WWF Prime Time Wrestling

Original title: WWF Prime-Time Wrestling

TV Series
1985–
2h

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Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon in WWF Prime Time Wrestling (1985)

The World Wrestling Federation's predecesor to "Monday Night RAW" and "Raw is War"; "WWF Prime-Time Wrestling" was a weekly two-hour program, which aired on the USA Network from 1986 to 1993... Read allThe World Wrestling Federation's predecesor to "Monday Night RAW" and "Raw is War"; "WWF Prime-Time Wrestling" was a weekly two-hour program, which aired on the USA Network from 1986 to 1993. The program went through three distinct formats: 1. From 1986-1991, hosts Gorilla Monsoo... Read allThe World Wrestling Federation's predecesor to "Monday Night RAW" and "Raw is War"; "WWF Prime-Time Wrestling" was a weekly two-hour program, which aired on the USA Network from 1986 to 1993. The program went through three distinct formats: 1. From 1986-1991, hosts Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan introduced matches and analyzed them afterward. 2. In 1991, the show us... Read all

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Gorilla Monsoon

Gorilla Monsoon…

Bobby Heenan

Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan…

Bret Hart

Bret 'The Hitman' Hart…

Jimmy Hart

Jimmy Hart…

Vince McMahon

Vince McMahon…

Gene Okerlund

'Mean' Gene Okerlund…

Khosrow Vaziri

The Iron Sheik…

Merced Solis

Tito Santana…

Randy Savage

Macho Man Randy Savage…

Jim Neidhart

Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart…

Curt Hennig

Mr. Perfect…

Roddy Piper

Self…

Jim Morris

Hillbilly Jim…

Greg Valentine

Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine…

Mike Rotunda

Irwin R. Schyster…

Steve Lombardi

Self…

Lord Alfred Hayes

Lord Alfred Hayes…

Paul Centopani

Paul Roma…

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Trivia
WWF primetime wrestling and WWF superstars of wrestling (1985) was a tv show featuring previously precorded matches. wrestlers and their managers cutting their promos and backstage interviews with special guests this would be the same format they would use for WWE Monday night raw (1993)

Quotes
Bobby Heenan: [to The Red Rooster] I'm through with you and you're through with me. I made a mistake.
The Red Rooster: Yes!
Gorilla Monsoon: Sounds good to me.
Bobby Heenan: Forget it!
[Heenan extends his hand to the Red Rooster to shake]
Gorilla Monsoon: [to the Red Rooster] Not that often he apologises.
[Heenan shakes the Roosters hand and then slaps him]
Gorilla Monsoon: [to Heenan] Now what are you doing?
[jobber Steve Lombardi storms onto the Prime Time set with a stool and knocks out The Rooster and then Gorilla Monsoon]
Bobby Heenan: [to Lombardi] Come on, buddy get him. Grab him, choke him!
[Lombardi does so and then throws the Rooster into a large cabinet that falls down onto the floor.]
Bobby Heenan: Slam him Right through there.
[Lombardi slams the Rooster onto the cabinet that fell over]
Bobby Heenan: Choke him now. Choke him.
[Lombardi does so]
Bobby Heenan: [to The Red Rooster] What's the matter, Rooster, er, Taylor? How come your not such a tough guy?
Bobby Heenan: [to Lombardi] Choke him! Choke him!

Connections
Featured in Back to School (1986)

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Throw back to Wrestling's better days

WWF Primetime was the precursor to Raw. While the syndicated shows like Challenge and Superstars (Superstars was syn dictated from 1986-1999)Primetime would offer more stars vs stars, instead of stars versus prelim wrestlers. This was also the time of the prelims were just that, instead of local wrestlers. The WWF actually had a crew of jobber wrestler who traveled from town to town, and got paid to lose. Those days are long gone now. Now shows are more about back stage skits versus wrestling. During Primetime, you got at least 8 or ten matches per show. Now in a two hour Raw show, you're Lucky to get 4 or 5 matches. There are several shows available on VHS thru Wrestling conventions and tape trade shows.