80s WWF TV

Hey Scott,


I grew up in the 80s primarily watching Saturday Night’s Main Event and Prime Time Wrestling with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan. But I’ve been reading Brian’s recaps (great work!) of Superstars of Wrestling and Wrestling Challenge and it got me wondering: what was the pecking of order of the shows back then. Was one of those comparable to Raw today versus a B-show like smackdown? Obviously SNME was the premier show on a monthly basis, but what about weekly?

Also, a bonus question: I was always a WWF kid, but now want to go back and watch the Ric Flair/Four Horsemen NWA/WCW era. What’s a good place to start on the network? Thanks!

​Superstars was the equivalent of RAW and Challenge was Smackdown, more or less.

As for the Horsemen stuff, it more or less kicks into high gear after Starrcade 85, so start about December 85 after Flair screws Dusty out of the World title and you’ll pretty much get a Horsemen promo every week. ​