callanvass Live from Philadelphia, PAAttendance 19,304Your commentators are Vince McMahon & "Rowdy" Roddy PiperThe Rockers Vs Power & GloryHeh. Plenty of boos for The Rockers. That's Philly for ya. Power and Glory win. Marty spent most of the match in the ring because Shawn was selling a knee injury. Pretty fun stuff overall.**1/2 out of 5Intercontinental TitleMr. Perfect (C) Vs "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von ErichKerry basically squashes Hennig to win the title. I've always found this to be rather shocking booking. Huge fan of Kerry's...but it was kinda harmful to Hennig...and Von Erich's push didn't last long anyway.*1/2 out of 5Sensational Queen Sherri Vs Sweet SapphireSapphire doesn't show up...so Sherri wins by forfeitTito Santana Vs The WarlordUgh...poor Tito. One of my favorite workers...and he has to job to this buffoon...all because of Vince's fetish for big men. The Warlord wins (obviously) Tolerable, thanks to Tito.** out of 5Tag Team Titles (2 out of 3 Falls)Demolition (C) (Smash & Crush) Vs The Hart FoundationAxe was battling legit heart problems...so they brought in Crush. They turned Demolition heel in hasty fashion because The Road Warriors came to the WWF. Couldn't have two similar gimmicks in the same promotion. The Hart Foundation wins 2 falls to 1. Demolition won the first one, Hart Foundation won the next two. Axe came out...but The Hart Foundation prevailed, thanks to help from LOD. FANTASTIC! Easily one of my favorite tag matches of all time.**** out of 5A plethora of interviews take place after. The Hart Foundation, Legion of Doon, Sensational Sherri, Big Bossman, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Earthquake, "Jake The Snake" Roberts, Dino Bravo, Nikolai Voloff and Demolition."Jake The Snake" Roberts" Vs Bad News Brown Special referee is The Big Bossman. Jake wins by DDT. Bossman saves Roberts from an attack after. Pretty mediocre match...but the crowd liked it.*1/2 out of 5Sgt. Slaughter gives Brother Love "The Great American" award. Nikolai Volkoff & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Vs The Orient ExpressVolkoff and Duggan wins. Pretty boring. Volkoff was miscast as a face big time.*1/4 out of 5"Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs Dusty RhodesSapphire turns heel on Dusty and joins Ted Dibiase. Savage wins the match with help from Sherri. Dusty was used horribly in the WWF and many think Vince hired him out of pure spite for being one of NWA/WCW's biggest starts. Sapphire was on her way out of the WWF at this juncture.* out of 5Hulk Hogan Vs EarthquakeHogan wins by countout. This was godawful. The crowd went bonkers for Hogan. His ovation was ridiculous and the crowd loved it...but I hated it. Earthquake just wasn't a viable main eventer.* out of 5WWF Championship (Steel Cage Match)Ultimate Warrior (C) Vs "Ravishing" Rick RudeWarrior wins. Decent cage match...if a little short. The crowd was burnt out at this point and didn't seem to be into it that much. They weren't quiet or anything...but they were most certainly tired. **1/2 out of 5A mixed bag overall. Certainly had its moments...but it's inconsistent. It's well worth a watch though.6/10

zkonedog Following the epic Hogan/Warrior showdown of Wrestlemania VI, the WWF entered a bit of an awkward period. They couldn't push Hogan as hard as they had in the past, and the Warrior didn't prove to have much staying power. As such, this SummerSlam event ended up being a hodgepodge of awkward (though perhaps not terrible) matches.For example...-Texas Tornado being the one to snap Mr. Perfect's streak. Texas Tornado?! -Hogan vs. Earthquake in the penultimate match. It's one thing for five minutes of Hogan strutting when he's the champion. Doing it after a lackluster victory over a completely airless rival is quite another. Almost a little sickening. -The "big finale" sees Warrior and Rick Rude unable to put on much of a show in the steel cage. One has to think that the WWF was pretty panicked at this point, as the bloom went off the Warrior rose so quickly.The two quality matches in this event were:-Hart Foundation vs. Demolition (with new teammate Smash). I can't remember exactly, but I have a feeling Bret Hart will be going solo pretty soon, as he puts on too good of a show to be stuck in a tag team format. -Jake Roberts vs. Bad News Brown. During this era, could anyone energize an arena more than "The Snake"? He brings his A game pretty much every single time.Overall, then, SummerSlam '90 was an even event to judge. It wasn't completely bereft of talent or excitement, but it just felt so odd and awkward at the same time. Very much a transition period (but clearly the transition hadn't happened yet and perhaps no goal was even in sight).

bh_tafe3 There had been a big shift in the professional wrestling landscape since The Ultimate Warriors upset win over Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania VI. Warrior had surrendered the Intercontinental Title, allowing Mr Perfect to win a tournament and become IC Champion. In the meantime the Warrior had been challenged by Rick Rude, the man who ended his winning streak at Wrestlemania V, to a match for the WWE Title.Hulk Hogan had been destroyed by Earthquake not long after his loss at Wrestlemania VI, but the prayers and letters from his Hulkamaniacs had given him the strength to come back and he would make a play for revenge tonight on Earthquake and Heenan.But first let's start the night with Paul Roma and Hercules aka Power and Glory defeating the Rockers Shawn Micheals and Marty Janetty. Well they beat Janetty anyway, Micheals was hit by HErcules and blew out his knee before the match. Fictional as far as I know. Marty puts up a fight for about 6 minutes, but falls to the mighty Hercules.Mean Gene gets some words with IC Champion Mr Perfect and Bobby Heenan, and then with his opponent Kerry Von Erich, the Texas Tornado. Von Erich defeated Perfect, winning a short match. The crowd went wild and this was a great moment. Tragically, Von Erich failed a drug test, was fired, and took his own life about a year later. A talented performer, his death was a huge loss for professional wrestling.Sapphire didn't turn up for her match with Queen Sherri. Sherri had the ref declare her winner by forfeit and forced him to raise her hand. It turned out that Sapphire, Dusty Rhodes' favourite woman had been bought out by the Million Dollar Man, turning on Rhodes.Next up Warlord defeated Tito Santana in a short match, Mean Gene then interviewed WWE tag Team Champions Demolition and the Hart Foundation about their upcoming two out of three falls championship match. Tonight Demolition was made up of Smash and Cruch, who have the same weird face paint which they use to cheat at various times in the match. They split the first two falls. The end comes with the Legion of Doom drawing Smash out of the ring, giving the Hart Foundation the chance to double team Crush and get the pin. Your winners and new WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation.Next up we get a series of interviews before Jake the Snake Roberts defeats Bad News Brown by DQ In Brown's final match in the WWE. Brown jabs Snake in the ribs with a steel chair to get the match thrown out.Next up we have Sgt Slaughter telling us all that Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the rest of America has gone soft by being welcoming to Russians. He brings this up to set up his defection to Iraq and also because Hacksaw is siding with Russian Nikolai Volkoff in the next match.Well, Duggan and Volkoff have little trouble dispatching the Orient Express in a very short match. Tanaka eats the pin.This is followed by a other short match with Randy Savage ending his feud with Dusty Rhodes with a victory. Rhodes had just found doubt before the match that Sapphire had turned on him and allied herself with DiBiase. He was easily distracted by Queen Sherri who slipped a loaded purse to Savage for the Macho King to knock him out get the pin.This leads us to the big match of the night, Hulk Hogans taking on the man who had sideline him earlier in the year Earthquake. Earthquake hits some devastating moves on Hogan, including two splashes, BUt HOgan hulks up and brawls with Earthquake outside the ring, slipping back into beat a 10 count and claiming a count out victory. Hulkamania was back, but the magic would be largely absent this time unfortunately.Next comes the interviews with Rick Rude and Ultimate Warrior and finally our Main Event as Warrior puts the WWE Championship on the line inside a steel cage. This match is a little more one sided than some of their earlier matches. Rude come off the top of the cage a few times, but Warrior calls down the powers, hits guerrilla press slam and climbs out of the cage. Not a long, or as memorable, as some of their earlier matches.Well, Hulkamania was back, though diluted, and Warrior continued along his merry way as champion. Just where was all this going? Well, we'd have to wait till Survivor Series to find out.

Big Movie Fan I really wish the WWF was as good as it was back in the late 80's/early 90's. Watch this event just to see how good things really were.(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)We had a double main event. The Ultimate Warrior and the late Rick Rude had a brilliant steel cage match where the Warrior defended the WWF Title. The Warrior and Rude always knew how to entertain the fans.Hulk Hogan made a comeback to battle the dastardly Earthquake in an intense match.Top tag team of the time The Hart Foundation battled Demolition in a brilliant two out of three falls match.We also saw the Pay-Per-View debut of the late Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich who took the intercontinental title from Mr. Perfect.There was plenty of other great action for WWF fans-check it out!