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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – November 26, 1990

By LScisco on 9th March 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan run tonight’s show, returning to the studio for this week’s broadcast.  Monsoon asks Heenan what he thinks about Brother Love wanting to be a manager.  Heenan says Love asked his permission first.  He also asks Monsoon if “Cyclops” is appearing in reference to Jake Roberts.

Roberts’ squash from Wrestling Challenge airs.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – November 25, 1990

By LScisco on 7th March 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are calling the action, still broadcasting from Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – November 24, 1990

By LScisco on 4th March 2022

Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are in the booth, still broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF The Main Event IV – November 23, 1990

By LScisco on 2nd March 2022

Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper do commentary and they are taped from Fort Wayne, Indiana.  The broadcast drew a rating of 8.6 (15 million viewers), a significant decline from the 12.8 rating and 20.9 million viewers that the last Main Event drew in February.

Gene Okerlund talks with Ted DiBiase.  DiBiase is such a cold act that the WWF recycles his vignettes from his debut and how he cost Hulk Hogan the WWF Championship in 1988.  DiBiase repeats his signature phrase that everyone has a price for the Million Dollar Man.

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What the World Was Watching: Survivor Series 1990

By LScisco on 28th February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Roddy Piper are in the booth and they are live from Hartford, Connecticut.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show drew a crowd of 16,000 fans, 13,000 of whom paid to attend.  The show drew a buyrate of 3.0, with an estimated 400,000 households purchasing the event.  The buyrate was 0.3 less than the previous year, but 15,000 more homes bought the show, once again illustrating the expansion of pay-per-view into American households.

Gene Okerlund interviews the Warriors.  Animal lets the “little warriors” out there know that the team will not let them down.

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What the World Was Watching: Prime Time Wrestling “Survivor Series Showdown” – November 18, 1990

By LScisco on 25th February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan handle commentary, taped in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of the Superstars tapings on October 29.  The gimmick of the show is that there are singles matches featuring members of competing Survivor Series teams.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – November 18, 1990

By LScisco on 23rd February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan call today’s action, originating from Fort Wayne, Indiana.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings took place on October 30.  Starting with this episode, Wrestling Challenge reveals a new aesthetic for pre-match graphics and shows recent footage in its intro of various finishing moves.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – November 17, 1990

By LScisco on 21st February 2022

Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are in the booth and they start a new round of tapings in Indianapolis, Indiana.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on October 29.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – November 12, 1990

By LScisco on 18th February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in charge of studio duties.

The Tito Santana-Rick Martel match from Wrestling Challenge airs.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – November 11, 1990

By LScisco on 16th February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, concluding the tapings in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – November 10, 1990

By LScisco on 14th February 2022

Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are in the booth, concluding the tapings in Springfield, Illinois.  Superstars has a new opening where WWF Champion the Ultimate Warrior is charged with electricity and shoots lasers out of his eyes toward the sky.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – November 5, 1990

By LScisco on 11th February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for tonight’s show.  Heenan is still wearing the Big Bossman’s hat.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – November 4, 1990

By LScisco on 9th February 2022

On All-American Wrestling there was an exclusive squash match where Tugboat (23-0) defeated Tom Stone after a splash at 1:31

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Heenan is still trying to win over the Big Bossman by wearing his hat.  He runs away when Monsoon tells him that the Bossman will be in the opener.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – November 3, 1990

By LScisco on 7th February 2022

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, and Randy Savage are in charge of commentary, continuing the tapings in Springfield, Illinois.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – October 29, 1990

By LScisco on 4th February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for another episode.  Heenan says he cannot wear his suits anymore because he never knows when the Big Bossman is coming after him.

The British Bulldog’s debut from Superstars is shown.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – October 28, 1990

By LScisco on 2nd February 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in charge of commentary, beginning a new television taping in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, this taping took place on October 10.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – October 27, 1990

By LScisco on 31st January 2022

Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper handle commentary, calling the action from Springfield, Illinois.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on October 9.  Piper comes out with a white sheet over his head and carrying a pumpkin, lest his intentions be misconstrued from his actions at WrestleMania VI.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – October 22, 1990

By LScisco on 28th January 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan host this evening’s show.  Heenan says he can solve the problems in the Middle East by sending the Big Bossman’s mother because it will cause Iraqi forces to flee Kuwait.  Monsoon threatens Heenan with more fines for unsavory jokes, causing Heenan to beg Monsoon not to do it because he needs the money to sponsor needy families for Christmas.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – October 21, 1990

By LScisco on 26th January 2022

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan call the action, wrapping up the taping cycle in Flint, Michigan.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – October 20, 1990

By LScisco on 24th January 2022

Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are in the booth, concluding the taping cycle in Toledo, Ohio.

The Legion of Doom’s squash from Prime Time Wrestling starts the telecast.

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