What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – September 4, 1990
By LScisco on 8th December 2021
Gene Okerlund says that he will be substituting for Gorilla Monsoon on tonight’s telecast and Bobby Heenan is AWOL for unknown reasons.
By LScisco on 8th December 2021
Gene Okerlund says that he will be substituting for Gorilla Monsoon on tonight’s telecast and Bobby Heenan is AWOL for unknown reasons.
By LScisco on 6th December 2021
Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary, still broadcasting from Springfield, Massachusetts. Heenan continues to pile the insults on the Big Bossman’s mother, saying that she needs a “tune up.”
By LScisco on 3rd December 2021
Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are in the booth and they are still in Providence, Rhode Island.
By LScisco on 1st December 2021
Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are doing commentary and they are live from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show attracted a sellout crowd of 19,304, of which 18,703 paid to attend. The buyrate for the show was 3.8 (507,000 estimated buys), down from the 4.8 buyrate (625,000 estimated buys) of the previous edition.
By LScisco on 29th November 2021
Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are calling the action for today’s episode, which was taped in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 7. According to the historyofwwe.com, the show drew a crowd of 7,700. McMahon is substituting for Gorilla Monsoon, who was having a toe amputated. This is the “go home” show before SummerSlam.
By LScisco on 26th November 2021
Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are calling the action, and they are taped from Providence, Rhode Island. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings took place on August 8 and drew a sellout crowd of 15,000 fans.
By LScisco on 24th November 2021
Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, and they are taped from Utica, New York. This show aired on USA Network on August 19 and the matches were taped at Utica’s Memorial Auditorium on August 15, drawing a sellout crowd of 5,000 fans, according to thehistoryofwwe.com.
By LScisco on 22nd November 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth and they are wrapping up the taping cycle in Des Moines, Iowa.
By LScisco on 19th November 2021
Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are in the booth, concluding the taping cycle in Omaha, Nebraska. This show would be Ventura’s last WWF appearance until 1999 as he quit the company over a video game licensing dispute.
By LScisco on 17th November 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for this evening’s telecast, two weeks away from SummerSlam.
By LScisco on 15th November 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are today’s commentators, continuing the taping cycle in Des Moines, Iowa.
By LScisco on 12th November 2021
Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are in the booth, still broadcasting from Omaha, Nebraska.
The Legion of Doom squash from Prime Time Wrestling begins the show.
By LScisco on 10th November 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan spend another evening in the studio, acting like the matches from the recent Saturday Night’s Main Event have not been viewed by the public.
By LScisco on 8th November 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth for a new round of television tapings in Des Moines, Iowa. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings took place on July 17.
By LScisco on 5th November 2021
Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura call today’s action, taking place from Omaha, Nebraska, the same site as the recent Saturday Night’s Main Event.
By LScisco on 3rd November 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing studio duty for this evening’s show.
By LScisco on 1st November 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan handle commentary duties for today’s show, concluding the taping cycle in Huntington, West Virginia.
By LScisco on 29th October 2021
Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are doing commentary for tonight’s episode, taped from Omaha, Nebraska. The episode is dubbed “Wild Kingdom,” a play on the Mutual of Omaha television program with the same name. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show took place at a Superstars taping on July 16, drawing a sellout crowd of 10,303 fans. And according to oswreview.com, the show drew a 7.2 television rating, the second lowest for a Saturday Night’s Main Event to date. This would be the last Saturday Night’s Main Event that Ventura would call.
Rick Rude and Bobby Heenan promise that WWF Champion the Ultimate Warrior will be eaten by Rude, who is the deadliest predator in the WWF jungle. The Warrior rebuts that he fears no predator, setting out to prove that he is the ultimate animal in the company.
By LScisco on 27th October 2021
Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are doing commentary, concluding the tapings in Dayton, Ohio.
The Big Bossman squash from Prime Time Wrestling begins the broadcast.
By LScisco on 25th October 2021
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing their usual studio duties for tonight’s telecast.