Year of Duke and Rogue: WrestleMania V

In this episode, The Mega Powers Explode! In the main event of our thrilling season finale, The Macho Man Randy Savage will put his world title on the line against The Immortal Hulk Hogan. It’s all on the line with this one, a show jam packed with 14 matches, the WrestleMania rap, and more! Thanks again for tuning in to season six of The Year of Duke and Rogue…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 20

The guys are back to cover the penultimate show of our season seven run, WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 20! In this go home show of sorts leading up to WrestleMania 5, we have The Hulkster looking to defend Liz’s honor versus Bad News Brown, The Rockers taking on the Brain Busters, and Ravishing Rick Rude taking on Brutus the Barber Beefcake. In a special segment, the lovely Miss Elizabeth…

Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Main Event 2

Duke and Rogue are back to talk about WWF’s Main Event 2! This one came to us live from the Bradley Center in Wisconsin, and only included two matches on the live broadcast. The Mega Powers take on the Twin Towers in a grudge match that sets the stage for the rest of our season and Hercules battles The Million Dollar to blow off feud. Tune in for all the…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XIX

The guys are back to talk about the WWF’s first show of 1989, a Saturday Night’s Main Event that took place shortly before the Royal Rumble. The Mega Powers and Twin Towers continue to feud, as the Hulkster takes on the African Dream Akeem with the Big Bossman and Slickster in his corner. Instead of joining his teammate out there, the Macho Man is taking in the action from a…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 18

Time flies when you’re having fun, and we’re cruising through the end of 1988 in the World Wrestling Federation with Saturday Night’s Main Event 18, a show that aired two days after our last one, Survivor Series. Two titles are up for grabs in this one. In his first Intercontinental Title defense, the Ultimate Warrior takes on the mysterious Super Ninja, and Andre the Giant gets a shot at Macho…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: Survivor Series 1988

Teams of five strive to survive in the second annual Thanksgiving Day extravaganza! This one is headlined by the team captained by the Mega Powers taking on the Twin Towers team, and also has a ten on ten man/five on five tag team mess of a match that likely has more tags in and out than any other match in history. There’s a lot of action on this one, so…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XVII

Duke and Rogue review WWF’s Saturday Night’s Main Event from October 1988. The feud between Ravishing Rick Rude and Jake the Snake Roberts is nearing it’s climax (ughh yeah), as Jake vows to take of Rude’s pants before the night is done. Elsewhere we have a rematch for the tag titles with Demolition defending against the Hart Foundation. The Hulkster takes on King Haku and so much more!

The Year of Duke and Rogue: SummerSlam 1988

Duke and Rogue are back to take you way back to the very first SummerSlam, live from Madison Square Garden. It’s a happening, with the Mega Powers (Savage/Hogan) taking on the Mega Bucks (Dibiase/Andre) in the main event, with Jesse the Body Ventura as guest referee. Elsewhere we have a hell of an opener between The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers and The British Bulldogs. Demolition is defending their titles against the…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XVI

In the 1980’s, the WWF produced Saturday Night’s Main Event, special shows that aired on NBC in place of SNL when the comedy troupe had a week off. Today we’re covering the 16th one of these, and the first to not feature Hulk Hogan, who was busy working on the classic film No Holds Barred. Fresh off victory at WrestleMania 4, World Champion The Macho Man Randy Savage defends his…