Demolition Vs. The Legion Of Doom.
Taped on: November 20th, 1990.City/State: Syracuse, NY.Arena: Onondoga War Memorial.thehistoryofwwe.com lists the event as a Wrestling Challenge/Prime Time Wrestling taping, so I don't know if this match aired on Wrestling Challenge, and/or Prime Time first, or if it was filmed as a Coliseum Home Video exclusive match that never aired on TV (probably the latter).I also don't know if this is the only taped match between these two teams (I'm guessing it isn't?).
This was on the LOD DVD released a few years back and originally appeared on "Supertape 3."
ReplyDeleteThe match really, really sucks.
What happened to the Demolition theme music?
ReplyDeleteThere is a match from MSG in January 1991 where LOD squashes them in about 2 minutes. Saw it the other day. Almost as bad as the Demos getting squashed at Mania.
ReplyDeleteLike Hogan/Flair, absolutely no reason for this not to have gotten a proper ppv showcase.
ReplyDeleteWe never did get Ax and Smash vs. LoD...
ReplyDeleteNot in a 2 on 2 match, but they all faced off against each other on opposing teams in Survivor Series 1990.
ReplyDeleteAll the 6 man tags between Demolition and LOD/Warrior were terrible but it was awesome to see. Those matches are definitely a guilty pleasure of mine.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wasted opportunity. I always hated the LOD because they were non-WWF guys and was just itching to see Demolition show them how the big boys do it.
ReplyDeleteDid You Know?
ReplyDeleteThe WWF really fucking blew it when it came to LOD/Demolition.
To the OP: the match didn't air on either Wrestling Challenge or PTW, it was a dark match at the taping.
ReplyDeleteThrowing Warrior into that feud was really strange too. I could understand it for a Survivor Series match, but can they not get the WWF champion a full time feud?
Yeah, Hogan/Flair and LOD/Demolition are probably the two biggest dream matches they threw away, especially in retrospect when it turns out Ax's health was in better shape than the WWF portrayed it.
ReplyDeleteIIRC, after the Rude feud, Warrior feuded with DiBiase, then did the team up deal with LOD and then the Slaughter program.
ReplyDeleteUsually Vince seems to hold it against a talent that did well before arriving in WWF, the LOD seem to be the exception.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny that Demolition were clearly a bunch of Road Warrior knockoffs but their long title reign and awesome theme music got them over almost as much and they seem to be looked at more favorably over the course of time.
It happened in Chicago during the Warrior/LOD v. Demoltion run, when Warrior and Crush both couldn't make the show, so that crowd got Ax & Smash v. Animal and Hawk.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think it was this match. There was a match at a later challenge taping that ended in a dq, I thought that was the one on the DVD.
ReplyDeleteThere was an LOD v. Smash/Crush match at a later tame (I think it aired between the Rumble and WrestleMania) that ended in a dq on the one of the syndies. That match was included in the LOD DVD (which I got years ago for $5 in a bargin bin at Wal-Mart).
ReplyDeleteThis was a weird case where he always wanted LOD (they would have been a GREAT fit in 80s WWE) and when he couldn't get them, he copied them and called in Demolition, which got over in its' own right. It was quite the surprise that when he finally got LOD, he didn't just use them to put over his own creation. And really during their first run, LOD didn't put over anybody. ANYBODY. No wonder he made them do a bunch of jobs in 98 and 99.
ReplyDeletewell, they did have to wait a while before getting the titles though - that and Rocco!
ReplyDeleteAt least for Hogan/Flair... they were running it on house shows to diminishing returns. There's one in MSG where Flair pins Hogan and starts walking around with the belt, but it gets restarted and I think ends in DQ.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, that's when they had Fuji back right? I think that was on Wrestling Challenge in that period when they started doing the feature name vs name matchup
ReplyDeleteYeah he did have a minor feud with Dibiase and then a house show feud with Savage, but nothing major after the Rude feud really until he lost the title. It's just weird because Hogan's title feuds are all pretty much memorable, where Warrior has a bunch of stuff strung together.
ReplyDeleteProbably because after Summerslam, they knew Slaughter was getting the belt.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I have a feeling they set that plan into motion as soon as the war looked imminent, so Warrior was a lame duck as early as September.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondering why they felt they needed to put the title on Slaughter. I guess that is what Hogan wanted, but neither of them needed it to make the feud work. Hindsight says Warrior/Savage should have been for the title and main evented that show.
ReplyDeleteI loved Demolition. It's one case where I would have been fine with Vince using LOD to put over his creation.
ReplyDeleteKnow what? You're right. This match is different.
ReplyDeleteMe too, although I hated the Smash/ Crush version.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was so stupid...having Fuji with zero explanation. Completely wrong considering the impetus for the Demolition face turn in 1988.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's the one on the Greatest Stars of the 90s set.
ReplyDeleteI was a big fan as well, although looking at their old matches the one big glaring thing about Demolition that I don't like is a lot of their offense -- mostly their double team offense as it looks so goofy, with the guy selling it bouncing up and down. At least the Road Warriors looked like they could kill ya in the ring.
ReplyDeleteAx could throw a clothesline though, that's for sure.
No, they're the people who like Ryback more than Goldberg.
ReplyDeleteSeems fitting for that to be in Chicago.
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