Autistic Dragon

Hickerson shows he's willing to go above and beyond in his role as commissioner. Zebra Kid is less than impressed. Falk finally shows off what his students can do, even in defeat. Precious and her crew have gathered some serious heat in just a couple of appearances.

21 matches spread over two days! Talk about roster depth.

Victoria. I don't imagine the Blondes were to Thrilled by that result. Coast 2 Coast send a strong message. Sabu cashes in. Gordy is a sore winner which earns him a chair shot from Hart. PCO refuses a hand up and earns Hart's respect. The rivalry between the Money Train and the Heartbreakers rages on. Hashimoto catches Lightning in a bottle. Gordy tries to pay Hart back allowing PCO to return the favor. Vancouver. Rob Z v Jerry Lynn. Those two could be in your main event one day. Next time the ref might wanna just let Windham & Lee fight. The Eagle catches some prey. There's no stopping Dr Death. Harmless Heat's first title shot comes up empty. The Animal holds his own with the Dragon. Kelowna. Big payday for the Gigolo. A bruised PCO wasn't in condition to handle the Diamond Exchange. The Hexagon strike a blow against the Citadel. And we close things with back to back defenses.

Kaluha may have been interrupted in his TV debut but his house show debut is a success. Disalvo and Storm's first legal encounter settles nothing. Cactus may have lost but at least he had fun. Thornton saves his man the shame of a pinfall loss. A confused ref costs the Renegades the National Tag Titles. Hogan puts down Patera but The Commission was waiting in ambush. What a night for the Soul Patrol. They start the night with a win and end it by saving the World Champion.

From what I can find TNA's ring is 18x18 where WWE and AEW use 20x20. So it's smaller but I don't know about "significantly" so.

Hickerson looks confident in his plan but Lock counters by bringing in Humperdinck. The Mortons are finding a rhythm. Zebra Kid turns things around.

Bobby looks to Blaze a trail in the AWA. Muraco and Graham seem to have found a balance. The Destruction Crew move on in the tournament. Somebody better check on David Power. Golden wastes no time making a statement by taking out Burke. The Starr cousins, together again. Patera is laser focused on the World title. Jumbo sends a strong message before heading back to Japan. Neidhart isn't sweating the return of the TV title draws. The Takano Brother did not feel the Vibrations.

UWF is roaring into the new year.

1/22/90 on HBO Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio and they are putting the Royal Rumble over as hard as they can. Heenan of course crows that his men left with all their accolades intact but Gorilla says that doesn't tell the whole story but they'll get to that throughout the episode. They'll also play a recent interview Mean Gene conducted with the Big Boss Man in which he'll respond to the shocking allegations made against him by the man called Nailz. *Unless stated otherwise, all matches were taped in Philadelphia by Prism TV) Our first match sees Earthquake takes on Brian Christopher. Christopher puts up a brave fight and gets a couple hope spots but he ends up utterly overwhelmed by the Canadian colossus who puts him away with the "Earthquake Splash. Back in the studio Gorilla puts over the "absolute rampage" Quake went on in the Rumble. Heenan admits that for a minute there he was convinced Earthquake was gonna sweep the rest of the field. Both men agree that everyone in the World Wrestling Federation needs to keep an eye out on the Walking Natural Disaster. Bad New Brown ko's some dude with the "Ghetto Blaster" in a match from RAW. More interesting than the match itself is afterwards when Slick comes down and tries to make nice with Brown who has a look on his face which just screams "oh no, this guy". Brown up and walks away in the middle of Slick's sentence but the Doctor of Style keeps his cool and acts like it's no big thing. Another match from Philly sees Koko Ware go 1 on 1 with "Hollywood" Bob Holly. Holly earns some decent heat with his preening including a recurring bit where he freaks out whenever Ware hits him in the face, or as he calls it his "moneymaker". Ware takes it with a Missle dropkick. Haku teams with the Powers of Pain to kill three poor bastards on Wrestling Challenge which ends with a double Powerbomb by PoP. Back in the Studio Heenan is hyping his boys to the moon, saying nobody can take the tag titles from PoP, not even Demolition. Gorilla points out that PoP only won at the Rumble because Demolition got disqualified. Heenan says they realized they couldn't win and took the coward;s way out. Gorilla asks if he was taking the coward's way out when he cheated to tripped Warrior when he was about to finish Haku. Heenan says he was pounding the mat to cheer his man on when that idiot Warrior stomped on his hand. If Warrior tripped when Heenan pulled back in pain it's his own fault. We see the interview between Mean Gene & the Boss Man. Boss Man says the first thing he wants to clear up is that the "stupid kid stuff" that got Nailz sent to the Cobb County Correctional Facility was getting blind drunk, hopping in his daddy's Cadillac and crashing it the drivers side of a pickup. The pickup driver was a young lady just about to enter college who was hurt so bad she had to teach herself to walk again. Boss Man admits the facility wasn't in the best shape cause it was underfunded but insists he and the other guards did the best the could with what they had. As to the allegations to him having it out for Nailz, Boss Man says there wasn't a week that went by without that man being in the middle of something. Whether it was cigarettes being smuggled into the prison or fights breaking out in the lunch line. If he and the other guards ended up treating Nailz different from the others it's because the man was a menace. Boss Man looks to continue but Nailz storms the interview area and the fight is on. Okerlund heads for the hills calling for security the whole time. In a match from Wrestling Challenge, The Bolsheviks defeat two randos with "From Russia with Hate" (backbreaker hold/elbow drop combo). During the match a promo from the Bolsheviks plays in which they voy to pluck the American Eagles wings! In our feature match The Killer Bees with Capt Lou Albano took on Badd Company with Slick. This is definitely the match of the night with commentary acknowledging that eith team would make formidable challengers to either set of tag titles. We do get a bit of shenanigans with Slick and Albano getting into it with each other but not enough to distract from the match. Ultimately the bell rings and Howard Finkel announces that the 15 minute time limit has expired. This is certainly a match the WWF could run back.

Holy shit, Macho Man runs down the King! Double J is gonna have to dig deep to survive Goto. Brad brings in a real Superstar to be his partner. Dustin should be careful moving on another man's lady especially when that man is Eddie Gilbert.

In his zeal to take out Luger, it seems Tully may have cost Flair a title shot. Martel's about to find out that if there's one thing worse than fighting Ron Garvin, it's fighting a pissed off Ron Garvin.

January 19th 1990. New York City/ Madison Square Garden. Live on Pay Per View/ After the opening video package we get a panning shot of a sold out MSG before cutting to Gorilla Monsoon & Vince McMahon at the commentary booth. They hype the Rumble match, 30 men competing for the chance of a lifetime, to main event WrestleMania. They also hype the Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship. It's Andre's last chance, can he make it count. Gorilla says he'll have all of MSG rooting him on. Vince doesn't doubt that but he says you can never count Rude out. Their speculation is cut off by the bell ringing which means it's time for our first match. King's Crown Match. Haku(k) w/Bobby "The Brain Heenan vs The Ultimate Warrior. We get a proper hoss fight to start us off. Haku's strikes have a martial artist's discipline while Warrior is all power and intensity. They both take turns throwing each other to the outside where we see a difference in how the court reacts to them. When Warrior hits the floor, occasionally a heel will try something but a face manages to sut it down allowing Warrior to get back in without issue. Meanwhile when Haku is thrown out, it's clear that nobody wants to mess with him. Inevitably the court starts fighting among themselves allowing Heenan to sneak into the ring and trip Warrior as he has Haku in a military press. Haku lands on top of Warrior which gets a two count but when Warrior staggers to his feet, Haku nails him with a thrust kick to the throat for the three. Winner and still King: Haku Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana joins Mean Gene to hype his title defenses later tonight. Tito says since he's won the IC title it's been his honor to travel the globe and face the best it has to offer and Dino, whatever his personal falings, certainly qualifies as a world class athlete. Tito says he doesn't know about whether Dino is the strongest man in the world like he claims but he is undoubtedly a powerful man but the strength of the arm is nothing compared to the strength of the heart and he knows Dino doesn't have the heart to take the IC title from him. Especially with a sold out MSG behind him. Ariba! We get a segment of people picking their numbers....Kevin Von Erich says he's ready to bring a fight the size of Texas no matter where he lands....The Bolshieviks each draw their numbers before shaking hands and agreeing that all that matters is winning it for Mother Russia...Capt Lou draws for each of his men then hands them out randomly, The Bees worry about it all coming down to them fighting each other but Jimmy says the universe will show them the way. Blair & Brunzell don't look like they get it but Lou is nodding like it's safe wisdom...Earthquake draws his and says it doesn't matter what spot he gets because there's not a man alive who can throw him over the top rope! WWF United Stares Tag Team Championship. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Jacques & Raymond)(c) w/"Le Commendant" Frenchy Martin vs The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) A decidedly less intense match than the one before it. We do get some good comedy with the Rougeau's not quite knowing what to make of the New Zealanders. A fun contrast in styles with the Rougeau's as more well rounded technicians and the Bushwhackers straight brawlers. Martin tries to interfere but catches a stiff right hand from Luke. Despite a couple close calls, the Rougeau Brothers knuckle down and put Butch away with the "Quebec Crunch" (Jacques picks him up in a Spinebuster position while Raymond comes off the second rope with a Thez press) Winners and still US Tag Champions: The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers Sean Moony is in the Heenan Family locker room where Heenan is grinning like the Cheshire cat. Says the would-be usurper that is the Ultimate Warrior was put down as will all foolish enough to challenge the King. Says that next his Powers of Pain are gonna send Demolition back to the wasteland in a shoe box and then all that'll be left is the Steel Cage. Rude takes over and says he's tired of having to deal with Andre, tired of seeing that giant shadow looming over his title reign. Tonight in the cage, in front of the entire world he ends Andre's hopes of becoming WWF Campion again FOREVER! More guys picking their numbers...Slick picks for all three of his men, Badd Company both take their numbers in stride while Zeus is excited he gets to beat up 29 other men in one night *cue nervous looks between Badd Company*....Jim Duggan says he's winning the whole thing and dares anyone who thins they're a TOUGH GUY to try and stop him...Mr Fuji picks for both his clients (though only Saito is with him) looks at them and just laughs....Ranger Ross says he's survived the toughest battlefields you can imagine and he's ready to do it again tonight. WWF Intercontinental Championship. Tito Santano(c) vs "World's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo w/Frenchy Martin Tito may have questioned whether Dino is the strongest man in the world but he certainly sells like that's who he's in the ring with. The champion tries to stick and move to wear the bulkier man down. To Dino's credit, he proves to not be entirely out of his depth in the scientific game. Thee's a few spots where Dino just tosses Tito which make for great visuals. Dino whips Tito across the ring and charges after him but Tito scales the ropes and connects with a reverse crossbody for the surprise three count. Tito celebrate but Dino & Frenchy are raising a ruckus saying Dino's shoulder was up. A replay show that it's definitely close. We may need a ruling. Winner and still WWF Intercontinental Champion:Tito Santana. Demolition join Mean Gene and say their just minutes away from getting back something they should have never lost. They've been without the gold for far too long and nothing is gonna stop them from getting it back especially not two goofs who get their Holly's pretending to be Conan the Barbarian. More numbers!...Dusty Rhodes gets his and says the Dream is alive but like any dream he's gonna have to fight for it...Bad New Brown says he was born to fight in a match like the Rumble where its every man for himself...Big Boss Man says there's gonna be a lot of chaos in that ring tonight so he's gonna have to work overtime to bring Law & Order....The Texas Outlaws take turns drawing their numbers and while their reactions vary, Funk just stares at his. The other three gather around and you get the feeling it's bad but Funk just shrugs and says the toughest battles are saved for the strongest warriors and there's no challenge his Yankee company can summon to take down a true son of Texas! WWF Tag Team Championship. The Powers of Pain (Barbarian & Warlord)(c) w/Bobby Heenan vs Demolition (Ax & Smash) Nothing even close to pretty in this one. There's a recurring gag where every time Heenan looks ready to interfere he gets scared off by one or both of Demolition. He finally musters the nerve to grab one of the tag titles and try to throw it to Barbarian. Unfortunately for them Smash intercepts it and after polling the fans, cracks Barby in the head with it. Unfortunately for him, he also did it right in front of the referee who has no choice but to call for a disqualification. Winners and still WWF Tag Team Champions: Powers of Pain Andre is with Sean Mooney. The Giant says it took him over 20 years to become WWF Champion and Rude cheated him out of it in less than one month. Says he's willing to put it all on the line to become champion again but assures Mooney that just as he's willing to give up anything he's prepared to take anything from Rude! WWF Championship Steel Cage Mach. If Andre loses he can never challenge for the WWF Championship. (Before Rude steps into the cage he demands the house mic and tells the fat, sweaty, out of shape New York Nitwits to keep the noise down while he takes his robe off and shows the ladies what a REAL man looks like.) "Ravishing" Rick Rude(c) w/Bobby Heenan vs "The 8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant There's just an auto when Andre is in the ring that nobody else can really match. That combined with the cage do a lot to make up for Andre's limited ring work. To his credit, Rude understands his role and sells Andre's offense as best he can. We get a memorable finish as Andre manages to get Rude up and toss him into the cage wall causing one side of it to fly off its hinges. Rude clings to it until it stops moving and you can see him have a moment of realization before letting himself drop to the floor. The ref calls for the bell and all the air is let out of MSG when its announced that Rude has won via escape. Winner and still WWF Champion: Rick Rude. We see a promo for WrestleMania VI which will air Live on Pay Per View from the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario Canada on April 6th! Howard Finkel explains the rules to the Royal Rumble match. Two men start with another entrant entering every 2 minutess. Eliminations occur when a wrestler is thrown over the top rope with both feet touching the floor. He then introduces the first two entrants. Entrant #1 from the Double Cross Ranch outside Amarillo Texas, Terry Funk! Entrant #2 from Oyabe, Toyama Japan "Northern Light" Hiroshi Hase! Funk immediately goes on the attack but Hase refuses to be pushed around. We get an incredibly even two minutes until the buzzer goes off. Entrant #3 Nikolai Volkoff The Russian Giant goes right after Hase and seems to want to form an alliance of sorts with Funk who looks less than enthusiastic. Still Hase has to endure face tow dangerous men but he manages to hold on. Entrant #4 Ranger Ross Ross makes a beeline for the Soviet giving Hase a bit of a reprieve as he's able to focus on Funk exclusively. Entrant #5 Jim Brunzell Capt Lou is doing his best to pump has man up as they head to the ring. It seems to pay off as the Killer Bee nails everyone with dropkicks before working with Ross to try to get Funk out. They're still struggling when the buzzer goes off. Entrant #6 Manny Fernandez The Raging Bull hits the ring and wastes no time rescuing the man who trained him. The two Texas Outlaws work together to take everyone else down and together are able to toss Brunzell out. Jim Brunzell has been eliminated. They turn their focus on Hase and seriously work him over leaving the Japanese star scrambling to stay alive. Entrant #7 Zeus Slick is all smiles as he sends his Human Wrecking Machine to the ring. Zeus enters just as Volkoff is trying to toss Ross over the ropes. Without hesitation Zeus marches over and lifts Volkoff up and over sending them both crashing to the floor. Nikolai Volkoff & Ranger Ross have been eliminated. Zeus spends the rest of the period manhandling the three men left In the ring. Entrant #8 Bob Holly Hollywood Bob struts to the ring, jawjacking with the crowd and preening for the ladies. He takes the time to blow a random lady a kiss before he gets in...and immediately clotheslined back out by Zeus. Bob Holly has been eliminated. Entrant #9 Big Boss Man He actually manages to stand up to Zeus and they brawl until the next entrant. Entrant #10 Tonga Kid Kid wisely avoids the two brawling brutes and focuses on a downed Fernandez instead. Entrant #11 Iron Sheik Again nothing really exciting happening, Entrant #12 Nailz No points for guessing who his target is. He and Boss Man are pounding away on each other and end up near the ropes allowing Zeus to send them both out. Big Boss Man & Nailz have been eliminated. They're too busy beating on each other to be mad about getting eliminated and security has to be called in to separate these two. Entrant #13 Koko Ware Ware immediately goes to the top rope and scores a missile dropkick on Zeus who staggers back into the ropes. Hase sees this and links arms with Ware for a double clothesline. Zeus is eliminated. Entrant #14 Boris Zhukov Big Russian headbutts for everyone! Entrant #15 Jimmy Valiant Funk catches Sheik off guard while he's working over the Tonga Kid and shoves him over. Iron Sheik is eliminated. Entrant #16 Silver King Some Luch Libre to liven things up. Entrant #17 Tugboat The big man is in and uses his size to assert himself. Entrant #18 Rip Morgan The towering Aussie downs everyone with a big boot. He tries to toss Hase out but he grabs hold to the top rope. The ring is getting rather full. Entrant #19 Earthquake Tonga Kid tries to meet the big Canadian but gets caught and tossed. Tonga Kid has been eliminated. Quake goes up behind Zhukov working on Valiant in the corner and ousts him. Boris Zhukov has been eliminated. Morgan lines up another big boot but Quake moves out of the way leaving Morgan straddling the rope. One big shot and down he goes. Rip Morgan is eliminated. Quake turns to see Silver King and goes for a clothesline but King ducks under it and springs off the second rope for a crossbody but Quake catches him and tossed him out onto Morgan. Silver King has been eliminated. Entrant #20 Paul Diamond He enters the ring and Quake immediately splashes him against the ropes before shoving him back out. Paul Diamond has been eliminated. Tugboat spins him around and they start throwing hands but Quake ends it with a knee to the gut before scooping Tugboat up and dumping him out. Tugboat has been eliminated. Quake is winded from that and takes a second to catch his breath against the ropes. Valiant tries to capitalize by locking on a sleeper but it backfires a Quake is able to throw Valiant over his shoulder. Jimmy Valiant has been eliminated. Quake stand tall as commentary is wondering who can possibly stop this monster. Entrant #21 The Ultimate Warrior Fans and commentary alike are shocked to see the Warrior again with the later questioning what he's got left after his match with Haku earlier. Still he hits the ring with gusto and rocks Earthquake with three consecutive tackles the last of which sends the big man into the ropes and a massive clothesline sends him over. Earthquake has been eliminated. Warrior soaks up the cheers of the fans but he turns around to see Manny Fernandez charging him. Thinking quickly, he ducks down and backdrops the Raging Bull over the top. Manny Fernandez has been eliminated. Entrant #22 Pat Tanaka Things start to settle down and Tanaka who's able to score some fast paced offense on his tired opposition. Entrant #23 Dusty Rhodes. Bionic elbows for everyone. Funk is wobbled by the one he takes which allows Rhodes to grab him by the scruff of his neck and send him out. Terry Funk has been eliminated. Funk shakes off the cobwebs and realizes what just happened. He flips out and looks to reenter the ring but security is trying to hold him back. Entrant #24 Dick Murdoch Murdoch comes up behind Rhodes, caught up in Funk's meltdown on the floor and sends him over. Dusty Rhodes has been eliminated. Funk pounces on Rhodes and we have our second pull apart of this Rumble. Entrant #25 Tom Prichard Highlight of this round is Prichard catching Tanaka in a back suplex that sends him over the top. Pat Tanaka has been eliminated. Entrant #26 Mr Saito Hard strikes and harder slams are the name of the game as Saito looks to show everyone why he is Mr Torture. Entrant #27 Black Bart Another Texas team-up gives Murdoch & Bart something of an edge but not enough to really take control. Entrant #29 Bad New Brown Brown puts his judo skills to good use and a well timed "Ghetto Blaster" finally ends the run of an exhausted Hase. Hiroshi Hase has been eliminated. The final buzzer sounds and unknown music plays. Mr Fuji comes out first before being followed by....What in the world? Entrant #30 Vader Fuji's new client sets his elephant like headpiece down, causing it to emit some smoke, before entering the ring and daring anyone to hit him. Prichard is first to try and his shots do nothing, Finally Vader catches a punch before pulling Prichard up into a fireman's carry and just launching him over the top rope. Tom Prichard has been eliminated. Bad News is next to try his luck but he initially fares no better. He fires off another "Ghetto Blaster" but that just makes Vader stumble into the corner. Brown charges but Vader sends him up and over and although Brown catches himself straight right hand, delivered with a bestial roar, sends him crashing to the floor. Bad News Brown has been eliminated. Murdoch & Bart, seeing the danger, decide to jump on the newcomer, pounding away with fists and forearms. They whip him into the ropes and go for a double clothesline but Vader simply runs through it and comes back with a double clothesline of his own which wipes them both out.Bart is the first to pull himself up and for his troubles gets another clothesline that sends him to the floor. Black Bart has been eliminated. Murdoch desperately charges but Vader simply steps aside and uses Murdoch's own momentum to send him over. Dick Murdoch has been eliminated. Final Four: Kevin Von Erich, Mr Saito, Ultimate Warrior & Vader Von Erich lights Vader up with a serious of chops, punches, dropkicks whatever ha can think of. Finally he goes for broke and applies the "Iron Claw". It seems to be working but Vader rears back and brings his fists down on Von Erich's arm in a mini ax handle breaking his grip. He then grabs Von Erich by the throat before planting him with a chokeslam before picking him back up and throwing him out of the ring. Kevin Von Erich has been eliminated. This leaves Warrior alone with both of Fuji's beasts and they work him over for a good while. Eventually Saito gets complacent and charges Warrior who's against the ropes. Warrior low bridges him but Saito is able to catch himself on the apron. An angered Vader charges in but Warrior again evades this time allowing Vader to crash into Saito sending him to the floor. Mr Saito has been eliminated. It's down to Vader and the Warrior. Warrior tries to get Vader into a military press but Vader clubs him in the gut to get out of it. Vader plants Warrior with a powerbomb before shocking everyone watching by going to the top rope and coming off with a moonsault! Fortunately Warrior is just able to roll to safety and when Vader gets up he's so shaken by the landing he has to fall back onto the ropes. Summoning all his remaining energy, Warrior runs the ropes and charges across the ring and scores one final shoulderblock that sends Vader up and over. Vader is eliminated. Winner of the 1990 Royal Rumble match: The Ultimate Warrior!

LA. Patriot wins but things nearly boil over. The OWC are seriously stepping up. Hot Rod gives the Brigade a much needed pep talk. Bigelow is rampaging towards a title shot. The Hexagon is on the rise. Regal has a firm grip on the California title. LA Night 2. Stunning Steve proves he can take the Heat. DIbiase drops PCO. Awesome gives DDP something to be happy about. Douglas & Busick prove their worth to the Citadel. Dr Death looks unstoppable. Scotty falls short again. Santa Barbara. Thrillseekers win the rubber match with the Irish. Gunn & Condrey prove evenly matched. Though he declined membership, Piper gives Windham a hand against Rose. Heartbreakers earn another point in the contest to prove who PCW's best trio is. Snow & Sabu get crazy. Coast 2 Coast is back and immediately put the Dreamboats on notice.

UWF looks to take the lead role in Japanese wrestling in the new decade.

JW gives short and simple explanation for his actions. The Renegade Warriors look strong but Latin Desire aren't bothered. Thornton makes a big decision, St Clair is out and Smith is in. Patera is training hard for his shot at the World championship. Cactus says let the fun begin! The Wrecking Crew and Jive Tones could both make waves in the coming tournament. Taylor isn't impressed with Sammartino. Bell and the Hangman have chosen their first victim. Hogan sends us off with a fiery promo.

Originally airing on January 15th on HBO. *Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan welcome fans to the show with the former thanking the fans for making Prime Time a smash hit on its first week while the latter insists he's the real key to success. Regardless both men hype the Royal Rumble which is just four short days away!* Match 1. Originally airing on a recent episode of RAW. Ranger Ross defeats "Hollywood" Bob Holly with the "Combat Kick". Ross celebrates by waving Ol' Glory to the delight of the fans. *Monsoon is clearly impressed with Ross and speculates how his army training and discipline could help in the Royal Rumble match. Heenan says he respects the Armed Forces as much as anyone but he doesn't think there's any kind of training that can prepare you for a match as chaotic as the Rumble. Monsoon concedes Heenan may have a point.* WWF Update: Series of promos for the Royal Rumble. Hiroshi Hase says (in Japanese with subtitles) that the Royal Rumble will launch his career into the stratosphere! The Texas Outlaws (including new addition Black Bart) say they're gonna put down 26 egg sucking dogs then go onto Mania and take the WWF Championship back to Texas! Tugboat says life on the high seas teaches you to be ready for anything and at the Royal Rumble he's throwing 29 other men overboard and sailing all the way to WrestleMania! The Northern Invasion cut a group promo running down their various opponents. The Rougeau's say the Bushwhackers are gonna "fumble at the Rumble", Bravo says Tito is a great wrestler but there's nothing he can do against the World's Strongest Man and Earthquake finishes by saying thatthe only thing he has to worry about is trying not to bring Madison Square Garden crumbling down when he drops the big quake on 29 other men! Match #2. Originally airing on Wrestling Challenge. "The Human Wrecking Machine" Zeus w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats 2 local talent. *Heenan & Monsoon do a skit where they tear into Viewer's Choice for not giving their viewers the choice of watching the Royal Rumble.* Match #3. Originally airing on RAW. The Commonwealth (Dynamite Kid & Chris Benoit) win a tag match with a double diving headbutt. A promo airs during the match in which Kid says Benoit is the future of the business and he's proud to help him fulfill his potential while Benoit says it's the dream of a lifetime to team with the man who inspired him to get into wrestling. *Monsoon hypes the new tag team pointing out that Benoit is a product of the Hart Family Dungeon in Calgary which has produced some of the toughest wrestlers in the world today. Heenan says that's all where and good but they better not get any ideas about challenging the Powers of Pain or they'll be going back to their home countries in pieces. Though he says they'll have still gotten off easy compared to what his men are gonna do to Demolition at the Royal Rumble.* Match #4. Orginally airing on RAW. Non title. WWF Champion "Ravishing" Rick Rude w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Jaime Dundee with the "Rude Awakening". Split screen promo sees Rude say that after he's through with Andre at the Royal Rumble he'll be the 8th Wonder of the retirement home. *We see the sit-down interview Gene Okerlund conducted with Nailz & Slick. Nailz admits to doing some "stupid kid stuff" that got him sent to the Cobb County Correctional Facility. He gives a detailed list of all the ways the prison was horrible but he says the guards were the worst and the head guard was the worst of them all. A beer bellied sadist who would throw you in solitaire If you looked at him the wrong way. One word from him and you went with dinner for a week. He's got a real name of course but the fans of the WWF know as the Big Boss Man! Okerlund says point blank he doesn't believe it causing Nailz to get up, walk over and lean down to ask if Okerlund's calling him a liar. A nervous Gene says that he just meant that doesn't sound like the Big Boss Man he and the fans have come to know. Nailz, returning to his seat, says that watching Boss Man yuck it up with the fans like he's some kinda nice guy made him sick but now he's here to make sure Boss Man pays for all the misery he dished out not just to Nailz but all the inmates back in Cobb County.* *Heenan appears to be crying as he praises Nailz for being brave enough to share his story while Monsoon says he wants to hear Boss Man's side of things before he comments.* Match #5. Originally airing on Wrestling Challenge. The American Eagles (Libery & Justice) defeat The Celestial Bodies (Nebula & Quasar) [Brian Christopher & Jamie Dundee in masks] with the "Star Spangled Splash" (rocket launcher) on Quasar (Dundee). Feature Match. Taped at a recent live event in Glenn Falls, New York. Terry Funk defeats "Dr" Tom Prichard with a Piledriver. Monsoon & Heenan give one final hard sell for the Royal Rumble with a rundown of the card. Main Event. 30 man Royal Rumble match. Winner challenges for the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania VI. Steel Cage match for the WWF CHampionship. If Andre loses he can never challenge for the WWF Championship again. "Ravishing" Rick Rude(c) w/Bobby Heenan vs "The 8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant WWF Tag Team Championship. The Powers of Pain (Barbarian & Warlord)(c) w/Bobby Heenan vs Demolition (Ax & Smash) WWF Intercontinental Championship. Tito Santanna(c) vs "The World's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin WWF United States Tag Team Championship/ The Fabulous Rougeau (Jacques & Raymond)(c) w/Frechy Martin vs The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) King's Court Match. King Haku w/Bobby Heenan vs The Ultimate Warrior.

A few things to get through. Both Alex Pourteau & Ba News Allen are missing from my roster. As part of a preexisting agreement, WWF sends Virgil to the AWA. WWF signs Mark Starr.

I wouldn't want to mess with Commissioner Hickerson. Lock loses her Tazmaniacs but Abudadein shows her another way. Precious and crew are here to show that real men wear pink.

Sting seems to be picking up a beef with Gary Hart's menagerie to go along with his feud with the Horsemen. Speaking of the Horsemen, I'm not sure they thought that 8 man tag challenge through given the state of Tully's arm. Brother Love comes through and Martel is able to claim the TV title.

Great work with Hennig's promo, I actually thought he was gonna do the honorable thing for a second. Also love the gimmick where Lawler has to pay for his punches. Golden gets left out in the cold when Marlin won't name him a tag champion and Fuller & Eudy can't be bothered to fight for him. Brad has found some backup. Soul taker finds a perfect home with Paul Bearer while Tojo says he's found someone to deal with Dustin. Cold as Ice! Perfect team name. Who let Savage and Lawler near each other.

Oakland. Lane clips the Eagle's wings. The Thrillseekers don't look to be crashing out anytime soon. The Brigade get shot down again. Stormfront is bank in business. Piper continues to evade The Club . Sabu claims his first victim. Condrey just couldn't keep Hashimoto down. The Hexagon score another win on the loop. Bigelow takes down one TC member but Dr Death brute forces their way into the tag title picture. A Piper provided distraction give Gun a much needed win. Love the fact that Austin's first match after his whole "I'm my own man" speech is a six man tag. Scotty shows what he can do against the top star in PCW. Fresno. The Blondes take the thrill out of things. The Money Train is back on track. Oh, the MVC is definitely getting a title shot. Blackman wasn't ready for Prime Time. Another pair of successful title defenses wrap things up.

WWF Live @ The Boston Garden in Boston Massachusetts 1/11/90 Airing live on New England Sports Network. Vince McMahon & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary. Black Bart defeats Alex "The Pug" Pourteau with the "Texas Trash Compactor". As Bart was heading to the back, Manny Fernandez met him in the aisle way and the two were in some kind of conversation as they went through the curtain together. Vic Steamboat defeats Virgil with a flying bodypress. Hillbilly Jim defeats "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/Frenchy Martin by countout when Jim nailed Quake tried to splash Jim against the ring post but Jim moved out of the way sending colossal Canadian crashing into the steel and unable to answer the 10 count. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan defeats "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez after ducking under the "Flying Burrito" and scoring with the "Three point" lariat. As Duggan was celebrating, Black Bart rushed the ring and attacked him from behind. He paused to help Fernandez up and the two tough Texans beat down Duggan until the threat of suspension convinced them to depart. Four Corner Elimination match. Winners challenge for the WWF United States Tag Team Championship at the Royal Rumble. The Buskwhackers (Luke & Butch) vs The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov) The American Eagles [the nightmares] (Liberty & Justice) vs Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) w/Slick Order of elimination: The Bolsheviks were eliminated when Liberty (Ken Wayne) pinned Zhukov with a second rope sunsetflip. The American Eagles were eliminated when the Bolsheviks reentered the ring and assaulted them allowing Tanaka to pin Justice (Danny Davis) The Bushwhackers eliminated Badd Company when Slick accidently tripped Diamond leaving him vulnerable to the "Bushwhacker Battering Ram" The Bushwhackers are going to the Rumble! Big Boss Man vs Nails w/Slick went to a double DQ after they both took turns shoving the ref during a fistfight. They kept pounding away on each other and it seemed to take all the security in the Boston Garden to separate them. Main Event. WWF Championship. "Ravishing" Rick Rude(c) w/Bobby "the Brain" Heenan defeats "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes lined up for the "Flying Apple" while Rude was in the corner getting advice from Heenan. Rhodes charged in but Rude not only moved out of the way he pulled Early Hebner into the corner causing him to take the hit. Heenan quickly grabbed the WWF title belt and passed it to Ride who ko'd Rhodes with it. Heenan revived Hebner who made the groggy three count.

After that cage match, David's certainly earned that International title match. Debeers calls in the reinforcements as he continues his campaign against Hogan. Swords of Light is such a sick name for a tag team. Nelson Royal looks to dish out some divine judgement!

Originally airing on January 8th, 1990 on HBO. Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan welcome fans to the new show which they promise will feature all the major goings on throughout the World Wrestling Federation. Gorilla says they'll have new on the Royal Rumble which will air live on Pay Per View Jan 11th from Madison Square Garden including who will challenge Rick Rude for the WWF Championship on that event. Heenan says when they play the footage later in the broadcast everyone with eyes will agree he and Rude were the victims of a CON JOB the likes of which the world has never seen before! Gorilla says the fans will decide that for themselves but first it's time for their first match of the evening. Match #1. Originally airing on a recent episode of Monday Night RAW. "Hacksaw" Jim Dugan defeats "Tough" Tyler Burke with the 3 point lariat. A pre tape played during the match in which Duggan calls out Manny Fernandez for interfering at Saturday Night's Main Event. Says if Manny wanted a fight all he had to do was ask. Says Fernandez won't have to worry about getting jumped from behind cause Duggan will just walk up and punch him square in the mouth "and we'll she how it goes from there TOUGH GUY!" After we return from our first commercial break, we get a skit of Monsoon on the phone saying the Pay Per View providers who aren't carrying the Royal Rumble are violating people's constitutional rights! He doesn't explain how that works but you can tell he's fired up about it. We cut to "Mean" Gene Okerlund in the "WWF Update". He hypes the Royal Rumble, 30 men will enter and the last man standing will head to WrestleMania VI to challenge for the WWF Championship regardless of who the champion is. He switches gears and shows footage from a recent WWF Live Event in Nova Scotia where The Powers of Pain defended the WWF Tag Team Championships against Demolition. All four men are in the ring brawling and eventually the ref throws the match out. Okerlund says the rematch has been signed and it will take place at the Royal Rumble! Match #2. Originally airing on a recent episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge. "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/Frenchy Martin defeats James Sexton with the "Earthquake splash". Quake hits a second splash after the bell at Frenchy's instruction. Heenan and Monsoon put over the damage a man like Earthquake can do in the Royal Rumble. Gorilla asks Heenan point blank how anyone is supposed to get him over the top rope and Heenan says he doesn't think there's anyone who can do it alone and if it happens it will require a team effort. We see a recap of the mystery man attaching Big Boss Man at SNME with Zeus. We're told the man's name is Nailz and SLick has promised to tell his story to the entire world on this week's episode of RAW! We see footage of a recent episode of RAW where Bobby Heenan & Rick Rude join "Mean" Gene and are going into their usual shtick when Andre lumbers into the promo zone to a huge pop. Andre says Rude's been running from him for months now and he's getting tired of Rude running away. He says he wants one more crack at the WWF Championship. Rude dismissively says he's beaten Andre more than any man alive and has nothing more to prove. Andre says he has a contract that says if Rude beats him one more time he'll never challenge for the title again! Okerlund interjects asking if Andre's sure he wants to do that and Andre says he'll do anying to become champion again. Rude smugly says "if it'll get this 500 pound weight of my sculpted chest, then sure i'll lower myself into getting into the ring one more time with the 8th Blunder of the World." and signs the contract. Andre says he's glad Rude agreed but he should really learn to read contracts BEFORE he signs because that match he just agreed to? It'll be at the Royal Rumble...INSIDE A STEEL CAGE! We cut back to the studio where Heenan says what we just saw was a travesty and he's got the best lawyers money can buy on the case to get Rude out of this. Says Rude is a national treasure who should be put on a pedestal with men like Ronald Reagan not locked in a cage like some comments criminal and he certainly shouldn't have to waste one second more on "that beached whale pretending to be a wrestler." Gorilla simply says that he hopes this will teach Rude to be more careful with legal documents going forward. Match #3. Originally airing on a recent episode of Monday Night Raw. Mr Saito w/Mr Fuji defeats Dale Wultz with the "Saito suplex". A pre tape airs during the match in which Fuji says he'll rebuild the Fuji Clan bigger and stronger than ever! Sean Mooney hypes the WWF's upcoming return to the Boston Garden on Jan 11th. Says the event will mark the return of Hillbilly Jim to the WWF but the big man from Mud Lick, Kentucky won't have an easy return as he goes one on one with the big Earthquake. We cut to a pre tape where MFrenchy Marting is disgusted that one of his "elite Canadian athletes" has to share the ring with an unwashed Hillbilly. Earthquake says that he actually thinks Jim is a lot like him...just less so. See Jim's a big man, but not as big as the Earthquake. Jim's a strong man but not as strong as the Earthquake and while Jim's a tough man to be sure but he's not tough enough to take on a former NCAA collegiate wrestler and undefeated sumo wrestler like the big Earthquake. Says he hopes Jim enjoys his return while it lasts because when he drops the big quake on Jim, it'll break every Richter scale in North America! We cut back to Mooney who Gives the full rundown of the Boston card which fans throughout New England can watch on the New England Sports Network. Main Event. WWF Championship. "Ravishing" Rick Rude(c) w/ Bobby "The Brain" Heenan vs "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes Big Boss Man vs Nailz w/"Doctor of Style" Slick Four Corner Elimination Match. Winners challenge for the WWF US Tag Team Championship at the Royal Rumble. The Buskwhackers (Luke & Butch) vs The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov) The American Eagles [the nightmares] (Liberty & Justice) vs Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) w/Slick "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs "Raging Bull" Manny Feranadez Hillbilly Jim vs Earthquake w/Frenchy Martin Vic Steamboat vs Virgil Alex "The Pug" Pourteau vs Black Bart Match #4. From a live event in Landover Maryland, footage originally aired on Home Team Sports. "Captain Redneck" Dick Murdoch defeats Koko B. Ware with a Brainbuster. Capt Lou Albano joins the set and goes off on any PPV provider that isn't showing the Royal Rumble. Heenan is so impressed he says he takes back some of the things he's said about Albano over the past week. Match #5. Originally airing on a recent episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge. Badd Company w/Slick defeat The Wickerson Brothers with a thrust kick/German suplex combo. Mean Gene provides the Royal Rumble report. He confirms the WWF Championship Steel Cage match has been made official as well as recapping the rematch for the WWF Tag Team Championship. He says his sources tell him that not only will Mr Fuji be bringing Mr Saito to the Royal Rumble but he'll be bring a brand new client who will debut in the Rumble itself! Match #6. From a recent episode of RAW. "Shooting Star" Hiroshi Hase defeats The Nightstalker with the "Shooting Star press." Feature match. (i.e main event) Originally airing on a recent episode of RAW WWF Intercontinental Championship. Tito Santana(c) defeats The Genius with a figure four leglock. After the match Dino Bravo comes down and there's a tense stare down. Santana invites Bravo into the ring. Bravo seems to agree but Martin talks him out of it.

The Koloffs are here and waste no time putting Luger on notice. Speaking of Luger, I wonder how he's reacting to the news that he has to team with Sting to take on the Horsemen before defending the World title against him at WrestleWar. Muta continues to make an impressive case for a world title shot. OMG may have just put JYD down for good.