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Randy Colley and Bill Eadie created the Demolition gimmick and worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They debuted as a heel tag team on January 4, 1987, at the Springfield Civic Centre in Massachusetts, alongside manager Luscious Johnny V, defeating the team of The Islanders and later participating in a battle royal won by Pete Doherty. [11]
In June 1988, Rick Martel took a leave of absence from the WWF to tend to real-life family issues, so a storyline was devised to end the Demolition-Strike Force feud, whereby Martel would be (in kayfabe) seriously injured by Ax and Smash by using their finishing move, the "Demolition Decapitation", on him outside of the ring.
Demolition (Ax and Smash) March 27, 1988: WrestleMania IV: Atlantic City, NJ: 1 478 [14] 42 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 ...
WWF: WrestleMania IV: Atlantic City, New Jersey: Randy Savage defeated Ted DiBiase in a tournament final for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship [5] JCP: Clash of the Champions I: Greensboro, North Carolina: Ric Flair (c) wrestled Sting to a time-limit draw in a singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [6] April 22 WWF
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.
The Powers of Pain made their debut in a dark match (of which footage survives) at a TV taping on 18 June 1988 as a replacement for Strike Force in a WWF World Tag Team Championship match where they beat Demolition by count-out when the champions walked out. [5]
In January 1987, Eadie returned to the WWF and formed the tag team Demolition with Randy Colley, formerly Moondog Rex, who wrestled as Smash while Eadie wrestled as Ax. Colley was later replaced by Barry Darsow as Smash, after it was discovered that too many people remembered Colley as Moondog Rex, the character he previously portrayed.
Survivor Series is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every November by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1987. In what has become the second longest running pay-per-view event in history (behind WWE's WrestleMania), it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, which were dubbed the "Big Four". [1]
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