Summerslam (1989) (V)

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:

Greg Valentine actually pinned Hercules during their match by putting his feet on the ropes, but ring announcer Ronnie Garvin refused to give the match to Valentine and announced Hercules the winner, but Valentine won ultimately.

Goofs:

Continuity: In an interview segment which was allegedly live moments before his match, Dusty Rhodes was wearing full body tights. He then comes out to wrestle in only lower body tights.

Quotes:

[outside the ring, the Ultimate Warrior has hit Ravishing Rick Rude with the Intercontinental Title belt]
Jesse Ventura: This should be a disqualification! That's a disqualication! Where the hell is the referee?!
Tony Schiavone: That's outside of the ring, Jesse.
Jesse Ventura: So what?
Tony Schiavone: As much, it could just be a countout here.
Jesse Ventura: What are you gonna tell me, Schiavone? You can shoot somebody outside the ring as long as it's outside the ring?
Tony Schiavone: Well, no...
Jesse Ventura: You know, you're even dumber than Monsoon! I thought Gorilla was the stupidest guy alive!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Royal Rumble (1995) (TV)

Recap

He was the most powerful force in the universe, and the key to Randy `Macho Man' Savage's plan to destroy his bitter enemy, Hulk Hogan. His name was Zeus, a mountain of a man standing at nearly 7 feet and weighing around 300 pounds of solid muscle. Savage recruited Zeus in an effort to take down Hogan, who with his ally, Brutus `The Barber' Beefcake, battled Savage and Zeus in a tag team match to headline SummerSlam 1989. In the end, Hulkamania triumphed again when Hogan bodyslammed Zeus and hit the legdrop for the win! For the second year in a row, the Ultimate Warrior made history at SummerSlam by capturing his second Intercontinental Championship. Warrior defeated `Ravishing' Rick Rude, who five months earlier defeated Warrior for the title at WrestleMania V. The win would eventually lead to Warrior's epic title-for-title confrontation with Hogan at WrestleMania VI.

SummerSlam 1989 The Brain Busters defeated the Hart Foundation Dusty Rhodes pinned the Honky Tonk Man Mr. Perfect pinned the Red Rooster The Rougeaus & Rick Martel defeated the Rockers & Tito Santana The Ultimate Warrior pinned Rick Rude to win the Intercontinental Title Demolition & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan defeated Andre the Giant & the Twin Towers Hercules defeated Greg "the Hammer" Valentine by DQ Ted DiBiase defeated "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka by countout Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake defeated Randy Savage & Zeus

Overall Mark: C+