Live from Philadelphia, PAAttendance 19,304Your commentators are Vince McMahon & "Rowdy" Roddy PiperThe Rockers Vs Power & GloryHeh. Plenty of boos for The Rockers. That's Philly for ya. Power and Glory win. Marty spent most of the match in the ring because Shawn was selling a knee injury. Pretty fun stuff overall.**1/2 out of 5Intercontinental TitleMr. Perfect (C) Vs "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von ErichKerry basically squashes Hennig to win the title. I've always found this to be rather shocking booking. Huge fan of Kerry's...but it was kinda harmful to Hennig...and Von Erich's push didn't last long anyway.*1/2 out of 5Sensational Queen Sherri Vs Sweet SapphireSapphire doesn't show up...so Sherri wins by forfeitTito Santana Vs The WarlordUgh...poor Tito. One of my favorite workers...and he has to job to this buffoon...all because of Vince's fetish for big men. The Warlord wins (obviously) Tolerable, thanks to Tito.** out of 5Tag Team Titles (2 out of 3 Falls)Demolition (C) (Smash & Crush) Vs The Hart FoundationAxe was battling legit heart problems...so they brought in Crush. They turned Demolition heel in hasty fashion because The Road Warriors came to the WWF. Couldn't have two similar gimmicks in the same promotion. The Hart Foundation wins 2 falls to 1. Demolition won the first one, Hart Foundation won the next two. Axe came out...but The Hart Foundation prevailed, thanks to help from LOD. FANTASTIC! Easily one of my favorite tag matches of all time.**** out of 5A plethora of interviews take place after. The Hart Foundation, Legion of Doon, Sensational Sherri, Big Bossman, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Earthquake, "Jake The Snake" Roberts, Dino Bravo, Nikolai Voloff and Demolition."Jake The Snake" Roberts" Vs Bad News Brown Special referee is The Big Bossman. Jake wins by DDT. Bossman saves Roberts from an attack after. Pretty mediocre match...but the crowd liked it.*1/2 out of 5Sgt. Slaughter gives Brother Love "The Great American" award. Nikolai Volkoff & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Vs The Orient ExpressVolkoff and Duggan wins. Pretty boring. Volkoff was miscast as a face big time.*1/4 out of 5"Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs Dusty RhodesSapphire turns heel on Dusty and joins Ted Dibiase. Savage wins the match with help from Sherri. Dusty was used horribly in the WWF and many think Vince hired him out of pure spite for being one of NWA/WCW's biggest starts. Sapphire was on her way out of the WWF at this juncture.* out of 5Hulk Hogan Vs EarthquakeHogan wins by countout. This was godawful. The crowd went bonkers for Hogan. His ovation was ridiculous and the crowd loved it...but I hated it. Earthquake just wasn't a viable main eventer.* out of 5WWF Championship (Steel Cage Match)Ultimate Warrior (C) Vs "Ravishing" Rick RudeWarrior wins. Decent cage match...if a little short. The crowd was burnt out at this point and didn't seem to be into it that much. They weren't quiet or anything...but they were most certainly tired. **1/2 out of 5A mixed bag overall. Certainly had its moments...but it's inconsistent. It's well worth a watch though.6/10

Summerslam 1990 had some marvellous names on the card, plus some good story angles. The P.P.V had the potential to be a highly memorable one. Sadly, this wasn't the case in my opinion. The matches of The Rockers vs Power and Glory was too one-sided and also too predictable. Shawn Michaels had a legitimate leg injury so I can understand why he couldn't participate in the tag team match. Even so, it was disappointing. The Sapphire/ Queen Sherri match didn't even bloody happen so it was a waste of time in planning it! They had a bit of heat with their angle and I'll bet the fans were looking forward to it. The match of Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Volkoff against The Orient Express was terrible from beginning to end. Tito Santana had become a midcarder at this stage of his career when he took on The Warlord but it was a decent match anyway. Jake Roberts vs Bad News Brown was ok and Big Boss Man as the guest referee was a good idea. Macho King and Dusty Rhodes were still in the middle of their feud when they had their dreadful match at Summerslam. Rhodes was losing momentum by now and he didn't stay for much longer with the WWE. Mr. Perfect defended his I.C title against newcomer Texas Tornado after Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake had to withdraw. The resulting match was ok but too short. Demolition vs The Hart Foundation in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the tag team titles is undoubtedly the best one on the card. There were numerous twists and turns and I enjoyed it. The new member being Crush, meant that Ax was being fazed out due to an injury. Legion of Doom certainly added some spice to this title match and should have been included on the Summerslam card. The Hart Foundation proved they are one of the leading teams in wrestling history and deserved another title reign. Now for the double main event: Hulk Hogan had been absent from the company for a short time but he still had a good angle with the superheavyweight that was Earthquake. In Hogan's corner was Big Boss Man and with Earthquake was Canadian strong man, Dino Bravo. I rate the match as being very good. It was bound to be a bit more leisurely paced but it worked up about good head of steam. The Ultimate Warrior defended his heavyweight title against Ravishing Rick Rude inside a steel cage. It was the first time this kind of match had been held at a Summerslam event and it is great. The Warrior and Rude had re-ignited their angle from the previous year. According to various sources, Rude left the company in disgust after discovering how much The Warrior was paid for the cage match. That was quite a loss as Ravishing Rick Rude is a fine worker. Vince McMahon and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper provided some very good commentary. Some very good matches but also some very poor ones.

First ever event i watched thought it was real looking back its still a fantastic event the first match was excellent a real underdog fight with a realistic ending Perfect losing was a waste of one of the best characters ever he should of kept the title for a long time Warlord could have fought barbarian in a tag match with heenan and slick. The harts match could be the greatest tag match I've ever seen. i cannot understand why l.o.d where not used and even though hogan earthquake was good everyone wanted a hogan warrior rematch. Why bother wasting peoples time with bad news vs jake it was terrible and what has poor tito done to vince to be jobbed every two minutes

In the spring of 1990, Hulk Hogan's career was in jeopardy. Weeks after a brutal encounter with the Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania, Hogan was attacked by the 500-pound Earthquake, who repeated squashed Hogan enough times to send him to the hospital. Inspired by cards and letters from his Hulkamanics, Hogan returned to announce he had signed to fact Earthquake at SummerSlam 1990. Although Hogan did not get the revenge he wanted - Jimmy Hart and Dino Bravo interfered on Earthquake's behalf to give Hogan the DQ win - it was clear that Hogan and Hulkamania were back, and better than ever! SummerSlam '90 capped the bitter feud between the Ultimate Warrior and `Ravishing' Rick Rude when Warrior defeated Rude in a steel cage to retain the WWE Championship. Two title changes also took place: The Hart Foundation defeated Demolition in a best-of-three falls match to become WWE Tag Team Champions, and Kerry Von Erich - `The Texas Tornado' - defeated Mr. Perfect to win the Intercontinental Championship. Power and Glory defeated the Rockers Sensational Sherri defeated Sapphire when Sapphire never showed up The Warlord pinned Tito Santana Jake "the Snake" Roberts pinned Bad News Brown (Big Boss Man was guest ref) Nikolai Volkoff & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan def. the Orient Express Randy Savage pinned Dusty Rhodes The Texas Tornado pinned Mr. Perfect to win the Intercontinental Title The Hart Foundation defeated Demolition in a best-of-three-falls match to win the Tag Team Championship Hulk Hogan defeated Earthquake by DQ WWE Champion The Ultimate Warrior defeating Rick Rude in a cage matchOverall Mark: B