Summerslam (1989) (V)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Release Date:

28 August 1989 (USA)

Plot:

Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake vs. Randy Savage & Zeus, WWF Intercontinental Title: Rick Rude vs. The Ultimate Warrior...

Plot Keywords:

Wrestling | World Wrestling Federation

Cast

Hulk Hogan	...	Himself
Ed Leslie	...	Himself (as Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake)
Randy Savage	...	Himself
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Himself (as Zeus)
Warrior	...	Himself (as The Ultimate Warrior)
Rick Rude	...	Himself (as Ravishing Rick Rude)
Tully Blanchard	...	Himself
Arn Anderson	...	Himself
Jim Neidhart	...	Himself
Bret Hart	...	Himself
Jim Duggan	...	King Duggan
Bill Eadie	...	Demolition Ax
Barry Darsow	...	Smash
André the Giant	...	Himself
Raymond Traylor	...	The Big Boss Man

Filming Locations:

East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA

Trivia:

Prior to the Brain Busters/Hart Foundation match at SummerSlam, The Brain Busters won the Tag Team Championship a week before from Demolition. The match was already signed between them and the Hart Foundation before they won the belts, so it was explained that they were not forced to defend the belts because there was no championship to defend when the match was signed.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Backstage announcer Gene Okerlund was set to interview then-WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Rude and Rude's manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan prior to Rude's title defense against The Ultimate Warrior when the Summerslam backdrop fell backwards. An off-camera Vince McMahon could be heard saying "Nice move", followed by Okerlund yelling "F*** it".

Quotes:

Ronnie Garvin: [Ronnie Garvin is introducing Greg Valentine] And his so-called opponent along with his pip squeak of a manager the big mouth of the south - Jimmy Hart. Here is a man that says he is from Seattle Washington. He claims he weighs 249lbs to me he looks like he is overweight by 30lbs. This individual who can't take for himself and when he goes to his wimpy manager for advice...

Movie Connections:

Followed by Royal Rumble (1992) (TV)

WWE Summerslam 1989

This Summerslam from the Meadowlands arena, failed to product a worthy PPV. Summerslam in 1988 was way better than this and some of the matches were a colossal bore. Tom 'Zeus' Lister was an actor not a wrestler and it showed. All he could do was shout and smile, he had no wrestling qualities, but then again McMahon liked the guy because of his size. The result? A p*ss poor main event.

Results from the show:

- The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Heidhart) in a fair but long match.

- Dusty Rhodes defeated The Honky Tonk Man in a boring match. The only interesting thing in this match was at the end. Jimmy Hart accidentally hit Honky with his own guitar and Dusty got the win.

- Mr Perfect downed The Red Rooster in a short match.

- The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Tito Santana lost to The Fabulous Rougeou Brothers and Rick Martel.

- The Ultimate Warrior beat Rick Rude to win the Intercontinental Championship in a passable match.

- King Duggan and Demolition defeated Akeem, Big Bossman and Andre the Giant in a fair match.

- Greg 'the hammer' Valentine defeated Hercules. However special ring announcer Ronnie Garven declared that Hercules won by DQ after Valentine cheated by putting his feet on the ropes. No one actually knows who the winner was, even to this day!!!

- 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase defeated 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka in a good match.

- Hulk Hogan and Brutus 'the barber' Beefcake defeated 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Zeus in a crap match.

Not good! Overall Grade - C