slam of his own and armdrags him into an armbar. Orton comes back and throws him out of the corner. Orton hits a flying headscissors but tries again and falls out of the ring. Orton throws salt into his face and starts working him over. Orton tries to hit him with the cast but misses. Steamboat chops the hell out of him. He goes to slam him but Orton falls back for two. Orton rams him into the mat for two. Steamboat starts chopping away and adds a shot to the forehead. Steamboat blocks a piledriver with a backdrop and hits a crossbody for two. Steamboat elbows him and drops a knee for two. Orton gets a low shot in and throws Steamboat out. Steamboat skins the cat back in and sends Orton to the outside. Orton rakes the eyes and goes for a suplex on the outside but Steamboat reverses. A flying splash by Steamboat hits the knees. Orton goes up top and nails Steamboat with the cast for the lame DQ. *** Steamboat kicks his ass after the match.

The match was a bit slower then I expected and the ending was lame but this was still a good match from two great workers.

The Bottom Line- Can’t really go wrong here. A lot of fun matches, with nothing too bad and you get one of the first ever Hogan v. Savage matches. Check this tape out for some good 80s WWF wrestling.

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