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The Brain Busters was the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) name for the professional wrestling tag team of Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard.Anderson and Blanchard adopted this name after joining the WWF in 1988 after leaving Jim Crockett Promotions, where the two men had wrestled as part of The Four Horsemen stable and had won the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice.
Innovated by The Great Sasuke, this move is also known as the Michinoku Driver (not to be confused with another move with a similar name) and a butterfly brainbuster, this move sees a wrestler first face an opponent and apply a double underhook, then lifting the opponent upside down and falling backwards down to the mat onto their back, driving the opponent head-first down to the mat.
The 1988 Survivor Series was the second annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on November 24, 1988, (Thanksgiving night in the United States) at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Ohio for the second consecutive year.
Raymond Louis Heenan (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017) was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler.He performed with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Bobby "the Brain" Heenan.
Shortly thereafter, he led The Brain Busters (former Horsemen members Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) to the WWF Tag Team Championship with a win over Demolition (Ax and Smash) on Saturday Night's Main Event XXIV, giving the Heenan Family two champions at one time. The Brain Busters would later lose the titles to Demolition in a rematch, and ...
The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) July 18, 1989: Saturday Night's Main Event XXII: Worcester, MA: 1 76 This was a two-out-of-three falls match which the Brain Busters won 2–1. Aired on tape delay on July 29, 1989. [15] 43 Demolition (Ax and Smash) October 2, 1989: Superstars: Wheeling, WV: 2 72
Blair also claims he was asked to help heel team The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) win matches. Not wanting to become a heel, Blair refused and quit instead. [ 13 ] Brunzell and Blair later complained about WWF owner Vince McMahon who continued merchandising products of The Killer Bees without their permission or financial ...
The 1988 SummerSlam (marketed as SummerSlam '88) was the inaugural SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 29, 1988, at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York .