WWF TV Taping results 8/7/90

[wildojinx]

From thehistoryofwwe.com:

WWF @ Springfield, MA – Civic Center – August 7, 1990 (300 shy of a sell out)
Wrestling Challenge taping – Included Vince McMahon substituting for Gorilla Monsoon for the three tapings as Monsoon had to have a toe amputated; Hulk Hogan was to have appeared on the Brother Love Show at the taping but didn’t due to his father undergoing triple bypass surgery:
Jim Brunzell pinned Buddy Rose
Jake Roberts defeated Bad News Brown via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes pinned Randy Savage
The Warlord pinned Sonny Blaze
The Bushwhackers defeated Greg Valentine & the Honkytonk Man via disqualification
WWF World Champion the Ultimate Warrior & Kerry Von Erich (sub. for Brutus Beefcake) defeated Rick Rude & WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect at 11:25

Prime Time Wrestling – 8/27/90: Kerry Von Erich defeated Barry O
Prime Time Wrestling – 8/27/90: The Barbarian defeated Ron Cumberledge
Prime Time Wrestling – 8/27/90: Jimmy Snuka pinned the Brooklyn Brawler at 2:13 with the splash off the top
Prime Time Wrestling – 8/27/90: Nikolai Volkoff & Jim Duggan defeated Black Bart & Bob Bradley at 5:40 when Volkoff pinned Bradley with a somersault forward roll
All American Wrestling – 9/2/90: WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition Ax, Smash, & Crush defeated Jim McPherson, Jim Powers, & Mike Tecalo at around 5:30 when Crush pinned McPherson following the Decapitation
WWF Superstars (French version): Earthquake (w/ Jimmy Hart & Dino Bravo) defeated Jim Duggan via disqualification at 7:18 after Duggan used his 2×4 as a weapon to counter being double teamed by Earthquake and Bravo while the referee was knocked down

8/26/90 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Bobby Heenan; included a ‘Special Report’ segment showing last weeks incident from WWF Superstars where Tugboat was attacked by Earthquake & Dino Bravo, and saved by the Big Bossman, comments then aired from Earthquake, Dino Bravo, & Jimmy Hart, about Hogan now being all alone at Summer Slam; included a Summer Slam Report, hosted by Gene Okerlund, with comments from Rick Rude, WWF World Champion the Ultimate Warrior, WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition, Randy Savage & Sensational Sherri, and the announcement that the Warlord would be replacing Rick Martel in his scheduled match with Tito Santana due to a previous modeling engagement; featured a promo from Sapphire, where she sported a new mink coat from her mystery admirer and said the best gift of all would be coming this Monday at Summer Slam; included the Brother Love Show from this week’s WWF Superstars with guest Hulk Hogan, where he introduced the Big Bossman as his new cornerman for Summer Slam; featured a promo from Sgt. Slaughter about his appearance on the Brother Love Show at Summer Slam, and declared war on Nikolai Volkoff:
Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated Barry O & Chris Duffy when Bret pinned Duffy after the Hart Attack at 3:21; during the bout, WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition cut an insert promo about their match with the Harts this Monday night at Summer Slam
Ted Dibiase (w/ Virgil) defeated Mario Mancini via submission with the Million $ Dream at 2:35
WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Scott Colantonio with the Perfect Plex at 1:51; during the bout, Kerry Von Erich cut an insert promo about his match this Monday at Summer Slam with Perfect
The Orient Express (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Shane Douglas & Mark Thomas when Sato pinned Thomas with a sit-down powerbomb at 1:43

9/2/90 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Bobby Heenan; included a ‘Special’ Report’ segment focusing on the results from Summer Slam, with comments from Mr. Perfect & Bobby Heenan, WWF IC Champion Kerry Von Erich, the Legion of Doom, & Dusty Rhodes; included Gene Okerlund interviewing Sgt. Slaughter on the interview platform, which was interrupted by Nikolai Volkoff who came out and waved the American flag in Slaughter�s face; Slaughter then took a swing at Volkoff and missed, with Volkoff then hitting an atomic drop on the platform, knocking Slaughter to the floor; included a promo from the Genius:
Greg Valentine & the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Ron Garvin & Glen Ruth when Valentine pinned Ruth after a double back suplex at 3:28
Koko B. Ware pinned Dale Wolfe with the Ghostbuster at 1:52
Haku (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Mike Pocari with a kick to the face at 2:44; during the bout, the Big Bossman cut an insert promo, warning Bobby Heenan to stop making comments about his mother
The Big Bossman pinned Mike Williams with the sidewalk slam at 2:15
Tugboat pinned Buddy Rose with a powerslam & splash at 1:57; during the bout, Tugboat cut an insert promo saying he was back and coming after Earthquake & Dino Bravo
Paul Roma & Hercules (w/ Slick) defeated George Skaaland & Mike Daniels when Roma pinned Daniels with a splash off the top, after a superplex from Herc at the 4-minute mark; during the bout, Power & Glory & Slick cut an insert promo on the Rockers
Bad News Brown pinned Mike Durham with the Ghetto Blaster at 2:15

9/9/90 – hosted by Vince McMahon & Bobby Heenan; included a ‘Special Report’ segment showing footage from Summer Slam of Ted Dibiase being revealed as Sapphire’s benefactor; included footage of last weeks confrontation between Sgt. Slaughter & Nikolai Volkoff; included Gene Okerlund conducting an interview with Rick Martel, discussing his modeling trip in Paris and how his Arrogance cologne was the fragrance of the nineties:
The Legion of Doom defeated Duane Gill & Barry Hardy at 1:33 when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Gill following the Doomsday Device; during the bout, Demolition cut an insert promo on LOD, blaming them for costing them the tag titles
Rick Rude (w/ Bobby Heenan) pinned Sonny Blaze at 1:14 with the Rude Awakening; during the bout, the Big Bossman cut an insert promo, saying he had special plans for Bobby Heenan if he didn’t stop making comments about him and his mother; after the bout, Rude reintroduced his Rude Awakening kiss that he had stopped doing the past several months
Tito Santana pinned Bob Bradley at 3:28 with the flying forearm
Sgt. Slaughter defeated Jim Powers via submission at 2:53 with a knuckle hold; during the bout, Slaughter cut an insert promo on Nikolai Volkoff saying he would pay for what he did to him last week
Jim Duggan pinned Pez Whatley at 1:49 with the running clothesline
The Bushwhackers defeated Black Bart & Dick Woody at 2:53 when Butch pinned Woody following the double gutbuster; during the bout, Mr. Fuji with the Orient Express cut an insert promo on the Bushwhackers
Dino Bravo (w/ Jimmy Hart & Earthquake) pinned Jim Brunzell at 1:59 with the side suplex; during the bout, Tugboat cut an insert promo saying he was coming for Bravo & Earthquake; after the bout, Earthquake hit the sit-down splash twice on Brunzell; Earthquake then tipped up the stretcher that had been brought to ringside ready for Brunzell to be put on

[lucas_lee]

Those honestly sound like a dreadful set of tapings

[thegatewaydrug]

Aug 6, 2023 23:51:35 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

The Bushwhackers defeated Black Bart & Dick Woody at 2:53 when Butch pinned Woody following the double gutbuster

Sounds like a hard match full of stiff competition, pal!

[wildojinx]

Aug 8, 2023 22:03:20 GMT -5 thegatewaydrug said:

Aug 6, 2023 23:51:35 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

The Bushwhackers defeated Black Bart & Dick Woody at 2:53 when Butch pinned Woody following the double gutbuster

Sounds like a hard match full of stiff competition, pal!

There were a lot of jobber names back then that had to be in-jokes. Heck, around this time there was a jobber who's ring name (not his real name) was Bruce Mitchell

[thegame415]

Meltzer - so the event actually wasn't, um, a , uh, sellout. There was, um, 300 less, um, plus when you factor, uh, in, hmm, papering...maybe 400

[lildude8218]

They could have named the team Black Woody

[Aceorton]

The Warlord pinned Sonny Blaze

I love that this wasn't actually included on one of the TV episodes. They just presented Warlord vs. Sonny Blaze to the good people of Springfield, Mass., as a special treat.

9/2/90
Greg Valentine & the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Ron Garvin & Glen Ruth when Valentine pinned Ruth after a double back suplex at 3:28

Had to look this up to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks.

No. 1, wow, did Ronnie Garvin tumble, even for a former NWA champion who had already tumbled significantly. He beats Valentine in a submission match at that year's Rumble, and eight months later he's losing a squash to Valentine and Honky with the future Headbanger Thrasher as his partner. They had him paired with no-name partners in TV losses to the Orient Express, Demolition and other teams at this time as well. The partners always took the fall, but this was definitely not a good reflection on Garvin.

No. 2, I never knew just how much they still used him in 1990. I thought they'd fed him to Earthquake between the Rumble and WM6 and that was it. Dude was around constantly. And weirdly, most of his matches (dozens of them) were wins against Bob Bradley, Pez Whatley, Mike Sharpe, random Conquistadors, etc. They fed him a steady of diet of their "name" scrub guys and he won a LOT for a guy not getting any sort of push. The exceptions were clusters of losses to the Warlord and the Barbarian, and (does anyone else remember this AT ALL?) a house show feud with the Model.

[The Gallus Mark]

Aug 13, 2023 18:36:42 GMT -5 Aceorton said:

The Warlord pinned Sonny Blaze

I love that this wasn't actually included on one of the TV episodes. They just presented Warlord vs. Sonny Blaze to the good people of Springfield, Mass., as a special treat.

9/2/90
Greg Valentine & the Honkytonk Man (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Ron Garvin & Glen Ruth when Valentine pinned Ruth after a double back suplex at 3:28

Had to look this up to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks.

No. 1, wow, did Ronnie Garvin tumble, even for a former NWA champion who had already tumbled significantly. He beats Valentine in a submission match at that year's Rumble, and eight months later he's losing a squash to Valentine and Honky with the future Headbanger Thrasher as his partner. They had him paired with no-name partners in TV losses to the Orient Express, Demolition and other teams at this time as well. The partners always took the fall, but this was definitely not a good reflection on Garvin.

No. 2, I never knew just how much they still used him in 1990. I thought they'd fed him to Earthquake between the Rumble and WM6 and that was it. Dude was around constantly. And weirdly, most of his matches (dozens of them) were wins against Bob Bradley, Pez Whatley, Mike Sharpe, random Conquistadors, etc. They fed him a steady of diet of their "name" scrub guys and he won a LOT for a guy not getting any sort of push. The exceptions were clusters of losses to the Warlord and the Barbarian, and (does anyone else remember this AT ALL?) a house show feud with the Model.

They probably didn’t push him since he looked 60 with his haircut and his weird taunting in the Submission match

But, they didn’t want him losing since his hands were so tough