Lord Alfred Hayes again quickly introduces both men, King Kong Bundy and Special Delivery Jones. He calls the 450 lb Bundy a "Mighty Gent". Not sure gent is the most accurate description of what we are about to see. Hayes passes over to Mean Gene who has a short interview with both. First up...
SPECIAL DELIVERY JONES
Special Delivery Jones on the right
SD Jones had been wrestling in the WWF off and on since 1974 (11 years ago). Up until this point he hasn't really done anything of note. He had a few tag title shots which he lost and mostly fought against other mid to lower card wrestlers. In his interview with Gene, he is full of confidence despite Gene telling him that he's going to have his work cut out to defeat his opponent...
KING KONG BUNDY
King Kong Bundy joined the WWF not long before WrestleMania and had been dominating opponents, even asking the referee for a 5 count for a pin instead of the regular 3 count. When you first see him during his interview with Mean Gene, he definitely stands out at 450 lbs and completely pale white and hairless in a plain black singlet. He says he's the biggest man in pro wrestling (so far he's not wrong) and threatens SD Jones with an "Avalanche" and a 5 count. Bundy is accompanied by his manager...
The massive Bundy on the left and Jimmy hart poking out behind him
JIMMY HART
Jimmy was another person joining the WWF in 1985 which is crazy. I know we are only 2 matches in but so far a lot of people have joined the company right before WrestleMania. I guess the WWF were going all out to make this work and bringing in as much talent as they could. I'm curious to see how many more people at this event joined the company in the few weeks and months leading up to the show. I thought as a manager, Jimmy Hart would of done the interview before the match but it seemed Bundy managed that on his own so we will see what he has to do as we go. Bundy wasn't his first client when he joined the WWF and we will see who that other person is later in the show.
THE BUILD UP
Once again I don't think there's any build up here. I guess that's the problem with all these new wrestlers joining the company. The build up could just be, can this confident wrestler beat this huge monster who's been dominating in his short time. Let's find out...
KING KONG BUNDY VS SPECIAL DELIVERY JONES
- Gorilla Monsoon describes Bundy as a mountain with legs, feet and arms and says he's 500 lbs. Great descriptions....the weight is probably a lie but fuck it what a lie. Although if you're going to lie about something like a wrestlers weight, then you might as well go ahead and lie about a matches length as well.
- I can actually do play by play for this match....in one bullet point.....Bundy rams Jones into the corner of the ring. He waits for Jones to stand and performs an Avalanche...a running splash into the corner. Jones falls to the floor where Bundy splashes him and Pins him 1, 2 and 3 (but not 4 or 5 as promised you big lying liar who lies).
- The commentators say its a record win time of 9 seconds beating the previous win of 26 seconds. That's a clear lie to anyone that can count to ten HOWEVER....who cares. Bundy is a star from this and I like it. He has a unique look that makes him stand out and now a dominant "record breaking" win on PPV in front of the world. I enjoyed this.
- The commentators say Jones probably has fractured ribs and after a replay or 2 the competitors head to the back.
Your Winner...King Kong Bundy. If they say it's a record then it kind of is until they say someone has beaten it. It might not be a real record but it will always be one in their record books.
2 POINTS
I enjoyed this match. But at "9 Seconds" it doesn't really have the time to accumulate many points from me. Two points is pretty good though. That's 1 point every 4.5 seconds ;) In the previous match Tito Santana had the crowd going crazy and felt like a star but Bundy also came across as a star, just in a different way and not just because he was a bad guy. I think his appearance gave him something special as well and I'm excited to see what happens next with him.
Avalanche to Jones
King Kong Bundy would miss the next PPV but would be back at the following WrestleMania so we will hear from him soon enough. SD Jones unfortunately must of taken the loss to Bundy badly, as he never got on a PPV card again. He did continue to wrestle on WWF TV for another 5 years but rarely won a match. Sadly he died of a stroke in 2008 but was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year (2019)
Special Delivery Jones -
Final Points - 1 Point
Best Match - 2 Points - vs King Kong Bundy at WrestleMania
TOP OF THE POPS
Top Wrestlers -
Tito Santana - 7 Points
King Kong Bundy - 6 Points
The Executioner - 2 Points
SD Jones - 1 Point
Top Matches -
Tito vs Executioner at WrestleMania - 4 Points
Bundy vs SD Jones at WrestleMania - 2 Points
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