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.

[spaldoni]

Cat-atonic. I've said it before, you have the best finisher names. I really think you have something going here with Slick and Big Cat

Great heat for the Rougeaus by bringing out Canadian belts. Very creative. 

Bees and Badd Co. in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Bring it on! 

Beefcake is red hot right now but Heenan lays a serious threat down. 

New IC champ Bravo gets a chance to shine. 

Wow, Dustin must have been pretty fired up if Dusty had to calm him down. This brings even more serious intensity to the feud. 

Cool seeing the Doctor of Desire making his mark in the WWF

Vader powerbombs both Bushwhackers proving he's a threat to everybody. 

The WWF has been so entertaining to read. 

 

 

[kevinmcfl]

I really enjoyed catching up on the WWF.  For me, The Texas Outlaws vs The Rhodes is my favorite angle right now but I am an old NWA guy at heart!  I think you doing an awesome job using all the big cities with huge cards but not giving away everything at these shows.  You have a great feel for the business side of wrestling in the early 1990's as the real money is in the big pay-per views instead of the house shows like in the 80's.  

[Autistic Dragon]

Originally airing 5/7/90 on HBO.

*Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland Maine*

(RAW) Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Vic Steamboat with the DDT. Split screen promo has Roberts waxing poetic on how while everyone is attracted to gold's shine it's not actually useful for match besides looking pretty. The same he goes for the Golden Warrior from Texas who'll get his shine knocked off him if he isn't careful

Koko B. Ware defeats Randy Neverman with the "Ghostbuster".

(Wrestling Challenge) Terry Funk defeats Mario Mancini with the Spinning Toehold. Split screen promo has Funk tell Dusty to get his little pup under control or watch him get torn apart by the wolves.

Sean Mooney with some promos. Brutus Beefcake says he'll end Haku's reign of terror and give the WWF a king with some style. The Genius uses a lot of big words that translate to him challenging Silver King to a match at SNME.

The Samoan Headhunters (Alofa & Kokina) w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji defeats Alex "The Pug" Porteau & Mark Starr when Alofa plants Starr with a Samoan drop and tags in Kokina for the second rope sit-down splash.

SNME Update: A #1 contender battle royal will be held with the winner challenging Dino Bravo for the IC title at King of the Ring.

The Berzerker w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Jim Gorman by count-out after knocking him out cold then tossing him over the top rope. Split screen promo sees Tito Santana tell Berzerker that if he's looking for a "true warrior" to face him, Santana will gladly volunteer.

(Wrestling Challenge) Bad News Brown defeats "Bad Man" Brady Boone with the 'Ghetto Blaster"

Feature Match.

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka & "The 8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant defeat Black Diamond Enterprises ("Big Cat" Curtis Hughes & Nailz) w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick when Snuka pinned Hughes with the "Superfly splash" off Andre's shoulders.

[spaldoni]

Jake has sinister words for Kevin. However, I don't think the Golden Warrior will back down 

Will Dustin be ready for Funk and the Outlaws. 

King Brutus, it does have a nice ring to it. But it'll be a tough task getting the crown from Haku 

Genius and Silver King, I'm ready for more

Damn, the Samoans looked devastating 

A lot of men will be fighting it out for a shot at Bravo's IC title 

I like the contrasting styles with Tito and Berzerker. 

Brown gives the Bad Man some bad news. 

Snuka gets the visual of the night with some assistance from Andre 

[kevinmcfl]

Looking forward to the Battle Royal at SNME.  I think Battle Royals are great ways to hype up a title as some many people are gunning for that shot!!  It also allows you to slow play an angle as you can just use this as a title shot where the title stays with the champ until the real challenger is set or you can just build up the winner after the Battle Royal until the big bout

[Autistic Dragon]

Originally airing 5/14/90 on HBO.

*Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Hara Arena in Trotwood Ohio*

Match #1 (Wrestling Challenge) 

Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats "The Boy from New York City" Jimmy Valiant w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano with "The good, the bad & the ugly".

WWF Special Report: It's announced that the first round bracket for King of the RIng has been finalized and will be reviewed this Saturday on SNME.

Match #2 (Wrestling Challenge)

The Genius defeats Battle Kat with the Honor Roll. Split screen promo has Genius say he knows how poor the Mexican school system is and looks forward to giving Silver King the first real education of his life.

Match #3

The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) defeat The Comet Kid & Kenny Johnson with the "Rocket Launcher" on Johnson.

The Event Center is full of short promos of participants in the #1 contender's battle royal at SNME.

Match #4

Billy Jack Haynes defeats Mark Ming with the Full Nelson.

Match #5 (RAW)

"Russian Giant" Nikolai Volkoff w/Boris Zhukov defeats Jim Monti with a lifting back breaker.

Mean Gene gives the final rundown of Saturday Noght Main Event airing THIS Saturday on NBC.

WWF Intercontinental Championship #1 contender's battle royal. Participants: Bad News Brown, Billy Jack Haynes, Bob Holly, Bob Orton Jr, Battle Kat, Curtis Hughes, Hillbilly Jim, Hiro Hase, The Iron Sheik, Jimmy Valiant, Koko B Ware, Mark Starr Nailz. Ranger Ross, The Berzerker, The Tonga Kid, Tito Santana, Tom Prichard ,Tugboat & Vader

Silver King vs The Genius

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes vs 2 Texas Outlaws.

Kings Court Match.

Haku(k) w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan vs Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake

Main Event.

WWF Tag Team Championship #1 contenders 2/3 falls match.

The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano vs Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick

Plus the first round bracket of the King of the Ring tournament and a special announcement of the PPV's opening act.

Feature Match.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Ranger Ross with the DDT.

[kevinmcfl]

SNME looks great.  I love how the WWF Special Report announces that the first round bracket for King of the RIng has been finalized and will be reviewed this Saturday on SNME.

This makes everyone tune into another show and keeps the money flowing!!  Nice job

[spaldoni]

Nailz vs. Valiant is such an oddball match up but I would be all over it 

There's just something about the Genius/Silver King feud that makes it so entertaining. 

The Fantastics can deliver a lot of classics with this tag roster 

Haynes and Nikolai get to shine. I wouldn't mind seeing these two cross paths. 

You have quite a choice to make for Bravo's next challenger. The two names that stick out to me are Bad News and Prichard. 

SNME will be a great set up for KOTR. Cant wait to see how all this unfolds. 

The DDT is always a great way to end a show. 

[Autistic Dragon]

Airing Live May 17, 1990 on NBC.

From the Centrum in Worcester Massachustts.

*The Genius stands in front of a WWF logo*

Genius: The unwashed masses, they do cheer as Silver King flies through the air...and even I can acknowledge he does so with great flair....but what he has in style, it is substance that he lacks.....and so dear friends, this lucha train shall be halted in its tracks...for while you may be the greatest flyer in the land....there;s no outsmarting The Genius Lanny Poffo, the world's smartest man!

*Cut to Dusty & Dustin*

Dusty: The Dream is alive and well and tonight, live on NBC The Rhodes' men are gonna shall all of Americana that the future of pro rasslin is as  bright as a sunny summer day in Texas, ain't that right son?

Dustin: It absolutely is dad. Texas Outlaws you've been allowed to run rough shot for too long and tonight the Rhodes' clan brings you to some ling overdue justice.

*Cut to Brutus Beefcake*

Brutus: Haku, tonight you walk into the Barbershop a King but you'll be thrown out the door a pauper while cut & strut my way to King of the Ring and the WWF Championship HAHAHA.

*Cut to Slick & Badd Company*

Slick. Capt Lou you may have the whole WWF fooled into thinking you got  pair of Killa Bees but tonight they's gonna get swatted like flies by the Badd-est team in all da World Wrestling Federation. It's gonna be as easy as 1...2...3 with the B-A-double D Comp-o-ne baby! Ehheheheh.

WWF Intercontinental Championship #1 contender's battle royal. Participants: Bad News Brown, Billy Jack Haynes, Bob Holly, Bob Orton Jr, Battle Kat, Curtis Hughes, Hillbilly Jim, Hiro Hase, The Iron Sheik, Jimmy Valiant, Koko B Ware, Mark Starr, Nailz. Ranger Ross, The Berzerker, The Tonga Kid, Tito Santana, Tom Prichard ,Tugboat & Vader

Order of elimination.

Battle Kat by Vader

Mark Starr by Vader

Bob Holly tried to buddy up to Vader and offered him a handshake and Vader actually accepted it. Holly looked over the moon but then started writhing like Vader was crushing his hand. Vader pulled Holly into a short arm clothesline before scooping him up and dumping him out.

Vader by about 8 or 9 guys.

Iron Sheik by Tugboat.

Koko B Ware by Billy Jack Haynes

Tugboat by Nailz & Hughes

Ranger Ross by Nailz & Hughes

Jimmy Valiant by Bad News Brown

Tonga Kid by Nailz & Hughes

Curtis Hughes by Bad News Brown

Nailz got in Brown's face and a heated exchange broke out allowing Hillbilly Jim to eliminate them both. 

Hiro Hase by Bob Orton Jr

Hillbilly Jim by Tom Prichard

Tito Santanna eliminated The Berzerker as well as himself with a running crossbody that sent them both over the top rope.

Billy Jack Haynes by Bob Orton Jr

Bob Orton Jr by Tom Prichard

Winner: Tom Prichard

*Mean Gene is in the Texas Outlaws locker room and says he's with the pair who will take on the Rhodes' tonight. Terry Funk & Dick Murdoch step into frame. Funk says he always knew Dusty Rhodes was a "knobby knee'd yella bellied dog" but even he can't believe that his rival is "such a stinkin' coward he needs to bring his bleached blonde bastard" to fight his battles for him. Says tonight he and Captain Redneck are gonna do the whole of humanity a favor and remove the Rhodes' from the gene pool*

The Genius defeats Silver King with his feet on the ropes.

*We're told we have a special King of the Ring announcement which takes us to a video by ELTON JOHN. The British rock star says that on June 16th the UK will welcome the WWF to Wembley Arena and he will be there to kick off this massive event with his singing "God Save the Queen"*

The Texas Outlaws (Terry Funk & Dick Murdoch) defeat Dusty & Dustin Rhodes when Dustin gets a little too carried away and eats a shot from Funk's branding iron.

*Mean Gene is in the Heenan Family's locker room and Heenan is hyping Haku to high heavens saying that after he deals with that "hair obsessed ham n egg'er" he's gonna head to London and sacrifice Warrior to his own Gods to bring the WWF Championship back where it belongs, to the Family. Of note during this promo is that Rick Rude is present and while he doesn't say anything he seems somewhat preturbed by the praise Heenan heaps on Haku*

King's Court Match.

Haku(k) w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. Beefcake caught Haku with "A little off the top" but as the ref was counting Heenan sent the Powers of Pain (who were in the Court at ringside) to break it up. This started a kerfuffle with all the wrestlers at ringside and in all the chaos, Haku regrouped and caught Beefcake in the "Tongan Death Grip".

As Haku is standing triumphantly in the ring, Ultimate Warrior runs down to the ring and he & Haku have a tense staredown.

Mean Gene gives the rundown of the bracket of the King of the Ring tournament. The first round will take place on television while the quarterfinal, semifinals & final will take place on the PPV.

Tito Santana vs The Berzerker

Jake Roberts vs Tugboat

Billy Jack Haynes vs Nikolai Volkoff

Bad News Brown vs Curtis Hushes

Vader vs Jimmy Valiant

Jim Duggan vs Back Bart

Kevin Von Erich vs Kokina

Andre the Giant vs Nailz

Main Event.

WWF Tag Team Championship #1 contenders 2/3 falls match.

1st fall. Badd Company win when Tanaka dropped down during a sunset flip attempt by Brunzell and grabbing Slick's hand for leverage.

2nd fall: Killer Bees win after Blair rolls through a crossbody attempt by Diamond.

3rd fall: Killer Bees wind with "The Stinger" on Tanaka.

The Killer Bees are going to London!

[spaldoni]

The promos set the tone and we're ready for SNME! 

Vader is a monster in the battle royal, but in the end the Doctor of Desire stands tall and gets his shot at Bravo. 

The Genius outwits Silver King to win a battle. 

Wow, the WWF scores big by booking Elton John for KOTR 

Dustin gets a little too excited and Funk puts him down with the branding iron. More to come. 

Oh no, Rude looks a little annoyed with Heenan. This could get interesting. 

In the midst of all the chaos, Haku keeps his crown. Warrior vs. Haku will be epic. 

The line up for KOTR looks damn good. 

The Bees prevail in yet another classic showdown with Badd Co. The Bees earned their title shot. 

This was a really good set up for KOTR. Great job 

 

[jeff5819]

Love the old school promos to kick start SMNE. Gives it a true feel of 1990s WWF.

Action packed Battle Royal opener that made look like an absolute animal. Intrigued to see what's next for Prichard in his hunt for IC gold.

Great interview by the Outlaws. Funk is pure gold here.

No surprise that the Genius has to cheat to win.

As English man seeing the announcement by Elton John about Wembley and him singing God Save the Queen brought a smile to my face.

Dustin's in experience mixed with Funks branding Iron surely means this feud isn't over by any means.

Pure vintage Heenan next although it appears that not all is well within the family.

It's Kings Court chaos next which allows for Haku to keep his crown. Looks like the Warrior has his eyes on the crown.

Some intriguing matches set for the first round of the King of the Ring tournament although I find it interesting that the reigning King Haku isn't anywhere to be seen.

The Bees book there place for a huge tag Title showdown in England.

Overall great show featuring everything you could want from a Saturday Night's Main Event.