I've been combing through the old issues of the WON looking for matches which Dave has rated. There's a lot of show results (USWA 2/24 in Jonesboro, AR drew 1,000 as Mantell beat Rockin Randy *1/2) where star ratings are given, but most of these are based on live reports from fans. I decided not to include those. If there is a match "missing" from the order, it's either because there was no rating given or that page of the WON was missing. The date before the matches is the WON issue where the review was found. Special thanks to Cory for all of his research and OCR work! Spellings and nicknames remain as originally printed.
I can never tell if it's Dave or someone else who rates all of the Lucha. I've included some of the shows.
02/01/1990
| WWF ROYAL RUMBLE '90 |
2. Bushwackers beat Rougeaus in 13:34 when Butch Miller pinned Jacques. = 1/4*
3. Brutus Beefcake went to a double disqualification with The Genius (Lanny Poffo) in 11:16. = *
4. Ron Garvin beat Greg Valentine in 16:52 with the scorpion deathlock in a match where the Only way to win was via submission = **
5. Jim Duggan beat Big Bossman via DQ in 10:24. = -**1/4
6. Hulk Hogan won the Royal Rumble in 58:46 by throwing out Mr. Perfect.
02/05/1990
WWF also aired its latest Saturday Night Main Event (taped 1/3 in Chattanooga) on 1/27.
1. Randy Savage pinned Jim Duggan in 7:55 to keep the crown. = ***1/2
2. Hulk Hogan & Anabolic Warrior beat Mr Perfect & The Genius in 7:51. = ***1/2 (all for Hennig's one-man show, if there had been an actual match and Hennig worked this hard with a decent foe, it'd be four stars easy)
3. Jake Roberts beat Greg Valentine via DQ in 5:17. = **
5. Dino Bravo pinned Ron Garvin in 3:17. = 1/2* (for Garvin's acting, DUD for the actual match)
02/19/1990
NWA CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS: TEXAS SHOOTOUT
1. Steve Williams pinned Samoan Savage in 7:54 with a backslide. = **1/2
2. Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman beat the Mod Squad in 9:52 when Zenk pinned Basher with a flying body press off the top rope. = *3. Mil Mascaras pinned Cactus Jack Manson in 4:51 with a flying body press off the top rope. = ** (match wasn't anything, but that bump is worth at least a star)
4. Norman the Lunatic beat Kevin Sullivan in 7:15 in a match where falls count anywhere in the building. = 1/2* (I'd give the match negative stars but the sight gag was good enough to elevate it)
5. Road Warriors beat Skyscrapers via DQ in 7:00. = **3/4
6. Rick & Scott Steiner kept the NWA tag belts beating and unmasking Doom in 13:09. = ***
7. Ric Flair & Ole & Arn Anderson beat Buzz Sawyer & Dragon Master & Great Muta in 6:10 when Arn pinned Master with the DDT. = **
02/26/1990
1/14 AJPW:
1. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith over Isao Takagi & Akira Taue when Kid pinned Taue with diving head-butt = *3/4
2. Abdullah the Butcher & Ivan Koloff beat Yoshiaki Yatsu & Shunji Takano when Butcher pinned Takano with the elbow = *1/2
3. Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask & Kabuki beat Genichiro Tenryu & Foot Loose when Tiger pinned Fuyuki with the Tiger-drive (double arm suplex dropped into a power bomb). = ***3/4
1/20 NJPW:
1. Hirto Saito pinned Thunder Riger. = ***3/4
2. Great Kukina & Big Van Vader beat Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto in a non-title match. = *1/2
3. Riki Choshu no decision Tatsutoshi Goto. = ***
1/21 AJPW:
1. Kenta Kobashi pinned Randy Ruse. = **1/4
2. Kid & Smith beat Fantastics. = ***1/2
3. Tsuruta & Tiger beat Tenryu & Fuyuki. = ****
1/28 AJPW:
1. Butcher & Rose beat Yatsu & Shinichi Nakano. = **3/4
2. Kid & Smith beat Tiger & Kobashi. = ***1/2
3. Tsuruta & Takagi beat Tenryu & Kawada. = ***1/2
2/3 NJPW:
1. Riger pinned Akira Nogami. = ***1/2
2. Strong Machine pinned Kuniaki Kobayashi. = **3/4
3. Choshu & Hase beat Hiro Saito & Goto. = **
4. Vader pinned Masa Chono. = ***
03/05/1990
WWF FRIDAY NIGHT NBC SPECIAL
1. Earthquake pinned Ron Garvin in a 5:00 squash. DUD
2. Dusty Rhodes pinned Mr Imperfect (Curt Hennig) in 9:26 with a schoolboy cradle. = *
3. Ted DiBiase beat Jake Roberts via count out in 21:20. = *4. Andre the Giant & Haku beat Demolition in 10:30 when Baku pinned Smash 1/2 = 1/2*
5. Rick Martel pinned Brutus Beefcake using the ropes in 9:00. = -*1/2
8. Badnews Brown pinned Tito Santana in 4:11 = *
9. Roddy Piper went to a double disqualification with Rick Rude in 11:51 of a lumberjack match. = **1/4
| NWA WRESTLE WAR '90 |
2. Norman pinned Cactus Jack Manson in 9:33. = *1/2
3. Ruck & Roll Express beat Midnight Express in 22:47. = ****1/4
4. Road Warriors beat Mean Mark Callas & A masked mystery man (Mike Enos from AWA's Destruction Crew) in 4:58 when they did their on the shoulders of Animal and Hawk does the clothesline off the top rope. = *1/4
5. Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman retained the US tag team titles beating The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) in 24:30, which was about 25 minutes too long. = 1/2*
6. Rick & Scott Steiner kept the NWA tag team titles beating the Anderson "brothers. = **1/4
7. Ric Flair retained the NWA title beating Lex Luger via count out in 38:07. = ****1/2
NJPW Tokyo Dome record-setter.
1. Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) & Naoki Sano beat Thunder Riger & Akira Nogami. ***3/4;
2. Wild Blondes (Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Tatsutushi Goto) beat Kantaro Hoshino & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Hiroshi Hase. **1/2;
3. Steve Williams pinned Salman Hashimikov. **;
4. Masa Saito beat Larry Zbyszko to win the AWA title. **3/4;
5. Big Van Vader double count out with Stan Hansen. **;
6. Koji Kitao pinned Bam Bam Bigelow with a legdrop. *1/4;
7. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi beat Masa Chono & Shinya Hashimoto. **1/4
The WWF came to town this past Wednesday night (March 7th) for a television taping at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
1. Ron Garvin pinned Steve Vega;
2. Ted Dibiase beat Omar Atlas.
3. Earthquake squashed Jim Gorman, who did a stretcher job;
4. Rockers beat Black Bart & Black Knight (Billy Anderson under a mask).
5. Dino Bravo pinned Riki "Power Bomb" Ataki.
6. Brutus Beefcake beat Steve Vega.
7. Mr. Perfect pinned Dale Wolfe.
8. Jake Roberts DDT's Darryl Nickel.
9. Akeem pinned Nito Gomez;
10. Time for Prime Time Wrestling, with Dibiase against The Red Rooster. = *1/4
| 11. Earthquake squashed Ron Garvin, DUD |
13. Andre & Haku beat The Rockers via DQ in about four minutes. = 3/4*
14. Dusty Rhodes beat Randy Savage via DQ. Savage and Warrior both have new color-coordinated outfits. I had this pegged for three stars except they played Dusty's song twice and the two never stopped dancing
15. Back to syndication, as Jim Duggan pinned Bob Bradley
16. Badnews Brown pinned Mark Ming
16. The Barbarian, managed by Bobby Heenan, pinned the legendary Jerry Monti.
17. For Prime Time, Big Bossman pinned Boris Zhukov. DUD
18. Hercules beat Steve Lombardi.
19. The Orient Express beat Paul Roma & Omar Atlas.
20. Tito Santana pinned Buddy ''I worked hard for this body" Rose.
21. Rhythm & Blues (Honkeytonk Man & Greg Valentine) beat Mark Young & Louie Spicoli (who is said to be the newest member of the stud stable in Tennessee).
22. Hulk Hogan & Bossman (not again!) beat Mr Perfect & The Genius. = * (for Hennig)
04/09/1990
WWF WrestleMania IV
1. Rick The Model" Martel made Koko Ware submit to the boston crab in 5:00. = **
2. Demolition captured the WWF tag team titles from Andre the Giant & Haku in 9:30. = **
3. Earthquake pinned Hercules in 4:52 with the Earthquake. = *
4. Brutus Beefcake pinned Mr Perfect in 7:48 after slingshotting Perfect into the ringpost where he fell back into the ring and was pinned. = **3/4
5. Roddy Piper went to a double count out with Badnews Brown in 6:48. = *3/4
6. The Hart Foundation beat The Bolsheviks in 18 seconds. = 1/2*
7. The Barbarian pinned Tito Santana with a clothesline off the top rope in 4:32. = 3/4*
8. Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire beat Randy Savage & Scary Sherri in 7:30. = *1/2
9. The Orient Express beat The Rockers in 7:38 via count out with the dreaded salt in the eyes finish. = ***
10. Jim Duggan pinned Dino Bravo after hitting him in the back with the 2x4 in 4:15. = *1/2
11. Ted DiBiase beat Jake Roberts via count out to regain the Million Dollar Belt in 11:52. = **1/2
12. Big Bossman pinned Akeem in 1:47 with the Bubba-slam. = -1/2*
13. Rick Rude pinned Jimmy Snuka with the Rude Awakening in 3:44. = *3/4
14. Warrior pinned Hogan in 22:39 to win the WWF title. = ***3/4
05/07/1990
The NWA ran its first New York City area show in nearly two years on Thursday night (4/26) at the Meadowlands Arena.
1. Mean Mark went to a 15 minute draw with Mike Rotunda. Reports are the match was terrible.
2. Norman & Abdullah the Butcher defeated Kevin Sullivan & Cactus Jack Manson in a good brawl. = **1/2
3. Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman defeated the Midnight Express in a US tag title match. = ***3/4
4. Road Warrior Animal beat Butch Reed via DQ for Reed's using a foreign object. = *
5. Steiners beat Samoans to keep the tag titles. = **3/4
6. Robert Gibson & Tom Zenk beat Freebirds when Gibson pinned Jimmy Garvin. = **
7. Lex Luger beat Ric Flair via DQ when Ole Anderson interfered. = ***3/4
The WWF also had its latest Saturday Night's Main Event airing on 4/28 on NBC. The show was taped on 4/22 in Austin, TX.
1. Hogan pinned Mr Perfect in 7:58. = **3/4
2. Earthquake pinned Hillbilly Jim with the Earthquake in 1:57. = 1/2*
3. Hart Foundation double disqualification with Rockers in 9:17. = ***3/4
4. Warrior pinned Haku in 4:48 after a shuulderblock and splash. = 1/2*
5. Big Bossman downed Akeem with the Bubba-slam in 2:58, via disqualification with Ted DiBiase and Virgil interfering. = *1/4
05/14/1990
AJPW 4/15:
1. Can-Am Express (Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas) kept the Asian tag team titles (which they've since lost to Tiger Mask & Kenta Kobashi before this aired but after it was taped--All Japan deals with real time rather than when the TV show airs time because of closer newspaper and magazine coverage) beating Kobashi & Joe Malenko. = ***1/2:
2. Gordy & Williams beat Tiger Mask & Nakano. = ***
3. Tenryu & Kawada beat Rusher Kimura & Isamu Teranishi. = *
4. Tsuruta & Shunji Takano & Akira Taue beat Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey & David Sammartino. = *1/2
AJPW 4/22 TV
1. Jimmy Snuka & Tito Santana beat Masa Fuchi & Kobashi. = **3/4
2. Kabuki pinned Greg Valentine. = 1/2*
NJPW 4/14:
1. Riger pinned Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) with a small package to keep the IWGP Jr title. = ****
2. Saito & Hashimoto beat Scott Hall & Punisher Morgan (Mean Mark) to keep the IWGP tag belts when Hashimoto pinned Hall with a spinning back kick. = **1/2
3. Choshu & Kitau beat Bigelow & Larry Cameron when Kitau made Cameron submit to an over-the-shoulder backbreaker. = **1/2
NJPW 4/21
1. George Takano & Chuno beat Machine & Goto managed by Animal Hamaguchi. = ***1/2
2. Kitau pinned Mike Kirchner. = *1/2
3. Choshu & Hashimoto beat Bigelow & Cameron. = **1/2
05/28/1990
| NWA CAPITAL COMBAT '90 |
2. Mean Mark pinned Johnny Ace in 10:37 after walking the ropes and delivering an elbow off the top rope. = *3/4
3. The Samoan Swat Team (Samoan Savage & Fatu) defeated Captain Mike Rotunda & Tommy Rich in 17:54. = 1/2*
4. In a no-hair vs no-hair match with not much of a haircut at the end, Paul Ellering pinned Theodore R. = -**1/2 (Because the match was so short I only had it for negative one but that head shaving, or lack thereof, was worth a few more negative stars)
5. Midnight Express won the US tag team titles from Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman in 20:19. = ***3/4
6. The Rock & Roll Express beat The Freebirds in a Corporal Punishment match in 18:59. = **3/4
7. Doom won the NWA tag team title from Rick & Scott Steiner in 19:18. = ***1/2
8. Ric Flair, sans ponytail, retained the NWA title once again by getting disqualified against Lex Luger for outside interference in a steel cage match in 17:21. = ***1/2
06/18/1990
| June 1 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall |
2. Monkey Magic Wakita pinned Bulldog KT in 7:32. = *
3. In an All Japan women's match, Bison Kimura, who is a member of the heel group, pinned Kyoko Inoue, who is a young babyface. = ***1/4
4. Heels El Signo & Negro Navarro & Blue Panther beat faces Super Astro & Kato Kung Lee & El Texano. = **
5. El Gran Hamada retained the World Lightheavyweight title pinning Pero Aguayo with a german suplex in 11:39. = ***
6. Yoshihiro Asai & Kendo & El Hijo Del Santo won two of three falls from Negro Casas & Fuerza Guerrera & Cuchillo. = ****
06/25/1990
| June 2 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Frontier) |
3. In a womens match, Noriyo Toyoda & Reibun Amada (two former All Japan girls who quit the promotion) beat Despina Montaguas & Yuki Murimatsu. = 3/4*
4. Megumi Kudo (another former All Japan girl who quit) beat Miwa Sato with a reverse of a cradle in 10:39. = ble*
5. In a mixed match, Katsuji Ueda (a kick boxer, now retired, who looks to be fairly old) beat Shooter #1 in 1:50 after four knockdowns, one after the other before the knockout. = DUD
6. Tarzan Goto beat Ricky Fuji in a street fight stretcher match. = ****
7. In what was billed as a boxer vs wrestler match, Dick Murdoch made Kevin Wacholz submit in the fifth round. = * (match was a dud or worse but Murdoch's antics were excellent and there was great crowd reactions, whether it be heat and noise at time for Murdoch to comeback or just laughing at him antics at other times)
8. Atsushi Onita & Lee Gak Soo beat Mitsutero Tokudo & Fumiharu Asako in a street fight stretcher match. = **1/2
We saw a JWP card on Sunday afternoon, June 3 at the Ebina Ice Arena, which was upstairs in a mall shopping center.
The top three matches on the show saw Harley Saito & Rumi Kazama beat Miss A & Miki Handa in a ***4 star match which featured lots of very stiff kicks to each others stomach and hamstrings and UWF style submissions.
Shinobu Kandori, who is a three-time world champion in judo teamed with Cuty Suzuki to beat Itzuki Yamazaki (former JB Angel) and Plum Mariko. **3/4. . .
Main event saw Eagle Sawai & Miyumi Ozaki beat Devil Masami & Scorpion. ***1/4. .
| June 4 - Korakuen Hall |
2. Bulldog KT beat Coolie Shoji in 8:33. Some stiff blows but kind of dull. = *4
3. In a women's match, the heel trio of Aja Kong & Grizzly Iwamoto & Bison Kimura beat The Honey Wings (Kuoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi) & Manami Toyoda in 16:58. = ****1/4
4. Casas & Panther & Guerrera beat Astro & Santo & Kendo in best of three falls. = ***1/2
5. Hamada & Aguayo & Lee beat Death Missionaries in two of three falls. = ***1/2
6. Asai regained the UWA World Middlweight title beating Cuchillo in 9:16. = **
| June 6 - Mito Gymnasium |
2. Eigen & Okuma beat Inoue & Kikuchi in 19:46 of a 20 minute time limit when Okuma pinned Kikuchi with a head-butt. = -*
3. Fuyuki pinned Scarpa with a flying body press off the top rope after Scarpa missed a sunset flip off the top rope and landed on his face. = 1/2*
4. Kawada & Taue beat Rhodes & Johnny Smith in 13:08. = *
5. Singh beat Teranishi in 7:17 with the cobra claw. = 1/2*
6. Baba & Kimura beat Abdullah & Ross. = *
7. Williams & Gordy beat Kobashi & Misawa in 20:52. = ***
8. Hansen & Davey Boy Smith & Bigelow beat Tsuruta & Fuchi & Kabuki in 15:09. = **3/4
| June 7 - Korakuen Hall |
2. Honey Wings & Madusa beat Aja Kong & Bison Kimura & Grizzly Iwamoto. = ***3/4
3. Lee & Astro beat Blue Panther & Cuchillo in 13:50. = ***
4. In a title vs title match, Santo (UWA World lightweight champion) beat Guerrera (NWA Welterweight champion) in 9:40. = ***1/2
5. Hamada & Aguayo & Kendo beat The Missionaries in a two of three fall match. = ****
6. Asai pinned Casas to keep the UWA Middleweight title in 15:59. = ****
| June 8 - Budokan Hall |
2. Inoue pinned Rhodes with a small package. = *
3. Fuyuki & Kikuchi beat Taue & Orihara in 11:41. = **3/4
4. Davey Boy Smith & Johnny Smith beat Ranger Ross & Mark Scarpa (Mark Young in WWF). = **
| 5. Baba & Kimura & Kabuki & Eigen & Okuma) in 11:40. beat The Wild Bunch. For entertainment it would be a 31/2 star match but for wrestling it was a DUD. |
7. Bigelow pinned Kawada in 13:19. = *1/2
8. Williams pinned Kobashi in 11:28. = ***
9. Hansen pinned Gordy to win the triple crown in 21:33. = ***1/4
10. Misawa pinned Tsuruta in 24:06 to create the new superstar in Japanese wrestling. = *****+
07/09/1990
| The WWF hit San Jose on 7/1 for a "C" team show. |
2. The Barbarian pinned Jimmy Snuka in 11:46 using a foot to the face and then putting his feet on the ropes for leverage. = 3/4*
3. Hercules made The Genius submit in 8:02 with the backbreaker submission. = -**
4. Earthquake pinned Hacksnore Jim Duggan in 10:07. = -*1/2
5. Demolition kept the WWF tag belts beating The Hart Foundation in 12:38. = **
6. Paul Diamond pinned Jim Brunzell in 9:25. = *1/2
7. Brutus Beefcake beat Mr Perfect in 16:06 via disqualification. = **1/4
07/16/1990
| 7/7 BALTIMORE NWA GREAT AMERICAN BASH |
2. Brian Pillman pinned Buddy Landel in 9:32 with a flying body press off the top rope. = **3/4
3. Mike Rotunda pinned Iron Sheik in 6:51 with a backslide. = 3/4*
4. Doug Furnas pinned Dutch Mantell after a belly-to-belly suplex in 11:18. decent match.
5. Harley Race pinned Tommy Rich by reversing a flying body press off the top rope and rolling over for the pin in 6:29. **1/2
6. Midnight Express retained the US tag team titles beating The Southern Boys in 18:14. = ****3/4
7. Big Van Vader pinned Tom Zenk in 2:16 with a big splash. = 1/2*
8. Rick & Scott Steiner beat The Freebirds in 13:46. = ***1/4
9. Junkfood Dog & El Gigandre & Paul Orndorff beat Barry Windham & Arn Anderson & Sid Vicious via DQ in 8:33. = *
10. Lex Luger kept the US title pinning Mean Mark in 12:07. = ***
11. Doom beat The Rock & Roll Express in 15:14 to keep the NWA tag team title = **1/4
12. Sting pinned Ric Flair in 16:05 to capture the NWA world title. = ***3/4
07/23/1990
NJPW 6/9 (taped 5/28)
1. Big Van Vader pinned Koji Kitao with a shoulderblock. = *
2. Muto & Chono kept the tag title beat Hiroshi Hase & Koshinaka. = ***
3. Hashimoto pinned Choshu in the "upset. = **1/2
NJPW 6/16 (taped 6/12):
1. Jushin Riger beat Seiji Aoyagi in a mixed match. = **
2. Vader and Hansen went to a DDQ. = N/A
3. Hashimoto pinned Muto to win the Kyushu Cup. = **1/2
AJPW 6/10 (taped 6/1):
1. Hansen pinned Kawada with lariat. = **
2. Gordy & Williams beat Bam Bam Bigelow & Davey Boy Smith. = **3/4
3. Tsuruta & Kabuki beat Misawa & Kobashi. = ***
AJPW 6/17 (taped 6/5):
1. Misawa & Kawada beat Kabuki & Fuyuki. = ***1/2
2. Hansen pinned Williams. = ***1/4
3. Gordy pinned Tsuruta to win the triple crown. = ***1/2
08/06/1990
The WWF ran its summer Saturday Night Main Event on NBC on 7/28 (taped 7/16 in Omaha).
3. Mr Perfect pinned Tito Santana to keep the IC title in 10:11. = ****
4. Kerry Von Erich pinned Buddy Rose with the "tornado punch" in 3:09. = 3/4*
08/13/1990
NJPW 7/7 (taped 6/30):
1. Owen Hart & Bigelow beat Williams & Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit). = ***1/2
2. Muto pinned Brad Rheingans. = *3/4
3. Hamaguchi & Goto & Kurusu beat Choshu & Hashimoto & Sasaki. = **3/4
NJPW 7/14 (taped 7/5):
1. Masa Saito double count out with Williams. = *1/2
2. Rheingans & Pegasus beat Sasaki & Chono in an upset. = *1/2
3. Muto pinned Hart in a dream match. = ***
4. Choshu & Hashimoto beat Bigelow & Soul Taker. = **1/2
NJPW 7/21 (taped 7/19):
1. Machine & Goto & Honaga & Hiro Saito beat Kimura & Kobayashi & Matsuda & Iizuka. = ***
2. Choshu & Koshinaka beat Hamaguchi & Kurusu. = N/A
AJPW 7/8 (taped 7/7):
1. Dan Spivey pinned Taue with DDT. = **
2. Hansen pinned Kobashi with the lariat. = **3/4
3. Tsuruta & Yatsu beat Misawa & Kawada in 24 minutes. = ***1/2
AJPW 7/15 (taped 7/12 at Brody Memorial show):
1. Fuchi pinned Kikuchi with a german suplex to keep the Jr title. = ***3/4
2. Gordy & Williams & Ace beat Deaton & Hansen & Spivey. = ***1/2
3. Tsuruta & Kabuki & Inoue beat Misawa & Kawada & Kobashi. = N/A
AJPW 7/22 (taped 7/17):
1. Williams & Ace beat Spivey & Taylor. = **1/2
2. Misawa & Kobashi & Taue beat Tsuruta & Kabuki & Fuchi. = ***1/2
3. Gordy pinned Hansen to win the triple crown. = 1/2*
AJPW 7/29 (taped 7/19):
1. Misawa & Kobashi beat Hansen & Taylor. = DUD
2. Tsuruta & Kabuki won tag belts from Gordy & Williams. = **
09/03/1990
WWF SUMMER SLAM '90
1. Power & Glory (Hercules & Paul Roma) defeated The Rockers in 6:01. = ***
2. Texas Tornado won the IC title pinning Mr Perfect in 5:13. = *
3. Sherri beat Sapphire via forfeit when Sapphire never came to ringside.
4. The Warlord pinned Tito Santana in 5:28 with a powerslam. DUD
7. Jim Duggan & Nikolai Volkoff beat The Orient Express in 3:05 when Duggan pinned Pat Tanaka after a clothesline that missed. = -* (Match was worth negative one star, Duggan & Volkoff singing was worth negative another star but I added a star for Tanaka's great bump from a move that completely missed at the finish)
8. Randy Savage pinned Dusty Rhodes in 2:15. = -*
9. Hulk Hogan beat Earthquake via count out in 13:09. = **1/4
10. Ultimate Warrior kept the WWF title beating Rick Rude in a cage match in 10:01. = **1/2
NWA AT THE MEADOWLANDS - August 24
1. Tom Zenk pinned Dutch Mantell with a backslide in 7:41. = -*
2. Brian Pillman pinned Buddy Landel in 6:25 with a cross bodyblock off the top rope. = 1/2*
3. Big Van Vader pinned Dr. X (Randy Culley) with a big splash in 1:23. DUD
6. Arn Anderson & Sid Vicious & Barry Windham beat Paul Orndorff & El Gigante & Junkfood Dog in 17:09. = *3/4
7. Lex Luger pinned Mean Mark in 14:51 to keep the US title. = *1/4,
8. Doom beat Rock & Roll Express to keep the NWA tag team title in 15:10. = *1/2
9. Sting pinned Ric Flair in 26:07 to keep the NWA world title. = ****1/4
09/17/1990
NWA Clash of the Champions XII
1. The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong) defeated The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) in 8:32. = **
2. Mike Rotunda pinned Buddy Landel with a backslide in 5:38. = 1/2*
3. Master Blasters beat Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner in 4:50. DUD
6. Susan Sexton pinned Bambi in 4:10 to keep the LPWA title. = 3/4*
7. Rick & Scott Steiner beat Maximum Overdrive in 6:24. = *1/2
8. Stan Hansen pinned Tom Zenk in 3:18 with a lariat. = *
9. Lex Luger retained the US title beating Ric Flair via disqualification in 14:28. = ***3/4
10. Sting pinned The Fake Black Scorpion (Al Perez) in 8:10. = *
09/24/1990
NJPW 8/11 (taped 7/22):
1. Goto pinned Kurisu with his dangerous back suplex. = *1/2
2. Kitao pinned Vladimir Berkovich with two powerslams and a back suplex. = -***
3. Choshu & Masa Saito beat Kokina & Samu when Choshu made Samu submit to the scorpion. = **
4. Hashimoto beat Alexis Tyurin (Soviet sambo wrestler) in a mixed match. = DUD
NJPW 8/18 (taped 8/16):
1. Machine & Goto & Pegasus Kid beat Riger & Sasaki & Kobayashi. = ***1/2
2. Hamaguchi pinned Kurisu after five fast elbow drops. = ***
3. Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom beat Choshu & Kimura when Enos pinned Kimura after Bloom bulldogged him. = **1/2
4. Vader & Bigelow & Soul Taker beat The Three Musketeers (Muto & Chono & Hashimoto). = ***1/2
10/01/1990
9/21 Arena Mexico show in Mexico City (which aired 9/23 on Galavision)
1) In a six-man midget match, Pequeno Cobarde, Mascarita Sagrada & Aguilita Solitaria defeated Piratita Morgan & Espectrito & MS1/2 via count out in the third fall.
2) Los Brazos went to a double count out in the third fall against El Volador & Super Astro & Angel Azteca.
3) Mike Golden & Abdul & The Great Sheik won 2/3 falls from Dandy & Satanico & Solomon Grundy.
4) six-man with faces El Hijo Del Santo & Ringo Mendoza & Lizmark facing Pero Aguayo & Konan (who turned heel last week) & Blondie.
5) Atlantis retained the NWA world middlweight title beating Emilio Charles Jr. in 2/3 falls.
6) El Rayo De Jalisco Jr. won 2/3 falls from Cien Cares in a mask vs. mask match where Jalisco also vowed to retire if he would lose. Even for someone who doesn't really get into Lucha Libre it was a ***3/4
1. Steve Williams pinned Toshiaki Kawada = ***3/4
2. Masa Fuchi pinned Pete Roberts to keep the PWF jr. title. = **
3. Stan Hansen pinned Mitsuharu Misawa to win the triple crown (this was when Gordy collapsed and it was vacant). = ***1/2
AJPW TV rundown: 8/19:
1. Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) beat Richard Charland & Eric Embry in 14:49. = ***1/4 (all for Fantastics who were really good and got over great)
2. Kenta Kobashi pinned Dan Kroffat in 13:33. = ****
3. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Fuchi beat Misawa & Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in 22:16. = ****1/4
AJPW TV rundown: 8/26:
1. Doug Furnas & Kroffat beat Embry & Charland in 14:21. = *
2. Taue pinned The Trooper in 6:44 with a back suplex. = DUD
3. Johnny Ace pinned Rip Morgan in 9:45. = 1/2*
4. Tsuruta & Mighty Inoue & Fuchi beat Misawa & Kobashi & Kikuchi in 19:29. = *** 1/2
10/22/1990
WWF Titan's latest NBC special aired on 10/13.
1. Legion of Doom & Ultimate Warrior beat Demolition in 5:38 when Warrior splashed Smash. = **1/4
2. Randy Savage beat Dusty Rhodes via count out in 8:18. = *3/4 because they "shouldn't" have had a good match given what was supposed to be accomplished
3. Hulk Hogan & Tugboat beat Honkeytonk Man & Greg Valentine by DQ in 6:38. = **
4. Kerry Von Erich kept the IC title beating Haku with the tornado punch in 4:09. = *
5. Sgt Slaughter beat Koko Ware in 5:18 with the atomic noogie. = *1/4
JAPANESE TV RUNDOWN All Japan 9/9:
1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Akira Taue Mighty Inoue & Masa Fuchi in 17:02. = ***1/4
2. Jumbo Tsuruta pinned Monte Kobashi in 17:53. = ***1/2
3. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace in 16:42. = **
All Japan 9/16:
1. Hansen pinned Williams to keep the triple crown in 20:52. = ***
2. Tsuruta pinned Misawa in 24:50 in the big rematch. = ****1/2
All Japan 9/23:
1. Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) beat Joe Malenko & Kikuchi. = ****3/4
2. Finals of Asian tag tournament saw Ace & Kobashi beat Fantastics in 15:24. = ***1/2
3. Gordy & Williams beat Tsuruta & Taue in 19:27. = **1/2
All Japan 9/30:
1. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant & Rusher Kimura beat Haruka Eigen & Motoshi Okuma & Masa Fuchi. = N/A
2. Abdullah the Butcher & Kimala II (Ben Peacock) beat New British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith. = *3/4
3. Misawa & Kawada beat Ace & Kobashi in a non-title match in 21:12. = ****
4. Hansen & Dan Spivey beat Tsuruta & Taue. = ***
All Japan 10/7:
1. Baba & Andre & Inoue beat Abdullah & Kimala II & Richard Slinger. = -*
2. Hansen pinned Taue with a lariat in 14 minutes. = *1/4
3. Spivey pinned Eigen with a legdrop. = -*
4. Misawa & Kawada beat Tsuruta & Fuchi in 23 minutes. = ***1/2
New Japan 9/1:
1. Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) pinned Jushin Riger (Keiichi Yamada) to-win IWGP Jr title in 15:02. = ****1/2
2. Keiji Muto & Masa Chono kept the IWGP tag belts beating Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos. = ***
3. Riki Choshu pinned Big Van Vader to win the IWGP world title in 11:51. = ***
New Japan 9/29:
1. Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Takayukt Iizuka & Shiro Koshinaka in 12:35. = ***3/4
2. Hashimoto beat Vader via count out. = ***
3. Hiroshi Hase beat Great Muta via DQ in 18:37. = ****1/2
All Japan women 9/16:
1. Manami Toyoda beat Kyoko Inoue (a young heel) to keep Japanese title in 18:41. = ***1/2
2. Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami & Mika Takahashi beat Madusa & Mitsuko Nishiwaki & Yumiko Hotta in 11:56. = ***1/2
3. Aja Kong beat Bull Nakano in a non-title cage match in 22:08. = **1/2
10/20 at Arena Pista Revolucion in Mexico City drew 2,000 ($5,500)
11/05/1990
NWA HALLOWEEN HAVOC '90
1. In the first dark match, Tim Horner pinned Barry Horowitz in 8:33. = **1/2
2. Reno Biggins pinned Rip Rogers in the second dark match in 3:57. = *
3. Tommy Rich & Ricky Morton beat Midnight Express in 20:49 of a match with an announced 20 minute time limit The first half of the match wasn't good. = ***1/2
4. Terry Taylor pinned Bill Irwin in 11:54. = **3/4 (the work was well above three stars but lack of crowd reaction hurt and in fact, the announcers really didn't even call this match)
5. Brad Armstrong pinned J.W. Storm with an inside cradle in 5:02. = *1/4
6. Master Blasters beat Southern Boys in 7:17. = *
7. Freebirds beat Renegade Warriors (Mark & Chris Youngblood) in 17:28--which is about 20 minutes longer than they should have been out there for. = -**
8. Rick & Scott Steiner beat Nasty Boys in 15:24 to retain the US tag team titles. = ***3/4
9. Junkfood Dog pinned Moondog Rex in 3:15 with a head-butt. DUD
10. Doom kept the NWA tag team title going to a double count out with Ric Flair & Arn Anderson in 18:20. = ***
11. Stan Hansen won the US title pinning Lex Luger in 9:28 with the lariat. = **1/2 (match was only average but that was a strong finish)
12. Sting kept the NWA title beating Sid Vicious in 12:40. = *1/2 (The work itself of the match was a dud, although Sting gets 1/2 star for trying those hot moves and the finish gets a star)
AJPW 10/14 television show was taped 10/7
1. Hansen & Spivey beat Bulldogs. = ***
2. Tsuruta & Taue beat Ace & Kobashi in a non-title match (Ace & Kobashi are Asian tag team champions). = ***3/4
3. Williams & Gordy beat Misawa & Kawada in 21 minutes. = ***1/2
11/19/1990
I was on the road this weekend in Philadelphia to see the Tom Robinson Benefit show on 11/9 in Drexel Hill, PA.
1. WWA (Larry Sharpe and Coraluzzo's promotion) champion The Golden Phoenix pinned Jungle Jim McPherson. Due to the ropes being too loose, they messed up some high spots badly; = N/A
2. The Blade (Steve Mastopietro), managed by Marcus Cretin (Rob Brownstein) beat B.T. Express (Brian Tramel) in a match of the staff of TU Rasslin Riot, a comedy newsletter. = N/A
3. The Sandman pinned J.T. Smith with a hotshot. = N/A
4. Jerry Lawler pinned Eddie Gilbert when Cactus Jack and Terry Funk came to ringside = **1/2
5. Rockin Rebel pinned Sonny Blaze; = N/A
6. Larry Winters & Johnny Hot Body beat The South Philadelphia Hit Men (Tony Stetson & Michael Bruno). Match was okay. Hot Body juiced pretty bad; = N/A
7. With Bobby Eaton out with a knee injury, Stan Lane teamed with Gilbert as faces, managed by Cornette, against Funk and Manson, managed by Mark Curtis (Brian Hildebrand). = ***3/4
8. Jimmy Shoulders won a Battle Royal = N/A
So it was on to Bensalem, PA to a show at Neil Armstrong High
3. Chris Candito kept the WWA jr. title pinning Jimmy Shoulders, in his second match. = N/A
4. Golden Phoenix kept WWA title pinning The Spider (a guy named Glen Routh who has only had eight or nine matches). Legit 2 1/2 stars;
5. Big Hoss (6-6, 425 looking like Big Bossman's big brother) pinned Routh, without the Spider get-up. = N/A
6. Eddie Gilbert and Cactus Jack brawled all over the building, using chairs, garbage cans, double juice, etc. Better than anything on the last two PPV cards. = ****
7. Funk retained the USWA title losing via DQ to Lawler = ***3/4
8. Stetson beat Hot Body in a cage match. = N/A
New Japan - October 20:
1. Tatsumi Fujinami went to a five minute exhibition draw with Shiro Koshinaka. = *1/2
2. Great Muta pinned Ricky Steamboat with the moonsault after blowing the mist in his eyes. = ***1/2
3. Antonio Inoki & Tiger Jeet Singh beat Big Van Vader & Animal Hamaguchi. = **1/2
All Japan - October 21:
1. Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey beat Abdullah the Butcher & Kimala II (Ben Peacock) via DQ. = 3/4*
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Mighty Inoue in 24 minutes. = ****1/4
All Japan women - October 28:
1. Bull Nakano & Grizzly Iwamoto beat Noriyo Tateno & Mika Takahashi in a non-stop excellent match with great moves in the ring and great brawling outside. = ****
2. Mitsuko Nishiwaki, in her retirement match, pinned long-time tag team partner Yumiko Hotta in just under five minutes. = ***
3. Manami Toyoda beat Bison Kimura to win the vacant All-Pacific title. = ***1/2
4. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue beat Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami in a non-title match. = ***1/2
11/26/1990
Mexico: Galavision taping on 11/16 at Arena Mexico saw:
1. Jacque Mate & Gladiador Jr beat Javele Velaquez & Justiciero (only highlights shown, looked like a good opener). = N/A
2. Jerry Estrada & Fuerza Guerrera & Ponzona won 2/3 falls from Mascara Sagrada & Hurricane Ramirez Jr & Octagon when Guerrera made Octagon submit in the final fall (strange since Octagon is the second most popular wrestler in the promotion behind Atlantis). = *3/4
3. Satanico & MS1 & Fabuloso Blondie won 2/3 falls from Dandy & Sangre Chicana & Ringo Mendoza when Blondie made Mendoza submit in the third fall. = *3/4
4. Atlantis & Tinieblas Jr & Rayo de Jalisco Jr beat The Animals & Pero Aguayo when Atlantis pinned Animal II in the third fall. = *
5. Faraon won a hair vs hair match from Pirata Morgan. = ***1/2
12/03/1990
1. The Warriors (Ultimate Warrior & Legion of Doom & Kerry Von Erich) defeated The Perfect Team (Demolition & Mr Perfect). = **1/4
2. The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase & The Undertaker & Greg Valentine & Honkeytonk Man) beat The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes & Koko Ware & Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart). = ***1/2
3. The Visionaries (Rick Martel & The Warlord & Paul Roma & Hercules) beat The Vipers (Jake Roberts & Jimmy Snuka & Shawn Michaels & Marty Janetty). = ***1/4 (very good work but the finish was lame)
4. The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan & Jim Duggan & Tugboat & Big Bossman) defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Dino Bravo & Haku & The Barbarian). = **
5. The Alliance (Nikolai Volkoff & Tito Santana & Luke Williams & Butch Miller) defeated The Mercenaries (Sgt. = *
6. The final Survivor match had everyone from the previous matches that weren't eliminated, leaving faces Hogan & Warrior & Santana vs heels DiBiase & Martel & Hercules & Roma & Warlord. = *1/4
NWA CLASH 13
1. Freebirds beat Southern Boys in 4:50 when Tracy Smothers came off the rope, but was tripped by Little Richard Marley, stumbled and Michael Hayes hit him with a DDT. = **1/2
2. Brian Pillman (subbing for The Juicer) pinned Buddy Landel in 5:52 with a flying bodypress. = ***1/2
3. Big Cat (Curtis Hughes) beat Brad Armstrong when the ref stopped the match at 4:31 when Armstrong was caught in the torture rack. = *
4. Tom Zenk pinned Brian Lee in 3:10 after a dropkick off the top rope. = *
5. Michael Wall Street (Mike Rotunda) pinned Star Blazer (Tim Horner) in 4:15 with the Wall Street crash (should be called Stock market crash), which is a Samoan suplex drop. = *
6. Sgt. Kruger (Ray Apollo) and Col. DeKlerk (Ted Petty) won the African elimination match for the Pat O'Connor tag team tournament beating Kahlua (Larry Hamilton) and Bostwana Beast (Bill Tabby) = -*1/4
7. Lex Luger pinned Motor City Mad Man (Mike Moore) in 2:34. DUD
10. Rick & Scott Steiner kept the US tag team title beating Magnum Force (jobbers The Ring Lords with a new name) in 1:57 when Scott used the Frankensteiner on one of them. = *
11. Ric Flair pinned Butch Reed in 14:13 to earn a tag team title shot. = ***3/4
2. Mr Perfect beat Big Bossman via count out in 8:13. = ***3/4
3. Rick Martel beat Tito Santana with a boston crab in 6:49. = ***
11/23 at Arena Mexico
1. The Ninja Turtles win 2/3 falls from Coliseo 2000 & Super Raton & Super Muneco & Super Pinocchio
2. Octagon & Javier "El Monarca" Cruz & Hurricane Ramirez Jr. won 2/3 from Hombre Bala & El Verdugo & Fuerza Guerrera. *1/4
3. Los Brazos returned from Japan and won 2/3 falls from Mando Guerrero & Super Astro & Anibal. *1/4
4. El Satanico & Fabuloso Blondie & Pero Aguayo won 2/3 from Lizmark & Ringo Mendoza & Sangre Chicana ***1/4
5. Kamala & Pirata Morgan & Mascara Ano 2000 won two straight from Konan & Faraon & Tinieblas Jr. *
12/10/1990
11/30 at Arena Mexico
1. Fuerza Guerrera & Pierroth Jr. & Jacque Mate win two straight falls from Ramirez Jr. & Kato Kung Lee & Octagon *3/4
2. Anibal & Super Astro & Chicana won 2/3 fall non-title match from Los Brazos (who are champs of the rival UWA, this is equivalent to the WWF's tag team champions working on an NWA show in the middle of a card and doing the job) ***1/4 (good match because Astro did all of his patented spots and Brazos worked well)
3. Kimala & Herodes & Satanico won 2/3 from Atlantis & Dandy & Jalisco Jr. when Kimala pinned Jalisco Jr. in third fall with a big splash. Kimala did do a job in the first fall. He had Dandy up for a bodyslam when the other two dropkicked Dandy's back and Kimala tumbled over and was pinned by Dandy who must weigh all of 165 pounds 1/2*
4. main event saw Ringo Mendoza win 2/3 falls from Fabuloso Blondy (Ken Timbs) in a hair vs. hair match. *1/2.
12/17/1990
12/7 at Arena Mexico (Galavision)
1. Lola Gonzales & Lady Apache & La Sirenita win 2/3 falls from Maria del Angel & Martha Villalobos (kind of a Mexican version of Dump Matsumoto) & Pantera Surena via count out in the third fall = * (they worked hard, particularly Gonzales, but lots of missed moves)
2. Jerry Estrada & Charles Jr & Fuerza Guerrera (who are three of the best workers in Mexico) won two straight falls from Volador & Octagon & Ramirez Jr Finish of the second fall saw all three faces (Octagon's team) have their masks ripped up, primarily by Guerrera. = **3/4
3. Satanico & Universo 2000 & Ulysses won two straight from Atlantis & Dandy & Sangre Chicana. = ***
4. Main event saw Mascara Ano 2000 & Cien Cares & Blondy beat Konan & Ringo Mendoza & Rayo de Jalisco Jr in two of three falls. = **1/2
All Japan 10/28:
1. Funks beat Malenko brothers. = N/A
2. Williams & Gordy beat Spivey & Furnas when Williams pinned Furnas after a clothesline. = **3/4
3. Tsuruta & Taue & Fuchi beat Misawa & Kawada & Kobashi in 26 non-stop minutes of nothing but hot moves and near falls. = *****
New Japan 11/3:
1. Tony Halme beat Soul Taker in a "mixed" match. = 1/4*
2. Muto pinned Hase clean in the middle with the dragon suplex (fullnelson taken back into a full german suplex). = ***3/4
3. Jeet Singh beat Van Vader via DQ when Vader threw down the ref. = *
4. Choshu & Hamaguchi beat Fujinami & Koshinaka. = ***1/2
All Japan 11/4:
1. Gordy & Williams beat Ace & Kobashi. = ***
2. Misawa & Kawada beat Tsuruta & Mighty Inoue. = ****
New Japan 11/17:
1. Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Hase & Kensuke Sasaki. = ***1/2
2. Muto & Chono beat Singh & Masanobu Kurisu. = **3/4
3. Hamaguchi h6inned Fujinami in an upset. = **1/4
4. Choshu & Masa Saito & ,Hashimoto beat Vader & Larry Cameron & Badnews Allen. = ***
All Japan Women 11/18 "Wrestlemarinpaid II":
1. Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita won the Japanese tag title beating The Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi) in 13:20. = ****
2. Medusa & Bison Kimura beat Yumiko Hotta & Mariko Yoshida. = **3/4
3. Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami kept their WWWA world tag team titles beating the face/heel duo of Manami Toyoda & Kyoko Inoue. = ****
4. Bull Nakano kept her WWWA world title beating Aja Kong in a cage match in 20:59. = ****1/2
All Japan 11/18:
1. Baba & Andre beat Slater & Deaton when Andre pinned Deaton with an elbow drop. = —**1/2
2. If that wasn't bad enough, next came Nitron & Butch Masters beating Ace & Fuchi when Masters pinned Fuchi with a legdrop. = —*1/2
3. Kawada & Kobashi beat Misawa & Kikuchi when Kawada pinned Kikuchi with a power bomb. = ***1/2
4. Gordy & Williams beat Smith & Kid. = N/A
5. Hansen & Spivey beat Funks when Hansen lariated Dory for the pin. = ***1/2
6. Tsuruta & Taue beat Abdullah & Kimala II when Tsuruta pinned Kimala II with a Thesz press. = **3/4
New Japan 11/24:
1. Jushin Riger pinned Pegasus Kid in 12 minutes with a shooting star press. = ****1/2
2. Hase & Sasaki won the tag titles from Muto & Chono. = ****3/4
3. Choshu pinned Hashimoto in 16 minutes to keep IWGP title. = ***1/2
12/24/1990
1. Bobby Eaton pinned Tom Zenk with an inside cradle in 8:45. = ***
2. The first match of the Pat O'Connor Memorial tag team tournament saw Rick & Scott Steiner beat Sgt Kruger (Ray Apollo) and Col. DeKlerk (Ted Petty) = *4
3. Konnan (that's how he spells it and he should know) & Rey Misterio from Mexico defeated Chris Adams & Norman Smiley, billed as the team from England. = *1/2
4. Masa Saito & Great Muta downed Rip Morgan & Jacko Victory (billed as the New Zealand team). = *3/4
5. Salman Hashimikov & Victor Zangiev of the Soviet Union made their US debut beating Canadians Danny "Bull" Johnson and Troy Montour. = -**
6. Michael Wall Street pinned Terry Taylor with his Stock Market Crash (Samoan drop) in 6:52. = **4
7. Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich defeated The Freebirds in 6:13. = **1/2
8. Actually, the seventh match was Sid Vicious & Danny Spivey beating Big Cat & Motor City Mad Man in 1:01. = *
9. Steiners beat Konnan & Misterio in 2:51 when Misterio went for a Raul Mata style headscissors into a cradle but Rick caught him in mid-air and pinned him with a power bomb. = *1/4
10. Muta & Saito beat Hashimikov & Zangiev in 3:08 when Saito pinned Zangiev with a Saito suplex. = *
11. Lex Luger regained the US title in a lariat match with Stan Hansen. = **1/2
12. Doom retained the NWA tag team title in a North St. = ****
13. The Steiners on the tagteam tournament beating Muta & Saito in 10:53. = ***1/4
14. Officially, Sting pinned The Black Scorpion, who was Ric Flair, in the cage match at 18:31 to keep the title with a flying body press from off the top rope. 3/4*
The U.S. and Japan Wrestling Summit, combining the World Wrestling Federation with both All and New Japan Pro Wrestling,
"I've talked with several who were there live to have star ranges on these matches, "
1. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas & Joe Malenko defeated The Foot Louse (Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki) & Tatsumi Kitahara (who wrestled in Calgary as Sumo Hare). Ranged between three and four stars but from all accounts was a great opening match.
2. Jushin Riger pinned Akira Nogami with the moonsault press in 8:37. This match was said to be slightly better than a normal match between these two would be (stars ranged from 3 3/4 to 4 1/4.)
3. Jimmy Snuka & Tito Santana downed Masa Fuchi & Kenta Kobashi in 8:28 with Snuka pinned Fuchi with the Superfly Splash. Because of the work problems, stars ranged from 1 1/2 to 2 1/4.
4. Tiger Mask drew Bret Hart over 20:00. Opinions varied greatly here from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 stars, some saying they didn't click with each other and didn't seem to know each others' moves well.
5. Great Kabuki pinned Greg Valentine in 7:16One star all the way around.
6. Jake Roberts pinned Big Bossman in 10:25 Stars ranged from two to three here, although I was told Bossman worked much harder than you would be used to seeing and really carried the match as a heel.
7. Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto retained the IWGP tag team titles beating Riki Choshu & Masa Chono in 13:00 when Saito pinned Chono after the Saito suplex. Stars ranged from 4 to 4 1/4.
8. Jumbo Tsuruta & Haku (replacing Yoshiaki Yatsu who suffered a neck injury) defeated Curt Hennig (billed as Curt Hennig, not as Mr. Perfect here) & Rick Martel in 10:53 when Tsuruta pinned Martel after the Lou Thesz Greco-Roman back suplex. Stars ranged from 2 1/2 to 3 1/4.
9. Genichiro Tenryu pinned Randy Savage in 10:49. Stars ranged from 3 1/2 to 4 1/2
10. Ultimate Warrior pinned Ted DiBiase to keep the WWF title. Stars ranged from DUD to 1/2.
11. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant beat Demolition in 6:39 when Andre pinned Smash after an elbow drop. DUD to 1.
12. Hulk Hogan pinned Stan Hansen in 12:30. Stars were 3 1/2 across the board although one said it was Hogan's best match in the past five years.
10/29/1990
Arena Mexico re-opened on 10/19
1. Results saw Apollo & Cesar Dantes beat El Supremo I & II (managed by Diana Ross, just kidding) **
2. Kato Kung Lee & Volador & Mogur beat Ponzona (Americo Rocca under a mask) & El Espectro Jr. & Espectro de Ultratumba ***
3. Javier Llanes & MS1 & Masakre beat Mando Guerrero & Mascara Sagrada & Javier Cruz **1/2
4. Pirata Morgan & Mike Golden & Fabuloso Blondie beat Faraon & Solomon Grundy & Lizmark * and main event saw Kung Fu & Satanico & Pero Aguayo over Atlantis & Dandy & Ringo Mendoza **1/2
7. Big Van Vader pinned Tom Zenk in 2:16 with a big splash. = 1/2*
8. Rick & Scott Steiner beat The Freebirds in 13:46. = ***1/4
9. Junkfood Dog & El Gigandre & Paul Orndorff beat Barry Windham & Arn Anderson & Sid Vicious via DQ in 8:33. = *
10. Lex Luger kept the US title pinning Mean Mark in 12:07. = ***
11. Doom beat The Rock & Roll Express in 15:14 to keep the NWA tag team title = **1/4
12. Sting pinned Ric Flair in 16:05 to capture the NWA world title. = ***3/4
07/23/1990
NJPW 6/9 (taped 5/28)
1. Big Van Vader pinned Koji Kitao with a shoulderblock. = *
2. Muto & Chono kept the tag title beat Hiroshi Hase & Koshinaka. = ***
3. Hashimoto pinned Choshu in the "upset. = **1/2
NJPW 6/16 (taped 6/12):
1. Jushin Riger beat Seiji Aoyagi in a mixed match. = **
2. Vader and Hansen went to a DDQ. = N/A
3. Hashimoto pinned Muto to win the Kyushu Cup. = **1/2
AJPW 6/10 (taped 6/1):
1. Hansen pinned Kawada with lariat. = **
2. Gordy & Williams beat Bam Bam Bigelow & Davey Boy Smith. = **3/4
3. Tsuruta & Kabuki beat Misawa & Kobashi. = ***
AJPW 6/17 (taped 6/5):
1. Misawa & Kawada beat Kabuki & Fuyuki. = ***1/2
2. Hansen pinned Williams. = ***1/4
3. Gordy pinned Tsuruta to win the triple crown. = ***1/2
08/06/1990
The WWF ran its summer Saturday Night Main Event on NBC on 7/28 (taped 7/16 in Omaha).
1. Ultimate Warrior beat Rick Rude via DQ in 9:43. = **1/2
2. Demolition Smash & Crush beat The Rockers to keep the tag team title in 8:51. = **3/43. Mr Perfect pinned Tito Santana to keep the IC title in 10:11. = ****
4. Kerry Von Erich pinned Buddy Rose with the "tornado punch" in 3:09. = 3/4*
08/13/1990
NJPW 7/7 (taped 6/30):
1. Owen Hart & Bigelow beat Williams & Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit). = ***1/2
2. Muto pinned Brad Rheingans. = *3/4
3. Hamaguchi & Goto & Kurusu beat Choshu & Hashimoto & Sasaki. = **3/4
NJPW 7/14 (taped 7/5):
1. Masa Saito double count out with Williams. = *1/2
2. Rheingans & Pegasus beat Sasaki & Chono in an upset. = *1/2
3. Muto pinned Hart in a dream match. = ***
4. Choshu & Hashimoto beat Bigelow & Soul Taker. = **1/2
NJPW 7/21 (taped 7/19):
1. Machine & Goto & Honaga & Hiro Saito beat Kimura & Kobayashi & Matsuda & Iizuka. = ***
2. Choshu & Koshinaka beat Hamaguchi & Kurusu. = N/A
AJPW 7/8 (taped 7/7):
1. Dan Spivey pinned Taue with DDT. = **
2. Hansen pinned Kobashi with the lariat. = **3/4
3. Tsuruta & Yatsu beat Misawa & Kawada in 24 minutes. = ***1/2
AJPW 7/15 (taped 7/12 at Brody Memorial show):
1. Fuchi pinned Kikuchi with a german suplex to keep the Jr title. = ***3/4
2. Gordy & Williams & Ace beat Deaton & Hansen & Spivey. = ***1/2
3. Tsuruta & Kabuki & Inoue beat Misawa & Kawada & Kobashi. = N/A
AJPW 7/22 (taped 7/17):
1. Williams & Ace beat Spivey & Taylor. = **1/2
2. Misawa & Kobashi & Taue beat Tsuruta & Kabuki & Fuchi. = ***1/2
3. Gordy pinned Hansen to win the triple crown. = 1/2*
AJPW 7/29 (taped 7/19):
1. Misawa & Kobashi beat Hansen & Taylor. = DUD
2. Tsuruta & Kabuki won tag belts from Gordy & Williams. = **
09/03/1990
WWF SUMMER SLAM '90
1. Power & Glory (Hercules & Paul Roma) defeated The Rockers in 6:01. = ***
2. Texas Tornado won the IC title pinning Mr Perfect in 5:13. = *
3. Sherri beat Sapphire via forfeit when Sapphire never came to ringside.
4. The Warlord pinned Tito Santana in 5:28 with a powerslam. DUD
5. The Hart Foundation captured the WWF tag team titles from Demolition in a two of three fall match. = ***1/2
6. Jake Roberts beat Badnews Brown via DO in 4:43. = -*7. Jim Duggan & Nikolai Volkoff beat The Orient Express in 3:05 when Duggan pinned Pat Tanaka after a clothesline that missed. = -* (Match was worth negative one star, Duggan & Volkoff singing was worth negative another star but I added a star for Tanaka's great bump from a move that completely missed at the finish)
8. Randy Savage pinned Dusty Rhodes in 2:15. = -*
9. Hulk Hogan beat Earthquake via count out in 13:09. = **1/4
10. Ultimate Warrior kept the WWF title beating Rick Rude in a cage match in 10:01. = **1/2
NWA AT THE MEADOWLANDS - August 24
1. Tom Zenk pinned Dutch Mantell with a backslide in 7:41. = -*
2. Brian Pillman pinned Buddy Landel in 6:25 with a cross bodyblock off the top rope. = 1/2*
3. Big Van Vader pinned Dr. X (Randy Culley) with a big splash in 1:23. DUD
4. Rick & Scott Steiner won the US tag team titles from the Midnight Express in 15:41. = ***1/2
5. Stan Hansen pinned Terry Taylor with the lariat in 4:43. = ***6. Arn Anderson & Sid Vicious & Barry Windham beat Paul Orndorff & El Gigante & Junkfood Dog in 17:09. = *3/4
7. Lex Luger pinned Mean Mark in 14:51 to keep the US title. = *1/4,
8. Doom beat Rock & Roll Express to keep the NWA tag team title in 15:10. = *1/2
9. Sting pinned Ric Flair in 26:07 to keep the NWA world title. = ****1/4
09/17/1990
NWA Clash of the Champions XII
1. The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong) defeated The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) in 8:32. = **
2. Mike Rotunda pinned Buddy Landel with a backslide in 5:38. = 1/2*
3. Master Blasters beat Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner in 4:50. DUD
4. Nasty Boys (Brian Nobbs & Jerry Seganovich) defeated Terry Taylor & Jackie Fulton in 7:11. = *3/4
5. Tommy Rich pinned Bill Irwin in 3:57 with a Thesz press. = *1/26. Susan Sexton pinned Bambi in 4:10 to keep the LPWA title. = 3/4*
7. Rick & Scott Steiner beat Maximum Overdrive in 6:24. = *1/2
8. Stan Hansen pinned Tom Zenk in 3:18 with a lariat. = *
9. Lex Luger retained the US title beating Ric Flair via disqualification in 14:28. = ***3/4
10. Sting pinned The Fake Black Scorpion (Al Perez) in 8:10. = *
09/24/1990
NJPW 8/11 (taped 7/22):
1. Goto pinned Kurisu with his dangerous back suplex. = *1/2
2. Kitao pinned Vladimir Berkovich with two powerslams and a back suplex. = -***
3. Choshu & Masa Saito beat Kokina & Samu when Choshu made Samu submit to the scorpion. = **
4. Hashimoto beat Alexis Tyurin (Soviet sambo wrestler) in a mixed match. = DUD
NJPW 8/18 (taped 8/16):
1. Machine & Goto & Pegasus Kid beat Riger & Sasaki & Kobayashi. = ***1/2
2. Hamaguchi pinned Kurisu after five fast elbow drops. = ***
3. Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom beat Choshu & Kimura when Enos pinned Kimura after Bloom bulldogged him. = **1/2
4. Vader & Bigelow & Soul Taker beat The Three Musketeers (Muto & Chono & Hashimoto). = ***1/2
10/01/1990
9/21 Arena Mexico show in Mexico City (which aired 9/23 on Galavision)
1) In a six-man midget match, Pequeno Cobarde, Mascarita Sagrada & Aguilita Solitaria defeated Piratita Morgan & Espectrito & MS1/2 via count out in the third fall.
2) Los Brazos went to a double count out in the third fall against El Volador & Super Astro & Angel Azteca.
3) Mike Golden & Abdul & The Great Sheik won 2/3 falls from Dandy & Satanico & Solomon Grundy.
4) six-man with faces El Hijo Del Santo & Ringo Mendoza & Lizmark facing Pero Aguayo & Konan (who turned heel last week) & Blondie.
5) Atlantis retained the NWA world middlweight title beating Emilio Charles Jr. in 2/3 falls.
6) El Rayo De Jalisco Jr. won 2/3 falls from Cien Cares in a mask vs. mask match where Jalisco also vowed to retire if he would lose. Even for someone who doesn't really get into Lucha Libre it was a ***3/4
| AJPW TV rundown: 8/5: |
2. Masa Fuchi pinned Pete Roberts to keep the PWF jr. title. = **
3. Stan Hansen pinned Mitsuharu Misawa to win the triple crown (this was when Gordy collapsed and it was vacant). = ***1/2
AJPW TV rundown: 8/19:
1. Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) beat Richard Charland & Eric Embry in 14:49. = ***1/4 (all for Fantastics who were really good and got over great)
2. Kenta Kobashi pinned Dan Kroffat in 13:33. = ****
3. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Fuchi beat Misawa & Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in 22:16. = ****1/4
AJPW TV rundown: 8/26:
1. Doug Furnas & Kroffat beat Embry & Charland in 14:21. = *
2. Taue pinned The Trooper in 6:44 with a back suplex. = DUD
3. Johnny Ace pinned Rip Morgan in 9:45. = 1/2*
4. Tsuruta & Mighty Inoue & Fuchi beat Misawa & Kobashi & Kikuchi in 19:29. = *** 1/2
10/22/1990
WWF Titan's latest NBC special aired on 10/13.
1. Legion of Doom & Ultimate Warrior beat Demolition in 5:38 when Warrior splashed Smash. = **1/4
2. Randy Savage beat Dusty Rhodes via count out in 8:18. = *3/4 because they "shouldn't" have had a good match given what was supposed to be accomplished
3. Hulk Hogan & Tugboat beat Honkeytonk Man & Greg Valentine by DQ in 6:38. = **
4. Kerry Von Erich kept the IC title beating Haku with the tornado punch in 4:09. = *
5. Sgt Slaughter beat Koko Ware in 5:18 with the atomic noogie. = *1/4
JAPANESE TV RUNDOWN All Japan 9/9:
1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Akira Taue Mighty Inoue & Masa Fuchi in 17:02. = ***1/4
2. Jumbo Tsuruta pinned Monte Kobashi in 17:53. = ***1/2
3. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams beat Stan Hansen & Johnny Ace in 16:42. = **
All Japan 9/16:
1. Hansen pinned Williams to keep the triple crown in 20:52. = ***
2. Tsuruta pinned Misawa in 24:50 in the big rematch. = ****1/2
All Japan 9/23:
1. Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) beat Joe Malenko & Kikuchi. = ****3/4
2. Finals of Asian tag tournament saw Ace & Kobashi beat Fantastics in 15:24. = ***1/2
3. Gordy & Williams beat Tsuruta & Taue in 19:27. = **1/2
All Japan 9/30:
1. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant & Rusher Kimura beat Haruka Eigen & Motoshi Okuma & Masa Fuchi. = N/A
2. Abdullah the Butcher & Kimala II (Ben Peacock) beat New British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Johnny Smith. = *3/4
3. Misawa & Kawada beat Ace & Kobashi in a non-title match in 21:12. = ****
4. Hansen & Dan Spivey beat Tsuruta & Taue. = ***
All Japan 10/7:
1. Baba & Andre & Inoue beat Abdullah & Kimala II & Richard Slinger. = -*
2. Hansen pinned Taue with a lariat in 14 minutes. = *1/4
3. Spivey pinned Eigen with a legdrop. = -*
4. Misawa & Kawada beat Tsuruta & Fuchi in 23 minutes. = ***1/2
New Japan 9/1:
1. Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) pinned Jushin Riger (Keiichi Yamada) to-win IWGP Jr title in 15:02. = ****1/2
2. Keiji Muto & Masa Chono kept the IWGP tag belts beating Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos. = ***
3. Riki Choshu pinned Big Van Vader to win the IWGP world title in 11:51. = ***
New Japan 9/29:
1. Choshu & Kensuke Sasaki beat Takayukt Iizuka & Shiro Koshinaka in 12:35. = ***3/4
2. Hashimoto beat Vader via count out. = ***
3. Hiroshi Hase beat Great Muta via DQ in 18:37. = ****1/2
All Japan women 9/16:
1. Manami Toyoda beat Kyoko Inoue (a young heel) to keep Japanese title in 18:41. = ***1/2
2. Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami & Mika Takahashi beat Madusa & Mitsuko Nishiwaki & Yumiko Hotta in 11:56. = ***1/2
3. Aja Kong beat Bull Nakano in a non-title cage match in 22:08. = **1/2
10/20 at Arena Pista Revolucion in Mexico City drew 2,000 ($5,500)
1. El Simbolo & Halcon Negro beat El Marques Jr. & Mascara Roja ***1/2
2. Rakambole & Cachorro Mendoza & Aquila Solitario beat Scorpio-6 Scorpio Jr. & Panico *11,
3. Kung Fu & Supremos beat Volador & Solitaria & Mando Guerrero ** and Dandy & Cruz & Faraon beat Herodes & Mascara Ano 2000 & Golden via DQ DUD
NWA HALLOWEEN HAVOC '90
1. In the first dark match, Tim Horner pinned Barry Horowitz in 8:33. = **1/2
2. Reno Biggins pinned Rip Rogers in the second dark match in 3:57. = *
3. Tommy Rich & Ricky Morton beat Midnight Express in 20:49 of a match with an announced 20 minute time limit The first half of the match wasn't good. = ***1/2
4. Terry Taylor pinned Bill Irwin in 11:54. = **3/4 (the work was well above three stars but lack of crowd reaction hurt and in fact, the announcers really didn't even call this match)
5. Brad Armstrong pinned J.W. Storm with an inside cradle in 5:02. = *1/4
6. Master Blasters beat Southern Boys in 7:17. = *
7. Freebirds beat Renegade Warriors (Mark & Chris Youngblood) in 17:28--which is about 20 minutes longer than they should have been out there for. = -**
8. Rick & Scott Steiner beat Nasty Boys in 15:24 to retain the US tag team titles. = ***3/4
9. Junkfood Dog pinned Moondog Rex in 3:15 with a head-butt. DUD
10. Doom kept the NWA tag team title going to a double count out with Ric Flair & Arn Anderson in 18:20. = ***
11. Stan Hansen won the US title pinning Lex Luger in 9:28 with the lariat. = **1/2 (match was only average but that was a strong finish)
12. Sting kept the NWA title beating Sid Vicious in 12:40. = *1/2 (The work itself of the match was a dud, although Sting gets 1/2 star for trying those hot moves and the finish gets a star)
AJPW 10/14 television show was taped 10/7
1. Hansen & Spivey beat Bulldogs. = ***
2. Tsuruta & Taue beat Ace & Kobashi in a non-title match (Ace & Kobashi are Asian tag team champions). = ***3/4
3. Williams & Gordy beat Misawa & Kawada in 21 minutes. = ***1/2
11/19/1990
I was on the road this weekend in Philadelphia to see the Tom Robinson Benefit show on 11/9 in Drexel Hill, PA.
1. WWA (Larry Sharpe and Coraluzzo's promotion) champion The Golden Phoenix pinned Jungle Jim McPherson. Due to the ropes being too loose, they messed up some high spots badly; = N/A
2. The Blade (Steve Mastopietro), managed by Marcus Cretin (Rob Brownstein) beat B.T. Express (Brian Tramel) in a match of the staff of TU Rasslin Riot, a comedy newsletter. = N/A
3. The Sandman pinned J.T. Smith with a hotshot. = N/A
4. Jerry Lawler pinned Eddie Gilbert when Cactus Jack and Terry Funk came to ringside = **1/2
5. Rockin Rebel pinned Sonny Blaze; = N/A
6. Larry Winters & Johnny Hot Body beat The South Philadelphia Hit Men (Tony Stetson & Michael Bruno). Match was okay. Hot Body juiced pretty bad; = N/A
7. With Bobby Eaton out with a knee injury, Stan Lane teamed with Gilbert as faces, managed by Cornette, against Funk and Manson, managed by Mark Curtis (Brian Hildebrand). = ***3/4
8. Jimmy Shoulders won a Battle Royal = N/A
So it was on to Bensalem, PA to a show at Neil Armstrong High
1. Kawabunga (Brian Hildebrand) pinned Chi Chi Gomez. = N/A
2. Heavy Metal Maniac pinned D.K. Blanche (a dead ringer for David Crosby); = N/A3. Chris Candito kept the WWA jr. title pinning Jimmy Shoulders, in his second match. = N/A
4. Golden Phoenix kept WWA title pinning The Spider (a guy named Glen Routh who has only had eight or nine matches). Legit 2 1/2 stars;
5. Big Hoss (6-6, 425 looking like Big Bossman's big brother) pinned Routh, without the Spider get-up. = N/A
6. Eddie Gilbert and Cactus Jack brawled all over the building, using chairs, garbage cans, double juice, etc. Better than anything on the last two PPV cards. = ****
7. Funk retained the USWA title losing via DQ to Lawler = ***3/4
8. Stetson beat Hot Body in a cage match. = N/A
New Japan - October 20:
1. Tatsumi Fujinami went to a five minute exhibition draw with Shiro Koshinaka. = *1/2
2. Great Muta pinned Ricky Steamboat with the moonsault after blowing the mist in his eyes. = ***1/2
3. Antonio Inoki & Tiger Jeet Singh beat Big Van Vader & Animal Hamaguchi. = **1/2
All Japan - October 21:
1. Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey beat Abdullah the Butcher & Kimala II (Ben Peacock) via DQ. = 3/4*
2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi beat Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Mighty Inoue in 24 minutes. = ****1/4
All Japan women - October 28:
1. Bull Nakano & Grizzly Iwamoto beat Noriyo Tateno & Mika Takahashi in a non-stop excellent match with great moves in the ring and great brawling outside. = ****
2. Mitsuko Nishiwaki, in her retirement match, pinned long-time tag team partner Yumiko Hotta in just under five minutes. = ***
3. Manami Toyoda beat Bison Kimura to win the vacant All-Pacific title. = ***1/2
4. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue beat Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami in a non-title match. = ***1/2
11/26/1990
Mexico: Galavision taping on 11/16 at Arena Mexico saw:
1. Jacque Mate & Gladiador Jr beat Javele Velaquez & Justiciero (only highlights shown, looked like a good opener). = N/A
2. Jerry Estrada & Fuerza Guerrera & Ponzona won 2/3 falls from Mascara Sagrada & Hurricane Ramirez Jr & Octagon when Guerrera made Octagon submit in the final fall (strange since Octagon is the second most popular wrestler in the promotion behind Atlantis). = *3/4
3. Satanico & MS1 & Fabuloso Blondie won 2/3 falls from Dandy & Sangre Chicana & Ringo Mendoza when Blondie made Mendoza submit in the third fall. = *3/4
4. Atlantis & Tinieblas Jr & Rayo de Jalisco Jr beat The Animals & Pero Aguayo when Atlantis pinned Animal II in the third fall. = *
5. Faraon won a hair vs hair match from Pirata Morgan. = ***1/2
12/03/1990
| WWF SURVIVOR SERIES 1990 |
2. The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase & The Undertaker & Greg Valentine & Honkeytonk Man) beat The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes & Koko Ware & Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart). = ***1/2
3. The Visionaries (Rick Martel & The Warlord & Paul Roma & Hercules) beat The Vipers (Jake Roberts & Jimmy Snuka & Shawn Michaels & Marty Janetty). = ***1/4 (very good work but the finish was lame)
4. The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan & Jim Duggan & Tugboat & Big Bossman) defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Dino Bravo & Haku & The Barbarian). = **
5. The Alliance (Nikolai Volkoff & Tito Santana & Luke Williams & Butch Miller) defeated The Mercenaries (Sgt. = *
6. The final Survivor match had everyone from the previous matches that weren't eliminated, leaving faces Hogan & Warrior & Santana vs heels DiBiase & Martel & Hercules & Roma & Warlord. = *1/4
NWA CLASH 13
1. Freebirds beat Southern Boys in 4:50 when Tracy Smothers came off the rope, but was tripped by Little Richard Marley, stumbled and Michael Hayes hit him with a DDT. = **1/2
2. Brian Pillman (subbing for The Juicer) pinned Buddy Landel in 5:52 with a flying bodypress. = ***1/2
3. Big Cat (Curtis Hughes) beat Brad Armstrong when the ref stopped the match at 4:31 when Armstrong was caught in the torture rack. = *
4. Tom Zenk pinned Brian Lee in 3:10 after a dropkick off the top rope. = *
5. Michael Wall Street (Mike Rotunda) pinned Star Blazer (Tim Horner) in 4:15 with the Wall Street crash (should be called Stock market crash), which is a Samoan suplex drop. = *
6. Sgt. Kruger (Ray Apollo) and Col. DeKlerk (Ted Petty) won the African elimination match for the Pat O'Connor tag team tournament beating Kahlua (Larry Hamilton) and Bostwana Beast (Bill Tabby) = -*1/4
7. Lex Luger pinned Motor City Mad Man (Mike Moore) in 2:34. DUD
8. Nasty Boys beat Mark & Chris Youngblood via DQ in 4:49 when the Steiners ran in and the Nasty Boys ran off. = 3/4*
9. Sid Vicious pinned The Night Stinker in 3:30. = -****10. Rick & Scott Steiner kept the US tag team title beating Magnum Force (jobbers The Ring Lords with a new name) in 1:57 when Scott used the Frankensteiner on one of them. = *
11. Ric Flair pinned Butch Reed in 14:13 to earn a tag team title shot. = ***3/4
WWF Friday night NBC special
1. Ultimate Warrior beat Ted DiBiase via DO in 9:58. = ***1/22. Mr Perfect beat Big Bossman via count out in 8:13. = ***3/4
3. Rick Martel beat Tito Santana with a boston crab in 6:49. = ***
11/23 at Arena Mexico
1. The Ninja Turtles win 2/3 falls from Coliseo 2000 & Super Raton & Super Muneco & Super Pinocchio
2. Octagon & Javier "El Monarca" Cruz & Hurricane Ramirez Jr. won 2/3 from Hombre Bala & El Verdugo & Fuerza Guerrera. *1/4
3. Los Brazos returned from Japan and won 2/3 falls from Mando Guerrero & Super Astro & Anibal. *1/4
4. El Satanico & Fabuloso Blondie & Pero Aguayo won 2/3 from Lizmark & Ringo Mendoza & Sangre Chicana ***1/4
5. Kamala & Pirata Morgan & Mascara Ano 2000 won two straight from Konan & Faraon & Tinieblas Jr. *
12/10/1990
11/30 at Arena Mexico
1. Fuerza Guerrera & Pierroth Jr. & Jacque Mate win two straight falls from Ramirez Jr. & Kato Kung Lee & Octagon *3/4
2. Anibal & Super Astro & Chicana won 2/3 fall non-title match from Los Brazos (who are champs of the rival UWA, this is equivalent to the WWF's tag team champions working on an NWA show in the middle of a card and doing the job) ***1/4 (good match because Astro did all of his patented spots and Brazos worked well)
3. Kimala & Herodes & Satanico won 2/3 from Atlantis & Dandy & Jalisco Jr. when Kimala pinned Jalisco Jr. in third fall with a big splash. Kimala did do a job in the first fall. He had Dandy up for a bodyslam when the other two dropkicked Dandy's back and Kimala tumbled over and was pinned by Dandy who must weigh all of 165 pounds 1/2*
4. main event saw Ringo Mendoza win 2/3 falls from Fabuloso Blondy (Ken Timbs) in a hair vs. hair match. *1/2.
12/17/1990
12/7 at Arena Mexico (Galavision)
1. Lola Gonzales & Lady Apache & La Sirenita win 2/3 falls from Maria del Angel & Martha Villalobos (kind of a Mexican version of Dump Matsumoto) & Pantera Surena via count out in the third fall = * (they worked hard, particularly Gonzales, but lots of missed moves)
2. Jerry Estrada & Charles Jr & Fuerza Guerrera (who are three of the best workers in Mexico) won two straight falls from Volador & Octagon & Ramirez Jr Finish of the second fall saw all three faces (Octagon's team) have their masks ripped up, primarily by Guerrera. = **3/4
3. Satanico & Universo 2000 & Ulysses won two straight from Atlantis & Dandy & Sangre Chicana. = ***
4. Main event saw Mascara Ano 2000 & Cien Cares & Blondy beat Konan & Ringo Mendoza & Rayo de Jalisco Jr in two of three falls. = **1/2
All Japan 10/28:
1. Funks beat Malenko brothers. = N/A
2. Williams & Gordy beat Spivey & Furnas when Williams pinned Furnas after a clothesline. = **3/4
3. Tsuruta & Taue & Fuchi beat Misawa & Kawada & Kobashi in 26 non-stop minutes of nothing but hot moves and near falls. = *****
New Japan 11/3:
1. Tony Halme beat Soul Taker in a "mixed" match. = 1/4*
2. Muto pinned Hase clean in the middle with the dragon suplex (fullnelson taken back into a full german suplex). = ***3/4
3. Jeet Singh beat Van Vader via DQ when Vader threw down the ref. = *
4. Choshu & Hamaguchi beat Fujinami & Koshinaka. = ***1/2
All Japan 11/4:
1. Gordy & Williams beat Ace & Kobashi. = ***
2. Misawa & Kawada beat Tsuruta & Mighty Inoue. = ****
New Japan 11/17:
1. Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Hase & Kensuke Sasaki. = ***1/2
2. Muto & Chono beat Singh & Masanobu Kurisu. = **3/4
3. Hamaguchi h6inned Fujinami in an upset. = **1/4
4. Choshu & Masa Saito & ,Hashimoto beat Vader & Larry Cameron & Badnews Allen. = ***
All Japan Women 11/18 "Wrestlemarinpaid II":
1. Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita won the Japanese tag title beating The Honey Wings (Kaoru Maeda & Mika Takahashi) in 13:20. = ****
2. Medusa & Bison Kimura beat Yumiko Hotta & Mariko Yoshida. = **3/4
3. Akira Hokuto & Suzuka Minami kept their WWWA world tag team titles beating the face/heel duo of Manami Toyoda & Kyoko Inoue. = ****
4. Bull Nakano kept her WWWA world title beating Aja Kong in a cage match in 20:59. = ****1/2
All Japan 11/18:
1. Baba & Andre beat Slater & Deaton when Andre pinned Deaton with an elbow drop. = —**1/2
2. If that wasn't bad enough, next came Nitron & Butch Masters beating Ace & Fuchi when Masters pinned Fuchi with a legdrop. = —*1/2
3. Kawada & Kobashi beat Misawa & Kikuchi when Kawada pinned Kikuchi with a power bomb. = ***1/2
4. Gordy & Williams beat Smith & Kid. = N/A
5. Hansen & Spivey beat Funks when Hansen lariated Dory for the pin. = ***1/2
6. Tsuruta & Taue beat Abdullah & Kimala II when Tsuruta pinned Kimala II with a Thesz press. = **3/4
New Japan 11/24:
1. Jushin Riger pinned Pegasus Kid in 12 minutes with a shooting star press. = ****1/2
2. Hase & Sasaki won the tag titles from Muto & Chono. = ****3/4
3. Choshu pinned Hashimoto in 16 minutes to keep IWGP title. = ***1/2
12/24/1990
| WCW/NWA STARRCADE '90 - COLLISION COURSE |
2. The first match of the Pat O'Connor Memorial tag team tournament saw Rick & Scott Steiner beat Sgt Kruger (Ray Apollo) and Col. DeKlerk (Ted Petty) = *4
3. Konnan (that's how he spells it and he should know) & Rey Misterio from Mexico defeated Chris Adams & Norman Smiley, billed as the team from England. = *1/2
4. Masa Saito & Great Muta downed Rip Morgan & Jacko Victory (billed as the New Zealand team). = *3/4
5. Salman Hashimikov & Victor Zangiev of the Soviet Union made their US debut beating Canadians Danny "Bull" Johnson and Troy Montour. = -**
6. Michael Wall Street pinned Terry Taylor with his Stock Market Crash (Samoan drop) in 6:52. = **4
7. Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich defeated The Freebirds in 6:13. = **1/2
8. Actually, the seventh match was Sid Vicious & Danny Spivey beating Big Cat & Motor City Mad Man in 1:01. = *
9. Steiners beat Konnan & Misterio in 2:51 when Misterio went for a Raul Mata style headscissors into a cradle but Rick caught him in mid-air and pinned him with a power bomb. = *1/4
10. Muta & Saito beat Hashimikov & Zangiev in 3:08 when Saito pinned Zangiev with a Saito suplex. = *
11. Lex Luger regained the US title in a lariat match with Stan Hansen. = **1/2
12. Doom retained the NWA tag team title in a North St. = ****
13. The Steiners on the tagteam tournament beating Muta & Saito in 10:53. = ***1/4
14. Officially, Sting pinned The Black Scorpion, who was Ric Flair, in the cage match at 18:31 to keep the title with a flying body press from off the top rope. 3/4*
Below are notable events that weren't rated directly by Dave:
4/23/1990The U.S. and Japan Wrestling Summit, combining the World Wrestling Federation with both All and New Japan Pro Wrestling,
"I've talked with several who were there live to have star ranges on these matches, "
2. Jushin Riger pinned Akira Nogami with the moonsault press in 8:37. This match was said to be slightly better than a normal match between these two would be (stars ranged from 3 3/4 to 4 1/4.)
3. Jimmy Snuka & Tito Santana downed Masa Fuchi & Kenta Kobashi in 8:28 with Snuka pinned Fuchi with the Superfly Splash. Because of the work problems, stars ranged from 1 1/2 to 2 1/4.
4. Tiger Mask drew Bret Hart over 20:00. Opinions varied greatly here from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 stars, some saying they didn't click with each other and didn't seem to know each others' moves well.
5. Great Kabuki pinned Greg Valentine in 7:16One star all the way around.
6. Jake Roberts pinned Big Bossman in 10:25 Stars ranged from two to three here, although I was told Bossman worked much harder than you would be used to seeing and really carried the match as a heel.
7. Masa Saito & Shinya Hashimoto retained the IWGP tag team titles beating Riki Choshu & Masa Chono in 13:00 when Saito pinned Chono after the Saito suplex. Stars ranged from 4 to 4 1/4.
8. Jumbo Tsuruta & Haku (replacing Yoshiaki Yatsu who suffered a neck injury) defeated Curt Hennig (billed as Curt Hennig, not as Mr. Perfect here) & Rick Martel in 10:53 when Tsuruta pinned Martel after the Lou Thesz Greco-Roman back suplex. Stars ranged from 2 1/2 to 3 1/4.
9. Genichiro Tenryu pinned Randy Savage in 10:49. Stars ranged from 3 1/2 to 4 1/2
10. Ultimate Warrior pinned Ted DiBiase to keep the WWF title. Stars ranged from DUD to 1/2.
11. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant beat Demolition in 6:39 when Andre pinned Smash after an elbow drop. DUD to 1.
12. Hulk Hogan pinned Stan Hansen in 12:30. Stars were 3 1/2 across the board although one said it was Hogan's best match in the past five years.
10/29/1990
Arena Mexico re-opened on 10/19
1. Results saw Apollo & Cesar Dantes beat El Supremo I & II (managed by Diana Ross, just kidding) **
2. Kato Kung Lee & Volador & Mogur beat Ponzona (Americo Rocca under a mask) & El Espectro Jr. & Espectro de Ultratumba ***
3. Javier Llanes & MS1 & Masakre beat Mando Guerrero & Mascara Sagrada & Javier Cruz **1/2
4. Pirata Morgan & Mike Golden & Fabuloso Blondie beat Faraon & Solomon Grundy & Lizmark * and main event saw Kung Fu & Satanico & Pero Aguayo over Atlantis & Dandy & Ringo Mendoza **1/2
The UWA on 10/21 at El Toreo drew 14,000
1. El Sismo & El Canalla I beat Kendo & Takeda **4
2. Falcon & Kahos & Black Terry beat Marlin, El Vagabundo & Halcon 78 *1/2
3. Silver King & Solar I & II beat Negro Casas & Negro Navarro & Cuchillo via DQ **3/4 (Casas and Silver King were great but the rest weren't)
4. Canek & Fishman & Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Dos Caras & Villano III & Tamba (awful match, but tons of heat) *
5. the Brazos won the 6-man title from the Villanos I-IV-V ****.
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