1987 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Stars (June-December)

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 (5/27 card in Lubbock before 250 saw Steve Simpson pin Barry Colley DUD) 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've edited many of the match descriptions for length. Archives for 1987 started with the June 8, 1987 issue.
6/29/87

Jim Crockett's Western States tournament card on 6/20 in Houston. 
1. Steve Cox won a "$10,000" pole Battle Royal   ***
2. Shaska Whatley (sub for Terry Taylor--no mention at all at the arena as to why Taylor wasn't there) pinned Buddy Roberts in the first round of the Western States Heritage title tournament.   *1/4
3. Black Bart pinned Sting in a first round match.  *1/2
4. Rick Steiner and Terry Gordy were both disqualified in their first round match in 6:35.   ** (would have been rated slightly higher except for the weak finish--Steiner has awesome potential, but it seems his progress has stagnated in recent months, and without Sting, I can see him fading into prelims fast--with the exception of Williams, Gordy got the best reactions on the card)
5. Barry Windham pinned Chris Adams in the final first round match.   **1/4
6. The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) downed The Enforcer (Doug Gilbert) & The Terminator (I believe Mark Laurinidas, but not sure but he's Animal's brother) to keep the UWF tag title.   *3/4
7. The Rock & Roll Express retained the NWA tag belts beating Big Bubba Rogers & Angel of Death.   **3/4
 8. Ric Flair retained the NWA title pinning Michael Hayes in 20:12.   ***3/4
9. Windham pinned Whatley in the semifinals of the tournament in 7:32 with the lariat.   **1/4
10. Steve Williams & Dusty Rhodes downed Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch in a Bunkhouse tornado tag team match.   ****
11. Windham pinned Bart to win the tournament. ***1/2

7/20/1987

JCP in San Francisco market 7/7/87 
1. Misty Blue pinned Kat LaRoux in 5:02 with a splash off the top ropes.  1/2*
2. Big Bubba Rogers beat Chris Adams via count out in 4:52.   *1/4
3. Mike Rotunda drew Dory Funk over 15:00 to retain the Florida state title.   *1/2
4. Barry Windham pinned Black Bart in 9:04 to retain the Western States title.   **
5. Ron & Jimmy Garvin downed Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez in 8:07 when Paul Jones ended up in the ring, Ron G hit him with the knockout punch and pinned him.   **3/4
6. Dick Murdoch downed Steve Williams in a match where if Doc won, he'd get five minutes with Eddie Gilbert.   **3/4
7. Road Warriors downed the Midnight Express in 9:12 when Hawk pinned Stan Lane after a double-clothesline.   *
8. Nikita Koloff pinned Arn Anderson to retain the U.S. title after a sickle in 15:42.   -*1/2 (that's negative one-and-a-half stars)
9. The Rock & Roll Express downed Ric Flair & Lex Luger via DQ in 18:20 to retain the NWA tag team title.   ***3/4
10. Dusty Rhodes pinned Tully Blanchard in your typical let's bleed and go home 5:00 cage match.   1/2*

9/7/87

August 28- Sam Houston Coliseum - Houston, TX "Paul Boesch's final show"   
1. Sam Houston pinned Steve Lombardi with a bulldog headlock in 14:00.   **
2. Bruno Sammartino downed Hercules Hernandez in 6:00 via count out.   1/2*
3. Brutus Beefcake downed Johnny V in the hair vs. hair match with the sleeper in 7:30.   1/2* (just for the haircut, match was a dud)
4. Tom Prichard pinned Mark Lewin in 4:00 with an enzuigiri kick. It was all action for the time but the crowd wasn't into it. They both worked very hard while they were out there. *
5. Hulk Hogan pinned One Man Gang in 9:00 with the dreaded legdrop after a bodyslam.   *** (it was **1/4 worth or work but the heat has to be worth something since Hogan seemed to control the heat at will--all in all the best match on the card)
6. Sherri Martel pinned Flabulous Moolah in 10:00 to keep the women's title.  **
7. Junkfood Doa (final tabulations on keeping Junkfood's name were 117-to-19 in favor) & Tony Atlas beat Kimala & Sika when Junkfood reversed a bodyslam and pinned Sika in 4:00.   -*1/2 (that's negative one-and-a-half)
8. Terry Funk pinned Chavo Guerrero with an inside cradle in 7:00.   **3/4
9. Ted DiBiase pinned Jim Duggan after an elbow drop off the middle ropes in 8:30.   **1/2
10. Tito Santana (with a new haircut and outfit to make him look like a Tom Zenk clone) & Mil Mascaras (managed by Jose Lothario--by the way--Ernie Ladd managed Junkfood & Atlas earlier) beat Demolition via DQ in 9:00.   **1/4

UWF promoted the "Night of Champions" at the Summit in Houston
1. Misty Blue, that star of stage and screen, pinned Comrade Orca (probably a better name for her would be the One Woman Gang) with a cradle in 5:00.   *
2. Shane Douglas pinned Pez Whatley in 6:48 to retain the UWF "World" TV title.   *
3. Ron Simmons pinned The Enforcer (Doug Gilbert) in 3:30 with a flying tackle off the middle ropes ala Butch Reed (except Simmons lost his footing and more fell than flew off the ropes catching Enforcer in the belly instead of shoulders).   4* T
4. In a match for the rookie of the year trophy, Steve Cox pinned Gary Young with a cradle in 10:00.   *1/4
5. Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner kept the UWF tag belts beating Black Bart & The Terminator (Mark Laurinidas) in 10:12 when Horner pinned Terminator after Armstrong had dropkickdd him off the top ropes.   ***1/4
6. Terry Taylor pinned Chris Adams in 10:05 after hitting him with a foreign object.   ****
7. Steve Williams pinned Big Bubba Rogers in 7:28 with the stampede to keep the UWF title.   ***1/4
8. Sting dcwned Eddie Gilbert in a one fall Texas Death match (sort of a contradiction of terms).   ***
9. Dusty Rhodes beat Lex Lugar (on his robe it's spelled Lugar and I figure he knows best) via DQ in the U.S.   **
10. The Rock & Roll Express kept the NWA tag belts beating Blanchard & Anderson in 14:33 of an excellent match--much better than I'd expected.   ****
11. Ric Flair pinned Barry Windham in 26:45 when both collided and Flair fell on top for the pin.   ****

10/12/87

The WWF came to Oakland on 9/29 
1. Ron Bass pinned Scott Casey with his facebuster in 14:00. DUD;
2. Ted DiBiase pinned Outhouse Jack in 7:00 with a powerslam.  1/2*;
3. Sensational Sherri pinned Velvet McIntyre to keep the women's title in 13:00 by reversing a cross bodyblock and pulling tights.  *1/4;
4. Randy Savage pinned Harley Race in 8:00 with a reverse cradle.  *;
5. Jim Duggan beat Honkeytonk Man via a reversed decision DQ. *;
6. Siva Afi pinned Terry Gibbs with a flying body press in 11:00.  -1/2* (negative one-half, negative one-and-a-half for the first 7, one star for the last 4 because both tried and Afi was in pain);
7. Superstar Grahampa beat Butch Reed via DQ in 8:00.  *;
8. Hercules Hernandez pinned Hillbilly Jim with a cradle using the ropes in 9:00. DUD;
9. The Hart Foundation downed the Barbie Dolls (Roma & Powers) to keep the tag title in 13:00 of the only decent match on the card.  **

Titan: Results from 9/21 at Madison Square Garden before a sellout of 19,745 saw: 
1. Scott Casey pinned Steve Lombardi in 11:00 with the bulldog headlock.  *1/4;
2. Don Muraco pinned Bob Orton in 11:00 by reversing a piledriver into a backdrop and pin. **;
3. Islanders beat Rick Martel & Tito Santana in 14:00 when they did a switch after a collision and Haku pinned Martel after a diving head-butt. ***1/2;
4. Tiger Chung Lee pinned Brad Rheingans in 5:00 in the "Let's bore the crowd before the Hulkster" match.  **1/2;
5. Hulk Hogan double count out with One Man Gang in 8:00.  **3/4;
6. Jacques & Raymond Rougeau went to a time limit draw with Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo in a match which went 16:30. **;
7. George Steele beat Sika via DQ in 2:00 when Sika used a chair. Fans were booing most of the match, and I don't think it was because Sika was in control either. Just awful. -* (would have been even worse but I gave them credit for limiting it to two minutes);
8. Harley Race pinned Hillbilly Jim with a diving head-butt in 7:00. A bad match, but Race really tried to work with the guy. *;
9. Randy Savage pinned Honkeytonk Man in a non-title match in 11:00 with an elbow off the top ropes. Basically a brawl, but totally under control. Savage carried the guy to a good match, but Honkey's matches with Ricky Steamboat at the past two cards were a lot better. ***

NWA came to town on 11/9 with a card at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium 
1. Shaska Whatley pinned George Welles in 11:00 with a flying clothesline. *
2. Ron Simmons pinned Black Bart in 11:00 with a sunset flip.  -* (that's negative one star)
3. Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner ("The Newer Lightning Express") downed the Kodiaks in 7:40 when Horner pinned one of them.  *3/4
4. Nikita Koloff pinned Eddie Gilbert with the sickle in 7:18.  **3/4
5. Barry Windham went to a double count out with Larry Zbyszko in 10:12. ***
6. Road Warriors downed Luke Williams & Johnny Ace in 10:48 when Animal powerslammed his brother off the middle ropes and pinned him. No mention at all of Butch Miller. *3/4
7. Steve Williams beat Dory Funk via DQ in 17:00 when Funk tossed him over the top ropes. No heat at all. Bad isn't the word.
 8. Ron & Jimmy Garvin downed Ric Flair & Lex Lugar in an elimination tag team match.  ***1/2

11/30/87

The AWA returned to the Cow Palace in San Francisco on 11/21 
1. J.T. Southern pinned Soldat Ustinov in 12:33 with a cross-body block. DUD
2. Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski went to a 20:00 draw with Mitch Snow & Alan West.   1/4*
3. Tommy Rich went to a double count out with Adrian Adonis in 13:00.  *1/2 4. Ray Stevens & Greg Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel downed Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose & Dick Slater.   *
5. The Battle Royal   1/2*
6. Curt Hennig pinned D.J. Peterson in 22:58 using the ropes to retain the AWA title. **1/4

12/7/87

WWF SURVIVORS SERIES REPORT - November 26 - Richfield, OH Coliseum 
1. Jim Duggan & Randy Savage & Ricky Steamboat & Brutus Beefcake & Jake Roberts downed Harley Race & Hercules Hernandez & Honkeytonk Man & Danny Davis & Ron bass in 24:00.  **;
2. Velvet McIntyre & Jumping Bomb-Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno) & Rockin Robin (Robin Smith) & Flabulous Moolah beat Leilani Kai & Judy Martin (The Glamour Ghouls), Dawn Marie, Donna Christanello & Sensational Sherri Martel in 20:00.   **
3. The battle of the tag teams saw the babyface squad (Killer Zzzs, Barbie Dolls (Powers & Roma), Strike Force, British Bulldogs and Rougeaus) down the heels (Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo, Demolition, Hart Foundation, Islanders and Bolsheviks) in 37:00.   ****
4. Andre the Giant & One Man Gang & King Kong Bundy & Butch Reed & Rick Rude downed Hulk Hogan & Bam Bam Bigelow & Paul Orndorff & Don Muraco & Ken Patera in 22:00.   ***3/4

STARCADE 87 - November 26 - Chicago, IL Pavilion 
1. Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin & Sting went to a 15:00 draw against Rick Steiner & Larry Zbyszko & Eddie Gilbert.   **3/4
2. Steve Williams pinned Barry Windham in 7:00 to retain the UWF championship.  DUD
3. The Rock & Roll Express downed the Midnight Express in a scaffold match which lasted 9:35.   ***
4. Nikita Koloff pinned Terry Taylor in 18:20 to win the unification of the NWA and UWF television titles.   *
5. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson beat the Road Warriors via DQ in 14:00.   ***1/2;
6, Dusty Rhodes pinned Lex Luger (his rose now spells the last name "Luger" and I figure if anyone knows how to spell it, it's him) in 16:00 to win the U.S. title in the cage match.   * (the star is because I loved the finish, those who watched it with me all thought the match deserved negative stars)
7. Ric Flair regained the NWA title pinning Ronnie Garvin in 17:25 in the second cage match.   **1/2

12/21/87

December 11 - Tokyo Budokan Hall (All Japan Pro Wrestling) 
1. Masanobu Kurusu pinned Yoshinari Ogawa with an inside cradle at 11:00. *1/2
2. Isamu Teranishi pinned Mitsuo Momota with a reverse cradle. Momota is probably the worst wrestler in Japan.   DUD
3. Mighty Inoue & Masa Fuchi downed Motoshi Okuma & Haruka Eigen via DQ in 7:25.   **
4. Tiger Mask & Takashi Ishikawa downed Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki in 18:25 of an excellent match.  ***1/2
5. Rusher Kimura pinned Isao Takagi with a bulldog headlock after a clothesline. *1/4
6. Dory & Terry Funk downed Chris & Mark Youngblood in 8:48 when Terry pinned Mark with the Thesz press.   ***
7. John Tenta & Kabuki downed Tom Zenk & The Terminator in 9:30 when Tanta pinned Terminator after an elbow drop.   **1/2
8. Giant Baba & Hiroshi Wajima downed Abdullah the Butcher & TNT from Puerto Rico.  ***
9. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara went to a double count out with Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy after a brutal and amazing 28:36.  ****1/2
10. The tournament championship match saw Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshaiki Yatsu down Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka in 16:51. ***1/2

 December 6 - Tokyo Korauken Hall (All Japan Women's Wrestling Association) 
1. Kaoru Kage pinned Sachiko Nakamura just after the 5:00 mark after a bodyslam.  *1/4
2. Doril Nakamae & Kuniko Iwamoto, two more of Dump's girls, beat Megumi Kudo & Noriyo Toyoda when Nakamae pinned Kudo after a backdrop. **1/4
3. Bull Nakano & Condor Saito beat Yumi Ogura & Reibun Amada. **1/2
4. After the intermission, Chigusa came out and did a musical number. It was tremendous and amazing to see the crowd reaction. The girls in the audience sing all the words to the song with her.
5. Chigusa came out once more for the 5:00 exhibition with Devil Masami. **1/2
5. Dump Matsumoto went to a double count out with Yukari Omori in 17:16 of one of the best matches you'll ever see.  ****1/2
6. The team of Lioness Asuka & Mika Komatsu & Kazue Nagahori & Mitsuko Nishiwaki & Etsuko Miita & Sachiko Nakamura won the match 11 falls to 10 over Chigusa Nagayo & Yumiko Hotta & Mika Takahashi & Mika Suzuki & Yachiyo Hirata.  *****

December 3 - Nagoya (New Japan Pro Wrestling) 
1. Akira Nogami pinned Tiger Katayama with a flying body press in 10:17. Pretty brutal match with both guys looking good and fighting hard. ***1/4
2. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Yoji Anjo after one of the scariest back suplexes you would ever see ***
3. Black Cat pinned Dynamite Chris (Chris Benoit) with a standing scorpion hold into a pin after Chris missed a head-butt off the top ropes in 8:35. **3/4
4. Shiro Koshinaka & Kazuo Yamazaki & Keiichi Yamada downed Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Kensuke Sasaki in 10:26 when Koshinaka pinned Sasaki with a butt-bump and a german suplex.  ****1/2
5. Osamu Kido pinned Ron Ritchie with a neckbreaker in 7:08. Ritchie tries to work a crowd like Steve Lombardi does. Decent match but uneventful. **
6. Scott Hall pinned George Takano with a powerslam at 5:16. **4
7. Super Strong Machine pinned Ron Starr with the Machine suplex in 9:03. The move is grabbing an inside armlock, then taking the guy over in vertical suplex fashion and bridging while pinning the guy. Very nice move. Sort of slow paced but all the moves were solid and lots of the moves were very good. **1/2
8. Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara downed Keiji Muto & Nobuhiko Takada in 13:17 when Saito pinned Takada with the Saito suplex. Muto got beat up a lot here. Basically a damn good match. ***1/2 ;
9. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura went to a double count out against Kerry & Kevin on Erich in 9:12. *3/4
10. Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch downed Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki in the main event.  ***

December 4 - Tokyo Sumo Hall (NJPW) 
1. Kensuke Sasaki made Osamu Matsuda submit to the Boston crab. *1/2
2. Don Arakawa made Akira Nogami submit to the "Wakigatame," a judo armbar submission in 10:58. *
3. Tatsutoshi Goto pinned Black Cat in 12:49 by reversing a sunset flip into a cradle pin. *
4. Kazuo Yamazaki & Nobuhiko Takada & Keiichi Yamada downed Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Dynamite Chris in a super match. ****1/4
5. Super Strong Machine pinned Scott Hall in 6:34 with a sunset flip. The match was average. **
6. Seiji Sakaguchi & George Takano downed Ron Starr & Ron Ritchie in 8:57. **1/2
7. Kevin & Kerry Von Erich downed Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto in 8:57 when Kevin pinned Koshinaka with the claw.  **
8. Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura downed Mr. Pogo & Kendo Nagasaki in 7:12 when Fujinami pinned Nagasaki after a lariat. The finish was an excellent spot.  ***
9. Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch went to a 30:00 draw with Masa Saito & Yoshiaki Fujiwara. ****

December 5 in Numazu: 
1. Anjo beat Nogami with chicken wing in 13:55 **3/4;
2. Sasaki pinned Keniichi Oya with powerslam in 13:41. **1/2;
3. Yamada pinned Shunji Kosugi with Japanese leg crotch hold. ***1/2;
4. Honaga pinned Chris with a backslide. Lots of nice moves here. **1/2;
5. Saito pinned Black Cat with small package. ***;
6. Hall pinned Gotoh with powerslam in 3:28. *1/2;
7. Koshinaka & Takano beat Ritchie & Starr when Koshinaka pinned Ritchie with back suplex in 9:04. ***1/2;
8. Von Erichs beat Kido & Takada in 8:57 when Kevin pinned Kido with small package. **1/2;
9. Fujiwara & Saito beat Pogo & Nagasaki when Fujiwara made Pogo submit to the armbar. Lots of comedy by Fujiwara and Wakamatsu. **1/2;
10. Inoki & Muto & Murdoch beat Machine & Fujinami & Kimura when Inoki made Machine submit to the abdominal stretch in 11:27.  ***

December 7 in Osaka: 
1. Nogami pinned Katayama with flying body press in 11:50. A **1/4;
2. Arakawa pinned Kosugi with inside cradle. **1/2;
3. Yamada & Yamazaki beat Honaga E. Sasaki when Yamazaki made Sasaki submit to the chicken wing and cross face.  **1/2;
4. Goto pinned Chris in 11:08 with an excellent german suplex. ***;
5. Koshinaka pinned Ritchie with the butt-bump in 8:35. **;
6. Hall pinned Takano with the powerslam in 7:48.  **3/4;
7. Machine & Hiro Saito lost to Pogo & Nagasaki in 12:59 *1/2;
8. Fujinami & Kimura beat Masa Saito & Fujiwara to earn the tournament final spot. ***1/4;
10. Fujinami & Kimura won the tournament in 15:54 over Inoki & Murdoch when Fujinami pinned Murdoch. ***1/4

November 30 in Niigata: 
1. Masa Fuchi pinned Yoshinari Ogawa in 6:26 after a piledriver.  *;
2. Mighty Inoue pinned Haruka Eigen with sunset flip.   *1/2;
3. Fuyuki & Kawada went to a 25:00 draw with Teranishi & Takagi. **1/2;
4. Youngbloods beat Kimura & Tsurumi via DQ in 9:05 when Tsurumi hit Mark with a chain. *1/2;
5. Tenryu & Hara beat Kabuki & Tenta in 13:00 when Hara cradled Tents.   **;
6. Hansen & Gordy beat Tiger Mask & Nakano in 8:08 when Hansen lariated Nakano. ***1/2;
7. Baba & Wajima beat Terminator & Zenk in 8:24 when Wajima lariated Termie. DUD;
8. Funks double count out Tsuruta & Yatsu 17:33 *1/2;
9. Brody & Snuka beat Abdullah & TNT when Snuka superflied on TNT in 11:43. ***3/4

1988 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Stars

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 (12/26 in New Haven before 6,000 saw Bravo pin S.D. Jones with a side suplex *) 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've edited many of the match descriptions for length.
04/04/1988
WWF WRESTLEMANIA IV: WHAT PUT THE WORLD TO SLEEP   
1. The show opened with a 20-man Battle Royal. = 1/2* (for the angle at the end, match was a dud)
2. Ted DiBiase pinned Jim Duggan in 4:54 in the first match of the title tournament. = *1/4
3. Don Muraco downed Dino Bravo via DQ in 4:53. = 1/2*
4. Greg Valentine pinned Ricky Steamboat in an upset in 9:12. = **1/4
5. Randy Savage pinned Butch Reed with an elbow drop off the top ropes in 5:07. = *
6. One Man Gang beat Bam Bam Bigelow via count out in 2:56. In reality this was a negative 1 1/2 star match, but I'll give it a DUD considering Bigelow's condition.
7. Rick Rude and Jake Roberts went to a 15:00 draw which eliminated them both. = -**
8. In a non-tournament match, the Anabolic Warrior pinned Hercules Hernandez in 4:29. = -*1/2 (it was actually worse than the previous match, but not ranked as low because at least it was over in a hurry)
9. The first match of the second round was Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan, the only match on the card which seemed to have real interest. = * for the match, DUD if you include the posing.
10. Ted DiBiase pinned Don Muraco with Eddie Gilbert's "hotshot" move in 5:44. = *1/2
11. Randy Savage pinned Greg Valentine in a good match in 6:06 when he caught Valentine in an inside cradle when Valentine went for the figure four leglock. = **1/4
12. The Intercontinental title match saw Brutus Beefcake awarded a DQ win over champ Honkeytonk Man via DQ in 6:30. DUD

13. The Islanders & Bobby Heenan downed Koko Ware & The British Bulldogs in 7:30 when Heenan pinned Ware after the Islanders dropped him on top of Koko. = *1/4

14. Randy Savage beat One Man Gang via DQ in 4:05 when Gang tried to hit Savage with the cane of Slick but missed. = 1/2*
15. Demolition took the WWF tag team titles from Rick Martel & Tito Santana in 12:53 of the best match on the card. = **1/2
16. Finally it came down to DiBiase vs Savage for the title. = **1/4

NWA CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS (Greensboro Coliseum)
1. Mike Rotunda retained the NWA TV title pinning Jimmy Garvin under amateur rules at 1:10 of the second round. = **1/4
2. The Midnight Express retained the US tag belts beating The Fantastics via DQ in 10:45 of what is known in the trade as a classic Memphis brawl. = ****1/4) (Four-and-a-half for the action in the match, minus one-half for the overused finish, plus one-quarter for the post-match)
3. Dusty Rhodes & The Road Warriors won a barbed wire match from The Warlord & Barbarian & Ivan Koloff in 3:39. = *
4. Lex Luger & Barry Windham won the NWA tag title beating Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard in 9:35. = ***1/2
5. Ric Flair and Sting went to a 45:00 draw in an NWA title match. = ****3/4

05/02/1988
Crockett Cup (The Greenville Memorial Auditorium )
1. Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch downed Jimmy Valiant & Mighty Wilbur in 6:14. DUD

2. The Job Tones (Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway) downed Rocky King & Nelson Royal in 6:05. = *

3. At this point, all the way from Mexico were to come the famed Twin Devils, presumably of Los Angeles wrestling fame. = *1/2
4. It was time for the Japanese team to arrive, and looking very Japanese on this night was Johnny Ace, who as far as everyone in the crowd knew was still the Sheepherders' flag boy, and John Savage. = *3/4
5. The Sheepherders, with Rip Morgan at their side (with no explanation to the crowd as to why) downed the Cruel Connection (Gary Royal & George South) in 7:20. = 1/4*
6. Larry Zbyszko & Al Perez downed Ricky Santana & Joe Cruze in 4:57. DUD
7. But wait, out trots Steve Williams & Ron Simmons to take on Rick "The Dog-Faced Gremlin" Steiner & Mike "Preppie Murderer" Rotunda. = **3/4
8. The Sullivan vs. Jimmy Garvin Prince of Darkness match lasted 7:20 of complete comedy. DUD
9. Kendall "Gumby" Windham & Italian Stallion vs. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson = ***
10. Sting & Luger downed Murdoch & Koloff in 9:41. = ***1/4
11. Road Warriors downed Job Tones in 5:26 when Hawk pinned Whatley with a clothesline off the top ropes. = **
12. According to the program, it was time for the Midnight Express to face the New New Breed, but for some unexplained reason the New Breed wound up facing the Powers of Pain in the longest 8:04 of the tournament. DUD
13. the Sheepherders defeat Lightning Express, a good well-paced 9:32 = ***
14. The program now said it was time for The Fantastics to wrestle Perez & Zbyszko, and by sheer coincidence, that's who came out. = **3/4
15. Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express, presumably to wrestle Kevin Sullivan's Varsity Club vs. Rip Morgan and the Sheepherders = **

Crockett Cup (Greensboro)
1. The Fantastics are opening with The Varsity Club, which ironically makes sense in the original bracketing. = ****
2. Having the dubious distinction of following this exceptional action were the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette against the handicap tag team named Sting (with Lex Luger sweating profusely in the corner yelling "come on Stinger"). = ***3/4
3. I should point out that when The Fantastics won the opener, it was a lock that Sting & Luger were going all the way. = ***
4. It's time for the Midlife Rider show, starring the greatest wrestling legend in his own mind of all-time, the Midlife Rider. = 1/2* (only for post-match, bout a DUD)
5. Sting & Luger downed Powers of Pain in 6:50. = *1/4
6. Blanchard & Anderson beat Fantastics in 14:35. = ***1/2
7. What can you say about Nikita Koloff that hasn't been said? He can't wrestle. = **3/4
8. Time for the finals with the new NWA tag champs Tully & Arn against the top contenders for the World's handicap titles, Luger & Stinger. = *** 1/2

05/23/1988
5/14 AWA ESPN taping "The Night of Wrestling Hell," at the Showboat Training Center 
1. Baron Von Raschke beat Krusher Krugcroff from Northern Siberia with the claw in 2:51. Since Baron only collapsed once while trying a move, I'll give it negative 1/2 stars;
2. Soldat Ustinov, who looks more like Nikita Koloff than Nikita Koloff, pinned Greg Robertson in 2:43 with a clothesline DUD;
3. Lawler pinned Stamp in 4:40 with a fist drop off the middle ropes. *1/4;
4. The all-new but not the least bit improved Madusa Maceli pinned Heidi Lee Morgan in 4:00 using the ropes.   -*1/2;
5. Rocky Mountain Thunder made Kevin Collins submit in 1:42 after a backbreaker over the knee. This gets a DUD, because at least Thunder didn't come close to killing Collins;
6. Lawler returned and pinned Darryl Nickel, and if you look up bodybuilding stiff in the dictionary, you'll see the guys picture with a short video of this match. This would have been worth negative a few, but Hennig's bump and presence at ringside elevates it to a DUD;
7. Choshu & Saito destroyed a bum whose name I never did get & Houdini, who I'd rather have seen disappear then wrestle. Houdini didn't cooperate well with Choshu, more out of inexperience than bad intentions I'd presume, however Saito did a number on him tossing him hard out of the ring. He then pinned the other guy with the Saito suplex in 3:30 *;
8. Handsome Harry, a transient from Los Angeles and Iron Man Miller, a 280-pound musclehead -**1/2;
9. Paul Diamond pinned Derrick Dukes in 8:35. The match got the first real heat of the card, but it was still awful 1/2*;
10. Ricky Rice went to a double DO with Tijo Khan in 11:30 in a Day One of Training School match.  3/4*;
11. Jerry Lawler & Groovy Greg subbed for the Midnight Rockers, and beat Choshu & Saito via DQ in 14:00 of a decent match. The lack of communication showed when Lawler pulled down the strap, but the Japanese continued to beat on him, not understanding the significance of it **1/2;
12. What on paper looked like an atrocity was at least watchable as Rice & Dukes beat the nightmarish jobber duo of Handsome Harry & Nickel in 3:05 when Rice pinned Harry with a potato city dropkick. 1/2*;
13. Hennig pinned a mannequin named Kevin Collins in 2:56 with a fisherman suplex. *;
14. I finally got my first chance to see Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond live as they beat Greg Robertson & Houdini in a match it took Larry Nelson only three tries to announce. 3/4*;
15. I saw Debbie Combs, an adequate lady wrestler, against Brandi Mae the Farmers' Daughter of GLOW and POWW fame with Maceli in Combs' corner -*1/2;
16. Another vicious jobber beating saw Soldat Ustinov return and destroy Biff Anderson, who worked last month as a jobber called The Surfer from Santa Cruz, CA. One star for the brutality and realism;
17. Gagne beat Stamp with the sleeper in 4:44. Greg put me to sleep by the first minute. DUD;
18. Thunder beat Krugeroff in 2:23 when Krugeroff walked out of the ring and was counted out after the match quickly turned into a disaster. -*;
19. Brandi Mae & Heidi Lee Morgan then beat Combs & Maceli in a tag match which listed an interminally long 6:32. Heidi Lee did a dropkick off the top rope which keeps the negative stars down to 1/2;
20. Curt Hennig already proved he could work a decent match against a mannequin and I'm pretty sure he could have with a broom. But not with Baron Von Raschke. DUD CITY;
21. The finale was an AWA tag title match with Tanaka & Diamond, accompanied by Diamond Dallas Page going to a time limit draw which went 13:41 against Mando & Hector Guerrero. ***

06/13/1988

WWF taped "Superstars" at the Oakland Coliseum Arena on 6/1 
1. It was Brady Boone vs. Steve Lombardi, and surprisingly it turned out to be the best match of the card. They went 11:00 before Boone won after a backflip off the top rope to get behind Lombardi and he then german suplexed him (belly-to-back suplex with a bridge) for the win. = ***1/4
2. Jim Duggan pinned Tom Stone with a clothesline.
3. One Man Gang pinned Martin Oliver with the face first suplex in around one minute.
4. The Anabolic Warrior runs down the aisle, shakes the ropes, pounds his chest and nearly had heart failure before the bell ever sounded for his match with Larry Simpson.
5. The British Bulldogs downed the competent jobber duo of Terry Gibbs & Barry Horowitz (who in the spirit of what nicknames are about, won't be called Hororwitz here anymore).
6. The Big Boss Man squashed a kid who looked to be no more than 17-years-old named Louie something or other.
7. Bret Hart pinned Jerry Allen after a piledriver.
8. Bam Bam Bigelow with Oliver Humperdink, pinned Tom Stone with the slingshot.
9. Finally, an angle. Greg Valentine destroyed Riki Ataki with the figure four leglock using his ankle brace or whatever the thing is called.
10. Shawn Michaels & Marty Janetty made their return to the WWF and already broke their previous record for longevity by making it to the second night (they debuted in Fresno). They beat Mike Sharpe & The Intruder.
The first hour was over at this point.
11. Honkeytonk Man pinned Brutus Beefcake after hitting him with the megaphone thrown in by Jimmy Hart. Honestly, this thing was worth *1/2.
12. We started the second hour of matches for the weekend of 6/25 as Jake Roberts DDT'd The Conquistador (Jose Luis Rivera).
13. Ted DiBiase beat Lanny Poffo with the cobra. As decent as it got this hour.
14. Koko Ware pinned Steve Lombardi;
15. The Rockers beat Mark King (who worked as jobber Houdini on the AWA tapings) & Horowitz when Michaels suplexed Janetty onto Houdini. That finish didn't get over nearly as well as their finish earlier on the card.
16. Badnews Brown gave Devon DeLeon with the enzuigiri
17. Rude kissed another girl and destroyed Jose Luis Rivera without his mask. Rude is such a good heel that I don't even like watching him.
End of hour No. 2.
18. Dark match time, and this one would have been better pitched-black. Bam Bam Bigelow beat One Man Gang via count out in four minutes. DUD.
Hour No. 3 time for 7/2.
19. Ken Patera beat Lombardi with the full nelson.
20. The Big Boss Man beat another midget jobber.
21. Beefcake put Mark "Houdini" King to sleep and Houdini's hair did the disappearing act.
22. In a tag title match, Demolition destroyed Strike Force.  Bout was 2 1/4 stars.
23. George Steele beat Intruder with the flying hammerlock.
24. Dino Bravo beat Bill Johnson. Johnson was terrible, even by Titan jobber standards.
25. The Hart Foundation downed Boone & S.D. Jones. Bret did the greatest fake knee injury I have ever seen here. You should actually watch the TV show just to see that bit as it was the best thing on the entire card.
26. Don Muraco beat Darryl Nickel with the tombstone piledriver. The crowd started leaving with this match and the place was clearing out as it was around 10:30.
27. The Rougeaus beat The Killer Zzzzs in a dark match when Jacques pinned Brunzell. **1/4;
28. Andre & Rude beat Duggan & Roberts. *3/4;
29. Ted DiBiase, whose seasonal residence changed from Hyannis Port, MA to Palm Beach, FL in the past two hours, came out for his main event against Randy Savage AND Elizabeth. **3/4

06/20/1988
Jim Crockett Promotions' "Miami Mayhem," card at the Knight Center on 6/8 which was the second of four Clash of the Champions TBS specials scheduled for this year. 
1. Barry Windham pinned Brad Armstrong in 13:55 to retain the US title. = *3/4
2. The Fantastics retained their US tag team titles beating the Sheepherders in 19:29. = ***3/4
3. The Garvins beat Mike Rotunda & Rick Steiner in 13:11 in a match with Kevin Sullivan in a cage at ringside and Precious holding the key to the cage. = *3/4
4. Nikita Koloff downed Al Perez via DQ in 11:51. = **1/2
5. Dusty Rhodes & Sting downed Tully Blanchard Arn Anderson in 10:58 via DQ so the heels keep the NWA tag team belts. = ***1/4

07/18/1988
JCP/NWA The Baltimore Bash was a good show in my book, 
1. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson retained the NWA tag titles going to a 20:00 draw (which actually lasted 20:07) against Sting & Nikita Koloff. = ***1/2
2. The Midnight Express reclaimed the US tag title beating The Fantastics with Jim Cornette in a straight jacket and hoisted in a cage above the ring. = ****
3. The Triple Tower of Doom lasted 19:55 with the babyfaces winning. = **3/4
4. Barry Windham retained the US title pinning Dusty Rhodes in 15:55. = *1/4
5. Ric Flair retained the NWA title in 23:13 when the Maryland State Athletic Commission stopped the match due to Lex Luger's bleeding. = **1/2

08/15/1988

NWA's Great American Bash in Las Vegas on 8/4 
1. Jimmy Garvin pinned Larry Zbyszko in a non-title match in 5:07. *
2. Al Perez pinned Kendall Windham with the spinning toe hold in 5:37. **
3. Ron Garvin went to a 15:00 draw with Dick Murdoch.  **3/4
4. The Fantastics beat the Midnight Express & Jim Cornette in the handicap bunkhouse match. ****1/2
5. Mike Rotunda was scheduled to defend the TV title against Steve Williams, but it was announced Williams wasn't there and out came Kendall Windham to sub. *
6. Next comes the scaffold match with the Road Warriors beating Ivan Koloff & Russian Assassin (aka Angel of Death aka Angel Muhammad aka Dave Sheldon). *3/4
7. Sting & Nikita Koloff beat Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via DQ in 19:15 in an NWA tag team title match. ***

NWA's Great American Bash tour in Oakland on 8/6.  
1. Ivan Koloff pinned Kendall Windham in 10:02 when Kendall went for a cross bodyblock but Ivan reversed it and got the pin using the tights.   *
2. Jimmy Garvin cradled Kevin Sullivan in 5:05.   1/2*
3. Nikita Koloff downed Al Perez in a chain match in 16:00. *3/4
4. Ron Garvin went to a 20:00 draw with Dick Murdoch. **1/2
5. Sting pinned Larry Zbyszko in 6:12 with a sunset flip.  *1/2
6. Mike Rotunda kept the TV title going to a double count out with Steve Williams in 16:00. ***
7. The Fantastics beat Midnight Express via DQ in 12:00 so Midnight kept the U.S. tag belts. ***1/2
8. Main event was the War Games with the face team of Dusty & Luger & Road Warriors & Paul Ellering against the Horseman & J.J. Dillon.  ****

09/12/1988

WWF Summer Slam '88 
1. The opener had the British Bulldogs go to a 20:00 draw (actual time 20:04) against Jacques Raymond Rougeau. = **1/2
2. Badnews Brown pinned Ken Patera with the enzuigiri in 6:33. = *1/4
3. Rick Rude downed Junkfood Dog via DQ in 6:18.  DUD
4. The once-hot Powers of Pain with new manager Baron Von Raschke (known simply as "The Baron," complete with face paint) downed The Bolsheviks in 5:17. = 1/2*
5. Honkey did an interview saying he'd fight anyone and they kept trying to tell him his foe but he didn't care so we supposedly didn't know. This was handled very well. He was already in the ring when the Anabolic Warrior music came up and the place popped for the "mystery foe." -1/2*

6. Dino Bravo pinned Don Muraco in a pathetic 5:28.   DUD 

7. Demolition kept the WWF tag team titles beating the Hart Foundation in 9:48. = *1/2 (all for the last 80 seconds, match was nearly a DUD up to that point)
8. Big Bossman pinned Koko Ware in 5:57 with the Bubba-Slam. = *3/4
9. Jake Roberts pinned Hercules in 10:06 with the DDT. = *1/4
10. Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage beating Ted DiBiase & Andre the Giant in 13:57. = **3/4

09/19/1988

NWA Fall Brawl
1. Brad Armstrong and Mike Rotunda went to a 20:00 draw (actual time 20:06) for Rotunda's TV title. = **3/4
2. Steve Williams & Nikita Koloff beat The Sheepheders in 17:07. = ***1/4
3. Dusty Rhodes beat Kevin Sullivan by pinning Gary Hart in 6:59. = *1/2 (match deserves better, but finish was inexplicable
4. BRicky Morton beat Ivan Koloff in a chain match in 9:52.  = ** (mainly for the post-match angle, match maybe 1 1/2)
5. Our main event between Barry Windham and Sting went 21:14 of good pacing. = ***1/4

10/12/1988
CWF "Road to Birmingham" show 
1. They opened with a "Grab for the Green" pole Battle Royal.   *1/4
2. It was time for the RTB tournament for the CWF title to begin. The opening match sent The Bullet (Bob Armstrong) against the Dirty White Boy. All I can say is it was a hot 41 seconds so it wasn't a total dud. 1/4*
3. Next we had the monstrous Kokina against Tom Prichard.  DUD
4. Dutch Mantell and Mr. Wrestling II followed going to a 10 minute draw which actually lasted 8:22.  *
5. The best match of the tournament sent Terry Gordy against Austin Idol.   **1/2
6. Jerry Stubbs pinned Tim Horner after hitting him with a foreign object in 6:28. this could have been a decent match, but it was a total DUD.
7. Dirty White Boy pinned Dutch Mantell after a solid 5:07 of brawling.   **1/4
8. In a big surprise, Idol had Stubbs up for a back suplex and Stubbs hit him with the object in the forehead  for the pin.  -*1/2
9. Prichard pinned Stubbs in 4:52 when Stubbs pulled out the object, but before he could use it, Prichard cradled him from behind.  *
10. It was time for the tournament final with Prichard against the White Boy. **
11. We finished off with a hair vs. hair match between Ken Wayne and Danny Davis.  **3/4

NWA Chicago on 10/2
1. Ron Simmons pinned Rip Morgan in 5:12 with a small package. = *1/2
2. Mike Rotunda kept the TV title pinning Italian Stallion in 11:24. = **:
3. Midnight Express kept the NWA tag team titles going to a 30 minute draw against Dick Murdoch & Dusty Rhodes. = ***1/2
4. Fantastics beat Sheepherders in 13:10 when Bobby Fulton pinned Luke Williams with a sunset flip coming into the ring. = ***1/4
5. The Russian Assassins downed Ivan & Nikita Koloff via DQ in 11:00. = **1/4
6. Sting beat Barry Windham via DQ when Windham didn't break the claw on the ropes in 13:20. = ***1/4
7. Ric Flair and Lex Luger went 21:00 to their typical match. = ***1/4

10/24/1988
UAWF CONVENTION REPORT - CWA Memphis
1. Scott Steiner pinned Terry Adonis with a powerslam in 4:31. = *
2. Cactus Jack Foley & Gary Young downed Alan Reynolds & Cat Garrett in 4:36 when Foley pinned Reynolds after a Russian leg sweep. = *1/4
3. Phil Nickerson retained his CWA title pinning rookie Darryl Justin of the tag team called Nature's Best (I believe he was a Bill Dundee trainee) in 6:12 with the DDT. = 1/4* (only because the DDT was one of those awesome Arn Anderson variety moves, match probably deserved negative stars)
4. The RPMs (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane) retained their CWA Southern tag team titles beating Bill Dundee & Todd Morton in a match where either Bruno or Jamie Dundee would get 10 lashes if their team lost. = *½
5. Jeff Jarrett & Brickhouse Brown downed Cactus Jack Foley & Jimmy Golden via DQ in 10:51 of the best match on the card. = ***
6. Eric Embry retained the World Class lightheavyweight title (somebody ought to put Eric on a scale because he's got an awfully big belly for a lightheavyweight) by pinning Bill Justin (Darryl's brother) with a diving head-butt in 5:02. = *
7. Jimmy Valiant downed Tommy Rich via count out in 6:49 of a New York City Street Fight. = *
8. The finale was an eight-man tag march with the World Class promotion vs the CWA as Kevin & Kerry Von Erich & Steve Cox & Frank Dusek downed Jerry Lawler & Dundee & Jarrett & Eddie Marlin. = **1/2

11/28/1988
WWF held "Superstars" taping at the San Francisco Cow Palace on 11/15
1. In a match which was either dark or taped for Prime Time Wrestling, the Rockers beat Demolition via DQ in a tag team title affair. I missed this but was told it was worth 2 1/2 stars and was the second best match of the show.
2. Ron Bass pinned Ken Patera in what I believe was a dark match. DUD
3. We started off the first hour of the Superstars taping that airs on Saturday as Big Bossman pinned Pete Ketchum.
4. Brutus Beefcake beat Chuck Kendall.
5. Dino "No Heat" Bravo them settled the crowd into boredom pinning Riki "Power Bomb" Ataki
6. Race then pinned Jim Gorman with a cradle suplex.
7. Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart beat Mike Sharpe & Barry Horowitz.
8. Akeem (One Man Gang) pinned Louie Spicoli.
9. Back to action, Rick Rude squashed Rudy Gomez.
10. Jake Roberts pinned The Black Knight (I thought they were describing an AWA taping when they said that name, but really it was Billy Anderson under a hood). This was just fine and Jake got a nice reaction.
11. Badnews Brown pinned Frankie Valdez.
12. The limited talents of Red Rooster (who once was the very talented Terry Taylor) beat Scott Casey.
13. Jim Duggan squashed 310 pound jobber Darryl Peterson, the former amateur great who most of you know better as Max Pain of CWA fame sans his make-up.
14. In the best match on the card, taped for Prime Time, Ted DiBiase beat Tito Santana via DQ.  **3/4.
15. In another bout for Prime Time, Koko Ware & Blue Blazer beat the Conquistadores in 12 minutes. *xi;
16. In a dark match, Brutus Beefcake pinned Ron Bass. This was better than most of their bouts I've seen, but still bad.
17. Another 'bout taped for Prime time saw Akeem & Bolsheviks beat Paul Roma & Jim Powers & Sam Houston.   *1/2.
18. The Rockers came in first, then Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson started walking down the aisle and we couldn't believe we were actually going to see a good match. The thing lasted about a minute or two but should look good on television and got good heat in the building. Even though they were never in the ring, it was as good action as the card would present.
 19. DiBiase returned to beat Lanny Poffo. Unlike Ted's first match, you could have heard a pin drop here.
 20. The Rougeaus, now billed from Memphis, Tennessee (they've finally relocated, thank God) beat Houston & Stefan DeLeon.
21. Then the music played, Demolition sans Fuji came down and destroyed two guys whose names I didn't even recognize.
22. In a dark match in which you could only win using your pet hold, Jake Roberts DDT'd Ravishing Rick Rude.   *1/2
23. Back to Superstars as Hercules beat Steve Lombardi.
24. Curt Hennig, who got less response than any winner and most jobbers on the card, beat Lee Hansen in a match you will never see. I don't know what happened, but Hennig really beat the crap out of this guy legit.
25. Haku beat Eric Simms. This jobber was the worst.
26. And if that wasn't bad enough, the Anabolic Warrior came down to squash Randy Tyler. Horrible.
27. The new heel team of Jimmy Hart's, Honkeytonk Man & Greg Valentine beat Rex Farmer & Paul Brown.
28. It was redo time now, as Warrior wrestled Conquistador Estrada and while it wasn't pretty, at least it worked.
29. Hennig came back and had a normal match beating Mito Gomez with the fisherman suplex. Hennig's work is just fine but fans paid no attention at all.
30. Haku pinned Frankie Valdez. Fans were furious by this time and pelted the ring with debris.
31. Finally the marathon ended as Hogan beat Bossman in their typical match. I didn't stay, nor did about half the fans, but heard Hogan get a huge pop coming out but nothing compared to the days of old. Still, after all this, it would have been impossible anyway. Told this one was worth  1 1/2 stars.

12/05/1988
WWF Titan's Survivors Series 1988
1. Brutus Beefcake & Blue Blazer (Owen Hart) & Sam Houston & Anabolic Warrior & Jim Brunzell downed Honkeytonk Man & Badnews Brown & Greg Valentine & Ron Bass & Danny Davis in 17:50. = **
2. Officially the babyfaces won the battle of the tag teams with Powers of Pain & Rockers & Young Stallions & Hart Foundation and British Bulldogs prevailing over Demolition & Rougeaus & Conquistadores & Bolsheviks & Brainbusters.
3. Andre the Giant & Dino Bravo & Rick Rude & Harley Race & Curt Hennig downed Jim Duggan & Jake Roberts & Scott Casey & Ken Patera & Tito Santana in 30:03. = *1/4
4. We had to wait the 29:10 for the next match to end just to see if Randy Savage was going to give Hulk Hogan a dirty look after they both survived the match. = *** (Action was good once they got Hillbilly out of there and booking was fantastic).

12/12/1988
I wound up in Las Vegas on Tuesday night for the NWA card at the Showboat 
1. Ron Simmons pinned Italian Stallion in 6:35 after a flying shoulder tackle. = *
2. We got the first over Original Midnight Express vs Midnight Express match, which went to a 20 minute draw. = ***3/4
3. Before the match started with Simmons taking on Mike Rotunda for the TV title (Simmons subbed for Nikita Koloff), they announced that Dusty wouldn't appear because of what the Road Warriors did to him on Saturday. = **
4. Rick Steiner beat Steve Williams via DQ in 9:57. = **1/2
5. Ric Flair & Barry Windham downed Eddie Gilbert (subbing for Rhodes) & Bam Bam Bigelow in 18:27.
6. Road Warriors beat Sting & Lex Luger via DQ in 11:50. = ****

San Francisco the following night for a NWA show at the Civic Auditorium. 

1. Simmons pinned Stallion in 5:53 with a flying shoulderbiock. = *1/2

2. Midnight vs Midnight went 20:12 to a draw. = *1/2
3. Flair & Windham beat Gilbert & Bigelow in 14:36. = ***
4. Rotunda pinned Simmons in 16:06 when Williams, at ringside, scooped the leg as Simmons tried to suplex Rotunda back in the ring. = 1/2*
5. Steiner beat Williams via DQ in 2:51. DUD
6. Road Warriors went to a double count out with Sting & Luger. = ***

12/19/1988
NWA, Clash of the Champions IV: Seasons' Beatings, took place live from Chattanooga 
1. Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) captured the US tag team title winning the tournament final over Ron Simmons & Eddie Gilbert in 27:04. = **1/2 (I would have rated the match higher except the live crowd died at the end because they didn't hear the TV commentary and the match peaked in the middle and I don't think the Fantastics got over correctly at all for a team that had just won a major tournament)
2. Steve Williams pinned Italian Stallion in 15:17 with the Oklahoma Stampede. = -*
3. Ivan Koloff, with one arm tied behind his back, pinned Paul Jones in 8:21. = -***
4. Road Warrior Animal won the NWA six-man titles for himself, partner Hawk and Paul Ellering by beating Dusty Rhodes via DQ in an official time of 2:54. = * (It wasn't any kind of a match at all, and the interferency was terribly predictable, but it was all action
5. Ric Flair & Barry Windham beat Jim Cornette's Midnight Express in 17:41. = **** (would have been higher except the shoe finish ranks just below the megaphone finish and the Dusty ref bump finish in the most overused finish departmentBy the way, this match ended several minutes early because they had to do an unscheduled interview with Jim Cornette and had to stretch at the end as Eaton had the wind knocked out of him when Windham did a powerslam just before the finish and he couldn't get his breath and they had to finish early).

12/26/1988

AWA and Superclash III 
1. We opened with a six-man tag as Chavo & Mando & Hector Guerrero downed Cactus Jack & The RPMs (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane) in 6:35. = **1/2
2. Eric Embry regained the World Class lightheavyweight title from Jeff Jarrett in 4:13. = **1/2
3. Jimmy Valiant pinned Wayne Bloom, a powerlifter from Minnesota, in 24 seconds with an elbow drop. There was no reason for this match to be on the card, as it wasn't even advertised nor in the program. Bloom showed enough in 24 seconds to be thankful it didn't go any longer. DUD
4. Iceman King Parsons pinned Brickhouse Brown in 5:41 to retain the Texas title. = *1/2
5. Now the fun starts, as Wendi Richter & The Top Guns (Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes) beat Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) & Madusa Maceli. = 1/2* (only for Tanaka's bumps)
6. Greg Gagne beat Ron Garvin via count out to win the "held up" AWA TV title in 5:52. = * (only for the effort and the stiffness, a DUD as far as crowd reaction)
7. It was time for the highlight of the show, the Beverly Hills Lingerie Battle Royal featuring the ladies from POWW. DUD
8. The Lingerie Battle Royal was better than what came next, a 320-pound relic of the wrestling boom called Sgt Slaughter in a Boot Camp match with Col. = -*
9. The Samoan Swat Team retained the World Class tag team belts beating Michael Hayes & Steve Cox in 7:53. = **3/4
10. Wahoo McDaniel won a strap match from Manny Fernandez. = 1/4*
11. Jerry Lawler won the unified AWA and World Class title (which is now one championship) when the referee stopped the match due to Kerry Von Erich bleeding in 18:53. ***3/4

12. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson followed in the footsteps of Wahoo, Greggie and the rest of yesterday's news going to a double disqualification with Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden in 7:03. = *

1990 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Stars

1990 WON STARS

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

1. Paul Roma pinned Brooklyn Brawler (Steve Lombardi) in 6:13 with a powerslam. = *1/4
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

1. Buzz Sawyer & Kevin Sullivan (replacing the Great Muta) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace & Shane Douglas) in 10:14 when Sawyer,pinned Ace after a splash off the top rope. = **1/4
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

03/19/1990
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

12. Warrior & Jake beat Dibiase & Akeem when Warrior pinned DiBiase with a big splash. = *3/4
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

1. Road Warriors & Norman defeated Cactus Jack Manson & Bam Bam Bigelow & Kevin Sullivan in 9:16. = **1/2
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

1. Coolie Shoji pinned Masa Michinoku in 5:19. = *
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)

1. Yukihide Uono pinned Ryo Miyake with a german suplex in 7:49. = **
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

1. Wakita pinned Michinoku with a slingshot into a german suplex in 5:58. = **
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

1. Momota beat Orihara in 9:15 with an armlock submission. = 1/2*
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

1. Bulldog KT & MoRey Magic Wakita heat Masa Michinoku & Coolie Shoji in 18:49. = ***
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

1. Teranishi pinned Momota with a backslide in 9:13. = *1/2
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.

6. Butcher went to a double disqualification with Singh in 9:22. = -***1/4
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.

1. Koko Ware pinned Al Perez in 10:28 after a dropkick off the top rope. = *
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

1. In a dark match, Dave Sierra (Cuban Assassin working as a babyface) pinned Dr X (Randy Culley) in 10:06. = -*
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). 

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. = **3/4
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

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. = *1/2
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

AJPW  TV rundown: 8/5:

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) 

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

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 

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/A
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

WWF SURVIVOR SERIES  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

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. = ***1/2
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

WCW/NWA STARRCADE '90 - COLLISION COURSE

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*

Below are notable events that weren't rated directly by Dave:

4/23/1990
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

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 ****.