WWF Pay-Per-View Events

Royal Rumble ’90
-The third annual Royal Rumble was held on January 21, 1990 at the Orlando
Arena in Orlando, Florida.
ROYAL RUMBLE PARTICIPANTS – 30 Man:
        -Number Entered: (1) Ted DiBiase (2) Koko B. Ware (3) Marty Jannetty (4)
        Jake Roberts (5) Randy Savage (6) Roddy Piper (7) Warlord (8) Bret Hart (9)
        Bad News Brown (10) Dusty Rhodes (11) Andre the Giant (12) Red Rooster
        (13) Ax (14) Haku (15) Smash (16) Akeem (17) Jimmy Snuka (18) Dino Bravo
        (19) Earthquake (20) Jim Neidhart (21) Ultimate Warrior (22) Rick Martel (23)
        Tito Santana (24) Honky Tonk Man (25) Hulk Hogan (26) Shawn Michaels (27)
        Barbarian (28) Rick Rude (29) Hercules Hernandez (30) Mr. Perfect.
                -Winner: Hulk Hogan eliminated Mr. Perfect in 58:46 to win the event.
        -Big Bossman vs. Jim Duggan. Duggan won by DQ when Bossman hit him with
        a nightstick.
        -The Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) vs. The Rougeau
        Brothers (Jacques and Raymond Rougeau). Butch pinned Jacques.
        -Brutus Beefcake vs. The Genius. Double Disqualification.
        -Greg Valentine vs. Ronnie Garvin. Garvin won by submission in 16:55.
                -Special submission match.
        -Steve Lombardi vs. Paul Roma. Roma won by pinfall.
Crowd Estimate: 16,000.
SummerSlam ’90
-SummerSlam 1990 was the third installment of the event, held at the Spectrum in
Philadelphia on Monday, August 27, 1990. Sgt. Slaughter had a special interview
segment with Brother Love.
-Commentators: Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper.
        -Rick Rude vs. The Ultimate Warrior, WWF World Heavyweight Champion.
        Warrior won in 10:05.
                -Steel Cage Match.
                -Rude was accompanied by his manager, Bobby Heenan.
        -The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) vs. Demolition (Crush and
        Smash), WWF World Tag Team Champions. Hart Foundation won the WWF
        World Tag Title.
                -Best two-of-three-falls match.
                1.        Crush pinned Bret Hart.
                2.        Smash was disqualified, Foundation won.
                3.        Hart pinned Crush.
                -During the match, Ax, the third member of Demolition, replaced Smash.
                Smash hid underneath the ring.
        -The Legion of Doom walked out late in the match and pulled the third member
        of Demolition out from under the ring.
        -Kerry Von Erich vs. Mr. Perfect, WWF Intercontinental Champion Von Erich
        won by pinfall in 5:15 to capture the I-C Title.
                -Perfect was accompanied by Bobby Heenan.
        -The Earthquake vs. Hulk Hogan. Hogan won by countout.
                -Earthquake was accompanied by Jimmy Hart.
                -Hogan was accompanied by Big Bossman (?)
        -Dusty Rhodes vs. Randy Savage. Savage pinned Rhodes in 2:15.
        -The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) vs. Power and Glory
        (Hercules and Paul Roma). Roma pinned Jannetty after a combined superplex
        from Hercules and a big splash from Roma.
                -Power and Glory continued to attack Jannetty and Michaels after the
                match. Michaels had been injured early in the match and was carried
                from the ring.
                -Power and Glory were accompanied by their manager, Slick.
        -Tito Santana vs. The Warlord. Warlord won by pinfall after a powerslam.
                -Warlord was accompanied by Slick.
        -Bad News Brown vs. Jake Roberts. Roberts pinned Brown in 4:44.
                -Special Referee: Big Bossman.
        -The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka and Akio Sato) vs. Jim Duggan and Nikolai
        Volkoff. Duggan and Volkoff won. Duggan pinned Tanaka.
        -Sherri Martel vs. Sapphire. Martel won by forfeit when Sapphire failed to
        appear to the ring.
Crowd Estimate: 19,000.
Survivor Series ’90
-The fourth annual series was held on Thursday, November 22, 1990 at the Hartford
Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
        -The Hulkamanaics – Hulk Hogan, Tugboat, Big Bossman and Jim Duggan vs.
        The Natural Disasters – The Earthquake, Dino Bravo, The Barbarian and Haku.
        Number Eliminated:
                -Big Bossman pinned Haku.
                -Jim Duggan was disqualified.
                -Hulk Hogan pinned Dino Bravo.
                -The Earthquake pinned Big Bossman.
                -Earthquake and Tugboat were counted out.
                -Hogan pinned the Barbarian.
                Hogan was the sole survivor. The Hulkamaniacs won.
        -The Warriors – Kerry Von Erich, The Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk), and
        The Ultimate Warrior, WWF World Heavyweight Champion vs. The Perfect
        Team – Demolition (Ax, Crush and Smash) and Mr. Perfect, WWF
        Intercontinental Champion.
        Number Eliminated:
                -The Ultimate Warrior pinned Ax.
                -The Legion of Doom and the remaining members of Demolition were
                disqualified for their continued brawling.
                -Mr. Perfect pinned Kerry Von Erich.
                -The Ultimate Warrior pinned Mr. Perfect.
                The Ultimate Warrior was the sole survivor. The Warriors won.
        -The Vipers – Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka and The Rockers (Marty Jannetty
        and Shawn Michaels) vs. The Visionaries – Rick Martel, The Warlord and
        Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma).
        Number Eliminated:
        -The Warlord pinned Marty Jannetty.
                -Rick Martel pinned Jimmy Snuka.
                -Power and Glory eliminated Shawn Michaels.
                -Jake Roberts was counted out for chasing Rick Martel to the dressing
                room.
                Rick Martel, Warlord and Power and Glory survived. The Visionaries won.
        -The Dream Team – Dusty Rhodes, Koko B. Ware and The Hart Foundation
        (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), WWF World Tag Team Champions vs. The Million
        Dollar Team – Ted DiBiase, Kane the Undertaker and Rhythm and Blues
        (Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine).
Number Eliminated:
                -Undertaker pinned Koko B. Ware.
                -Jim Neidhart pinned Honky Tonk Man.
                -Ted DiBiase pinned Jim Neidhart.
                -Undertaker pinned Dusty Rhodes.
                -Undertaker was counted out while continuing his battle with Rhodes.
                -Bret Hart pinned Greg Valentine.
                -DiBiase pinned Hart.
                Ted DiBiase was the sole survivor. The Million Dollar Team won.
        -The Alliance – Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana and The Bushwhackers (Butch
        Miller and Luke Williams) vs. The Mercenaries – Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zukhov
        and The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka and Aiko Sato).
        Number Eliminated:
                -Tito Santana pinned Boris Zukhov.
                -Butch pinned Sato.
                -Santana pinned Tanaka.
                -Sgt. Slaughter pinned Nikolai Volkoff.
                -Slaughter pinned Nikolai Volkoff.
                -Slaughter pinned Luke.
                -Slaughter pinned Butch.
                -Slaughter was disqualified.
                Tito Santana was the sole survivor. The Alliance won.
Final Survivors Bout:
        -Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana vs. Ted DiBiase, Rick
        Martel, The Warlord and Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma)
        Number Eliminated:
                -Santana pinned Warlord.
                -DiBiase pinned Santana.
                -Hogan pinned Roma.
                -Rick Martel was counted out.
                -Hogan pinned DiBiase.
                -Ultimate Warrior pinned Hercules.
                Hogan and the Warrior were the final survivors.
Crowd Estimate: 16,000.

World Wrestling Federation (WWF) PPV Events - 1990

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