WWE WrestleMania V - The Mega-Powers Explode! | Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage

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highly recommended

Back to Trump Plaza again for the biggest show of the year

WM 5 on paper may not have looked like a great card but it certainly delivered. Some may not value this as a good show, but I think it outshined many of the other ones. Although the main focus was on the Mega Power encounter, there some other matches that shined as well. Well, without further due, here's the card and my rating of the matches.

***** = Classic; **** = Excellent; ***=Good; ** = Fair; * = Poor; DUD = Don't waste your time

1. the late Hercules vs Haku (w/Bobby Hennan)
- After being a faithful client of Heenan for a few years, Heenan tries to sell Hercules to Dibiase as a slave but Herc refused and becomes a face against Haku who was getting a decent push at this time. This match is surprisingly a decent match. Hercules showed some good wrestling skills until he stopped and went after Heenan which allowed Haku to slow down the pace of the match. Hercules came back to win the match with a backsuplex into a bridge for the win. Not bad at all.

Rating: ** 1/2

2. Rockers vs Twin Towers(w/ Slick)
- The battle of David vs Golitah. Rockers gave away alot of height and weight against the Towers. Rockers did however use some speed and good double team work against the Towers but the Towers strength was too much as Akeem splashed a young Shawn Michaels for the win. Rockers helped carry the Towers to a good match with their skills and bouncing around like a pinballs.

Rating: *** 1/2

3. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs Million Dollar Man
- Okay match that ends in a double DQ. Dibiase tries but just can't carry the barber to a decent match. The match moves too slow and they repeat moves over and over again.

Rating *

4. Rougeas Bros. vs Bushwackers
- Rougeaus Brothers careers were starting to go downhill and it shows here with a loss. No wrestling and a lot of stalling makes this match skipable.

Rating: 1/4

5. Blue Blazer (late Owen Hart) vs Mr. Perfect (late Curt Henning)
- It's sad that both of these guys are deceased but this match helps bring back their younger days and shows how good they were as wrestlers. Match was too short but they still packed in some good action. Perfect caught Blazer off guard long enough to hit the perfect plex to remain undefeated at that time.

Rating: **

6. Demolition vs Powers of Pain and Mr. Fuji
- Fuji betrayed the team he helped win the tag titles a year ago to join up with the Powers Of Pain. Match was pretty boring except for the parts where Fuji tries to wrestle. Pretty much a bodyslam and clothsline contest. Demolition eventually caught him and won with the decapitator to remain champs.

Rating: 3/4

7. Dino Bravo vs Ronnie Garvin
- Match was nothing more than a Bravo squash but Garvin's offense is what keeps this match somewhat watchable. Garvin would get mad and attack Bravo's manager Frenchy Martin after the match.

Rating: 1/2

8. Strike Force Vs Brain Busters(w/ Heenan)
- Strike Force hadn't teamed up in almost a year but they didn't look like they've missed a beat. Strike Force was dominating the match until Santana accidentally hit Martel with the flying forearm. Busters would take over and Martel would walk out on his partner to face the busters on his own. Santana put on a good effort but the Busters were too much and they would finish him off with a deadly spike piledriver. This was truly a great techinical wrestling match. Plenty of pinning combinations, submission moves, and arial moves makes this a must see.

Rating: **** 1/4

9. Jake "Snake" Roberts vs the late Andre The Giant (w/ the late Big John Studd as ref)
- Do yourself a favor and just fast forward thru this. You will be bored to tears. Andre dominates about 90-95% of the match until he and Studd got into a confortation which led Studd to DQ him. Nothing exciting happens in the match. It's like watching a movie in slow motion.

Rating: DUD

10. Hart Foundation vs Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine
- Mildly entertaining match-up. Even though it was obvious who would win the match, Honky and Valentine gave the Harts a run for their money. Neidhart steals Jimmy Hart megaphone and hands it to Bret who knocks out Honky for the win.

Rating: **

11. Ulimate Warrior vs the late Rick Rude for the IC title
- I could see why many didn't like this match because it did lack some wrestling skills but it was a fun match to watch in my book. Warrior tossed Rude around the ring like a pinball but Rude does manage to get some good wrestling moves in. The ending did suck where Warrior tries to suplex Rude back in the ring but Heenan trips him and holds on to the warrior's leg for the upset win.

Rating: *** 1/4

12. Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Bad News Brown
- A worthless brawl that last 3 minutes and ends with a ridiciouls double dq. A few funny parts both not worth seeing.

Rating: 1/4

13. Red Rooster vs Bobby Heenan
- The match of the student vs the teacher. Heenan dumps Rooster b/c he didn't live up to his expectations. Rooster squashed him in 30 seconds. Again, fast forward thru this.

Rating: DUD

14. Heavyweight title match Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan
These two had good chemistry toward wm and even much so in this match. They worked well as a unit and work just as good as enemies. Even though the action wasn't great, it had the wrestlemania feel to it. Alot of emotion and excitement. Savage relied on many of his dirty tactics like going after the throat of Hogan like he did with Steamboat and busted open his right eye. As you would expect, Hogan regains his title and ends Savage's year run as the champ. I think the Strike Force vs Brainbuster match was slightly better.

Rating: ***

Bottom Line: This show had some flaws in it just like every other WM, but the good overlooks the bad. Great main event, good tag team matches (especially Strike Force vs Brain BUsters), and a few decent midcards matches gives this one a big thumps up.

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Edited PPV!!!

Do NOT buy Wrestlemania V on VHS that the WWF released in 1998. They have edited out the entire Piper's Pit segment from this VHS. The weird thing is, on the back of the vhs box it features a photo from the pit, but is NO where to be found on the vhs. Why is this? can anyone help me figure this out?

Pretty good Wrestlemania

It's not great however in terms of quality but in
quantity it's good. It has a bit of an issue like
other Wrestlemanias (II For example) in that some
matches are just way , way too short.

After the success of Wrestlemania IV, Vince and company
went back to Trump Plaza for another Wrestlemania.
This has been regarded as one of the more popular
Wrestlemanias ever because of the Hogan/Savage rivalry.

1. Opening match Hercules vs. King Haku

** and 1./2 A basic brawl with some wrestling, Hercules does go over though as a face for the time being.

2. Brutus Beefcake vs. Ted Dibiase- Not bad , instead of putting over either one of them, the match has one of those draw endings.

3. Dino Bravo vs. Rugged Ronnie Garvin-A basic job to Bravo, but Garvin makes its pretty interesting so it doesn't become just a squash match. ** and ½ stars.

4. The Blue Blazer vs. Mr. Perfect Curt Henning: Both guys are now gone what a shame considering this a very good match. Yeah it's a typical Perfect jobbing but Owen Hart as the Blue Blazer has his best match though
*** and ½

5. Strike Force vs. Brain Buster-Pretty good match, Brain Busters we're being promoted as the next big tag team, and eventually they would win the titles from Demolition. Strike Force's days though we're over. Rick Martel would become a heel after the match but his WWF career would be pretty forgettable *** stars.

6 Bushwhackers vs. Roguea Brothers- How did this get on the card? It's a match no one cares about. The Bushwhackers pick up the victory, however both Bushwhackers and Rogueas would basically be jobbing machines for the rest of their careers ** stars.

6. Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior-Despite the diss on the Warrior by WWE's cheap attempt to make profit by their Self-Destruction, they can't deny Warrior was the biggest face at the time next Hogan and he did make a lot of money for them. Great buildup for this match seeing how it all started. The match wasn't that bad either in terms of excitement. Rude cheats to win but later would drop the title to Warrior at Summerslam *** star

7. Hart Foundation vs. Honky Tonky Man and Greg Valentine
- Man what a short match, lasting only about five minutes. The Harts go but would have to wait a year before they would get their title run. Hitman does most of the work with Anvil doing his power thing ** stars

8. Andre vs. Jake Roberts (w/ John Studd as referee): Andre was never a good wrestler, he was a pretty average big man like Vader, Sika and King Kong Bundy. Basically a lot of chokehold here mixed with some chops. Roberts counters
With some wrestling and his trademark high knees. The twist at the end with Dibiase running in and Andre choking stuff really saved the match from Being completely boring ** and ½

9.. Demolition vs. Powers of Pain and Mr. Fuji in a handicap for the WWF Tag Team Titles: Demo goes over Barbarian and Warlord (the Road Warrior wannabees). Not that bad of a match though, Demolition and Powers had some good chemistry.
The ending was never in doubt though ***

9. Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Bad News Brown-Another short match with really no long term benefits. The ending would have worked better if this was a hardcore match . ** stars.

11. Twin Towers (Akeem & Big Bossman) w/ Slick vs. the Rockers:
A basic squash, it's the Rockers first tag team ppv but they are not going over here. The Rockers we're basically another jobbing team that went nowhere, even after they captured the titles from the Harts in a phantom match the titles would go ight back to the Harts. ** stars here.

12. "Red Rooster" Terry Taylor vs. Bobby Heenan:

Absolutely dreadful, this had on payoff except we get to see Heenan make a fool of himself, and he's done that millions of time. Heenan was never a wrestler just a manager
Who was put in as a wrestler as a joke * star.

Piper's Pit with Morton Downey Jr. and Brother Love:

Most fans enjoy this, the return of Rowdy Roddy Piper was something that was pretty good with the WWF. Piper was the original bad boy and laid the groundwork for other bad boys like Stone Cold or Rock. Piper's promos we're memorable.
Anyhow it's fun to see him embarrass Pritchard and Morton Downey.

13. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage ****.

Even though this a typical Hogan job, Savage makes this very interesting, and the crowd definitely get it's biggest pops in this match. The Hogan/Savage feud really did payoff for the WWF in terms of buyrates and ratings. Pretty predictable but decent.

Overall not a bad Wretslemania, but several matches we're crap and some of them Lasted no more than five minutes, another one of those hurried Wrestlemanias. Still not bad for nostalgia and looking at the Old School days of the WWF.

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