• OLD SCHOOL VIDEO HISTORY (March 28, 1987) – WWF Superstars of Wrestling
On this day in 1987, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Superstars of Wrestling’.
This episode was pre-taped at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio and featured matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF WrestleMania III’ PPV.
Here is the card:
1. Can-Am Connection vs. Steve Lombardi & Johnny K-9
2. Butch Reed vs. Jim Powers
3. The Hart Foundation vs. Joe Mirto & Rick Hunter
4. Jake Roberts vs. Moondog Spot
5. Piper’s Pit
6. Harley Race vs. Jerry Allen
• WWE Hall Of Famer Feels Race Shouldn’t Have Been Brought Up In Kofi Kingston’s WrestleMania 35 Program
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross feels the race card shouldn’t have been brought up during Kofi Kingston’s WrestleMania 35 program with WWE Champion Daniel Bryan.
Below is what JR tweeted:
Race should never have been brought into the @TrueKofi storyline.
It’s a classic, underdog story.
Race, Religion & Politics have no place on rasslin tv, IMO.
Hope to see you #WrestlemaniaWeekend pic.twitter.com/JRjMRWcMPU
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
Many fans didn’t agree with JR’s opinion and you can check it out below:
Because of numerous obstacles forced on Kofi. https://t.co/oTT5grLoT9
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
That certainly doesn’t make it right. https://t.co/9CsFKptJ2w
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
I realize that, Chris.
But that doesn’t mean a short biz entity should attempt to voluntarily add race, religion or politics to a rasslin story. IMO https://t.co/NTsBHX3Uwx— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
Many wrestling promotions have distastefully used race to sell tickets for decades.
That doesn’t make it right, Joe.
Thanks for chiming in. https://t.co/yPCC4cAJEp— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
Fully aware of it Ben, likely before you were even born. ?
Nonetheless, I’d prefer to stay away from storyline re: race, religion and politics on TV Wrestling. Just my 2 cents. https://t.co/iLVso2kWa7
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
No…but what difference would it make?
If I was, I was doing as I was instructed but that certainly doesn’t make it strategic in today’s world. https://t.co/XKryfEfcNm
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
You miss the point in your haste to engage in an argument.
I simply expressed my opinion. https://t.co/cISBGMGg55
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
Only because the racial component was so strongly introduced within the storyline….IMO. https://t.co/WFyaUAffno
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 27, 2019
I have no issue with you disagreeing with me on these matters.
I’m not right 100% of the time.
Hard to believe, right? ? https://t.co/4HLAvSYrr7
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) March 28, 2019
