Summerslam (1989)

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Summerslam 1989 was the fifth Summerslam event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 20th August 1989

## Background

The main match heading into Summerslam was WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defending against Haku and Andre The Giant in a triple threat. At Wrestlemania V, Andre The Giant and Haku formed an alliance and targeted Hulk Hogan as all 3 men are former Heenan Family members and they all have history together, Andre and Haku first went for the World Tag Team Championships but failed miserably as they had no teamwork together, ever since then they have been working on that and targeting Hogan beating him up in handicap matches, now both men have gotten a WWF Championship shot and it's clear that this triple threat match is more of a handicap but the question is if Haku and Andre will indeed work together when the main title is on the line.

Bad News Brown won the Intercontinental Championship at King of the Ring 1989, on the same night Dusty Rhodes won KOTR to face Bad News Brown tonight, Brown has been calling out Dusty saying he doesn't want old washed up talent running this company to the ground even though BNB is 43 and Dusty is 44.

Brainbusters debuted at Summerslam 1988 immediatly winning the World Tag Team Championships, ever since then they have been undefeated in tag team action beating every team there is to beat in the tag team division, recently Bret Hart lost the Intercontinental Championship and Jim Neidhart took that opportunity to get them in the tag team division again getting them a World Tag Team Championship shot, this is the only team that Brainbusters still have not faced.

3x Tag Team Champions Strike Force broke up at Wrestlemania V after a lost match against Demolition as Rick Martel beat up Tito Santana, since then Rick has adopted a cocky model personality not caring about what Tito does while Tito tried desperatly to get his attention, the final straw was costing him the Money in the Bank briefcase and Martel finally accepted a match against Tito under the condition that the winner would enter the G1.

Ted Dibiase and Virgil debuted in 1987 with Virgil as Dibiase's servant, Ted Dibiase introduced his own championship, the Million Dollar Championship at Royal Rumble 1989 but lost it at Wrestlemania V in a 6-Men Battle Royal to his own servant, Dibiase demanded for Virgil to lay down and give him back the championship but instead Virgil just low blowed him quitting his servant job, Ted Dibiase tried to enter the WWF Championship again saying that he wasn't on Virgil's level and he wasn't gonna come down to that but after losing to Hulk Hogan at King of the Ring 1989, Dibiase is now trying to get back what was once his, he says he's now lowering his level to Virgil, he's just letting Virgil go up to his level so he can be kicked down and defeated.

Koko B.Ware returned at Wrestlemania V after an almost career ending injury, now Koko is a big fan favorite but he keeps being defeated by Dino Bravo which is just gaining Koko more support from the fans and getting Dino go-away heat, tonight they face each other for a Intercontinental Championship opportunity.

## Details

* The lights flickered after Virgil won and Virgil ran away
* After Koko's loss, the crowd turned on the show having 0 reaction to anything but were brought back with Dusty Rhodes's antics in his match
* HTM called out anyone because he wanted to be in the G1, it was answered by Nick and HTM won in a minute
* Hart Foundation are Brainbusters' first tag loss on WWF with a streak of 12-0
* The triple threat was a handicap match until Haku tried to pin Hogan and Andre got him out and they started beating each other up giving Hogan the advantage
* After the match, Haku and Andre teamed up and beat up Hulk Hogan when Jimmy Snuka made his return to WWF after leaving after Wrestlemania 2 and helped Hogan take care of them
* Rick Rude cashed in after this but when the match began, Snuka entered the ring again and attacked Rude ending his cash-in match in a DQ and therefore Rude did not win the WWF Championship