The 1990 WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament

April 14, 1990 Superstars of Wrestling in an Update segment WWF President Jack Tunney announced that after winning the WWF Championship at WrestleMania VI he is surrendering the Intercontinental Championship.  The new champion would be decided in a tournament.

April 4, 1990 Glen Falls, New York Wrestling Superstars Taping

Aired April 28th
Round 1: Tito Santana defeated Akeem The African Dream by count out when Santana's flying forearm knocked Akeen out of the ring

 Aired May 5th
Round 1: Mr. Perfect pinned Jimmy Snuka with his feet on the ropes

April 23, 1990 Austin, Texas Wrestling Superstars Taping

Aired May 12th
Round 1: Dino Bravo with Jimmy Hart wrestled Brutus Beefcake to a double count out

Aired May 19th
Finals: Mr. Perfect pinned Tito Santana with an inside cradle after being distracted by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, after the match it was announced that Heenan was Mr. Perfect's new manager

April 24, 1990 San Antonio, Texas Wrestling Challenge Taping

Aired May 13th
Round 1: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Rick Martel to a double disqualification when Martel used his Arrogance atomizer and Piper used a steel chair.

You did not read that wrong.  Two of the opening round matches ended with both men being eliminated from the tournament.  Not only that but the finals and a new champion was declared before the final first round match even took place.

If you think this is odd then you should read my post about how the Freebirds were WCW World Tag Team Champions for negative six days.

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Re-Post: Bobby "The Brain" Heenan WWE DVD Review

Re-Posted from my original blog as I am removing all wrestling references off of it making it a family blog.

I recently watched the Bobby “The Brain” Heenan DVD.  I was very excited to pick it up as Heenan is arguably the greatest manager of all time.  Over the last few years the WWE’s documentaries have been outstanding.  No matter the topic WWE has always produced a first class documentary. 

I expected the same for The Brain, instead though, we get a paltry 50 minutes that was no where near good enough.  Probably because of his throat cancer, but The Brain wasn’t even interview for it. 

His entire career was covered, but in very quick fashion.  They glazed over his AWA, WCW, and wrestling career primarily focusing on his WWE time.  Even that though, was skimmed over.  It almost comes off as half-assed compared to what the WWE has become known for. 

The extras are decent, promos, interviews, matches, and him as a color commentator.  I would have liked to see some more interactions with Gorilla Monsoon. 

All in all it was rather disappointing. 

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