Saturday Night's Main Event (05/10/85)

Saturday Night's Main Event
05/10/85 (Taped 03/10/85)
East Rutherford, New Jersey


Ahead of the WWF Heavyweight Title bout, challenger Nikolai Volkoff said he'd have "no problem taking the title back to Russia and pressing the missile button". Imagine a foreign heel saying that today. In response champion Hulk Hogan told Mean Gene he was not happy about Volkoff singing the national anthem, but waving the Soviet Union flag in the ring was the last straw... Hogan pinned Volkoff in a decent brawl with good heat. After the match Hogan spat on the Soviet flag and used it to shine his boot... Uncle Elmer, on his wedding night, defeated Jerry Valiant in a record six seconds. This beat the pretend eight second record set by King Kong Bundy at Wrestlemania... An in-ring edition of "The Body Shop" followed as Jesse Ventura interviewed Bobby Heenan. Heenan said there was now a $50,000 bounty on Paul Orndorff's head... Orndorff had an intense brawl with Rowdy Roddy Piper that went to a double count out. The battle went backstage where Piper locked himself in his dressing room to get away from Orndorff...

Uncle Elmer legitimately married his bride Joyce Stazko in the ring with Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Hillbilly Jim, Lou Albano and others present. Gene Okerlund supposedly played the organ. An object thrown from the crowd hilariously hit the bride during the vows. Jesse Ventura's mocking commentary made this bearable. Roddy Piper came out to protest but the ceremony continued... Andre the Giant & Tony Atlas defeated Big John Studd & King Kong Bundy by disqualification. After the bell Hogan came out to the aid of Andre to a huge pop... A pre-taped segment saw Okerlund (in safari outfit) at Detroit Zoo looking for George "The Animal" Steele, because that's where he lived I guess... The Dream Team beat Tony Garea & Lanny Poffo in a decent enhancement match... Uncle Elmer's wedding reception was backstage, complete with farm animals running around. Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura joined Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff at a table. Okerlund tapped a glass and smashed it which I found quite funny. Poffo recited a poem (didn't he just wrestle?) and Hillbilly Jim made a toast. Musician Tiny Tim made an appearance before Ventura read a mocking poem but got tripped up into the wedding cake by Hillbilly Jim. Two cake finishes in a row!

Results
Hulk Hogan (c) pinned Nikolai Volkoff to retain the WWF Heavyweight Title (5:17) **1/2
Uncle Elmer pinned Jerry Valiant (0:06) SQ
Roddy Piper fought Paul Orndorff to a double count out (4:04) **1/2
Andre the Giant & Tony Atlas def Big John Studd & King Kong Bundy by disqualification (4:26) 1/2
The Dream Team (c) def Tony Garea & Lanny Poffo by submission to retain the World Tag Team Title (3:35) *3/4