Lumberjack Match - Hulk Hogan vs. Million Dollar Man

Philadelphia Spectrum, March 12th 1988. Two lumberjacks have been paid off by Dibiase... So stupid that Mooney and Schiavone - from 1989 - tried to reinvented the past as they called Dibiase the challenger against Hogan the WWF World Champion throughout the match. The title was vacant at that time.

Here's the rest of the wrestling card from that night :

SD Jones pinned Johnny V
WWF Women's Tag Team Champions the Jumping Bomb Angels defeated Judy Martin & Lelani Kai (w/ Jimmy Hart) when Martin was pinned with a modified victory roll.
Dino Bravo pinned Koko B. Ware
Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink) & Don Muraco (w/ Superstar Billy Graham) defeated One Man Gang & ''The Natural'' Butch Reed (w/ Slick) when Muraco pinned Reed after Reed dove into the ropes when Muraco moved out of the way
The Killer Bees defeated The Bolshevics after a mask switch
Brutus ''The Barber'' Beefcake defeated Greg ''The Hammer'' Valentine via disqualification.

Who were those 2 masked men? Your guess is as good as mine.

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• hulk
• hogan
• ted
• dibiase
• wrestling

[lildwayne21]

This match took place in March of 1988 and I can't understand for the life of me why Luscious Johnny Valiant is at ringside for this match after months of being television for months due to the fact that Jimmy Hart took over Greg Valentine's managerial duties.

[Dotheoz1]

I was surprised too when finding the date of this event that took place 15 days before WM4. He wrestles again the next day in Hamilton, Ontario againts SD Jones and that was it for him in the WWF...

[SabinBlitz81]

@johnissoevil He was just doing dub overs for old matches, much like J.R joining WWE in 93 and on Coliseum Video matches he's doing matches from 92.

[johnissoevil]

Wait...wasn't Tony still with Crockett Promotions in March 1988?

[havelockify]

who were the killer bees

[RAV52]

@jcamp84 Hogan was as "over" at this point as any wrestler ever, so I doubt DiBiase's (although great) performance had anything to do with it. Hogan took more damage from adoring fans lining the entrance to the ring than he did from his opponents during this era...

[brendan909]

Don't know if it was B Brian Blair & Jumpin’ Jim Brunzell under the masks or not, but it was done to see how people would react to the Killer Bees being heels. This was the only time they were heels, so I guess not very well.

[ucfgraduate05]

Since this match took place on March 12, 1988, why are there several references to Hulk Hogan being the champion? He dropped the belt to Andre on February 5, 1988 and the title should have been vacant when this match took place. The commentary may have been dubbed after WrestleMania V, but don't they check for accuracy?

[SunbeamsSting]

Hulkamania at it's peak!

[SheriffTankStoner]

@TRexAndTheRaceCar The Killer Bees (Blair and Brunzell) were still a team well into 1988. Blair left in late-1988 while Brunzell was demoted to JTTS and stayed with the WWF until I'd like to say 1991 or 92.

[stone85]

i remember seeing the Coliseum video of Hulkamania 4 good times & i remember always matches being dubbed over commentary i think schiavone was first employed by the wwf in january 1989 & left before wrestlemania VI were the WWF Had another special on prime THE USA NETWORK WWF Ultimate challenges he calls some matches last PPV was royal rumble 1990 to commentate with the body jesse ventura

[Willpudjiit]

Killer Bee's where never heels. They just wore mask 2 win matches like they did in the 1st survivor series & numerous others.