SummerSlam (1990)

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SummerSlam 1990

Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	August 27, 1990
Venue	The Spectrum
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance	19,304
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania VI	SummerSlam 1990	Survivor Series 1990

SummerSlam 1990: was the third annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on August 27, 1990 in The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The tagline was "The Heat Returns".

1 Results
2 Other on-screen talent
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External link

[edit] Results

Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules) (w/Slick) defeated The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) (6:00)
- Roma pinned Jannetty after a Powerplex (Superlex/Splash).
- Jannetty was the only man in the ring for the Rockers during the entire match as Michaels was selling a knee injury outside the ring after being attacked by Hercules with a chain during the entrances.
The Texas Tornado defeated Mr. Perfect (w/Bobby Heenan) to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (5:15)
- Tornado pinned Mr. Perfect after a Tornado Punch.
- Tornado was a substitute for Brutus Beefcake.
Sensational Queen Sherri defeated Sapphire (0:00)
- Sherri won by forfeit when Sapphire did not come to the ring.
- Sapphire never showed up because Ted Dibiase had "bought" her.
The Warlord (w/Slick) defeated Tito Santana (5:28)
- Warlord pinned Santana after a running powerslam.
The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) defeated Demolition (Smash and Crush) in a Two out of three falls match to win the WWF Tag Team Championship(14:24)
- Crush pinned Hart after a Demolition Decapation to win the first fall (6:09)
- Crush was disqualified for interrupting the referee's count while Hart was pinning Smash after a Hart Attack (10:06)
- Hart pinned Crush on a rollup after outside distraction from the Legion of Doom (14:24)
- Ax was banned from ringside during the match but showed up and switched places with Smash twice.
Jake Roberts defeated Bad News Brown (w/The Big Boss Man as Special guest referee) (4:44)
- Bad News Brown was disqualified for attacking Roberts repeatedly with a steel chair.
  
  The Hart Foundation and The Legion of Doom being interviewed by Gene Okerlund
Brother Love Show with guest Sgt. Slaughter.
- Slaughter presented Brother Love with the "Great American Award".
Nikolai Volkoff and Jim Duggan defeated The Orient Express (Tanaka and Sato) (w/Mr. Fuji) (3:22)
- Duggan pinned Tanaka after a Three-point stance clothsline.
Randy Savage (w/Sensational Queen Sherri) defeated Dusty Rhodes (2:15)
- Savage pinned Rhodes after striking him with Sherri's purse.
Hulk Hogan (w/The Big Boss Man) defeated Earthquake (w/Jimmy Hart and Dino Bravo) by count-out (13:16)
- Earthquake was counted-out after being bodyslammed onto a table outside the ring.
- Hulk Hogan's cornerman was originally scheduled to be Tugboat.
The Ultimate Warrior defeated Rick Rude (w/Bobby Heenan) in a Steel cage match to retain the WWF Championship (10:05)
- Warrior won by escaping the cage.

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Promotional poster of SummerSlam 1990

Commentators

Interviewers

Ring Announcer

Howard Finkel

Referees

[edit] Trivia

This was the third straight Summerslam in which the Hart Foundation wrestled against the then reigning WWF World Tag Team Champions.
Brutus Beefcake was originally supposed to be the challenger for the Intercontinental Championship but had to be pulled out of the match after suffering a parasailing accident.
This was the first PPV since SummerSlam '88 that Jesse "The Body" Ventura was not the color commentator. Ventura had left the WWF shortly before this event after a pay dispute with Vince McMahon. This was also a rare PPV from this era called by McMahon, who usually chose to produce the shows from backstage.