Revisiting WWF The Main Event #1 1988 Two Dave Hebners, Hogan vs Andre, Macho Man vs Honky Tonk Man

DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

DEADLOCK

Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

February 5th, 1988 is one of the most historic shows in the Golden Era of the WWF. This was the night Hulk Hogan was defending the WWF title against Andre The Giant. At the end of the match Hulk Hogan kicked out, but the ref counted to 3 anyway. There was chaos in the ring as we saw 2 of the same referees. THERE WERE 2 DAVE HEBNERS! “HOW MUCH DID THE PLASTIC SURGERY COST?” screamed Hulk Hogan! We wouldn’t find out why there were 2 Dave Hebners, on that night, but we did know that Andre The Giant was the new WWF Champion. After winning, he immediately gave the belt to The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. Also, Macho Man Randy Savage defended his WWF Intercontinental Title against the Honky Tonk Man and a short match between The Hart Foundation and Strike Force gets cut off as the show ends. Plus, the $5 DEADLOCK Patreon Q&A returns!

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0:00.0	Boys are back in town.
0:03.2	Welcome to the Deadlight Podcast episode.
0:05.2	286.
0:07.8	This is fast.
0:08.4	If he has liked that, what do you think?
0:11.3	That was a little.
0:13.5	Stress me out crazy.
0:15.5	I don't like it.
0:16.8	Yeah, me too, actually.
0:17.9	My anxiety just spiked.
0:18.8	I'm sorry, everybody.
0:19.8	My bad.
0:20.9	Slow it down. This week, we will be talking about Saturday night's main event or, actually. My anxiety just, like, so I'm sorry, everybody. My bad. Slow it down.
0:21.5	This week, we will be talking about Saturday night's main event, or as some would call it,
0:25.1	the main event number one.
0:27.4	I'd call it a main event because it's not on Saturday.
0:29.9	It was on Friday, dumbass.
0:32.6	You guys don't know what days it was back in the 80s.
0:34.9	Things were different back then.
0:36.7	February 5th, 1988.
0:39.3	You didn't know it was in the 80s.
0:42.1	Before we get into that, we have some deadlock updates. Watch this on the Patreon War Games
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