World Wrestling Federation (1990-)

[Autistic Dragon]

Airing 4/9/90 on HBO.

*Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Onondaga War Memorial in Syracuse NY*

*We start the show with Mean Gene narrating a highlight reel from WrestleMania VI*

Match #1 (Wrestling Challenge)

The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) defeat two jobbers with the "Bushwhacker Battering Ram".

WWF Update: Mean Gene hypes that on April 28th the WWF is holding a special "double header" event, one half of which will take place in the Spectrum in Philadelphia with a absolutely massive main event as new WWF Champion The Ultimate Warrior defends against Earthquake!

Back in the studio Heenan says Warrior better pray Earthquake takes the title off him because otherwise he has to deal with a ticked off Rick Rude. He also reminds people that as reigning King, Haku is set to challenge for the title at the King of the Rng PPV in London. Monsoon asks what Rude will do if Haku gets the title off Warrior first to which Heenan makes a lot of noise but doesn't actually say anything.

Match #2

Tugboat squishes some The Comet Kid with the "Capsize".

Sean Mooney takes us to a special video taped backstage at WrestleMania. Dusty Rhodes is in the trainers room getting checked on while the man who came to his rescue is standing by. Dusty says that as sore as he is he's never been prouder as a man and especially as a father. He introduces the taller blonde man as his eldest son "the apple of my eye & the fruit of my loins" Dustin Rhodes! Dustin steps forward and says he came to Mania to route his father on but when he saw what Funk and the Texas Outlaws were about to do, he couldn't help himself. He says that he;lol show the Outlaws or anyone else why you don't mess with the Rhodes family!

Match #3 (RAW)

Silver King takes the win with the "Silver Driver" (kneeling belly to belly Piledriver)

The ending of the Toronto Street Fight plays with the large Viking themed man helping the POP retain. Monsoon says it's a good thing Heenan had that wild man nearby to bail his team out. Heenan says there are no rules in a street fight so he & his men didn't do anything wrong. He has unleashed The Berzerker on the WWF and he has one mission, to tear through anyone Heenan declares a threat to the Family.

Match #4

Koko B. Ware defeats "Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin with the "Ghostbuster".

Mean Gene is back with the second half of the "double header" event on the 28th. The WWF returns to the Boston Garden and in the main event the WWF Tag Team Championship will be on the line. Due to blatant interference at Mania, the championship committee has declared that The Powers of Pain will defend against Demolition one more time....inside a steel cage!

Match #5

Hiro Hase defeats "Hollywood" Bob Holly with the "Northern Lights" suplex.

Feature Match.

Dr Tom Prichard defeats "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr with a running bulldog.

[spaldoni]

Huge announcement with Warrior defending against Earthquake. Then we hear Warrior will defend against Haku. King of the Ring is the perfect setting for that. No doubt about it, Warrior has a lot of contenders lining up. 

Looking forward to the Rhodes working together. This is a good time in Dusty's career to tag up with his son. 

I'm hoping Silver King gets a push. I always thought he was pretty cool. 

Damn, the Berzerker will make an awesome gatekeeper for the Heenan Family. 

POP vs. Demolition inside the cage! Bring it on! 

Hase's been racking up some wins. 

Prichard and Orton are two guys that can deliver. Fun TV main event. 

Great follow up to Mania. I like the direction the WWF is going. 

 

[Autistic Dragon]

Airing 4/16/90 on HBO.

*Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Glenn Falls Civic Center in Glenn Falls NY*

Match #1 (Wrestling Challenge)

Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Joe Champ with the DDT.

WWF Update: The next Saturday Night's Main Event will air May 17th from the Centrum in Worcester Massachusetts. This event will hold the final King's Court Match before King of the RIng in London meaning it's the last place to take the crown from Haku's head as well as the WWF Championship match that comes with it.

Match #2 (RAW)

Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Jim McPherson with "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly"

A vignette airs with a dull looking man walking dejectedly through past a barbershop. The door suddenly opens and a muscular man with flowing hair whisks him inside. After examining him for a bit the man gets to work as a small crowd mostly of admiring women gather round. He finishes and the other man is totally transformed and leaves with a couple of the women in tow. The barber turns toward the camera with a satisfied grin.

 

Match #3 (RAW)

"The Natural" Dustin Rhodes defeats Chris Duffy with a swinging vertical suplex. Dusty is on commentary for the match and is as proud as he can be when he dubs the match winning move "Natural Selection" baby!

We see a recently aired interview Mean Gene did with Earthquake & Frenchy Martin. Earthquake says what he did to Andre at Mania will be a slight tremor compared to the quake he drops on the Warrior in Philly. Says he proved he's the WWF"s one true giant and after the 28th he'll be its one true champion!

Match #4

The Berzerker w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Sonny Blaze after beating the hell out of him then chucking him over the top rope and letting the ref count him out.

Event Center: It's announced that on the 28th in the Boston Garden there will be a special one night 8 man tournament to determine who will challenge Haku in the King's Court Match at SNME.

Match #5

Silver King defeats "Russian Brute" Boris Zhukov with a La Magistral cradle.

Match #6

Tito Santana defeats El Gato with a flying forearm.

Event Center: Another big match is added to the show on Philadelphia on the 28th as Fuji's Samoan Headhunters will challenge the Commonwealth for the WWF US Tag Team Championship.

Match #7

Billy Jack Haynes defeats The Iron Sheik after powering out of the "Camel Clutch" and getting Sheik to submit to the Full Nelson.

Feature Match.

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan defeats "Captain Redneck" Dick Murdoch with the Three Point Lariat to a huge hometown pop.

[spaldoni]

The WWF is going full throttle! Big cards in Philly and Boston, plus SNME and KOTR! Exciting times. 

It's great seeing Beefcake back home. And we get him in full Barber gimmick. 

Nice touch having Dusty put over Dustin's finisher. 

Warrior's reign is kicking off with a bang. Earthquake has some strong words for him. 

I always thought Berzerker's finisher was so creative and different. 

Silver King picks up his biggest WWF win. 

Samoans get a shot at the Commonwealth. That'll be a big banger of a match. 

Billy Jack rebounds well with a strong win over the Sheik. 

Satisfying win for Hacksaw. HOOOOOOO! 

[kevinmcfl]

The WWF has so many huge things on the horizon with SNME and KOTR and all the big cities!!

Great intro with the Barber.  That was a fun read.

Dusty on the mic for Dustin was cool.

I love the roster set up as Warrior has some believable people coming after him with Earthquake being first up!

Great ending to the show with some big names in the last two matches.  A win over the Iron Sheik really helps to put someone over.  Duggan over Murdoch ... love this match--- main event down in the old Midsouth!!

 

[Autistic Dragon]

WWF live Events for April 21, 1990.

Providence Civic Center in Providence Rhode Island.

"Big Cat" Curtis Hughes w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Vic Steamboat with a sit out Powerbomb.

Tugboat defeats Mr Fuji with the "Capsize".

Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka) w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeat The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) with "Badd Business" on Luke.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats The Tonga Kid with the DDT.

The Berzerker (no Heenan) defeats Silver King after King tried a move off the ropes and Berzerker knocked him out off the air with a boot.

Billy Jack Haynes defeats "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr after ducking a lariat and locking in the Full Nelson.

WWF Championship.

The Ultimate Warrior defeats Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick after SLick accidentally hits Nailz with his cane. After the bell,  Slick cracked Warrior across the back with his cane but it had no effect and Warrior got Slick in a military press and bench pressed him a few times before dumping him onto Nailz outside the ring.

Capital Centre in Landover Maryland.

Battle Kat defeats "Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin with a Victory Roll.

Koko B. Ware defeats "Russian Giant" Nikolai Volkoff with a Missile Dropkick.

"Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez defeats Ranger Ross with the "Flying Burrito".

Hillbilly Jim defeats Alofa with a big boot.

Hiroshi Hase defeats The Genius with the "Northern Lights" suplex.

WWF Tag Team Championship.

The Powers of Pain (Barbarian & Warlord)(c) w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats The American Eagles (Liberty & Justice) with the "Pain Train" on Liberty.

Bad News Brown vs "The Mastodon" Vader ended in a double DQ.

The Heenan Family (Rick Rude & Haku) w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka & "The 8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant after Rude K.O'd Snuka with a foreign object Heenan passed him.

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The Ultimate Warrior defeats Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick after SLick accidentally hits Nailz with his cane. After the bell,  Slick cracked Warrior across the back with his cane but it had no effect and Warrior got Slick in a military press and bench pressed him a few times before dumping him onto Nailz outside the ring.

I feel like this feud could have some serious legs... not great workrate but some fun stuff to build from... especially if Warrior broke out of a jail cell or something! 

[spaldoni]

With Slick's promos and Big Cat just looking bad and cool, you're onto something here

Damn, that Berzerker finish was one hell of a visual. 

Warrior vs. Nailz is a classic WWF house show feud. You built Nailz up as a serious threat and that win kicks off Warrior's reign with a bang.

With a strong win at Mania, it made total sense that the American Eagles would get some title shots. Nice continuity. 

A Bad News/Vader feud could be a huge money maker. 

Rude gets his heat back and I'm sure will want a rematch for the title. 

Solid house shows. 

 

[Autistic Dragon]

Originally airing 4/23/90 on HBO.

*Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Toledo Sports Arena in Toledo Ohio*

Match #1

"The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats Paul Perez with the "Earthquake splash". Quake delivers a second splash after the bell and Perez does a stretcher job all the while Quake is yelling how that's what's coming for the Warrior!

WWF Update: We see footage of the aftermath of last week's Feature Match. Duggan is receiving congrats from his fellow faces when the Texas Outlaws jump him. They pound on him for a bit until the Rhodes' make the save.

Match #2 (RAW)

The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) defeats "Hollywood" Bob Holly & The Comet Kid with the "Rocket Launcher" on Holly.

Match #3

The Iron Sheik defeats Tyler Knox with the "Camel Clutch"

Event Center: Sean Mooney breaks down the bracket for the tournament on 4/28 in Boston to determine who will be the final challenger for Haku's crown.

"Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich vs Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka vs Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr

Silver King vs The Genius

Match #4

The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) defeat El Gaot & Scott Colontonio with the "Bushwhacker Battering Ram" on Colontonio.

*We see promos from both Demolition and the Powers of Pain regarding their cage match for the tag team titles in Boston*

Match #5

The Genius defeats Alex "The Pug" Porteaou with the "Honor Roll"

We see a replay of a interview Mean Gene held with Bad New Brown on a recent episode of Wrestling Challenge. Slick interrupts and Brown starts to tell him off. Slick says he doesn't understand the hostility. They go way back after all, did plenty of "good work down south". Brown says he remembers that good work and how he walked away from it with SIGNIFICANTLY less money than Slick said he would. Brown continues by saying he's tried to be cool about but now he's telling Slick straight up...BACK OFF!

Match #6 (Wrestling Challenge)

"The Mastodon" Vader w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji defeats Mark Frear & Jim McPherson by laying them next to each other and splatting them both with the "Vader Bomb".

Feature Match

"Ravishing" Rick Rude w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Tugboat with the "Rude Awakening".

[spaldoni]

Great job making Earthquake look like a monster heading into his match with Warrior.

Looks like the Texas Outlaws still have unfinished business 

Wont be long before the Fantastics get a title shot 

Love those first round match ups. Kevin gets another shot at Jake. I have a feeling Snuka and Nailz will be insane. Brutus and Orton are evenly matched. Silver King and Poffo will be an exciting and fast paced match. Good stuff. 

I cant wait for the Demolition/POP cage finale.

When Bad News tells you to back off, you better back off. 

Vader's in full beast mode. 

Rude's working his way back into title contention. 

[Control21]

Great job with WrestleMania VI! I had a lot of fun reading that. 

Vader/Bad News could be a very fun feud.

[Autistic Dragon]

WWF Double Header.

April 28th, 1990.

The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .

Airing live on PRISM TV.

Gorilla Monsoon & Vince McMahon on commentary.

"Hollywood" Bob Holly defeats Battle Kat with a diving knee drop.

Ranger Ross defeats The Iron Sheik with the "Combat Kick"

"The Boy from New York City" Jimmy Valiant w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano defeats "Russian Brute" Boris Zhukov with the "Groovin elbow"

"The Natural" Dustin Rhodes vs Black Bart ends in a double DQ after The Texas Outlaws, Dusty Rhodes & Jim Duggan all get involved.

"Ravishing" Rick Rude defeats Tito Santana after interference from The Berzerker.

WWF United States Tag Team Championship

The Commonwealth (Dynamite Kid & Chris Benoit)(c) defeat The Samoan Headhunters (Alofa & Kolina) w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji when Benoit pinned Kokina with a German suplex.

WWF Championship.

The Ultimate Warrior defeats "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin. Quake had Warrior planted with a Powerslam and was going for the "Earthquale splash" but Warrior moved out of the way. Quake pulses himself up and Warrior hits him with a shoulder tackle which has the big man rocking. Second tackle has the same result. Warriors runs the ropes a couple times and delivers a leaping tackle which puts Quake down. Warriors finishes things with the running splash.

 

The Boston Garden in Boston Massachusetts.

Airing live on the New England Sports Network.

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary.

Tournament quarterfinals.

The Genius defeats Silver King after turning his mask around and rolling him up.

Brutus 'The Barber" Beefcake defeats "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr with a running high knee.

Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka after Slick shoves Snuka off the top rope and Nailz locked in "The Good, the bad & the ugly"

"Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich & Jake "The Snake" Roberts wrestled to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Semifinals.

Brutus Beefcake defeats The Genius. Genius was lining up a shot with his "certified genius" plaque but Silver King ran down and swiped it from him. Genius was outraged and that allowed Beefcke to catch him with the high knee.

Nailz, who got a bye immediately ran down and attacked Beefcake.

Finals.

Brutus Beefcake defeated Nailz w/Slick with an inside cradle after the former inmate got a little too carried away jawing with the fans.

WWF Tag Team Championship Steel Cage Match.

The Powers of Pain (Barbarian & Warlord)(c) defeat Demolition (Ax & Smash) after Heenan leaves the commentary table, steals the key to the cage from the ref and lets Haku in the cage. Demolition fight with all they've got but the addition of Haku is too much and Warlord is able to pin Smash after the "Tongan Death Grip".

[spaldoni]

Philly,

I'm sure the patriotic Ross had the fans on his side when he took down Sheiky. 

Valiant and Albano are quite the visual together 

The feud with the Rhodes and Duggan vs. the Outlaws is going to get bloody 

Rude's been racking up wins. I wonder if we're going to get a Tito/Berzerker program. 

Big title defense for the Commonwealth

It took a lot, but Warrior takes down Earthquake and looked like a strong champion. 

Boston,

That sneaky Genius literally pulls one over on Silver King 

The Barber is back and advances over the Ace

Nailz looks like a monster and thanks to Kev and Jake's draw, he gets a ticket to the finals

Nice payback for Silver King as he helps Bruti advance. A Poffo/Silver King feud could be a lot of fun. 

Beefcake's return is solidified with the tournament win. Big moment for the Barber 

Thanks to Heenan and Haku, the POP finishes off Demolition. 

[Autistic Dragon]

Originally airing on 4/30/90 on HBO.

*Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada*

Match #1 (RAW)

Tugboat defeats Joe Champ with the "Capsize"

*We see highlights of the double header in Boston & Philadelphia*

Match #2 

"Big Cat" Curtis Hughes w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Mitch Ryder with "Cat-atonic" (Sit out Powerbomb)

Match #3 

The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Jacques & Raymond) w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeat Sonny Blaze & Mark Frear with the "Quebec Crunch" on Frear. Interestingly The Rougeau's carried to Canadian themed title belts to the ring and insisted the match was a defense of the "WWF Cnandian Tag Team Championship".

WWF Event Center: Due to their highly acclaimed rivalry which has been lighting up the tag ranks, it's announced that the Killer Bees & Badd Company will face off at SNME in a 2/3 falls match where the winners will challenge for the WWF Tag Team Championship at King of the Ring.

Match #4 (RAW)

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake defeats Mike Williams with a running high knee which commentary dubs "A little off the top". Speaking of which, Beefcake pulls out a pair of scissors and begins cutting Williams hair and throwing it out to the crowd. An odd ritual perhaps but the crowd responds well to it.

Back in the studio, Heenan tells Monsoon that Beefcake may be content to take a little off the top but at SNME Haku will take his whole head!

Match #5 (Wrestling Challenge)

Non title.

WWF Intercontinental Champion "World's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats Mario Mancini with a running Powerslam. 

*We see footage of the bg pull-aprt between the Texas Outlaws/The Rhodes & Duggan. We also see comments from both camps. The Outlaws say it ain't over til they've "run all those mangy dogs outta the World Wrestlnig Federation". A fired up Dustin throws down the challenge for any two Outlaws to meet him and his father at SNME. Dusty gets his some to calm down but says if any Outlaws do show up in Worcester, they'll get a whippin' they'll never forget!*

Match #6

Dr Tom Prichard defeats Jim Long with a running Bulldog.

Feature Match (RAW)

"The Mastodon" Vader w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji defeats Bushwhacker Luke w/Butch with the "Vader Bomb". Butch gets into the ring to check on his "brother" and Vader plants him with a Powerbomb.