-Shad Gaspard
-Hana Kimura
-Today we look at the Saturday Night’s Main Event from January 1989 from the WWF.
-SNME XIX was broadcast on NBC on January 7, 1989. It was taped December 7, 1988 from the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida.
-The Ultimate Warrior says victory will be his and The Honky Tonk Man will have ultimate defeat.
-HTM and Jimmy Hart say tonight HTM gets his belt back because he is the Greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time!
-Brutus Beefcake has challenged Ron Bass to a hair vs. hair match.
-Slick and Akeem say they are here to rid wrestling of Hulk Hogan.
-Hulk Hogan says Akeem is going down and the 24 inch pythons will point the way.
-Opening Credits
-Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura welcome us to Tampa and run down the card.
-Mean Gene Okerlund interviews Ron Bass. He is ready for Brutus Beefcake. He’s got his spurs Bart and Bret and his whip Miss Betsy.
-Flashback to the attack on Brutus Beefcake.
-Mean Gene interviews Brutus Beefcake who says tonight’s not about revenge, it’s about hair.
-Brutus Beefcake VS. Ron Bass Hair VS. Hair Match: Bass attacks early, but Beefcake gets Miss Betsy. He won’t let Bass get into the ring. They finally get it on. Beefcake dominating early. Bass reverses an atomic drop. Bass concentrating on Beefcake’s midsection. Bass now dominating. Bass hits a piledriver. Bass stops the ref’s count to punish Beefcake some more. He does and then gets a close 2 count. Beefcake gets a sleeper on. Bass is knocked out. Beefcake cuts Bass’ hair bald. The fans chant baldy at Bass.
-Mean Gene interviews Slick, Akeem, and the Big Boss Man. Slick says he has made it his mission to rid the WWF of Hulk Hogan.Hogan is a rule breaker and Boss Man is there to maintain law and order.
-Mean Gene interviews Hulk Hogan and Miss Elizabeth. With Liz on his side, lady luck is at his back and Randy Savage is also there to watch his back.
-Liz and Hogan go to ringside. Savage and Mean Gene go to a “Special Place” to watch.
-Hulk Hogan with Miss Elizabeth VS. Akeem with Slick and The Big Boss Man: Hogan slams Slick onto Akeem before we get started. Hogan cleaning house on all the heels to begin. Back and forth. Akeem takes over. Hogan trying to come back. Akeem knocked down. Big Boss Man up on the apron, Akeem slammed into him. Hogan dominating. Akeem pulls the referee into Hogan as he goes to the corner. The Big Boss Man comes in and starts attacking Hogan. Savage tells Mean Gene that Hogan will be okay. Double teaming on Hogan. Liz runs to the back. She is looking for Savage. He keeps saying Hogan is going to be okay. Liz goes back to ringside. Hogan coming back. Slams Slick into the Boss Man. Slams Akeem. The Big Boss Man hits Hogan with the nightstick for the disqualification. The referee gets thrown out. They brutalize Hogan. Liz comes in and they set their sights on her. They handcuff her. Savage comes in and cleans house with a chair. Jesse brings up the point that Savage didn’t come down until Liz was in trouble. Savage upset at Liz because she is concerned about Hogan. Jesse smells a rat in the Mega Powers.
-Mean Gene interviews The Honky Tonk Man and Jimmy Hart. They say that The Ultimate Warrior stole the belt at SummerSlam and that The Honky Tonk Man is the GIC of all time. They head to the ring.
-Mean Gene interviews The Ultimate Warrior. He says that victory was his once, and it will be again.
-WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: The Ultimate Warrior VS. The Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart. Warrior does his usual pre match shtick. Honky is still outside and Warrior comes out and carries HTM back in the ring over his head. HTM selling hard. Warrior is stiff. Warrior misses a splash. HTM his Warrior with the megaphone. Back and forth. Warrior gets a scoop slam. HTM gets his knees up as Warrior splashes him. HTM gets a two count. Warrior hits the shoulder block for the three count.
-Mean Gene interviews Slick, The Big Boss Man, and Akeem. They are ecstatic about what happened and wonders just how close are the Mega Powers?
-Jesse Ventura interviews Bobby Heenan and The Red Rooster. They talk about how Heenan has taken this “nothing” of a wrestler and made him something. Check out Terry Taylor’s facial Expressions here.
-The Red Rooster with Bobby Heenan VS. Tito Santana: Heenan is wired for sound for this match. George Steinbrenner is at ringside watching. Heenan putting down Rooster. Back and Forth. Rooster with the advantage. Santana comes back. Rooster blocks a figure four attempt. Heenan berates Rooster and slaps him. Rooster pushes back. Back in, Santana drops his head and Rooster attacks him. Gets a two count. Santana gets a two count from a small package. Rooster hits a piledriver and gets a two count. Hits a hot shot on Santana but doesn’t pin him. Santana clotheslines Rooster outside and Heenan berates him again. Pushes him back in where Santana rolls him up for the pin. Heenan continues to berate him then backs off when Rooster gets angry. He then beats Heenan up.
-Mean Gene interviews Mr. Perfect. He now has the perfect new move. The Perfect Plex.
-Mr. Perfect VS. Koko B. Ware with Frankie: No singlet yet for Perfect, but his character is developing. Koko comes out hot, Perfect bumps hard. Perfect comes back. Standing dropkick. Koko comes on strong, but misses a corner charge. Perfect hits the Perfect Plex for the win.
-Mean Gene interviews the Mega Powers about the friction between them. They insist everything is okay between them. Jesse insists it’s a cover-up. They sign off from Tampa.