thicko Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 This thread is amazing. I started watching in 1990, and I’m longing for the days of a random Shane Douglas vs Haku match popping up on Prime Time, making a two hour round bus trip to Doncaster just to buy the Apter mags and find out what was ‘really’ happening and wishing I’d taken the Dino Bravo vs Texas Tornado match on a Coliseum Home Video more seriously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 15, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, thicko said: This thread is amazing. Good to hear! On 4/9/2022 at 1:18 AM, AshC said: Well, what a day it was when I discovered this fundraiser show from the night prior... Just to go back to the fundraisers, there’s another interesting one in 1992, August to be exact. The WWF put on a decent card at Terry Conners Rink, a small ice hockey arena in Cove Island Park on the shore of the Long Island Sound in their home of Stamford. They raised $50,000 for the Stamford Library Fund. I love little “community spirit” PR gigs like that. The main event was Macho Man & Bret Hart vs Ric Flair & Shawn Michaels, not long after they filmed the match at a TV taping and it ended up on the Grudges Gripes & Grunts tape over a year later, by which time Flair was NWA World Heavyweight Champion again. I was saddened to learn it was Terry Conners and thus had nothing to do with permanently beleaguered former Wolves boss Terry Connor. Edited April 15, 2022 by air_raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 19, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 3/20/2022 at 3:57 PM, air_raid said: What if there was a PPV every month? Here’s the Mania-sized card of what house shows ran every month of 1990 ; January 1990 Hulk Hogan VS Mr Perfect (WWFT) Ultimate Warrior VS Dino Bravo (ICT) Colossal Connection VS Demolition (TTT) Randy Savage VS Hacksaw Duggan (crown at stake) Roddy Piper VS Rick Rude (lumberjack) Dusty Rhodes VS Big Boss Man (ball and chain) Jake Roberts VS Ted DiBiase Brutus Beefcake VS The Model The Rockers VS The Powers Of Pain Ron Garvin VS Greg Valentine Superfly VS Honky Tonk Man Hercules VS Akeem Bret Hart VS Bad News Brown Red Rooster VS Earthquake The Bushwhackers VS The Bolsheviks Anvil VS The Genius Feb Hulk Hogan VS Mr Perfect (WWFT) Ultimate Warrior VS Dino Bravo (ICT) Colossal Connection VS Demolition (TTT) Dusty Rhodes VS Randy Savage Roddy Piper VS Rick Rude (cage match) Jake Roberts VS Ted DiBiase Brutus Beefcake VS The Model Hacksaw Duggan VS Bad News Brown The Rockers VS The Powers of Pain Hercules VS Akeem Tito Santana VS Greg Valentine Bret Hart VS Honky Tonk Man Ron Garvin VS Earthquake The Bushwhackers VS The Bolsheviks Anvil VS The Genius March Hulk Hogan & Big Boss Man VS Mr Perfect & The Genius Ultimate Warrior & Jake Roberts VS Ted DiBiase & Akeem (Boss Man as ref) Colossal Connection VS Demolition (TTT) Roddy Piper VS Rick Rude (cage match) Dusty Rhodes VS Randy Savage Brutus Beefcake VS The Model Hacksaw Duggan VS Bad News Brown The Rockers & Hercules VS The Powers of Pain & Mr Fuji Tito Santana VS Honky Tonk Man Superfly VS Dino Bravo Bret Hart VS Greg Valentine Ron Garvin VS Earthquake The Bushwhackers VS The Bolsheviks Red Rooster VS Brooklyn Brawler April-May Ultimate Warrior VS Mr Perfect (WWFT) Demolition VS Hart Foundation (TTT) Dusty Rhodes VS Randy Savage Big Boss Man VS Ted DiBiase Jake Roberts VS Bad News Brown Hacksaw Duggan VS Earthquake The Rockers VS Orient Express Hercules VS Haku Brutus Beefcake VS The Genius Sapphire VS Sherri Martel Superfly VS Barbarian Tito Santana VS Warlord Ron Garvin VS The Model Bushwhackers VS Rhythm & Blues Red Rooster VS Dino Bravo June Ultimate Warrior VS Rick Rude (WWFT) Mr Perfect VS Brutus Beefcake (ICT) Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire (with Elizabeth) VS Macho King & Queen Sherri (with Brother Love) Hacksaw Duggan VS Earthquake Big Boss Man VS Ted DiBiase Jake Roberts VS Bad News Brown Demolition VS Hart Foundation (TTT) Tugboat VS Dino Bravo The Rockers VS Orient Express Tito Santana VS Warlord Superfly VS Barbarian Hercules VS Akeem Nikolai Volkoff VS Boris Zhukov Bushwhackers VS Rhythm & Blues Ron Garvin VS The Model Shane Douglas VS Brooklyn Brawler Koko B Ware VS The Genius July Ultimate Warrior VS Rick Rude (WWFT) Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire (with Elizabeth) VS Macho King & Queen Sherri (with Brother Love) Hacksaw Duggan VS Earthquake Big Boss Man VS Ted DiBiase Jake Roberts VS Bad News Brown Demolition VS Hart Foundation (TTT) Mr Perfect VS Tito Santana (ICT) Tugboat VS Dino Bravo The Rockers VS Orient Express Superfly VS Barbarian Hercules VS Akeem Nikolai Volkoff VS Boris Zhukov Bushwhackers VS Rhythm & Blues Ron Garvin VS Haku Shane Douglas VS Brooklyn Brawler Koko B Ware VS The Genius August Ultimate Warrior & Texas Tornado VS Rick Rude & Mr Perfect Hulk Hogan VS Dino Bravo (with Earthquake) Big Boss Man VS Ted DiBiase Hacksaw Duggan & Hart Foundation VS Demolition Jake Roberts VS Bad News Brown Marty Jannetty & Shane Douglas VS Orient Express Tito Santana VS Warlord Ron Garvin VS Barbarian Bushwhackers VS Rhythm & Blues Hercules VS Superfly Paul Roma VS Jim Powers Saba Simba VS Haku Nikolai Volkoff VS Boris Zhukov Dustin Rhodes VS Brooklyn Brawler September Ultimate Warrior & LOD VS Demolition Texas Tornado VS Mr Perfect (ICT) Big Boss Man VS Earthquake Dusty Rhodes VS Ted DiBiase Hacksaw Duggan VS Rick Rude Hart Foundation VS Rhythm & Blues (TTT) Jake Roberts VS Akeem (Street Fight) Tugboat VS Dino Bravo Bushwhackers VS Orient Express Nikolai Volkoff VS Sgt Slaughter Tito Santana VS Barbarian Superfly VS Warlord Marty Jannetty VS Paul Roma Koko B Ware VS Hercules Saba Simba VS Buddy Rose Haku VS Jim Brunzell October Ultimate Warrior & LOD VS Demolition Texas Tornado VS Mr Perfect (ICT) Dusty Rhodes VS Ted DiBiase Tugboat VS Earthquake Hart Foundation VS Rhythm & Blues (TTT) Hacksaw Duggan VS The Model Big Boss Man VS Barbarian British Bulldog VS Haku The Rockers VS Power & Glory Superfly VS Dino Bravo Nikolai Volkoff VS Sgt Slaughter Bushwhackers VS Orient Express Tito Santana VS Boris Zhukov Koko B Ware VS Warlord Ron Garvin VS Iron Mike Sharpe Shane Douglas VS Brooklyn Brawler November Ultimate Warrior VS Randy Savage (WWFT) Hulk Hogan VS Earthquake Texas Tornado VS Mr Perfect (ICT) Dusty Rhodes VS Ted DiBiase Jake Roberts VS The Model Legion of Doom VS Demolition The Hart Foundation VS Rhythm & Blues (TTT) Big Boss Man VS Barbarian Tugboat VS Dino Bravo The Rockers VS Power & Glory British Bulldog VS Haku Nikolai Volkoff VS Sgt Slaughter Bushwhackers VS Orient Express Tito Santana VS Boris Zhukov Superfly VS Warlord December Ultimate Warrior VS Randy Savage (WWFT) Hulk Hogan VS Earthquake Mr Perfect VS Roddy Piper (ICT) Texas Tornado VS Ted DiBiase Jake Roberts VS The Model Hacksaw Duggan VS Sgt Slaughter Dusty Rhodes VS Virgil Legion of Doom VS Orient Express & Mr Fuji The Hart Foundation VS Power & Glory (TTT) Big Boss Man VS Bobby Heenan Tugboat VS Dino Bravo The Rockers VS Demolition British Bulldog VS Haku Superfly VS Warlord Dustin Rhodes VS Barbarian Shane Douglas VS Buddy Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 20, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) January 1991 is frankly an even bigger mess than what preceded it. Maybe it’s two PPV so close to each other, maybe it’s the comings and goings and debuting new characters on the road all coming at once, but it feels like we’re as far away from “work the same guy every night” that we’ve been since 1987 when I started looking into the house show reports. Ultimate Warrior vs Macho King is still on for the WWF title pre Rumble at the Cow Palace and one or two others but often he’s wrestling Sgt Slaughter instead including dark at Huntsville TVs from SuperTape 4. Post Rumble, Warrior vs Savage goes on including a cage match at MSG which you saw if, like me, you had the Mega Matches tape. Warrior wins several straight matches, the cage matches are split fairly evenly, but 31st in Youngstown Randys broken his wrist so it’s new WWF champ Laughter who’s leaving the cage with Warrior beaten. That’s the only show Sarge as WWF Champion main events, otherwise he’s with Hacksaw beneath Warrior and Randy on the marquee. Hulk Hogan vs Earthquake is a main event all month, nearly every night in fact. Hogan wins most, some by pin, some are stretcher matches. Only 6000 come to the Spectrum for one of those the night after the Rumble which is poor for the Hulkster. It’s the old Hogan & Tugboat vs Earthquake & Dino Bravo at the Capital Center, Boston Garden and The Palace. As for the B shows on Hulk or Warriors nights off, Earthquake vs Tugboat is still a main event early month. Mr Perfect vs Tugboat and the Hart Foundation vs Power & Glory double main with great support from Texas Tornado vs Ted DiBiase and Jake Roberts vs The Model in Syracuse and Halifax. At Nassau Coliseum on the 11th it’s a cross-feud tag with Roddy Piper & KVE beating Perfect and Virgil as Teddy’s hurt again with Perfect pinned by Tornado AND getting clocked by Virgil afterwards ; the Harts go on last. In Huntington it’s Perfect vs Tito Santana and the Foundation vs Earthquake & Dino, again supported by Jake/Martel and Von Erich/Virgil. After the Rumble it’s Perfect vs Piper supported by Roberts/Martel and sometimes the Harts, and month end it’s Perfect vs Big Boss Man with the Harts against various challengers and Jake vs The Model in sometimes a cage match, sometimes the dreaded Blindfold match. That’s the main events… what do the feuds look like? Mr Perfect is all over the place as Intercontinental champ. Before the Rumble alone he’s defending against Texas Tornado refereed by Roddy Piper, Piper himself, Big Boss Man, Santana AND Tugboat. Post Rumble it’s slightly less confusing as he’s mostly working Piper… and sometimes Boss Man. When he isn’t with Hennig, Kerry works the Million Dollar Man except when he’s injured, it’s Virgil instead. The Sarge vs Jim Duggan feud continues early month, takes a break for some Warrior/Slaughter matches then resumes after Bob wins the World title. Some of these are non title and hilariously Slaughter still loses some of them by count-out, just walking off like the coward he is. Nights that Sarge wrestles Warrior, somewhat logically, Hacksaw wrestles the Macho King, which by now they could probably do in their sleep. Boss Man vs Bobby Heenan, Jake Roberts vs The Model and British Bulldog vs The Warlord are pretty consistent too up until the Rumble although Boss Man is back with Haku after it, if he’s not with Perfect. When Hogan is off Earthquake’s usually with Tugboat or Superfly. As usual the Tugster also works Dino Bravo a lot. Up to the Rumble the Harts are defending against Power & Glory every night. There’s one show where Herc & Roma sub against Legion of Doom who are otherwise still doing the handicap with the Orient Express & Mr Fuji. Demolition have a few wins over the Bushwhackers but these bookend a few shows where Smash is one on one with Marty Jannetty - guessing either Shawn or Crush had recurrence of a recent injury. Post Rumble Shawns obviously back, and short one show with the Orient Express (Demolition with LOD at MSG that night) the Rockers are beating Smash & Crush for the rest of the month. The Harts carry on with Power & Glory for the rest of the month although a few times they’re with Earthquake & Bravo and one town with the Nasty Boys - who otherwise have been beating the Bushwhackers since the Rumble. Post Rumble the Undertaker is on the road with Tugboat every night, except at MSG where he pins Superfly and the Palace where he puts down the Boss Man (!). The Mountie! also hits the road after the Rumble getting regular wins over Tito Santana. The rest of the cards are so muddled I’m only going to give you a few examples - Shane Douglas gets some impressive wins over Bravo but also has to lose to Virgil. Barbarian also beats him as well as he does Tito, Superfly and a fairly long run with Jim Brunzell. Saba Simba beats all the JTTS including Buddy Rose but loses to everyone the level of Barbar, Bravo or Valentine. Gregs face turn hasn’t aired on TV - he beats Dino 21st at MSG but works heel the rest of the months house shows. 4th in Worcester Dino drops an inexplicable match to Animal - Hawk and their regular opponents the Orients all make the show closing battle royal won by Jake. Transport problems for the Orients? That battle royal smells impromptu. There’s also Superfly vs Hammer or Warlord, Haku vs Tugboat, Brunzell or Shane, Koko v Hammer or Barbar, Koko vs Tito at MSG as seen on SuperTape 4, and 30th in Green Bay the Power & Glory work separate singles, Hercules going over Sam Houston - imagine that, still getting the call into 1991! - but Romeo losing to Tito. Same day in Normal IL (huh?) HBK pins Roma with interference from Animal but it’s a part report so idea if Herc, Marty or Hawk were in the building… 13th in Dayton they have Tito with Virgil and after the clean pin via Flying Jalapeño, they echo last month at MSG with Tornado and have Tito shake his hand. Nice bit of story for only the people in the building. They’ll be tag partners at Tuesday In Texas later in the year! Ridiculous occurrence surrounding Valentine - January 7th TVs, he tapes another failing out with Jimmy Hart in the wake of an accidental megaphone during a Bravo/Bulldog match. That won’t air, although a win over Buddy Rose for 21st Prime Time with the Mouth sticking his beak in will. Greg will suddenly leave the WWF, then tape TV for the UWF on 9th. Vince gets him to come back on better money and 13th he’s back on the road like nothing happened. Departures - fairly obviously it’s Dusty Rhodes’ last month and they don’t ask him to do any house shows. Dustin however they continue to give experience to, losing a few to Barbar but actually picking up some wins on the way out over Buddy Rose until 14th in Huntington he puts over Houston. Sam also beats the Brawler 25th at Copps Coliseum. Good for him. Early month TVs are interesting, they record Brutus Beefcake under a mask attacking Earthquake, The Model, Power & Glory and Demolition although none of these made air. Brutus says that eventually this run as the masked character (never named on TV but retconned to “The Mariner” by some) would have ended with him unmasking and reuniting the Dream Team with Hammer as babyfaces. There’s the first squash tapings for The Mountie! They tape the Jake/Model blindfold match dry run you might have seen on Unreleased, tape some Brutus run ins that DO air, and start to shape Mania recording both Virgil as a babyface with Roddy Piper in his corner beating Haku, and the tag team battle royal that leads to Harts vs Nastys and LOD vs Herc & Roma. They also have a look at Konnan, John Nord who’d be in at the next TVs as The Viking, eventually Berzerker, and War Eagle a/k/a Tatanka…. Fuck, they spent forever making up their mind on him, didn’t they?? At the month end TVs they give a tryout to the guy who ended up being Charlie Norris in WCW so clearly it was one Native American or the other. Finally, Bruce doesn’t want to go full time on the road so month end TVs also get the debut of Paul Bearer…. Ohhhh yesss! Edited March 18 by air_raid remove dead video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 21, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 February 1991 Ultimate Warrior is still in the cage with WWF Champion Sgt Slaughter while Randys still out. His gates have picked up a bit, 8500 at Boston Garden is better. London Gardens (Ontario) may be modest at about 5000 seats but a sell out is a sell out. As Savage is still Warriors main enemy Bob usually has help from Sherri to win the cage match (as if the General wasn’t enough) and often the Queen absorbs a Gorilla Press after the match. Randomly in New Haven Slaughter is helped beating the Warrior up afterwards by the Nasty Boys. In Tempe AZ (huh?) it’s the Orient Express. Inexplicable. In Hershey & Knoxville it’s Warrior teaming with Hacksaw against Laughter and Gen Adnan. Shame they didn’t abide by their usual commitment to substitute something as good or better. 19th at Fort Myers TV Jim puts a pinfall loss on Earthquake, taped for WrestleFest 91. Hulk Hogan vs Earthquake in stretcher matches is still running wild and the crowds are definitely back, 10,000+ in Sacramento and Pittsburgh and 14,000 at Nassau Coliseum. 7000 is a sell out in San Diego and 9500 in Edmonton then 11,000 in Calgary is more great (Canadian) dollar although 4000 at Joe Louis must have been a bitter disappointment. 9000 turn up at Orlando TVs, the next night in Fort Myers it’s the first Hogan vs Slaughter match, DQ finish. B shows? 10th in Denver is pretty loaded ; Hart Foundation vs Power & Glory, Jake Roberts vs The Model, Big Boss Man vs Earthquake and Texas Tornado vs Million Dollar Man. 11th in Dallas I’ve mentioned before : Harts vs Power & Glory, Jake vs Martel and Hacksaw vs DiBiase are the strongest matches that happen, they’ve promoted hometown hero Texas Tornado vs Slaughter for the belt but Sarge has to be in New Haven so Warrior has a decent opponent, and Kerry goes on last with dad Fritz in his corner…. Vs Boris Zhukov. First Boris then Savio? Fuck Texas. 16th we’re at old favourite Lowell for Perfect vs KVE then Big Boss Man vs Earthquake. 20th in Kansas City, 24th in Scranton it’s Boss Man vs Quake but Kerry’s with Teddy. 28th in Portland ME, The Model is missing so Earthquake goes into the cage with Jake - fitting as they’ll feud after Mania. Jake leaves the cage after two DDTs plus chasing Jimmy Hart away with Damian - that’s a hell of a decisive finish! Support is Tornado and Teddy. It’s great recompense for the poor people of the bay, for ages in the era of C shows they seemed to receive the weakest card of every loop. I hope Jake celebrated his big win with some Maine lobster. They did alright for B shows without Randy, I’d say. So - the programs. Mr Perfect is defending against both Big Boss Man and Roddy Piper, getting counted out every night, apart from two shows on 16th against Tornado when Ted’s in Canada. Perfect misses a couple so it’s The Brain taking a pasting from Ray or Rod. When Piper isn’t wrestling Perfect he usually has the night off but there’s a fun one off in New Haven against Earthquake - being Piper, he gets himself disqualified. He also pins Ted DiBiase dark at Fort Myers TV but they won’t go on the road until after Mania. As you’ve read, when Boss Man isn’t with Perfect, he’s usually with Earthquake, though the slightly juggled crew for the Canada loop has him with Barbar. 16th at Nassau Coliseum he’s actually attacked by Warlord allowing the Brain to escape a post match beating, but that’s going nowhere. With Laughter moved to Warrior, Hacksaw Duggan is squashing General Adnan every night. Other constants are Snake vs Model, Tornado vs DiBiase, Undertaker vs Tugboat and Bulldog vs Warlord, although Davey Boy does have to slum it with Dino Bravo on a few either side of Warloads trip to Japan (see below). Hammer beats Dino Bravo again at Nassau but it’s still only the New York area seeing him wrestle babyface right up until another Bravo match 28th in Portland ME, otherwise he’s beating Koko or jobbing to Superfly. Dino either side of Bulldog is swapping wins with Tito Santana early month or losing to Boss Man later. Tito also has a long run with Haku, when the latter isn’t filling an “odd man out” spot with Boss Man or Tugboat, and end of month a run with Snuka. The Mountie! gets a nightly squashing of Jim Powers and Koko vs Barbar is on and off for most of the month. The Harts are defending against Power & Glory every night except they have the Orients in Vancouver and Portland OR which oddly coincides with Roma missing a few. LOD work their Orients handicap (pending subs) until about the 11th, then go back to Demolition (pending subs) until 28th in Portland ME when they fight the Nasty Boys for the first time. The Rockers do a couple with Demolition early seemingly alternating with Orients and the Nasties (including at least one broadway) until mid month then they’re losing to Knobbs & Sags every night until 28th when they’re back with the Orients. The Bushwhackers have a few with all three heel teams then end up with usually Kato & Tanaka after the 15th. Fun one offs - Afternoon of the 2nd in Springfield there’s no Duggan so Roddy Piper gets to squash Adnan (Hacksaw makes it to Boston that evening). The Mountie! beats Tito in Milwaukee and Shane Douglas in Dayton. 16th at the Ontario double, Superfly beats Smash in Oshawa and notably Ted DiBiase in London with help from Virgil. Same night it’s a match for Virg! - he goes over the Brooklyn Brawler. Same day at Nassau it’s Davey Boy & LOD vs Warlord & the Orients which sounds like a Coliseum Video tag team match of the month, doesn’t it? Otherwise, the rest you know. There’s a ton of substitutes this month. On top of those listed, Pat Tanaka misses a couple so 1st in Sacramento it’s Kato, Mr Fuji & Bob Bradley getting battered by Hawk and Animal, 2nd in San Diego it’s LOD vs Kato & young Louie Spicolli, 3rd in Milwaukee it’s the Roadies against Kato, Fuji and the Brooklyn Brawler. Crush misses a few yet again so Smash teams with Boris on three shows and the Brawler on one to lose to Marty & Shawn. The brief LOD vs Demolition reprise is cursed - in Dallas it’s LOD vs Smash & Barbarian, in Montreal it’s Demolition vs Animal & Bulldog. Dallas also has Butch vs Kato. 17th in Florida is plagued with singles matches where tags have been promoted - in Gainesville it’s Marty Jannetty vs Jerry Sags and Butch vs Kato, in Tampa it’s the Anvil vs Hercules. No idea what Bret, Shawn, Roma, Knobbs, Luke and Tanaka were doing but it sure sounds like a party to me. Herc also works either Bushwhacker 20th-21st so sure sounds like Paul’s injured. Odds and sods - There’s a minor WWF presence on the SWS card on the 7th ; Superfly pins Kendo Nagasaki (lol) and on last Warlord goes down to Tenryu. 7th in Salt Lake City losing to Barbar is the last date for Sam Houston. He’d also done a few jobs this month to The Mountie! At London Gardens Crush actually comes out to the Derringer Demolition tune rather than their current crap one for his match with Butch - a happy accident. Orlando TVs are pretty packed with Warrior/Slaughter and Hogan/Earthquake as covered but for tape nerds there’s Perfect vs Piper from 2nd Battle of the Superstars and Tornado beating the Million Dollar Man from WrestleFest 91. Also at mid month tapings Mr Fuji is now coming out with The Viking though he isn’t yet The Berzerker. The Florida tapings also have two more tryouts for Chris Chavis (Tatanka) but as I said last time, there’s no rush on that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Is there any real story as to why Kerry Von Erich didn't really work out in WWF? Too similar to Warrior looks-wise? Fucked up on drugs? Also - Hogan is a MACHINE with gates. You can see why they kept coming back to him, the guy puts bums in seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 21, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Loki said: Is there any real story as to why Kerry Von Erich didn't really work out in WWF? Too similar to Warrior looks-wise? Fucked up on drugs? His problems with drugs were an issue and affected his reliability for sure but they were a symptom, not the illness. He was mentally destroyed by his brothers’ deaths and was thinking of killing himself for years. Bret tells the story that on the way to Fort Wayne TVs in October 1990 Kerry told him he wanted to be with his brothers again. That kind of disposition doesn’t stay secret in a locker room, the office knew they couldn’t plan anything big long term around him. Probably why the belt was back on Perfect within a month and Kerry was losing to Ted DiBiase for the next three or four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Hadn't he also lost his foot by the time he got to the WWF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, Infinity Land said: Hadn't he also lost his foot by the time he got to the WWF? Yep, that and the drugs. A sweet guy by all accounts. But you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 25, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) March 1991 Hulk Hogan vs Earthquake is still your feud but 1st in Providence there’s a twist ; Earthquake beats Jake Roberts by DQ during the card proper then Hogan, who hasn’t already wrestled, wins a show closing battle royal but last eliminating Quake. Pussy. We have the stretcher match at Boston Garden (which draws less than Warrior vs Slaughter last month, eep!), Maple Leaf, Houston, Landover, Hartford, dark at Pensacola TV on which he also works a short match with General Adnan, a healthy 14,000 at the Philadelphia Spectrum, and in Richfield, right before Mania VII. 12th at Biloxi TV a good 9000 see another Hogan vs Sgt Slaughter dry run with a DQ finish. Ridiculously, 14,500 come to MSG on 15th for the Hulkster and he isn’t even wrestling, just in the corner of Hacksaw Duggan for a flag match with Laughter (DQ finish). Vegas TVs the night after Mania a heavily papered 14,000 (approx 50% comps) get the Hogan & Warrior vs Slaughter, Adnan & Undertaker match from the World Tour 91 tape and they do the same match next night in Reno as we move into Warrior vs Undertaker, though this spot was advertised as Randy Savage. There’s more tag nuttiness on 30th in the first night of the SWS collaboration WrestleFest which is Hogans last match of March - he and Genichiro Tenryu lose by count out to the Legion of Doom. Ultimate Warrior is spending the first half of the month chasing WWF Champion Sgt Slaughter in the 15 FOOT HIGH STEEL CAGE although with Mania set, many of them are non-title, including at the Horizon and the Cow Palace. 12th at Biloxi TV Jim beats Earthquake inside the cage and 15th in Milwaukee Macho King is back (for a bit) and straight back in the cage with Warrior, and beating him, but that’s Randys only match back from injury before Mania and it’s Warrior vs Sarge in Pittsburgh and Miami. You already partly know what Warrior did at post Mania TVs but he does double duty in Reno and beats The Model too, and 30th in Tokyo he pins Slaughter. B show in El Paso on 7th is huge with Mr Perfect vs Big Boss Man and the Hart Foundation vs Power & Glory as title match main events supported by Texas Tornado vs Million Dollar Man and Jake the Snake vs The Model. In Niagara Falls NY and Moncton (Canada) it’s the Harts vs Earthquake & Dino Bravo followed by 20 man battles royal won, ludicrously, by Virgil. These are the only shows without Hogan or Warrior on the road to WrestleMania VII. And the rest?Perfect is still not committed to a single challenger ; he loses to Rowdy Roddy Piper by count-out 1st in San Antonio, works Tito Santana on a Chicago/Indianapolis double, then loses to Boss Man by count-out for the next ten nights or so. In Milwaukee, The Palace & Richfield we switch to a cross-feud tag - old buddies Jake & Boss Man vs Perfect & Martel. That’s it for all four before Mania - actually, apart from scattered TVs and SWS co-ops, that’s it for Martel until near Christmas, he’s taking a break. Speaking of SWS, Perfect loses by DQ to Tornado 30th in Tokyo, then a bizarre excursion sees him lose by count-out to Superfly 31st at the University Of Guam, beneath Hacksaw Duggan beating Sgt Slaughter in the main. The middle of the card is refreshingly consistent this month with most nights having Tornado (often with Virgil) vs Ted DiBiase, Davey Boy with Warlord, Hacksaw Duggan squashing Gen Adnan, Tugboat losing to Undertaker, Hammer beating Dino Bravo, Tito usually with Haku and The Mountie! vs Jim Powers early month, Koko mid month including at MSG, and Jimmy Snuka late month towards Mania. Weirdly before Mountie, Superfly and Koko have a run against each other, guessing Koko played heel as he did against Santana at MSG previously. When Snuka moves on to Mountie, Koko goes back to Barbarian. Randy Savage wrestled one match that isn’t Warrior or the TV dark matches (see below) - pinning George Takano 30th in Tokyo at the SWS gig. It’s the Harts’ last month as champions and as a full time team! They’re a bit all over the place. They flip back and forth between Power & Glory and the Nasty Boys, do a few vs Earthquake & Bravo as mentioned including MSG, and they also work the Orients in Hartford and Demolition at the Spectrum. Post Mania their last big match together until late April is with the Rockers in Tokyo on 30th and AT LAST there’s a finish between them ; Bret pins Shawn rolling through a crossbody off the top. Anvil jobs to Barbar 31st in Guam, it’s onwards and upwards for the Hitman. Legion of Doom work Demolition more often than anyone including post Mania in Guam, but they also wrap up the run vs the Orients & Fuji and work at least one match each with Knobbs & Sags and Herc & Roma. The Rockers have another mixed up month. They pick up wins against the Nasties by DQ, Demolition and the Orient Express but actually lose to Kato and Tanaka at the Capital Center and Richfield. They go 1-1 in singles with the Orients at MSG then at the Spectrum Marty loses to Hercules and Shawn does a broadway with Roma. Randomly in Guam, Shawn does a job for Haku and Jannetty pins the Hammer. As well as what you’ve read above from Power & Glory, Herc gets a fairly serious injury leading into Mania so Roma works a few singles, losing to Tito but actually beating Valentine, and bizarrely losing a handicap to the Bushwhackers in Miami. Speaking of which, the Demolition slide is never more obvious than losing to Luke and Butch at the start of the month as well as to all the other babyface teams, though the gimmick must still be over in Japan as in Tokyo they go over Shunji Takano & Shinichi Nakano (no, me neither). Other than beating Demolition, the ‘whackers are losing every night to the Nasties or Orients though they do beat Knobbs and Sags (the new tag team champions!) by DQ in Auckland and Guam. Fun subs/one offs - Providence is a wacky card. As well as several guys without a real match showing up for the battle royal, Jake and Quake aren’t the only ones working someone different from their normal feud. But even, injuries and events elsewhere prompt even more of a shuffle. Superfly is supposed to work The Model but he’s hurt, so Snuka wrestled Koko. Tornado is booked with Gen Adnan but he’s gone with Sarge to San Antonio to sub opposite Warrior so Kerry works Barbar. Boss Man is scheduled for DiBiase but he hasn’t made it so Boss Man has a babyface match with Virgil. Hacksaw beats Dino as planned. The Model also misses Boston Garden, so it’s Jake vs Barbar. In Niagara Falls, Kerry and Davey Boy swap opponents for a night, Tornado going to a double count-out with Warload and Bulldog pinning Ted DiBiase. Perfect doesn’t go to Winnipeg so it’s a one off on the road against Boss Man for the newly-rechristened Berzerker. Haku as usual fills in any “odd man out” spot against Boss Man, Valentine or Duggan, and amusingly long time partner of Barry Horowitz on TV, Reno Riggins gets a call for a rare live show, opening with Herc in Evansville. Mid month TVs are fun. Both feature first squashes back for Ricky Steamboat. Pensacola has a tryout for Gary Albright, the taping of Road To WrestleMania, the return of Sheiky Baby as Col Mustafa and who’s this wrestling the Bushwhackers on Superstars? Mike Sample & Bob Holly. In Biloxi, Bobcore is losing to Steamer in a dark singles tryout and on top of the main events covered, there’s Jake vs The Model in a dry run of the blindfold match and Harts vs LOD from the WrestleFest 91 tape. Both nights of Nevada TVs have dark matches of Konnan vs Louie Spicolli which definitely sounds more 97 WCW than it does 91 WWF. These tapings include Brets first squashes using the Sharpshooter as his finish - his first solo run will be against Barbar, who he won’t be beating with it. Vegas also tapes the horrific angle where Earthquake kills Damian, which I consider the worst thing they ever did in a product aimed mostly at kids. Plus some big dark matches - as well as the Hogan/Warrior matches, both shows have Nastys vs LOD, Vegas has the first Boss Man vs Mountie match and Roddy Piper pins the Million Dollar Man, and fulfilling his “contractual obligations” (and that the WWF advertised him) Macho Man pins The Model both nights and in Reno subs for Piper - Savage with Liz vs DiBiase with Sherri. I bet that was a giggle. Really interesting was that both cities originally had Jake Roberts vs The Undertaker announced, which would have been psychologically amazing to see underdog hero Jake trying to stop the unstoppable, but I suspect this match was never actually planned for given they knew Savage would be leaving/turning and Taker would be substituted into the big handicap match. Shame. It's probably more fun doing these with something for you to watch afterwards, so here's Warrior vs Slaughter and Savage against George Takano from the 30th SWS show in Tokyo. Edited April 26, 2022 by air_raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Love me some Barabarian and the matches against Texas Tornado sound fun, where as The Hammer vs Dino Bravo, who were stable mates at one point sound awful, and thus a must see. Would Dino be starting to wind down at this point as he'd retire the next year? It's awesome to see so many different pairings on the road during a time when I'd live to see the next show, was in effect. Daft question and probably very obvious, however I have brain death. What was the venue that they'd cut away to on WWF programmes, thinking Superstars, that had all of the Neon advertising signs in the rafters, and usually some horribly dark and grainy footage. I think it's Canadian but can't work it out. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 26, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2022 8 hours ago, patiirc said: Would Dino be starting to wind down at this point as he'd retire the next year? Post Mania, considerably. He’ll barely be wrestling by June/July, be sparingly used as a face in September-November in the Canadian market only, and have his first retirement match in January 1992. Hammer vs Bravo was awful, New Dream Team were awful. Hammer quit the WWF in 88 pretending he didn’t want to do the angle where they kidnapped Matilda but really it was because he was sick of teaming with Dino. As soon as they stuck Bravo with Frenchy Martin and they moved the Bulldogs onto the Islanders, he was back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 28 minutes ago, air_raid said: Post Mania, considerably. He’ll barely be wrestling by June/July, be sparingly used as a face in September-November in the Canadian market only, and have his first retirement match in January 1992. Hammer vs Bravo was awful, New Dream Team were awful. Hammer quit the WWF in 88 pretending he didn’t want to do the angle where they kidnapped Matilda but really it was because he was sick of teaming with Dino. As soon as they stuck Bravo with Frenchy Martin and they moved the Bulldogs onto the Islanders, he was back. Thanks, that's brilliant. I never got the point of Dino Bravo as a wrestler or the longevity, he was just 'there'. He never floated my boat. Spose it was the Quake love that made me dislike him even further with the push up thing he used to do. Definitely a case of 'just fuck off already' style heat. I absolutely need to track down a Hammer vs Bravo match now Wonderful thread this. Thanks for doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 26, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, patiirc said: I absolutely need to track down a Hammer vs Bravo match now If so inclined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, air_raid said: If so inclined. Deffo worth it for the match end, and some continuity. The rest was amazingly awful, thank you ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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