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[1990-01-20-WWF-Superstars] Royal Rumble Report w/Gene Okerlund


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Gene does a complete rundown of the participants in the Royal Rumble. I really do think these segments on Superstars were a difference maker in selling PPVs. I have nothing to prove that, but I sincerely believe it. Good look at the WWF roster at the time, with quite a few brief cut-in promos. The Andre one is amusing.

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Yes, it barely is worth mentioning because it's so self-evident, but I miss 4+ weeks of knowing the entire card for a pay-per-view.

 

Dusty refers to Sapphire as his "brown sugar"...how did I miss stuff this overt as a kid?

 

As a kid whose favorite event was the Rumble and had most of the early matches practically memorized, I feel the obligation to point out that Gene only mentions 29 guys. The Widow Maker was gone at this point (for awhile, but for some reason was announced for the Rumble anyway) and evidently the Red Rooster hadn't been named as a replacement yet.

 

Pretty amazing how much hype the Brother Love Show with Sherri and Sapphire got. The undercard matches don't even get a mention.

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Actually, there were two Royal Rumble Reports on this show according to Gene; the first one (which didn't make the set) covered the undercard matches.

 

Hercules gets a promo, but Hogan doesn't? I guess they figured he'd be with Brother Love later.

 

Sapphire screamed so loud that it was hard to hear Dusty. She might have been enthusiastic, but her sense of timing stank.

 

I was wondering if it meant anything that the Rockers (the "tag team specialists") were the only team introduced one right after the other until they did the same thing with the Powers of Pain.

 

On a personal note, this is the first time I missed a pay-per-view since I started following the WWF in real time back in the fall of '86; my parents objected to paying $24.95 for a minor show like the Rumble. By the following year, every show was at least $24.95, and Mania was $29.95. I stopped following wrestling in real time soon after.

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As a kid I used to really enjoy these reports, the way that they would slowly release a handful of name each week in the lead up and you would maybe get the odd 'outsider' involved too. Mean Gene runs down the full 30 names of this years entrants and we get brief interviews from Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Hercules, Mr Perfect, Honky Tonky Man, the Colossal Connection with Bobby Heenan and the Ultimate Warrior.

 

Not sure what Herc has done in order to be granted some interview time here?

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