WWF "Royal Rumble" 1/28/89
Jan 23, 2018 0:04:33 GMT
Post by tlyne on Jan 23, 2018 0:04:33 GMT
"Royal Rumble”
Boston Garden
Boston, MA
1/28/89
Broadcast on Pay per View
We see highlights of recent WWF events, Hulk Hogan, and Randy Savage in Tag Team action, the Powers of Pain Win the Tag Team Titles, Dusty Rhodes and Jos LeDuc in action, and concludes with highlights of last year’s Royal Rumble with Hogan winning.
Gorilla Monsoon, and Jesse “The Body” Ventura open the show.
Monsoon, “Welcome to the ‘Royal Rumble’! Jess, what a night we have!”
Ventura, “That’s right Gino, there is a lot going on!”
Monsoon, “We have the ‘Royal Rumble’ match itself, Jess, who’s going to win?”
Ventura, “Monsoon, there are a lot of guys who could win, but I’m going with Bad News, a match like this is made for him.”
Monsoon, “That’s a good pick, but I’m going with size, I’m picking Andre the Giant.”
Ventura, “Good pick, but what about the Tag Title Match, can Sherri lead them to the title?”
Monsoon, “I don’t like this one bit! Sherri will be a disaster!”
Ventura, “I don’t think so, she can lead them to the titles.”
Monsoon, “Let’s get things started with the Japanese ladies.”
Match #1
Six Women Tag Team Match
Chigusa Nagoya and the Marine Wolves vs. Lioness Asuka and the Fire Jets
The Nagoya-Asuka rivalry has roped in two of the best Tag teams in Japan. The Marine Wolves, Akira Hokuto, and Sizuka Minami, and the Fire Jets, Mitsuko Nishiwaki, and Yumiko Hotta, are two young and hungers teams in wrestling. The bell rings, and the action starts. Joey Marella has his hands full. Minami, and Hotta go at it tooth, and nail, as do Hokuto, and Nishiwaki. They all go back and forth, but here’s what everyone has been waiting for, Crush Girl vs. Crush Girl. If possible, The action gets even faster. Finally, Asuka hits the K-driller (reverse piledriver) for the win. What a match!
Winners-Lioness Asuka and the Fire Jets
Match #2
Intercontinental Championship
“Ravishing” Rick Rude (Champion) w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs.. Billy Jack Haynes
These two strong men have gone at it several times, with Rude managing to hold onto the title. They lock up, and we are underway. Haynes grabs a side headlock, and begins to grind away at the Champion. Rude shoots Billy into the ropes, and drops him with a shoulder tackle. He then puts the boots to Billy. Heenan looks pleased at ringside. Haynes manages to get back to his feet. He goes right after Rude, and we have a brawl. Billy has the momentum. He lands rights, and lefts. Now Rude is in retreat. Haynes traps Rick in the corner, and begins to work him over. Now Heenan is worried. Haynes tosses Rude out of the corner. As Rude struggles to his feet, Haynes slaps in the full Nelson. Rude begins to struggle. Heenan enters and attacks Haynes. Referee Earl Hebner calls for the bell. He disqualifies Rude. Henan and his man look very pleased with themselves. In the confusion, WWF Official Tony Garea comes to the ring. He takes the mic.
Garea, “Bobby Heenan, and Rick Rude, you got yourselves intentionally disqualified! WWF President Jack Tunney has decreed that you will be stripped of the Intercontinental Title, and the Title will be declared vacant!”
Heenan, and Rude, are incensed. They argue, and threaten Garea.
Garea, “Heenan, Rude, if you touch me, you will be fined $100,000, and suspended for one year! The WWF will announce, in the coming days, what will happen with the Title.”
Winner-Billy Jack Haynes (Disqualification, Title declared vacant)
Gorilla Monsoon, and Jesse Ventura are in the announce position.
Monsoon, “What do you think Jess, the ‘Brain’s’ plan backfired!”
Ventura, “Just another example of Jack Tunney throwing his weight around, and trying to be a big shot!”
Monsoon, “We will have to see what the decision will be with the Intercontinental Title. Our next match features two veterans of the mat wars. Let’s go to Sean Mooney with Frenchy Martin, and ‘Headbanger’ Jos LeDuc.”
Sean Mooney is with Martin, and LeDuc.
Mooney, “With me are Frenchy Martin, and his man, ‘Headbanger’ Jos LeDuc. Mr. LeDuc, you have set your sights on the ‘Common Man’ Dusty Rhodes, even going as so far as attacking his son. Why?”
LeDuc, “That punk kid, that test tube baby, he stuck his nose into my business, and he got what he deserved! I’ve chased Dusty Rhodes all up and down the roads of America! That coward, like all Americans, kept running, but I’ve got him now! Tonight the ‘American Dream’ ends!”
Martin, “Dusty Rhodes is a fat coward! The’Headbanger’ will destroy him tonight, and Canada will prove superior to the USA!”
Mooney, “Let’s go to ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund. He is with the ‘American Dream’!”
“Mean” Gene Okerlund is with Dusty Rhodes, and his son, Dustin.
Okerlund, “With me are Dusty Rhodes, and his son Dustin. Dusty, your son has been thrust into a vicious feud that has gone in for years, what about Tonight?”
Dusty, “Listen ‘Mean Gene’, my son is a man, just like the ‘Dream’! He came to help me, and he held his own. Tonight, big old Jos LeDuc pays the price! We’ve battled before, in Florida, in Georgia, in Canada, all over the World! Tonight, I teach that fat, old Canadian a lesson! And it starts now!”
Match #3
“The Common Man” Dusty Rhodes w/Dustin Rhodes vs. “Headbanger” Jos LeDuc w/Frenchy Martin
Martin and LeDuc argue with referee Tim White about Dustin at ringside. White allows him to stay. The bell rings, and we are underway. Rhodes is very aggressive. He backs LeDuc into a corner. Jos fights his way out. The man from the Northwest Territories is very aggressive. Dusty is in some trouble. Dustin, and the fans, get behind the ‘Dream’. He takes over and wins with the big elbow. Martin tries to attack Dusty from behind, but Dustin cuts him off, and decks him! What a night for the Rhodes family!
Winner-Dusty Rhodes
We see highlights of the “Body Shop” where Randy Savage brings out Sensational Sherri. We then see “Mean” Gene Okerlund with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Miss Elizabeth, and Sensational Sherri.
Okerlund, “With me are tonight’s challengers. Gentlemen, Tonight is your first big match with your co-managers. Are you ready for the challenge?”
Savage, “Mean Gene Okerlund, how can you ask that question? Look at us, the WWF Champion, and the Hulkster, plus the lovely Miss Elizabeth, and Sensational Sherri, the ‘secret weapon’!”
Okerlund, “What about you Hulkster?”
Hogan, “You know something…”
Sherri interrupts.
Sherri, “Hulkster is with us! We are going to be the Champions, no one can stop us!”
Hogan, “Let me tell you something, Sensational Sherri, we got to this spot without you! We don’t need you, we’ve got the lovely Miss Elizabeth, we don’t need you!”
Okerlund, “There appears to be desertion in the ranks, this doesn’t sound good!”
Match #4
WWF Tag Team Championship
The Powers of Pain w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs. Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage w/Miss Elizabeth and Sensational Sherri
All eyes will be on Sherri, and how she interacts with Hogan, but you can’t ignore Heenan’s Champions. They are monsters. The match begins with the “Macho Man”and the Barbarian in the ring. Savage starts fast. He is the best in the World, and it shows. He moves quickly, and has the Barbarian in retreat. Savage tries to shoot Savage into the corner, but the big man reverses it, and Randy crashes into the turnbuckles. Sherri tries to climb up on the apron. Elizabeth tries to pull her back. This distracts Sherri, and she argues with Elizabeth. The Barbarian continues the attack, and tags in The Warlord. The massive man pounds away. Savage begins to fight back. He throws rights and lefts, and is able to tag in the “Hulkster”. The legendary Hogan goes to work on the Warlord. Heenan shouts instructions from ringside. Sherri leads the cheers for Hogan. Elizabeth ignores her. Heenan distracts referee Earl Hebner. This allows the Barbarian to enter the ring followed by Savage. We have a pier six brawl. Hebner tries to get Between Savage and the Barbarian. With the referee distracted, Sherri slides a steel chair into the ring. The camera doesn't pick this up. Hogan doesn’t see it. The Warlord grabs the chair, and decks the Hulkster. He goes down like a ton of bricks. The Warlord covers him. Hebner turns to see this, and counts 1...2...3! The Champions retain their Titles. Sherri and Elizabeth enter the ring. Hogan is struggling to his feet, and Savage wants to know what happened. Sherri panics. She blames Elizabeth. “The First Lady of Wrestling” begs Savage to listen. Hogan is able to get between the three of them, and play peacemaker. This isn’t over.
Winners-The Powers of Pain
Gorilla Monsoon, and Jesse Ventura, are in the announce position.
Monsoon, “Jess, I told you Sherri was trouble!”
Ventura, “What are you talking about? Elizabeth made the mistake, Sherri explained it!”
Monsoon, “What are you talking about, Sherri tossed the chair in the ring!”
Ventura, “How do you know, did you see it?”
Monsoon, “Elizabeth wouldn’t do that! Let’s move on. The ‘Royal Rumble’ is next. To remind you, two men strat in the ring. Then every two minutes a new man enters. The only way to be eliminated is to be tossed over the top rope, and to the floor. The last in the ring is the winner. My money is on Andre.”
Ventura, “I’m still going with Bad News!”
Monsoon, “Here we go!”
Royal Rumble Match
First Two Entrants-Barry Horowitz and Brutus Beefcake
Horowitz wrestles well, and he and Beefcake go at it for two minutes.
Third Entrant-Tito Santana
Santana and Beefcake work together and eliminate Horowitz
Eliminated-Barry Horowitz
Fourth Entrant-Virgil
Virgil hits the ring, and goes right after Beefcake. Virgil is an underrated wrestler. He holds on for two minutes.
Fifth Entrant-Beau Beverly
Now Virgil and and Beverly work together. It is basically two on two.
Sixth Entrant-George “The Animal” Steele
The Animal hits the ring. He attacks everyone, but he is too reckless and Virgil and Beverly toss him out in just over a minute.
Eliminated-George “The Animal” Steele
Seventh Entrant-Brooklyn Brawler
The rugged Brawler is next. There are five men in the ring. The action gets even more intense.
Eighth Entrant-Bushwhacker Luke
Luke hits the ring. He goes right after the Brawler. While this going on, Beau Beverly tosses the “Barber” over the top rope.
Eliminated-Brutus Beefcake
Ninth Entrant-Dustin Rhodes
The young Rhodes is next. There are six men in the ring. Virgil, and Beverly double team Santana as Dustin tosses the Brawler out.
Eliminated-The Brooklyn Brawler
Tenth Entrant-Bushwhacker Butch
The Bushwhackers work together. They have Virgil almost out, but Beverly rescues him.
Eleventh Entrant-Blake Beverly
The Beverly Brothers team up. They combine to eliminate both Bushwhackers.
Eliminated-Luke and Butch
Twelfth Entrant-Jacques Rougeau
Santana and Dustin Rhodes team up against the odds.
Thirteenth Entrant-Kevin Von Erich
Kevin joins Tito and Dustin, and the odds are more even. Kevin quickly eliminates Virgil.
Eliminated-Virgil
Fourteenth Entrant-Knobbs
Half of the Nasty Boys hits the ring. He is very aggressive. Dustin Rhodes is working on Jacques Rougeau, and almost has him out.
Fifteenth Entrant-Davey Boy Smith
One half of the British Bulldogs is next. We are halfway done. Rhodes dumps Beau Beverly over the ropes, and we are down to five.
Sixteenth Entrant-Raymond Rougeau
The Rougeau Brothers go to work. They pick out Tito Santana who has been in the longest. Tito fights back, and Kevin Von Erich comes to his aid.
Seventeenth Entrant-Dino Bravo
There are now nine men in the ring. Kevin Von Erich eliminates Knobbs, and we are down to eight.
Eliminated-Knobbs
Eighteenth Entrant-Sags
We trade one Nasty Boy for another.
Nineteenth Entrant-Kerry Von Erich
Kerry joins his brother, and we have ten men in the ring. Davey Boy Smith tosses Sags over the ropes, and Bravo eliminates Dustin Rhodes.
Eliminated-Sags, and Dustin Rhodes
Twentieth Entrant-Hercules
“The Brain’s” new man is next. He goes after Santana. Tito came in at number three. He has to be exhausted. Bravo joins Hercules, and they eliminate Tito. What a performance from the man from Tocula, Mexico!
Eliminated-Tito Santana
Twenty First Entrant-Jake “The Snake” Roberts
“The Snake” is next. He walks slowly to the ring. Jake will not make any mistakes. We have ten men in the ring.
Twenty Second Entrant-Andre the Giant
The big man is next. He goes right after Dustin Rhodes, and eliminates him. He then tosses Kevin Von Erich out.
Eliminated-Dustin Rhodes and Kevin Von Erich
Twenty Third Entrant-Big John Studd
Studd goes right after Hercules. Andre comes to Herc’s aid. Smith eliminates Blake Beverly, Kerry Von Erich eliminates both Rougeau Brothers.
Eliminated-Blake Beverly, Jacques Rougeau, and Raymond Rougeau
Twenty Fourth Entrant-Bad News Brown
The loner comes to the ring. He picks his spots and gets in several good shots. Hercules, and Andre continue to work over Studd. John tosses Andre out, and the crowd gasps. He then tosses out Hercules. What a performance!
Eliminated-Andre the Giant, and Hercules
Twenty Fifth Entrant-Dynamite Kid
Both British Bulldogs are now in the ring. Bad News tosses Kerry Von Erich over the ropes.
Elimination-Kerry Von Erich
Twenty Sixth Entrant-Big Boss Man
“Hard Time” is about to start for someone. It’s Davey Boy Smith. The Boss Man tosses the Bulldog over the top ropes.
Eliminated-Davey Boy Smith
Twenty Seventh Entrant-Lanny Poffo
Eight big men battle it out. Poffo drew a lucky number, but it didn’t last long. Big Boss Man tosses him out.
Elimination-Lanny Poffo
Twenty Eighth Entrant-Akeem
Another big man hits the ring. Akeem teams up with the Boss Man. In one corner, Roberts tosses Bravo out.
Eliminated-Dino Bravo
Twenty Ninth Entrant-Koko B. Ware
The “Bird Man” is next. Boss Man, and Akeem combine to toss out the Dynamite Kid.
Eliminated-Dynamite Kid
Thirtieth Entrant-Ted DiBiase
The “Million Dollar Man” is our last man. Boss Man and Akeem eliminate Koko.
Eliminated-Koko B. Ware.
We are down to six. Studd tosses DiBiase out.
Eliminated-Ted DiBiase
Studd follows that up by eliminating Akeem.
Eliminated-Akeem
Four remain. It breaks down to Studd, and Roberts vs. Brown, and the Boss Man. Roberts and the Boss Man struggle in the corner. They both tumble over the ropes.
Eliminated-Jake Roberts and the Big Boss Man
Now it’s Studd vs. Bad News. They slug it out, and end up near the ropes. Bad News is able to toss Studd over the ropes! Bad News Brown wins the Royal Rumble!
Eliminated-Big John Studd
Winner-Bad News Brown
Gorilla Monsoon, and Jesse Ventura close the show.
Monsoon, “Jess, I tip my cap to you, you picked Bad News!”
Ventura, “Never doubt me Gino! I know wrestling!”
Monsoon, “You were right! What a night, Bad News wins the Rumble, what’s going on with Hogan, and Savage, and the Intercontinental Title is vacant! 1989 is going to be exciting! Don’t miss it!”
Working on it now.