Backstage: Junkyard Dog joins ‘Mean’ Gene to speak about his luck in this tournament, getting a bye to advance to the finals. Jimmy Hart interrupts them and belligerently yells at JYD that “My boy’s going to get you!”.

Match #14 Semi-Finals: The Dynamite Kid vs. ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage w/Elizabeth
They lock-up briefly a couple of times, both men jockeying for position. After 3 lock-ups, Savage gets a waistlock on Dynamite, but he’s able to switch out, Savage swipes and Dynamite’s face and takes a stroll outside. Another lock-up and they wrestle back and forth for position on the ropes and halfway around the ring. The ref steps in to break it and Savage lands a sucker punch, giving him control. He looks for a suplex, Dynamite gets out of and hits the ropes, Savage drops down and then gets floored by a shoulder on the other side. Savage gets shot in, big back body drop by Dynamite, he follows with a running crossbody into a cover, but they’re tangled in the ropes.

Savage gets sent in again, reverses and Dynamite tries a sunset flip, Savage counters by dropping all his weight down on Dynamite. Kid hits the ropes and tries a crossbody again, Savage ducks down to avoid it. Irish whip again, both men hitting the ropes and they both land clotheslines and double down to the ref’s count. Savage is up first and he slowly makes his way to the top turnbuckle, Dynamite’s up and he crotches Savage with a dropkick. Dynamite’s up with Savage now and he superplex, tries to float over into a cover and Savage hooks the legs and gets a 3 count.
Winner: ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage (Roll-Up Counter)

• EA’s Take: Another short match, but a physical contest in typical Dynamite Kid fashion. Savage advances to the finals to meet JYD.

In The Arena: Susan & Vince McMahon speak about the upcoming contest for the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 3. They send it to the ring where Howard Finkel, Lord Alfred Hayes, WWF President Jack Tunney and some other suits that nobody cares about. They all talk about the contest and get booed consecutively. The winner is Illinois’ own Michael Hamley. Lord Alfred Hayes tries to get the crowd to cheer for the winner and they boo him too.

Backstage: Gene Okerlund is in the locker room with WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. Hulk says it took a long time to get it done, but tonight was Round 2 against Roddy Piper. “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff joins them, Hulk says they have each other’s backs and anytime Piper & Bob Orton want Round 3, they’re ready. Orndorff says it’s always something when you take on Piper & Orton and that he and Hulk are brothers. Hogan says that they’ve got a little surprise for Piper & Orton.

Match #15 Tournament Finals: ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage w/Elizabeth vs. Junkyard Dog
Savage appears to be a little worse-for-wear on his way to the ring. Savage spits on JYD and then hides behind Elizabeth and then bails out, just like he did to Ivan Putski earlier. The bell rings and Savage grabs a chair, JYD grabs it from him and tosses it aside, urging Savage to get in the ring. Savage obliges and then bails to the outside again, having words with some fans at ringside. Savage hops in and has some words with JYD, then hops outside one last time. He comes in and locks-up with JYD, but gets put on his keyster a couple of times. JYD with the power advantage, taking full control over Macho with an atomic drop and then following with a bearhug to wear Savage down even more.

Savage is able to get out after a rake to the eyes and Gene Okerlund joins the commentary table. JYD is punishing the back of Savage and then rips at his face like Savage did to him. JYD whips Randy into the corner and he pops out with a jumping clothesline for a 2 count. JYD is knocked to the outside through the 2nd rope, Savage climbs to the top and drops a double axe handle down to the floor on him. Savage hops in and out to break the count, sneaks up behind JYD and rams him back-first into the ring post. Macho going with what brought him to the dance, hitting another double axe from the top down to the floor. He grabs a chair and blasts JYD in the back with it, for some reason the ref doesn’t disqualify him. Now Savage using the barricade to choke the Dog, before finally sending him back inside.

Savage up top once more, but this time he gets caught with a big right to the gut. JYD with his patented headbutts, one more when they get back to their feet and Savage gets tied up in the ropes. Savage gets out and goes to the eyes, both men into the ropes, he charges the Dog near the ropes and gets sent outside over the top rope. Savage can’t make the 10 count and Junkyard Dog has won the tournament.
Winner: Junkyard Dog (Count-Out)

• After The Bell: ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund catches Junkyard Dog in the ring, then they are interrupted by Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura,who wants to protest because JYD didn’t have to wrestle as many matches as Randy Savage. Ventura says Savage should be declared the winner of the tournament because he “tells it like it is”. JYD goes after Ventura, but he scurries out to the apron to complain some more.
• EA’s Take: I’m not sure what the point of Ventura getting involved at the end was if he wasn’t going to get floored by JYD and put him over. The Dog may have won the tournament tonight, but Savage really showed that he’s ready to become a player in the WWF for years to come, having (although short) entertaining matches with 3 different Superstars tonight. JYD seemed to work the majority of the match like a heel too, dominating a good portion of it with heavy shots and even choking Savage.

Tournament Board: Vince McMahon, Susan & Lord Alfred Hayes comment on the evening and hope that we enjoyed the event.

EA’s Finisher: This was a pretty unevenful card with way too many matches and backstage interviews. There’s nothing on here that could be considered anything beyond a “decent” wrestling match. Including the main event, there wasn’t a single match on the card that went at least 10 minutes. Junkyard Dog would however, receive a big push after winning this tournament and it really catapulted his status as one of the more popular stars of the late 1980’s. Others from this tournament would receive pushes too like Ricky Steamboat and The British Bulldogs. The real star of the night was ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, eventhough he lost in the finals to JYD. The most significant part of the evening was the fact that this was the first PPV.

Top Three To Watch
1 – The Dynamite Kid vs. Randy Savage
2 – Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper
3 – Junkyard Dog vs. Randy Savage

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