Summerslam (1990)

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Summerslam 1990 was the sixth Summerslam event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 19th August 1990

## Background

The main match heading into Summerslam was WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defending The Undertaker. Long before Undertaker even had a name, at Superstars 186 he appeared through the lights choking out Hogan and giving Ted Dibiase the win, 4 months later he would officially debut as The Undertaker at Survivor Series 1989 and immediatly started causing havoc destroying everyone in sight even the man who brought him to WWF: Ted Dibiase. At Superstars 224, Hogan issued a challenge to Undertaker because of his choking a year prior, Rick Martel has also been involved in this feud because of his hatred towards Hogan and the Old Generation, at their contract signing at King of the Ring 1990, Martel interrupted but was chokeslammed through the table by Taker who then tombstone'd Hogan

British Bulldog won King of the Ring and will face Koko B.Ware tonight for the Intercontinental Championship, during the build Ringmasters have been trying to add Bulldog to their group with no response.

At SNME June 1985, Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart were attacked but no one saw who it was, it looked like they were falling down on their own, Bret Hart claimed 2 "Invisible Men" were behind this which started this storyline, Adrian Adonis and Bob Orton Jr. were revealed as the invisible men but they say that they were hired by a real Invisible Man, the mastermind behind all this. For 4 years, the Invisible Man would appear sporadically to attack Bret, such instances include Superstars 91 where he was attacked backstage and lost the 24/7 title due to it, SNME September 1987 where Invisible Man rolled him up and won the 24/7 Championship and King of the Ring 1989 where he made Bret lose the Intercontinental Championship. Finally, at Wrestlemania 6 after their tag title loss, Jim Neidhart attacked Bret and revealed himself as the culprit behind Invisible Man stating that Bret got way too cocky in the last few years and gave up on their intial dream which were the tag titles just because he wanted to have a singles career, tonight Bret will face Neidhart but the twist is Neidhart will have the invisible man cape and will only be visible by the ref through some glasses, if Bret can win, Neidhart leaves WWF.

Since winning the tag titles at Wrestlemania 6, Colossal Connection and especially Haku have been a true force in the roster with Haku picking a fight with anyone and even winning Money in the Bank, The Rockers pulled off an upset win against them and Demolition and Ringmasters came out also wanting a match, Haku accepted all of them in a fatal 4 way tag match

After weeks of vignettes, Orient Express debuted at Superstars 229 and were easily beaten by Legion of Doom, they tried to attack them and their leader Ted Dibiase in a backstage segment but failed, a couple of weeks later at Superstars 232 Shane Douglas debuted but lost to Ted Dibiase, Orient Express and Douglas decided to align to take down Million Dollar Corporation in a G1 Qualifying match

Last Superstars, Ultimate Warrior was scheduled to main event when Dusty Rhodes pushed him which led to a staredown and led to the match being made official tonight.

## Results

Other participants:The Mountie, Roddy Piper, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Sags, Jake Roberts

## Details

* This was Nasty Boys' debut
* Ultimate Warrior wants to shake Dusty's hand but Dusty pushes him and says hard times are coming, baby
* Andre The Giant never tagged in Haku during the match, after Heenan argues with Andre because of this and slaps him, Andre grabs Heenan by the collar turning face for the first time since 1979 but Haku beats him up
* Bret Hart vs Invisible Man was -5 stars, one of the worst matches ever produced because it was literally just Bret fighting the air and bumping against the air
* After the IC title match, Ringmasters come out and say that if Bulldog joins them, they could reach heights unimaginable in wrestling, Bulldog is about to shake their hand but he low blows Perfect instead turning heel, Dusty Rhodes enters the ring and attacks Texas Tornado also turning heel, Dusty and Bulldog have formed an alliance
* Rick Martel puts a chair in the ring without the ref seeing and Taker tombstones Hogan on the chair to win the title

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