ErictheDragon

Jimmy Jannetty isn't supposed to be on my roster either. I'll also drop Mark Starr to make enough room for Danny Boy Collins.

This week's edition of Prime Time Wrestling is dedicated to hyping the Royal Rumble with all the WWF's onscreen personalities discussing the various matches taking place this weekend. At the end of the episode Mean Gene gives a final rundown of the full card. Main Event. 30 man Royal Rumble match to determine who challenges for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania VII. Loser Leaves Town WWF Championship Steel Cage match. Terry Funk(c) vs "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. WWF Tag Team Championship. The Ronin (Kensuke Sasaki & Hiro Hase)(c) Sensational Power (Hercules & Warlord)w/"Sensational" Sherri Martell. WWF Intercontinental Championship. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin. WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championships. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers)(c) vs The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) King's Court match. Jerry "The King" Lawler(k) vs Silver King Free for All match. The Commonwealth (? & ?) vs The Russian Pitbulls.

Maeda defending against the Dragon, let's fucking go!

I don't know if heavy metal was big in Texas back in 91 but Van Hammer seems to be winning people over. I'll say this for Angel, I genuinely believe he isn't scared of Abby....which you could definitely argue is dumb but it's also commendable. The New Breed is ruling the roost in the tag division. Good idea keeping the Zeus/Haystacks dialogue short and sweet. Bedlam and Kazmeir are gonna tear each other apart. Eerie scene as Vampire Warrior christens the Lords of Darkness. GWF seems like the perfect place for a couple of cowboys like the Smoking Gunns. Pourteau puts the entire division on notice that he's not ducking any challengers. Morgan is sick and tired of the Tenryu hype. Johnny B Badd lights up the room like only he can.

Rude & Koloff are heading for a violent blow-off. Hennig corrects course for the Alliance with a win over the Bulldog. Pillman continues to be a true fighting champion. Steamboat puts an exclamation point on a rough week for the Alliance.

I hope the HemisFair Arena is insured because nothing good can happen when you put the Road Warriors in the same ring with Cactus Jack AND Vader. The Macho Man retains the World title and sends the Universal Heartthrob into retirement. The King made a hell of an effort but the Total Package claims both the money and the World title shot.

You forgot to take both Bobby Heenan & Raymond Rougeau off my roster. Heenan is in WCW while Ray is retired. Also King Cobra is on my roster and I don't recall signing him.

Nothing like an opening show brawl to get the fans fired up. Tasha's trusty chain sends her man to the finals where Morton awaits.

WWF adds Danny Boy Collins in his place then.

WWF Live Events. Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls NY 1/21/91. High Energy (Koko B Ware & Tom Zenk) defeat The Russian Putbulls with a double dropkick. Tugboat defeats Horace The Psychopath with the "Capsize". Tatanka defeats The Genius with "The End of the Trail". WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers)(c) defeat The Nightmares with the Rocket Launcher. WWF Intercontinental Championship. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan(c) The Berzerker by countout when Berzerker went for a running boot on Duggan who was against the ropes. Duggan ducked sending Berzerker over the top to the floor and he couldn't answer the 10 count. Tito Santana defeats "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez after Back Bart accidentally tripped Fernandez thinking he was Santana. Fernandez turned to argue with Bart allowing Santana to roll him up with an O'Connor roll. Fernandez and Bart argued all the way to the back. WWF Championship. Terry Funk(c) defeats Billy Jack Haynes after a shot with the branding iron. Knickerbocker Arena, Albany NY 1/23/91. Greg "The Hammer Valentine defeats Disco Inferno with the Figure Four. "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes defeats "Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin with a running bulldog. Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Ranger Ross with the DDT. The Ultimate Warrior defeats "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake by DQ when Martin hit Warrior with the Canadian flag. Warrior no-sold it and planted Martin with the military press. He was going for the running splash but Earthquake pulled his manager out of harm's way. Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario 1/25/91. Danny Boy Collins defeats a local talents with a flying clothesline. "The Magic Man" Biff Wellington defeats The Iron Sheik with a Tombstone pile-driver. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) defeat Jimmy "Superfly Snuka & "The 8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant with "Welcome to Nastyville" on Snuka. Haku w/"Sensational" Sherri Martel defeats Thrilling Tom Brandi with a thrust kick. The Spirit Warriors (Wahoo McDaneil & Navajo Warrior) vs The Bolsheviks (Ivan Koloff & Boris Zhukov) ends in a double countout. One Man Gang w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Tugboat with the 747. WWF Intercontinental Championship. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan(c) defeats "Canadian Roughneck" Kerry Brown w/Frenchy Martin with the "3 point" lariat.

I've just realized that Keith Hart is retired by our standard so WWF releases him and signs Bruce Hart instead.

Modest wasn't ready for PCO but Finlay's advice help his fellow Thrillaz later in the loop. Richards is not making it easy for Scotty to justify his decision to take the Dancin' man under his wing. Guido just cannot figure out Scorpio. Interesting to see Cornette experimenting with the Midnights. The Hitman seems to put the Man of Means firmly in the rear view after a bloody chain match. Wright has seriously gotten under Dreamer's skin.

Los Boricuas have kinds just been hanging around in the game so far. Let's see what they can do without a boss. Nell and the Hangman are already looking for their next victim. Equalizer couldn't put out the Blaze. I think Konnan might have some people to answer to back in Mexico. Los Guerrors have put the Tribal Nation behind them and set their sights on the Bombers. The Rocker gives his reasons for working with the Horsemen. The nation don't waste time correcting course by joking with the Tiger. Jackie says her man Iceman will be in the AWA world title tournament and shows off he new team. Goodbye Soul Patrol, hello TCB. Chono turns some heads in his debut. The Horsemen try to take out Hogan but the tag champs are there to make the save.

Watts pulls off a major coup by securing an agreement with WCW.

Originally airing 1-21-91 on HBO. We see a match from a recent RAW taping where The Bolsheviks (Ivan Koloff & Boris Zhukov) show off their new finisher "Iron Curtain call" (Hart attack). Mean Gene's Update features promos from Dino Bravo & Tito Santana with both explaining why they;ll win the Royal Rumble. Dynamite Kid's squash from last week's Wrestling Challenge is sown. Split screen promo sees DK promise two things. 1. A pair of new recruits for the Commonwealth will debut on the Royal Rumble Free for All and 2. He will personally eliminate Chris Benoit from the Rumble itself. One Man Gang's squash from RAW is shown. Slick says Black Diamond Enterprises will be undergoing some "re-structuring" in the new year and it starts with OMG winning the Royal Rumble. The Bushwhackers squash from Wrestling Challenge is shown. Promo time with Sean Mooney! Koko B Ware sings about how good things are going for High Energy in the WWF. Berzerker hollers about how he will conquer the ring at the Royal Rumble. The Nightmares squash from Wrestling Challenge is shown. Tugboat defeats Russian Pitbull #1 with the "Capsize". More Promos with Mooney! Snuka and Andre both muse that this year's Rumble could be their last chance to main event Mania. Chris Benoit says he'll win the Rumble then at Mania he'll take the WWF Championship home to Canada. The Killer Bees w/Capt Lou take down a pair of jobbers with one of them feeling the "Stinger". Feature Match. Bad News Brown defeats "The Ace" Bob Orton Jr after ducking a lariat and hitting the "Ghetto Blaster".