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00:00hello this is Daniel Van with the Daniel Van Gazette podcast and I want to
00:14welcome you to this edition of a podcast where where I talk about things that I
00:27want to either I'm in the middle of writing a list about or I'm thinking of
00:33writing a list about today I'm gonna start off by talking about the first ever
00:42SummerSlam because I decided to write a list actually on the sportster.com I'm
00:51supposed to both write a list I was supposed to give two or three list
00:58options and put them together into one article as a sample article and I
01:07decided to put together two or three of the best intercontinental title matches
01:14in SummerSlam history and two or three of the best WrestleMania main event finishes
01:20in history and I was I didn't realize until after the fact so I just sent that
01:30in I didn't realize how that kind of how I really should have put main of should
01:39put main event finishes so I decided why don't so I decided to my first full episode
01:53because the my last my recent episode had redone it because I realized I was so
02:00nervous that I misspoke so I decided to do this as my first official episode
02:10because I was actually writing I'm actually middle of writing a list about
02:17SummerSlam intercontinental title matches and so I don't want to talk about the
02:24entire the entire pay-per-view that way a way I could do my regular podcast format and have
02:33fun preparing my list okay so here I go
02:41my list right by the way recently discovered that because of third-party
02:57content problems that if you do not put if you have third-party content or not you
03:07can't submit your you can't submit your podcast app a podcast until you say if you have third-party content or not so I want to say that ordinarily I don't have third-party content however I always wanted to record my
03:37myself talking about a video so that I can break down what I think about a video so in the future I'm gonna see I'm gonna find that way to put a disclaimer before I upload any of those third-party content videos
03:59but for right now for right now I'm just gonna do my regular podcast where I'm talking without a video being accompanied with my talking or let me put it this way without me talking about a video as I'm talking or a video playing while I'm talking
04:20that may be confusing so let me restate that
04:30instead of me uploading a video that I'm talking about
04:37and talking about it at the same time that I'm
04:41playing it while I'm playing it while I'm talking about it
04:44and pausing when I need to pause so I can explain some a few things
04:49until before I do that I'm just gonna talk about these pay-per-views and these topics
04:55that I want to talk about that's for these lists I'm writing I will
05:03eventually get back to just talking about it right to do my regular format
05:13here goes on first ever SummerSlam is in 1988
05:19Gorilla Monsoon and just in a superstar Billy Graham doing the commentating
05:31and I don't see any
05:36I don't see the closed captioning
05:41okay
05:42what was good about this pay-per-view was
05:53the main event had I believe
05:57mantra man Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan
06:01with Miss Elizabeth in their corner
06:06against
06:09Teddy Biasi and Andre the Giant
06:14who had Virgil in their corner
06:17this is in the famous Madison Square Gordon Arena in New York City
06:26it was called the Mecca Arena
06:35and I do remember hearing Brighard say once that
06:41Madison Square Garden is called the Mecca so that's why he said that right here
06:46I never did understand why they call it the Mecca because I don't know what Mecca means
06:51but I think it's an interesting word though
06:52hmmm
06:56Gorilla Monsoon told the audience not to leave their seat at home because it was going to be a happening they would be missing missing
07:00Gorilla Monsoon told the audience not to leave their seat at home because it was going to be a happening they would be missing missing
07:13he said yes Gorilla Superstar Billy Graham said
07:22he said yes Gorilla Superstar Billy Graham said
07:26he said I'm Gorilla Monsoon along with Superstar Billy Graham
07:32he said this is indeed Superstar a happening
07:39he said yes it is Gorilla Monsoon
07:43the one thing I believe
07:45that over signs the appearance
07:47Jesse the body as a special gas referee
07:50to return a Falk Hogan my personal friend and hero
07:54the man I call the man bionic bicep is returned tonight
08:01the man with the bionic bicep is returned tonight
08:11Monsoon says we are all waiting
08:13mega bucks taking out the mega powers
08:30this thing is going to be in once and for all
08:34perhaps it's a vendetta
08:37on the part of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage
08:42as they take on Ted DiBiase
08:44in the 8th wonder of the world
08:46Andre the Giant
08:48buddy
08:49kid
08:59ok
09:04ok
09:05I don't know what's going on
09:07I
09:08don't know if this is because it's buffering
09:11but it's
09:13it's still swirling
09:14so I don't know
09:16what
09:17uh
09:18I gotta do
09:26I hit refresh
09:28cause I thought that was the quickest way to do it
09:35somebody could get put out of commission on this one
09:47and even superstar Billy Graham said no doubt about a gorilla
09:51but he's gonna go down
09:55go down hard
09:56go down permanently
09:57brother
09:58brother
09:59hmm
10:08ok
10:09ok
10:10and he says might could be put out of commission here
10:12he told
10:14he was saying that to Billy Graham specifically
10:16he said might could be put out of commission here as a result
10:19of superstar
10:20he said yes no question about a gorilla monsoon
10:25but he's gonna go down
10:27hard
10:28and maybe permanently
10:29brother
10:30and superstar has said that
10:35he hoped it was
10:37Andre and uh Ted
10:39and then
10:44Guerrilla said
10:45this is gonna be a classic ace
10:46what is that
10:47and they show
10:48up inside the rain
10:50Raymond Rougeau
10:52waving the miniature
10:54Canadian flag around
10:56oh
10:57it's the American flag
10:58nevermind
10:59I guess they were trying to be the baby face at this time
11:10so they were waving the miniature American flag around
11:15probably to get um
11:17favor from the um
11:19from the audience
11:20they were from Montreal Quebec Canada
11:25oh yeah
11:27this was
11:28at the time they were relocating in the United States
11:35he said their
11:36their combined weight
11:38was announced at 474 pounds
11:42Jacques
11:43and
11:45Raymond
11:46the fabulous
11:47Scrugeaux brothers
11:49having
12:10I don't know what happened but in real life
12:14the Rojo brothers stopped getting along after a few years
12:18and now
12:20now
12:22they can't even get in the same room without arguing
12:26having
12:28had problems like that
12:30as I can understand how
12:32or it can be for two brothers not to get along
12:35but I hope
12:39and pray
12:40that
12:41those two
12:43find a way to get along better
12:45British Bulldogs get in
12:49their opponents
12:50British Bulldogs
12:51win the ring with their Bulldog
12:53Matilda
12:54and scared
12:55they
12:56they ran out of the ring in a hurry
12:58the truth is
13:05I don't know
13:06which one
13:10which two teams
13:13or
13:15if either team is supposed to be a heel
13:18I don't know which one is
13:20that's going to be interesting
13:31as I'm looking at the commentary here on the
13:43post captioning
13:45I'm reminded that it's just as important
13:50the commentary
13:53is the most important aspect of wrestling
13:57and I believe
13:58a lot of the reason it's hard
14:01for people growing up watching wrestling
14:05keep on watching it in the WWE
14:09that
14:10that part of wrestling that is
14:12is because
14:14sometimes
14:15the way they have the commentators
14:19uh
14:20talk about the matches and the characters
14:24it's not that they're not good
14:27sometimes
14:28you'll be so over the top that it's hard to
14:32believe anything is possible
14:35or plausible today
14:37so
14:39although
14:40they're very good
14:42there's
14:43a lot of times it can be hard to believe
14:46so that's why I believe
14:48it's hard
14:50to get
14:52for a lot of people growing up
14:54who grew up in the 80s and 90s
14:56as fans
14:57so it can be hard to keep them
15:00interested in it
15:02because it can be hard to make it look
15:04real
15:05just from the commentators themselves
15:07head fed by davey boy
15:29to Jacques Rougeau starts this match
15:32they put his forehead into the
15:34drum buckle pad
15:35about three times
15:36four
15:37five
15:38six
15:39falls straight down
15:41he rolls around
15:43trying to get away from davey boy
15:46then
15:50gets him up
15:51he puts his forehead into the other
15:53drum buckle pad on the other corner
15:55five
15:56six
15:57I have to be honest
16:06if I had to guess
16:08let's say that
16:09Jacques Rougeau
16:10and his brother Raymond
16:12were the hill team right here
16:14cuz he was
16:16because he was begging off
16:17when he was in the corner
16:18finally gets to his corner
16:22he tags his brother Raymond in
16:25there
16:26I
16:27got
16:28okay
16:32okay
16:33really couldn't get an advantage there
16:40lock up into the corner this time
16:55gets turned around on does Raymond
16:57or
16:58well
16:59I gotta learn how to say this better
17:01British Bulldog turns Raymond around in the corner
17:04well
17:09the referee's gotta get in the middle
17:11cheap shot
17:14on positive they were the hill team
17:17cause Raymond Rougeau just hit a cheap shot on a
17:23billet
17:24on
17:25British Bulldog
17:27David Boyce
17:28Irish Whip
17:35okay
17:37David Boyce in the Irish Whip
17:39he
17:40is about to be
17:41monkey flipped by Raymond Rougeau
17:44he does a cart well to stay on his feet though
17:47release the arm drag by Bulldog
17:51let's see
17:52tags in the dynamite kid double headbutt
17:56side headlock thrown off by Raymond
18:07shoulder block taken out
18:08arm drag arm bar by the dynamite kid
18:21and
18:23right
18:24he
18:36so
18:37so
18:38he
18:39he
18:40jumped
18:41he
18:43jumped
18:45down
18:46to pick up his legs to throw
18:48dynamite across the ring
18:50but dynamite comes back
18:52diving headbutt
18:54to slow him down
18:58and he rolls over
18:59to get to his feet
19:02arm drag
19:04into an arm bar
19:06by the dynamite kid
19:10it's amazing
19:14the different
19:15the different ways you can use an arm
19:18bar in pro wrestling
19:20tags in Davey Boy
19:22comes off with a
19:24diving forearm
19:25I believe that was over the shoulder
19:30let's see
19:34it was over the shoulder
19:38alright
19:39let's see
19:41Irish Whip
19:43Versal
19:44sunset flip
19:47pin
19:48to kick out
19:49by
19:51Raymond Rougeau
19:53arm drag
19:54arm bar
19:55from Davey Boy
19:56and
20:21Jacques Rouge got just um got in the ring to complain with the referee that was enough
20:30time there's enough time to stop there's enough time for Bulldog
20:50and Dynamite to switch positions without legally tagging in
20:59no I know this is entertainment and it's it's a
21:23entertainment and I know it's predetermined but there were a lot of times looking back at this
21:37where I just realized how doing like pro sports would really really would really help out a lot
21:47of times and with today though and the fact that they are they are very similar to sports now more
21:57than ever I think adding instant replay would help in the middle of the match myself if I was to
22:09suggest anything and when I know trying to become a manager would be adding something like that to
22:16make it look more a little bit more believable today looks like about to go okay an Irish whip is coming up
22:29by Dynamite running clothesline to um Ray Rougeau puts his forehead into the Navy boy's boot tags in Bulldog
22:44Irish whip sunset flip this time by Raymond looks like to kick out by Davey boy one hold on let's see how did you save this
23:05let's see
23:11gets up to his feet he did this once with Bret Hart where he pushed to both Raymond's legs together to try to win the one for him bridged but as he was bridging
23:31uh Raymond Richard rolled out of fat and broke the count Chris log biting like tags in Dynamite
23:42elbow over the over the back of the uh triceps muscle it looks like the triceps muscle into an arm bar from uh Dynamite
23:55uh
23:57uh
23:58um
24:03uh
24:06uh
24:08uh
24:09uh
24:12uh
24:13uh
24:14uh
24:15uh
24:16um
24:16uh
24:17uh
24:18he's desperately reaching out to make a tag to his brother Raymond just trying
24:32to buzz desperately trying to reach out to tag his brother Jacques and he gets
24:38pulled into the Bulldogs corner and Bulldog gets tagged the Davey boy Smith gets tagged
24:57Chrissy got kicked in the gut then he was pulled in their corner the Davey boy gets
25:01tagged in double Irish whip double shoulder block one to kick out by Raymond
25:16bridge unlock by um by Davey boy let's see Irish whip runs over the back of Raymond
25:30gets tripped by Jacques jumps up to the top of the apron and holds on to the
25:38ring rope gets tagged in by his brother Raymond
25:50picks up Jack picks up Bulldogs left leg and he starts kicking him but where the
25:59I believe it's what we call the ACL turns the foot sideways try and see if you can get a
26:08submission victory right here see what I'm just gonna do turns him on his back but
26:16he's uh he's never really understood how this doesn't hurt in real life but um that's why
26:27that's why they go through the training they went through in the first place he picked up his leg he put his leg
26:35around his leg so he could go back with it and uh try to damage it
26:42okay gets up to his feet
26:53him up straight now
26:55gets pushed off
27:06well they they push his jack off with his legs his feet
27:12he keeps his feet up but he gets stopped
27:16he tags Raymond gets tagged in and who they pull his feet apart
27:24well it's one of many moves they don't do a lot today and I think it's because
27:31of all the the traditional stuff they used to do that used to be easy to tell a story well
27:41everything every it's hard to tell a story today because of political correctness
27:46okay tags back in jock
27:54hmm
27:55much what to call that um senton
27:59I mean seated senton I believe
28:03so that's how they described it when uh
28:08when Matt Bourne used
28:11his his finish sure as both his real name and as doing the cloud so I believe that's what
28:18I believe that was a seated senton that he just did
28:24his life
28:30right
28:31he all
28:32sure
28:34i just knocked dynamite
28:48almost off the apron to cause a distraction from the referee and pull
28:57Davey's legs again. No tag from them, from either man either.
29:08Okay, he gets kicked off by Davey boy. Irish whip. Back body drop. Tags in Jacques.
29:29Let's see. I believe this is what we call a spinning toehold right here.
29:42Okay, getting back in four, trying to get a submission victory here. Turning into an
29:55anti-cradle to Davey boy. Gets a two count. Double axe handle keeps Davey boy on the
30:02mat. Pulls him back to his corner. Tags in his brother Raymond. Kicks him behind his
30:09knee. Let's see. He's going for, now he's going for that leg submission.
30:25Okay, that's uh. Monkey flip finally gets out of that predicament with Raymond Rougeau and
30:43he tags in the dynamite kid. Headbutt Irish whip by dynamite. Snap suplex.
30:54Standing elbow drop. Hmm. Diving out. Diving head but standing up. Let's cover. Two kick out.
31:04Let's see. Belly to back. Suplex. Hmm. Goes for cover here. Two. But about the two count. But at about the two count made.
31:22Uh. Rougeau put his foot on the rope to break the count. He gets thrown. Raymond Rougeau gets thrown through the metal rope.
31:32Outside. David boy goes out after him. He had to hit Jacques. Hmm. To defend himself. He throws Raymond into the guard.
31:44He leaves him. He leaves him. Laying down. Surprised they're not trying. Surprised Rougeau's are not trying to uh.
31:56To switch positions. But um. Got a feeling it's because there's too much of a difference to notice.
32:06To notice. So it's helping his brother in the ring. That's good.
32:13That's good.
32:21Ooh.
32:23Ooh.
32:29Headbutt.
32:31Ooh.
32:32Ooh.
32:33Chop from uh. Dynamite.
32:35Joe Raymond. Let's see.
32:38Setting him up for the running power slam is uh. Davey boy.
32:43Gets it.
32:46One.
32:47Okay.
32:48Now before the two count was broken up by a chop.
32:51They illegally switch places.
32:53Davey boy and dynamite.
32:56Forehead into the corner.
32:58Goes to the middle rope so he could do.
33:02Climbs up on this.
33:04Second rope so that.
33:06He can do some right hands.
33:08Gets pulled off.
33:10Bellated back suplexed by um.
33:13By Jacques Rujo.
33:27Risking disqualification right here.
33:30I believe this referee by the way is.
33:34Was Gorilla's real life.
33:36Gorilla Monsoon's real life son Joey.
33:40He's administering the ten count right here.
33:48While that's happening.
33:51Jacques gets tagged in by Raymond.
33:54Comes in with a diving double X handle.
33:57Let's see.
33:59Gets him up to his feet so he can do a scoop slam.
34:02Ooh.
34:03Diving knee drop.
34:06Looks like two kick out.
34:09Interesting.
34:10X handle across the neck of uh.
34:15Dynamite.
34:16See what's he gonna do here.
34:20First he distracts the referee by getting the.
34:25Drawing the attention.
34:27Let's see, let's see what's he gonna do here, first he distracts the referee by getting
34:38the, drawing the attention, Davey Boyd, while his brother's holding on to Dynamite, he kicks
34:45him, a little bit, then he uh, takes him by the forehead, puts him in a front face like
34:55the tags brother in, sets his knee up for him to throw Davey Boyd onto his knee, no, Davey
35:05Boyd onto his knee like a gut wrench, and he stomps, or kicks, I think it is stomp, um,
35:16Dynamite, tags in Jacques, it goes for uh, abdominal stretch, pulling the tights, to make
35:33it worse, do we get in there, break the um, get in there to break it up, but as he's,
36:02distracting the referee without meaning to, Jacques, Jacques brother Raymond, switch positions
36:09with him, and Raymond's doing the same maneuver on, on Dynamite Kid here, let's see, what he
36:19does here, what's interesting is, he doesn't just stop with the abdominal stretch, and puts
36:24his hands around the neck to add pressure, okay, finally, hip tosses, um, shot, no, Raymond
36:45out of this predicament, chop, let's see, forearm, over the back, gets hit with a couple of
36:53right hands to the gut, forearm, across the face, I'm not sure what they're gonna go for,
37:00it must looks like, oh, first, the double leg, take down, and running splash, one, looks like,
37:08two, kick out, buy dynamite, okay, I'm never really, oh, they call it a double reverse chin lock,
37:21okay, buy Jacques Rougeau, two dynamite kid, let's see,
37:34let me see this,
37:52he stood up to try to flip Jacques in, because the referee was talking to Davey Boy, he, Raymond
38:10comes in and knocks him with the right hand, cheap shot to get him down to his knees, okay,
38:18they've got the double reverse chin lock here, on Davey Boy, no, dynamite, excuse me,
38:27okay, he tags in his brother, Jacques, no, Raymond did, they throw him into the,
38:48to the corner, double kicks to the stomach, until the referee gets, Ray, gets Jacques in the corner,
38:57snap bear, take down by Raymond, two dynamite kid, now he does a double reverse chin lock, his own, his own,
39:06this time he's able to stand up and, the other after getting distracted and he backs, Raymond up into the corner to break,
39:15this time he's able to stand up and, the other after getting distracted and he backs, Raymond up into the corner to break,
39:21the, the, maneuver, Raymond rolls through,
39:40tags in, Jacques kicks, Davey, dynamite in the left side of his ribs, then he knocks down, Davey Boy with the right hand,
39:51distract the referee, cause Davey Boy comes in right away, inside cradle though, by, um, Davey, by dynamite,
40:03dynamite, one, two, that was a kick out at two by, um, Jacques, let's see, goes for a domino stretch, let's see,
40:28tags in Raymond, let's see, and jumps over to get in there,
40:37kicks him in the midsection, gets thrown down, by Jacques, covered by Raymond, to kick out, let's shoulder up.
40:58the, this was the first time in the entire match where, tag was made and the referee couldn't see it,
41:07so, when Davey Boy came in, after tagging himself, getting tagged in by,
41:16dynamite kid, he gets stopped by the referee,
41:19then my kid gets pulled right,
41:30fished right into,
41:33Raymond,
41:37no, into Jacques, excuse me,
41:39gets hit,
41:44with a,
41:45right elbow by,
41:48Jacques,
41:49knocks him down,
41:53let's see, let's,
41:54I think it's gonna go for a pin right here,
41:57one,
41:58two,
41:59kick out,
42:02let's see,
42:03chop,
42:14woohoo,
42:15knocks down,
42:17Jacques,
42:21he gets,
42:22he tags in,
42:23Davey Boy next,
42:25Davey Boy,
42:26the driver split,
42:27but as he's jumping up for,
42:29drop kick,
42:30Jacques holds on to the ropes,
42:32and Davey Boy falls,
42:35gets,
42:37gets pushed,
42:38gets pulled,
42:39or,
42:40positioned in the car,
42:41in the ropes,
42:42an Irish whip,
42:44ooh,
42:45he forgot,
42:46he couldn't let go,
42:47so he,
42:48ran right into,
42:49bulldog with the knee into the gut,
42:52Irish whip,
42:53by,
42:54reversal by,
42:56British bulldog,
43:00ooh,
43:02I don't know if it was,
43:05tripping on his own two feet,
43:09but,
43:11he, uh,
43:12dropped,
43:13Jacques Rougeau,
43:15over the ropes,
43:17in between,
43:18Rougeau's leg,
43:19and,
43:20like I said,
43:21I don't,
43:22know if,
43:23it was because he tripped,
43:25but I saw him do that once,
43:27on,
43:28to Bret Hart,
43:29by accident,
43:30also,
43:34let's see,
43:37one,
43:38one,
43:39one,
43:41so he's going for the cover,
43:42Raymond came in,
43:44instead of say,
43:45instead of,
43:46instead of,
43:47hitting,
43:50um,
43:51Davey boy,
43:52with an elbow,
43:53he ends up hitting,
43:54his own tactic,
43:55partner,
43:56his brother Jacques,
43:57who they throw,
43:58hit it both,
43:59both each other,
44:01well the brothers,
44:02into the forehead,
44:04with the,
44:05to the other one's forehead,
44:07after,
44:12I think it's,
44:13shock,
44:14it's,
44:15sore head,
44:16it's,
44:17pushed,
44:18put it once more time,
44:19into the turnbuckle,
44:20gets a long,
44:21Davey boy,
44:23lawn darts,
44:24um,
44:28the dynamite kid,
44:30in mid air,
44:31across the ring,
44:32with a diving head,
44:33but,
44:34on shock,
44:35look,
44:38if we get,
44:39Raymond out of the ring,
44:41okay,
44:42this,
44:43was a time limit,
44:44so,
44:45time limit,
44:46expired,
44:47nobody won the match,
44:48okay,
45:05they didn't like,
45:19the bulldogs,
45:20so,
45:21Raymond,
45:22hit a,
45:23cheap shot,
45:24to one of the bulldogs,
45:25and they ran out the ring,
45:26and ran to the back,
45:27hit a,
45:28cheap shot,
45:29to one of the bulldogs,
45:30and they ran out the ring,
45:31and ran to the back,
45:32head to the back,
45:33aw,
45:35happening but,
45:36does not want three bucks,
45:38all right,
45:39I'll stop right,
45:42here,
45:43so,
46:00Tune in tomorrow as I do part 2 SummerSlam 1988.
46:08Goodbye.