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| - | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''SummerSlam (1989)'''</span><br> | + | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''SummerSlam (1989)'''</span><br> |
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| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/SummerSlam_1989.jpg/200px-SummerSlam_1989.jpg <br> Promotional Poster Featuring [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Brutus Beefcake|Ryan Beefcake]], [[Randy Savage|Brady Nash]], [[Tiny|Zeus]] and [[Sensational Sherri]] | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" |http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/92/SummerSlam_1989.jpg/200px-SummerSlam_1989.jpg<br>Promotional Poster Featuring [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Brutus Beefcake|Ryan Beefcake]], [[Randy Savage|Brady Nash]], [[Tiny|Zeus]] and [[Sensational Sherri]] |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Tagline(s)''' | + | | style="text-align: left;"|'''Tagline(s)''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | ''Feel the Heat'' | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |''Feel the Heat'' |
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| - | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" | | + | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |'''Imformation''' |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Promotion''' | + | | style="text-align: left;"|'''Promotion''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Date''' | + | | style="text-align: left;"|'''Date''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | August 28, 1989 | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |August 28, 1989 |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Attendance''' | + | | style="text-align: left;"|'''Attendance''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 20,000 | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |20,000 |
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| - | | style="text-align: left;"| '''Venue''' | + | | style="text-align: left;"|'''Venue''' |
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Meadowlands Arena | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[Meadowlands Arena]] |
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''City''' | | style="text-align: left;"| '''City''' | ||
| - | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | East Rutherford, New Jersey | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[East Rutherford, New Jersey]] |
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| - | + | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |'''Pay-per-view chronology''' | |
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF WrestleMania 5|WrestleMania V]] | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF WrestleMania 5|WrestleMania V]] | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |SummerSlam (1989) | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |'''SummerSlam (1989)''' |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF Survivor Series (1989)|Survivor Series (1989)]] | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF Survivor Series (1989)|Survivor Series (1989)]] | ||
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| - | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" | | + | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |'''[[IWE SummerSlam|SummerSlam]] chronology''' |
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF SummerSlam (1988)|SummerSlam (1988)]] | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF SummerSlam (1988)|SummerSlam (1988)]] | ||
| - | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |SummerSlam (1989) | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |'''SummerSlam (1989)''' |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF SummerSlam (1990)|SummerSlam (1990)]] | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWF SummerSlam (1990)|SummerSlam (1990)]] | ||
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'''SummerSlam (1989)''' was the second annual [[SummerSlam]] professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF). It took place on August 28, 1989 in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. | '''SummerSlam (1989)''' was the second annual [[SummerSlam]] professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the [[IWE|International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF). It took place on August 28, 1989 in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. | ||
| - | The main event was a [[Tag Team Match|tag team]] match between [[The Mega-Maniacs]] ([[IWE Championship|IWF Champion]] [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Brutus Beefcake|Ryan Beefcake]]) and the team of [[Randy Savage|Brady Nash]] and [[ | + | The main event was a [[Tag Team Match|tag team]] match between [[The Mega-Maniacs]] ([[IWE Championship|IWF Champion]] [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Brutus Beefcake|Ryan Beefcake]]) and the team of [[Randy Savage|Brady Nash]] and [[Tom Lister, Jr.|Zeus]]. The main matches on the undercard were [[Kyle Johnson, Sr.|Kyle Johnson]] versus [[Jimmy Snuka]], and [[Jim Duggan]] and [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] versus [[André the Giant]] and The Twin Towers. |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| + | The main [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] heading into SummerSlam was between [[The Mega-Maniacs]] ([[IWE Championship|IWF Champion]] [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Edward Gleason|Brutus Beefcake]]) and [[Brady Savage]] and [[Tom Lister, Jr.|Zeus]]. At [[IWF WrestleMania 5|WrestleMania V]] in April 1989, Hogan defeated Savage to win his second IWF Championship. IWF financed a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Film|movie]] ''"[[No Holds Barred (1989 Film)|No Holds Barred]]"''. Hogan starred as the hero Rip, a popular professional wrestler, while Tom Lister played the villain Zeus. In the movie, Hogan defeated Zeus. The rivalry spanned in IWF, because Zeus wanted to take revenge from Hogan in [[Kayfabe|real-life]]. In IWF, he was also billed as Zeus. He made his first appearance on IWF television on May 27, 1989 [[IWE Saturday Night's Main Event results#Saturday Night's Main Event XXI|edition]] of ''[[IWE Saturday Night's Main Event|Saturday Night's Main Event]]'' before Hogan's IWF title defense against [[Brandon (McDonald's)|Big Boss Man]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|steel cage match]]. He was introduced by Boss Man's [[Manager|manager]] [[Richard Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]. During Hogan's entrance, Zeus badly attacked him. On the July 29 [[IWE Saturday Night's Main Event results#Saturday Night's Main Event XXII|edition]] of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'', Zeus attacked Brutus Beefcake during Beefcake's match with Hogan's rival Brady Savage. Zeus did this because Beefcake was Hogan's best friend. Hogan came to the rescue but was unable to drop Zeus because Savage gave him two [[Professional wrestling attacks#Chair shot|chair shot]]s in the back. This led to the Hogan & Beefcake vs. Savage & Zeus encounter at SummerSlam. | ||
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| + | The main match on the [[Card (Sports)|card]] was between [[Rick Pembroke|Rick Rude]] versus [[The Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] for the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental Championship]]. They had a [[Posedown|posedown]] at [[IWF Royal Rumble (1989)|Royal Rumble]] in January 1989 which was won by Warrior. Rude angrily attacked Warrior after the posedown This led to their title match at [[IWF WrestleMania 5|WrestleMania V]], where Warrior lost the Intercontinental Championship to Rude. They were signed to a rematch for the title at SummerSlam, with Rude defending the title against Warrior. | ||
==Event== | ==Event== | ||
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| + | !|Role: | ||
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| + | |rowspan=2|Commentator | ||
| + | |[[Tony Schiavone]] | ||
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| + | |[[Jesse Ventura]] | ||
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| + | |rowspan=2|Ring announcer | ||
| + | |[[Howard Finkel]] | ||
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| + | |[[Roger Hurley|Ronnie Garvin]] | ||
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| + | |rowspan=2|Interviewer | ||
| + | |[[Gene Okerlund|"Mean" Gene Okerlund]] | ||
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| + | |[[Sean Mooney]] | ||
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| + | |rowspan=3|Referee | ||
| + | |[[Earl Hebner]] | ||
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| + | |[[Joey Marella]] | ||
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| + | |[[Tim White (wrestling)|Tim White]] | ||
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| + | Before the event began airing live on pay-per-view, [[Adolfo Thomas|Dino Bravo]] defeated [[James McLeod|Koko B. Ware]] in a [[Dark Match|dark match]]. | ||
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| + | The first match of the pay-per-view was a non-title tag team match between the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Champions]] the [[The Brain Busters|Brain Busters]] ([[Arn Anderson]] and [[Tully Blanchard]]), accompanied to the ring by [[Bobby Heenan]], and [[The Heart Foundation]] ([[Bret Heart]] and [[Jim Furlong]]). In the middle of the match, Anderson tried to interfere, causing all four men to fight in the ring. Meanwhile, Heenan had the referee distracted, which allowed Anderson to perform a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Axe handle elbow drop|double ax handle]], dropping his elbow onto the back of Heart's neck as Hart covered Blanchard. Anderson then rolled Blanchard out of the ring and covered Heart. Heenan stopped distracting the referee who turned to see the pin and began the count without realizing that Anderson was not the legal man in the match. | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
| + | [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Edward Gleason|Brutus Beefcake]] met [[Brady Savage]] and [[Tom Lister, Jr.|Zeus]] in a rematch at [[IWF No Holds Barred (1989 Film)#The match|No Holds Barred pay-per-view]] contested under a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|steel cage]] where Hogan and Beefcake won again. [[The Brian Busters|Brain Busters]] lost the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] back to [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] in October 1989. They lost the titles to [[Bobby Heenan]]'s new team [[Colossal Connection]] ([[André the Giant]] and [[Tonga Fitte|Haku]]) in December. At [[IWF WrestleMania 6|WrestleMania VI]], they defeated Colossal Connection to win the titles for a final time. [[The Warrior (wrestler)|Ultimate Warrior]] vacated the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental Championship]] after he defeated Hogan for the [[IWE Championship|IWF Championship]] in the [[Card (Sports)#Main event|main event]] of WrestleMania VI, dubbed Ultimate Challenge. | ||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
Revision as of 23:06, 4 March 2014
| SummerSlam (1989) | ||
 Promotional Poster Featuring Hulk Hogan, Ryan Beefcake, Brady Nash, Zeus and Sensational Sherri | ||
| Tagline(s) | Feel the Heat | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | August 28, 1989 | |
| Attendance | 20,000 | |
| Venue | Meadowlands Arena | |
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| WrestleMania V | SummerSlam (1989) | Survivor Series (1989) |
| SummerSlam chronology | ||
| SummerSlam (1988) | SummerSlam (1989) | SummerSlam (1990) |
SummerSlam (1989) was the second annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on August 28, 1989 in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The main event was a tag team match between The Mega-Maniacs (IWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Ryan Beefcake) and the team of Brady Nash and Zeus. The main matches on the undercard were Kyle Johnson versus Jimmy Snuka, and Jim Duggan and Demolition versus André the Giant and The Twin Towers.
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Background
The main feud heading into SummerSlam was between The Mega-Maniacs (IWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake) and Brady Savage and Zeus. At WrestleMania V in April 1989, Hogan defeated Savage to win his second IWF Championship. IWF financed a professional wrestling movie "No Holds Barred". Hogan starred as the hero Rip, a popular professional wrestler, while Tom Lister played the villain Zeus. In the movie, Hogan defeated Zeus. The rivalry spanned in IWF, because Zeus wanted to take revenge from Hogan in real-life. In IWF, he was also billed as Zeus. He made his first appearance on IWF television on May 27, 1989 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event before Hogan's IWF title defense against Big Boss Man in a steel cage match. He was introduced by Boss Man's manager Slick. During Hogan's entrance, Zeus badly attacked him. On the July 29 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, Zeus attacked Brutus Beefcake during Beefcake's match with Hogan's rival Brady Savage. Zeus did this because Beefcake was Hogan's best friend. Hogan came to the rescue but was unable to drop Zeus because Savage gave him two chair shots in the back. This led to the Hogan & Beefcake vs. Savage & Zeus encounter at SummerSlam.
The main match on the card was between Rick Rude versus The Ultimate Warrior for the IWF Intercontinental Championship. They had a posedown at Royal Rumble in January 1989 which was won by Warrior. Rude angrily attacked Warrior after the posedown This led to their title match at WrestleMania V, where Warrior lost the Intercontinental Championship to Rude. They were signed to a rematch for the title at SummerSlam, with Rude defending the title against Warrior.
Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Tony Schiavone |
| Jesse Ventura | |
| Ring announcer | Howard Finkel |
| Ronnie Garvin | |
| Interviewer | "Mean" Gene Okerlund |
| Sean Mooney | |
| Referee | Earl Hebner |
| Joey Marella | |
| Tim White |
Before the event began airing live on pay-per-view, Dino Bravo defeated Koko B. Ware in a dark match.
The first match of the pay-per-view was a non-title tag team match between the IWF Tag Team Champions the Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), accompanied to the ring by Bobby Heenan, and The Heart Foundation (Bret Heart and Jim Furlong). In the middle of the match, Anderson tried to interfere, causing all four men to fight in the ring. Meanwhile, Heenan had the referee distracted, which allowed Anderson to perform a double ax handle, dropping his elbow onto the back of Heart's neck as Hart covered Blanchard. Anderson then rolled Blanchard out of the ring and covered Heart. Heenan stopped distracting the referee who turned to see the pin and began the count without realizing that Anderson was not the legal man in the match.
Aftermath
Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake met Brady Savage and Zeus in a rematch at No Holds Barred pay-per-view contested under a steel cage where Hogan and Beefcake won again. Brain Busters lost the IWF Tag Team Championship back to Demolition in October 1989. They lost the titles to Bobby Heenan's new team Colossal Connection (André the Giant and Haku) in December. At WrestleMania VI, they defeated Colossal Connection to win the titles for a final time. Ultimate Warrior vacated the IWF Intercontinental Championship after he defeated Hogan for the IWF Championship in the main event of WrestleMania VI, dubbed Ultimate Challenge.
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Danny Bravo defeated Nikki B. Ware | Singles match |
| 1 | The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) (with Bobby Heenan) defeated The Heart Foundation (Bret Heart and Jim Furlong) | Tag team match |
