Wrestling Results - Feb 2, 1990

[Joe Neglia]

WWF @ Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island (United States of America)
1. The Genius defeated Jim Neidhart
2. Rick Martel defeated Brutus Beefcake
3. Hercules defeated Conquistador #1
4. WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Mr. Perfect defeated Hulk Hogan (c) by countout
5. Bushwhacker Butch and Bushwhacker Luke defeated Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov
6. Koko B. Ware defeated Bob Bradley
7. Dusty Rhodes defeated Randy Savage by countout

A bad card on paper overall with a couple of interesting bits like Perfect/Hogan. What kind of matches was Martel able to drag out of Brutus?

WWF @ Johnstown, Pennsylvania (United States of America)
1. The Warlord and The Barbarian vs. Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty - winner unknown

USWA @ Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas (United States of America)
1. Chris Champion and Dutch Mantell defeated Brian Lee and Robert Fuller by disqualification
2. Kerry Von Erich vs. Soultaker ended without a winner as a double countout
3. Jimmy Jack Funk and Dustin Rhodes defeated Texas Ranger and Pronto
4. Matt Borne defeated Jeff Gaylord by disqualification
5. Jeff Jarrett and Bill Dundee defeated Jerry Lawler and Billy Travis

Soultaker = Papa Shango/Godfather

Brian Lee = Underfaker/Chainz in DOA

Texas Ranger was Gorgeous Gary Young and Pronto was Chris Youngblood from the Romero/YB family

PCCW @ Surrey, British Columbia (Canada)
1. Fabulous Fabio defeated Michelle Starr by countout
2. The Enforcer defeated Timothy Flowers by disqualification
3. The Olympian and Rocky Dellaserra defeated Randy Tyler and Randy Taylor
4. Mr. Wrestling defeated Dale Houston
5. Randy Tyler defeated The Skywalker

That's not any Mr. Wrestling of note.

Randy Tyler and Randy Taylor. Nice.

The Skywalker is Tyler Mane, aka Big Sky, Nitron and Sabretooth in the first X-Men movie

WCW @ Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Missouri (United States of America)
1. Mike Rotunda defeated Ranger Ross
2. Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace defeated Jack Victory and Rip Morgan
3. Norman the Lunatic defeated Kevin Sullivan
4. Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane
5. Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Animal, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner defeated Ron Simmons, Butch Reed, Mark Callous and Dan Spivey
6. Ric Flair defeated Lex Luger

Johnny Ace, Jack Victory and Rip Morgan had all been flagbearers for the Sheepherders early in their careers

That 8-man looks really fun. Roadies and Steiners against Doom and Skyscrapers? Take my money.

Kevin Sullivan jobbing to Bastion Booger.

WWC @ Humacao (Puerto Rico)
1. Carlos Colón and Invader #1 vs. Harley Race and Leo Burke - winner unknown
2. Manny Fernández vs. TNT - winner unknown
3. Carl Styles vs. Mark Youngblood - winner unknown
4. Dale Veasey and Bob Brown vs. Huracán Castillo Jr. and Miguel Pérez Jr. ended without a winner
5. Chris Youngblood vs. Eddie Watts - winner unknown
6. Gary Albright vs. Víctor Jovica - winner unknown

Wait...Chris Youngblood was Pronto in Dallas that day. Either one is wrong or he caught a hell of a flight.

[DiBiase is Good]

I remember Beefcake and Martel having a very brief feud towards the end of 1989 and early 90. But other than being on opposing sides at Survivor Series, I don’t recall them ever wrestling each other on TV again. This was also around the time Martel quietly stopped being managed by Slick.

[Mandarin Dessert Version 0]

I would imagine the matches were rather good considering that Beefcake was really hitting his peak as a worker before the parasailing accident happened.

[XIII]

Harley Race wrestled in Puerto Rico in 1990? Wow, I didn’t know that one.

[thecrusherwi]

Feb 2, 2020 1:13:22 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

I remember Beefcake and Martel having a very brief feud towards the end of 1989 and early 90. But other than being on opposing sides at Survivor Series, I don’t recall them ever wrestling each other on TV again. This was also around the time Martel quietly stopped being managed by Slick.

They had a match at the garden that appeared on one of the 1990 Coliseum Videos. Halfway decent from what I remember.

[Triangle Lancer]

Just curious when Mark Callous joined the Skyscrapers, because I saw a live WCW show a month earlier where he wrestled as a single.

(For the record, this may have been the card Gary Michael Cappetta talked about in his book where he gave him a lift and Mark finally opened up about who was pissing him off.)

[Joe Neglia]

Feb 2, 2020 12:10:12 GMT -5 Triangle Lancer said:

Just curious when Mark Callous joined the Skyscrapers, because I saw a live WCW show a month earlier where he wrestled as a single.

(For the record, this may have been the card Gary Michael Cappetta talked about in his book where he gave him a lift and Mark finally opened up about who was pissing him off.)

January 3, with it airing on January 6

[XIII]

Wait...Dustin Rhodes wrestled in the USWA?

[Joe Neglia]

Feb 2, 2020 21:47:41 GMT -5 XIII said:

Wait...Dustin Rhodes wrestled in the USWA?

Was there for a good while early on, from July 89 until April of '90. Most notably teamed up often with Nightmare Freddy.

[Toilet Paper Roll]

That’s a pretty stacked card for WCW considering how limited their roster was at the time.

[chronocross]

Feb 2, 2020 1:56:31 GMT -5 Mandarin Dessert Version 0 said:

I would imagine the matches were rather good considering that Beefcake was really hitting his peak as a worker before the parasailing accident happened.

They have a decent match at one of the MSG shows in early 1990, I think it's one of the Coliseum Video tapes.

[Triangle Lancer]

Feb 2, 2020 17:33:11 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Feb 2, 2020 12:10:12 GMT -5 Triangle Lancer said:

Just curious when Mark Callous joined the Skyscrapers, because I saw a live WCW show a month earlier where he wrestled as a single.

(For the record, this may have been the card Gary Michael Cappetta talked about in his book where he gave him a lift and Mark finally opened up about who was pissing him off.)

January 3, with it airing on January 6

Thank you. In my home arena, they should have fixed "card subject to change" to "expect card to change". Even with arena lineups printed, there were at least 2 matches switched around. Every. Time.

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

I feel the need to watch Hercules vs a Conquistador. Also, on that note;

Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Animal, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner vs Ron Simmons, Butch Reed, Mark Callous and Dan Spivey.

I never knew a match up this bad ass had taken place. The stiffing and no selling must have been off the charts.

[Aceorton]

WWF @ Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island (United States of America)
1. The Genius defeated Jim Neidhart
2. Rick Martel defeated Brutus Beefcake
3. Hercules defeated Conquistador #1
4. WWF World Heavyweight Title Match: Mr. Perfect defeated Hulk Hogan (c) by countout
5. Bushwhacker Butch and Bushwhacker Luke defeated Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov
6. Koko B. Ware defeated Bob Bradley
7. Dusty Rhodes defeated Randy Savage by countout

A bad card on paper overall with a couple of interesting bits like Perfect/Hogan. What kind of matches was Martel able to drag out of Brutus?

I attended a house show about six weeks later with Beefcake-Martel on the card. Martel pinned Beefcake by holding the ropes after Beefcake tried a sunset flip from the apron (which may have been the MSG finish also). It was OK, nothing especially awful or fantastic. I do remember being stunned that they would have Martel pin Beefcake, who seemed like he was the much bigger deal at that time, coming off the Zeus stuff and starting a feud with Perfect.

Also of note: At the house show I saw, they had Neidhart go over the Genius, instead of the other way around. Looking at 1990 results, it seems like they were having Genius beat a lot of mid-carders (Tito, Hercules) with Perfect's help early in the year, and then after Wrestlemania, he pretty much just jobbed 9,000 times for Beefcake and Koko. I wonder what caused Poffo's push to die so hard. I liked him in that gimmick and thought it was great how he was suddenly beating real stars by being a giant cheater.