|Date: December 13, 1989|Venue: The Omni |City: Atlanta, Georgia|Attendance: 10,000 |Buys: 130,000 |tweet me: @bastionblogger This show is entirely based around two Iron Survivor tournaments. There is a singles Iron Man and a tag team Iron Team tournament whereby everyone will face each other and if there is a winner by pinfall or submission then they will get 20 points, a win by count out … Continue reading Starrcade 89
|Date: October 28, 1989|Venue: Philadelphia Civic Centre |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Attendance: 7,300 |PPV Buys: 175,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger There’s a small graphical piece to kick things off. Jim Ross welcomes us to the show, he’s joined by Bob Caudle and they throw to Gordon Solie and then Chris Cruise, both of which will be doing interviews tonight. Z-Man vs. Mike Rotunda Previous PPV matches: This is … Continue reading Halloween Havoc 89
|Date: July 23, 1989|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 14,500 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show opens with a cheesy 80’s video package before Jim Ross and Bob Caudle welcome us to the show. Kevin Sullivan vs. Mike Rotunda vs. Bill Irwin vs. Ron Simmons vs. Brian Pillman vs. Scott Hall vs. Ranger Ross vs. Sid Vicious vs. Rick Steiner vs. Dr Death Steve Williams vs. … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1989
|Date: May 7, 1989|Venue: Nashville Municipal Stadium |City: Nashville, Tennessee|Attendance: 5,200 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with catchy titles, showing everyone expected to wrestle tonight. It’s cheesy as hell. Jim Ross welcomes us to Nashville, he’s joined on commentary by Bob Caudle. The Oakridge Boys since the national anthem. Doug Gilbert vs. The Great Muta Background: There’s no background to this match as … Continue reading Wrestlewar ’89
|Date: February 20, 1989|Venue: UIC Pavilion |City: Chicago, Illinois|Attendance: 8,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Jim Ross and Magnum TA welcomes us to the event, they run through the card for tonight before linking to a montage of some of the wrestlers on the show tonight. Bob Caudle is backstage with Michael Hayes who is amped up. He also hypes the card. Michael Hayes vs. Russian Assassin … Continue reading Chi-Town Rumble 89
Welcome everybody to the sixth of my rebooking series, this time I’m rebooking Wrestlemania 6. This show had a massive 14 match card and there’s a lot to pick away at it. Results Stipulations Rick Martel defeated Koko B. Ware by submission Singles match Demolition (Ax and Smash) defeated The Colossal Connection (André the Giant and Haku) (c) (with Bobby Heenan) Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Hercules Singles match Brutus Beefcake defeated Mr. Perfect (with The … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 6
Welcome everybody to the fifth of my rebooking series, this time I’m rebooking Wrestlemania 5. This show had a massive 14 match card and there’s a lot to pick away at it. Results Stipulations Hercules defeated King Haku (with Bobby Heenan) Singles match The Twin Towers (Akeem and The Big Boss Man) (w/ Slick) defeated The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) Tag team match Brutus Beefcake vs. Ted DiBiase (with Virgil) ended in a double countout Singles match The Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch) defeated The … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 5
For this post I am going back in time to the 1989. 1989 was the second year of the “big four” PPV’s with Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Summerslam and Survivor Series. You’ll find all the stats, facts and figures from those events in this stat pack. 1989 PPV Ranking 1. Survivor Series 89 (61/100)2. Royal Rumble 89 (50/100)3. Summerslam 89 (48/100)4. Wrestlemania V (43.07/100) Most 1989 … Continue reading 1989 Stat Pack
The WWF Thanksgiving Tradition continues for its third year and this year is another big one. These Survivor Series PPVs always rate highly because of their fast paced, action packed matches. The big change for this PPV is that unlike the two last editions that have featured four matches of five man teams, this one has five matches of four man teams. Hot off the … Continue reading Survivor Series 89
It’s time to Feel The Heat! Summer 89 is the next stop on our journey and it looks to be a good one. Hulk Hogan is still WWE World Heavyweight champion and he teams up with good friend Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake to take on former World champion “Macho Man” Randy Savage and his new partner, Zeus. Zeus was Hogan’s enemy in film “No … Continue reading Summerslam 89
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