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 chronology
SummerSlam (1989)	SummerSlam (1990)	SummerSlam (1991)

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

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

[edit] Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark Match: Shane Douglas defeated Buddy Rose
• 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 (Superplex/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. In reality Michaels had a minor motorcycle accident a few days before where he jarred his knee. Shawn noted this in his autobiography Heartbreak and Triumph.
• 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 Decapitation to win the first fall (6:09)
  • Crush was disqualified for manhandling the referee (10:06)
  • Hart pinned Crush with a roll-up 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 with a steel chair.
• 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

Commentators Vince McMahon "Rowdy" Roddy Piper Interviewers "Lord" Alfred Hayes Sean Mooney "Mean" Gene Okerlund

Ring Announcer Howard Finkel Referees John Binella Mike Chioda Rene Goulet Earl Hebner

[edit] Trivia

• This was the third straight SummerSlam in which the Hart Foundation wrestled against the then reigning WWF 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.

[edit] References

• "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s Historical Cards, Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 88. 
• hoffco-inc.com - SummerSlam '90 review
• twnpnews.com - SummerSlam

[edit] External links

• Official 1990 SummerSlam site