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Free for All match. The Commonwealth (Biff Wellington & Danny Boy Collins) w/Dynamite Kid defeat The Russian Pitbulls w/Ivan Koloff with a dropkick/German suplex combo. Airing live on PPV from the Baltimore Arena... The World Wrestling Federation proudly presents, the first major stop on the Road to WrestleMania... King's Court match. Jerry "The King" Lawler(k) defeats Silver King after one too many high risk attempts allowed Lawler to hit SK with the Pildriver. WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championships. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) defeat The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers)(c) when a pier six brawl allowed Saggs to hit Fulton with a tag title belt letting Knobbs pick up the pin. WWF Intercontinental Championship. "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan(c). Frenchy tried to hit Duggan with the Canadian flag but Duggan intercepts and decks him. While the ref is dealing with that, Earthquake grabs the flag and cracks Duggan in the ribs. He sets the flag on the apron before the ref turns around and he hits the "Earthquake" splash. WWF Tag Team Championship. The Ronin (Kensuke Sasaki & Hiro Hase)(c) defeat Sensational Power (Hercules & Warlord)w/"Sensational" Sherri Martell when Hercules tried to bodyslam Hase but Hase held on and turned it into an inside cradle. Loser Leaves Town WWF Championship Steel Cage match. Terry Funk(c) defeats "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes in a bloody, all out war. It was a race to escape with Funk climbing over the top as Rhodes tried to drag himself out the door. It was neck and neck until Manny Fernandez Rand down and rammed the door into Rhodes' head stopping him cold and allowing Funk to drop to the floor. Main Event. 30 man Royal Rumble match. #1 Dynamite Kid #2 Chris Benoit A tense yet technical opening to this year's Rumble full of stiff strikes and snug suplexes that ends with the arrival of… #3 Greg Valentine The Hammer is back! And he’s not playing favorites as he hammers away on both men. #4 Wahoo McDanel Knife edged chops for everyone! He eventually ends up throwing hands with Valentine allowing DK & Benoit to refocus on each other. #5 Tito Santana A flurry of armdrags and dropkicks to liven things up. Still no eliminations though. #6 Disco Inferno Kid seems more interested in dancing than fighting. Valentine squares up to him and we get the entertaining image of Inferno trying to coax the Hammer into dancing with him. Valentine looks at him like he’s lost his mind and chucks him out. Disco Inferno has been eliminated. #7 Iron Sheik Sheiky baby is in and things settle down a little until… #8 One Man Gang The mood changes as the big OMG enters the ring. The first thing he does is head over to where DK & Benoit are fighting near the ropes and heave them both over. Dynamite Kid and Chris Benoit have been eliminated. Sheik offers a high five but OMG plants him with a clothesline before sending him over. Iron Sheik has been eliminated. #9 Ranger Ross The US army ranger’s arrival does nothing to halt the rampage of 469 pounder. #10 Tugboat Finally someone who can go somewhat toe-to-toe with Gang allowing everyone else to regroup. #11 Jimmy Valiant The Boy from New York City grooves his way to the ring and starts using his unusual offense to down several of the men left in the field. #12 Bob Orton The Ace makes his mark as he nails an already stunned Wahoo with a lariat to send the Chief flying. Wahoo McDaniel has been eliminated. Tugboat tries to capitalize by rushing Orton but the Ace is too quick and low bridges the big man. Tugboat has been eliminated. #13 Tom Brandi Brandi wastes no time living up to his “Thrilling” moniker as he hits a dropkick that sends Greg Valentine from the ring. Greg Valentine has been eliminated. #14 Bad News Brown Brown pounces on OMG as soon as he enters the ring. Seeing the massive man staggered for once, all the other entrants come together and, with Brown leading the way, manage to get OMG out. One Man Gang has been eliminated. #15 Dino Bravo The Canadian strongman puts an end to the good vibes tha OMG’s elimination caused by muscling Valiant over the top. Jimmy Valiant has been eliminated. #16 Brutus Beefcake. The Barber hits the ring and is looking to strut & cut his way to the main event of WrestleMania. In the midst of his entrance, Bob Orton goes after Bad News Brown but gets caught with the “Ghetto Blaster” sending the Ace over the top. Bob Orton has been eliminated. #17 Dan Spivey Spivey hits the ring and immediately targets Brown who, perhaps taken by surprise at being targeted by the 6 '7 Floridian, is thrown out soon after. Bad News Brown has been eliminated. #18 Tatanka The war dance is on in full force and he downs several men with chops right to the top of the head. #19 King Kong Bundy The Walking Condominium has returned and he’s bigger than ever! Avalanche on Ross who can’t even put up a fight as he’s tossed from the ring. Ranger Ross has been eliminated. Tatanka with the rapid fire chops and runs the ropes but gets bodies by Bundy who scoops him up and tosses him. Tatanka has been eliminated. #20 The Ultimate Warrior He zeroes in on Bundy and he gets the big man rocking though can’t quite get him out. #21 Dustin Rhodes He collects Santana and they come over to help the Warrior and the trio manage to get the Walking Condominium over the top. King Kong Bundy has been eliminated. #22 Black Bart The tough Texan starts throwing bombs at anything that moves. #23 Nikolai Volkoff The Lithuanian Giant is in and does his damdest to impose his will on everyone still in the ring. #24 Jimmy Snuka Big pop for the Superfly. #25 Col Debeers The imposing South African officer certainly gets the crowd’s attention and he cements it when he dispatches Volfoff. Nikolai Volkoff has been eliminated. #26 Manny Fernandez Fernandez goes over to where Rhodes and Bart are brawling and assists in dumping the Natural over. Dustin Rhodes has been eliminated. Bart looks to celebrate but Fernanez is lecturing him for some reason. Fernandez gets fed up and slaps Bart who rears back and floors him with a stiff forearm before throwing him over. Manny Fernandez has been eliminated. #27 Billy Jack Haynes Lots of power moves as you’d expect. #28 Berzerker The wildman is in his element and he has a big boot for anyone who gets near. Tom Brandi is one such victim and gets tossed soon after. Tom Brandi has been eliminated #29 Andre the Giant Big headbutts for everyone (except Snuka). #30 Jake Roberts Beefcake is squaring off with Dino Bravo who muscles him over the top rope. Brutus Beefcake has been eliminated Berzerker and Bart start throwing hands which ends with Bart getting lifted up and over. Black Bart has been eliminated Berzerker is pounding his chest in triumph but turns around into a clothesline by the Warrior that sends him out as well. Berzerker has been eliminated Jake Roberts rallies a few others together to gang up on Andre and the 8th Wonder can’t hang on. Andre the Giant has been eliminated Haynes has Bravo in trouble when Debeers come up from behind and dumps them both over. Billy Jack Haynes and Dino Bravo have been eliminated Snuka catches Debeers with a crossbody but unfortunately for him his own momentum carried him out with the Colonel. Jimmy Snuka and Col Debeers have been eliminated Final Four: Tito Santana, Dan Spivey, Ultimate Warrior & Jake Roberts Roberts and Spivey strike up an alliance and target the Warrior with Santana too exhausted to lend a hand. Ultimate Warrior has been eliminated. Spivey, seeing Santana having to use the ropes to hold himself up, gets cocky and charges but Santana gathers his wits and performs a low bridge. Dan Spivey has been eliminated It’s down to Tito Santana, who entered at #5, and Jake Roberts who entered at #30. Roberts pounced on Santana, determined to press his advantage. He sets up for the DDT near the ropes but Santana grabs his legs and lifts him up and over the top rope. Roberts is able to grab the rope and stand up on the apron. Santana summons his last burst of energy to score with a dropkick sending the Snake to the floor. Jake Roberts has been eliminated. Winner and going to WrestleMania VII: Tito Santana!

The Playboy Club is in an interesting spot right now. Scotty's off side questing trying to make something out of Richards while Rose is doing everything he can to prove he still deserves to be in the title picture. things are heating up between the MVC and the Collective. A tough couple of losses on the loop suggest people may be getting wise to Stormfront's tricks. Crybaby Candido. Lol. I'm liking the Light Heavyweight title stepping up to the bigger stages.

Cobra provides a lightening quick start to the show. Burke is back and doesn't waste time calling out Payne. The Bunkhouse Boys really take the fight to Latin Desire. Thunderstruck with a solid debut. The Bombers aren't backing down. Sheik Adnan shows up, declares Kokina is gonna wreck everyone and then just dips. Classic. Equalizer shows off. Gama retains but the Idols try to make him pay for it. Tiger and the Tribal Nation make the save by driving off the 6 man champs. Love all the promos for War Games. Really selling all the bad blood that's going into that cage. Also looking forward to Double A taking on the Hulkster next week.

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".

Pourteau wins in a clinic to become the inaugural GWF Light Heavyweight Champion. New Breed make a statement in their debut. I don't even wanna know whatVW and Kabuki ave planned for those two. Big Bill Kazmier stand up to Bruiser Bedlam. Haystacks dominates but Zeus immediately strikes. Angel of Death is a dangerous man to be sure, but challenging Abby might be a step too far for even him. Killer Kyle impressed. Morgan sends a message directly to Tenryu.

Wild Dog advances in the TV title tournament: yay! Mountain Dew Kid loses in the first round: boo! PiP has yet another enemy to worry about. On the bright side, Tasha has one of her boys in the TV title semifinals.

I like the new slimmed down format. Race adding the Samoans is a frightening prospect. Jannetty has found some better (hopefully) backup to take the fight to Doom.

RPG is back in the co-host seat and Alberto Madril wows the audience with another dazzling display of legal mastery. Great build up to the big 8 man tag this Thursday. Embry runs his mouth and now has to defend against Whatley. Stacked card coming to Birmingham.

Watts with a bold strategy, using Abby as a lure, "Come check out this guy the TV networks don't want me to show you."

Muta continues to dazzle Dallas. Wild Bill and Southern Justice are still going strong. Stunning Steve with a Magnificent victory. Wallstreet hasn't cracked the code on Mascaras. Roadies put the Moondogs down. Big night for Soul-less as the tear through their opponents and strike out at the Steiners. Memphis. Graham tames the Bad Boy. Can Am Express is going full steam ahead. The Hoffmans see just how dirty these white boys are. Luger gets an easy win and sends the champ a message. Savage powers through and takes his anger out on Taylor. All the while, Idol is lurking in the background. RnR and DC are having trouble figuring out who the better team is. Major embarrassment for the Prince.

Another great three nights f wrestling in Southern California.