-Plane Ride from Hell Dark Side of the Ring.
-Norm McDonald.
-Today we are looking at The Main Event V from the WWF.
-The Main Event V was shown on NBC on February 1, 1991. It was recorded January 28, 1991 from the Macon Coliseum in Macon, Ga. It did a 6.7 rating.
-We start off with still shots of Hulk Hogan’s USO tour.
-Opening Credits.
-Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper welcome us to The Main Event. They run down what’s going to happen that night. The crowd is hot for the action.
-Earthquake and Dino Bravo with Jimmy Hart VS. Hulk Hogan and Tugboat: The faces get separate entrances. Tugboat gets a nice response. Hogan comes out and the crowd goes crazy. Hogan is pumped up and ready. Hogan and Bravo start. Hogan in control. Hart tries to interfere and gets nailed by Hogan. Hogan cleaning house. Tugboat tagged in. Earthquake then tagged in. Earthquake misses an elbow on Tugboat. Hogan tagged in and the crowd is ready for him and Earthquake to face off. Several punches by Hogan to Earthquake. Bravo comes in and gets slammed. Hogan then slams Earthquake. Earthquake being pounded. Hogan clotheslines him into the corner. Hogan then with some corner punches. Tugboat tagged in. Double big boot. Earthquake kicks Tugboat on a charge. Tugboat down. Choking Tugboat on the ropes. They then choke Tugboat with the tag ropes. Earthquake hits the elbow on Tugboat but Hogan makes the save. Bravo tagged in. Double team on Tugboat. Tugboat reverses a corner whip and splashes Earthquake. He goes to splash Earthquake, but Bravo hits him with Hart’s megaphone. Tugboat being battered. A two count on Tugboat. More double teaming. Bravo tagged in. Hogan tags in, but the ref doesn’t see it. More double teaming on Tugboat. Earthquake sets up his big sit down splash, but Hogan clotheslines him to stop it. Both Tugboat and Earthquake down. Bravo and Hogan then tagged in. Hogan hits a big boot, but does a rollup immediately to get the pin instead of the leg drop. Hogan (and Tugboat) must pose!
-Flashback to how Sgt. Slaughter became the WWF champion at the Royal Rumble and the role that Queen Sherri and Randy Savage played in the change.
-Mean Gene Okerlund interviews Sgt. Slaughter and General Adnan. Slaughter says the only thing that matters is that he is champion and that he plays by his own rules. He says he’s going to show Jim Duggan and everyone how he plays by his rules.
-WWF Championship Match: Sgt. Slaughter with General Adnan VS. Jim Duggan: Slaughter comes out first, then Duggan comes out with Hulk Hogan behind him waving Old Glory. The crowd is really into these two. The Referee sends Hulk Hogan backstage since he isn’t a legal corner man or manager. A USA chant goes out. Slaughter comes out hard. He’s choking and punching in the corner. Duggan coming back. Slaughter clotheslined out and he takes a bump on the apron that looks bad. Adnan grabs Duggan’s leg as he was bringing Slaughter back in and Slaughter gets a two count. Duggan takes a swing at Adnan, who ducks and grabs Duggan for Slaughter. Duggan then ducks and Slaughter hits Adnan. Duggan coming back, but Slaughter quickly regains the advantage. Adnan distracts the referee and Slaughter hits Duggan with his own 2X4. He batters Duggan all around the ring. The crowd is booing heavily. Duggan coming back. It goes outside. Duggan has Slaughter down. Adnan attacks Duggan, so Duggan goes after him. Slaughter then attacks Duggan with a chair outside the ring and Slaughter gets disqualified. They bring Duggan into the ring where Slaughter continues to hit him with a chair while Adnan holds the referee back. Slaughter then whips Duggan with his riding crop. Hulk Hogan comes down to save Duggan and gets hit with the chair. Slaughter then spits on Hogan and Duggan. Slaughter and Adnan then leave. A USA chant goes out. Hogan helps Duggan up and Hogan waves Old Glory.
-The Orient Express Kato and Tanaka with Mr. Fuji VS. The Legion of Doom Hawk and Animal: Mean Gene interviews the LOD. They are sick of the Japanese VS. American comparisons. USA #1 is their point. The LOD come out to a good reaction in NWA country. Animal and Kato to start. Kato gets a front face lock. Animal just picks him up and tosses him. Kato tries a chop to no avail then takes off outside the ring with Animal following. Back in, Kato attacks. Back and forth. Animal powerslams Kato. All four men in. Orient Express bail to the outside. Hawk and Tanaka tagged in. Hawk knocks Tanaka down. Kato grabs his foot as he goes to the ropes. Orient Express double team Hawk. He overpowers both. Both LOD just overpower The Orient Express. Tanaka and Animal tagged in. Animal hits a clothesline and all four in again. Fuji comes up and hits Animal with salt. Orient Express double team Animal, who comes back and double clotheslines them. Hawk tagged in and cleans house. He hits everything moving including Mr. Fuji. They get Kato up and hit him with the Doomsday Device. Hawk gets the pin.
-Back from a commercial, Mean Gene is in the ring and introduces President Jack Tunney, who announces who is going to be in the Main Event at WrestleMania. Mean Gene runs down some of the top contenders. Tunney announces that it is going to be Hulk Hogan.
-Sean Mooney interviews Sgt. Slaughter. He says it doesn’t matter who he is going to face at WrestleMania. He says Hulk Hogan has never faced an opponent like Sgt. Slaughter. He says he is keeping his belt no matter what.
-Mean Gene interviews Hulk Hogan in the ring. Hogan says Slaughter and Adnan can already feel Hulk Hogan and the Hulkamaniacs breathing down his neck. He talks about the USO tour that he has been on. He says everyone understands why we are fighting for freedom, including Sgt. Slaughter. He says they’ll all come after Slaughter at WrestleMania VII. He says Hulkamania is the strongest force in the universe. He pledges that he will be the next WWF champion. He then leads everyone in the pledge of allegiance. He then waves Old Glory.
-Vince and Roddy talk about what has happened that night and what is going to happen at WrestleMania VII before signing off from Macon.