10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 1990 Facts

WWF Magazine Cover of the Week

WWF Magazine

June 1989

Match of the Day

June 20th 1992

WCW Beach Blast

Mobile AL

30 Minute Iron Man Challenge

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

vs

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

Today in Wrestling History (August 27th)

August 27th 1990

SummerSlam 

The Spectrum 

Philadelphia PA

SummerSlam in 60 seconds

Kerry Von Erich - The Texas Tornado

defeated Curt Hennig "Mr. Perfect" 

for the Intercontinental Championship

Today in Wrestling History (May 1st)

1994 – Ravishing Rick Rude defeated Sting to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. During this match, Rude suffers the back injury which would end his in-ring career.

Today in Wrestling History - Rick Rude (April 20th)

April 20th 1999

Richard "Rick Rude" Rood died from heart failure due to a mixture of medications.  He was in training to make his in ring comeback at the time of his death.

He has a long list of titles and in ring accomplishments as well as being known as a tremendous worker to all his opponents.

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (2 times)^[1][35]
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time)^[36] – with Jesse Barr^[1]

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1][37]
  • AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[38] – with King Kong Bundy^[1]

• Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time)^[14] – with Manny Fernandez^[1]
  • WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[1][24]
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[23]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1992)^[39]
  • PWI ranked him No. 4 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992^[40]

• World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling Association
  • NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[41]
  • WCWA Television Championship (1 time)^[1][42]
  • WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1][43]

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)^[1][17]
  • Jesse "The Body" Award (1987)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • 5 Star Match (1992) with "Stunning" Steve Austin, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, and Arn Anderson vs. Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, and Nikita Koloff (February 24, WarGames match, WrestleWar)
  • Best Heel (1992)^[39]
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (1992) vs. Masahiro Chono at Halloween Havoc

PPV Poster of the Week

PPV Poster of the Week

December 29th 1991

No.	Results[1]	Stipulations	Times
1	Marcus Bagwell and Jimmy Garvin defeated Michael Hayes and Tracy Smothers	Tag team match	12:45
2	Steve Austin and Rick Rude defeated Van Hammer and Big Josh	Tag team match	12:56
3	Dustin Rhodes and Richard Morton defeated Larry Zbyszko and El Gigante (with Madusa)	Tag team match	05:54
4	Bill Kazmaier and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Mike Graham	Tag team match	13:08
5	Lex Luger and Arn Anderson (with Harley Race) defeated Terrance Taylor and The Z-Man	Tag team match	10:25
6	Ricky Steamboat and Todd Champion defeated Cactus Jack and Buddy Lee Parker	Tag team match	07:48
7	Sting and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Brian Pillman and Bobby Eaton	Tag team match	05:55
8	Big Van Vader and Mr. Hughes defeated Rick Steiner and The Nightstalker	Tag team match	05:05
9	Scott Steiner and Firebreaker Chip defeated Arachnaman and Johnny B. Badd	Tag team match	11:16
10	Ron Simmons and Thomas Rich defeated Steve Armstrong and P.N. News	Tag team match	12:01
11	Sting last eliminated Lex Luger to win	Battlebowl battle royal	25:10

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Week

Wrestling 92

The Dangerous Alliance

Survivor Series Main Event (11/26/1987)

Survivor Series 1987

Richfield Coliseum

Richfield, OH

November 26th 1987

Main Event

10 Man Elimination Match

Hulk Hogan, Don Muraco, Bam Bam Bigelow, Paul Orndorff and Ken Patera

vs

Andre the Giant, Rick Rude, King Kong Bundy, One Man Gang and Butch Reed

WWE Top Ten - Best of Halloween Havoc

WWE Top Ten

Best of Halloween Havoc

Match of the Night (Flair vs Rude 1993)

Fall Brawl 1993

WAR GAMES

September 19th

Astro Arena

Houston, TX

NWA World Heavyweight Title

Ric Flair 

(World Champion)

vs

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

5 Underrated SummerSlam Matches - Five Things

Five SummerSlam moments WWE would like you to forget - Five Things

Wrestling PPV Poster of the Week

SUMMERSLAM 1990

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[68]
Dark match	Shane Douglas defeated Buddy Rose	Singles match	Unknown[10]
1	Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules) (with Slick) defeated The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)	Tag team match	06:00
2	The Texas Tornado defeated Mr. Perfect (c) (with Bobby Heenan)	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	05:15
3	Sensational Queen Sherri defeated Sapphire by forfeit	Singles match	00:00
4	The Warlord (with Slick) defeated Tito Santana	Singles match	05:28
5	The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) defeated Demolition (Smash and Crush) (c)	Two out of three falls match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	14:24
6	Jake Roberts defeated Bad News Brown by disqualification	Singles match with Big Boss Man as the special guest referee	04:44
7	Nikolai Volkoff and Jim Duggan defeated The Orient Express (Tanaka and Sato) (with Mr. Fuji)	Tag team match	03:22
8	Randy Savage (with Sensational Queen Sherri) defeated Dusty Rhodes	Singles match	02:15
9	Hulk Hogan (with Big Boss Man) defeated Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart and Dino Bravo) by countout	Singles match	13:16
10	The Ultimate Warrior (c) defeated Rick Rude (with Bobby Heenan)	Steel cage match for the WWF Championship	10:05

Wrestling PPV Poster of the Day

WCW Halloween Havoc 1992

Tom Zenk, Johnny Gunn and Shane Douglas defeated Arn Anderson, Michael Hayes and Bobby Eaton (11:02)

• • Gunn pinned Hayes.
• Ricky Steamboat defeated Brian Pillman (10:25)
  • Steamboat pinned Pillman.
• Big Van Vader defeated Nikita Koloff (11:35)
  • Vader pinned Koloff.
  • Vader was defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship for Rick Rude, who complained about having to wrestle twice.
  • This was also a No Disqualification Match and Madusa was barred from ringside.
• NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champions Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes fought Steve Williams and Steve Austin to a time-limit draw (30:00)^[5]
  • Windham and Rhodes retained the titles.
  • Austin was subbing for Terry Gordy, who no-showed the event.^[5]
  • It was originally scheduled to be Williams and Gordy vs. The Steiner Brothers, but was changed after Rick Steiner suffered a torn chest muscle during a Japanese tour, and Windham and Rhodes won the titles from Williams and Gordy on the October 3 edition of WCW Saturday Night, making Williams and Gordy challenge Windham and Rhodes to a rematch for the titles.^[6]
• Rick Rude (with Madusa) defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Masahiro Chono (with Hiro Matsuda) (with Harley Race and Kensuke Sasaki as special guest referees) by disqualification (22:23)
  • Chono was disqualified by Race for throwing Rude over the top rope, Chono retained the title.
  • Rude's WCW United States Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, despite being the champion.
  • After the match, Sasaki attacked Rude and Race.
• Ron Simmons (with Teddy Long) defeated The Barbarian (with Cactus Jack) to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:41)
  • Simmons pinned Barbarian.
• Sting defeated Jake Roberts in a Coal Miner's Glove match (10:34)
  • Sting pinned Roberts after Roberts was bitten by his own snake.
  • This was a "Spin the Wheel, Make a Deal" match with the match type determined by spinning wheel.
  • The match was kayfabe unsanctioned by WCW.

SummerSlam in 60 Seconds: SummerSlam 1990

Your Tag Team Match of The Night

From July 14th 1991 

All Japan Wrestling

Rick Rude, Terry Gordy and Steve "Dr. Death" Williams

vs

Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiki Kawada and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

the commentary is in Japanese but when Rude opens his robe the announcer does something that will crack you up.

WCW WrestleWar 1992 (The Match Beyond)

The 1992 version of the famous Match Beyond cage match.

Sting's Squardon
Sting
Ricky Steamboat
Dustin Rhodes
Nikita Koloff
Barry Windham
vs
The Dangerous Alliance w/Paul E Dangerously
Steve Austin
Arn Anderson
Rick Rude
Larry Zbyszko
Bobby Eaton.




May 17th 1992
Jacksonville Florida

Your Match of the Day

1987 Jim Crockett Memorial Tag Team Tournament

The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff)
vs
Ravishing and Raging (Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez)
(NWA World Tag Team Champions)

Happy Birthday Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Wednesday May 30th will the 57th birthday of Jake 'The Snake' Roberts.

He is the subject of our Match of the Day.  From Wrestlemania 4 at Trump Plaza and a first round match in the tournament for the WWF Heavyweight Title, Jake vs Ravishing Rick Rude.

They fought to a time limit draw.