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WWF Superstars of Wrestling taping on September 15, 1987 [Videos]

During the 1980s, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) would travel to a location and tape numerous matches for television to be aired on different dates for their numerous WWF television programs. The process was done on a regular basis and oftentimes included wrestlers participating in multiple matches during one night at one location. Audio commentary would later be recorded for the matches to fit the airing date rather than the taping date. This process was very successful for the WWF and would help to reduce costs associated with producing numerous weekly sports-entertainment television programs. In addition, the fans at the venues that hosted the WWF "television tapings" would get a large number of matches in one setting, which added value to attending live WWF events.

One such television taping occurred on Tuesday, September 15, 1987, at the Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. On this particular night, 9,000 wrestling fans saw over 20 matches and superstar interviews.

  1. Sika vs S.D. Jones 
  2. Ron Bass vs Lanny Poffo 

  3. George Steele vs Brian Costello 
  4. Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau vs Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart 
  5. Don Muraco vs Bob Orton Jr. 
  6. Honky Tonk Man vs Randy Savage 
  7. Hulk Hogan vs One Man Gang 

  8. Bam Bam Bigelow vs Barry Horowitz 
  9. Paul Roma and Jim Powers vs Shadow #1 and Shadow #2 
  10. Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart vs Sonny Rogers and S.D. Jones 
  11. Jim Duggan vs Terry Gibbs 
  12. The Islanders Haku and Tama vs Jim Evans and Brady Boone 
  13. Randy Savage vs Rick Renslow 
  14. Billy Graham, and the Rougeau Brothers vs Joe Mirto, Tom Stone and Rick Gantner
  15. Ted DiBiase vs Scott Casey
  16. Paul Orndorff vs Dave Wagner
  17. Hercules, King Kong Bundy and Rick Rude vs Tony Leone, ML Williams and Chris Basset 
  18. Killer Khan vs Mike Richards 
  19. Junkyard Dog and Ivan Putski vs Mike Poland and Chris Curtis 
  20. Don Muraco vs Bob Orton Jr. REMATCH 
  21. Strike Force (Tito Santana and Rick Martel) vs Tiger Chung Lee and Barry Horowitz
  22. Harley Race vs Arthur Washington
  23. Demolition (Ax and Smash) vs Van Van Horne and Mario Mancini
  24. Butch Reed, One Man Gang and Nikolai Volkoff vs Siva Afi, Jake Milliman and Lance Allen

Commercials from 1987 Television Broadcast



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