Ted DiBiase vs. Virgil (w/ Rowdy Roddy Piper)
Piper gets his own separate entrance, and he's out on crutches. Monsoon references a motorcycle accident as being the reason. Virgil has no entrance music as of yet, but he comes out to a big pop, and the crowd quickly breaks into a "Virgil" chant. Heenan says he looks like "George Foreman on Nutri-system."
Virgil fashions himself as a boxer, and he puts Ted down with a series of punches. DiBiase a bit out of sorts early, as he can't keep up with Virgil in this hand-to-hand combat. DiBiase eventually just bails out of the ring, realizing he needs to try a new strategy. As he re-enters, he lets himself get distracted by Piper, and Virgil slingshots him into the ring before clotheslining him back out over the top to the floor.
Virgil follows MDM outside and returns him inside, but this creates an opening for DiBiase to attack him on the way back in. Virgil does manage a back elbow and a two-count shortly thereafter though, and DiBiase remains rattled by what's warming up to be a serious upset bid. Virgil takes his old boss down from behind, basically getting 100% of the offense so far.
DiBiase finally slips in with a drop toe-hold, and he's at the advantage as he slams Virgil's face into the mat repeatedly. Chops in the corner, a back elbow, and a big clothesline off an Irish whip. DiBiase is very preoccupied with Piper outside the ring, even though Piper is apparently crippled and sitting in a chair. DiBiase hits a piledriver. And a suplex. Two-count.
DiBiase dumps Virgil to the floor, chops him against the guardrail in front of Donald Trump, and then pushes a crippled Hot Rod to the ground.
Back inside the ring, DiBiase powerslams Virgil off an Irish whip as Piper is trying to struggle his way to his feet on the outside. Piper does end up making his way up, and uses his crutch to pull down the top rope and cause DiBiase to tumble to the outside. DiBiase again attacks Piper, but he loses track of the count, and this fighting on the outside leads him to lose the match by countout.
Result: Virgil via countout
Rating: **
DiBiase attacks Virgil from behind after the match, slapping on the Million Dollar Dream. Piper struggles his way into the ring and finds his feet for long enough to crack his crutch over DiBiase's back, causing the hold to be broken. As Piper is going to attack further, we see Sensational Sherri run in from the back. She comes to DiBiase's aid, grabbing the crutch out of Piper's hand and allowing DiBiase to beat Piper back down.
He repeatedly slams the crutch down on Piper's injured knee until Virgil finally recovers enough to clear DiBiase and Sherri out. Those two leave together, looking triumphant over the damage they just did.
Piper's knee is completely gone, but he refuses help back to his feet. Virgil gets on the house mic and implores Piper to get up. Without physically helping, he encourages Piper, who summons all the strength he can find and does regain his feet, leaning on Virgil once he gets there.
This is a cool, well-executed moment that I had forgotten about. I wasn't always a big Piper fan, but his work on this night was tremendous.