So why not make the Hogan/Quake match a tag (sslam 1990)

[dirtyoldman]

Just a random thought. Summerslam 1990 was a double main event with Warrior Vs Ride in a steel cage, and the other one was Hogan Vs Quake.
Although Bossman was in Hogan's corner and Dino Bravo was in Quakes, it was still a one on one match. Dispite that, I remember Bravo and Bossman getting in the ring for a bit.
So why not make it a tag? The first 2 summerslam had tag main events so it kinda would keep the tradition and the event would have ended with a one on one with the warrior rude match.
Also the match could have ended with a pinfall victory with Bravo taking the pin if they wanted to drag the Quake fued a little longer.
Or was it the one on one that people wanted more than anything.

[dangerousdanpotato]

Hulk and Quake had a hot angle going. Boss Man and Bravo in the match would just water it down. On paper that sounds like a Superstars main event.

[XIII]

No one wants to see Dino Bravo in a main event. lol

[dirtyoldman]

I do...












No, sorry. I'm lying

[Deleted]

Combining feuds into tag matches just wasn't done often in WWF at the time, or at least not on TV/PPV. It's more of a modern booking style.

[dirtyoldman]

True, although you could argue that Bravo was already involved being Quakes mate. I imagine if Tugboat was still involved then a tag match would make more sense.

Wonder if Bravo and Bossman still get much of a pay day by not having a match but still getting involved.

[fg]

Hogan/Quake needed to be a singles match. Period. Also, I’m sure that Boss Man got a PPV payday since he also referred the Jake/Bad News match.

[chronocross]

I think it was fine the way it was, also they wanted to run that tag match around the house show circuit after Summerslam.

[thegatewaydrug]

Aug 6, 2022 16:00:31 GMT -5 XIII said:

No one wants to see Dino Bravo in a main event. lol

Fixed it!

[HMARK Center]

In fairness, the first SummerSlam was headlined by a tag match, as was SummerSlam ‘91. Granted, the first one had enormous star power, but it did seem at that point they still hadn’t fully figured out how they wanted to handle title matches and PPVs outside of Wrestlemania…and even the first one of those got headlined by a tag match.

[fw91]

Aug 7, 2022 11:24:13 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

In fairness, the first SummerSlam was headlined by a tag match, as was SummerSlam ‘91. Granted, the first one had enormous star power, but it did seem at that point they still hadn’t fully figured out how they wanted to handle title matches and PPVs outside of Wrestlemania…and even the first one of those got headlined by a tag match.

The first two Summerslams were main evented by tag matches

[dirtyoldman]

Aug 7, 2022 11:33:17 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Aug 7, 2022 11:24:13 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

In fairness, the first SummerSlam was headlined by a tag match, as was SummerSlam ‘91. Granted, the first one had enormous star power, but it did seem at that point they still hadn’t fully figured out how they wanted to handle title matches and PPVs outside of Wrestlemania…and even the first one of those got headlined by a tag match.

The first two Summerslams were main evented by tag matches

True, and the one after the 1990 was a tag too (well handicapped tag) which got me thinking how a 1990 tag would go down.

If warrior had fueded with Earthquake in Hogan's absence (with DQ and countout finishes) would a Hogan/warrior Vs Earthquake/Bravo match work? They could hype up would Hogan and Warrior still be ok after their battle at WM6, and if they really wanted to increase the odds, could tug boat have turned earlier and made it a 2 on 3 (or would it be better if Dino Bravo just f***ed off?)

[HMARK Center]

Aug 7, 2022 11:33:17 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Aug 7, 2022 11:24:13 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

In fairness, the first SummerSlam was headlined by a tag match, as was SummerSlam ‘91. Granted, the first one had enormous star power, but it did seem at that point they still hadn’t fully figured out how they wanted to handle title matches and PPVs outside of Wrestlemania…and even the first one of those got headlined by a tag match.

The first two Summerslams were main evented by tag matches

Shit, I completely blanked on Zeus and Macho.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

It is kind of surprising they didn't do it considering Summerslam was headlined by tag team matches in three of it's first four years. I thought doing a singles between Hogan and Quake was the right way to go though. They needed a bigger match as Warrior/Rude was a cold title feud and doing a tag match wasn't going to cut it and it also would've made the outcome more predictable with Hogan pinning Bravo. IIRC Summerslam 90 did a pretty good buy rate and the Hogan/Quake match had a lot to do with it.

[tafkaga]

Odd that I never considered it before, but I actually kind of love the idea.

Hogan hits the legdrop on Bravo to get the pin, then has a posedown with Bossman to Real American.

[ghost]

Hogan/Warrior vs. Earthquake/Rude as the main event could have worked. Have Warrior pin Rude, and keep the Hogan/Quake feud going. Maybe squash the Slaughter push and have Quake beat Warrior at RR, then Hogan finally beats Quake to win the title at Mania.

Although I’m biased and just want to fantasy book a scenario where Slaughter and his boring ass run never happened.

[Deleted]

When a fat man sits on you on national tv a singles ppv match is the only appropriate revenge. I believe that’s in the bible.

[XIII]

Aug 8, 2022 12:49:53 GMT -5 @mrbonezone said:

When a fat man sits on you on national tv a singles ppv match is the only appropriate revenge. I believe that’s in the bible.

Job 24:7 if I’m not mistaken