JYD, Hillbilly & Santana V Orton, Muraco & Mirto (WWF 1987)

[70snova]

Do you know who was supposed to team with Muraco and Orton? It was going to be Iron Mike Sharpe.

[NukeIt2Bdone]

Mirto probably blew Patterson to get this spot

[willisapril]

Where's Mr Fuji ?

[markyhitch]

I'm a massive fan of 1980s WWF. Subscribed!

[ckendall67]

I remember this, when Orton & Muraco turned on each other, this led to Muraco's face run after. LOL when they were trying each other's finishing maneuver( Orton went for Muraco's piledriver, Muraco attempting Orton's Superplex from the top turnbuckle ). Back in the days when you hardly ever missed WWF Superstars Of Wrestling on Saturday mornings :-)

[John6yt]

LOL the audience was totally dead as Orton and Muraco were fighting, probably because they couldn't figure out who was turning face.

[MrNYCman530]

Unusual for Muraco and Orton to team up with a jobber. Someone must have missed his flight.

[brianhejda]

@MrNYCman530 This was the start of the Don Morocco face turn. It was suppose to be Outlaw Ron Bass as there partner again but the feud between him and Beefcake was born and they didn't want to use the Outlaw in this angle any longer.

[Rayla840]

@brianhejda It had to have been some other reason, being that Bass didn't feud with Beefcake til about a year later. It was probably just they wanted a jobber out there who could just slip out unnoticed so these two could just have at it.

[SmilingSynic]

Wonder where Joe Mirto stood on the Muraco-Orton feud? He threw his hands up and left.

An eternal mystery. We may never know.

I think he went back to have a beer. At least that's what I would have done.

[3countdcg]

Saturday morning wrestling..one of the true lost arts.

[Inediblehulk]

I can tolerate Hillbilly Jim OR Junk Yard Dog. Not both!

[brianhejda]

@Inediblehulk I don't understand. Both were huge players into making wrestling what it is today. Can't wait for Hillbill Jim to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Not just for his wrestling but for all he has done behind the scenes. Big player in the industry that I love.

[Inediblehulk]

@brianhejda Yeah, Jim worked on a lot of the video production end, and even though I'm not sure what exactly he did there, I definitely appreciate the work of the WWF production team as a whole! So I'll give him that. But as wrestlers/entertainers, he or JYD just weren't my cup of tea. JYD did have a pretty big fanbase though, so I guess he deserves credit for making the boss money.

[funkyflashman]

Kick ass! The legend Joe Merto!