-RIP Don Kernodle. Longtime wrestler and famous JCP guy with Sgt. Slaughter and the infamous March 12, 1983 steel cage match from Greensboro against Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood.
-Recovery is going well, but slow.
-Pedicure story.
-The little podcast that could. We are approaching 10,000 downloads. That may not seem like a lot for some podcasts, but it is for me. In celebration of that, I will have a bonus episode drop on Saturday.
-Today we look at the SNME from October 1990.
-SNME XXVIII was shown on NBC on October 13, 1990. It was recorded September 18, 1990 from the Toledo Sports Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
-They are celebrating Oktoberfest.
-Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper welcome us to the show. Piper is decked out in traditional wear, but no shirt. German Demolition perhaps? Piper brings that very thing up as they run down the card.
-Opening Credits.
-Demolition say they are down to party, Demolition Style.
-LOD say they are the original party animals. Too much German talk including Blitzkrieg being shouted over and over.
-The Legion of Doom Hawk and Animal and The Ultimate Warrior VS. Demolition: L of D is #1, What a Rush sign is shown in the crowd. Someone took too long on that. ¾ of the Survivor Series match here. They show Dustin Rhodes at ringside. Warrior getting tripled teamed. LOD come in to save Warrior. Hawk comes in and cleans house. Warrior wins after a splash on Smash.
-Mean Gene is at Oktoberfest and everyone is having fun.
-Randy Savage VS. Dusty Rhodes: Rhodes comes out with his chicken foot hat on. He hugs Dustin at ringside. Dusty was deemphasizing the polka dots as his WWF time comes to the end. They show Ted DiBiase and Virgil coming to ringside and buying the ringside seats. They get into it with Dustin. Sherry chokes Rhodes with her glove. Back and Forth. As Dusty is dominating Savage, DiBiase and Virgil attack and beat up Dustin. Dusty comes to help and gets counted out. They bust Dustin’s head open and Dusty covers him to protect him.
-Sean Mooney talks to Hulk Hogan and Tugboat. They want Earthquake and Dino Bravo, but will take care of Rhythm & Blues tonight.
-Mean Gene at the cheese factory with The Bushwhackers. They make cutting the cheese jokes. They keep throwing to Lord Alfred Hayes and his earpiece is out as he samples beer.
-Rhythm & Blues The Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine with Jimmy Hart VS. Tugboat and Hulk Hogan: While not as big as it once was, Hulk Hogan still gets a huge pop as he comes out. Hogan cleaning house to begin. Tugboat gets in and the heels take the advantage. Tugboat has a striped singlet and see through pants on and now I can’t unsee it. Hogan and Tugboat clean house. Jimmy Hart gets hit and runs to the back. Earthquake and Dino Bravo come out. HTM hits Tugboat with the guitar for the DQ. The heels all attack Hogan and Earthquake splashes him. Tugboat hits the heels with the guitar and Roddy Piper yells out El Kabong! Even injured, Hogan must pose!
-Mean Gene and The Genius with the sausage stuffing contest. They have done everything to The Genius except put a neon sign behind him saying we want you to think he’s gay. Mean Gene refers to The Genius as the Master Sausage Stuffer. It’s Jim Duggan and The Hart Foundation VS. Mr. Fuji and The Orient Express. Heels win after Mr. Fuji cheats. Then Lord Al is shown and he is snockered.
-WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: The Texas Tornado VS. Haku with Bobby Heenan: As has been said before, if wrestling were a shoot, Haku would have retired undefeated. In a work, Haku goes down to the claw.
-Sean Mooney interviews Hulk Hogan and Tugboat. They’re declaring war on Jimmy Hart and his group.
-Koko B. Ware with Frankie VS. Sgt. Slaughter with General Adnan: Full Iraqi heel Slaughter here. Vince goes super patriotic here. Koko tries to get a USA chant going. Koko gets a bit of offense in early. Slaughter then takes over, but Koko comes back. Surprisingly competitive match. Slaughter wins with the atomic noogie after Koko gets the stun gun on the top rope. Nikolai Volkoff comes out waving Old Glory. It is Survivor Series season after all.
-Oktoberfest dancing competition. Lord Al is totally sloshed. A food fight breaks out. They look like they’re having too much fun.
-Sean Mooney interviews The Ultimate Warrior. He addresses Queen Sherri slapping him some time before. He says the humiliation only fuels his fire and the Macho King is going to go down.
-Roddy Piper interviews Randy Savage and Sherri. They say Macho King is going to take the belt and that The Warrior will be no more.
-They recap the night and sign off from Tupelo. They look at the aftermath of the food fight. Lord Al berates Mean Gene who attacks him with a cake.