WWF Summerslam '86 (alt-WWF)

WWF Summerslam was a 1986 professional wrestling event held by the World Wrestling Federation. It is the first iteration of the annual Summerslam event, and the tenth overall event in the alternate WWF timeline. The show emanated from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show was headlined by WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defending his championship against his former ally "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, after Orndorff had split from Hogan and taken Bobby "The Brain" Heenan as his manager. Other matches on the card included a Battle of the Giants as King Kong Bundy battled Andre the Giant, Intercontinental Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage defending against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat attempting to regain his television title from Hercules Hernandez and the villainous Koloff's challenging the British Bulldogs for the World Tag Team Championships.

Prelude
At WWF Danger Zone, Roddy Piper (and Bobby Heenan) had commented on Orndorff being "Hulk Hogan Jr." and "Mini-Hogan", irking Mr. Wonderful that he wasn't considered on the same level as the champion. To prove himself, Orndorff asked Hogan for a title match, which Hogan, the fighting champion, was quick to grant. However, Orndorff's frustration at being unable to beat Hogan boiled over, as he began beating down the champion outside the ring, delivering a piledriver to the concrete floor, resulting in a double countout. Orndorff continued his assault, being joined by Bobby Heenan and his stable of wrestlers (King Kong Bundy, Hercules and the newly signed Harley Race) before Hogan was saved by a cadre of faces. Hogan, vowing revenge against his former friend, agreed to put the belt on the line at Summerslam against doctor's orders.

Shortly after Danger Zone, the Macho Man defended his IC title against George "The Animal" Steele. When Steele made advances towards Elizabeth, the Macho Man's jealousy boiled over, resulting in him viciously assaulting The Animal. Roddy Piper, who was on commentary, attempted to intervene and stop Savage from diving off the top rope with a ring bell to the throat of The Animal, telling him he could be suspended if he did so. Saage backed off. Piper then invited both Steele and Savage to Piper's Pit to try and "clear the air" so to speak, but Savage's jealous streak reared its head again, this time not only against Steele but also against Piper himself. The following week, in a rematch with Steele, Savage defeated The Animal cleanly this time, and then challenged Piper to get in the ring and "face him like a man." Piper did so, stating he had no problem with either Elizabeth or Savage. Elizabeth tried to get Savage to apologize to him, and Savage started to do so, but one off-handed comment about who wears the "pants" in the family caused Savage to flip out and attack Piper directly, this time nearly breaking his leg with a steel chair. Despite threatening to suspend him and strip him of the IC Title, WWF President Arnold Skaaland agreed to Piper's demands for a match at Summerslam.

Months since their feud had fallen back to a simmer, King Kong Bundy once again began referring to himself as the true giant of professional wrestling, earning the ire and anger of the Eighth Wonder of the World, Andre the Giant. Bundy also began calling himself the strongest wrestler in the WWF, challenging Andre to a weight lifting contest. When Andre out benched Bundy in the ring, the Walking Condominium attacked him and hit him with the heavy weight bar in the ring, leading to the match tonight.

For much of 1986, "Adorable" Adrian Adonis (who had changed his gimmick to a flamboyant fashion plate style wrestler) along with his manager Slick had been feuding with the fun-loving country bumpkin Hillbilly Jim, considering him too uncouth to be in the world of professional wrestling. Adonis and Jim had traded victories with each other in singles and tag matches, but this match was to be the blow off to their feud, as if Adonis won then Jim would have to kiss his feet, whereas if Jim won then Adonis would have to kiss a pig.

Following their time limit draw at Danger Zone, Ricky Steamboat lost the Television Title to Hercules Hernandez due to outside interference from Bobby Heenan. This led to a rematch at Summerslam.

Event
The event began with a dark match, as "Cowboy" Bob Orton defeated Tom Magee by pinfall. The event proper began with The Hart Foundation taking on a newer team in the WWF, the Killer Bees, and despite the high flying offense of the Bees, Neidhart's power proved too much to overcome as the Foundation won with their Hart Attack finisher. Another tag team match followed, as the long time team of Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik defeated the Rougeau Brothers to win the US Tag Team Titles.

Hillbilly Jim and Adrian Adonis faced off next, with Adonis determined not to "soil himself" with losing to the common riff raff of the "country bumpkin." But Hillbilly Jim's sheer strength managed to overcome Adonis, as he powered out of Adrian's version of the sleeper hold (called "Goodnight Irene") and won the match with a big splash after a huge clothesline. After the match, Adonis was forced to kiss a pig per the stipulations of the match, a fate which also befell his manager Slick. Following this match, Hercules defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain his Television Title courtesy of his Full Nelson Finisher, as well as interference from Bobby Heenan.

The British Bulldogs and the Koloffs were up next, as the Russian Bears tried to unseat the young sensational champions. Despite Ivan's veteran ability and Alexei's sheer power, the Bulldogs were able to frustrate them to the point of Ivan attempting to cheat by throwing powder in the face of the Dynamite Kid. However the attempt failed, and Ivan blinded his own nephew. This led to Kid and Davey Boy finishing off Ivan to retain the titles. A six-woman tag team match was held after this, as the Women's Champion Hokuto teamed with the Glamour Girls to defeat Japanese sensations The Crush Gals and Debbie Combs.

The match between Savage and Piper was both technically proficient and a psychological brawl at the same time. Piper did everything he could to get under the champion's skin, using Savage's own anger to put him in bad situations. But Savage's youth and athleticism also kept Piper on his toes, as he controlled much of the match. Eventually Piper rallied for a comeback and had Savage set up for a sleeper hold with the referee down. However George "The Animal" Steele, who had been lurking around ringside (brought their by Piper to act as a distraction), chased after Miss Elizabeth, causing Piper to go and calm him down. When Piper returned to Savage, the Macho Man cradled him in a small package and escaped with his title intact. The brawl between Bundy and Andre was next, and the Walking Condominium could not overcome the power of the one true giant of the WWF. Frustrated, Bundy tried to slam Andre multiple times and failed, eventually falling victim to a massive slam from Andre himself and a pinfall loss. After the match, when Bobby Heenan attempted to knock out the giant by clipping his knee with a tire iron, Andre manhandled the Brain and tossed him out of the ring too. Despite this, Heenan accompanied Paul Orndorff to the ringside for his title match with Hogan.

Given the history between the two, Hogan had no smiles when he faced Mr. Wonderful for the title. It was all business, and Orndorff barely survived the Hulkster's initial onslaught. Eventually he settled in to a slower pace, and in a similar fashion to the match with Terry Funk earlier in the year, appeared to have beaten Hogan with a pair of piledrivers. It was even so far as Orndorff thinking he had pinned Hogan due to the referee nearly missing the Hulkster's foot on the ropes. After waving off the decision, Orndorff went after the ref, only for Hogan to Hulk up at that very moment. It appeared that Hogan would finish off Orndorff the same way he had done so many others, with his patented leg drop, but Heenan pulled the official out of the ring before he could administer the three count, resulting in a disqualification. As Hogan threatened Heenan, Orndorff came too and attacked Hogan from behind with the same tire iron Heenan had tried to use on Andre. This brought Andre back outto chase off Heenan and Orndorff to end the match and the night.

Aftermath
Bobby Heenan would produce a "court order" shortly after the event that barred Andre from competing in any match where Heenan was at ringside, or even approaching Heenan backstage. This order was enforced by WWF Commissioner Arnold Skaaland, only for a new tag team partner of Hogan named the "Giant Machine" to start showing up during Heenan Family matches (clearly Andre in a mask.) Savage and Piper would continue to feud throughout the fall for the IC Title, while the Hart Foundation would move into a feud with the British Bulldogs for the tag titles.